Show CHICAGO GETS J THE PRIZE Western Metropolis Selected on the TwentyWill Ballot ST LOUIS NEXT HEGMST New York Failing Its Vote Went to Chicago Jnly 7 Selected ns the Dnte Speecli CM Made Were of the Highest Order Or-der of Excellence nml Excited S Grcntcht Enthusiasm Louis Favored By the Silver Delegates S Democratic Rational Commit ice in Executive Session WASHINGTON Jan 16The Dem 1 ocratic national convention will beheld be-held at the city of Chicago on July 7 That was the decision reached today by the national Democratic committee commit-tee after an interesting and at times exciting session which continued until 1 oclock tonight There was considerable consider-able difference of opinion as to the time for holding the convention one proposition advanced by Allen W Thurman of Ohio who held the proxy of the New Mexico member being to hold it on June 2 two weeks before the Republican convention and the other iJY Hugh Wallace of Washington Washing-ton state to hold it July 7 The committee com-mittee decided upon the latter date ly a vote of 32 to il The main inter S est seemed to center in the choice of the convention city For this honor there were four applicants Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and New York Thirty minutes was allowed each city in which Uj present its claims The speeches made by distinguished citi zens in each instance were of a high order of excellence and at times aroused the greatst enthusiasm The balloting began a 6 oclock this evening even-ing and from the first a long and bitter struggle was indicated The first ballot bal-lot insulted Chicago 6 Cincinnati 1 t Luis 111 New York 1 There was practically no change except the fluctuation of a vote or two until the tnth ballot when Chicago began gradually p grad-ually to increase her vote at the ex IKnse of New York At the twentieth ballot New Yorks strength was rap irtlx disintegrating her vote going al rost bodily to Chicago But St Louis S t which lIar tenacitly clung to her 19 votes alsi captured several of Cin cinnatis votes and on the ballot before the last St Louis led Chicago by one yott In < tlw last ballot the twenty ninth hioh was taken shortly before 1 otlork the four remaining votes of Xrw York woro thrown to Chicago and site obtatnpd tho necessary plurality S fVnator Brire voted for Cincinnati to the last An examination of the votes by states shows that St Louis had practically th solid support of the free silver votes l in the Committee thicapT had lut one sneaker Judge Adam A Goodrich who made a very hI if but a strong forcible presentation tion for the city of the lakes Arguments in favor of Cincinnati WHf presented by 1 E ingalls of the Chesapeake Ohio railway and ex < vngressman Follette Both addressed themselves particularly to the accommodations accom-modations of Cincinnati S Waldo Smith of the New York board of trade and transportation S K 1 Ford representative of the hotels T C Grain and Colonel J R Fellows presented the claims of New York York ExGovernor Francis Governor Stone Mayor Walbridge and Senator Vest spoke for St Louis This concluded the speeches The hall was immediately cleared and the convention proceeded to the ballotting THR BALLOTING Q 01J ps So1 j a Ir 015 i First ballot 611119114 Sfond brllot 15191917 i Third ballot SlO1916 Fourth ballot I i 4I1020I1G Fifth ballot 5111S1G Sixth ballo olliisn I Seventh ballot j 4ll20il6 Kichth ballot 5jl2ilS16 1 Ninth ballot 1 5 I 1120 15 Tenth ballot 511211914 KVventh tallot 7i22Oi2 Twelfth bailot G2ilO 14 Thirteenth allot 8ilOil7iia Fourteenth h lot 10 91713 111 Fifteenth ballot 1010isl3 Sixteenth ballot I 9U IS13 Seventeenth ballot lltlO 17i3 I Elehtrenth ballot ill 91912 Nineteenth ballot Jill 9 19112 Twentieth ballot lip 1 91S11 Twentyfirst ballot lgj 9118111 Twentysecond ballot 14f 315 9 Twentythird ballot 14f 1alot 13 10 18 9 S Twentvfourth ballot 15 10fl9J 7 wentvfifth ballot BI1119 6 Twentysixth ballot i 9201 G I Twentyseventh ballot 20 G21i 3 I Twentyeighth ballot j2 4J22 4 Twentyninth ballot 125 124 0 On the twentythird ballot Columbus received one vote I In Kxcuniive Session I WASHINGTON Jan 16The Democratic i Demo-cratic national committee assembled r S behind closed doors at 1 oclock to transact some executive business I The committee promptly took up the question of the date for holding the convention and the issue was soon sharply defined by two motions one to hold 1 June 2 and another that it be held July 7 S The vote was 3 to 18 in favor of July 7 The resolution of Patrick Collins of 4 fasachusett offered in the convention conven-tion of 1892 that the next convention conventon be held behind closed doors was cosed reported re-ported adversely by the subcommittee to which i was referred and the report re-port was adopted unanimously I wa decided to give each city thirty minutes to present claims this afternoon but a new departure was made by the adoption of a resolution requiring each city t to put its guarantee in writing to prevent any misunderstanding misunder-standing in the future Senator Morgan who held the proxy of Clayton of Alabama tlked prox or some time about a proposition to change the < basis of representation in 0 the convention to two delegates for each Democratic representative in Congress and two for each Democratic senator and one each for each Republican Repub-lican senatoi and representative But he offered no motion to this effect He may bring the question up at the convention con-vention I was decided to allow each territory six delegates |