The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-17
CHICAGO CHOSEN
BY REPUBLICANS
CONVENTION TO BE HELD THERE,
JUNE Z, ONE WEEK
BEFORE
DEMOCRATIC MEETING
Campaign to be Waged on Simple
EMBELLISHMENTS
Heard.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Chicago
was selected by the Republican Ma
tional Committee tonight as the meet
ing place of the 1916 Republican Ma
tional Convention to be held June 4,
one week before the Democratic Con-
vention in st. Louis.
The vote stood; Chicago, 81 San
Francisco, 13; st. Louis z; Phila-
delphia, 2.
Earlier in the day the committee
had determined upon the convention
date. much-discussed problem, with
sentiment for and against meeting
before the Democrats pretty evenly
divided. The decision was reached
without roll call, and some said a
record vote might have brought a
different result.
Advocates of an early convention
argued that now was the time for
the Republican party to take the Of
! fensive against its political enemies
without regard to the ancient Gus
tom Of allowing the party in power
to meet first and announce its candi-
dates 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. 8
Technical objections raised to an
early date by representatives of West
Virginia and South Dakota, where
primaries to elect convention dele
gates are held June 6, was swept
away by adoption of resolution
which will permit placing the names
of the candidates from these states
on the temporary roll of the conven-
ton with the agreement that certifi-
cation by telegraph from the proper
State authorities after the primaries
will be valid authorization for the
seating.
Fight is One-Sided.
The fight for the convention prov
ed to be more one-sided than friends
of the cities which lost had believed
it would be. The fact that the Demo
Gratis meet in st. Louis June IA, and
| thot N, n py tbnuoo pdc who will attand
have made reservations at the hotels
there for several days ahead, un-
doubtedly had it's influence against
st. Louis, after the committee had
decided upon June Z as the date. San
Francisco made a strong showing
but the combination between St
Louis, San Francisco and Philadel-
phia, talked yesterday, failed to ma
terialize. 1t would have made nc
difference for Chicago had major
ity over all.
Representative ]. Hampton Moore
made the principle argument fol
Philadelphia; Henry r. Rathbone and
Mayor Thompson for Chicago; Rep
resentative julius Kahn for San
Francisco and ex-Mayor c. p. Wal
bridge for st. Louis. After the vote
was taken, the contest apparently
was forgotten. And all sides went to
work on campaign plans. Every one
of the four cities had its check ready
and before the ballot was taken Chair
man Hilles held paper worth $4OO,'
900. All was returned except the
100000 from Chicago.
The committee officially took nc
canoe of candidates altho the lobby
of the hotel where the meetings were
held was pretty well filled with Re-
publicans who have been mentioned
as Presidential possibilities and theii
supporters. About 600 of the 9SJ
delegates to the convention are to be
chosen at primaries, and by the time
most of these election are held, the
leaders expect to have a good line on
what the different states think OF
candidates.
Plain Principles back of Fight.
The Republican fight, the GOSSIP
went today. will be waged on few
plain principles; defense of American
commerce and industry and defense
of American lives. One OF the points
Of attack is that the Democratic par
'ty in Congress had not stood for al