Show iLL INPLACE Damoeratio 1Ialli1 Com 0 pleth Pro i ramme for f i Biff b Show BRYAN IS THE STAR Nebraskan Will Do His Great I Talking Act Thursday WONT RIDE SILVER HORSE 5 Sixteen to One Not on the Bill as a S Prominent Feature Ohio Leads i tho Grand Entry with a Transpar CUcy Showing Platform Without a Specific Declaration for Ratio Other States Follow Plan Now is to Nominate Bryan TodayTwo Exhibitions will be Given Afternoon After-noon and Evening Nomination 11 Likely at Night Kansas City in aBlaze a-Blaze of Bunting and with Noise of I Crackers and Marching Clubs andS and-S Drum Corps Ushers in the Fourth and Convention Kansas City July 3Unless plans perfected tonight are upset Mr Bryan will attend the Democratic national convention after his nomination If leis le-Is put In the field early enough to render it practicable for him to do so A formal Invitation has been extended to him and he has said that he would accept This fact was brought out In the afternoon meeting of the national Dem gdratlo committee as was also theIn tention of the national cornrrilttee to have the nomination for the Presidency made tomorrow If possible The desire on the part of the members mem-bers to accomplish this end was developed de-veloped at the close of the session and It was brought to the surface by an Invitation to the committee from the citizens of Kansas City to take a tallyho tally-ho ride tomorrow evening This invitation Invi-tation was extended by exGov Stone of Missouri TO NOMINATE TODAY When It was presented Mr Clayton took the floor in opposition to Its acceptance ac-ceptance saying that there was a well defined and very general wish that Mr Bryan should be placed In nomination on the Fpurth of July making fitting Democratic celebration of the national anniversary Senator Kenney spoke In the same strain and Senator Jones descended de-scended from the platform to add his vQice In support of the proposition All agreed that such 1 nomination would add spirit to the occasion and give the ticket sendoff such as It would not otherwise receive The members of the committee generally supported the proposition and as a consequence the Invitation of the Kansas City people was declined declnedTWO v TWO SESSIONS The discussion developed some points of the programme of the committee They will have a day and a night session ses-sion I Is their purpose to have the usual committees appointed promptly prompt-ly I aa possible after the convening of the convention and to then have them get together immediately act as soon I fl C fhov r > nn rind If nosslhlo rnnort and have the convenUon nnr act upon the reports re-ports before adjourning in the afternoon after-noon Falling to secure action In the afternoon they hope to get the committee com-mittee reports disposed of early In the evening and still accomplish Mr Bry ans nomination before the adjournment adjourn-ment of the night session OBSTACLES IN WAY The managers apprecIate that there may be many obstacles In the way of carrying out this programme but they are quite determined to find a way to do it and they express confidence that the members the convention will all lend a helping hand to this end discussion also developed the fact that Mr Bryan expected i to be present In the convention on Thursday the day after his nomination and Indicate Indi-cate to the convention his acceptance of the honor conferred BRYAN WILL ACCEPT An Intimation of committees purpose pur-pose to secure action tomorrow has been conveyed to the prospective candidate can-didate and an invitation extended to him to visit the convention on Thursday Thurs-day and it is stated upon excellent authority that he has Indicated that he I will accept Tho members of the committee express I ex-press themselves generally as of the I opinion that the programme can be carried out and those who know of I the Invitation to Mr Bryan do not hesitate hesi-tate to say hat he will certainly accept READY FOR THE SHOW With flags bands playing streets resplendent re-splendent with the blaze of bun lng i and of myriads of lights and with the I ear nlsaulccl by the deafening conglomeration con-glomeration of bombs and rockets and crackers and marching clubs and drum corps with this confusion of patriotism and politics Kansas City Is tonight ushering In the national holi day and the Democratic national con vpntlon There were crowds here yesterday yes-terday but theac were but the advance guard and today they have come en masse fairly engulfing the city and taking complete possession of its streets hotels and public places With this late influx have come tho Tammany Tam-many braves the Chicago Marching club and many kindred organizations I with their bands And yet for some reason many of the most famous convention con-vention organizations such an the Duckworth club of Cincinnati arc not represented here while the Jefferson club of SU Louis apd the Young Mens Loulsvlllc club fiend only a handful of men Instead of their usual quota of hundreds S SOME NOTABLE FIGURES Most notable figures of the party have come with the arriving delegations today to-day With the Kentuckians came the youthful Governor and successor of Gocbel Gov Beckham accompanied by deepvoiced and genial Senator Joe Blackburn and by the polished cx Gov McCreary From South Carolina came that picturesque figure Senator Tillmari with his keen bright eye shaded under a huge linen helmet Qov Benton McMillan was with lhn Tennessee party Mayor Carter Harrison Harri-son Ben Cable ami Samuel Alschuler the latter a candidate for Governor or Illinois headed the Illinois delegation and doughty Senator White a Confed crate veteran and exCongressman Ma gulr y of San Francisco recent candidate I candi-date for Governor wore with the other I Californians busy dispensing the luscl ous productS of the coast AMONG TAMMANYITES Among time Tammany arrivals George B McClellan son of the great soldier and the Democratic nominee against Lincoln was about the only notable acquisition as most of the New York leaders l were early on the ground One of the arrivals attracting attention was a namesake and nephew of William J Bryan who acts as