Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-07-02
GOVERNOR HILL
in LINCOLN
A
The Ex-Governor Is Called to
Lincoln by the Democratic
Nominee Looks Like
Hill.
MONETARY LEAGUE MEETS
Roosevelt Receives an ovation =
Grand Rapids Reservoir
Bursts One Killed.
LIVES LOST IN NEW YORK

Kansas City, July q Towne's mana
gers say very emphatically today thei
man will win the vice presidentia
sweep stakes. They reached the poin
where they offer democrats certain
terms and insist upon being heard
Their program is this: Men author
lied to speak for the populists anj
silver republicans will agree with tn
democratic managers. Both conven
tions shall go ahead and nominat'
Bryan on the first day, July 4th, bu
no effort will be made to nominate
presidential candidate. A com
mittee on conference shall be appoint
ed with a view of agreeing upon a
candidate to unite forces of the three
fusion parties. If the democratic lead
ers do not agree to this program, the
silver republican convention will make
no nomination either for president OF
vice-president but will appoint a com
mittee on conference, for both offices to
confer with like committees of dem
ocrats and populists. Towne men
claim Bryan is for the Minnesota man
Kansas City, July 2-The national
democratic committee today selected
subcommittee to consider contests.
Montana committee is as follows.
Williams, of Massachusetts, Camp
bell, of New York, Clayton, of Ala
bama, Ferguson, of New Mexico
and Wilson of Colorado.
OF Montana subcommittee Williams
and Clayton are said to be fayorablc
to the DAILY delegates and Campbell
ana Ferguson to the Clark people
Wilson's position is not defined.
Kansas City, July 2--U. S. None
tary league began its sessions today
in the auditorium. Meeting of tho
first two days session. Hon. Charles
l. Thomson, of Denver president, call
ed the meeting to order and introduced
Edward II. Stiles, of Kansas City
chairman. Stiles accepted in a brief
speech. The committee appointed u
prepare and report to the league, {
declaration of principles is w. Fl
Harvey, of Illinois, John P. st. John
of Kansas, DR.. A. A. Johnson, 0
Colorado, Flavus J Van Worries, o
Indiana; A. Delmar,. of New York
and John B. Weaver, Harvey of Chi
cago, delivered an address and re
cess was taken until p. m.
Kansas City, July 2-Former Gov
ernor David B. Hill returned from
Lincoln, Neb., 1:2O this afternoon,
and went Immediately to apartments
at the Coates house. He declines t.
discuss the conference with Bryan
saying he might have something to say
later in the day.
Kansas City, July 2-Judge Angus
tus Van Wyck, of New York, has
draft of the platform which has been
submitted to the southern delegates
and is said to have met with some
favor from them. The document re
affirms the Chicago platform and prac
tically confines itself to three ques-
tions: Trusts, imperialism and tariff
Kansas City, Mo-, July 2-This l.
really the first business day of the
democratic convention Soon after III
o'clock the democratic national com
mittee assembled at the Kansas CITY
club to consider claims of contesting
delegations. to formally select TEN
poraFy officers and transact other pre-
liminary business. The U. S. none
tary league at the same hour began
their first session in the auditorium
theatre: tonight it is proposed to for
mally, open the new convention hall
with a promenade concert. Day
dawned brilliantly, bright and clear
with the thermometer registering in
the seventies and brisk southeast
breeze blowing.
Within a few hours as the sun gain
ed the ascendency, it became intensely
hot and had not the breeze continued
the heat would have been insuffer--
able. While arrivals the past few
days have been by scores, they be-
gan today by hundreds, tomorrow it
will be by thousands. Although even
now hundreds of workmen are engag-
ed upon the new convention building
1t is practically in readiness and only
the finishing touches are required.
One distinct topic of conversation
early in the day was as also yester-
day, the visit of former Governor
Hill to Bryan at Lincoln. The COVER
nor's arrival early Sunday followed
by almost instant departure for the
home of Bryan at the latter's request
fairly dazed even the most astute po-
litical leaders. This morning the
newspapers were scanned eagerly but
in vain for the explanation of Bryan
call for the New York statesman.
The conferees evidently kept their own
counsel.
While apparently nobody here
knows why Hill was summoned to
Lincoln all thoroughly realize the visit