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HILL PROCEEDS TO THE PLATFORM.Mr. Hill meanwhile had worked his way

through the surging multitude to the platform.As he ascended the steps leading to it his handswere eagerly grasped, and be was escorted tothe seat of the permanent chairman. SenatorGrady was just concluding his nominatingspeech when Mr. Hillarrived upon the platform.He asked Senator Grady to yield to him that he

\u25a0'Mr. Chairman n alf of the United De-• • State of New-York Ipresent to

this convention as candidate for Vice Presidentthe same of David Bennett Hill."

The announcement was so unexpected, s<i

\u25a0 •\u25a0 for a distinct period of timeth»rre was : ment; then there waa a crash

of applause and cheers and the convention andrbosjf witnessing Its proceedings wont Into a

of enthusiasm over Mr. Hill. Mr. Hiii\\*\>~\l<-<\ to the •\u25a0: th an unmoved face.

V a musi :«k. it." Croker said, leaning overhirr, while Norman K. Mack and Frank Camp-bt-il wr-re on each side and urged him to accept.

Hillshook his head. Above the roar ofshout-ing de . roker*a voice was beard oncemore objecting to Hill's withdrawing, but Hillpushed through th* crowd and away from him

:ve done all Icould to jr..ike him can-Mttl Fall Croker to a friend, "but be has per-\u25a0istentiy refused."

GRADY NAMES HILL.While this conversation was in progress a

burly man bad made his way from the New-York delegation to the platform. New-Yorkmen recognized this stout person as SenatorThomas F. Grady, the "silver tongued" oratorof Tammany Hal!. Most of the delegatesthought that Senator Grady was about to nomi-nate John W. Keller and therefore took but

little interest in the proceedings. At an oppor-

tune moment Mr. Rlchardscn Introduced him.Senator Grady filled his lungs and then In de-clamatory accents said:

TRYING TO FORCE HILL< >N THK TICKET.

He doesn't think itkind In Murphy and Crokerto be always att>-mi ':::£ to run him for Officewhen there is no chance of his election. Ketherefore repulsed Mr. Croker and Mr. Murphy

when they came to his sear In the New-Yorkielc-gation and urged him to take the nomina-tion. They told him that the New-York dele-gation ha<2 withdrawn its farciral nomination

Df John W. Keller f' r Vice-Preaident and wouldpresent his nan;.- tot the position. Mr. Hill inreply said that if they did h<^ si ould take theplatform a::i decline the nomination.

'"You must take the nomination and save thelay," said Murphy, excitedly."Icannot, Icannot," replied Hill, his face

white and set: "Ido not want it.""Yes, you can. You went on this platform

yesterday and declared yourself, and nothinghinders your act «. ptai.ee. They want you," camefrom Croker.

When Mr. Williams ended his speech therewas applause fr<">ni many of the delegates, andIt became evident thnt Mr. Stevenson would bea prominent candidate.

TRYING TO STAMPEDE FOR TOWNE.Connecticut gave opportunity for the friends

of Charles A Towne to pn sent bis name to theConvention by surrendering to Minnesota itschance to speak. L. A. Honing, of Minnesota, atall, powerful looking man with a fine voice,nominated Mr. Town.-. There evidently was aconcerted effort to stampede the Conventionfor Mr. Towne, for persons in the galleries keptan cheering and applauding Mr. Rosing*fl speechfor ten minutes after Its conclusion. Moreover,a banner having portraits on it of Bryan andTowne was displayed. Vet it was observablethat the delegates I>ok little part In the demon-stration over Mr. Towne. and but for the arti-ficial excitement in the galleries there wouldhave been n<j Towne "boom."

Meanwhile Richard Croker and EdwardMurphy, jr., were attempting to stampede DavidB. Hill h;* qq a candl :at^ for Vice-President. But Mr. Hill Is an exceedingly coolgentleman. His political temperature is always

at zero. He had come to Kansas City fromAlbany resolved to decline The nomination forVice-President, and, as lie said in Albany, "You

could not force me to take that nominationwith a club."

Pretty tactics were employed by the friendsof the .nil.lates to place their namesat an early moment before the Convention.Illinois was rather far down on the roll, but

when Arkai\u25a0

-•. Davis, the

Democratic candlate for Governor of that State,

shouted "Arkani-

to Illinois to place

in nomination Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois."Up went

\u25a0 applause, dags waved inthe galleries and the race for the nomination

Bor V- • •President was begun. Mr. Williams.of Illinois, who made the speech nominating

Mr. Stevenson, declared T '.at the former Vlce-Prc.=ident was "Not a Rough Rider, but a swiftrider; not v warrior, but a statesman." Mr.Stevenson's record a? a deoapitator of theRepublican officeholders when he was an As-sistant Pogtmaater-Qenerai was alluded to inthe tactful statement that as Assistant Post-master-Ger.-ri! Mr Stevenson demonstrated to

the country that "he knovp ;1 Republican whenhe sees him in an office that belongs to a Demo-crat."

