Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-15
Precedent Is Upset When Date
of Meeting Is Fixed Before
That When Patty in Power
Is to Assemble
FIGHT BETWEEN CITIES
PROVES ONE SIDED
Basis of Campaign Next Year
FOreCaSted by Meeting of
National Executive Commit
tee in Washington.

tsY soaEsa JouHpAL sFseisl tsAsan Wissi
Washington Dee 1i.--Chicago was
! selected hy the republican national
committee ms the meeting place Of
/ the 1916 national convention TO be
held june q one week before tho
I democratic convention m ST. Louis.
Earlier in the day tho committee
! had determined upon the date for the
convention. much discussed pro-
I blem, with sentiment for and against
I meeting before the democrats pretty
4 evenly divided. The decision was
reached without . roll call, and some
said record vote might have
brought a different result
Advocates OF an carly convention
argued that now was tho time for The
republican party 10 take the often
slvc against IT'S political enemies
without resard Co the ancient custom
of allowing the party in power TO
meet first and announce it's caudi-
| dates and principles 10 was urged
that the party should not consider a
defensive campaign, but should blaze
the trail and give ts story TO the
country first without waiting to see
what the democrats intended TO do,
What Beat st, I.ouis.
The fight for the convention PROV
ed TO be more one-sldcd 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
that many thousands Who win at
I tend have made reNrVTrious at the
hotels there for several days ahead,
undoubtedly had its Influence against
St. Louis after the committee had de-
cided upon June as the date
Henry r. Rathbonc ana Mayor
Thompson made the principal argu
ment tor Chicago: Rep. Julius Kahn
I of san Francisco and cX-Mayor C.. p
! Walbrdge for ST. Louis
The committee officially took not
| cognizance of candidates although
the lobby Of the hotel where the
meetings We're held was pretty we'll
filled with republicans who have been
mentioned as presidential possibili-
ties and their supporters About 600
/ Of the 985 delegates 10 tho convcn-
tion are to bc chosen at primaries,
aud by the time most Of these cleo
iiuns are held The leaders expect 10
have q good line ou Vnat the differ
ent states think If candidates
Tho republican light the gossip
1 went today will ho waged ON few
plain principles, defense of American
commerce ana industry and defense
of American lives one Of the points
of attack Will Doe that the democratic
party i'm congress had not stood fer
am adequate plan ot preparedness
lmlil events across the Atlantic fore
ed them TO change their position.
| Committee on arrangements Named.
one of The last things done by the
| committee today was the selection of
q committee on arrangements which |
win select p temporary chairman Of
! the convention and name some of its
important temporary committees.
Chairman Hllcs is head of the ar
rangements committee and the other
members are.
Ralph L. Williams OF Oregon
Frank Murphy of New Jersey. f. e. !
Duncan of North Carolua Fred W |
| Estabrook Of New Hampshire Fred
/ Stanley of Kansas. Charles b. War |
/ ren of Michigan: Alvah H. Martin Of /
Virginia. James r. Goodrich Of In !
diana and John T. Adams Of Iowa |
| This committee viii meet either IN
New York or in Chicago in q few days
TO lay out its preliminary plans and /
Is expected 20 have many meetings
before June.
Blow at Proxies.
The committee adopted a rcsolu /
tion designed Go prevent use Of proH I
les at future meetings Of the COM
Imntec. except when the giver OF the |
proxies is in, out Of the city where
he meeting Is TO be- held or q member /
from some territory outside The con- |
tinenta limits Of the United states I
| This resolution was introduced by
Mr Warren and was said 70 have been
drawn for its effect upon the com
mittee meeting next june. when con-
tests will be taken up.
The committee gave am hour dur
ing the afternoon to proponents and
opponents Of woman suffrage APP
plause ana laughter greeted all the
speakers DR. Anna Howard Shaw
asked that the republican platform
Of 1916 carry plank promising
federal suffrage amendment and
Miss Francis Jollffo Of California
and Mrs Sara Bard Field of Oregon.
Of the Congressional Union for Wom
an Suffrage, served notice that there
were 1000 coo women voters in the
west whose votes were worth getting
and could be had II the republican
party would put such plank in its
platform Mrs A. .. George was
spokesman for the anll-sugfragisrs