Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-13
Democratic National Convention to
Be Held In That City.
WILL GET A FUND OF 100000
Committee Decides After Prolonged
Debate to Accept the Entire
Amount : Was Spirited and
Interesting Meeting.

A special dispatch from Washing
ton says:
Denver. July Z, 1905" is place and
time for the next democratic national
convention chosen late Thursday after
noon by the democratic national COM
mittee at the conclusion of its scs-
sion at the Arlington hotel
Two ballots were taken on the
choice of the city and various dates
were suggested for the meeting OF the
big democratic gathering, but the final
result was a unanimous decision fot
both Denver and the July date
On the first ballot there were %
votes for Denver, II votes for Louis
Vile, 5 votes for Chicago and vote =
the lone ballot OF Minnesota--fur IT'S
favorite city, st. Paul. The second
ballot had proceeded as far as Ill:-
nois, when the committeeman from
that state switched his vote FROM Chi
cago to Denver. and then the commit
teeman from Kentucky changed his
vote from Louisville to Denver. These
rival cities being out of the race.
there was stampede for the C,io
RADIO city, and the result stood 80 to
IL in favor of Denver. Before tie
official announcement of the second
yota Irrov unodoon re Kont,tekv
moved to make 1t unanimous for Den
yer and the proposition was carried.
Denver offered to furnish the hall
and cash donation Of 100000. Louis
vile offered "a hall and 100000. Chi
cago simply offered hall and the ex-
penses of the convention, while st.
Paul offered practically nothing.
Denver's offer was identically the
same which had been offered to the
republican national committee last
Saturday, and which it declined It
was the best offer made to the repub-
licans, but was thrust aside because
Chicago was regarded as the best con-
yention city and because of certain
political consideration, including OPP
position to the Taft movement.
There were a few additions to the
delegation of Boosters" from Denver
but the proposition submitted to the
committee this morning was the same
one which was laid before the repub-
licans, pointing out the advantages
of Colorado and its "sun-kissed'
skies.
The offers from the four rival cities
were submitted to the national demo-
cratic committee Immediately after
it met at noon at the Arlington in
open session. A recess was then TAX
en- until o'clock, when the commit
tee reassembled in executive session
in the hotel banquet hall. AT 6
o'clock the committee adjourned to
meet again in the near future at the
call Of the chairman. Many of the
committeeman left Washington at
light, Mayor Tom Johnson going direct
to New York.
The committee having at this exec
utive session accepted the offer of
Denver and selected that city for the
convention a motion was made by
Judge Clayton, representative in con-
gress from Alabama, that the national
committee refrain from accepting the
entire donation of 100000 This pro-
position was offered because some
members of the committee thought
it would be better policy to accept
only the actual cost Of the conven-
ton 1t is estimated that the actual
cost will be about $4,000. This
would leave $4,000 with which to in
augurate the campaign