HOW ILLINOIS TREATED STEVENSON.Mr. Hill enjoyed bringing forward Mr. Stev-

enson, because the latter had been badly treateday the Democrats of Illinois at their State Con-vention, ii position as a delegate-at-large being

.•efused to him, and he being elected merely as

an alternate, which he declined. In showering

honors upon Stevenson, who had been so badly

treated by the Democrats of Illinois. Mr. Hill

found a salve for his own experience since his

arrival in Kansas' City—rejection by the New-York delegation when a candidate for a position

on the Committee on Resolutions and the ap-

plause at the hands of the convention.Mr. Hill also was opposed to the nomination

of Charles A. Towne. and was Influential in theranks of these who brought about th nominationof Mr. Stevenson. He thus evaded the nomina-tion for Vice-President himself, and aided in

nominating: a friend for the office.Convention Hall to-day was thronged as

densely with human beings as on the opening

cay of the Convention. Probably 25.000 per-

sons were In the great throng. The seats of thedelegates also were all filled. Probably most Ofthe delegates were still In Kansas City. There

had been a report that William J. Bryan might

come here from Lincoln, and naturally the

politicians of the Democratic party here de-

sired to have a chance to see him.

BRYAN DECIDED NOT TO APPEAR.

But Mr Bryan, after consultation with Sen-ator Jones and ex-Governor Stone of Missouri.at midnight last night decided not to come here.

The delegates, therefore, were disappointed In

this particular. The contest over the nomina-tion for Vice-President began, it might be said,

from "the drop of the hat," for it began im-

mediately after the prayer had been offered at

the opening of the session.

This van In lSf>4. when Mr. Croker pushed uponhim the nomination for Governor of New-Yorkand Mr. Hill was badly beaten by Levl P. Mor-ton. In his endeavor to escape from the nom-ination for the Vice-Presidency. Mr. Hill found:hat he had the nssistance of a good many of

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BETWEEN THE TWO MACHINES.Speculation was rife in political circles yesterday

as to the motives of Croker and his associates atthe Kansas City Convention. While ex-Sena torHillis looked upon by Intelligent ond public spiritedcitizen;- as a good deal of a political trickster, itwas recalled by many who talked on the subjectyesterday that he baa twice been Governor of theEmpire State and had been a United Suites Sen-ator. As compared with Croker, who at the mosthas had hardly more than a ward education inpolitics :ind to whom the word statesmanship is atSanskrit, it was suggested that he towers far abovethe leader of Tammany Hall.

Croker*s almost brutal "turning down" of Hill Inthe delegation, followed yesterday by an Insincereand tricky yjutiup forward of mil iis a candidatefor the V Presidential nomination, has pet peo-ple to wondering. The old suspicion was revivedthat 1 roker does not want to have the Democratscarry the State. On more than one occasion |nrecent years 1 roker has afforded tils critics occa-sion to pay that if he only had control of thepolitical fortunes of the city of New-York he pre-fer"- i to have Platl in control of the LegislatureWith the city arrayed against the State, the cor-porations know to their Borrow that they then haveto dance a lively Jig.

Experienced men say that the Empire State prob-ably never cut quite so contemptible a figure InNational politics as this week at the Kansas CityConvention where' Croker seems to have workoff against the "Hill crowd" the accumulatedgrudges of years. In a State like New- York wherein Presidential years history has shown that theDemocrats' need many Independent votes to win, theDemocrats have repeated)} begun their campaignwith . .'ion. Croker at Kansas City has main-tained the attitude of a swaggering bully, peoplesay, out for an afternoon full of "slugging," and'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 spectacle hit? \u25a0i:-piißted thousand! of voterswho might possibly have voted for Bryan andStevenson 1j.t- small fry Republican machine manare chuckling over the antics of Croker and hisgang, nnd are predicting that a straightout organ-ization man will lie put up by the Republicans forGovernor, at.d that the Republican machine willhave two years of unalloyed happiness.

MR. STEVENSON SURPRISED.Minneapolis, Minn., July The news of his

nomination at Kansas City was given to AdlaiE. Stevenson this afternoon at the summer cot-tage of his son-in-law, the Rev. M. D. H:irdln,at Lake Mlnnetonka, by The Associated Pressrepresentative. Ruld Mr Stevenson:

This cornea as a great surprise to me. Iwasnot a candidate at any time and never expectedto be nominated, but of course 1 shall acceptthe call of my party. Indorse the platform?Of course Ishall. How else could Iaccept? Ibelieve the Democrats generally willsupport theticket. Ihad expected to do some campaigninganyway, but now Ishall do v fc'reat deal more.

SENATOR JuKES, OF ARKANSAS, RE-ELECT-ED CHAIRMAN.

Kansas City, Mo.. July <i—All the officials ofthe- last Democratic National Committee were re-elected to-day— Senator Jones, of Arkansas,chairman; ex-Governor William J. Stone ofMissouri, vice-chairman; C. A. WaUh, secretary,and John I. Martin, of Missouri, sergeant-at-artns.

NATIONALCOMMITTEE ORGANIZES.

