Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-04

ment Making Its Force Apparent.
Believed Bryan VIII Accept the
Conventions Views on Platform.
KANSAS CITY, July 3.-With flags
flying, bands playing, streets resplend-
ent with the blaze of bunting and of
myriad lights and with the ear as
saulted by the deafening conglomera-
ton of bombs and rockets and crackers
and marching clubs and drum corps
with the conclusion of politics and pa
triotism, Kansas City is tonight usher
ing in the national holiday and the
Democratic national convention.
There were crowds here yesterday
but these were but the advance guards
and to-day they have come en- masse,
fairly engulfing the city and taking
complete possession of its streets, hotels
and public places.
With this late influx have come the
Tammany braves, the Chicago march
ing club and many kindred organiza-
lions with their bands. And yet for
some reason many of the most famous
convention organizations, such as the
Duckworth club, of Cincinnati, are not
represented here, while the Jefferson
ian club, of st. Louis, and the Young
Mems Louisville club send only hand
full of men instead of their usual quota
of hundreds. Many notable figures of
the party have come with the arriving
delegations to-day. Many of Mr.. Bry-
ans townsmen and most devoted adj
herents arrived tonight, including the
Young Mems Bryan club, of Lincoln,
and the Travelling Mems Bryan club of
Nebraska. This steady influx is strain
ing the city's accommodations to the
utmost and tonight people are being
packed in rooms and Railways without
much regard to comfort so long as they
can get place to lay their heads.
Far More Interesting
than the formal business of the day
has been the growing intensity of
feelin COVER the platfor mand the vice
presidential candidate. The most re-
markable feature of the situation, is
the sudden shift of sentiment since yes
terday, when the dominating influence
of Mr.. Bryan was everywhere manifest,
whereas to-day delegations took for
NAL action against specific 16 to 1
declaration which is supposed to be
Mr.. Bryan's sine qua non.
The movement took form early in the
day among some of the most infiu-
entail men Of the party, not through
any spirit of opposition to Mr.. Bryan,
but because they believed the over
whelming sense of the delegates was
favorable to a simple reaffirmation of
the Chicago platform without specific
declaration of 16 to /.
That is a conservative instead of a
radical financial platform. AS ex-
planned by one of these leaders, a man
foremost in the counsels Of the party,
Eve have nothing authoritative before
us showing that Mr. Bryan insists upon
the Is to l declaration. To be sure
there are reports and rumors and the
Nebraska delegates may or may not re-
present his views. The platform COM
mittee would doubtless yield to the
Expressed Wishes of Mr.. Bryan,
but when the time comes the question
will be asked, Who says Mr.. Bryan in
sists puon this, and show us the insist
ence.' In all probability it will not be
forthcoming and the platform commit
tee will follow its own dictates as to the
proper course to pursue. There is no
doubt that the personal conviction of
the members OF the platform committee
will be for conservative platform,
simple reaffirmation of the Chicago
platform emitting specific reference to
10 to /. | have no doubt Mr.. BRYAN
would accept such a, platform if it went
before him as the will of the conven-
ton. The fact is we think it rather
unjust to place Mr. Bryan in the atti-
tude of a dictator making demands,
and we are proceeding on the theory
that these so-called demands are not in
reality being made by him"
The force of the movement began to
make itself apparent as the day ad-
vanced. Ohio led off, and after a short
fight overwhelmingly instructed it's
representative on the platform commit
tee, Judge Chapman, to work for a
simple reaffirmation of the Chicago
platform, without a specific is to 1 dec
laration. This decision was made in
the face of a protest by Tom johnson
that it was opposed to Bryan's we'll
known wishes.
The Florida caucus followed suit
soon alter. They instructing their plat