Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-02
KANSAS CITY CROWDED
The Democratic Convention q DIN.
cult Proposition for the Mis-.
souri, Town.
Advance Guard Of Democratic Army
Of Visitors Fills Up the
Hotels.
Preliminaries Not Yet Completed
Mayor Rose to Be Temporary
Chairman.
.-Kansas.

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Kansas City, Mo-, July 2.-kansas
Lefty is beginning to feel that it has a
big task on its hands. Many Of the del-.
legations have not yet arrived, and the
|adyance guard of the army Of expected
Visitors has just put in an appearance,
but already the hotels are comfortably
filled. According to the estimates of the
lcitizans who have been instrumental in
Infringing the convention to Kansas City
and the railway men Who have been
lsplanning to carry the visitors here, the.
Lefty within the next forty eight hours
Twill be entertaining between $4,000 and
llOO.G coo guests. When these have all ar
lrived Kansas City will have within its
borders multitude nearly equal in
numbers TO one-half of the resident
population.
Every effort is now being made to
l5prcvide accommodations for the visit
ors The bureau of Information, instl-
tuted by the citizens for the purpose OF
Iascertaining the location of vacant
Erooms, listing them and thus acting as.
la free hotel guide for all strangers, has
been kept busy receiving applications
for rooms and making inquiries for the
iavnilable places still to rent. In this
way several thousand guests may be
CARED for in private homes and boarding
houses, but whether these will meet the
demand fully is vet to be seen. Most Of
the hotels have increased their capacity
by tbs liberal use of cots and impro-
vsed couches, and hals on the upper
FLOORS of some of them are filled with
erhe problem of transportation over
| the local lines of transit Is proving only
/ a (degree less perplexing than that of
l5hdsel accommodations. There are cable
LAND trolley lines in abundance, but
ith4se follow devious routes of their
Iown. without reference to the logical
lpr9priety of a straight path from one
headquarters to another and from all
points in common to the convention
IhaIl. An elaborate system Of transfers
lessens the difficulty little, altho
'strangers not familiar with it's intrica-
ciestare not always able to avail them
selves of it. The distances separating
the various important points are not
great If measured on horizontal line,
but In hiily Kansas City their length
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CAMPAIGN WELL STARTED.
subtommittee Ready to Report THAT
Preliminary Work IS Well Done.
kansas City. July 2-The sub-com-
Imitte.s on convention arrangements has
IpasseA up every question of conse-
quende TO the full meeting of the ma
i tionall committee today-selection of
1 first day, distribution Of seats, and SO
4 on
!. Governor Thomas, of Colorado, is still
4 the choice of the leaders for temporary
chairman, but the subcommittee has
4 not velttured to choose him in the face
4 of the fight against him at home. AS to
4 the sub-committee's session it was
stated that Mayor Rose. of milwaukee,.
probably would be chosen as the easiest
way out of the difficulty
4 The subcommittee. which is com
4 posed of the most active members Of
4 executive branches of the national
committee, spent a great deal of time
4 discussing the preliminary campaign
/ work which has been done from the
4 headquarters in the Unity building,
4 Chicago, under the direction of j. G.
i Johnson, lof Kansas, and Charles A.
4 Walsh, OF IOWA. especially the organ
|ization work and the money getting.
1t has been suggested that the secre-
4 taries report covering this work or at
least a comprehensive digest of 1t.
4 should be read to the convention by
way Of '.heartening up" the delegates
4 before they go home. Ordinarily the
4 report, would be reserved for the new
national committee. The sponsors Of it
4 think ii deserves wider circulation.
4 The clairh is made that the prelim-
mary campaign has put the plan in
4 shape for commencing the active cam
A paign for Bryan the day after the con-
Avention ends and put 1t in better shape
a for quick and aggressive work than II
h. ever has be,sn in the history Of the
a party.
Kansas City. July 2.While workmen
are busy all over the convention hall
q a force of janitors is cleaning the great
/ auditorium Of dirt and debris. Ii is an
nounced that the hall will be com
pleted, ARRANGED and equipped for the
convention not later than Tuesday
noon. altho all the chairs may not be
in the hall until Wednesday morning
Two Of the Inclined planes which take
4 the place OF stairways Will be finished
4 today and third and last will be com
. pleted by Monday night. The decorat-
ing OF the hall will be finished no,
later than Tuesday noon. All the chairs
!, have been received and are ready to be
put in the halls