POSITIVE DECLINATION.Then Mr. Hill advanced to the front. He

stood with bead bowed a minute, expressive ofgratitude for the cheers that rolled in heavy

volume toward him from every part of the hall,

and when finally thore was a chance of hisvoice being; heard, he said he greatly appreciatedthe action of the delegation from New-York, butthat it was without his approval. (Cries of No!No!) He appreciated also the manifestations offriendliness on the part of the delegates fromother States, hut felt that it was his duty to

rise here now und say that for personal rea-sons, nnd good and valid reasons, he could notaccept this nomination." (Great applause, andcries of No! No! and You hay got to takeit.") Hill added:"Iha\e not beet) a candidate. I<I<> not desire

to be a candidate, and Imust not be nominatedby this Convention" (Renewed applause andcheering, and cries of "You must! You must!")

"In Justice to me. justice to the other can-didates, in justice to the party. In justice tothe ordinary procedure of this Convention, Itis unfair to me to place me in this positionwithout my consent." (Great applause.)

He was frequently Interrupted by protests nshe insisted he could not accept From New-York came cries of "Yes, you can'"

When he said clearly and firmly: "Idid notcome on to this Convention as a candidate; Idid not expect to be a candidate, and Icannotaccept the honor," again came the cries of"Yes, you can!" in greater numbers than be-fore, but they had not the slightest effect.

HILLS FRIENDS FOR STEVENSON.He left the platform, loudly cheered and sur-

rounded by friends who pressed forward

to grasp his hands. His speech hatl convinced

most of the delegates that he did not desire thenomination, and left many of his friends, there-fore, free to vote ft r Mr. Stevenson, which hedesired them to do. Most of the delegates fromtins period on believed the nomination to rest

between Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Towne.Another nomination was that of J. Hamilton

Lewis, of Washington.The seconding of nominations was taken ad-

vantage of by several speakers to attack candi-date.- who were rivals of their own. George

Fred Williams, of Ma,«sachuetts, assailM Mr.Hill's candidacy in an indirect way by deploringthe fact that his declination of the nominationmade it impossible to nominate him. As hissecond choice Mr. Williams named Charles A.Towne.

Hernando De Boto Money, of Mississippi,threw a good deal of cold water upon the can-didacy of Mr. Towne by declaring that no onemerely affiliated with the Democratic partyshould be nominated. He advocated the nomi-nation of Mr. Stevenson. Ex-Governor Stone ofMissouri evidently thought Mr. Moneys declara-tion about Mr. Towne might offend the Popu-lists and Silver Republicans, and therefore tookthe platform and said he regretted somewhat theutterances of Mr.Money.

})•• added: "Icannut consent to have passunchallenged any utterance reflecting uponthose splendid men; those heroic patriots who in1890, under the leadership "f Teller and Towne(cheers t, walked nut of the Republican Conven-tion and supported liryan for the Presidency.(Applause. )

"And Ifeel that wh^n they are invited tooccupy seats in this Convention to-day they areentitled to as much consideration, respect andhonor as men who walked out of the Demo-cratic Convention at Chicago In 1896. (Mingledcheers, yells and hisses 1

"Now, gentlemen, one word more and iamdone. I<lo not believe, for the very reasons hegave, or the reasons which are in his own mind,that that splendid, gallant Democrat from New-York should be compelled to take a nominationhere. Ijo not believe that Mr. Towne oughtto be nominated by this Convention for thereasons which Ihave stated. I believe forparty reasons and the r^'ic reasons, which Ihave not time nor disposition now to elaborate,that of all the names that have been presentedbefore this Convention, it would be the part ofpolitical wisdom and good judgment to placethe Illinois candidate, Adlai E. Stevenson, uponthis ticket with William Jennings Bryan." (Ap-plause.)

Then there followed a series of secondingspeeches by F. G. Newlands, of Nevada, second-ing Mr. Towne's nomination; by \V. H. Sowden,of Pennsylvania, seconding Mr. Stevenson'snomination; by Charles T. Chase, of Tennessee,

lingMr. Hill's nomination, and other sec-ondlng speeches. At the conclusion of the

hmaking the States began casting theirv itee for the several candidates for Vlce-Presl-d>=-nt. and Mr. Stevenson was nominated on thefirs' n

might make a statement, but Senator Qrady de-clined to do so.

Augustus Van Wyck, who had followed Mr.Hill to the platform, hurried to his Bide andbegan earnest conversation with him, urginghim not to decline the nomination, which evi-dently seemed to be within his grasp. Mr. Hillonly shook his head. It was a pretty, even adramatic. Fide play. All the while the Conven-tion was pulsating with enthusiasm and cheera.

When, finally. Mr. Grady was permitted toproceed, he said that Governor Hill might de-cline, "but, decline or not. he should get New-Yorlß's united vote. Her solid neventy-twovotes will be cast to the end for David BennettHill": while Hill on the platform waited forquiet and for the Senator to finish his speech, hekept repeating, "Iwill not take it." To SenatorGrady he said: "This Is absolutely unfair. Youshould not do it."

Augustus Van Wyck kept urging Mr. Hill toaccept, and not make a declination. Mr. Hillwas obdurate. His face was like marble, hishand trembled and he wiped the perspirationfrom his brow. While Senator Grady was speak-inc. Mr. Hill asked to see Senator Jones, andwhen the chairman of the National Committeecame, the ex-Senator said to him: "Jones, stopthis thing; it is not wise; it should not ho forcedupon me. Help me stop It."

Senator Jones said: "I will help you. Go onand decline, and I'llhelp you out. I'll see thedelegation leaders. You are right. Go on andmake your speech."

