The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-02
THE CALL TO LINCOLN CAUSED No
LITTLE COMMENT AND MUCH
CONJECTURE
FIGURING ON THE PLATFORM
SOME FAVOR A SIXTEEN TO ONE
DECLARATION, WHERE OTHERS
THINK 1T UNNECESSARY
MINNEs0TANS ON THE GROUND
The Contractors Say tho Building
VIII Be Ready and Turned over
to the Committee Tues
day Evening.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 1.-Thres
noteworthy events loomed out today abovs
the mass Of detail marking the approach
Of the Democratic convention-the arrival
Of David b. Hill from New York, and his
departure for Lincoln, in response to a
telegraDhic summons from Mr. Bryan; tha
conference of Chairman Jones of the na1
tional committee, with Mr.. Croker. ex.
Senator Murphy and other influential
leaders concerning the platform. and tho
first serious consideration by the conven4
ton leaders of plan to reach an under.
standing on the platform that the way
will be open to nominate Mr.. Bryan for
the presidency on July l.
Aside from these main features Of the
day there were few outward evidences
that the convention was near at hand.
The tide of travel has not yet surged
over the city, bringing the crash OF bands,
the tramp and hurrah Of uniformed clubs.
the struggle and confusion of hotel cor
ridors and the massing Of great throngs
along the streets and IN public places,
Many Of the conspicuous leaders are hera
with their immediate following, and there
Is the hum of preparation and of confer
ence, but the rank and file Of delegates
nave not appeared. At the chief centers Of
interest, the Coates house, the Baltimore
and the Midland hotels, a shifting and
drifting crowd gathered and discussed
the two main points of difference-plat-
form and the vice presidency. But thus
far 1T is calm and dispassionate discus
sion' without clamor or enthusiasm.
DELEGATIONS ARRIVING.
During the day the Wisconsin, Pennsyl-
vania, Kansas and Indian Territory dele
cations arrived, and as the day progressed
there was steady augmenting Of the
throngs. But the main bodies will come
tomorrow and Tuesday, and it will not be
until then that Kansas City will be fully
pulsating with the force Of the national
convention.
The leaders are losing no time, however,
In making their preparations But It is
noticeable that this is not a gathering Of
leaders in the accepted sense. On the
contrary, this is quite democratic, and one
hears frequently and proudly the remark
that In this convention the delegates rep
resenting the people will frame the plat
form and name the candidates The con-
spicuous men here-Jones, Hill, Croker,
Murphy-are not exerting any powerful
hand on affairs; their influence in the vice
presidency contest is not discernib!e, and
not until today have they evinced an in
terest in smoothing away the rough
places in the path of the platform Most
Of the members of the executive commit
tee are here, including Chairman JONES'
Vice Chairman Johnson, ex-Gov. Stone Of
Missouri; ]. M. Guffey, of Pittsburg. and
George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts,
and they hold frequent meetings to deter
mine upon formal features Of the commit
tee proceedings. In one respect their de-
termination to have the reading of the
Declaration of Independence a feature OF
the Fourth of July session is both inter-
esting and significant. for 1t is In line with
the strong effort being made to lend
patriotic fervor to the presidential nomi-
nation by making 1t on the national holi-
day. The committee has chosen Charles
Hampton, Of Petoskey, Mich, secretary
of the Michigan state committee to read
the instrument
MAY NOMINATE WEDNESDAY.
Despite the local opposition to a nomin-
alton on the first day Of the session tho
members OF the executive committee are
| giving It serious consideration. The main
difficulty in the way Of such an arrange
ment is the doubt on the platform. for
with that settled 1t IS believed the or
ganization could be so advanced as to
permit nomination to be made on the
first day. This has emphasized the doubt
existing On the platform, and has been
the 81 ief cause Of several interesting pri
vate conferences during the day
The first of these conferences was IN
Senator Jones' private room, when Mr..
Croker and former Senator Murphy cali
ed. They found Messrs Johnson and
Campau, of the executive committee.
with Mr.. Jones, and the talk soon turned
to the platform. 1t can be stated on
the authority Of one Of the gentlemen
participating that Messrs. Croker and Muir
ply made no demand, nor did they sub
they appeared more as counsellors and
party to urge that judicious action on
| the platform would make the East, par
| ticularIy New York, debatable ground in
the coming campaign. Practically the
entire discussion, quite informal at all
times, was on the platform, with a view
to securing united action by the East,
West ana South. After the conference
| it was stated with satisfaction by those
| present that all the indications pointed
| TO complete unanimtty and reconciliation
| between the sections. Another meeting
| Of the same general character occurred
later in the day. Chairman Jones, ex-
| Gov. Stone, of Missouri; J. NJ Guffey. the
! successor of Mr.. Murphy from Pennsyl-
ContInued on Third PaRe,