Daylong Kansas City Convention Opens With Dignitaries
The July 4 session at Convention Hall drew dense crowds as security rings formed around the building. Prince David of Hawaii led the delegation. the Declaration of Independence was read. cheers rose for Bryan and a Jacksonian Band procession followed.
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Convention Hall
Kansas City
Prince David
Hawaiian Islands
Charles A. Walsh
Iowa
Daniel J. Campau
Michigan
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Governor Thomas Addresses 1896 Convention
Charles S. Thomas of Colorado speaks as temporary chairman at Kansas City about Jeffersonian principles. He denounces imperialism, defends self government, fiscal reform, and a citizens minded government while urging unity and accountability.
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Kansas City
Charles S. Thomas
Colorado
Republic
Thomas Jefferson
Hill Demonstration and Disorder at Kansas City Democratic Convention
The Kansas City Democratic Convention rose in turmoil as crowds surged for Hill and Reed. The temporary chairman Governor Thomas faced disruptions while delegates cheered and hissed, with Hill and New York figures drawing the loudest reactions before order was restored.
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David B. Hily
New York
Kansas City
Hill
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Walsh
Jones
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David B. Hill
Senator Hill
Elliot Danforth
New York Row
John McMahon
Rome
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Colorado
Fie
Occa
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Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
Dave Hill
Croker
Murphy
van Wyck
Tammany
Carter Harrison
Harrison
Overmeyer
Blackburn
George Fred Williams
W. J. Stone
Augustus van Wyck
Grady
Silver Cart Wheels and Palm-Leaf Fans Roil Kansas City
In Kansas City visitors from the East face silver cart wheels as change for small purchases, with a spike in one-dollar notes sold to locals. The Midland Hotel imported 1000 one-dollar bills to help Eastern guests, quickly snapped up. New badges feature a map of the United States under a 1900 political storm center inscription. Hot weather drives thin goods sales and palm-leaf fans, scolded by a policeman for street vending. Bathhouse John Coughlin pushes a plank against sumptuary legislation seen as suppressing gambling and all-night saloons.
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Bim
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Feller
John Coughlin
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