MATOR OF KANSAS CITY.Things were moving beautifully for Davis Just

now. Of course, he wns defeated f.,r Congress. Hewns quiet for two years. In 1894 the Republicansof Kansas City were casting about for a candidatefor Mayor. Once more Major Warner's friendship

cams. Into piny. He suggested Davis for the place,

and Davis \»as nominated. That was a memorablecampaign. The Democracy hid a party split whichresulted in two candidates 1> .•. • iinht put in the Held

—Frank Cooper find Frnnk Johnson. Cooper was thereform candidate, and Johnson the nomine.- of atleast a part of the Democratic machine. The cam-paign grew bitter, and 0110 day the Democrats werethrown mo a frenzy of delight, for they thoughtthey had discovered that Davis was clearly in-eligible for the office of Mayor. They had un-earthed the affidavit made by Davis In Pueblo, ia1889, swearing that he was a citizen of the Stateof Colorado. As a continuous residence of fiveyears in a city is necessary to make one eligiblefor Mayor, and as Davis did not return to KansasCity until December, 18t*0, ho still lacked severalmonths, from April to De< ember, to complete hisfive years' residence. The Democratic coup re-sulted in a boomerang, for Davis was elected byan enormous majority over both his opponents.

3ion after this election Davis began to developail the traits of a Hopper. His first flop waa fromWarner, who had been his loyal friend. He waiteduntil the Major made some trifling request, andthen sent him an insulting note that made it tooapparent thnt he Wished to paddle his own canoewithout the aid of the old line Republicans. Fi"mthat moment Davis, with the assistance of the pat-ronage of the City Hall, began nuildingup a ma-chine. Not only did he abandon Warner, but tookup with Chauncey Ives Filiey, the Warner faction'sbitterest enemy. In public interviews he laudedMr. Killey as the greatest lender the State everknew, a man who wns not a boss, but a leader anda marvellous organizer.

In 105, while Da\is was yet Mayor, he espousedthe cause of the A. H. A. In March, 16M, Daviswaa an avowed candidate for th* nomination f>>rGovernor. The A. P. A., now arrogant and sup-posedly all-powerful, decided to call ;1 meeting InKansas City nnd Invite all candidates to speak anddeclare themselves on the principles of their asso-ciation. Among the speakers were Davis MajorWarner and Mayor Walbrldge, ot St Louis MajorWarner and Mr. Walbridge made patriotic spei heswithout reference to the A. P. A. When Davis'sturn came, however, he arose and in his hand heldthe printed declaration of principles of the a P AHe look the declaration paragraph by paragraphund indorsed it down to the las; letter

The campaign for Mayor in 18W was bitter Onone side the Republicans had nominated James MJones and the Democrats Henry C Kurnpf TheA. P. A. allied Itself on thu Republican side withDavis as leader. It was the night b. fore th»' elec-tion when the crowning sensation of the entirecampaign came. It was then that Davis la said tohave shot a hole through his hat with the Idea ofgiiintng sympathy bj contending that an antl-AP. A. had attempted to assassinate himThe State Convention for the nomination ofQovernor cume around in the autumn of 1886 Daviswas out of f.fJice, and wanted to run for chiefState Executive. He was hacked by Fllley Theconvention was held at Springfield. Davis was de-feated for the nomination. Filiey could 1liver the goods. This settled puiey with Davis soDavis Hopped again. He deserted the old man andthe a. I". A. Immediately, and Joined forces withKerens. Kerens waa National Committeeman Heneeded Davis and look ldm to his bosom. ThroughKerens Davis wan Introduced to the RepublicanNuMonal Committee mid sent through Ohio andArkansas, speaking for MeKlnley.

HIS 'iRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA.When the campaign was over nnd MeKlnley was

elected Davis was 1111.de Assistant Secretary of theInterior. Hardly ha.lDavis assumed the duties of hisnewofflct when the fterena toil, wing began com-plaining thnt th* Assistant Secretary was pullingwir>-s \<> undermine Kerens and g<-t bis place asNational Commltteemitn. Kerens at first refusedto believe the report, but was afterward convincedby seeing correspondence from Davis to influentialitry politicians. After the resignation of Secre-tary Bliss and tii^ appointment of Mr HitchcockIt soon became open gossip In Washington thatserious differences .\iste,i between Davis and hischief. Then Davis s.ud bis health demanded thathe take a vacation. He went to South Africa. >\u0084% vthe Boer leaders, came home and resigned andtook the lecture platform for the Bouth Africanrepublics. Mr. Davis contenda that his resigwas entirely of his own choosing. Several interiorweekly papers throughout Mlsh« tiri began to talkabout D:tvi.^ as the coming Mlssourian. He waas»-k. iiuf bj s< ma of the smaller papers na a Vice".Presidential possibility, and still others began tourge him a< one of the delegs.teß-at-l*»r«je to theNational Convention. A speedy collapse befell th<»delegate-at-large agitation through the publicationof an Associated Press dispatch quotln 1 111. ml,, rof the Cabinet" as saying thm the President wasbitterly opposed to any Federal officeholders aaill-leg.,tes to the National Convention. The Presi-dent wanted hi* nomination, w> the unknown cab-inet member declared, to come direct from thepeople

