The Washington herald., 1920-01-09

VIII 90 Inc nOnOrS IN entertaining
Choice Made Unanimous.
San Francisco was made the
unanimous choice of the committee,
after receiving twenty-seven votes
in the first ballot, while Kansas
City had received seventeen and
Chicago nine. When twenty-seven
votes had been recorded for the
Golden Gate City, Committeeman
Boeschenstein, of Illinois, moved
that the choice of San Francisco
be made unanimous. The COM
mittee was sitting in executive
session. A few moments after
the choice of a convention city
had been made it was decided to
hold the convention on June z8.
1a- S1c.-J a Democratic
-e,ideu'iai norrius, for the next
-r-'rr = lg L. -.ade in San
Es-. r.., . rev ditorium, which
las s~s-- pacity ranging
from $1,000 to 1900.
Eloquence Narrows Field,
The only cities which made claim
Tor the honor were victorious San
Francisco, Chicago and Kansas City.
Cleveland, Cincinnati and Indian
lpolis, all of which had been EXPECT
ed to make bids for the convention.
were silent when Chairman Cum
minSs asked If there were any more
cities to be heard from. 1t was so
evident after the Kansas City and
San Francisco delegates had finish
ed extolling their respective home
towns that one of the two would be
chosen. that boosters for other con-
Nentionsaspiring metropoli decided
not to waste the time of the COM
Tnittee.
Selection of the time and place of
the next convention occupied most
of the time of the committee. which
met at 10 o'clock and did not ad-
Journ until a short while before
the jackson Day dinners
San Francisco's spokesmen had a
strong array of arguments with
which to convince the Democratic
committeeman that the Pacific
Coast combined many features es-
sential to the strategic choice of the
next Democratic convention, regard
I'd as the most important and
spoch-making convention in the
party's history.
In Alphabetical Order.
After Chicago's claims had been
: presented by Mayor Harrison, Rog-
sr Sullivan. Committeeman Boeseh-
snstein and ex-senator James Ham
lton Lewis. advocates of San Fran
cisco wished to delay that city's
presentation OF claims until Mis-
souri, had been heard from. The
Kansas City boosters wanted to
walt until San Francisco had been
heard from. each city outdoing it
self in yielding to the other.
Finally Chairman Cummings set
lied the issue by ruling that claims
Of contending cities should be pre-
sented In the alphabetical order Of
states Committeeman Dockweiler,
speaking for San Francisco, caused
4 visible stir when he declared that
San Francisco's pledge would be
125,000. and that a certified check
for 100000 of this amount alre adv
had been deposited in a bank. The
remainder, ne said. would be turned
over to the National Committee by
April 1. In addition to these sums,
Committeeman Dockweiler STATED
, San Francisco was prepared to sub
scribe a large sum for the enter
tainment of the National Commit
tee and stinguished Democrats
who attended the convention.
Besides these two attractive Of
fers Mr.. Dockweiler told the visIbly
interested committeeman that San
Francisco would pledge free use Of
Its new auditorium.
Others pressing the claims of the
Faeihc Coast were Associate Com
mitteewomsn Mary z. Foy and Vice
Chairman J. Bruce Kremer. Of Mon
tana.
Ovation for Clark.
Kansas City was ably ckampioned
As the mecca for delegates, to the
big convention BY the Rev. A. Bur-
ris Jenkins Kansas City's pastor
editor; former Speaker Champ
Clark, Committeeman Goltra and
Fred Fleming. Third Assistant
Secretary OF State Bxeckinridge
Long also made brief but stir
ring appeal on behalf of Kansas
city. The Missouri city pledged
fen Sc OF its giant auditorium
~ legitimate convention ex-
-sH up TO $4,000 Chicago had
b!eia $4,000.
Ths appearance of former Speak
y = mp Clark was the signal for