The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10
BIG.uTIES BIDDING FOR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
National Committee Will Meet in Washington Next Month to Fix on Place-Few
 Negroes Are Expected,

and Kansas City people will undoubt- edIy work together. and the votes in the committee they will be able to control are expected to stick together against Chicago and all other com petitors. 1t is a reasonable fact that Mis- souri is the only, State in the Union that has within its borders two cities with hotel accommodations sufficient to comfortably take care of a gathering as large as {, national political con. vention. Next to Chicago. St. 'LouiS
 has bad more of the conventions than any other city. The only nationals con- vention held in Kansas City was the Democratic in 1900. People who had never been to Kansas City were agrce-' ably surprised at the number and size of the hotels tE At that time really kansas City had more hotel aocommodatiops than Phil adelphia, in which city t.e Republican convention was held in 1900 when President Mckinley was renominated and Governor Roosevelt. much against his will and inclination, was named for second place ons the ticket, In 1892 the Republican conventiom was held at
 Minneapolis If the wealthier class of citizens had not thrown open their houses to the delegates, alternates and visitors. Minneapolis could not possi-
  number of people who attended. But Minneapolis ho spitality proved equal to the occasion. and her rival sister st. Paul, also acted nobly in assisting. Pittsburg and Boston.
 Pittsburg and Boston are bguring m the list of contestants also for the con vention. but they are at, this writing not being seriously considered. n the matter of hotels Pittsburg is con
 staered lacking. great as is it's wealth
 and enterprise in business matters.
 Sentimental boomers of PittshurE ar gue that because the first National Convention of the Republicans was neid there it would be a good idea to nave the grand old party once more meet in "Smoketown and name the canu.. dates. Boston is handicapped because of its location, and the residents Of the Hub generally are not enthusiastic on the subject, and probably Will not eoffer sufficient Inducements.
 New York has never seriously eried
 to secure one of the national ccnvenS tions in the past quarter of 2 cen mammoth hotels they are nearly si-
 ways crowded. and the people of Go-
 tham do not appear to be hankering
 after national conventions.
 The Republican National Committee
 as at present constituted includes only one negro member in the person Of Hudson W. Lyons of Georgia. For eight years Lyons held khe position of Register of the Treasury and had the
 satisfaction in addition to drawing
 salary of $4.50o a year of seeing his name appear on all the paper money
 issued by The Government. He was
 succeeded in his position by Kansas
 negro college professor named vii"
 liam T. Vernon who owes his appoint
 ment mainly to the Influence of Booker
 T. Washington.
 Year by year the number of negroes
 lowering around the meeting place or the Republican National Committee has
 decreased. The chances are that when they meet here next month hardly a
 dozen will be observed in the cprri- dors of the hotel. How different 1t
 will seem from the olden times when
 they were so numerous and persistent
 lilly whites Dominate.
 It's getting to be more and more or
 alfiy white crowd, and that IS why
 I5, ;,e 4i.e leading negroes Ernand and declare that the White Republicans
 have no use for the negroes except to
 secure their votes on election day,
 Lynch of Mississippi who Tor thirty
 wears or more. hardly ever failed to
 nut in an appearance at the meetings,
 who was once a Congressman from
 that State and who was temporary
 chairman of one of the national con- yentions held at Chicago. has eomS