New-York tribune., 1900-07-07
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
PICTURESQUE AND HUMOROUS PHASES
OF CONVENTION CITY.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIRT'NEI
Kansas CftV Mo L

OF CONVENTION CITY.
'"' Kansas city, No, July g.
CRUSH IN CONVENTION HALL.-The crush in
Convention Hall this morning, the last day, was
greater than either OF the preceding days OF
the Convention This was due practically to the
fact that every who came ticket no ticket,
was admitted. Convention Hall wide open and
a pleasant smile a magic sesame to any OF
the doorkeepers. The difficult part was get past
the provost guard. which surrounded the hall but
this accomplished, there were no more obstacles to
overcome Tickets sold on the street for so cents
into the hall and then send the pass to a
friend Thus II was used over and over again.
offered for sale the Let the people see
one Of the doorkeepers as sOP he nimosq
spirited in party Of six AS result OF the gen.
tetets @ the ball hall was packed long before the morn
tain sections found their seats pre-empted and
were compelled TO stand up or hunt seats in other
DELEGATES TAKE 10 'POP."-The delegates
in the Convention exhibited a great fondness for
bottled Soda pop" Early in the day a white
capped boy from the Bureau of Information made
an experimental tour with few bottles of the
pop" His stock sold well that he presently
returned with his arms full and companion sim
ilary loaded close behind In the vicinity of the
New-York delegation tine sale was hottest. The
boys replaced their arrnloads with whole boxes OF
bottles could be heard all over the hail. The men
from Kentucky looked on with amazement as
of the brilliantly colored beverage Kansas city
Sf b s0a ns TGmTd With with
heeded, for IN pop they had found a drink far
from the slopes of the sunny South
A POLITICAL BLUFF-The appointment of two
committees, one by the Silver Republicans and the
other by the Democratic National Convention to
consult to the nomination OF a e-Presdent
upon the Democratic ticket proved to be simply
bluff" for appearances sake, it was generally
tunity to such Silver Republicans as Henry NJ
Teller and Francis Newlands to appear on the
platform.
TAMMANY MEN NOT "sPENDERs" A Mid
land Hotel barber made this plant to-day con-
cerning the Tammany men: Never was so badly
off in my life. I thought they were spenders Why
some of them came to town with cinders in their
hair. When l asked them if they wanted
shampoo. they gave the granite face. Tight is
no name for it, The only real things are from
Montana. There is not a in the delegation
who don't take shampoo sea foam and tonic One
took shampoo anyhow. Say. that man Carks
peach amt he?
TOWNE. REPUBLICAN; BRYAN POPULIST-
Democrat. who wore delegates badge and a
Free Silver Republican got into an argument at the
breakfast table at the Coates this morning Il tell
you, sah' said the Democrat. L tell you sab the
Dem RLemqcratiG party must nominate a Democrat for
NIce,President. We must carry the South sab, If
sab has never resigned from the Republican party
"Qh, don't know .retorted the Republican
Sgpi greG Ms S1laer tendeneies You talk about
resgning from the Populist party?'' After break
Democrat paid the bill
SEA SERPENT ON WHEELs.-A fierce political
argument was in progress on the sidewalk in front
Of the Midland Hotel 1t was only o'clock in the
morning, so the crowd lively enough to be
trife reckless with plank and platform There
were several groups Of them. Of Fasteners
and one of strangers from far Western States The
ones from the West seated near the curb-
stone. reaching for one another's heads in +be
eHort TO make their arguments effective Sud
denly there was a cloudburst and a torrent of
water struck the pavement before their very noses
and chairs went over backward. Out of the dim
light huge serpent like object crept down the
street blowing this torrent out of its nose. A man
stood at its head guiding the stream from side n
side along the pavement, and wriggng along be-
hind for half block a hdeous scaIy tail A
rec ed nnd g burned III IN one eye and the monster made
Fastener and Westerner met on the common
ground OF terror They watched the approach of
they ran into the hotel doorway to dodge the
stream of water. Then the monster came oppo-
site them and fright changed TO ioy II was 0nIy
a street flushing machine, so newfanged 10 East
rs that what they flush streets WITH. asked
II don't believe it. I'll bet you people Just got
that thing up and run it down here to surprise u.s.
tempted to bribe the streetmen 10 turn the hose
on the other parties. Some of them did get wet
little, and the sea serpent wheels pa ssed down
Wanut-st. with its tail wriggiing behind
TAMMANY'S MINOR PART.-Tammany has
evacuated Kansas City Tammany played a minor
part in this Convention New-York had no cnndi-
date for any office that Tammany could shout for
and Tammany meek The terrific heat also
had subduing effect upon the braves. The Tam
many special trains left here at o'clock this nf-
tern0On. An hour before train time the Tammanv
men were busy packing and getting ready to start
but they went quietly, without any enthusiasm.
HOW BRYAN ENTERED PUBLIC LIFE-The
man who is closer to Bryan than any other man
OH earth" is numerous here but j. r. Dodds Ed
itor Of THE Aroor State Wymore Neb. says he
discovered Bryan Ills paper was the first to boom
Democracys idol for the first office he ever held
that of Congressman 1T was Just ten wears ago
to-day" said Mr.. Dodds this morning, that |
spent the whole day persuadtng Mr.. Bryan TO run
for Congress. | had been booming him for eight
months through my paper and had succeeded i'm
getting number of other papers in line for him
him He pleaded poverty: said he was too Door 70 70
! told him we would stand the expenses Of his
campaign. we. his admirers. All day / argued. and
at last ! felt that II the expenses could be
arranged for he would make the race. A few
weeks later he consented to run and he was elected
by plurality OF more than 1909 over his two op-
ponents.'
'"Ihe year the Republicans gerrymandered
this district to make IT strictly Republican II
sand majority In 1894 he declined run again for
Congress, preferring 10 stand for the Senate the
of fusion success.
pleaded with him for Congress- ne is
unanimously nominal ated for the Presidency second
time. Yes. it's glorious anniversary for me-"
FRANK OPINION OF CLEvELAND.-In another
par of the lobby a Cleveland Democrat was argu-