Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-08

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ItorcS
The next Republican national con-
VcntiOn, to meet at Chicago on June
l6 of this year. will have on the roll
966 delegates from the states, appor-
toned as in the above rable-two for
each electoral vote, and two delegates
each from Arizona, New Mexico, Alas
ka, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Por-
to Rico and Philippines-a total of
$50 delegates in the convention. The
candidate may be nominated by a
majority. 491.
| The next Democratic convention
/ will meet at Denver, Colorado, July
I. The states will send 966 delegates
apportioned exactly as for the Repub-
lican convention, but the seven terri
tories will each send six delegates,
making the total roll of the conven-
ton, 1,0OS delegates. The Democratic
rules provide that a candidate to be
nominated, shall receive not less than
two-thirds of the total vote. The sue
cessful candidate at Denver must have
1878 votes.
The national conventions of each
party are arranged by the national
committee of the party. The national
committee is made up of one commit
| teeman from each state in the Union.
tees and the men who will have most
to do with the arrangement of the
coming conventions are:
| Republican National Committee
Chairman, Harry Stewart New, In
dianapolis, Indiana. Born at Indian
apolis in 1858. he was formerly owner
and editor of the indianapolis Daily
Journal. Several years ago he retir-
ed from newspaper work. He is mod
erately wealthy.
| Treasurer Cornelius Newton Bliss,
| New York Born at Fall River, Mas
sachusettS. in 1888. senior member of
the wholesale dry goods and commits
sion firm of Bliss, Fabyan & Co.. of
New York, since 1881. He served as
treasurer of Republican National
committees in 1892, 1896, 1900, and
1904. In 1897 and 1898 he was sec
retary of the interior in the cabinet
of President Mckinley. He is reputed
to be millionaire.
Secretary. Elmer Dover, born at
McConnellsville, Ohio. in 1873. He
began as a newspaper man, and serv-
ed on staffs Of daily papers at Ports
mouth and Akron, Ohio. In 1896 he
became private secretary to Marcus A.
Hanna. and since Senator Hannas
death he has been secretary Of the
national committee.
| Democratic National Committee
Chairman, Thomas Taggart, Indian
apolis, Indiana. Born in Ireland, in
1856. His parents settled at Xenia,
Ohio. He early became a hotel pro-
prietor at indianapolis, and he was
elected mayor of Indianapolis in
1871 He owns a large hotel at
French Lick Springs, Indiana. He is
reputed to be wealthy.
| August Belmont of New York re-
signed the treasurership of the DEM
ocratic national committee at the be-
| ginning of the present year. He was
succeeded by William II. O'Brien of
Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Mr. O'Brien
was born at Lawrenceburg. He was
editor of the Daily Register of that
city from 1877 to 1894. Since 1891
he has engaged in the banking bus
mess. He has been active in the In
diana Democratic party management
during thirty years.
Secretary, Urey Woodson, Owens
boro, Kentucky. Editor and propri-
etor of the Owensboro Daily MeSsen-
ger during the past twenty years. He
is forty-eight years old.
| The headquarters of the RepuDll-
| can committee were established at
Washington by Chairman M. a. Han
ma in 1896. and have since been con-
| tinued there.
The Democratic committee has no
permanent headquarters. BY com
mon consent, the residence OF the
chairman is headquarters until Off
cial quarters are opened for a presi-
dental campaign.
The secretaries receive regular sal
aries.
It costs approximately seventy-five
| al tn hold national
convention. 1t is customary for the
business men of the city in which the
convention is held to pay the expense
The fund is subscribed mostly by
steam and street railroad interests,
| lhotel-keeperS, reStaurateurS, ana
others who profit directly from the
| convention crowds.
In recent years, Chicago Philadel-
phia. Kansas City, Denver, Louisville,
| Minneapolis st. Paul, Seattle ana
Atlantic City have actively striven TO
get a convention.
The national convention has grown
to be the greatest spectacular politi-
cal event in our national life. Thous-
| ands Journey from all parts OF the
| country to look on at the proceedings.
In considering the claims of differ
ent cities. the national committees
have in mind the prime essential OF
seating capacity of the convention
hall, railroad facilities, and hotel ac-
commodationS. All other things be-
ing equal, the city that best shows
the possession of these essentials and
agrees to put up the money gets the
| convention.
| The convention city is expected to
provide a hall with seating capacity
of not less than ten thousand. Chlca-
go did not quite do this for the Re-
publican convention of 1904. The
Coliseum, where the convention was
held, seated $3.50 persons. This year
an extra balcony is to be built, and
| according to the architect in charge,
the building will have seating ca
pacity of 1880 on the day OF the
| convention. The Kansas City busi-
ness men who appeared before the
committees last December claimed
that their hall would seat twenty
thousand persons.
Six weeks prior to the convention
the subcommittee of the national
i committee moves to the convention
city and opens headquarters.
The following are the principal
items of expenditure for a national
convention. The figures are the aver
ages of the last four national conVen-
tiOnS:
/ Arcntectural cldllSeS III nan W
suit convention. 100000: printing of
tickets programmes souvenirs, badges,
buttons, $4,000; payroll OF en-
pIOyees during convention week, $4,-
600: payroll and expense Of sub-com-
mittee during seven weeks, $1O,OOO;
expense of national-cOmmittee meet
ingS. StenOgrapherS, messages, etc.
$4,000: miscellaneous, $4,000. Total
$1,000.
Seats are provided for four hun
| dred working newSpaper-men who
telegraph news to their papers. One
| hundred and fifty additional seats
are given to general writer's, maga-
Zine-writerS, artists and photogra-
piers. Fifty telegraph operators are
placed usually beneath the platform.
Tammany Hall of New York usu-
ally sends the largest delegation to
the galleries of a convention. In 1904
| Tammany sent one thousand one
hundred delegates to the Demo-
cratic convention at st. Louis. They
travelled on five special trains. Each
man paid $2425 railroad fare for
the round trip. The average hotel
charge was five dollars day for