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Show CO. P. TO MEET! A WEEK BEFORE THE DEMOCRATS Chicago Wins Next Repub hcan National Convention Conven-tion in Spite of Opposition Opposi-tion From Leaders SAN FRANCISCO IS SECOND ON BALLOT j Despite Breach of 1912, Illinois City Is Victor in Strenuous Race Against St Louis By WILLIS J ABBOTT By In ernatlonal News Sen Ice WA3HIVQTOV Deo 14 In fix ng June 7 as the date for their co vention the Republ can national comm ttee to day ind cated the purpose of the rarty to force the fighting and compel the Democrats to give battle on lines select ed by the Republicans In select ng Ch eago as the place the committee ind cated its purpose to lg nore the removal problem and to pro eeed methodically about party business as though no Roosevelt revolt had ever occurred or could by any possibility be revived Progressives Strong The strongest argument advanced by the opponents of Chicago was that the tone of the press and the sentiment of the public in that city were still strongly for the Progressive faction and that the deliberations of the conven tion would be influenced by that scnti meat, Some of the committeemen who still bear the scars of the convention of 1912 men like Crane Barnes and Smoot were expected to show their resentment re-sentment by refusing to return to so hostile a field. Until late Monday n ght this argument plus the appeal for aid to carry Missouri seemed certain to result in a St. Lou s victory But the resolution successfully urged by Com mitteeman Perkins of Washington th s morning setting the convent on date one week ahead of that of the Demo erats ended St Louis chances It was evident that the Republ cans coald not finish their work and get away from that city in season for the Dem j ocratic gather ng Philadelphia Mentioned The passage of th s resolut on gave many delegates who had declared for St Louis a reason for changing their allegiance and Chicago s boomers were swift to seize upon this and offer the waiver ng ones substant al reasons for com ng over The result was to lea e St. Louis a bad third in the voting wh ch resulted Chicago 30 San Fran Cisco 13 St Louis 7 Philadelphia 2 The committee Is so des rous of doing al It can to heal the breach with the Republicans who left In 1912 that It has sent the convention to the verj center of progresslvlsm in order that there may be no charge of foul p ay said one com mitteeman- We think the danger of another Roose velt outbreak so trl ial that we are pe fectly wi lng to go right Into his 1912 citadel with our convention said an otl er Conciliatory Note There sou ha e It. Either for concil a tlon or in confident def ance the Republicans Repub-licans have seen fit to. overlook Chicago s hos U y la 1912 The note of concillat on Is the one gen erally sounded In t e meet ng p aces though there are not -want ng some v. ho ins st that the Progressive movement is bo thorough y shattered that no cons dera tlon whatever need, be given to It Of the conf dence of the Repub leans who ha e been here th s week there can be no doubt The meeting has man fes ed the en h s asm of a party convinced of com ng lctor Wh le there has been mu h boom ng of cand dates the e has been more d scuss on of po c es That every poss b e effo t wl 1 be n ade o force the tar ff to the front as the dom rant Issue was made apparent by the fr ends of every cand da e |