The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-01-17
BALTIMORE GETS
1872 CONVENTION
Democrats Vote to Go to
Oriole City.
JUNE rs THE MEETING Date
The Unterrlfied to Assemble
One Week After Repnb.
lican Convention.
A FINE BUILDING TO MEET IN


date of which was set this morning
for June 25, was awarded this after
noon to Baltimore over st. Louis,
Denver, Chicago and New York.
Baltimore offered a certified check
for 100000.
Two ballots were taken. On the
first Baltimore received rs votes,
ST. Louis 10, Chicago 3, Denver 6
and New York 1.
On the second ballot Baltimore
received 20 votes, st. Louis % and
Chicago /. This gave Baltimore
clear majority and the decision then
was made unanimous.
The first business transacted was
to decide that the convention should
be held June %, one week after the
Republican National Convention. At
this time the place of the conven-
ton had not been determined.
Denver made the first bid for the
convention, Charles F. Franklin, of
that city, addressing the committee
at length. Denver offered reasona-
BILE and necessary expenses for the
convention and promised to be lib
eral Mr.. Franklin asserted that
Denver had the best convention hall
in the country.
.fsChicago next had its innings.
Rogers Sullivan, amid laughter and
applause, said he had the unpreced-
ented. pleasure of introducing to the
Democratic committee Fred w. Up
ham, of Chicago, assistant treasurer
of the Republican National Com
mittee.
Mr.. Upham argued at some length
for Chicago, and when he had con-
cluded, some one proposed that he
be made an honorary member of the |
Democratic Committee. There was
more applause. but no vote on this
suggestion. ]. Hamilton Lewis !
closed the argument for Chicago, |
dwelling at length upon the advan-
tages of that city and it's experience
in handling national conventions.
Chicago, in addition to defraying
the expenses of the convention. Of
fered a contribution of $4,000 to
the Democratic campaign fund. This
announcement caused a stir and APP
parently increased Chicagos chances
materially.
nn1N fv,ar, . oil fna /
COS. Representative Talbot, of Mary
land, made the opening speech and
Senator Raymer pursued the argu-
ment.
The claims of st. Louis were pre-
scented by e. F. Goltra, former Gov
ernor David B. Francis, Rolla Wells
and James e. Smith. st. Louis Of
fered to be more liberal in appro-
priations for the convention than
ever before, but no definite amount
was offered
Edward NJ. Tierney then spoke for {
New York. AS soon as the New {
York bid was in, the committee be- I
gan balloting.
o. F. Hershy spoke for Robert |
Grain, chairman of the Baltimore }
Committee, and called out 2 storm '
Of cheers when he drew from his in c
side pocket certified check for c
100000 and laid it upon the table. ?
The demonstration continued for a s
minute Or more.
BaltimOre's Armory an Admirable
Place.
Baltimore, Md, Jan. 12.-The i,
Democratic Convention of 1912, =
which the party's national committe :,
has awarded to Baltimore, will be
leld in the Fifth Regiment Armory, :
largest auditorium. The :,
lrmory is an imposing structure of @
granite surmounted by vaulted =
'oof which rises 1O6 feet above the :
main floor.
Having an area of 200 by 800 =
eet, the main, or drill hall, archi- :,
ectural experts say, will seat com
ortably more than $4,000 persons. y
flowing ample space for pror.e-dE
AIDES, aisles, etc There are two "
alconies and, if necessary, BY the
rection of raised platforms at
ither end of the building, the seat b,
ng capacity can be increased to