The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-17
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What Convention Rrally Looks Like. and
How ii Sounds.

What Convention Rpally Looks Like, and
How it Sounds.
ST. Louis, No, June 1.-THE thing
that impresses ne most is the respecta-
bility Of the crowd. ! have never seen
finer looking lot Of men together. ]
interpret this to mean that the best men
in the country want Mckinley and pro-
lection and have turned out to the con-
venion.
The weather is fine today and the
crowd having become located, every
thing is more orderly.
I have not interviewed any leaders,
but il seems to be in the air that the
platform will be a mild one, a compro-
misc between two extremes. This would
be the sensible course and Mckinley S
manager is a sensible man.
The silver Republicans are anxious to
remain in the party and are willing to
cOncede a great deal, and everything
possible viii be done to conciliate them.
J. Ralph Burton is here, making a
speciality of getting as many Kansas
men as possible into the convention. At
10 O'Clock this morning he had fixed
nine voters by begging from western
state, not largely represented. Many
Kansans are here who cannot get in.
The Kansas man who gets in today win
give up his ticket to another man to-
morrow. There is a general hope that
Reed viii be nominated for vice-presi-
dent in spite of his screams.
There is nothing whatever in the story
sent out from Wichita that Marsh Muir
dock viii bolt the convention and be-
come a candidate for governor of Kan
Sas on silver platform.
Cy Leland was fairly cornered al
Kansas headquarters this morning by
Kansas men clamoring for tickets to
the convention. He finally managed
TO bolt and get away.
The convention began assembling at
10 o'clock The hour Of meeting was
y. The affair was not so massive as
expected. Members of the executive
committee were yelling around as seen
at county fairs. The hall is impressive
because Of its size. 1t reminds me Of
the buildings of county fairs.
At noon the galleries were not more
than half fun. but rapidly filling up. The
first proceedings was a march by the
brass band. followed by cheering and
waving of flags. on the entrance of any
noted man. Every other man in the
press gallery stood up, and the others
cried: "Sit down"
There is as much confusion in Con-
vention hall as on the streets. The brass
band playing in one Of the upper gal
leries sounds blocks away.
At 12:15 another cheer went up. I do
not know what it was about. No one
around me knew There is so much
confusion that l made tour down to-
ward the speakers stand TO see if the
convention had opened. I found the
same confusion around the speakers
stand that is prevailing everywhere At
1920 Chairman Carter called the con-
ventiOn to order. I could not hear a
word he said, although L occupied a
seat on the press platform. am prac-
tically as far away as a man IN AKIN
sas.
Every third seat in the galleries was
vacant when the rabbi offered prayer.
Mark Hanna's selection of Jewish
rabbi to pray, to avoid mixing in the A
p. a. quarrel, caused a general smile.
At 1890 the secretary of the national
committee is said to be reading the call
l can see a man standing up as if read
ing, but do not knew whether the re-
port is true or not. Only a few hun
dred people will hear the proceedings.
At 1885 there is great confusion.
hear an aye vote and cheering The
chairman is speaking, but
cannot hear what he says. Occasionally
there is a cheer or hand clapping. This
VIII probably continue some time.
The temporary chairman's address
lasted half an hour and attracted very
little applause. The opening proceed
ings throughout were tame. Not once
was there respectable applause. To-
may be much more interesting