Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-02

Kansas City, Mo-. July 2.-This is real
ly the first business day Of the democrat
dc convention. Soon after II O'Clock the
members of the committee assembled at
the Kansas City club to consider the
claims Of contesting delegations, form
ally select temporary officers and trans
act some other preliminary business. The
United States Monetary league at the
same hour began it's first session at the
Auditorium theater and tonight it is pro-
posed formally to open the new conven-
tion hall with a promenade concert.
The weather is bright and clear with
the thermometer registering in the sew
enties and a brisk southeast breeze blow
ing. Within a. few hours, as the sun gain
ed ascendency, it became intensely not
and had not the breeze continued the
heat would have been insufferable. While
the arrivals during the past few days
have been by scores, they began today to
be by hundreds. Tomorrow they will be
by thousands. All of the early morning
trains today, especially those from the
east, were crowded with delegates and
visitors. Throughout the day, and, IN
deed, until noon on Wednesday, when
Chairman Jones' gavel will fall at the
opening OF the convention, special trains
bearig state delegations, political organ
izations, marching clubs and bands OF
music, will arrive almost hourly EARLY
in the day the New York delegation, ac-
companied by many prominent Empire
state democrats, arrived in a special train
over the Wabash. The Georgia delegation
came in on special train over the Bur-
Mngton route and during the day spec
ial train bearing the delegations from
New England will arrive.
CITY FILLED WITH STRANGERS.
BY tonight the hospitable people of
leo yxy1aS
means to have big political conven-
tion on their hands. The streets and ho-
tel corridors already are thronged with
strangers, yet scarcely one-tenth of the
crowd expected is here. However, the
people of this metropolis of the south
west may be depended upon to take good
care OF their guests. That they are ac-
cumtomed to doing things we'll Is amply
evidenced by the notable accomplishment
of reconstructing the convention halll in
less than ninety days. Three months ago
fire swept the great hall to the ground.
Undaunted by the disaster Kansas City
declared that another magnificent struc-
ture should rise. phoenix-like from the
ashes of the old. The promise has been
fulfilled. Although even now hundreds
Of workmen are engaged upon the new
building, 1t practically Is in readiness and
only the finishing, touches are required.
After a day and night of conferences,
discussion of platform and of candidates
and of earnest effort to bring about har-
| mony in the convention, the politicians
were slow in rising today. The one dis
! tince topic Of conversation early in the
day was, as 1t was also yesterday, the
visit of former Senator Hill to Bryan at
! Lincoln. The senator's arrival early on
Sunday, followed by his almost instant
departure for the home of him who is to
be this conventions nomipee for the
presidency. fairly dazed even the most
astute political leaders. This morning
the newspapers were scanned eagerly,
but In vain, for an explanation of Mr.
Bryan's call for the New York statesman,
The two conferees evidently kept their
own counsel. Gossip about the visit is
on every tongue, but all is speculative
and ephermeral