The Penn's Grove record., 1911-03-03

forms so large a part OF convention
activities would be impossible. Mofe.
over the Baltimore hoteh-or one a.
least-hardly invite the economical
At the recent Democratic q
three gentlemen-two of them repre-
sentatives in congress-were charged
nine dollars for a suite o ftwo rooms
long enough to change from street 10
evening clothes.
New York Much In Favor.
There is a growing sentiment
among Democratic members OF con-
gress that 1t is about time that the
party should hold its national conven-
ton in New York. / have talked with
a score Of representatives, men ike
Rucker of Colorado, Clark of Florida,
Bartlett of Nevada, Sulzer OF New
York, Sharp Of Ohio-I am purposely
picking men of widely-separated sec
tions-and the composite picture OF
their views. the combined interview
SO to speak. runs about like this:
"The Democratic party has not held
a convention in New York since the
Civil war. It has not held a conyen-
ton in any city which might be
classed az In eastern city since the
convention of 1880 at Cincinnati when
Hancock was nominated. Since then
we have been to Chicago twice, to
Kansas City, to st. Louis and to Den
yer. In each of these cities we have
been treated admirably, given a large
guarantee fund, an admirable audi
forum hotel accommodation that
could hardly be equalled elsewhere.
Must Capture East to Win.
but many Democrats believe that
the time has come to turn to the
for support. Some years ago MT
Bryan made the tactical error OF re-
ferring to the East es the enemy's
country. Today If the. Democratic
party is to win 1t must appeal to the
East. How can thse appeal be made
lore promptly than by putting the
text national convention In the great
metropolis of the East. l am pretty
well convinced that the next candi-
date of the Democratic party will
come from some point east of the
Mississippi river, and If this shall be
the fact why should we not go down
into the East to find a place in which
to hold our conventions? Everybody
believes that to elect a Democratic
president we must have New York
and the adjacent states of Connecti-
cut, New Jersey and Delaware. What
could we do better to accomplish this
end than to hold in New York City SO
great and enthusiastic a convention
as to impress upon these common
wealths, which in presidential cleo
tons at least, have been in late years
against us, the fact that the Demo
cratic party is growing and Is COM
ing back to its own"
This seems to be the general point
of view of the Democratic politicians
in Washington. tits fair, however, to
quote the opinion of those who are In
the minority and who are anxious to
have the convention held at some
point west of the Hudson river. Their
expressions run about like this:
Other Cities Discussed.
at is quite true that the Sullivan
influence would be hurtful in Chi
cago, but what about the Murphy in
fuence in New York? II the one is
to be avoided, why not avoid the 9th
er? There ought to be cities between
Chicago and New York-for we do
not believe that at this time the con-
vention should go West-able to care
for 1t. Why not Cincinnati? OF
course some people might think that
a stroke in favor Of Governor Har-
mon, but we don't care about that,
nor do we believe that 1t will mate
rally affect the action of the conven-
ton. What about Indianapolis? 1t
has a good convention hall and If 1t
is a bit shy on hotel facilities, 1t Is
at least equal to Louisville. Buffalo
has good hotel accommodations, SO,
too, has Detroit, but If either of these
cities should become a candidate for
the convention it would have to erect
an auditorium especially for the pur-
pose"
That is about a fair summary of the
views of the Democratic managers
here in Washington today. Person
ally 1 should say that the chances are
very strong for the taking OF the con-
vention to New York.
Republicans May Go West.
AS for the Republicans, those with
whom l have talked seem to look upon
Chicago as the place for their conven-
ton. though there are some who think
that the change in the attitude of the
party might make it wise for them to
go out into the middle west, to Den
yer with it's magnificent auditorium,
and to put up against the Democratic
party the western sentiment as
against eastern sentiment to which
the Democracy seems likely to appeal
next year.
downright. 1911. by Joseph B. Bowles.)