Evening star., 1915-12-11
FRISCO IS AFTER
c. 0.P. CONVENTION
Delegation Here Making Siren
uous Efforts to Capture
Meet Next Summer.

representatives or San Francisco are
in Washington and making strenuous
efforts to have the republican national
convention there next summer A fun.l
of 100000 has been raised and is used
to back up the delegation. Friends of
the California city feel that it is pc
culiarly adapted to handling the large
crowd OF a convention by virtue of it's
training received at the Panama. Pa :
cific exposition, which has just closed.
Francis Il. Loomis of San Francisco.
former assistant secretary of state. is
in the city working for San Francisco.
San Francisco" said Mr.. Loomis,
has made a substantial success of the
Panama Pacific exposition, just closed,
and it's people feel that it could enter
tain in becoming and effective man
ner and will make a strong effort to
obtain the next republican national
convention.
Advantages of San Francisco.
when the republican national COM
mittee meets here Tuesday there will
be strong delegation from San Fran
cisco, from California and other west
ern states to support the city of the
Golden Gate. San Francisco has nu-
merous distinct and impressive advan-
tages. In the first place, the weather
is never hot. never oppressive and
never unpleasant. The city is more
thoroughly organized to entertain Wis
itors on large scale than any other
city. in the country, as result of its
experience in entertaining the visitors
to the Panama-Pacific exposition.
"In the minds of western republi-
cans" continued Mr.. Loomis. there is
convincing argument in favor of San
party in the west suffered from the
division and disaster that came into the
ranks in the campaign of 1910, and
keenly feels the need of encourage
ment. inspiration and rehabilitation.
THE presence of the party on the
western coast" he went on. would
bring republicans from all parts of
the country and would act as life
giving tonic to the party in all the
western states, not only in giving a
strong presidential candidate to the
party. but as well adding in the neigh
borhood of half a dozen senator's to
the republican side and very much
swell the republican ranks in the House
of Representatives.
There has never been republican ma
tional convention in the history of the
party west of the Mississippi river. The
delegates from the west have been COM
ing to the east for a half century to at
tend the party gatherings 1t seems to
them that the delegates from other parts
of the country should come to at least one
convention on the Pacific coast.
People Desire Convention.
The people of San Francisco are
very much in earnest and very much
desire to get the convention. Their
hospitality is unsurpassed, as those
who have visited the exposition will
readily and willingly testify. The WISH
tors who go to San Francisco will meet
with a cordiality and heartiness of
welcome that will make lasting i'm
pressions upon them.
San Francisco has raised the 100000
which the national committee requires.
The hotels have agreed to maintain
reasonable rates. and their record dur
ing the period of the exposition, in this
respect was exemplary. There was not
one complaint of high or unreasonable
rates.
There is every reason to believe that
by holding the convention in San Fran
cisco the greatest degree of party
harmony and party efficiency will be
evolved.
None of the candidates for the nom-
ination should have but the heartiest
feeling for San Francisco Nine-tenths
of those whose names have been men,
ing the past year. They were gracious
ly and handsomely entertained, and
they can only have the kindliest wishes
for their San Francisco friends, and
feel sure they will do what they can
to return the hospitality of San Fran
cisco hosts by helping them in all
proper ways to get the convention"