The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-08
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERAID WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1915
show you" replied the gentleman from

show you," replied the gentleman from Illinois.
 Goveronor Dunne declared Chicago was the finest summer resort in the world and the greatest railway center in the United States.
 "One-half the population of the coun- try can reach Chicago overnight" he asserted
 AS for hotel accommodations" Gov ernor Dunne said, Chicago could han dle both the republican and democratic conventions at the same time and still have facilities to spare"
 Chicago" said Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, "is the hub of such doubtful states as Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa as well as Illinois itself. The democracy needs these states and by holding the convention in Chicago you will help us get them,"
 When Missouri's turn the committed man from that state, E. F. Goltra intro- duced Speaker Champ Clark to lead the fight for St. Louis. The speaker was greeted with cheers. He asserted that St Louis was closer to the center of the country than any other of the applicants
 'If I had my way about it." said the speaker somewhat reflectively, there would never be another national conven- tion, but instead we would have presi-
  every national convention should be held in a hall accommodating not more than 5000 persons, 1000 delegates, 1000 alternates and 1000 newspaper men, That's enough.
 ST. LOUIS IDEAL CITY
 The climate in St Louis is ideal'
 There was a ripple of laughter from the Chicago and Dallas delegates. "Of course it gets a little warm sometimes the speaker resumed. but it gets hot as the deuce in Chicago, too.
 Now, I believe in playing the game with the cards above the table. Do you want the IS electoral votes of Missouri or don't you? If you want them send the convention to St. Louis. Senator Lewis. with that wonderfully expansive ina gina ton of his has picture Chicago as the hub of several doubtful states The states he mentioned as doubtful are about as reliably republican as Vermont.
 Missouri on the other hand, always has been the democratic breakwater against the republican hordes of the north. But recently the republicans of Illinois and Iowa have been moving into Missouri and the republican votes are in- creasng. A lot of our good democrats in Missouri have been moving to Texas and Oklahoma to help build up those states But the republicans in Missouri don't move out The colored brother stays with us. He stays and propagates and he propagates fluently."
 Senator Stone and James F. Smith of the Business Mems league closed the ar gument for St. Louis
 Mayor Henry D. Linsley was the first of the Texas delegation to be heard.
 Gentlemen" he said, i've don't have to explain how Texas in the past went republican. And we don't have to frighten you with predictions as to how it may go republican in the future. Texas is, how ever. a doubtful state. We never know until the votes are counted whether the republicans or the socialists have gotten the most votes.
 ''We do come here gentlemen, with the first serious bid in many years for con vention to come to the heart of the south- land We want you to come and nomi- nate your candidates and write your plat form where the camp fires of democracy burn the brightest
 Texas is not commercializing it's offer of financial assistance or it's efforts to ob- tain the convention. We are not bidding for the democartic convention on one hand and the republican convention on the other. We only want the convention you can give us. You are our kind of folks and we want you with us''
 MT. Lindsay said Dallas was used to entertaining large convention gatherings and has had as high as 1000 to 1000 visitors in the city on fete days at the state fair
 Col. Louis J. Wortham of Fort Worth also urged the selection of Dallas. He declared that holding the democratic con- vention in St. Louis in 1904 had not done the party much good inasmuch as the state not only gave it's electoral votes to the enemy" but lost a democratic sen- ator as we'll.
 The voting for the convention city was in executive session, but the re- suit was announced immediately the second ballot had been concluded.
 UREY WOODSON SEATED
 In seating Urey Woodson as member from Kentucky, the committee held that when he was selected by the Kentucky state central committee to succeed the late John c. c. Mayo, Woodson was chosen to fill the entire unexpired term. The selection of Gen eral Haldeman by the Kentucky state convention as a member of the com mittee which took place after the Woodson election, was not regular. it was held. report to this effect was drawn up by a subcommittee consist ing Norman E. Mack of New York, Ed win O. Wood of Michigan and John T. McGraw of West Virginia. and adopt ed unanimously by the meeting. The subcommittee also found that General Hsldeman had acted in good faith in contesting the seat
 Friends of MT. Easter1y of Oregon failed in their effort to prove that the Baltimore platform provided specifi- cally for the seating of committeeman selected at state primaries without re- gard to whether their predecessors terms have expired. The committee held that the Baltimore plank, which was drawn after the present commit teemen were named. will not be oper- ative until next spring
 Easterly was chosen at a recent pri- mary to succeed King, who was named by the state central committee of his state
 JELKS' AMENDMENT