The Portland daily press., 1900-07-04
Sudden Shift Of Sentiment Since
Monday.
The Great Kansas City Convention WIFI
Be Called 10 Order To-day.

Kansas City, July 3.-With flags flying,
bands playing, streets resplendent with
the display of bunting and of nyriads of
lights and with the ear assaulted by the
deafening conglomeration Of bombs,
rocket and crackers, and marching clubs,
with this confusion of patriotism and
politics Kansas City is tonight ushering
in the national holiday and the Demo
cratic conv ention. There were crowds
here yesteday but these were but the ad-
vance guards and today they have come
en- masse, fairly engulfng the city and
taking complete possession of its streets,
hotels and public places. Many notable
figures of the party have come with the
arriving delegations today. With the
Ken tuckians came the youthful governor
and successor of Goebel, Governor Beck
ham, accompanied by the deep voiced and
genial Senator Joe Blackburn, and by
the polished Ex-Governor McCreary.
From South Carolina came that pictur-
esque figure Senator TlIlman Governor
Benton Mcmillan was with the Tennessee
party. Mayor Carter Harrison, Ben
Gable and Samuel Alschuler, the latter a
candidate for governor of Illinois headed
the Illinois delegat ion and Senator White
a convention veteran and Mcguire of San
Francisco, recent candidate for governor,
were with the Californians, busy dispen-
sing the luscious products of the coast.
This steady influx is straining the
city S accommodations to the utmost and
tonight people are being packed in rooms
and Railways without much regard to
comfort as long as they can get a place to
lay their heads. The actual business of
the day consisted in the final selection by
the national committee of Gov. Thomas
of Colorado as temporary chairman of the
and the disposal Of all con-
tests including the seat of Senator Clark
of the Montana delegation. The choice of
Governor Thomas was something of a
surprise as the executive committee had
decided for Mayor Rose OF
But on close vote today
Thomas was awarded the
honor. The committee also drew up the
following order of business for the CON
vention:
1-Call of the convention by order of
the national committee Reading of the
call of the convention by the secre tary OF
the committee.
Prayer.
Speech of welcome by the mayor Of
Kansas City.
Response by Chairman Jones.
Announcement of the temporary organ
ization.
Address by the temporary chairman of
the convention.
Resolutions ordering the reading OF the
Declaration of independence.
Reading of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
Adoption of rules.
Resolutions authorizing the appoint
ment of committees.
Appointment of committees.
Calling for reports of these committees |
and their submission for adoption,
Presentation of the names of candidates
for President.
Balloting.
Presentation of the names of candi- |
dates for nomination for Vice President.
Balloting.
Calling OF the roll of states for persons
TO serve on the respective committees to
notify the nominees for President and |
Vice President.
also attracted some attention main ly
through Mr.. Towne's speech severely ar
his old associates of the Repub-
Iican party and declaring that the record
in Cuba and the Philippines was one of
5hs most disgra cefu1 pages of American
history.
But far more interesting than the for
nal busin ess of the day has been the
growing intensity Of feeling over the
platform and the Vice Presidential can
lfdate. The most remarkable feature of
he situation is the shift of sentiment
since yesterday, when the dominating In
luence of Mr.. Bryan was everywhere
whereas today many delegations
jook formal action against a specific 16 to
declaration which is supposed to be Mr.. |