Show THE DE where vill the cominer 11 great democratic CON VERON BE HELD the committee meets ana dakides that THE THIRD DAY OF JULY I 1 will be tile time for the ol 01 gantle meeting BALLOTING FOR THE ten ballots are taken ltd no satisfactory results slit francisco slightly in the lead press to tug 1 national Nati otal democratic committee washington feb 22 the na dional democratic committee met at willards ball in this city at noon to d for the selecting a date n Z place for holding the next demo cratic convention to nominate candidates for president and vice president ex senator IV 11 barnum of con presided over the committee F G prince of acted as secretary the vacancy caused by the death of hubert 0 thompson of new york u ar promptly belled by the election of william steinway A DATZ SELECTED the organization being completed the chairman stated that the alist business in order was the selection of a the national demo amt convention senator gorman offered a resolution fixing july ad next this was vigorously opposed by congressman scott of pennsylvania aho was present as proxy for air A wallace ile read a long speech de i e t i th 1 advantages which he beri 1 71 am rue tb the democratic from a convention held as early pary I 1 ay 22 tile campaign should be v i g 0 rowa and aggressive by the eel ec ta n of an early date and tile distinct and early enunciation to the american of the principles which woudie keople brought into the democratic davison of south carolina followed in the same an amendment to the proposition was made to fix june ath as the date but this m well as the early date suggested by scott was objected to by senator gorman I 1 who declared that in view of the fact that there were some differ ances of opinion in the democratic the tarifa question it would alti to hold the convention before the democratic bousi of depra senta tives had an opportunity to agree upon a tariff measure which would bring together the dissenting opinions and united support of the party when such a bill bad been agreed upon the could fasten upon the republican senate the res bof a revising the existing tariff law and correcting its evils senator pasco of fla briefly expressed himself as in avor of the early date the committee finally by a vote of 28 to laj agreed that the convention be held on next A short recess was then taken CLAIMS the committee then gave a beading to representatives of the various hies contending for the honor of sec curing the convention the first audien e being given to 31 31 fulle r of chicago lie congratulated the coin cittee on the changed condition of since four years RFD men twenty four years from power had imbued the demo with a feeling of timidity which minor party and kept it such the publican party was indig ing in the am gaut tion that one half of the american people were unfit for public office but the election of 4 had changed all that honest SIM c it an d the conrage of the leate r w koni the last convention had selected had carried the democratic party to victo y and now ahr ee years of democratic saw prosperity in the country hou esty in every department and sue cess in diplomacy through tene so knowledge and good sense rather thin e fiery of py ih 1 display it was a matter of co whether the committee should contemplate a cliance of luck b a change of place chicago joffere y an unequalled unequal led climate the amp lest hotel accommodations and the jar telegraph newspaper and rall iest facilities it has an andl corium with a seating capacity of building with a and an exposition rapacity of which could be increased to lie then referred to m hat he regarded as changing the political conditions of some of the states bordering borderi rg 1111 nois and declared that hol ing the conent ton in chicago would have I 1 lie effect of llanten ng that change for the first time in thirty two years the democratic party was going into a presidential campaign with a pr 00 act 4 on account of tile PT session by grover cleveland i which bad endeared stephen A douglas to of carrying illinois it the demo bratle arty gave the convention to chicago it have a 0 front tile great m pat next november that would settle party domination in this country forever applause THE OF general hunt presented the claims of cincinnati a duty abich had been to speaker Car lialo UP regretted the forced absen c 0 0 I 1 tb a t gentleman M ho bad been sick su 0 boned to the bedside of his the cincinnati was son in ansas of lo 10 centre of a great circumference cation it was the gateway to the P state of indiana it was con bad virginia tilyous to west 11 donato state rather a vent to believed if the convention cincinnati ohio democrats would ba iio they W uld P bly carri that sta te spey colad at least ca r tile IWO districts of rac annati applan se tug SPEAKS Ite 6 S cox oi I 1 slew to 0 y ork tilen gent to the the el 1411 of t 8 t ro i n breont ity that city presented t Us I 1 me its 1 bitica I 1 or t ani tationa and all IWO 1 I 1 hl C longed to that democratic at n hol its earnest request for the in t ng of the democratic convention at that place generous abc acc ammo lations and hospitality were made as to new york would stand on a par with any other city and as to journalistic and telegraphic com m uni cation it was far ahead ile did n ot sa now york surpassed her s aisters tn suburban