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NIL CONFER WITH BRYAN.
49, YORK AND TAMMANY LEAD
ERs GOING TO LINCOLN.
visit the Democratic Candidate
- HIS Home to Talk Over the
sstuatfon Before the Convention.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June Gloon
sressman William Sulzer, who IL being
Soomed for vice president on the Demo-
.yatic ticket, and Richard Croker and
sr-senator f.. G. Murphy, of New York.
All have a conference at Lincoln with
william jennings Bryan before they come
70 Kansas City to attend the national
convention. Sterling Price, of Texas,
vho has opened headquarters here for
~. sulzer. today received a telegram
tom that gentleman saying that he had
VT New York for Lincoln at noon today.
Another telegram says Messrs. Croker
nd Murphy will be in the Nebraska cap
ltal on Friday night. Mr.. Sulzer hopes
70 be on the ticket with Mr.. Bryan, and
II Is said the latter expressed n desire
10 confer with him. Further than this
M. Price would vouchsafe nothing
President OConnell, OF the Sons OF
Liberty, the oldest organization In New
York, Is on his way to Kansas City and
will open headquarters for Sulzer to-
morrow evening or Friday and Fred Fei-
rel editor of the Tammany Times an
other Sulzer boomer, will arrive Friday
The city Is beginning to take on a gala
appearance In anticipation of an early ar
rival OF delegates. business houses are
being decorated, arc and incandescent
lights are being strung In profusion on
the downtown streets. and a general
n
contingent of eastern newspaper repre-
seniatives have already arrived, but a
general Inflow of people Is not expected
TIL Friday. Ex-Gov. William j. Stone
national committeeman for Missouri and
vice chairman of the national committee
II expected Friday night. as are other
members OF the subcommittee which will
hold meeting on Saturday. James Boyle
district leader of Tammany, will arrive
Saturday with about a dozen OF his col
leagues. They come to prepare the way
for the Tammany delegation, which will
reach Kansas city Monday evening on
two special trains. Sunday the state dele
cations will begin to arrive. The Penn
sylvania delegation, made up OF 100 peo-
pie, and the Montana delegation. headed
by w. A. Clark. In due Sunday morning.
and the Kansas delegation in the even
ting.
On Monday the New England delegates
from Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont.
Island. with George Fred Williams. of
Massachusetts. with their vice presiden-
tia1 candidate, will reach the city and on
the same day the California, Nebraska
and Missouri delegations Will arrive
The greatest rush of delegations arrive
on Tuesday. Nearly all of the states not
mentioned are booked TO arrive on that
day.
convention innovation, the reading OF
the Declaration OF Independence from the
platform. will be introduced at the first
session on July and according to the
present programme the music and decora-
tons Of that day will be selected. with a
particular idea OF commemorating the ma
tional holiday"
The badges for the delegates have been
received. They are an elaborate affair
There II an oxidized silver bar for the
pin. below which hangs a silk fiag about
four inches long. To the flag Is attached
medal of gold or oxidlzed silver