The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-09

ter convening to meet in Kansas City
on the same day the Democratic and sill
yer republican conventions are to assem-
BILE there
If we are to have a committee of con-
ference" said a Missouri delegate, in
discussing the proposition, why not have
the whole convention act in that capacity.
For my own part" he continued, 81 can
see no reason for holding the convention
in advance of the Democratic convention,
and having made a mistake in calling 1t
so early, think the best way to correct
that error would be to transfer the entire
assembly to Kansas City, and have it
meet there with the other conventions
to be held there in Mr.. Bryan's behalf"
He went on to say that he did not sup
pose the attendance of all the delegates
could be secured, but he felt sure that
many of them would go, and he conclud-
: y that this was altogether the best way
settle the difficulty. 1t should prob
ply be added that this suggestion is not
generally accepted as one likely to be
carried into execution.
The delegates have not reached the
point Of talking openly on the subject of
vice presidential nomination, but there
is a growing feeling on this subject, and
Unless means is found of harmonizing
the sentiment before the vice presiden-
tial nomination is reached, in the order
Of business, there will almost certainly
be very spirited fight over that point.
ATTENDANCE LIGHT.
1t Is already apparent that the attend
ance at the convention will not be as
large as counted upon. The reduction of
rates by the railroads extended on the
East only as far as New York, and on
the West only to Montana probably cut
ting off the attendance of many delegates
and visitors from the Pacific coast and
also possibly some delegates from the
New England states. A majority Of the
states it is said, will, however, be repre-
sented by delegates, if not by visitors.
Chairman Butler expresses the opinion
that all the states and territories will be
either wholly or partially represented,
except Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Georgia, Florida, Vermont, New Hamp-
shire and Rhode Island.
There will be probably some contest
over the position of national chairman.
State Chairman Edminston, Of Nebraska,
is an aVowed candidate for the position,
and, apparently, has the support Of Ne
braska's neighboring states for it.
Senator Butler has not yet announced
whether he will be a candidate for re-
election.
The weather now makes favorable
promise for the opening of the conVen-
tion tomorrow. The skies are perfectly
clear, and there is apparently no danger
except from wind. There has been stiff
breeze blowing today, and it split two
sections of the huge tent in which the
convention is to be held. This incident,
of course, causes some apprehension as
to the result in case Of repetition of
today's weather after the assemblage of
the convention.
Delegates from twenty-eight states and
territories, including one from Alaska,
!, ilo lal, far.
from at least five other states are eX-
pected to arrive tomorrow. The states
and territories already represented are:
Alaska, California, Colorado, District of
Columbia Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Ne
braska, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyom-
ing.
On tomorrow mornings trains the dele
cations from North Dakota, Minnesota,
Ohio, Oregon, Utah and Washington are
looked for.
So far only seven states have full dele
cations present-Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota
all states west of the Mississippi river.
From many OF the states east of the
Mississippi only two or three delegates
are thus far on the ground, but these
hold proxies, and, it is said, that if the
delegations are not filled by new arrivals
the delegates present will be authorized
to vote for the full delegation.
MINNESOTA MAN CHAIRMAN.
The national committee met tonight
and, after brief session, decided that
P NJ kingdell, of Minnesota, should act
as temporary chairman of the convention;
r. E. Bray, OF Oklahoma, as secretary,
and Eugene Smith, of Illinois, and Leo
Vincent, of Colorado, assistant secre-
taries.
The committee then went over the list
of state delegates which had been sub
mitted to Secretary Bdgerton, of the ma
tional committee, and raised in several
instances the number of delegates allow
ed. The most notable increase was Cal
ifornia, where ten additional delegates
were allowed. The total number of dele
gates In the convention was raised by
tonight's action of the committee from
$50 to 1000.