New-York tribune., 1907-12-13
DEMOCRATS SELECT
DENVER AND JULY I.
BID OF 500, 900 WINS THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
4IIuring Cash Offer Brings Success
to CoIorado's Capital Louis
!, ollie Chief Competitor.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau


Washington Dec. 1.-THE Democratic Ma
tonal Convention will meet at Denver on July
z. 1905 This decision was reached to-day at the
,,eetine Of the Democratic National Committee
80 which money talked louder than politics
Denver offered 100000, payable in four equal
navrnents in ten, thirty, sixty and ninety DAYS
This was aside from the free use OF the conFeh-
ton hall Louisville, which until to-day hau
,eer the fayorite offered only $4,000 and the
promise that the convention would mean hen
tpclxv's electoral vote. ST. Paul offered no cash.
,u. strone argument. based on the remark
sh,e votes polled by Governor Johnson In the
last two electfons that the holding of the con-
ye-tion in the Twin City would result In Min-
nesota going Democratic. Chicago through
Ja-,es Hamilton Lewis. offered cohVehuon
han free and S25.GDo in cash.
Some of the ablest politicians in the conlrllil-
zee strongly opposed Denver They areueu ta
IN 1896 and 1900 the Democratic party no"
s,i,, with the East and selected W. j. Bryan loi
&c leader In 1904 the party had split WITH MI
- and allied itself with the East under
she standard of Alton B. Parker NO" ule paits
,-os about to return to Mr. Bryan, but 1t should
a. =, car as possible, minimize the split with
she East by selecting an Eastern city LOT i'S
-,,,o-,si convention instead Of going TO the very
- or -he BRYAN country to nominate 1Us
candidate. -,,.,oo,
r3,,+ money talked louder than all the politicai
.rq,,,,ents. and the advocates Of Denver hefeiy
reiterated the statement that "s1OOooo Is q NICE
,t+,a hunch of money" and their argument pre-
vailed. ,,-
oJ don't believe you will need anything IKE
s1n0 ono to meet the expenses Of the cohVel'ioi'
said Senator Teller, speaking IN faVor Vi 'ii
cantal of his state if there is any lett over
Won will know what TO do with it, and ms re-
mark elected hearty applause.
DO NOT LIKE BRYAN. BUT
The feeling in the national cornrnl'tee feCai-oo
thai prevalent in the Republican Natiohai Ooi"-
nittee when it met just previous 10 inc i0''
Republican national convention 1he inns
Ga b, t,enub,;can committeeman about Theo-
dore Roosevelt at that time "ouiu ii0'
,oopad we'll in print. and yet every committee
man predicted his nomination 80 uo-uds' INC
things said bv the committeeman about MI
p-van vvorId not do to print, but they practcaiiy
au concede his nomination. Indeed, Few Demo
crate can ba found who regard Mr.. Bryan as
rkelv TO be elected. and yet they all say with
sort Of hopeless air: Il guess Wen nave "
nominate him"
of course ,h.re were some efforts to conduct
side shows during the meeting. For instance
ex-senator II r. Kenney, of Delaware, earnest
ly advocated the nomination Of Judge George
GRAY and vet when il came TO the point OF
Offering in the meeting resolution oeciaiiis
It to be the sense Of the committee that al
delegates TO the next convention should go IN
Instructed MI Kenney lost his courage ana sat
silent in his seat
Chairman Conners of the Democratic state
Committee of New York tried 10 DO some WORK
in the interest of Lieutenant Governor Chanler,
but he did not actually get up steam until the
Committee meeting had adjourned. and although
fe advocated the Kenney resolution he did not
cay anything about IL in the meeting.
Charles d'Antrernont, jr., who held the proxy
for Minnesota talked of the votegetting ability
Of Governor johnson with some show of en-
thusiasE, but even he, when pressed for his
real opinion, conceded that Mr.. Bryan would
De the party nominee
screaming farce was conducted during the
executive session this afternoon. After having
voted 10 hold the convention at Denver, simply
because of the size of the purse which Denver
hung up before the hungry Democratic donkey
motion made that all money in excess OF
TIE actual expenses Of the convention be re-
'ected, and the proposition was actually seri-
ousiy discussed for than an hour. Then 9
motion TO lay IL the table carried, with
scarcely dozen votes against it,
PUBLICITY RESOLUTION ADOPTED
Before deciding upon the time and place OF
NE convention The committee adopted TINS reso-
'aficn, offered by Perry Belmont. the treasures
81 the committee:
Resolved. That TIE Dcr. .ocratic National Com
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