"TALKED HIMSELF OUT <>F A JOB."One of the closest friends of Mr Kerens said to-

day:

Iknow thai the advocacy of Mr Davli aa dele-gate-at-larg« from Missouri wai the Immediate•aus( of thi* Interview being given to the public

Mr. Kerens called on Mr Hanna and together theycalled at the Whir House The objection to MrDavis was iiis offlclousnesa lie had by assumingauthority, offended Becretarj Hitchcock, ami manyof the old Missouri adherents of Mr Kerens r.;-M-nted the pre-imiptloii of Mr Davis and hie friendsIn claiming thai he w.is the foremost Missouri It. -publican In White House esteem. Davis slnn.lvt.iiked himself out of .. job Mr, Davis's appoint-ment was due at the outset to the personal liklnicwbieh Majoi McKlnlej hud for him He was verypopular In OhiO, and his S] h<

-!\u25a0 • ai. .1 the iTc.M

dent immensely Bui when .i.i the uswspapen allover the country exploit Davli ai a manwhose promotion from tin* rank- cam* through nopolitical yull,but by reueon of the Prtiidtnt'a j>er-

Arm and arm Davis and Warner stumped theState nnd district together. They slept together,

and as Major Warner said afterward in singing

Davis's praise for Mayor: "When you sleep witha fellow rsi^. 11 111 1 after night you Ket to know himpretty well."

MR. DAVIS'S CAREER.

In 1887 Webster Davis., obscure and almost un-known, came to Kansas City to practise law. His

home had been in Cullatln. Mo., where he had

earned a living as a shoemaker nnd as office boy

in the law firm of Shanklln. Low & McDoagaL Hehad managed to spend some time at the Lake

Forest University, near Chicago, a little time at the

Kansas City University, and nearly a yea* a 1the

University of Michigan. The young lawyer did notlinger long In Kansas City, but soon went to

o, wlure he hung out his shlnple. In De-cember, l^'A he returned to Kansas City. Up to

1895 the people of Kansas City knew little about

Davis. In that yenr (be Republicans were casting

around for a candidate for Congress. The name of

Webster Davlß was mentioned. It was paid of him

thnt he was ,1 pood talker, and he was recom-mended by Judge H. C, McDoiißal and MajorWarner, the acknowledged leader of the party andcandidate for Governor. Every one knew that theRepubll an candidate for Congress would stand nochance Of flection. Dnvls knew It. But he did not

go into the cnmpalKn to be elected. He wished to

hecome known to the people of Kansas City. Inorder that afterward he might have n claim for alucrative Job.

THE CAREER OK A POLITICAL TUMBLER

AND HI3 LATEST SOMERSAULT.

|IIV TKI.T.JIIATII TO Mil: THIITNt-.lKansas City. Mo.,July 6.—Webster Davis, formerly

Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Boer sympa-

thizer, silver-tongued orator anJ political tumbler,

han turned a complete and theatrical flop andlanded directly In the arms of William J Bryan.

Here where Davis Is best known his defection hasnot caused as much surprise, and bus not hnd asmuch effect, as It may possibly have for v brief

time In other parts of the country where he is not

so well known. Davis has undergone a completechange of heart, and when he arose In the Conven-tion yesterday to renounce allegiance to the Repub-

lican party the proud smile on his face was like the

llKht which 1h Been on the countenance of thepenitent who arises from the mourners" benchnfter KtrusKllni? through an nfrony of fear and con-viction. There were moist eyes when he told how

the scales had fallen from his eyes and he had

come to see the light ns it Is In Bryan. It was aEreat season for Dnvls nnd the Convention. Thespirit descended In tfreat power. The volume of

acclaim might have been compared to the sound ofa mlchty rushlnK wind, and it filled all the place,

and Mlssourlans, New-Yorkers. Georgians, Kan-sans, Carolinians and Nebraskans, all lifted uptheir voices, even as the Parthlans and nfedea and

Elamitea and dwellers In Mesopotamia and stran-gers of Rome, Jews and proselytes. Cretes andArabians, spoke In their own tongues on the day

Of Pentecost. Having tasted the joys of salvationhimself, it may be expected that Davis willapply

himself earnestly to carrying the glad gospel ofBryanism to others. Thai is the first Impulse of a

ransomed sinner. Davis will perform a mighty

work among such n? desire to be saved, and will

take a seat with the anointed at the rltfht hand OfBryan, If the Democrats enter Into the promised

land

AN AFFECTING SCENE TN THE DEMO-

CRATIC CONVENTION.

WEBSTER DAVIS'S FLOP.

FRANK OPINION OF CLEVELAND -Inanotherpar! of the lobby a Cleveland Democrat was argu-ing with a Populist, the "Pop" was getting thebigger share of the applause, and the ClevelandDemocrat looked somewhat chagrined. "Cleve-l.nd'H a pretty big man, anyhow," he was saying."Vs." said the Populist. "He's a hell of a big man.a viiof iiheavy one and he was a hell of a weightaround the neck of the Democratic party

"\n admire, of Towns was holding forth In millanther corner of the lobby ll* was laudingTcwne and cursing MeKlnley and Imperialism In

tli- same breath.

