The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-12
Each One Giving SIS to Fund
Gets Ticket to Convention.
Depot Red Caps Who Expected
Harvest Are Gloomy.
FOUR DAYS TOO LONG time
Delegates Fear MOnotony Await
ing Presidents Nomination.
SpeechmakerS Wanted; May
Even Invite Bryan.

ST. Louis, June 12-ContribItocs
who gave So or more to the 100000
fund that brought the convention to
st. Louis were made happy today by an
announcement that they would get
tickets to at least one of the sessions
The association which raised the fund
has 1900 tickets and they will be par
celled out in proportion to the
amounts subscri bed. Heretofore. tick
cts have been given only to contrib y
tors of $50 or more.
The thirty ushers in the railroad
station who each gave a dollar to the
fund, were not SO happy today as the
larger contributors. They counted
upon tips from incoming delegates and
visitors to swell their receipts, but
when they counted up the receipts so
far, today, they found that the tips
wore coming in dimes, nickels and
even pennies. The ushers room was
the gloomiest place in St. Louis.
Why Four Days?
The convention managers are hear
ing from delegates on every hand sug-
costing that four-day session is too
long for a convention which knows in
advance what it proposes to do. They
are being told by the leaders that aside
from the fact that President Wilson
himself chose Friday night for his
nomination, convention has more
purpose for the party than nomina-
lions and adoption of platform. 1t
brings together leaders from all parts
of the country who not only have vari-
Gus things to settle among themselves
but it also brings all the leaders to-
gether in one assembly to plan the
campaign. Moreover, as people of st.
Louis have given 100000 for the
meeting, it is commended that they
should have four days in which to get
their returns.
"All the expedients adopted by
George w. Perkins and his fellow
workers at the Ghost Dance COW en-
tio.t in Chicago last week. to prevent
a precipitate nomination are likely to
be resorteG to here said one Of the
Democratic managers. The conven-
ton manage realize the necessity of
keeping the delegates interested and
even entertained.
Bryan There as Reporter
1t was understood at some time dur
ing the speechmaking William ].
I:-yan might be invited to address the
convention on party achievements. To-
day there still were no indications
that M. Bryan intends to take part in
the actual proceedings, even by proxy.
There are hints of stunts being
arranged to enliven the session at con-
vention hall but the mana gers are
keeping them quiet and it is said want
70 spring them as surprises.
Mr.. Bryan, however. whose friends
say he will support President Wilson
is expected to appear before the reso-
luton committee at open hearings to
urge the adoption of planks on peace
and prohibition and other questions
he advocates. His appearance there
may furnish one of the exciting Incl
dents of the committee meetings for
many of its members recalled today
that Mr.. Bryan had more than any
other man to do with the framing of
the platform in Baltimore four years
ago.
Aside from these two public ap-
pearances Mr.. Bryan, his friends say,
will not take an active part in the
convention, but will devote most of
his time to his work as a newspaper
correspondent