The sun., 1900-07-02
KANSAS CITY HTSTLERS
Convention Hall Being Completed In
All Haste. !. 80,
CONTEST OVER l6 TO l PLANK
some Want Chicago Platform Simply
Renfiirmed. While Others Insist 10
to 4 BE Specifically Declared.
Discussing the Programme.

DiscussinB the Programme.
Kansas City, July There is con
stant bang bang, bang of hammer, rasp
ing of saws, shouting of orders and rush
ing of feet day and night at the big hal
where the Democratic national couyen
tion is to be held. As fast as one nor
| tion of the structure is finished the dec
orators pouuce upon it and with bolts o1
bunting, flags and pictures Of Democrat
ic leaders set in the national coats OF
arms cover up the walls and spaces Sc
| that the necessary delegates who assem-
bic on the Fourth will soc All the colors
and emllrms of the holiday. coupled Will
evidences Of Democratic celebration
/ Some fcars arc expressed by new arriy.
MS regarding The possible failure 10 have
| the hall ready in time, but the genuine
| western push and energy characteristic
Of Kansas City encourages the belief
that everything Will be ready when
Chairman Innes Of the national commit
tee calls the convention to order at noon
ncSt "Wednesday.
The decorations on the outside of The
State delegation headquarters are not yet
II place Save ii Il fcw instances and on
II 4 building here and there is orna-
lnented with flags.
y II rams hero nearly every day and
night ut this season decorations would
soon bc disfgnrcd, and they are there
fore being saved in order that they may
be fresh when the delegates come. About
the hotels, however. there is already
briskness and moving throngs Of familiar
convention faces. A number of the old
democrats Ngh
conventions for years and the younger
men who belong to the 'new Democracy
have arrived and taken up the work in
hand. Several boomers for vice presi-
dental candidates have come in and are
making considerable noise.
Delegates are dropping in from differ
ent sections, and the meeting of the sub
committee on convention arrangements
attracted quite knot of men about the
national committee headquarters.
Discussing the Platform,
The most interesting topic and that
which gives the Democrats here the most
concern is the promised contest over the
10 to ! plank Of the platform. The Ut
terances of men like National Chairman
Jones, William j. Stone and other west
crn and southern leaders. together with
the action of western and southern Dem
ocratic state conventions in their plat
forms, would seem to Indicate that a
simple reatfirmntion of the Chicago plat.
form is all that would be necessary.
Such action under ordinary circum.
stances would be apt to be accepted ns
the probable action Of the national con.
ventlon, but the reports from Lincoln
indicate that II to l must be specifically
declared if the views of Mr.. BRYAN arp
to be followed. There are So many dele
gates who desire to carry ont the wishes
OF the coming nominee that the clash be.
tween them and those holding different
views Is likely to lie spirited nnd Tho no.
suit somewhat doubtful. Chairman
Jones said HAT tho declaration on silyor
should not vary the breadth Of 4 hair
from that contained in the Chicago ,ln+.
form and he thinks ii rcatlirmatiap i
sufficient, The breadth of Il hair. how
ever Il siill too Wido for some, ana thGy
laNor splitting the hair, especially If ,he
Sllieaso PLATFORM i u bc Tho tcsl. 'tIe
GNtfeme silver men insist tht N roaf
iitnEltion will IL q concession" GoldI
men and others who have returned t5|
the party say such i concession i; ~uf
cient ~ The hair that senator Ionr~
SPOKE ahnnt seems to be wide enough I.
cause . lively contest when tile platform
i undcr consideration.
Alny Nominate Bryan July 4.
There has been renewal DC fhr tolE
about nominating Mr.. BRYAN ~ Ill.,
Fourth Of July, and night session n
The convention has bccn suggested n nr.
der to accomplish this. II ii even soidI
that he may be nominated before H.
platform is adopted. but many are doino
what they can to discourage the prornnd.
ing, declaring that il will be crowdinp
sentiment too far to depart from tho rpg'
ulaf and orderly procedure of thc con. |
yention.
mere ls yet uncertainty as ID wLetbn, |
Af. Bryan will come to Kansas t'itv III.
er the convention makes The nonlinytion |
~ one now here is authorized n snn,,i. I
i"l him. Ii has bccn Said mai NV ~
Ntllil9n can conclude all its business Il,
Two days anl that tle third d1y ba Mn
Fnial u giving q reception III Alr Erv.m,
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