Show pRiZE GOES TO TOK K KANSAS bill CITY J 4 A Conven Convention Convention tion to Be Held Rell There i DATE IS FOURTH OF F JULY t 9 I Cof Not 1 In hi It With the Western W Y r n City I Call Is Issued by the Committee Ee Bash h State tate Entitled to ii Equal to Double the Num Hum Numb be b of Its Senators and Representatives Representatives in Congress and Each Territory Shall H Hay Six Dele Delegates gates Ally Demo I Washington Feb 2 Hie e next na national Democratic con on will be beheld held JieM at Kansas City July Jul M 4 3 This was the decision d of the Denio national committee which met fit t t tn uTe Hotel today to fix lix the time ii d place of R ling the convention waukee i was the only city elt which co ted for forthe forthe forthe the honor of f entertaining iS convention conven convention convention tion and the poor e a made when the vote was taken mi e a result being bring Kansas I City 40 Mi kee 9 4 caused general surprise Tie The claims of the riv as aa to A hotel accommodations and telegraphic t facilities t v Eed in often o R session by red re of each city and tive session i Governor W J Slot Sto of Kansas City and Nat lt teaman BAJC E Wail on lil waukee explained the in inducements which the elf elfee ct ci re reseated 1 ee seated ted were willing to ma of L feted the committee b dl tion Kansas City was wi w l furn furnish furnish Ish hotel or mem members me bers of the committee and Ige hall han With decorations and music gree ree of expense to the committee C COne One of strongest arguments arguments i m ments was the political effect which the holding of the convention in that city would have upon the German American voters who wore were represented the committee as wavering In their allegiance to the Republican party It seemed to be taken for granted by at least two speakers that Bryan would be pc and that the Chicago platform pI norm in substance would be re reaffirmed affirmed 8 l Enthusiasm was sed Opposition to fo t t Won tion of Bryan Bry n aM and ae the c form aroused n but d Continued tat on Page Pabo 3 Z GOES S CIT CITY Continued from page 1 1 1 the open session of or the committee there was wag no allusion to the lane issue of or free fre silver Three dates dat for holding the theco convention co were proposed May I t by Mr Townsend of or Oregon o June J ne 14 H by Senator Tillman of or South Carolina and July 4 by b Mr McGraw of West Vir Virginia Virginia gin ginia la laA A speech by b Gorman German in holding to precedent and naming a date later than that for the convention of ot the party in power lOwer had considerable influence in causing Independence day dayto dayto dayto to be chosen After the committee had selected the Gate City of ot the West the Kansas City boomers held a jollification meet meeting meetIng ing in their rooms at the Raleigh Ex x Governor Stone addressed the th gather gatherIng gathering Ing predicting pre that those who attended 1 the convention would depart deport with praises upon their thell lips for fOI the hospi hospitality ho pl Wit they had received and aad that the nominee of or the would he be victor at the polls in November Called to Order by Jones Johes The Tho committee was wu called to order by Senator Jones chairman Every state tate and territory was represented either by the national C or by proxy There was a vacancy abC from tram the Die Dis District Dietrict of Columbia caused c used by the death deth dethor of or Laurence Gardner James L Corn lob lib had been baen elected to nil fill this vacancy but his election was wa contested and a committee of three throe wg wu appointed to report upon the th contest conte L LIt It was as decided to allow each city which was a candidate for tor the honor of entertaining the convention thirty minutes to present pre ent its claims It was wasI I also aiSo agreed that speeches in favor of ot the two rivals Kansas KAM S City and Mil MI Milwaukee M 11 1 waukee should be made in rotation James A Reed Ree prosecuting attorney of or Kansas City made the opening I speech b The invitation he presented I he said ald came not only ply from the citi citizens zone zens of Kansas City but from the th un unfaltering faltering f triumphant Democracy of ot Missouri Kansas City he said fuld had linen linet of or railroad and her telegraphic facUlties facilities are excellent Her hotels ai ae more than ample The ho bo hotel botel hotel tel rates rate he promised prom ed would not be raised ed Mr Reed was specially fulsome ful ome In isis his eulogy of ot the convention hall hail hallwhich which he slid said would seat people and would be ba given free tree of ot charge e He Mr Bryan 88 as having stated that the hall hail could hardly ardly be The mention of or Bryans name drew drow the first applause Mayor Ma Or Rose of Milwaukee presented the claims of the Cream City He urged the selection of Milwaukee for forthe forthe the great reat good it would do the t th h Democracy I racy roC Where W ere is the Lisa battle b of the LI campaign ty tt b oe l he be asked as ed In Inthe Inthe Inthe the east hope hoV was vaTa van In the t ex extreme e tran tr West there th wag wa eat danger on I the issues of expansions The hope for tor election ejection of the next Democratic dent c cons from rota the the e middle west I AlthOugh jl 1 finley Wl n nIn j sin ln