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

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 3O.-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 Dunt-
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 evil
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
III p4e1CSJ saw III d lew instances, ana
only building here and there Is orna-
mented with flags, but by Monday there
| will be a great change in their ap-
pearance.
AS 1t rains here nearly every day and
night at this season, decorations would
soon be disffgured, 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 suDcom-
! 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 l plank of the plat
! form. The utterances of men like Ma
tionaI Chairman Jones, William j. Stone
| and other Western and Southern leaders,
[ together with the action of Western and
| Southern Democratic state conventions IN
their platforms, would seem to indicate
that a simple reafnrmation of the chi
| cago platform is all that would be nee
| essary. Such action, under ordinary CIR
! cunstances, would at present be accept
| ed as the probable action OF the nauonal
| convention. but the reports IRON LIN
] coin indicate that 16 TO l must be specH-
ically declared if the views OF Mr.. Bryan
| orc 70 he followed There are so many
| delegates who desire to carry out the
| y,,iehes of the coming nominee that the
cIoeb between them and those hoIuiIls :
| 5ifsaran+ views is likely to be splrlIeu anu
the result somewhat doupt1ul. ,,,o
| Choirp,an Jones said that the uecl'D q :.
49,, ~, oliver should not vary the predu 81
of q hair from that contained III nc IN
VI -, r,1o+forno. and he thinks rearnIHla
tio, &c sufficient The breadth Oh d Id
however. is still too wide TOT soHie' -
tbev favor splitting the hair, especl"iy -
| nc chicago platform is to be the te9U
~ ~ o-,+reTne silver men insist that a re-
affirmation will be concession - ~
go, md others who have returned u
~ rortv saw such a concession Is sum
-: Co the hair that Senator Jones
snobe about seems to be wide enough u
go a 1ivelv contest when the platform
is under consideration
PLATFORM DIFFERENCES.
.rbara are some other features Of the
rla+forr that may not be agreed upon
exnansion. the present Chinese SITUATION
and the Occur d'Alene riots. But the III,
! ferences over these can be reaully au-
t,,eted SO they are either foreordalned
now or susceptible of manipulation py
the platform experts
Three vice presidential possibilities cS1INe
e. tndav-the chairman of the Silver Re
publican committee, who was laHieu ~
| The Ponulists for vice president, Charles
| \ Towne; Benjamin Shiveley, member OF
| congress- from Indiana, and William sui
yer member of congress from New YORK
| The latter arrived late in the evening,
after spending a day or two at Lincoln
| where he had been comforting with MT
Rrvsan. Mr.. Towne modestly outlined the
reasons which prompted him to be can
dfdate. Mr.. Shiveley said he was not a
candidate, while his friends declared that
he would be presented by Indiana. NO
one is yet 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 that
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. It has been said the convention can
conclude all it's business in two days, and
| that the third day be devoted to giving
reception to Mr.. Bryan and listening to
| a 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