Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-15
DELEGATES Avn OTHERS urnR,tN.
10 rI,E CoNNE>TioN cry.
VIEWS UPON THE SITUATION.
KANsN>s A>D ,oioutpoNNs T,t,k
On riiE siLNEu QUESTION.


The convention travel during the moru.rs
ana afternoon yesterday was very irurt
llghi'r than Was expected and railroad ON
eiais wcr" somewhat disappointed az %,
showing made. Th" Sew Mexico d.lcra
tion ~ tho ST. Louis convention WAS tho
only on" TO arrive during tic DAY. o. came
IN at O'Clock m. over tn. Santa Fs. aul
lett nt e.ij 49,. ~ over Mo wabash far s.
Louis. Th,re were abau: thirty p,arIU Iu
tn" PARTY, u.u1lns The dalcratcs. who
were Thomas II. Hyrncs " "a Lcw'liyu
j, CLARK. ). Luna. 4 l.. Morrison and
Pcdro Perl. Prominent members OF the
party besides 'hc DELEGATES were Judge \
l. McPho" ANA ;. u. HoI's, of Las cruces.
The delegates We're all enthusiasts McKu.
ley men, ami while ardent friends OF silver.
they declared thut they were not OF the
boiling kind aFi would support the uoml-
neos on any kind og 4 consistent Republic
nn platform, which they were confident
would be adopted.
The colorado delegation was expected at
t.'p iu the afternoon, over the Missouri Pa
cih', hut that train WAS In Two sections
Tho hr-t section was composed entirely Of
cNcursl0rlsts, who scattered TO see the
sirhts soon as the train arrived
The arrival ana departure Of delegations
was 10 an unsettled condition ani railroad
officials wcf" not iu possession OF definite
Information IN that respect. There were a
number of disappoiHtu"rts IN the arrival OF
expected deleEatious. hut the night travel
was by far the heaviest.
large delegation from Arkansas city
arrived a, $40 o'clock p. m, and parties Of
kausan, came IN on various trains TO await
the departure Of the Kansas train last
night;
A number Of kansas city politicians lef,
during the day.
On the Might Trains.
The usual departing sunday evening eN-
Cursiou crowds at the Union depot last
nlsht were Increased most materially by
the numerous trains from the West beating
delegates and lpOkers-on to the St Louis
convention. Both the Kansas and colorado
delegations arrived and departed during
the evening. Among them were several
pTomlnon, politicians but they Mere not
nlking for publication. at least not to
any great cntcut. The color bearers from
Colorado We're for free silver, first. last
and all the time. and may, as has already
been given out at st. Loui-. bolt the con-
venuon. II silver Is ignored IN the plat
form. The Kansas crowd. ON the other
hand. seemed about evenly divided on the
question, some Of them stating that they
We're willing TO abide by the majority rule.
while others were as positive about their
free silver views and Their rlghts.'' il
was conceded by the Kansas delegates.
however. almost TO man, that - Leland
VIII be their Moses on the question OF
voting for vice president. lie has. they
say, been their friend in the past and viii
De "A good card to draw to IN the future
anu as thtE" Us no particular choice for
second man among them, Mr.. LELAND " II
from the Suuilnwer state when tho gu"s-
tlon is brought before the convention
Many Of N" Kansas representatives, think
deilnate d known NJ his choice.
ent ana editor Of the Emporia Republican
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