The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-12
CHICAGO CHOSEN
CONVENTION CITY
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMIT
TEE PICKS WESTERN METROPO-
LIS FOR GREAT MEETING.
DATE is FIXED AS JUNE 10.
Winners Location and Telegraph Facili-
ties Do Much to Defeat Kansas
City and Denver.
PAYNE RESOLUTION is ADOPTED.

FAY NE kESOLU 11ON 10 ADOf LEU.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. THE
Republican national committee today Sc
lected Chicago as the place for the hold
ing of the Republican nat.onal conven-
ton. Kansas City and Denver made gal
liant fights, but could not win out. lac
convention will be held on June Is.
TIE vote in the contest for the place
of holding the convention was as follows:
Chicago ~
Kansas city II.
Denver, 1.
Wisconsin's vote was east for Chi
caGo
Regret Death of Payne.
The Republican national committee
was called to order by Chairman New ut
1O:lS O'Clock and Gov. Murphy was
recognized to present the report OF his
committee on the retirement of Chair
man Cortelyou. He expressed the re-
gret Of the committee, congratulated Mr..
tortelyou on the increasing hunorS that
nave come to him and closed uy eApress-
ing wish for u long life tor MIN. The
resolution was adopted UNANIMOUSLY,
as was also one presented by Mr.. Bau-
cock of Wisconsin on behalf of the COM
mittee appointed to take appropriate ac-
tion on the death of former Cna4r:Ian
Henry c. Payne of Milwaukee,
The resolution was rs follows:
Resolved. that in the death of Henry c
Payne, the Republican, party has sustained
an irrepalabie loss. his membership o.
this committee extending over nearly /
quarter of century gives marked ttstl
mony of the value Of his services To MS
state and the nation During all this pc
riod his time and energy were unsehSh!y
at the call Of his party. His administra
tion as postmaster general during the try
ing times in which he was the incumbent
of that office his splendid record as an OF
fetal and citizen attest his wise states
manShip and splendid executive ability.
Resolved, that the national Kepuulicnr
committee expresses Its heartfelt sorrow
over his loss and,
Resolved further. that the secretary OF
the committee be directed to forward al
cugTossed copy of these resolutions to his
widow, Mrs. Lydia Van Dyke Payne.
Joseph NJ Babcock, John W. Blod-
gett Judson W. Lyons are the members
of the committee which drew up the rcsp-
luton.
Fight for Convention.
Then the roll OF states was called for
the presentation of names of cities as
nauu1H"i'S A"1 'lc H"'I"H'i N'H ~
ne mrs rS5poISe VIZ maui rom ~"
city in nomination. Denver offered To
contribute 100000, $1,000 to he paid
NIlAiH zen u1HS "l,el n''.iitnt IoL "i
sylgt'Hn "il" 'nr ""iIiiC "a '!'' HnN,I
anu "IHctS va! it I ''',' - ~
az" Ii'H'I,oI ny ~ ~ ~ ~
Nc' ne IMH.'. "Poii t'G LII. 10y ~"
CgiVpl with aDUIauSR.
80.
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ion vae thn Lrst r,Iarn for hnIdin,r tba
Invention IIn haIiovod tfn ronis and
tiIa If tba Rrrnhlic,u marry desired M,
roro and th,t tIln newsnonprruau fran
eyueripnca in the mast wo1ild testify IA
its J,siroIiIitv rs nlnre far sandina
out DISPATCHES. Mr.. lowlen closed by
Guotimg n telegram from NIeSsrs SamuGJ
i, RAYMOND and +. ID. Upham. guar.
anteeing the expenses of the convention
lis remarks were applauded.
Kansas City wen argue.
r. / Atkins member from Missouri
smoke hrirHv for Kansas Citv ana tLcn
int rod ral senator NJ DrD1r pt thar
who me- said ,ras one of the fruits of
tLe Republican victory in Missouri three
wears AGO
senator Warner received vociferous
annluuse. He soid Kansas CITY hod n
Latl which couId eosily accommodntp
ii 900 people. senator Warner said
that Missouri had eighteen electoral
votes. thar Inc had labor,d for twenty.
fonr Years to place thar state in the
ReuLlicon column: that success had
hrrn achieved in 1904. when the state
~,vn Theodore Roosevelt o5OoO and
while thar it was not now assuredlv a
RnnnhIicon state. il was in the doubtful
column. Senator Warner believed il
vould helm Missouri as n doubtful state
# Kansas CITY were chosen.
In answer to a question by Senator
Scott as to whether all delegates of
whatsoever color would be taken care
of in a dignitied manner, Senator War
ner said that if he did not feel perfect