Show I F J ROW OVER PLA TFOH Indications are for I Fight at Kansas City r 1 WHAT BRYAN DESIRES He Not Only Wants it Reaffirmed 4 But Ho Also Desires to Havo tlio 16 to 1 Declaration Reiterated as j Strongly as it Was in the Nc braska State Platform Other Democrats Want Imperialism thoDominant Issue This to Satisfy Satis-fy Eastern Wing of the Party I Il 1 Headquarters Associated Press 1 Coates House Kansas City Mo June Convention signs I arc apparent hut l not very plentiful No one In Kansas j City talks about anything but tho f coming Democratic National convention t conven-tion and it Is evident that the gnthor l r InS Is to be the event In the historv of the city They arc getting ready for L the crowds too nnd Intend to take I care of all who may come notwithstanding 17 m notwith-standing the doubts that have existed j 1 f concerning the ability 0 the city tot I to-t handle n great national gathering CONVENTION SIGNS J 3 > Among the convention signs arc pictures pic-tures of William J Bryan and the 1 Peerless Young Lender of 1S96 looks alone from many windows of the shops rand hotels Then there are the decorations f t decora-tions which are being put up on the streets and about rooms selected for E I Headquarters of different State headquarters I Q head-quarters In the hotels the carpets are being covered with canvas and i droSload after dray load of cots and r I bedding are being carried into the hotels ho-tels The cot is a sure sign of a convention f con-vention Yentl01HALL HALL WILL BE READY 1 Over at the convention hal every effort ef-fort is being made to complete theE I the-E building by Wednesday morning and I the men in charge renew their promises prom-ises that the convention wH not he delayed de-layed a minute by reason of Incomplete I arrangements Tonight there Is much to do but wherever a man can work I I he employed so that the prediction of verified the committee will no doubt be POLITICAL GOSSIP S L As to political l news relating to the convention there Is more coming into Kansas City than is being found or i manufactured here The few Democrats Demo-crats who have arrived recd the in I I tervJews aurt reports of the leaders who are about to start for the convention r or are on their way there and this forms the basis l oC most of the gossip I I afloat Of course the dispatches from Lincoln have the most Interest for ev orybody is anxious to know what Mr Bryan Is talking about and what the I men say who Visit him I BRYAN MAY ATTEND There Is an Impression that Mr Bryan Bry-an may come to Kansas City during the convention and some of those nowhere ff now-here think the great demonstration which would follow his appearance would carry enthusiasm all over the country and start the convention off with hurrah that would be beneficial CONTEST OVER PLATFORM There Is I the faintest intimation that tmt there may be 3 contest over the platform I plat-form I Is not that Mr Bryan not only wants the Chicago platform re alllrmed but that he also desires to have the 16 to 1 declaration reiterated 1 as strongly as it was in the Nebraska State platform There arc other Democrats f Demo-crats who think a strong reafilrnia tlon of the Chicago platform in a few g words and then to pass on to imperialism imperial-ism trusts and other new features will be suinciont The latter course wlhc Is advised as one tending to satisfy Eastern Democrats i BRYANS RUNNING MATE o The fact that the nomination for flrst place Js already beyond question naturally attracts attention to the sec natur1 ond place and thor Is some speculation specula-tion about the man who Is to be the VicePresidential candidate l with Mr Bryan As was the case In Phlladel r phia New York occupies the center of the stage Quite 3 number of names have been suggested from that Slate and one candidate Mr Sutecr already 1 has headquarters opened and some enthusiastic en-thusiastic boomers op the ground I thusiastc hla visit if Mr Sulzer comes here after h1 I to Lincoln with high hopes he willet delegates outside his own get many outsie ctflfc Now York has not indorsed him but he is said to have the friend I I shin of Mr Croker There are those who will remember that hearty sup wi port on the part of the New York organization or-ganization will indicate the desire of anlzaton o I Slr Croker I TALKING ABOUT HILL No one here pretends to c Pailnc exSenator Hill and West talk about II tUt Democrats say that his announced Intention era Democrat of to Kansas City for intcltonot of trying to secure a the purpose tl f inC IJtposc of the platform is sufficient modification platorm dent xi to talk him out of the riCe Mr Hill It was un Presidential race EI wac enlal mon coming direct from aerslood by cominG erlloo satisfactory to far from I Lincoln was satsfactol I 3Ir Bryan 1 TOVCTNES FRH3NDS AT WORK mentioned including Other candidates alomentoned 11 B F Shlvc cluding Icy of Indiana exCongressman and there Is some talk of Minnesota i about Pharles A Towne of lSSo l a8 nominated by the Populists wa There Is no doubt about with Bryan of Mr Towne and his earnestneSS o Athc earnf8lness rriendi He has headquarters engaged f Silver Republicans will hold and the Slver Hopubl all 2 simultaneously with the convention simulnlcoush 1 Democratic a gathering They aud the gathering Democrrte the Populists Intend to Impress upon opulsl9 Mr Townn as 1 delecates the ability oCilr OWII n votesetter and urge his nomination |