comfort and sea but she was of other b oe not excepting ahter nata nople i asel Li lighter it the conven tion 1 I desired salubrity and beath ful no convy could be trusted to do absolutely well new york should receive the suir rages of the committee he declared absolutely and without reservation reserva tio that there was no consideration favorable or unfavorable insidious or open contemplated by new york at to candidates but as to the clean that was quite another thing york was a political metropolitan countr and tile vote of tile state of new ay ark had determined the last three presidential elections and would decide the result of the next lookin to the consequences to the party lie regarded a choice of the great metropolis as not only the best but almost to victory ST LOVIS 11 r francis of st louis con the convention should be held in the same city which had been the scene of the memorable coni v tit oil of 6 which had broken the coill g record of republicans uc cessere ces sers applause the natio nal gathering of democrats was an honor to any city but to st louis with a demo crae I 1 a aa ministration honor indeed she would dear y the expenses of every member the convention and telegraphic transportation and hotel facilities were un u r passed senator vest in seconding the c claims of st louis said if there was anything in the location which would enable the democratic party to con the present brave and honest adain admin of the government no sort of local or personal feeling ought to interfere holding the convention in any one of the cities named would influence any degree the election in the course of his speech he do blared he belonged to the be hool of democrats who believed that all tile offices of taa 9 country d be filled by competent and worthy democrats loud and prolonged applause and cheers and cries of harrah for david B hill ile believed that u al edg there was such inequality as to r e nd er the decision a crime he would give the preference to an honest dem over an honest republican an iii amy that did not reward its own sol diers ifould come t 0 grief a party which did not stand by men would share fate applause ile urged that the convention should be held in a democratic city and d cpr elated the practice of feeding re p bli I 1 t i on democratic sponge c k aughtr Lugh tr none of the surplus ald of the republican party went to a democratic city and the reason for the success of t hat party in the past an its for aspect at the present was that it stood by its political localities ile bad little sympathy with the arguin ment that the selection oai con city the comfort of democrats should be consulted A who could not stand two days of the hot t eat weather ever experienced ip order to secure some democratic votes was unworthy of the name fai the com in 9 con bention would be a short one the candidate could easily be named its duty would be to announce a platform on which to go to the country with a great leader alo would carry the democratic party away to victory the candidate would new york why should the convention go to that city instead of the imperial west in order to an his name to the cople of the stites 1 I tha k god he S udd in conclusion that we are in battle arm y and ready for what is to come ou aleader has and will have in his hand a banner not of d uncertainty said moodily but floating vide fair and definite ee finite with the prin C i les 0 I 1 th arty em blazoned upon BAN FRANCISCO horatio Q king of nevada spoke in favor of holding the convention in san francisco believing that the democratic party would be greatly benefited thereby ile referred to the hospitality of the people of that city as attested by their recent welcome of the grand army of the republic and regarded that as sit earnest of what might be expected if tile convention was given to san francisco of call fornia subscribed to every word that had been uttered by senator vest if one the balance in favor of the democratic party and the gentlemen could show that by holding the convention in chicago st louis cincinnati or new york that a fain of sand could f INCH y and bring forth ip fru it in november ile would not stand here asking that the convention be given to san francisco the democrats of california and the pacific coast have been spar tansin the cause and while they held forth the hand of fellowship to their fellow democrats of the east and and while they offered to harbor the convention at their fi resides they would not wish to have the pleasure of its society and company did they not feel that they could be of some service in the great battle about to be opened the people of that section were quick to resent insult and prompt to return kind nem and he believed that if the convention came t 0 san francisco the response of cal mould be glorious an over whelmine whelming wh elming majority for the demo cratic nominee the fires of patriot asin that would be lighted on the pill nac lesof tile S lerra devallas Ne vallas by the gen I 1 lemon who would sit it the convention and select the would be curried triumphantly as a flambeaux by the gentlemen on the rp t ur mn march until the blaze was bunh 1 in the waters of tile atlantic every citizen of call ornia and ican would turn in and elp to redeem their fellow citi proul lse they feell bey could dejover the goods or they