Connecticut western news., 1900-07-05


 coin, was about the only notable acquisi- tion, as most of the New York leaders were early on the grounds. Some of the arrivals attracting attention was q name sake and nephew of William J. Bryan who acts as his private secretary and who came on from Lincoln to mingle with the Nebraska contingent. Many of Mir. Bryan's townsmen and most devoted adherents arrived last night, including the Young Mems Bryan club of Lincoln and the Travelling Mems Bryan club of Nebraska. This steady influx is strain ing the city's accommodations to the ut most and last night people were being packed in rooms and railways without much regard to comfort so long as they could get place to lay their heads.
 Thomas Temporary Chairman.
 The actual business of the day consist ed in the final selection by the national committee of Governor Thomas of Colo rado as temporary chairman of the con yention and the disposal of all contests, including the seating of Senator Clark and the Montana delegation.
 The choice of Governor Thomas was something of a surprise, as the executive committee had practically decided for Mayor Rose of Milwaukee. But on a close vote Governor Thomas was award ed the honor. The committee also drew up the following order of business for the conventions:
 Calling the convention to order by the chairman of the national committee. Reading of the call for the convention by the secretary of the committee. Prayer. Speech of welcome by the mayor of Kan sas City. Response by Chairman Jones. Announcement of the temporary organi- zation. Address by the temporary chair man of the convention. Resolutions or dering the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Reading of the Declara- tion of Independence. Adoption of rules. Resolutions authorizing the appointment of committees. Appointment of commit tees. Calling for reports of these com mittees and their submission for adop- tion. Presentation of the names of can didates for president. Balloting. Pres entation of the names of candidates for vice president. Balloting. Call of the roll of states for names of persons to serve respectively on committees to noti- fy the nominees of president and vice president.
 Yesterdays session of the Monetary league also attracted some attention, mainly through Mir Towne's speech se- verely arraigning hIs old associates of the Republican party and declaring that the record in Cuba and the Philippines was one of the most disgracefu pages of American history.
 The 16 to 1 Question.
 But far more interesting than the for | nal business of the day was the growing intensity of feeling over the platform and | the vice presidential candidate. The most | .l. fnn Al | sudden shift of sentiment since Monday, | when the dominating influence of Mir. | Bryan was everywhere manifest, where as yesterday many delegations took for maj action against a specific 16 to 1 dec | laration, which is supposed to be Mir. | Bryan's sine qua non. The movement took form early in the day among some | of the most influential men of the party | not through any spirit of opposition to MT. Bryan, but because they believed the overwhelming sense of the delegates was favorable to a simple reaffirmatiop | of the Chicago platform without a spe- | cific declaration for Is to 1. That is A conservative instead of radical finan- cial platform. As explained by one of these leaders, a man foremost in the | counsels of the party:
 1 "We have nothing authoritative before | us showing that MT. Bryan insists upon | the 16 to 1 declaration. To be sure there are reports and rumors, and the Nebras- ka delegates may or may not represent | his view. The platform committee would doubtless yield to the expressed wishes of Mir. Bryan, but when the time comes the ques1io will be asked, Who say,
 Mir. Bryan insists upon this :! and Snow
 us the insistence.' In all probability il will not be forthcoming, and the platform
 committee will follow its own dictates q.
 to the proper course to pursue. There is
 no doubt that the personal conviction o1
 the members of the platform committed
 will be for conservative platform, 1
 simple reattirmation of the Chicago plat
 form, emitting specific reference to 16 tC | l. 1 have no doubt Ar. Bryan would ac | cept sach q platform if it went before 1 him as th, will of the convention. Tn, | fact k. we mink if rather unjust to place l Mi. b.yan n tle attitude of dictator