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Show A SPIRITED CONTEST.' The contest among the leading cities to secure the next national republican convention is becoming quite interesting interest-ing and will no doubt become warmer as the 3d inst., the day on which the national republican committee will decide de-cide the question, draws nigh. The competing cities, and especially those of the west, will spare nothing that will insure them success. The city in which the conventio n is held has less to do with the selection of the candidates than is generally supposed, although the committees have in past years endeavored en-deavored to select a place which has no candidate to boom. Four years ago Chicago was chosen because it was believed that it was neutral neu-tral ground a belief shown to be false when the Chicago papers so vigorously and persistently urged the nomination of Judge Gkesiiam. If Chicago is named this year, her representatives will have to make promises that all of the candidates will have fair play. Some of the cities have representatives already iu Washington. Senator Cul-lom Cul-lom is koeping the wires hot for Chicago, Chi-cago, and Tacoma is in the field with enough argument to entice a wholesale emigration of the surplus population, to say nothing of a few hundred delegates. dele-gates. San Francisco has appointed a committee com-mittee with Iv.iitor and Committeeman M. H. Do Young at iis head to press her claims ami will use every effort to win The city promises to furnish free hotel accommodations and free transportation trans-portation to the delegates from the longitudinal lon-gitudinal line of Denver, while the railroads agree to charge only $o0 for the round trip to San Francisco from Chicago. There is a wide impression that the Pacific siopo is not central enough, although it has been suggested that the triumphal return of the delegates dele-gates across the continent would make an admirable beginning of the campaign. cam-paign. Four years ago San Francisco made a determined effort to secure the democratic demo-cratic convention. The late Senator Geokge IIeakst, the twenty times millionaire, mil-lionaire, headed the city committee, and under his direction true California hospitality was shown here to the committeeman. com-mitteeman. Hearst spent at least $10,000 out of his own pocket in this manner and came very near carrying off the prize. As it was he was only defeated by Senator Gorman and the late William L. Scott throwing their personal opposition to San Francisco because of the distance to travel. Minneapolis is going to Washington in force. An excursion train left that city Wednesday crowded with boomers. Several brass bands accompanied the delegation which is in charge of ex-Senator ex-Senator and now Editor Gil Pearce. Minneapolis is the only one of the cities to as yet make claims, and they are al- ready insisting that they are sure of seven votes, viz: the committeemen Hrom Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da-fcjfcta, Da-fcjfcta, South Dakota. Montana, .WyoY i"-g and Idaho, and are-the secq choice of AVashington, Oregon, Iowa. "Jebraska and Kansas. As there are but forty-three members of the committee, com-mittee, it will be seen that if Minneapolis' Minneap-olis' claims are correct, she already has one-fourth of the total vote. But it is known that her claims are shaky. For instance, there is a strong possibility that Senator Hansbrough, the committeeman com-mitteeman from North Dakota, may not vote that way, although under general gen-eral conditions he would, aud thereby hangs a tale. When North Dakota became a state Gilbert A. Pierce and Lyman A. Case were chosen Senators and Henry C. Hansbrough congressman. A six-foot six-foot Norwegian named II. M. Johnson was a defeated candidate in the senatorial sena-torial caucus, and it was known that he would be a candidate against Pierce when he came up for re-election the following winter. To evade this contest con-test Pierce broke faith with Hansbrough Hans-brough and had Johnson nominated for congress, although Hansbrough was entitled to, and was a candidate for, reuomination. IIansbrou(;h, by way of retaliation, entered the senatorial senato-rial handicap and came out winner. Since then Pierce has been very bitter towards Hansbrough, and when he became editor of the Minneapolis Tribune Trib-une he commenced a series of attacks upon the latter. Aud now, althouuh he has been made chairman of the Minneapolis Min-neapolis committee, Pierce continues the light. Therefore it need cause no surprise if Hansbkough declines lo support a city which upholds the man making these attacks upon him. Cincinnati has already commenced to create a sentiment in favor of that city by interviews in her local papers, and the journals are adopting the same tactics. tac-tics. The city republicans put forth a uovei argument. They say that the publication of the speeches made in the j convention would be effective mission- ! ary work, and they hope the convention conven-tion will be held there for this reason, j Cincinnati's delegation will be headed by Mayor Mosby. The Omaha committee has been meeting meet-ing with success in securing a guarantee guaran-tee fund, and will go to Washington with the endorsement of Iowa, Ne-hraska Ne-hraska aud Colorado republicans, as well as the unanimous approval of boards of trade, the trans Missippi con gress aud other influential bodies. Philadelphia and New York are making mak-ing a still hunt, and altogether a very lively struggle is anticipated when the national committee settles itself to decide de-cide the momentous question. |