Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-13
Place and Date of Democratic
Convention.
NATIONAL committee ACTS
Whole Amount Offered by Colorado
City Accepted.
VAIN EFFORT OF OPPOSITION
Belief Expressed That All OF the
100000 Will Be Needed-Chair-
man Taggart's Experience.

After deciding TO hold the next demo-
cratic national convention at Denver, COL
and fixing the date of the meeting for
July . 1905 the democratic national com
mittee late yesterday entered upon spir
tied debate on the propriety Of accepting
NOR of the 100000 offered by Denver for
the convention than is actually needed to
ply convention expenses in that city. The
opposition to the acceptance of the con-
tribution took the form OF a resolution by
Representative Clayton of Alabama de-
Clining money rot actually needed for
convention purposes. but after a long de-
bate the resolution was laid on the table
by vote of 81 to a.
Nj. Clayton. representative John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi and Gov. Hoke
Smith of Georgia all spoke in favor of the
passage of the resolution. Gov. Smith was
especially emphatic in saying that the
s100.0p0 which had been offered to secure
the republican convention and refused by
the republican national COMMITTEES had
been offered to and was about to be
cepted by the democratic committee. He
said the republicans had turned down the
offer because il was regarded as in the
nature of a bride and that democrats, in
view of that circumstance, could not af-
ford to accept It.
NJ. Williams spoke in similar vein, as
did also Mr.. Clayton.
All Needed in 1904.
Mr.. Taggart advocated the acceptance
of.the s1G0.N1o saying it would be needed
now even worse than money was needed
in 1904 and that at that time it would
have been practically impossible to have
opened headquarters for Judge Parker if
they had not had the extra money secured
from st. Louis, where the convention was
held
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha expressed
the idea chat the money could be profit
ably employed in opening. the campaign.
and said he had 10 doubt that Denver had
made its proposition in good faith and
that it should be accepted In the same
spirit in which it had been made.
Charles f. Wilson, sitting as proxy
for the member of the committee from
Colorado. assured the committee that
influencing the committee. He said that
tRere is business mems league in Den
Yer. an important part of whose business
IL is to secure conventions. and that the
proposition to the democratic national
convention To go to Denver had been
made as IL had been to secure many other
meetings. He said that the Denver peo-
pie would be disappointed if the entire
sum was not accepted.
Opposition Defeated.
The motion to table Mr.. Clayton's mo-
ton was made at the conclusion of Mr..
Wilson's speech and prevailed by the fol-
lowing vote:
Yes-Colorado. /: Connecticut I: Della
ware. /; Georgia. I; Illinois. 1; Indiana
=. Iowa. 1; Kansas. /: Kentucky. / Lou
isiana. /: Maine. ]: Maryland /; Michi-
gan. ] :: Missouri, L. Nebraska, L: New
Hampshire, ]: New Jersey, 1; New Mex
ice /: New York. 1: Ohio, I: Pennsylva-
mia. 1: Rhode Island. I; Tennessee. 1;
Texas, l: Washington /: West Virginia
]: Wisconsin. I: Wyoming. l.; District of
Columbia, /; Alaska, 1; Indian Territory.
]. Total 81. ~
No-Alabama. /; Arizona. :: Florida. !;
Idaho |: Massachusetts, ]: Minnesota 1:
Mississippi, /: North Carolina. I: Oregon.
4: South Carolina, /; South Dakota, +;
Vermont, /; Virginia, 1; Porto Rico, A.
Total, IA.
On the first ballot Denver received 81
votes as against II for Louisville, > for
Chicago and ] for st. Paul. July was
selected as the date after very brief
discussion.
The democratic national committee met
in executive session at 400 o'clock, the
chief business before the body being to
vote for a place and 10 fix the time of
meeting of the next democratic national
convention. During the recess which fol-
lowed the morning session advocates OF
the several cities were busy buttonhoiing
members of the committee with pcrsua-
sive arguments in favor OF their claims
for the convention city. There were pri
waite conferences held with hope of set
thing the contest before the committee
reassembled. but when Chairman Taggart
raped the meeting TO order the contest
between Louisville and Denver, to which
cities it was practically confined at that
time, was still on. neither being able to
claim a victory. Quite number of COM
nnitteemen went into the afternoon meet
ing declining TO pledge themselves for any
city.
Denver Chosen.
Democratic members of Congress were
admitted to the executive meeting, but
all others were excluded.
The hrst vote was promptly taken.
Denver securing twenty votes, Louisville
eighteen. Chicago five and St Paul one.
A majority of the votes cast being nee
essary for a choice the vote was ordered
Roger G. Sullivan then arose and with
drew Chicago and gave it's i've votes to
Denver. Trey Woodson promptly fol-
lowed by withdrawing Louisville and
moved to make the choice of Denver unan-
irncus, which was done
The committee then proceeded TO vote
on the date for holding the convention.
June y and 80 and July Z and II were
all suggested. but the sentiment was
largely in favor Of July I and resulted
In the choice of that cate.
TIL, committee then received the stand
ing committee of correspond 2nts of this
city, consisting of Maurice Splain. J. P.
Hcrnaday and Thomas Pence. who re-
quested that when arrangements for the
press at the convention are made the
committee should meet jointly with the
press committee of the convention to
for the accommodations of correspond
cntS. This was agreed to and 1.-THE com