The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-15
Contest for the Republican
National Gathering Prov
ed One-Sided
DISCUSSION OF
CAMPAIGN ISSUES
One Point Of Attack VIII Be That Dem
ocrats Did Not Stand for Prepared
ness Until Events Across the Allan
tic Forced Change.

tic Forced Change.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Chicago was
selected by the Republican national commit
tee last night as the meeting place of the
1916 Republican national convention to be
held June Z, one week before the Demo
cratic convention in st. Louis The vote J
stood: Chicago, 81 San Francisco, ID; St !
Louis, Z; Philadelphia, =
Advocates of an early convention date ar
gued that now was the time for the Repub- |
ican party to take the offensive against its |
political enemies without regard to the an |
cient custom of allowing the party in power |
to meet first and announce its candidates
and principles. 1t was urged that the party
should not consider a defensive campaign.
/ but should blaze the trail and give its story
to the country first without waiting to see
what the Democrats intended to do Tech
meal objection raised to an early date by
representatives of West Virginia and South
Dakota, where primaries to elect convention
delegates are held June g. was swept away
by adoption of a resolution which will per
NIT placing the names of the candidates
from those states on the temporary roll of
the convention with the agreement that Ger
LITIGATION by telegraph from the proper state
authorities after the primaries will be valid
authorization for the seating.
The fight for the convention proved to be
more one-sided than friends of the cities
which lost had believed it would be- The
fact that the Democrats meet in st. Louis
June Il, and that many thousands who will
attend have made reservations at the hotels
there for several days ahead, undoubtedly
had its influence against st. Louis after the
committee had decided upon June I as the
date 10 Il,
, but the combination between st. Louis. San
r Francisco and Philadelphia, talked of Mon
! day, failed to materialize. 1t would have
made no difference, for Chicago had a ma
, jority over all.
After the vote was taken the contest ap-
parently was forgotten and all sides went to
: work on campaign plans Every one of the
r four cities had its check ready and before
= the ballot was taken Chairman Hilles held
/ paper worth 100000. All was returned
except the 100000 from Chicago.
! The committee officially took no cogniz-
ance of candidates. although the lobby OF
;. the hotel where the meetings were held
was pretty well filed with Republicans
O who have been mentioned as presidential
: possibilities and their supporters. About
: 600 of the go delegates to the convention
are to be chosen at primaries. and by the
10 time most of these elections are held tn,
" leaders expect to have a good line on what
J., the different states think of candidates
! The Republican fight, the gossip wen
10 yesterday, will be waged on a few plair
AZ principles; defense of American commerct
rs and industry and defense of American
m lives. One of the points OF attack will b.
n that the Democratic party in Congress ha,
10 not stood for an adequate plan Of prepar
as edness until events across the Atlanti
m forced them to change their position,
II The committee gave an hour during tn
.. afternoon to proponents and opponents 0
n woman suffrage Applause and laughte
greeted all the speakers. DR.. Anna How
10 ard Shaw asked that the Republican plat
no form of 1916 carry a plank promising
- federal suffrage amendment, and Mis-
90 Francis Jolliffe of California and Mrs. Sar
r. Bard Field of Oregon, of the congressionG
do union for woman suffrage. served motto
40 that there Were 4,0000 900 women voters i
the West whose votes We're worth gettin
or and could be had if the Republican part
nj would put such a plank in its platform
nd Mrs. A. J. George was spokesman for tn
~ antisuffragists