Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-02

DALLAS IN THE FIGHT
Texas City. Claiming Support OF
Third of National Committee
Alarms Large Rivals.

Washington, Dec when the
Democratic National Committee as
sembles in this city neXv week 1t VIII
face the most determined contest wag'
ed in recent years by cities after the
honor of entertaining the next nom
mating convention.
Chicago and st. Louis issued thei'
invitations early, just as they nave
doe with each Of the two great par
ties for 20 years. San Francisco mas
mn in bid and will send com
mittee from the Pacific Coast to re-
inforce it. Omaha will ask considera
ton and Cincinnati may offer ltseiL
as compromise"
II is obvious that neither San Fran
cisco nor Omaha will be taken serious
", and but for the fact that Da!ias'
Texas. has loomed up with surprlS-
IN" number of National Committee
ran committed TO her cause, there Il
not 4 doubt that Chicago and 81.
louis would get together and ami
rally divide the convention honorS
between them. One would take the
Democratic and The other the Repuo-
I;can body and the friendly contest
would be over
The Dallas campaign for support,
however. has disarranged the wno!e
orogiam. The Chicago people dare
rot reach an understanding win the
st. Louis committeeman whereby III"
Windy City will be content with tne
Democratic for the simple reason that
the Democrats may refuse to he de-
!ivcred. St. Louis. likewise, is afraid
20 conceGe anything to Chicago for
the equally simple reason that II
Chicago fails to land the Democratic
convention the Western metropolis
will certainly concentrate lis resource
upon the Republicans.
That. in brief, is the story Of ho"
Dallas has thrown the monkey wrench
into the machinery and caused all the
candidates for me tive conventions t.
revise their original plans Of cam,
Daign. Each applicant for the nomi-
mating body will. it now appears. VOL"
on independent lines and reject a"
tenlers of compromise.
In the beginning the invitation
reached the national committee head.
quarters here from Dallas received
little consideration. particularly by
the other cities interested in securing
the next Democratic convention. Il
was assumed generally that the Tex
as town merely wanted to be known
as one which also "an and would al
the proper time gracefully stand aside
and permit the other contestants g
fight it out.
More recently. however. reports
have come from Texas which have
changed the minds. not only Of party
leaders. but Of those friends of Chi
cago and st. Louis who has assumed
that the Southerners were merely
engaged in very clever little ad,
vertisine campaign.
For instance circular document
came through the mails quoting near
Il one-third of the national commit
teemen as being actually favorable tc
Dallas as the convention city, and :
third more as having an open minc
upon the subject.
On the heels of this communica
ton came the information that Dal
las in a three-day whirwind campaign
had raised 100000 to be placed a
the disposal of the National Corr
mittee if that city should be chosen
And now it is announced that tn
people of Dallas have chartered
special train and that their loca
campaigners will come to Washing
ton next week with the national com
rlitteemen from Oklahoma. Arkansa:
Tennessee. Alabama. Mississippi
Georgia, Virginia and perhaps fe,
others as their special guests.