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Show I tho presidential nomination, and each is willing and anxious to make a test of his strength within his own domain. Mr. Cleveland thinks ho has a tirru grip on tho popular sentiment of his parly, while Senator Hill is certain that he and his Tammany liraves have the political machinery entirely under their control. Hill and his coadjutors I aro determined to capture a majority I of the state delegation, and it would help bin very much to have tho contest con-test come off in the town In which he dominates. As to tho ex-president, he cannot antagonize any movement looking look-ing to the selection of New York for the holding of the convention. And, lastly, since the state is not "unchanging "unchang-ing in its allegiance" to democracy, and at the same time essential to democratic democrat-ic -n. cess, ' he argument is complete in I rapport of the proposition that these two big democratic roosters should be permitted to finish their light in their own barnyard. WIIERt: .SHAM. IT BE HELD? On Thursday ol next week the democratic demo-cratic national committee will lie convened con-vened at Washington to i. the time and place for holding the next national convention. con-vention. Tho time is not so material, but the selection of a place is exciting a good deal of interest and attention. There aro a half dozen or more cities in active competition for the honor and the emoluments which aro supposed to bo iuseperably connected with the besiness of entertaining tho tiationi'l representatives represen-tatives of the party "in convention assembled." as-sembled." Chicago is, ol course, in many minds, but the people of that wide-awako city, while willing to take all that comes their way are not going to antagonize tho representatives of other cities while they are booming the fair project. St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Detroit and Milwaukee are en tho list, while San Francisco would not bo averse to opeuiug the Golden Gate to the ttnterriliod. The choice of a place cannot he foreshadowed fore-shadowed with any degree of accuracy at present, but the contest will eventually eventu-ally narrow down to two or three cities, and New York will be one of these The tiun makes a bid for the honor of the convention in behalf of "that old and sure-enough democratic towu, lirst in the size of its majority, lirst in the fidelity of its unehauging allegiance, and lirst iu its accommodations, hospitality hospi-tality and attraction!." Thcro are other reasons why New York should be chosen, li is the state of GrBorvEK Cleveland and David Bennett Hill, the most prominent candidates of the democratic party for |