In by iy m r Rose RO prom promise promIsed ise lead S that the would o this year give her ber electoral vote yote to Bryan The an announcement announcement wan wag greeted gr ted with great ap applause applause plaus The same element which car carried ned ried Wisconsin in 1892 1812 was w S in sympathy sympathy symPathy thy with the Democrats now flOW DO he said st The hope bope of ol success s fox for the Democracy this fall MY lay in the vote i He was not here to say that if Mil Mu Milwaukee waukee did not get the convention the state would go Republican sin would go Democratic anyway Ap Applause But this much was due the Democrats of or Wisconsin He pointed to the fact fa t that olm he of the influential German newspapers of or Wisconsin Y was now hostile to the administration With Ita its support the Democrats could and would rr Wisconsin Show to U tile the Germans said he that the Demo Democrate craw crate are opposed t ti imperialism and expansion and they will be with Us 18 Applause Germans Are Aroused He recalled the furore created by b the speech or of RepresentatIve Lentz or of Ohio in Milwaukee last fall taU He said it had aroused the Germans and that now of them were d to Imperialism and mf t In the matter of railroads hotel parity and telegraph facilities facUlties Ma Mai I I IRose i Rose Hose said the convention had nothing to gain by going to Kansas City B Baides sides aides Milwaukee had a summer AI gi i I mate far superior to that of her Ill The determination of or the convention eity etty should not be a 8 question of per phi personal personal predilection but of party wel welfare welfare we fare I f Representative Cowherd of Missouri reinforced Mr Reeds argument in i fa favor vor VOl of Kansas as City He said I ap appeal peal petti to you as men whose hose o vi vl view rw is bounded by no needs no 00 mans ambition as 8 1 the better and broader sense ense holding g gIn in your hands hand your fate whether it be n nt t better politics to toward tobe ward a than to buy a foe e whether It be not ot better beMer to recognize past services Cervices nobly rendered than to pay in advance upon a promise that tbt will never be performed Peek Peck Pe k of or Wisconsin was the second nd speaker r in hi behalf of ot Mil MI Milwaukee III waukee aukee He devoted his time to Im Impressing impressing pressing pr ng upon the committee the necessity e eBUy s BUy sity of ot propitiating the I cans who were tH W friendly disposed toward the Democracy The Closing Speeches David of Kansas City made ma e the closing dOsing speech for tor Kansas 1 City He aroused much enthusiasm by saying that platform and man were ere already selected by the Democracy o othe oI 01 the whole country countr Representative Lentz of Ohio closed for tor Milwaukee arguing a that upon the German vote v te y f the next elec else election tion would wo la hinge binge The influence of the convention forced forc d out through German channels from Milwaukee could not be overestimated If the committee failed to win the election next fall faU It would be because they lost 10 t the opportunity to get the toe German vote The committee com at 2 p m as took a re recess oem cess for one hour The committee re ne reassembled reassembled assembled at 3 and went into executive session Stone of ot Missouri gave g ve the committee som private information Inform Uon as to the amount am of money City would furnish and E C Waif national tl nal committeeman i from Wisconsin WI o ln made a similar state statement I must ment m nt of or financial fi a Cal offer ofer Kansas City Wins A vote was then taken with the fol following following following lowing result Kansas City 40 Mil Mit Milwaukee Milwaukee waukee 9 1 The vote fixing f the date of the convention was waSt In favor of ot July 4 3 June 14 H 21 votes v tes May 9 1 1 vote A speech which had a great reat deal of influence in fixing g the date was made madeI by Gorman He said that I four tour might ha well wellI to te hold the 1 earlier ea r er as the I party thed th a new position one which drove many mahy mart Ot of the leaders out of or the tM party or into temporary retire retirement retirement retirement ment The organization or then went ent into new hands into the hands men but many of whom had bad not Rot been active in control of party affairs It took them some ome time to organic Now there was a good gO d organization The party was ready and equipped to enter crater upon the campaign The party in power should be allowed to hold its convention and aUd the indictment of that party part could be made as it has been made in times past Mr Ir McLean of or orI Ohio also favored the theatter latter date datema The ma committee decided dec dM the District I of Columbia contest for national com corn n in f favor vor of at James L L Noyes I A subcommittee was named to audit the accounts of or the committee Chair Chairman Chairman Chairman man Jones was authorized to appoint a subcommittee of ot seven to make ar arrangements for the convention It is probable that Stone of or Mis Missouri Missour HUrt sour and Johnson llOn of Kansas will be members Member of ot this committee The na national nat t n 1 committee issued the following call Call C ll Is Issued The national Democratic tic committee having met mElt in the city of Washington Washinton