The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-03
Delegations En- Route to Kansas
City Have Various FavOrite
Candidates for the Office.
GEORGIA PARTY DIVIDED.
Caucuscd on Silver and Second
Place Questions Without Re
su!t-Eclawarc Opposed
Ia Senator Hill.

~ if-.-Af'S To the Nsilt.i;ti A'ttHytldtic
tyHvs elton w're aboard almost every in
c"::-irS train irrEI al, East yesterday. The
::r-n..a lra'ns bioigat the advance guard
amt they continued coming until late last
night.
q" FIR = center 90 attraction in the after
noon W.. a." NlsGalia sprcial with Tam
many aboar:. which arrived at u. 10.
Then caiEe L"iegai-~ from Salem, H.. Bry-
or's o!,! home. followed closely by the Dis
tiict II Columbia Glle-at'ou. ard finally
The decorations tiom Kings County. New
4"Tk. a"d tnos. from Erie County, each
WIN d"ieEaiiunS about 10 stroGg.
About 10 were in the Tammany party,
iLciU';ins .. Ii. T.. Belmont : a'y We're
scheduled to leave on the Wabash. the
regular 2,l5 train having been divided in
three sections. On account of some delay
II preparing the Pullman. it was y. m.
% fore they C1ul: continue their trip. and
t"e time WAS passed going through the
Union station under the guidance CT
'hAfics Hamilton. passenS-: agent OF the
Wabash. Their special train consisted o:
one composite ear, TWO dining cas- and SIX
tui!nan Sic pcrs. Once out of St Louis
their run was "A fast one, the train leaving
al D. M, and telng scheduled to arrive
Al Kansas city at o'clock.
FROM \ iEH 1ORk MAN.
IhEtLH. 10 the National Democratic Con-
Ncnuon arrived here at about &.So p H.,
ana went out shortly afterward on the Sec
ond No. Oh the Wabash. The delegates
were National Committeeman James l..
Norris. ". +. Hart. W. i. Nhaien, w. j.
donovan and John A. Clark. with John q.
lhAtOh fost = ,itcrnates. With the party
and acting as ,.ister of ceremonies was J.
Ered keiey' PRESIDENT Of the soung Mems
We want a New York man nominated
Tor Vice President" said Mr.. Kelley, but
E:re made no selection. AS for the plat
form. the delegation believes that reafhrm-
alton OF the chicago platform will cover
tho money question:
According 10 others in the delegation. 1t
wants New York man. but not ex-senator
hill. The delegates rather prefer Dam
tith. With the District OF Columbia del
esaiion Msre the foitSSwing yirsinia dele
Robert h. Harper. c. VI. Cuvillier, r. A.
Mcintyre and Judge T.. VI. White. OF the
ae.esates from the District of Columbia
". +. Whaien IS well known all over. the
country for his campaign sonss Others
On the train were james Henry Peck Of
Washington. and J. a. Devine Of Leigh.
The delegates from Salem, Ill, went out
on the train with the capital party. which
inciuded Judge A. Il: kasy, who was lay
Bryan. nrst cousin to Mr.. Bryan. Judge
Macy was accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Jessie kasy, and Mr.. Bryan by his
wife. The others on the train were Frank
Badford. George Il. Simcox and Adolph
Rogers.
Among g1;, the Iasssnsers on the same train
Mckinley's town. Nh. Scha-ffer was on
his way to attend the Silver Republican
convention and is detegate-at-larse for that
party from his district.
The unanimous sentiment of our party
around Canton is for Bryan and Towne."
portion OF the silver Republican party is
OF the same opinion. Although Canton
might be supposed to be altogether A Me-
kinley town. our party is of considerable
importance there and Is growing steadily"
DELEGATES FROM NEW YORK.
The Wabash train from the East. bearing
the Kings and Erie County parties. arrived
shortly before y. H., and went out on the
third No. Of the Wabash at 40 O'Clock.
Some Of the members expressed surprise
that they had been passed on the way by
the Tammauy train. since they started suf-
n'.-Dt!y ahead to have made ST. Louis an
hour before the Tigers.
well. it's always impossible to keep ahead
OF Temmany," remarked a Kings County
man.
Kings County delegates were In charge Of
James shevlin, the Brooklyn Democratic
leader. and the party included Senator L. H.
McCarren. Senator Z. II. McNulty. Jury
missioner p. II. Quinn. Congressman James
fitzgerald. Judge W. }. Lynch. Bridge
Commissioner John L.Shea. ex-Sheriff Frank
G. Crgamer. Congressman Frank Wilson
and William Il. Mcclure. Most Of the New
Workers said that they wanted a rnodifca-
ton ., the Chicago platform and vice
prescsnt:al candidate who would help carry
The Erie County party were State Com
nitreeman George W: Baton. Joseph J.
Diehl Of Buffalo. Doctor c. Ii. W. Auel.
frank II. Mott, Doctor NJ. =. Conway, John
Kennedy. Hiram Savage. Frank Pabst. Sem
tario County. Congressman w. II. Ryan and
r. 1. Williams. editor Of the Cataract
Journal at Niagara Falls and chairman OF
the County Committee.
Senator Blackburn OF Kentucky and
party passed through yesterday morning on
the way TO Kansas City, arriving on the l..
and N, and leaving AT 9:i5 on the Wabash.
The delegation from the Seventeenth Con-
sressional District OF New York went out on
me second section Of the Wabash No. 8.
and consisted Of c. f. Kingsley. Arthur A
Mclean. NJ. n. KIne and q. T. Ketchum.
The Connecticut delegation arrived in the
morning over the Il and o. I'm n special
ciiic.
DIVIDED on VICE PRESIDENCY.
The Young Mems Democratic Club of At
Ianta, Ga. headed by W. Clark Howell, ed
ttor of the Atlanta Constitution, and J. J.
Spalding, deleeatc-at-iarge. arrived on a
special train of three Pullmans at D. M,
ana departed at s:i5 o'clock over the Bur-
Taken all in all. II was the breeziest crowd
that has passed through thus far. Every
man of them was full Of enthusiasm and
eating II to every one with whom they came
In contact While the delegates from the
North and East were seeking electric fans,
iced drinks. and saving things about the
heat. the Georgtlns were circulating
through the Midway. the waiting-rooms and
the train shed as cool as cucumbers and az
happy-looking as possible.
Editor Howell. who, by the way, IS Ma
tional Committeeman. said:
We have st brilliant chance of sweeping
the country this time. and 1 naturally feel
good over the prospect.
II think Carter Harrison the strongest
man We could name for Vice President.
and hope 10 see him nominated. About
the other candidates I'd rather not talk.
There are several who would be accept
able to Georgia.
II am as strong n silver man as ever.
but / do not see the necessity of making
IL to / the leading issue. The people have
made trusts and Imperialism and Repub-
lican incUmpetency the real issues of the
campaign; and 1 see no use In trying TO
undo what the people have done.
81 think the whole Chicago platform
should be reafIirned. but l do not thin.
We should try To restate any OF It's plankS
Surely IL would be hard to improve on
either the sentiment or the wording of that
document. ard / hope IL VIII be reaffirmed
as q whole"
Some of the other Georsians were dis
rcse0 TO insist on n more emphatic state
Ilent on the silver issue. Delegate-at-large
SpaldinS saiG:
Georgia warts what Bryan wants. and
We understand he prefers distinct re-
statement OF the coinage issue. We don't
propose to make any trouble unless Hill
or some other Eastern man tries to bully
rag the convention. In that event l am
for a fight for a silver plank
Georgia will vote as unit. out We are
still considerably divided as TO the vice
votes