Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1900 — Page 2

««»••>««•••••• • « • • « •’ e'« • ' 1 » ♦+♦♦♦♦♦♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦»»<• ♦♦♦♦♦»«<<♦♦♦♦»»»<«»»>» e>»»e*4»e 44*♦♦♦»♦ 4 H THE NATIONAL-* H 3 DEMOCRATIC COM ENTION “ H at city. • ® n & 9 - By Alfred R. Rowley. Kc;*;rvvrrrrrrr;*x:*;vv;rrr;;*:'r;*rrrrr:*o™\: 4* ■' • ts ♦♦♦***444 *4 ♦*444*4***

< <•> ■ MiwLswppi vafley Hie* * t * * » '- -. • ~• .. * L •* a n-i a •* fact that tie Mar * « * f*?ft ..j t u ■> - -__2-- - ~g. * K. >-. ci< Crr - ' 'g: -"' WBtSoa -x2. estmaia<r 7.4 That .* an otnanai Late. itCha-nnaE renaoui for m< .- • • T P • u. - •- It WM xal.l LS. Tl-J SeW < t-’-- t 1 . 7L'T EL-.t’e ”_LiS * •• •' 4 it ’ ■ , C - • 9> w- - . •.. :' '■- ’ - x • f• . - -- . ♦ •'.•■ - - ----. ' ' ■. ' .i . .- t, . A 1' i .- 1 • * out ? Not the. SbeW pcxmde t l&frfti **-■=■ iz ■;r .-■ whc to O I 4> . • ' pcne. of xheta nty tare only oditx® 1.._ 7 ‘.'iixJrSx but taey will DtsitMQ —s. l:.“. L±rz- '.vLTerxt, n kaLL fate de >ie*i to wipe ui tL.t adrair-! ta<e. Ob the April A M A <f» A *• 6 » at w the 222-2 t<- reVt L» ~ F—i* H - x * f ■ * i ~ “-•-* • w-r-.u.2 --1 t..e rw._L*tnjo I. L '* Sloce •.\*u the work La«» beea rusted aictt and day. and CThairinaa Jones i« c .’r.-- f . uz rbe delegate to order it e ac»Etori*iai, wh/.h is tc 1 - r'-f* -s- «s lor Rnt t • Kory of bow thia roerMit •r, •> f•" a . -- - eMire-.t o tisrory. To kxal pn<3« te f- * ” *3 U.!« wide aw»k- and <®eaimrat:rHy l.t- ---• •• o . t- bare -- od Lar<*--t ao*l»*-/riuiii in th* country- The Ur?<-»t. of coarse. U Mad.-a Square Gardea, in New f • banka of the Kmr they admit no such | The people of Kansas f’fty, in the ! liberal feu** of the term, tuilt and own ♦be big / • hall Th< stock is ! by aU w.ftm and cooditlooa of people. from mlßfooalriMi to bootblacks. There ar . few ntjaeM who do not boW S

* J I a * e ' :* putting • | [ mildly Tie re- [ \■ C A i Ii ‘ • Z — 1 <I Os VI * - *t t 1 11... • . .. . , Z*- . 11 I ii; •- • I «► - •* i {estimate* are "Arinns ■ ' | -■ : . i-. .. : , j • * ( [the accessibility J I L J i [of tbs city. It . —< '! *ltbln easy I I) 11 i 'reaching <li~ >•' A'i n ! {tance of tl<- [-..pie of fire states.] [ i [From Kansas City the iron rail* l ' I ist retell east, west. north, sooth j , i 1 and ts intt -rmedlate points of the < ' i icompass. A circle drawn with a] i i ' rallies of 1"4» miles around Kansas] 1 , ■ ty would iociti-' ~ •■• <• ;-■> r :•• t. •f 11 11 i i which has Iwe said. “Here al! , [ [ men are politicians — and most' [j i i women.” i i ! miwMmniiimmii