on onon on the day dRy of February 1 1915 has appointed Wednesday the day of July as a the time and chosen hosen the city of Kansas JanAs City Mo as the place for hold holding holdIn holding ing In the national Democratic convention Each Bach state is entitled to a representation representation nta tion Uon therein equal al to double f he number of ot its senators and in inthe Inthe inthe the congress of or the United States State t and andi i each eh territory Alaska Indian Territory and the District of ot Columbia shall have I six delegates AH Mi Democratic conservative reform citizen of or the United States irrespective ive of past MIst political associations and anti differences who can unite with us tie s in inthe Inthe the for pure economical and con constitutional constitutional government and who favor the and oppose the empire are cordially invited to 10 join us in sending delegates to the convention Th The committee at p m am ad adjourned adjourned to meet at Kansas City Mo July 3 3 ZINE MEETING ETING PLACE The Kansas City ity Convention Rail Hall Cost Kansas City Mo Io Feb 22 Conven Convention tIn tion hall hail n wh Where r the national Demo Democratic cratic crUp convention will be held in June 1 ne la in situated at Thirteenth and Central Centre streets four tour Weeks blocks from th the retail dis district triet of the city It has ha been classed cla by r travelers MS one of or the largest and most meet t tI perfectly constructed ion auditoriums in I existence nce The building was erected at a of I which was WH raised raJ ed entirely by public subscriptions subscription It occupies a apiece apiece apiece piece of ground feet in extent Is 18 two stories high and IB is I built of na native native tive tire stone cream brick b lck ami a an U terra cotta The first story id IC 1 Renaissance style t le of or architecture the second story in peal peri style form OL with groups and column columns The building is of bridge construction without a column the roof being sup supported supported SUPported ported by b great steel girders that span its ita CIO flO feet teet of or breadth Its general genera seat seatIng lag Ing arrangement nt is modeled somewhat upon the plan of the Metropolitan opera hov e New York The floor apace ace is a divided into arena arena arena balcony bal ba atH cony the arena ana and the he arena balcony The I stage is situated in the center cemer of ot the II arena a aThe The total capacity Is nearly send and with standing room the building is In capable of ot holding more than titan 2200 people The arena alone I seats AeRts 4 To each side of ot the th arena and under the first balcony are nuttier numer ouo committee which l have their separate street entrances entra e The building has no stairways the upper being reached by means of inclined planes Separate exits are used for the balconies and roof garden and it w J is estimated that the hail ball can an be emptied at the rate of or per minute Con Convention Convention Convention hall ball has since its dedication a year ago today housed some ome of the largest that thai ev t ever r gathered f under roof in this country Its acoustic tic tie properties have received especial praise W V J S Bryan who last June addressed the head camp of the Modern Woodmen of America merka in the hall hail said sad sa d later It Itte Itis te is hard to conceive how Convention hall hail could be improved upon tr tor the pur purposes purposes poses of large public gatherings Maurice Grau whose whoa grand opera company sang seng ft here November NO em last lacK as to grand opera audiences said It is a wonderful structure com corn complete complete In tn all its appointments and has a ano no ual in America Dwight ht L Moody the evangelist who a mouth month later faced aeed in this twill ban some of the largest crowds that he had ever addressed said from the pUt plat platform form I came 1000 miles mike to find the beet beat han hall I have bave ever spoken in j AGREEABLE TO BRYAN BRYANe He e Is Satisfied with the Selection of Kansas City Columbus Ga Feb 21 W J Bran spent a busy day here He was met on his hl arrival from train Jacksonville by bya a com committee m of citizens and given the th freedom of the city During the afternoon Mr Bryan addressed several thousand peo pee people people pie at the opera house and later talked outside to an overflow meeting The sentiment that drew the most applause in the speech was 88 an expression of or sym sympathy sympathy sympathy pathy for tor the struggling Boors Boers A ban banquet banquet banquet was wa given Colonel Bryan this evening ng Colonel Bryan was tonight shown the Associated Press Pree dispatch telling of the I decision of the national Democratic i committee to hold the convention in Kansas City He said Kansas City was agreeable to him He did not care to express himself him upon the date of the convention COD Uon Colonel Bryan read very carefully y that part of the dispatch regarding Mr Ir Germans speech and seemed Impressed with that part of the dispatch JOY AT KANSAS CITY I People Delighted Over Action of ot Democratic Committee Kansas Kan as City Mo Feb 22 Genuine satisfaction sati was expressed on all sides this afternoon on receipt of the news that the Democratic ci is to be held 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