New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
TO CONFER AT LINCOLN.
CROKER, MURPHY AND SULZER WILL
STOP OFF TO SEE BRYAN.
KANSAS CITY DRESSING UP FOR THE
CoNvENTION-INFLUx OF DELEGATES.

KANSAS CITY DRESSING UP FOR THE
CoNvENTION-INFLUx OF DELEGATES.
Kansas City, No. June 27.-Congressman
William SulZer, who is being doomed for Vice
President; Richard Croker and ex-senator Ed
ward Murphy. jr. of New-York will have a
conference at Lincoln. Neb., with William j.
Bryan before they come to Kansas City to at
tend the Convention. Sterling Price Of Texas,
who has opened headquarters here for Mr.. Sui
ger to-day received a telegram from the latter
saying he had left New York for Lincoln at
noon to-day. Another telegram says Messrs.
Croker and Murphy will be in the Nebraska cap
ital in a few days. Mr. Sulzer hopes to be on
the ticket with Mr.. Bryan, and it is said the lat
ter expressed a desire to confer with him
Further than this Mr.. Price would vouchsafe
nothing Fred Feigl Editor of The Tammany
Times" another Sulzer boomer. will arrive on
Friday
The city is beginning to take on gala ap-
pearance in anticipation of early arrival of
delegates. Business houses are being decorated
arc and ncandescent lights being strung in
profusion the downtown streets, and gen
eral cleanup is in progress. A good sized con-
tingent of Eastern newspaper correspondents
has already arrived, but a general inflow of peo-
pie is not expected till Friday.
Ex-Governor William J. Stone National Com
mitteeman from Missouri and vice-chairman Of
the National Committee, is expected Friday
night, as other members of the sub-Commit
tee. which will hold a meeting on Saturday
James Boyle, district leader of Tammany, will
arrive Saturday with about dozen of his
colleagues. They come to prepare the way for
the Tammany delegation, which will reach Kan
City Monday evening two special
trains. On Sunday the State delegations will be-
gin to arrive.
The Pennsylvania delegation, made up of one
hundred people, and the Montana delegation,
headed by w. A. Clark, is due Sunday morning
and the Kansas delegation in the evening. On
Monday the New England delegates, from
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, MassaChu
setts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, with
George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts,
their vice presidential! candidate will reach the
city, and on the same day the California and
Missouri delegations will arrive.
RUSH OF DELEGATES.
The greatest rush of delegations will be on
Tuesday. Nearly all of the States not mentioned
are booked to arrive that day.
A convention innovation. the reading of the
Declaration of Independence from the platform,
will be introduced at the first session July 4,
and according to the present programme the
music and decorations of that day will be
lected with particular idea of concentrating
the National holiday.
The badges for the delegates have been re-
ceiYed. They are quite elaborate. with an oxi-
died silver bar for the pin, below which hangs
a silk flag about four inches long. To the flag
is attached a medallion of gold or oxidized
silver
The United States Monetary League, which
will meet here at the Auditorium July 2 and
g. will be addressed by dozen speakers of Ma
tional prominence. There will be three sessions,
morning, afternoon and evening of each day,
and two speeches at each session. AcCeptances
of invitations to speak have been received from
Senator William V. Allen, of Nebraska; DR.. j.
r. Reemen Of Cincinnati; J. r. Sovereign.
former president Of the Knights Of abor; Gen
eral J. B. Weaver, of Iowa; John P. Atgeld, of
Illinois; George Fred Williams, of Massa-
chusetts; w H (Coin) Harvey, of Chicago;
John P. st. John, of Kansas; Thomas f. Beck
worth. of Michigan; Norman E. Mack. Of Buff
falo; Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor: Charles A Towne, of
Minnesota, and Congressman William Sulzer of
NeW-York. ,--- -~a5tz
The meeting is not convention. 1t will adopt
some resolutions on what the platform ought 10
contain. but it viii not attempt to help make the
ticket Judge Charles r Thompson, of Denver
president of the National organization, and J.
L. Woods Merrill, of Kansas City, preparing
the programme.