STANDARDS OF DELEGATION! There wenatvsral Interesting standards used <>>• the variousHate, delegations in the Convention. Californiaaid Hawaii both had attractive standards. TheT?xas delegation appeared with a unique standarduade of pollshsd horns and bearing the placard."I'cxaa 200.000 Democratic." Uk« every other

•'Vhe tit xt year th>- Republicans gerrymanderedthis district to make It strictly Republican. Itwas no use; he was re-elected in im<2 by four thou-sand majority, tn UM he declined to run again for• ongress, preferring to stand f >r the Senate in theevmt of fusion succi s»

"And now, ten years to a day from the time Ipleaded with him *o run for Congress he Isuntnlmdutly nominated for the Presidency ;i secondtime. Yes, it s .4 glorloui anniversary for me"

TOWNS, REPUBLICAN; BRYAN, POPULIST.—A Democrat, who wore a delegate's badge, and aFree Silver Republican got into an argument at thebreakfast table at the Coates this morning. "Itellyou, sah," said the Democrat, "Itell you. sah. theDemocratic party must nominate a Democrat for\ ice-President. We must carry the South <»ah ifwe expect to win. sah. Why, sah. your man Townesah. has never resigned from the Republican party.Sail." \u25a0

•

"Oh;Idon't know." retorted the Republicanwith frees silver tendencies. "You talk about re-signing. Did anybody ever hear of your Mr [in-i-resigning from the Populist party?" After brenk-fast ere was a meeting In the barroom, an 1 theDemocrat paid the bill.

SEA SERPENT ON WHEELS.-A fierce politicalargument was in progress on the sidewalk in frontof the Midland Hotel, It was only 1 o'clock in themorning, so the crowd was lively enough to be atrifle reckless with piank and platform. Therewere several groups of them, one of Easternersand one of strangers from far Western States. Th \u25a0

ones from the West were seated near the curb-stone, reaching for one another's heads in theeffort to make their argument? effective. Sud-denly there was a cloudburst and a torrent ofwater struck the pavement before their very noses,and chairs went over backward. Out of the dimlight a huge serpent-like object crept down thestreet, blowing this torrent out of its nose. A manstood at its head guiding the stream from side toside along the pavement, and wriggling along be-hind for half a block was a hideous scaly tail Ared light burned in one eye. and the monster madeno sound save the swish of the water it spurtedEasterner and Westerner me: on the commonground of terror. They watched the approach ofthe sea serpent with fascinated gaze, and oncethey ran into the hotel doorway to dodge thestienm of water. Then the mobster came oppo-site them and fright changed to Joy. It was onlya street flushing machine, so newfangled to East-erner nnd Westerner alike.

"Is that what they flush streets with?" askedone."I don't believe It. 11l bet you people Just got

that thing up and run it down here to surprise us"

After that the various groups separated and at-tempted to bribe th« streetmen to turn the hoseon the other parties. Some of them did get wet alittle, ami the sen serpent on wheels passed downWalnut-st. with its tail wrigglingbehind.

TAMMANY'S MINOR PART.-Tammany hasevacuated Kansas City. Tammany played a minorpart In this Convention. New- York had no candi-date for any office that Tammany could shout for,and Tammany was meek. The terrific beat alsohad a subduing effect upon the braves. The Tam-many special train* left here at 5 o'clock this atternoon. An hour before train flmn th-> Tammanymen were busy packing and getting ready to startThey all seemed delighted to get started for homebut they went quietly, without any enthusiasm.

HOW BRYAN ENTERED PUBLIC LIFE.—Theman who la closer to Bryan than any other manon earth" is numerous here but J. R. Dodos Ed-itor of "The Arbor State." Wymore. Neb., says hediscovered Bryan. His paper was the first to boomDemocracy's Idol for the first office he ever held—that of Congressman. "It was Just ten years iigoto-day," sold Mr. Dodda this morning, "that ispent the whole day persuading Mr. Bryan to runfor Congress. Ihad been booming him for eightmonth* through my paper, and had succeeded ingetting a number of other papers in line for him.At ast 1 decided to mnke a personal appeal tohim. He pleaded poverty; laid he was too poor torun. 1 told him we would stand the expenses of hiscampaign, we, his admirers. Allday Iargued, andat last Ifelt sure that If the expenses could bearranged for he would make the race, A fewweeks later he consented to run, and he was electedby 1 plurality of more than 7.0 X) over his two op-ponents."

TAMMANY MEN NOT "SPENDERS. "-A Mid-land Hotel barber made this plaint to-day con-cerning the Tammany men: "Never was so badlyo(T in my life. Ithought they were spenders. Why.some of them came to town with cinders in theirhair. When I askei them if thry wanted ashampoo, they gave me the grnnite face. Tight isDO name for it. The only real things ur>- fromMontana. There is not a man in the delegationwho don't take a shampoo, sea foam and tonic. Oneman from Butte hnd Just had a Turkish bath buttook a shampoo anyhow. Say. that man Clark's vpeach, ain't he?"

A POLITICAL BLUFF. The appointment of twocommittees, one by the Sliver Republicans and theother by the Democratic National Convention, toconsult as to the nomination of a Vice-Presidentupon the Democratic ticket proved to be simply a"bluff" for appearance's sake, as It was generallyexpected it would. It did. however. Klve (in oppor-tunity to such Silver Republicans as Henry M.Teller and Francis Newlands to appear on theplatform.

