The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-15


tabiished ii the Fffth district, would
be given an opportunity TO state
whether they prefer Baltimore or
Richmond or Washington as the re-
giona1 bank city.
The poll shows that IS. of the 90
Maryland banks voted for lttmOre,
that tome Maryland bank VOTED for
Ptttsburg, one for washington and one
for. New York. Besides getting the
vote OF SO Maryland banks, Baltimore
obtained the vote Of 24 West Virginia
banks, II Virginia banks and one
South Carolina hank.
All Of the IL. banks Of the District
OF Columbia voted for Washington,
The drst choice of West Virginia
was Rfttsburg. Thirty -four West Viz
GINA banks voted for Pfttsburg, al
though, under the action of the organ
ization COMMITTEES, they viii now have
TO do business with Richmond, SO far
as the new banking system is con-
cernend, and VIII have no connection
whatever with Pittsburg, which was
the city of their preference. Twenty
six OF the West Virginia banks voted
in favor OF Cincinnati, while 21 West
Virginia banks voted for Baltimore
and only I6 voted for Richmond. In
other words, only / 6 out of total OF
81 West Virginia banks were IN favor
of the selection OF Richmond.
Much has been said about Richmond
being the choice Of South Carolina, but
Richmond failed to receive majority
OF the votes OF the South Carolina ma
tional banks. There are 42 national
banks in South Carolina that voted
Twenty-eight of them voted, not for
Richmond, but in favor of the selec-
ton of Columbia, which is the capital
of the state; IL voted for Richmond,
one for Baltimore and one for Wash
ington, and one for Charlotte, N. 8,
Richmond was the choice of the
North Carolina banks. The North
Carolina banks voting numbered 81,
Of which "A favored Richmond two
favored Washington and 1S favored
Charlotte.
Richmond naturally obtained most
of the votes of the Virginia banks.
There were 11S banks voting from
virginia, of which Richmond received
the vote of &C. while Baltimore OBJ
tanned II, Washington 8, Cincinnati
and New York 1.
Richmond was mainly the choice OF
the Virginia and North Carolina banks,
Baltimore was mainly the choice OF
the Maryland and West Virginia
banks, while the majority of the South
OduhS
Another interesting disclosure Is
the fact that while MI. Glass and mem
bers of the organization committee
endeavor to make much capital out OF
the fact that Richmond polled the
highest number OF votes in the dis
trfct, 1877 out of total of All, orr IS
less than a majority of the voting
banks, nothing whatever is said by
them with respect to the fact that the
same principle was not applied IN me
selection OF Cleveland as the regional
reserve bank for the Fourth district.
Cleveland not only failed to receive
a majority of the votes of the Fourth
district but ran a miserable third as
compared with Pittsburg and Cincin-
natl.
There were 6s5 votes cast by as
many banks in the Fourth district, OF
which 294 were cast for Pittsburg, 1874
we're cast for Cincinnati and only ITO
we're cast for Cleveland. Compara-
lively speaking, Baltimore ran second
in its district and was not chosen,
while Cleveland ran third in Its dis
trict and was chosen. Baltimore got
1913 votes in it's district, while Cleve-
land got only 10 votes in it's district
AS a matter of fact, Cleveland re
ceived neither a majority nor the high
est votes of the banks in its own state
of Ohio. There were 343 banks voting
in Ohio. The largest number OF votes
cast by the Ohio banks cast for any
city was 100 for Cincinnati. On the
other hand, only 1O7 Ohio banks voted
for Cleveland. Cleveland's Ito votes
consisted of 107 from Ohio, from
Pennsylvania and none either from
West Virginia or kentucky. Cleveland
is the home OF Mayor Baker,
who kept the Chic delegation at the
baltimore convention in line for Mr..
Wilson.