Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-24
STRIFE BEGINS
AMBITIOUS WESTERN CITIES ARE
AFTER THE REPUBLICAN, MA
Y. TIonAL CONVENTION
FURTHER ORGANIZATION in IN.
TEREsT OF IMPROVEMENT or
INLAND WATERWAYS
THE MACEDONIAN DEMOCRATIC
CRY FOR JOHNSON lis la
TOILETTE LOSING GROUND?

respondence) When Secretary El- !
mer Dover formally opened the head
quarters of the National Republican
Committee here this week he be-
came Immediately the storm center of
a merry war. Representatives from
six cities are laying seige to him,
each delegate extolling the virtue Of
its especial place as convention
city. The cities that are seeking the
honor are Chicago, st. Louis, Kansas
City, Boston, Pittsburg and Seattle.
Seattle was first on the ground with
its invitation. but because of its re-
moteness it is highly improbable
that it will be given serious consid
Grafton; and for the same reason 1T
is hardly likely that Boston stands
a chance of capturing the plum. Be-
cause Of it's central location and the
fact that it is the second largest city
in the country, and because of its
adequate hotel and other facilities,
leaders of the republican party favor
Chicago. However, no decision has
yet been made, and the feud is grow
ing fierce. Col. Harry S. New of In
dianapolis. acting chairman of the
National committee, is expected here
within a few days, when the formal
call for the first meeting of the com
mittee will be issued s4
>- Waterway Development.
The question of waterway devel-
opment in the Goth Congress will act-
ieve the dignity of national issue
now is foreshadowed by the fact
that there is likely to be a sectional
struggle over the next rivers and
| harbors bill. According to adyices
! just received the Atlantic coast
states. cities and commercial bodies
are organizing to bring the needs
of that section of the country promi-
nently before congress. These states
! declare that their wants have been
! lost sight of in the lakes-to-gulf
deep waterway project, which re-
Gently secured the endorsement of
President Roosevelt A committee
has been appointed and it is propos-
ed that 3-days' convention be held
! in Philadelphia next month to de
eide upon a plan of campaign. The
peculiar part of all this is the fact
| that members of the Atlantic coast
| states organization and those of the
lakes-to-gulf deep cmfwyeptaoifwyp
! Lakes-to-Gulf Deep Waterway Asso-
citation are members of the National
/, Rivers and Harbors Congress, and
while working through this latter or
ganization to advance the general
| plan of waterway development. will
; be at each others threats in an eff
| fort to get for their. respective sec
lions as big a share of the oppropria-
| ton as they can. The National Riv-
ers and Harbors Congress is commit
ted to no individual scheme of i'm
| procurement, but devotes its work
| and energy to advancing the general
! policy The organization will hold
a great convention here Dec 4, 5
and 6. 1t is expected to be the most
| important of its kind ever held.
| Out from the far northwest has
some another herald of the great
| ness of Governor Johnson of Min
inesota. He is Col. Paul Doty of st.
Paul, member of the governors
staff. who is. here attending the con-
vention of gas manufacturers. Col.
| Doty declares that if Bryan should
withdraw in favor of Gov. Johnson,
the latter would carry the east by
big majority. The Minnesotan affects
to know thoroughly what he is talk
! ing about, having sounded the senti-
ment personally. He points to the
fact that the governor is serving his
second term in an overwhelmingly