The Green Forest tribune., 1900-07-05
K. c. CONVENTION.
Thc Democracy of the Nation i'll Ouadrennia1 Session.


 The Democratic National Con- vention is now in session at Kan aasCity and before THE TRIBUNE hasreached many of it's readers, the expected will have happened and the Hon. William Jennings Bryan will again be named as the Nakonal standard bearer of the Democratic party.
 The question of who will be named for second place is elicit ina much interest and the more thematter is discussed, the far ther the problem seems from so- luton. The naming of a Vice Residential candidate will occa- sion a deal of interest and will perhaps be attended with consid- @f&ble bitterness. All seem to aeree that MT. Bryan's running mite should come from New York, but no man from the Elm &5r4 State can be found upon Wh0m any considerable number 0f fhe leaders can agree. David Hill seems to be the greatest favo1ite among the leading New Yorkers, but he is looked upon as an animpossibility by southern and western delegates, since Mir. Bry- an has made it known that he is lnotfavorable to the great ''I am 'a Democrat. t.' Then it is doubt fu1if Hill would accept unless the proposed free silver plank is 'elinlin from the platform.
 Eastern delegates declare that in order for Democracy to win they must carry New York State and there is no hope of doing so without the IS to slogan is left out of the platform.
 The adoption of platform is destined to create an interesting sssxxxse in the convention. While sx8 revolt has been promised in icase of failure, Eastern lead ers have announced in very pos f6Ve.terms that they are going to HghtRthe free silver clause to a fnish and while their following Willbe great, there hardly seems o beeany probability of their suc- 6eSs in defeating it.
 The situation is, briefly, this: m the fight before the committee 0n resolutions at Kansas City the
 1N0eats of a 16 to i declaration
 Certainly have twenty four
 otes clear majority. If the a ghtis taken before the conven- Il non hose who favor reaffirm-
 0nof the principles of the Chi -A&Go8 platform without further
 f6nce to IS to 1 have, as the s tr @ delegations now line up, r HE than 300 votes,. or a major D 6 100. New York, With 72 a aI ss; Pennsylvania, with GA; 1ois, with AS; Ohio, with AS; cr ca, ,Iwith 26; Indiana, with 30; A. A Wisconsin with A votes, are o Avor of reaffirming the Chi 5 p platform's principles and 4sia 3fS language. Even in Mis-
 [E,where the state convention (. d ed for free silver coinage Pr tio of 16 to l, the leaders rh aVided. Stone who made y sport of 16 to 1 silver coin- . Fa 1896 a test of Democracy, : ess S kR it would be good politics s Iake no further reference to ,Sai % a6o in 1900.
 oria 36re isn't a member of the il AQQratic organization who has 3a Seaas MaShin two weeks urged upon
 an the absolute necessity - aanng the fight on broader tEf' than in 1896. Senator ,JaF' E8H chairman of the national tr tee, was so insistent that 5nt 1%tsodi of an grew petulant. c. A. su5e['' su5l' pf Iowa, the secretary, in- the the h Rls state to adopt a plat mes " llch made no mention of 16
 ~ Po did Johnson of Kan a 7s Pirman of the executive Y y tee, and Carter Harrison
 Bryan natly that there H2N the reTotest chance to
 lnois if IS to 1 was in the rFl and a good chance to tefYP n no mention of ratios t. lde:
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