would not ask the convention to partake of their they promised to pay all t ex n S 6 or the convente conven tl on using ar in its most amplified pense choto would be carriages hd hb and two additional tele graph birol would 4 pat salt and chicago which with thosa fit use oud ac commodaro comm all tile business he did ncik claim BAT franc jaco dhave because I 1 id or because its 1 mah I 1 were hoop bitable or because it 06 4 climate in the I 1 world but he did claim that this democratic as a custodian of the ill aty to I of the democratic party should take into account the 14 votes which were trembling in the balance and that san francisco should have thoughtful consideration at its hand applause all except the mem bors of the committee were then exclude dand balloting began tile following were the ballots r 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 sail i i 75 T 5 ia 75 ai 5 I 1 8 T 9 ia chica 3 ii is K 1 1 5 16 1426 14 Is 1114 cincinnati I 1 I 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 NOW york 2 2 0 0 c 0 0 0 0 0 at the conclusion of the tenth ballot no choice having been made the committee adjourned till 10 to anor row The following are member the committee a 1 0 semple aka V 11 fordyce california al F tarpey colorado C S thomas connecticut 11 W barnum delaware 1 0 grubb florida samuel pasco geopp Patri cill walsh 11 boist W C goudy indiana J E 11 cDonald iowa NV 1 hayes hannaa C IV blair kentucky 11 D mchenry louisiana B F jones alaene W Al aryland A P gorman F 0 prince a 11 11 kelly mississippi C A joynton missouri J G prather Keb J E boyd nevada 11 0 bilig new A W S ul laway new jersey ross new york wm steinway north carolina 11 IV ransom ohio IV IV armstrong oregon A 11 gorman pennsylvania renn sylvania W L scott rhode lelnd J 13 barnaby south carolina F U dawson tennessee A F looney texas 0 I 1 ball Verin ont atkins virginia J S barbour west virginia 11 S davis wisconsin E B usher arizona W K dakita 31 11 day idaho john halley W J 31 cCormick new alex ico joseph utah R T hammond washington J 11 kuhn Wy orning 31 I 1 post insana district of columbia wm dick the committee had hardly adjourned for the day before the rival delegations resumed work the strength shown by francisco as the balloting progressed was a our 1 e to the people generally as it was ul deved the rank of its s would give up after the first lots the principal dele atigna are ans confident tonight to night each ex press hope in the ultimate success of their city so far as can be learned no combination has been formed it Is asserted by many people that san francisco has polled the largest num of votes it will get but this is de nied by the friend a of the pacific coast amo r ig those who maintain that san fr anc iscola strength will henceforth decrease ill opinion is held that le outlook favors farally cago lepow brates feb 22 central music liall was bamin ed this afternoon to listen to chauncey ba depew of new york who was invited to address the union league club of this city at of birth da A number of notables were seated on the platform among them J u stice harlan of the united states supreme court governor oglesby and many arn nent Republic me adress a dress was on the political glission blis sion of the united states ile began by a review of the youthful days of the country and after speaking at considerable length on the saving influence oa hamilton the leadership of the eloquence of webster in a crit ica period etc he said referring to the west that there Is no paral lei to its growth and its influence the world the west the urn d of the union met the slave po er with determined resistant resi stano and its threats with the flint assertion of the inherent pow ars of the nation and with the pledge of its young and heroic life for their enforcement after speaking eulogistically of abraham lincoln and his career as a statesman mr depew reverted to the nee 11 0 I 1 one term for the presidency he sa d the best of presidents have lowered the standard of tb a ad ministration when seeking a second term the present executive IS an officer highly esteemed foghis singular honesty and directness of pOse and remarkable for his inexperience in the duties of the gov and for of th e grea t losnes before the country with perfect frankness and an honest intention to carry out his pledges he his in hold utterances for civil iee reform ile understood ahat he was promising and he bad the courage and power to make good his word the beat of h 0 co antry is overwhelmingly behind him on this question afeld et as the banya adva I 1 es of an auxiliary force of workers has relegated comoa chomoa virtue to the year and brought the spoils system to tile front As much as ahe grouth of the re public is known and the plied powers of the president ident have be come of increasing value he should by a constitutional prohibition be made ineligible for A second tortu As the peculiarities of alq position PoRi tion oil retirement ti from batice prevent his par in tile ordinary oid inary vocations of 0 citizen if J bocht re calve an adequate pension for life and be on tile retired list still in the be subject to a call for any public duty where his experience har acter and ability would be of value would ip i ree jilius ro t e citation eions te would ae 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