| Show I CHICAGO WHY IT WAS SELECTED AS THE CONVENTION CITY Comment Made By Some of the Lender in the Political Circles CHICAGO Jan 17 News of the selection of Chicago as the place to hOd the national Democratic convention conven-tion was received locally with no manifestations man-ifestations ton of excitement The feeling from the start has been that if Chicago was to be chosen as the Democratic convention city it would be for the best that Chicago was sole reason QLalified to take care of it in the I qtaUfed minds of the national committee Hotel proprietors and managers and some of the trades exhibited a certain iegre of interest in the matter but that was all The hotel men smiled when the news the chief beneficiar came they being nefcar ies of the crowd that the convention will bring to town Strangely enough though there was no flood of telegrams tele-grams asking that quarters be reserved for the national leaders of the Democratic j Demo-cratic party A to hotel arrange ratc ments the local committee now in Washington had evidentally taken the matter in charge A S Gage of the Wellington hotel telegraphed Adlai T swing several hours before i was officially offi-cially decided that the convention was to come here asking him to notify all the principal hotels not to accept any reservations of rooms until the na j loJal committee has located Its own 3 I headquarters and is heard from on the subject In accordance with this telegram I tele-gram messengers were dispatched from the Iroquois club with the message I mes-sage But in spite of this the hotelmen hotel-men expect a flood of orders today Requests for room from metropolitan I newspapers in different sections of the country made through resident correspondents were about all received receiv-ed by many of the hotels last night At the Palmer house requests were received re-ceived by telegraph for rooms for the Maine and Oregon delegations the number desired being fourteen and eight respectively Arthur Schmall telegraphed from Washington for the Maine delegates and national committeeman com-mitteeman Grady performed a like service ser-vice for the Oregon folks The Chicago Chronicle Dem in its local columns today says There was some disappointment among local Democrats at the action of the Demo acton cratic national committee in fixing the date for July 7 In view of the fact that the Republican convention will beheld be-held June 16 i was felt that the national na-tional Democratic committee should have followed established precedents and called its convention in advance of the Republican gathering The Democratic leaders in this city I believe that the holding of the convention conven-tion here will have a stimulating ef i feet upon the local political situation The gathering is certain to attract a I large crowd and it will arouse a good deal of enthusiasm among the Democrats I Demo-crats of Cook county Some of the managers said last night the location I of the convention in Chicago would have the effect of helping the candidacy of Colonel W F Morrison for the presidential i presi-dential nomination Others seemed to think it would bring Vicepresident I Stevenson to the front as a presidential quantity ExMayor Hopkins in speaking of the lateness of the date of the convention conven-tion said I regret that the national committee decided to hold the commitee decded convention conven-tion as late us July 7 The Democratic I party is in control of the national administration ad-ministration and it has always been the rule for the party in power to hold its convention first I looks like cowardice on the part of the Democrats I Demo-crats for them to hold their convention conven-tion this year after the Republicans However that is a matter for which I the national committee alone is responsible I re-sponsible I am gratified to know that we will have the convention in this city and the local Democrats will doan do-an they can to make things agreeable I for thousands of visitors who will be I here next July I think it will be avery a-very interesting convention and I have no doubt the delegates will be able to agree upon a ticket and a platform plat-form that will sweep the country The national committee did exactly I I what I expected it would do when it I sent the convention to Chicago said Theodore Nelson secretary of the I Democratic committee I am surprised I sur-prised that the result of the balloting was so close I the committee had I fixed the date of the convention in the early part of June I guess St Louis would have carried off the prize I I think it will be a big convention and lone 1 of the most interesting in the history his-tory of the party The convention will doubtless beheld be-held at the Coliseum but that is a matter which is to be determined by the national Democratic committee The delegates who went to Washington Washing-ton took with them plans of both the Coliseum and Tattersalls Either of these buildings would be available but it is thought the committee will select the Coliseum O account of its superior i arrangement and because of its larger seating capacity I Comptroller of the Currency James H Eckels of Illinois did not think I the place of holding the convention I would have anything to do one way I or another with the conventions I I nominee whether i was an eastern or western man When asked what I effect he thought it would have on I Clevelands alleged third term candidacy candi-dacy he said I do not wish to talk I on that for I dont think there is anything I any-thing at all In it I do not believe he is I a candidate for reelection What effect do you think it will I have on bringing out a western man I None at all any more than if the lone I convention were held in New York or I any other eastern city Do you think it will help the candidacy I I can-didacy of Governor Matthews of Indiana In-diana Not at all i When asked as to his opinion of the national committee having entire I natonal commitee entre charge of arrangements including the distribution of tickets Mr Eckels said he knew nothing whatever of the plans I of the committee but he thought the I committee would do what was right Mr Eckels thought it was not to boom I any one man that it was decided where the convention was to go or not to go I but it was a question merely of convenience con-venience Chicago is superior to any city in its conveniences he said and that is what probably brought it here and not any mans boom |
