The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-12-20
DENVER CHOSEN
BY DEMOCRATS
As Place for Holding National
Convention Next Year.
BIG SUM GUARANTEED
Colorado City Won Out Over Chicago, Louis
vile and St. Painfully 18th Nam
ed as the Date.

ed as the Date.
After deciding to hold the next
democratic national convention at
Denver, Colorado, and fixing the date
of the meeting for July Z, 1903, the
democratic national committee, in ses-
sion at Washington, late Thursday
entered upon spirited debate on the
propriety Of accepting more than the
100000 offered by Denver for the
convention than actually was needed
to pay the convention expenses in that
city. The opposition to the acceptance
took the form of a resolution by Rep
resentative Clayton Of Alabama, de-
Gliding money not actually needed fer
convention purposes, but, after a long
debate the resolution was laid on the
table by a vote Of 81 to IA.
The motion to table Mr.. Clayton's res
olution was made at the conclusion of
Mr.. Wilson's speech, and prevailed by
the following vote.
Yeas-Colorado, Connecticut Della
ware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Michigan Missouri, Nebras-
ka, New Hampshire New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Wash
ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wy
oming, District Of Columbia, Alaska,
Indian Territory-81
Noes-Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Ida
no, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont Vir-
ginia, Porto Rico-14.
On the first ballot Denver received
twenty-five votes as against seventeen
for Louisville, five for Chicago and one
for st. Paul.
July Z was selected after brief dis
cussion.
The committee held two sessions du-
ring the day. the principal business of
the first session after roll call being
the discussion of the following resoIu-
ton presented by R. M. Johnston of
Texas:
"Resolved, That the democratic ma
tional committee cordially approves the
movement now under way to secure
publicity in the states as well as in
the nation Of money contributed and Of
expenditures made by any association
or any other organization for political
purposes"
Senator Stone of Missouri wished
to make the resolution read SO that it
would prohibit all kinds of contrbu-
tions, whether money or anything else.
In his speech Senator Tillman said
Judge Parker had made charges con-
corning the last republican campaign
fund and had practically been called
a liar"
A discussion was then entered into
as to the details C law that should
be adopted, but Senator Tillman SAID
only the general terms OF law should
be taken up by the committee.
Mr. Clayton approved that course
and said the details should, be left to
congress.
Mr. McGraw moved that the thanks
of the committee be extended to Per
ry Belmont because Of what he had
done to secure publicity of campaign
contributions. The resolution was
adopted.
The committee, before adjournment,
received the standing committee of cor.
respondents of Washington, consist
ing of Maurice Spain, J. P. Hornady
and Thomas J. Pence, who requested
that when arrangements for the press
at the convention are made, they
should meet jointly with the press
committee Of the convention to take
up matters concerning arrangements
for the accommodation of correspond
ents. This was agreed to and the
committee adjourned.