The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-12-18
REPUBLICANS TO
MEET IN CHICAGO
Convention to Nominate Candi-
date fer President to
Open June 8.
sT.LOUls A POOR SECOND
Contest for Convention City Narrowed
to the Two Midwest Cities
Gov. Sproul of Pennsylvania
Makes Keynote Speech.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Chlcago was
selected as the place for 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
3 for st. Louis.
st. Louis received the votes of Con-
nectlcut, 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
In setting out into the uncharted seas
Of international quarrels and jealous
les" 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-
ton 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 adj
ministration's Mexican policy and de-
clared the Republican party APP
preached the coming presidential cam
paign with confidence that the people
would indorse Its policies
His outline of these included a bet
ter relation between capital and labor,
in administration, a firm handling Of
the Mexican situation, restoration of
Americanism and constitutional gov
eminent and sound solution of the
railroad problem.
Referring briefly to the question of
peace, the governor declared that the
Republican citizenship had "endeav-
ored to cooperate in the conclusion
Of the matter, with only such limita-
tons as will 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
toI In, xxhi nd
selves, but we must lay our plans for
restoring our nation to the position of
respect which it once held.
"We must lay our plans TO meet the
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 #. Brown, Ohio; Her
bert Parsons, New York; Senator w.
Murray Crane, Massachusetts,; Sena-
tor Boise Penrose, Pennsylvania II.
O. Bursum, New Mexico: George W.
Perkins, New York; William III.
Crocker, California; Raymond Rob-
ms, llllDOlS, EuSluCe CuiilHuIlc, Cuii-
fornia; Senator Elihu Root, New
York; Mrs. Mary Gibson, California;
julius Rosenwald, Illinois; Miss Mary
Garrett Hay, New York; Henry l..
Stlmson, New York; V. L. Highland,
West Virginia; Mrs. John G. South,
Kentucky; II. b. Howell, Nebraska !;
Senator Reed Smoot, Utah; Senator
Frank b. Kellogg, Minnesota; Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton, Ohio; III. F..
MacGregor, Texas Col. Charles B.
Warren, bIichigan; John M. Morehead,
North Carolina; William Allen White,
Kansas.
It was announced that John Callan
OLaughlln of Chicago Is to be Sec
rotary of the committee on policies.
William Wrigley. also of Chicago, is
to head the division on public infor-
nation. Mr.. O'Laughlln's headquar-
ters will be In Washington.