The Washington herald., 1912-01-10

vor OF Chicago. Then came Col. ]. Ham
lIton Lewis. who also urged the Windy
city upon the national committee.
representative Talbot presented the
eheck raised by popular subscription in
Baltimore.
Part of Religion.
o. #. Hershey. associated with Col.
Grain in raising the fund, followed
with these remarks:
It has become part of Baltimore's
religion. to want this convention, and
II you have 1t there you will own the
town The citizens will give you not
: only the freedom Of the city, but the
welcome OF their hearts. Moreover bur
citizens win open their own homes to
Mayor Preston, OF Baltimore. and
senator Rayner, coming from the same
city supported Mr.. Hershey. Former
Mayor Rolla Wells, OF st. Louis, said:
We have written pledges from the
hotels OF my city that there viii be no
Increase In rates, and we are prepared
10 guarantee a fund of $4,000 within a
short time" Ex-Gov. Francis supported
Mr.. Wells.
James B. Ragan, of New York, sup
city. laid down a certihed check for
ES,ooO and agreed to raise $4,000 more
within ninety. days IL the convention
would come to Gotham.
Charles W. Franklin and c. Knifton,
OF Denver, spoke for that city.
Votes Tell story.
Then came the balloting On the first
ballot Baltimore had 25 votes, st. Louis
IS New York Cthe vote Of Chairman
Mack, the national committeeman for
the State), Chicago Z and Denver 4, but
Denver withdrew Immediately after the
ballot was announced.
Balttmore's supporters in the National
committee were: Alabama Arizona, Ar
kansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia,
Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland. Mich
igan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hamp-
SHIRE New Jersey, North Carolina, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island South Carolina,
Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wis
consin, District Of Columbia, and Porto
Rico.
st. Louis supporters were: California,
colorado. Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Tennessee, Texas. Utah, wyoming,
Alaska, and Hawaii Chicago's vote
was: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massa-
ehusetts, Nebraska, South Dakota, and
Washington.
On the second ballot Baltimore had Q
votes, ST. Louis .. and Chicago ], repre-
sented by the State of Washington On
that ballot Illinois. Indiana, Kentucky,
and Nebraska left Chicago and went to
baltimore, while Massachusetts and South
Dakota left Chicago and went to st.
Louis. But the Jig was up for all cities
save Baltimore. and on motion Of Com
mitteeman Wood, of Michigan, the seIec-
tion of Baltimore was made unanimous.
II may not be uninteresting to add
right here that the Baltimoreans were
around town last night Cor at least many
of them with some pink in their cheeks
and dlamond-like spot in their ewes.
incidentally, their mood was anything but
EOmber.
Other Little Matters.
The National Committee decided that |
Chairman Mack should be chairman of
the subcommittee on arrangements for
the convention. and with him are asso-
ciated Vice Chairman p. L. Hall, of Ne |
braska, and Secretary Urey woodson, of |
and a committee of seven. to |
be named by Mr.. Mack, who said last |
night he could not make his selections |
very well until he had given them due |
He VIII announce them
from Buffalo later on.
There are to be 1.C74 delegates in the
convention, under the census apportion- |
ment Of 1910. The winning Presidential can
didate under the two-thirds rule of the |
Democratic national party must receive /
d6 votes. There were various statements
tonight calculated to give a political |
significance to the selection of Balti- |
more. One side said that IT favored, or |
rather indicated, the nomination of Gov.
JudsOn Harmon. of Ohio, while the other
SIDE, proclaimed that Baltimore meant |
nothing IL 1t did not mean the nomination
Of Gov. Wilson, of New Jersey Most
of the national committeeman consulted
stated that the selection OF Baltimore /
meant that the struggle for a Presi-
Dental candidate was to be fought out
on neutral ground, and that, anyway, the
National Committee believed that the Sc
lection of Baltimore would go a long way
toward cementing the Democratic ma
tiOnal party east OF the Mississippi
River.