The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01
SOUND OF THE HAMMER AND SAW
Is HEARD IN KANSAS
CITY
DECORATIONS lRE APPBARIaG
DELEGATIONS ARRIVING AND DIS
CUSSING THE PROBABLE
PROGRAMME
DIVIDED AS TO PLATFORM
Apparently Many Who VIII Favor
Plain ReaffirmatiOn of
the Principles of
1896.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June sO.-There Is
constant bang, bang of hammer, rasp-
ing of saws, shouting of orders and rush
ing of feet, day and night, at the big hail
where the Democratic national conven-
ton is to be held. AS fast as one portion
Of the structure is finished, the decorators
pounce upon 1t, and, with bolts of bunt-
Ing, flags and pictures Of Democratic
leaders, set in the national coat of arms.
cover up the walls and spaces so that
the necessary delegates who assemble on
the Fourth will see all the colors and
emblems of the holiday coupled with evt-
dences Of a Democratic celebration
Some fears are expressed by new ar
rivals regarding the possible failure to
have the hall ready in time, but the
genuine Western push and energy, char
acteristic of Kansas City, encourages the
belief that everything will be ready
when Chairman Jones, of the national
committee, calls the convention to order
on next Wednesday.
The decorations on the outside of the
state delegation headquarters are not vet
| in place, save in few instances, and
only building here and there is orna-
mented with flags, but by Monday there
| will be a great change in their ap-
pearance.
! AS it rains here nearly every day and
night at this season, decorations would
soon be disfgured, and they are there
fore being saved in order that they may
! be fresh when the delegates come.
About the hotels, however, there is al
really briskness and moving throngs Of
familiar convention faces. A number of
the old line Democrats, who have been
] going to 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 presidential candidates have come In
| and are making considerable noise.
] DELEGATES DROPPING IN.
Delegates are dropping in from different
sections, and the meeting of the subeom-
! mittee on convention arrangements at
tracted quite a knot of men about the
| national committee headquarters.
AS on Friday the most interesting topic,
| and that which gives the Democrats here
the most concern, is the promised con-
test over the 16 to 1 plank Of the plat
| form The utterances Of men like Ma
i tional Chairman Jones, William j. Stone
| and other Western and Southern leaders,
I together with the action of Western ana
! Southern Democratic state conventions in
their platforms, would seem to indicate
that a simple reaffirmation of the chi
cago platform is all that would be nee
essary Such action, under ordinary CIR
! cumstances would at present be accept
ed as the probable action OF the nauonai
convention, but the reports iron LIN
:. coin indicate that is to must be specl-
ically declared if the views or Mr.. Bryan
are to be followed. There are so many
5oIegates who desire to carry out the
-.;rleas ne the coming nominee that the
clash between them and those hoi',i,,s 1, aI1 ,
sifgarant views is likely to be splrlteu anu
| the result somewhat doupttul. ,oro
Choirran Jones said that the decio|, "a q
!. -, si,,.ar should not vary the predu ~
of hair from that contained III tii1 ~
| oaoro platform, and he thinks d reailii mo 20
go, &c suficient The breadlh OIL d no no.
bowever. is still too wide TOT solle' IL a.
thev favor splitting the halr' eepeGi'A' 80
the Chicago platform Is " pI s,re-
The extreme silver men insist Una.
a1rmation will be a concession. @Goiu @
e.o,, ond others who have returned "
+be nortv saw such a concession Is sum
o3o,t So the hair that senator 1ole9
cnoke about seems to be Wloe ellous "
op,,ae 1iveIv contest when the platform
is under consideration.
PLATFORM DIFFERENCES
,rbara are some other features Oh the
n,atform that may not be agreed upon-
| evanston. the present Chinese situalIoH
ord the Coeur d'Alene riots. But the ui,
ferences over these can be reaolly du-
tusted. as they are either 1oreorualneu
now or susceptible of manipulation pS
the platform experts. ,,..,..,,
Three vice presidential possibilities came
8, +ndev-the chairman of the Silver Re
nnhJican committee, who was named py
he Populists for vice president, Cnarles
A Towne; Benjamin Shiveley, member OF
congress from Indiana, and Wllllan SUI
ger member of congress from New 1ork'
The latter arrived late in the evening,
after spending day or two at Lincoln
where he had been comforting WIN MT
Brvan. Mr. Towne modestly outlined the
reasons which prompted him to be a can
didate. Mr.. Shiveley said he was not q
candidate, while his friends declared that
he would be presented by Indiana. No
one is vet to hazard q prediction that any
one of these men will be selected.
The arrival Of these candidates created
talk and speculation, but neither, nor any
one else. can now guess how many votes
any of them will receive.
There has been renewal OF the talk
about nominating Mr.. Bryan on the
Fourth of July, and a night session of the
convention has been suggested in order
to accomplish this. 1t is even said thai
he may be nominated before the platform
is adopted, but many are doing what they
can to discourage the proceeding, declar-
ing that it will be crowding sentiment
too far to depart from the regular and
orderly procedure of the convention.
UNCERTAINTY PREVAILS.
There is yet uncertainty as to whether
Mr.. Bryan will come to Kansas City after
the convention makes the nomination
No one here is authorized to speak for
him. 1t has been said the convention car
conclude all it's business in two days, and
that the third day be devoted to giving
a reception to Mr.. Bryan and listening to
q speech from him. This would be an
attractive programme, especially for Kan
sas City, as the appearance of Mr.. Bryan
would doubtless attract as many people
as the opening day.
Although the national committee has