The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05
FOURTEEN CITIES WANT CONVENTIONS Of the Democratic and Re-
 publican Parties FAR WEST OR EAST Will Get Republican Gathering, San Francisco and New York Run
 ming Strong-BaltimOre May
 Entertain Democrats
By RoDERICK CLIFFORD

| tl entertain the national conventions of the republican and democratic par ties in 1912. These are Milwaukee Memphis Louisville Atlanta, Baltimore, Detroit, St. Louis Kansas City, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston. Philadelphia, New York and Denver.
 | of these cities Milwaukee, Memphis Louisville, Atlanta, Baltimore, Detroit, St. Iouis Kansas City and Chicago want to entertain the great democra,ic | convention, and St. Louis. Kansas City, Chicago and Milwaukee also want to be the host for the republican conven- tion. New Yory, Denver, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco are after the republican convention. | The republican convention, 1t IS thought will go either to the extreme east or west, deserting the Mississippi valley and Chicago. Denver and San Francisco in the west and Philadelphia, New York and Boston in the east are hard set on winning. Both in Boston and New York city the argument Is ad- vanced that the republican convention would tend to regain lost states to the republican ranks. On the other hand Philadelphia has not had convention since 1900, when Colonel Roosevelt came into national prominence as politician. and it is believed that 1t Is again entitled to the coming one. 1 San Francisco it is learned, will try hard for the republican gathering. The coast city, fresh from it's victory over New Orleans in the Panama canal ex- | ErrI, fc and believes that big political gather | ing would be beneficial to the Panama canal exposition, which will be held in 1915
 l Denver. which made a huge success oc the democratic convention in 19OS, is probably the most active of the cities contending for the republican conven- tion. Republican national committee men have received the following ap- peal from that city:
 "The Denver Chamber of Commerce urges that the republican national con i Nention of 1912 be held in this city. The | auditorium and the climate constitute | combination unequalled elsewhere, 1 while the hotels and other facilities are unexcelled. Will you give Denvers claim a friendly consideration"
 In promising to give Denver's claim consideration the republican national committeeman are reminding one an- other that Denver made good with the
 last democratic gathering. and that the
 s100,00O she promised the democrats
 for bringing their gathering there was
 promptly paid into the democratic
 treasury. If the Denverites have sim
 liar financial proposition to make to the republicans her offer will undoubtedly
 be seriously considered.
 Il St. Louis, through it's business mems league, has given notice that at the
 proper time it's claim for both conven- tions will be advanced In the letter of the league to the republican commit teernen there is a request that no de- cision be reached until St. Louis offer for the honor of having the big politi- cal show is made. In conclusion the letter states: You will, we are sure. remember that 1896 the business mems league entertained the republican na- | tional convention in St. Louis. and com piled to the letter with every provision l of the agreement entered into between your committee and the business mems | league
 That reminder that St. Louis always makes good with its financial promises when bidding for national convention | is a persuasive argument to national i committeeman, whether of the demo- | cratic republican or any other brand of political faith
 " Chicago, which entertained the repub- licans in 1908. will again extend an in- vitation for the republicans to gather in the Windy City, but as sentiment and precedent hold that a political party | should not repeat in holding it's conven- ton, the efforts of Chicago will proba- bly be directed toward the capture of | the democratic show.
 | Louigville, Memphis and Atlanta, in
 ,1f. .tr,, Il anty for the democratic convention. though Baltimore has the lead. Strange | tc relate a Kentucky man, former Senator Blackburn first suggested Bal 1 timore as the convention city. He sounded the slogan for the Monumental City at the recent democratic love feast held there and the business men of the city speedily took up the task of arranging for a fight to capture the convention. Democratic nationa4 com mitteemen are now being bomberded with requests to vote for Baltimore. when the committee meets in Decem- | Der.
 When one gets right down cases, | however, there are only two motives that will dictate the choice of con vention city. One is the amount which 1 the town will be willing to part with for the honor of housing one of the biggest political shows on earth. and | the other is the party influence Wnlcn | such a meeting always eXerts upon the community where it takes place. This | last condition will be one of paramount | importance with both parties and there will be some nice juggling between the | different factions when the executive committees of the democrats and repub | licans meet.
 ! It is thought however, that the re- publican convention will go to the east | in an endeavor to stop the democratic landslide which threatens to demodal- ' ize the ranks of the G. O. P. in 1912. | This hoice. of course, will not be made without hard fight from the support 1 CTS of the west, who believe that a western national convention would quiet the insurgent tendency that has been growing so strong of late.
 On the other hand the democratic committeeman will face the same con ditions, only they will have to decide between the south and the north. It | is thought however, that the south's chances for securing the democratic lusfre when the time for action comes l around. This prognostfcation is based on the we'll known fact that the south | is demoeracy's stronghold. while it's in | the northern states that the democrats must make their conversions There
 lore, it is hinted that Memphis, Atlanta, Louisville and Baltimore will probably | be relegated to the ash can and the bat tie will lie between Chicago, St. Louis | and Kansas City.
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