i-' u- i -_r- T' Z-1 ■ - l' ' r. • i ■ ■ ••;••.. ; -.. r.’’i. ®® 4 - • » ■ A 4> ■ ' •.- . ’ ’ ..i, ' ' - ?• :'•. . ♦ ■ - 4h ’ '. -1 *. - ‘ C-* It i—t.y ti.*? '>;«* • r . ' ' 121 -_ ■ :• _.. • • ? _• - «. -p tt’.s ec., 'jwbie €'• 2" ‘3C ■- if - . -'? - tbt - - 277- MB H-i. 2. MMB dBM* Bad ' .L‘ : 2• ,_x: 2. : ft .irg-r e®d w « * e bei *. quarters was establisl2 '. : u.?'- * < * c 1-: that •• . lull ia *ubecTtpc>fi«a :--us wer. «MCf!st to keep the fiitW! - .- . - p .ii; - . _ -:- : - — . : ... •• . . - • ■ f »" • < -■»’■-_• _±„ 7 . - ■■ ■ \ -.i .-noa. tea*. . i'. - - - • ; : ’ . ■ .1- . ns » t 1 It was e-:: Imu: arnfl tij* supply of - ■ ' n: - - -i ti-it every x&aa. wosas au-i j-uld A y wa* wearing a cos? -1 • j< 11 . u-xefi. Tte people were tAorjugiuj <w- ■ 22 2 .: < sc:: ;f life to we ; a<4ittoa. L - i.ra-.j. zl : 2; I » — ’ ’ *’ ,q coov’rLi.'-L tali. B'usiL«sa —-2 nad a -jt* their Jeaka—~Yiu talk *. ....- * « ... rare! :og aa.<sLiefi f.: u a better ia order to -i. : Tkt* -ien 2 „krg— o’l ■.■_.■?2 P bU'"-.- W3S Z-'-XXdel tb£t Wii o d&ner pad aad the ocevp&at of the] .... . T- * -' • .•_ L .'_ '. * _ ... By this xz. I xaiky other tx—- _. . - W - r L 1- JL IS'A it W - «- • • the i»1 beard the first era.*! :C S 1

i AMONG the multitudes who] wiD g to Kansas City dtir i , , « the :. w . i i many whoa the ques:. a of car i j and L j 1 I D (her -=r— i i ]notatalL These J i i ere the farmers ' [ I [who intend to ] ' ’ 'trek over the i ,pre.ries in old ] ; ;f- - ■ . aed -mi- i J i t~- ‘t * joooers ‘ ~y-V- s*" 5 *" *-< ] i 'T..-y will start " i ' ![ fr all sect •as J 1 '»f E-m.-as and :: * ] 'present from "zi l x 'j 1 I [Missouri. Ne- ' 11 ma aod even tiJJ I * | Ar '.r.- rdf” i They w!U load J) [ <>» r was ’*■' ' i i with provisions I [ [ and bedding and g int-, ‘t'np Ju*’ i I i i outside the city. Id the history of] [ national cooveu:.n* there is noth- 1 g to equal tha novelty.

imH — . band from the giant sounding bsxird in ■ the north end of the ball When the i concert was ended, the chairs and canvas covering were reunited from the arena floor •> 14 ciinctea, and LOU a dau -1 f ... o tii . H. 4 tv S-himT :n .». Thus ] In eight months after the Inception cf the Idea the hall was built by the peoj pie of Kansas City and in use by them. , Their struggle tv build aometnusg that would be £n ora saw nt and an adran i tage to the c£ty. a tnoentnent that wocld give the town a good name an ! a wide fame, was indeed crowned with StKCVM. • The first ban cost fIZjd.WS). Tbr bulk’lug fronted »•> feet on Tblrtrent! street and 314 feet on Central street It was cottstruettd of natural stone er>wtn brick and terracotta. The first story was of stone In the style of tb« 1 rvnrissame. The secund story was it peristyle form, of brick and terracotta The roof waa of copper and compost

ttoa. The :r aresa <>.r -1* >: I capped by a polished fisor 213 by IX - . >—. --- ■ S' B f r*.i .■ ■• ’ 1.- : •_- _ ■ nMBO 1 • re.-Uy t# the foer, as .a the eas* ' ' • ' • ’ -Sd jriU bestax. the .- ♦ f wu 1 j-rooiSScie x. wtag i rtew cf :..- | T 1- • . _A. -V - ■l’ • ’. i-’t--:' Tl-*- ~i- ._- : i sijurwaj .u aad the a> -* »» ■—■ .- 12.1 r ' » 2 la '2. :: 2. 7.- .e ?f baTs exfc es&ee ■■ 4 « ~ * nr' -. — - <n , r -t a~‘L- l

