East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-12-06

Washington, Dec. G.--The c tizens
committees gathering in Washington
from various cities to boom their
towns as proposed meeting places OF
the republican national convention in
1908 are increasing rapidly. The
Chicago committee, which was one
Of the earliest to put in an appear
ance anu secure quarters at a lead
ing hotel, was strengthened by the
arrival of several more Chicagoans
this morning. A large Kansas City
delegation is at another hotel and
more enthusiastic citizens from that
city are expected before tomorrow
The republican national committee
begon its meeting today, but the real
work Of deciding upon the time and
place for holding the national con-
vention will not be taken up until
tomorrow. An exceedingly active
competition to secure the national
convention is in progress among the
delegations representing several cit
les, and much hard work and cam
paigning will be done during the
next "a hours. In addition to Chi
cago and Kansas CRY the cities that
will put in applications for the big
gathering include st. Louis. Denver
Pittsburg and Seattle.
1t appears at present that a ma
jorlty Of the national committeeman
favor Chicago as the meeting place.
but the contest mas not yet reached
point whore any particular city can
calm a detr:iir assurance " having
U n the fight.
Chicago has the advantage in the
contest by reason of the splendid
hotel facilities II has to offer. Old
convention goers who have not miss |
ed a convention for the last 90 years |
are nearly all for Chicago, because.
has hotels enough to care for a con-
vention without causing anybody any |
d scnmfort. The one advantage Of |
fered by Kansas City is its unrivalled |
convention hall st. Louis and Pitts
burg. though they would like to en-
terrain the convention, are not ex- |
pected to put up much OF a fight to
secure II. Denver and Seattle are re-
garded as az a disadvantage because
OF their geographical location.
Apparently there Is no presidential
politics in the contest for meet
ing place for the convention. It has
been asserted that the managers of
the Taft campaign favor Kansas
City because there seems TO be more
Taft sentiment in western Missouri
and eastern Kansas than anywhere
else at this time, but persons who
are authorized to speak for the Taft
movement declare the managers of
The campaign of the secretary of war I
are not working in the interest Of
any particular city. Z
The consideration Of four essentials o
will undoubtedly govern the commit
ee in the selection of the conven- h
ion meeting place. These are: c
'entral location, with ample railroad
plenty of hotel accom-
nodations, a hall capable of accom- =
nodating the gathering, and ample
ABILITIES for the transmits on of
ews OF the convention. n
After the place for the convention D
nd the time of the meeting have
cen chosen tomorrow, formal notice r'
I'LL be sent out to the chairman of N
very state committee of the action.
his will be the signal for starting al
ne machinery that will choose dele WI
ates to the convention. The ma
onal committee never undertakes -,
say when any state shall choose nj
5 delegates, and the result is that =,
lie work of electing delegates will
'ntnue from early in January until
We first week of June. WI
The bulk of the delegates will be- pi
1osen In February and March. In Nc
majority of the states the republi-
ms start the work of reorganization al
'rly in January-beginning with the 'r'
'ecinct committeeman and gradual re
working up to the election of a
ate committee, and in the natural an
'urse of events the district conven- all
Dns for the election of delegates LIE
e reached about the middle of ste
and the state convention
say precisely how many delegates ro
Iall sit in the convention. Each sill
ate will have twice as many dele bv
ties as 1t has senators and represen- I'M
tives In congress, This means that
ch congress onal district will elect J..
% delegates, and a state convention '
" elect four delegates-at-large The oo,
invention can say what the repre- Tb
ntation Of the territories and nom n,
ntiguous territories shall be. In tn
Q last convention the territories of -
'izona and New Mexico and Alas
were were permitted to have six =.
legates each, and the non-contigu-
S territories of Porto Rico and Ha-
iii two delegates each. The Dis
ct of Columbia also had two dele
tes 1t is probable that the basis
representation may be changed
mewhat In the coming national con-
ntion. ma