his private secretary secre-tary and who came on from Lincoln to mingle with the Nebraska contingent contin-gent Many of Mr Bryans townsman nand n-and most devoted adherents arrived tonight to-night including the Young Mens Bryan Bry-an club of Lincoln and the Traveling Mens Bryan club of Nebraska This steady Infiux is straining the citys accommodations ac-commodations to the utmost and tonight to-night the people are being packed ir rooms and hallways without much regard re-gard to comfort so long as they can get a place to lay their heads THOMAS TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN I I The actual business of the day consisted con-sisted In the final selection by the national na-tional committee of Gov Thomas of Colorado as temporary chairman of the convention and the disposal of all contests con-tests including the seating of Senator Clark and his Montana delegation Tho choice of Gov Thomas was something of a surprise as the executive committee commit-tee had practically decided for Mayor Rose of Milwaukee But on a close vote Gov Thomas was awarded the honor I The committee also drew up thef lowIng low-ing order o business for the convention conven-tion ORDER OF BUSINESS Calling thc convention to order by chairman of national committee ReadInl of call for convention by secretary sec-retary of the committee Prayer Speech of welcome by the Mayor of Kansas City Response by Chairman Jones Announcement of the temporary organization or-ganization Address by the temporary chairman of the convention Resolutions ordering the reading of the Declaration of Independence Adoption of rules Adopting resOlutions authorizing the appointment of committees Appointment of sCaling s-Caling for reports of these committees commit-tees and their submission for adoption Presentation of the names of candidates candi-dates for President Balloting Presentation of tho names of the candidates can-didates for nomination of VicePresi dent Balloting Call of the roll of States for names of persons to t serve respectively on committees com-mittees to notify the nominees of President Presi-dent and VIcePrcHldcnk TOWNES BITTER SPEECH Todays session of the Monetary league also attracted ole attention mainly through Mr Townes speech severely se-verely arraigning his old associates of tho Republican party and declaring that the record in Cuba and the Philippines Philip-pines was one of the most disgraceful pages of American history ACTION AGAINST 16 TO 1 But far more Interesting than tho formal business of tho day has been the growing Intensity of feeling over the platform und the VicePresiden tial candidate The most remarkable feature of the situation is the sudden shift of sentiment since yesterday when the dominating Influence of Mr Bryan was everywhere manifest I whereas today many delegations took formal action against a specific 16 to L declaration which la supposed tO be Mr Bryans sine qua non CONSERVATIVE SILVER PLANK The movement took form early in today to-day among sonic of the most influen Continued on Paso 24 t I ALL IN I PlAGE I i < Conllnucd from PalO H Hal men ot tho party not through any spirit of opposition to Mr Bryan but because they believed iho overwhelming overwhelm-ing sense of the delegates was favorable favor-able to n simple realllrmallon of the I Chicago platform without a specific declaration de-claration for 36 to 1 that is conservative conserva-tive instead of a radical financial platform plat-form As explained by I ono of these leaders a man foremost in the counsels of the party WHATCOMMITTEE WILL DO authoritative before Wo have nothing aulhorlatve I fore us showing that Mr Bryan insists upon the 1C to 1 declaration To be suro thereare roporls and rumors and I tho Nebraska delegates may or may not represent his views The platform committee would doubtless yield to the expressed wishes of Mr Bryan but when the time conies the question will be asked Who says Mr Bryan insists upon this and show us the Insistence In ail probability it will not 1c forthcoming I forth-coming and the platform committee will follow its dictates as to the proper t course to pursue r WANT NO DICTATION There is no doubt that the personal convictions of tho members of the platform plat-form committee AVlll be for 3 cbnserva tlve platform 3 simple reafllrmation of the Chicago platform omitting a specific spe-cific reference to 16 to L 1 have no doubt Mr Bryan would accept such a platform plat-form if It went before him as the will of the convention The fact Is we think It rather unjust to place Mr Bryan Bry-an In tho attitude of a dictator making demands and wo are proceeding on the theory that these socalled demands arc not in reallly being made by him OHIO LED THE MOVE The force of tIme movement began tom to-m lcc Itself appear as the day advanced Ohio led off and after S short light overwhelmingly instructed Its representative repre-sentative on the platform committee I Judge Chapman to work for a simple rcalllrmation of the Chicago platform I without C specific 16 to 1 declaration This decision was made in the face of n protest by Tom Johnson that I was i opposed to Bryans wellknown wishes i FLORIDA FOLLOWS SUIT The Florida caucus followed suit soon by Instructing its platform member Mr Gibbons to oppose a specific plank of 16 to 1 and to work orHa reafflrma f ton of the Chicago platform At thtxi West Virginia caucus the same sentiment senti-ment was manifested on the ground they would would give a lighting chance I in l l West Yirglnia AGAINST RADICAL PLATFORM The Georgia and Rhode Island delegates dele-gates expressed a lika tendency The Wisconsin delegpjLion in caucus discussed dis-cussed similar action but hesitated and finally postponed their determination i fnaJ Jostpocll deerminaton The Michigan delegation also came out for a simple renfflrmatlon And aside from these formal proceedings against the 16 to 1 speclllc declaration it Is understood un-derstood that Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois part of New York and other influential in-fluential delegations share the sentiment senti-ment for a conservative as against a radical platform r |