® a *t * / .. - i : ' // I • 1 i * 4 1 \\ * I/ 'V W // 1 \\ t// ( ’ \i • 4 ETf ? b W / 9 ADXIBAI GEOLGE DEWTT

i Bet one ambitkM of the* tre-:- }| sqpds of stockholders was to woa 11 a prr«idec.tial cawdidahe within in I || walla They were tyst preparing U see this vabrtie-n reaLied when. th. firs C » '■ ’• f) the Lail whir, h Lad teen their prtde. t&ey were d-smayed. But they toon ren covered. the fire b-zir mer:bera ->f the J directory of the convr:.- < ! — 1 were lunching at the Kaaa& City etub, > « [I Men stopped them at every step with i • [. ■• - ' - • i atorrt—l to ’..es from their <-st 'Tut ] me down tor <3! Here's my nuatber.'*' ! printing to their PoMcemew. ' [ j street »»veper* and messenger boys - , did the Mme. [■ Before the t-UHlag was destroyed "■• -K. N- - ... ; r... -•- »r . [ Kansas City Mar, bad saboerfbed 35to the rebuilding fund. Walter H. ’ ■ Hoimes and W. B. Thayer eomrtimud \ i like amounts next day. By 3 o'clock. I lee* than two hours after the fire, the ~ directors Usd tact the cnsis by dec-id- > ,: ing ’.be three all itnpor'&ut qne*t;<>&*— _> that convention hall should be rebuilt;. f that it should be a* nearly fireproof as J possible; that It »h«nM be re‘uiit in 1 tinji for the na».. ual I •■ I vention. ( When cvuveDtioQ ball burned, the 1 consfany had 310.000 easb in bank. By ; , the evening of that day thia amount j had grown to 31'L2». On Thursday, the next day. a mass meeting wa* held, and the amount grew to 343.4X.0 by vol- j ( untary subscrlptiotM. Another mass meeting was held on Saturday, am! the subecrlptions grew to 352.7>j. The ituorance companies waived al’ ( opportunities for delay and their rights ( to discount for prepayment and agreed , to pay 3iyi.rO) at once. The directory sold the ruins of the steel structure t< a Junk dealer for 13,W. With the cash

> > It a donKtSM eC the ooe that was de- • A 3 —• o » - tri 2* -1 iaxsas •_ . r-«> .-- a • J • • --•... ■■ - . a •. 4—.-1:2 ■ ■■/-:_... '..i'' : ' - - ’ *'■ U». axi. sur*. - - w “—«t - - - - •* T i 2 L’ . >•- • • i . ■ - i wx* i*- gse-l a la .■ — . . . « —-2. x; .-1. f < ~-* 3 . lui arW -s *.ie e?a-»:at-.c vts:: r* arr.ve , T -2_i _ _ •■•' ’ : '

fail <i-k on ;a case be has dtiScnMy in •e-- • : s Tt- l-tsre*-. ...vs blanks to thouMitia of boos* 4.iers. with a circular a*K..n; -tern tv Si; qt th- blanks with t-ie.r street and numter, how the house ij, the,t;tm. >r of room* an ! J--1, they are f - ■" - - "a —4.'- cou vent.-a the < barge per person *®' ; '■ -A**- ' f'-r meals if meals are - - ' ‘ * f • i the city are to ba opened to convention The boteb have been reserved for delegate*, alternates, state committees, new-paper a-x liatt-Lg dabs and the I like, and they wiu all be full Tam oaay. the Cook Ccur.-y Marching t dui> of Ctzagrj, the Irx-kwortb dubi of Cincinnati, the Louisville Itetao-1 cratie Martthing club and a d->z*n other 1 elube wtkb always attend Itemocratle *,’■ ' •' ' ■* forre a* if the cocvention were held much nearer the renter of I The various beniquarterv are pretty evenly divided among the leading hoV'Li. The Baltimore La* secured Chair- i man Jones, former' Governor Stone. J ‘ G. Johnson. Sam B. Cook and other! mem Lers of the Ltemocratic national committee, but the Coates ha* the Ne break* delogatioe. which retries with! it the Bryan beadquarter*, and the i M.-tiau*! La* Tammany. The national Democratic committee’s I • headquarters will not be m any of the hotels, but at the Kan*a* City club, the ■ borne of Kansas City’s leading social . organisation The club la strictly nonI politireL but the use of it* house, within two Mock* of th* convention hall, i was temlered to the committee by J una.ittoon* vote and was acrepted. Th* J tender itKluded the absolute »urrend*r J of powemion of the bniiding-cafe. billiard rtxxna buffet, bleeping apartments and sll-bot the national comuiittee besitai«<l about nesparelng so far upon the club's hospitality, and will

