The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-15
CHICAGO SELECTED

ZNiaDHinl m the committee meeting was represented by P. D. Baker of Mo- bile.
 CHICAGO SELECTED
 Chicago was selected by the republican national committee tonight as the meet ing place of the 1916 republican national convention to be held June T. one week before the democratic convention in St Louis.
 The vote stood: Chicago, 3i: San Fran. cisco. 1S; St. Louis [; Philadelphia. ?.
 Earlier in the day the committee had determined upon the convention date much discussed problem, with sentiment for and against meeting before the demo- crats pretty evenly divided The de- cision was reached without a roll call and some said a record vote might have brought different result
 Advocates of an early convention argued that now was the time for tho re- pNblican. party to take the offensive against it's political enelisieF taout re. gard to the ancient custom of allowing the party in power to meet first and announce it's candidates and principles It was urged that the party should not consider defensive campaign but should blaze the trail and give it's story to the country first without waiting to see what the democrats intended to do.
 Technical objection raised to an early date by representatives of West Virginia
 
 elect convention delegates are held June 6, was swept away by adoption of resolution which will permit placing the names of the candidates from these states on tue temporary roll of the conven- tion with the agreement that certifica- tion by telegraph from the proper state authorities after the primaries will be valid authorization for the seating The fight for the convention proved td 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 14 and that many thousands who will attend have made reservations at the hotels there for several days ahead undoubtedly had it's influence against St. Louis after tho committee had decided upon June as the date. San Francisco made a strong showing. but the combination between St Louis, San Francisco and Phila- delphia talked of yesterday failed to ma terialize. It would have made no difference. for Chicago had a maJor- ity over all.
 WORK ON CAMPAIGN PLANS Representative J. Hampton Moore made the principal argument for Phil- adelpha. Henry k. Rathbonc and Mayor Thompson for Chicago, Repre- sentative Julian Kahn for San Fran cisco, and ex-Mayor C. r. Walbridge
  the contest apparently was forgotten and all sides went to work on cam paign plans
 The committee officially took nc cognizance of candidates. although the lobby of the hotel where the meetings were held was pretty well filled With republicans who have been mentioned as presidential possibilities and their supporters About 500 of the 9S5 dele. gates to the convention are to be chosen at primaries and by the time most of the elections are held the lead | CTS expect to have a good line on what | the different states think of candi dates,
 l The republican fight, the gossip went | today, will be waged on q few plain principles--defense of American com- l merce and industry and defense oi i American lives. One of the points of 1 attack will be that the democratic party in Congress had not stood foI /, an adequate plan of preparedness un- l til events in Europe forced them tc | change their position.
 | One of the last things done by the 1 committee today was the selection oi ! q committee on arrangements which ! will select temporary chairman ol { the convention and name some of its ! important temporary committees 1 Chairman Hilles is head of the ar. [ engagements committee and the other members are.
 i Ralph F. Williams of oregon, Frank. i lin Murphy of New Hampshire, Fred Stanley of Kansas, Charles B. WarreH of Michigan. Avah H. Martin of Vir' l ginia. James F. Goodrich of Indiana and John T. Adams of Iowa i PRELIMINARY MEET PLANNED
 This committee will either meet in New York or Chicago in few days I to lay out it's preliminary plans and is expected to have many meetings be. | fore June.
 ! Chairman Hilles said tonight he had heard no serious suggestions for tenn. ! porary chairman of the convention, but i that there seemed to be sentiment 1 among many members to see whether l the winter does not develop some re' ! publican orator in Congress who car properly sound the keynote I The committee adopted a resolution designed to prevent use of proxies al ! future meetings of the committee ext cept when the giver of the proxy it l ill out of the city where the meeting l Is to be held. or member from sornt
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