DELEGATES TAKE T<) "POP." The delegatesIn the convention exhibited a great fondness forbottled soda, or "pop." Early in the day a white-capped boy from the Hureau of Information madean experimental tour with a few bottles of the"pop

"vis stock sold so well that he presently

returned with bis arms full and a companion sim-ilarly loaded close behind. In the vicinity of theNew-York delegation iiu> sale wa.-» hottest. Theboys replaced their armloads with whole i.oxes ofth<> beverage, and the "sput sput" of openingbottles could be heard all over the hnil The menfrom Kentucky looked on with amazement asdelegates around them piled each other with bottlesOf the brilliantly colored beverage, Kansas Citybar owners in the galleries foamed with impotentrage, but the soda water drinkers cared not Dorheeded, for in "pop" they had found a drink farsuperior to the brew of malt or the mountain dewfrom the slopes of the sunny South.

!nv TKUtnaAPH to the trum-niclKansas <"Ity.Mo., July t>.

CRUSH IN CONVENTION HALL.—The crush inConvention Hall th!a morning, the last day. was

'greater than on either of the pr^cedlncr day- ofthe Convention. This was due practically to thefact that every one who enme, ticket or uo ticket,was admitted. Convention Hall was wide open, aridv pleasant smile was a magic sesame to any of

the doorkeepers. The difficult pnrt was to «?ft pastthe provost guard, wh!<-h surrounded the hall, butthis accomplished, there were no more obstacles to

overcome. Tickets w..id on the street for 50 centaunri even !!."> cents. Th» holder of a pass Would goInto the hall and then send the pass out to afriend. Thus it was used over and over i:g:\\n.Many of the ticket* taken Jit the doors were lateroffered f.,r sale on the streets. "Let the people seethe .show; don't keep out v Rood Democrat," saidone of the doorkeepers, as h<- magnanimouslyspirited In a party of tdx. As a result of the gen-aiostty of the doorkeepers and th^ low price oftickets, the hall was packed lonß before the morn-ing session beg-an. Persona holding tickets in cer-tain sections found their seats pre-empted.were compelled to stand up or hunt seats In olparts of the house.

PICTURESQUE AND HUMOROUS PHASESOF CONVENTION CITY.

SCENES AND INCIDENTS.

sonal favoritism, it placed him In an embarrassingposition. Had Davis been politic and a trifle lessaggressive he would have retained his White Houseconnections.

This Is the political history of the "oung man whoyesterday deserted MeKlnley for Bryan.

"THE MODERN PATRICK HENRY."

SILVER REPUBLICANS PASS A VOTE OF

THANKS TO WEBSTER DAVIS.

Kansas City, Mo.. July 6.—Webster Davis wasIntroduced to the Sliver Republican National Con-vention to-day. He grave the Convention a briefhistory of his trip to Africa and of his withdrawalfrom the Republican party. Mr. Davls's frequentreferences to the ability of the American people totake care of their own Interests, to have their owncanal and to have their own gold stirred the en-thuslnsm of the Convention, which became moreheated as Mr.n»vl3 spoke of Lincoln and comparedhim with Bryan, "a plain child of the common peo-ple.""Imove we pass a vote of thanks to th^ modern

Patrick Henry!" shouted a delegate, and themotion was adopted amid great cheering.

JOHN, GO TOE. 0. THOMPSON, JR.,Tuilor. _M Floor or ;.". Hrou !««>.

•*•**,»rnslaOßs. for a »iiit o* cloth" »*d

ruirainre, am he hat reduced lil» \u25a0*"**la* next two iuoutU»,

GOLD DEMOCRATS FREELY EXPRESS THEIROPPOSITION TO BRYAN AND i* TO 1.

George Foster Peabo4y, chairman of the Ex-ecutive Committee of the National Democraticparty (Gold Dearocrats), went to Lake George thisweek, and in his absence nothing could be learnedyesterday with reference to the report that theGold Democrat* would soon unite upon a tteket oftb*>ii own.

The Gold Democrats, however, are not slow inexpressing their hostility to the Democratic plat-form and ticket. Henry Henta said yesterday:

The Democratic platform la obnoxious in thehlgheut degree to Gold Democrats, l cannot sup-port Bryan with his absurd and fanatical reitera-tion of II to 1. and his revolutionary mouthingabout "government by injunction There is butone thoroughly nine plank In the platform. But.while 1 yield to none in my condemnation of thepolicy of Imperialism, Iquestion whether "mobo?-rncy" Is *. whit better. it is "mobrocacy \u25a0 that MrBryan and his "government by Injunction platform"threaten us with. Lei him be elected, anJ we shall«cc repeated, with increasing periodic* ty and withintennmed violence, the scenes \u25a0>« have Just wit-aseasd at si Louta His triumph would open th.-floodgate* I\u25a0> nil the latent lawlessness in thecountry.

Abrain S He\* it ha* said that the Democraticplatform hud made the issue plain. it had .broughtthe party back to the fighting (found of four yearsugi>. The forces which had triumphed th. wereprepared to wag« the contlict again. Mr Hewitt,nd thai the money Issue, rather than Imperialism

was the main issue. He predicted th it Bryanismwould be crushed.

