White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-19
Republicans Will Hold National Con
vention in Chicago

Chicago was Seleflfa D tue itPho
Iican national committee In Washing
ton, Tuesday, as the meeting place
of the 1916 republican national con-
yention TO be held June 7, n week
before the democratic convention in
st. Louis.
The vote stood: Chicago 81, San
Francisco 13, st. Louis 7, Philadel-
phia 2.
Earlier in the day the committee
had determined upon the date for the
convention. A much discussed prob
len with sentiment for and against
meeting before the democrats, vas
apparently evenly divided. The de-
cision was reached without a ~rollcall,
and some say a record vote might
have brought a different result.
Advocates of an early convention
urged that now was the time for the
republican party to take the often
sive 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
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do.
Technical objection raised to an
early date by representatives of Wess
Virginia and South Dakota, where
primaries to elect convention dele
gates are held June 6, were swept
away by adoption of a resolution
which will permit placing the names
Of the candidates from these states
on the temporary roll of the onven
ton with the agreement that certifi-
cation by telegraph from the proper
state authorities after the primaries
will be valid authorization for the
seating.
The fight for the convention prov
ed to be more one-sided than friends
of the cities which lost had believed
IL would be. The fact that the dem
ocrats meet In st. Louis June IA and
that many thousands who will attend
have made reservations at the hotels
there for several days ahead un-
.doubtedly had its influence against
st. Louis after the committee had
decided upon June 7 as the date. San
Francisco made a strong showing,
but the combination between st.
Louis, San Francisco and Philadel-
phia. talked OF previously, failed to
materialize. II would have made no
difference. for Chicago had a major
ity v Q all.
Henry r. Rathbone and Mayor
Thompson made the principal argu-
ment for Chicago; Representative
Julius Kahn for San Francisco. and
ex-Mayor c. p. wa1brfdge for 81.
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 Chairman Hilles
held paper worth $500. 900. All was
returned except the 100000 from
Chicago.
The committee officially took no
cognizance Of candidates, although
the lobby of the hotel where the
meetings were held was pretty we'll
filled with republicans who have been
mentioned as presidential POSSIBLE
ties and their supporters. About 500
of the 9S5 delegates to the conven-
ton are to be chosen at the primaries
and by the time most of these cleo
lions have been held, the leaders ex-
pect to have a good line on what
the different states think of candi-
dates.
The republican fight. the gossip
went, Will be Waged on a rev pain
principles; defense of American COM
merce and industry and defense OF
American lives. One of the points of
attack will be that the democratic
party in Congress had not stood for
an adequate plan of preparedness un-
til events across the Atlantic forced
them to change their position.
One of the last things done by
the committee was the selection of a
committee OF arrangements which
will select a temporary chairman OF
the convention and name some of its
important temporary committees
Chairman Hilles is head of the ar
rangements committee and the other
members are: Ralph e. Williams oil
oregon, Frank Murphy of New Jer'