Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-19
REPUBLICANS TO
MEET IN CHICAGO
Convention to Nominate Candi-
date for President to
Open June 8.
ST. LOUIS A POOR SECOND
Contest for Convention City Narrowed
70 the Two Midwest Cities
Gov. sprouI Of Pennsylvania
Makes Keynote Speech.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Chicago was
selected as the place Tor the Repub-
lican national convention next year
and June named as the date for the
convention.
The selections were made by the
Republican national committee. The
contest for the convention city was
narrowed to Chicago and st. Louis,
and the vote was A for Chicago to
p for ST. Louis.
st. Louis received the votes Of Con-
necticut. Pennsylvania. Oklahoma,
Georgia, Iowa. Tennessee. Texas, Mis-
souri, and Hawaii.
Mayor Thompson invited the dele
gates to hold the 1920 convention at
Chicago. where. he said. "the people
are imbued with the Americanism Of
Washington and the Republicanism of
Abraham Lincoln"
He attributed the present unrest to
action of the present administration
I'm "setting out into the uncharted seas
of International quarrels and jealous
fes." and brought cheers from the dele
gates when he declared that the peo-
pie of Chicago "believe in getting out
of Europe and staying out"
Speaking for the Chicago Associa-
tion OF Commerce. Fred w. Upham
said the Illinois city would guarantee
all the expenses of the convention,
which four years ago amounted to
$4,000.
Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania,
in keynote speech. attacked the ad-
ministration's Mexican policy and de-
clared the Republican party ap-
preached the coming presidential cam
paign with confidence that the people
would Indorse its policies.
His outline OF these included bet
Ger relation between capital and labor,
in administration. a firm handling Of
the Mexican situation, restoration of
Americanism and constitutional gov
ernment and sound solution of the
railroad problem.
Referring briefly to the question of
peace. the governor declared that the
Republican citizenship had "endeav-
OF the matter, with only such limita-
lions as win preserve to this repub-
lie Its full right to determine its own
affairs" under the Constitution.
''We must prepare" said Governor
Sproul. mot only to clean up the gov
ernmental mess in which we find our
selves, but we must lay our plans for
restoring our nation to the position of
respect which it once held.
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menace to our peace and well-being
In our relations with Mexico during
the last seven years."
The committee to consider policies
and platform was announced as fol-
lows: Walter F. Brown, Ohio; Her
bert Parsons, New York; Senator w.
Murray Crane. Massachusetts; Sena-
tor Boise Penrose, Pennsylvania; H.
~. Bursum, New Mexico; George w.
Perkins, New York; William ii.
Crocker, California; Raymond Rob-
,Ins. Illinois; Eustace Culliname, CALI
fornia; Senator Elihu Root, New
York: Mrs. Mary Gibson, California
Julius Rosenwald. Illinois; Miss Mary
Garrett Hay. New York; Henry l..
Stimson. New York; V. l.. Highland.
West Virginia; Mrs. John G.. South,
Kentucky; r. b. Howell. Nebraska
Senator Reed Smoot Utah; Senator
Frank b. Kellogg. Minnesota; Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton. Ohio; Fl. f.
MncGregor, Texas; Col. Charles B.
Warren. Michigan; John M. Morehead
North Carolina; William Allen White
Kansas.
n II was announced that John Callan
lO'Laughlin of Chicago is to be sec
retary Of tho committee on policies
william Wrigley, also Of Chicago, Il
TO head the division on public infor
mation. Mr.. OLaughlin's headquar
tiers will be In Washington.