- at a contract for i Tjunttnny ..as c-■ ■ a , MB twos nt the Midland, to be 0 $ » it ■ • t-> •** t me of two-tbirds of I ’ ; Xwswlr V-l--tl' *••« ! MTV* »dm:raUy tor beadquarter, for man J.-ne* of A.rkan.«is will oc- ~. , * , .-*t *■'. *. Id i . fr dtlr.ng tbl e wrer.'i n. It Is the j -’t.! a-t» <r th* Balti;..ore and con I b'Ci; .’\:.'. : :.->r. . •.lilecu.-t. ' (0« — ? «tion of -Jefferaonan simpHc- « . -.■!.'-- the onrx batbr<x>m, I "1- velvet carpet, and mabocuiy fur- ■> nltura. "But I'm not running for presi i-'ent." sai l Chairman Jones when be I 1 Ire got the! - J-,Le E. McLean is evidently ?rep«- , ng t., : -ing a frie-d or t»v to th* Con- 1 ! UsrJ tedrooms. besides a Urge parlor I for h*a !• carters. It is hinted that one j lof th* rooms i' ' i for the admi-1 --.! , .* tb» ' in i d i «at 'he MeLeau

o 'o< ’ 1 w w ■ ' ~ ; < V . ; j 1- x Pr - .ably | 1 ! i ... - i . - . -- • 1 I g . '\-! |= ' t vt>re presideE — 11 v.al pos> . ties. Then there will, it • from his t - > . J ' » -•- .- I ■-••■a 1 TV -... * ———MBeißeetee— b»

head ;uartcre r-;'I ho-*-* a presidential boom, but If this is eo no one in Kau*a* City knows it. But. whether Dewey is there or not. Bryan is almost sure to be—not when ' -* after the nomination is made. It is be-1 j i.eved that a spe-ch by Bryau during | the convention would start the cam-1 t •■V : N ’tin and plans Lave t»-en laid to bare” him there. As soon us he has been wm-.n.i-^l—ass>;:;.:nz that -..e trip of Ad- ■ • Kan -a- --sful ■ tnan Lis dt— --nt upon Man’la bay— Mr. Bryan will be u- t.ued by wire and | requested by resolution to present himfor which previous arrangements will . Lave been made, will bring him from Lincoln in a few hours. Mr. Bryan will not find himself home- * • I bans have engaged the most elaborate will tie able t take him in. The Nebraskans hare about 15 rooms at the Coates and two of the largest parlore. There is the usual rush for conventien tickets, and. as usual, the demand is far greater than the supply. One of i the principal members of the executive committee of the Democratic national • said recently that ffotn one backwesM* county in hi* state he bad a anty commitree saying * t b would Ire al>solutely necessary for guests from Lis county and that be wouid ire content with 125. As a matter of fact, that county chairman will be most fortunate if be gets ten. Ir.e convent: n it--If pro...is,? to be a short one. Three day* is the utmost limit and it is barely ;«>s*ibl». that ths * ' ■' l - ** transacted in TMs would establish a record. * tiona bare seldom adjourned carliet than the third day. It is quite prvitable that the nomination tor the first place on the ticket wdl be made on the evening of July 1, f> r sentimental if for no other reasons It the convention h called to order

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promptly at 10 a. m. on Independent day. the organization can be effected the committees appointed and the other » eon t.tne, so that an adjournment ns I til 2 p. m. can be taken. ‘ The afternoon would begin with the report of the committee ..n platform ' * - ciamation he couid get there by even Ing to deliver a Fourth of July speech to the delegates and visitor.-. '• « be taken up and later the remainder of ■ - » leave - gates 1 whole day fa t, T visitors to the convention city will be a fourth of July ''-elebrations ever seen west of the Mississipr: The celebrn tlon will begin on the night before the • a big T The next day there whi a grand barbecue in one of the park<; a free ; and concerts in the public squares. 11- ■ . ■. .-..., 1 sts t ' - 1 her ability. • It is going to be an immense under- ; taking. S---*i ns f f ;?-* .■■- are to . •« vent..-a ...tv s .al •: - .11 p-eit in on a blfr’d z- :. lines. Across the prairi- - will come thousands tn T.. - r-m of the convention before and the f - ' • with p -liti.'s and patri--- - It is a comi-ination which alwa; - results io enthusiasm and excitement. The party i< aders. wl. - have :...things thus, believe that the I‘em-» ratic m tional convention of IS*>) will be the greatest ever held Capt. Zinn Tran-t-rnsi I ti.ville, Jun.- M-< . n st,.’. -, g nu-nts around the Ohio Falls, to succeed (.‘apt. Georse Zinn -vh" has heu • an ds. __ «■» — —■ Illinois Democrats. Nprinefield. Ills . Ju:.- - ■ ~ ' 1 1 1 tl..n of a state ti.-k t and th>- >.-lwtiu» of delegates to th.- Kansas City convention was called to order at tt |l<,D today in the stale capoah Llnao W Hunt of Beet Island is tetuporaty ■ batru.au. Michigan llepu! ticanGrand Ilapids. Jun -I •.•legate, are art #i..- t • atti-n---state convention, which opens toiuor row morning. There are i! ' l ' l,u ' l ' datee for governor.