Joseph C. Htndrts, prenidcnt of the National Uaak,of Commerce, refused to make any statement forpublication. He l*,however, emphatically opposed

When our disembodied soulsSeek repose beyond the polesAngel hosts shall meet us thereClasp our hands, greet Kansas fair:Hello. Josh! How dye do. Ike!Welcome from the land of Pike:"

Colonel Davis is something of a politician in ad-dition to his being a "Piker" and orator, and nowrepresents that county in the State Legislature.

THE "SURE THING"GAME.-Every cafe, bar-room, cigar store, newsstand and place of similarnature In the city is equipped with from ore to sixgambling slot machines. These machines havedone a thriving business, and the rapidity withwhich many delegates and visit. have beenseparated from their money is noteworthy. OneOklahoma man came to grief at one of these ma-chines. Speaking of his adventures, ha said whenasked what game he had played: "There was aneedle that you whirled, and which never stoppedon the right place for me to win. There' was akind ofidice throwing gam... and a boar.l Withalleys, above which was canvas. You threw a hn'ithrough a hole in the canvas, and It fell on theboard and rolled down one of the alleys. When itwent down the right one you won"

J

\u2666v"Did the baO ever go ln the right alley for you orthe dice tall right or the needle stop so you won*-"lnaulred »n interested •',-,.\u25a0

"'"No 1 didn't win a. cent on any of them" re-plied the Oklahoma man. "and that's whyIWant-ed to know what kind of a game Iw;is u»against

" \u25a0\u25a0•Well," replied the friend. "Idon't know whatyou call it in Oklahoma, but here in Kansas Oltvwe call It a Mire thing' game."

The stranger Indulged in free lunches for the re*tof his stay In Kansas City.« • ,

THE TALK OF A THIRD TICKET.

WILLING TO BET A HEARSE ON BRYAN.-John McCarthy, Bryan's friend and calliope sup-porter from Syracuse, better known as "I'nder-taker" McCarthy, is here, willingto bet his besthearse and undertaking establishment against acorner lot that Bryan will be elected. •'.- Mc-Carthy is sad, nevertheless, over a great disap-pointment. Mr. McCarthy .-»:;' twenty thousandsuspects some of Roosevelt's Rough RiiWs ofcausing the delay. One of the Bryan banners hewas bringing, he says, was the one used at theSyracuse celebration of Jefferson Day. on whichoccasion the promoters cf the dinner refused toallow the display until ho. played a trump card byleasing the hall in which the dinner was given.

ATTACKS ON HILLAND VAN WTCK.—JudgeD. Cf>dy Herrlck and his faction have been rout*foot, horse and dragoons, by Eugene D. Wood andhis Rough Riders of the Albany district. Herrlclilost in the State Committee and In the State con-vention in New-York. He lost before the Com-mittee on Credentials here, ami was defeated In aneffort to carry the fight into the Convention. Ex-Senator Hillis credited with engineering Herrtck .-Overthrow. This factional fight aim. I caused awhole lot of excitement in th» lobby of the Balti-more last night, when Delegate Forest, cf theAlbany district, fired by enthusiasm and resent-ment, cut loose in a bitter, but extemporaneous, at-tack on Hi!?. Forest star) out by protestingagainst Hill. "Protesting" la the way polite lan-guage would say It. but "throwing the harpooninto him" and "breaking It orT deep in him" waswhat the crowd called it

"Men." he was veiling in an impassioned way"why don't you be men. Instead of a lot of sticks'Cattle, thai can be led in any direction? Yuu'v-got a voice in th!a Convention. Why do you joirwith everybody that starts a hue and cry, insteadof having an opinion of your own. Here you Kan-

Baa fellows are veiling yourselves hoarse" for Hl]I've always heard that you Kansas fellows wer-full of gunpowder, but Iam beginning to doubt UDon't you know that Hillis the paid agent of ourNew-York corporations? Don't you know that he'sjust out here earning his salary?

"Talk about making him Vice-President; select aman for Vice-President ;Idon't care who he is ifhe's a Democrat, but Iwon't vote for that Republi-can, that traitor. Hill. Men. Iknow what I'mtalking about; Iworked In rhe iast campaign inthe same county with Hill, and he refusal at mvinvitation to preside at a Democratic meeting He'sa Republican, nothing else."

Forest was stirred up by this time, and took upvan Wyck next "Talk about trusts how do youexpect us to say anything against trusts backEast? Here's Van Wyck. of the Ice Trust andyou've put him on your most important committeeThat s a nice deal you fellows out here have giwnus, a nice deal." and Forests voice put 01 a fineshade of irony.

"JOE BOWERS" INSTEAD OF "AMERICA."—Colonel Wallace J. Davis, Editor of the twin"Pikers"— "The Post," at Bowling Green. PikeCounty. Mo., and "The Banner." at Nebo, 111.—was an interested spectator on the platform at theConvention. When the vast audience was singing"America" he joined In with the words cf the songof "Joe Bowers":

«nb!cm which the various States had. it was readwith cheers. Later during the session a cham-pagne poster was added 10 the original inscription.just to show that there was nothing cheap aboutTexas.

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