Show OPENING SESSION OF CONVENTION After Keynote Address of Chairman Bell Adjournment is Taken as Tribute to Cleveland Denver Tho Democratic national convention began Us deliberations on Tuesday July 7 tho session lasting n little over two hours being notable more for Its Impressive magnitude and spectacular effects than for the business accomplished It gave however how-ever the opportunity for awakening echoes of convention enthusiasm the keynote speech of the temporary presiding pre-siding officer Theodoio A Bell of California Cal-ifornia a heated skirmish Incidental to tiro contest In tho Pennsylvania delegation del-egation and finally nn unanimous tribute of homago and respect to the memory of tho late Grovor Cleveland Tho doors of tho hall wore unbarred nt 1110 oclock nearly ono hour before be-fore tho gavel of National Chairman Taggart was scheduled to fall as the signal far tho beginning of the Initial session The apparent conveniences facilities facili-ties and architectural fitness of the new Auditorium for convention purposes pur-poses was remarked by practically every delegate who filed In At 12 oclock promptly Chairman Thomas Taggort of tho national com f i 0 Ik1J l 1xy b t 1 l > J I t J f N r r 4 r THOMAS TAGGART Chairman Democratic National Com mlttee mlttco brought down his gavel with a resounding whack nnd called the convention to order It was a stirring scone which spread before Chairman Taggart when with uplifted gavel he sought to bring order or-der out of tho confused babel of bound and motion The splendid amphitheatre bedecked with flags and butting was packed to Its uttermost limits with a dense and seething mass of humanity Below In tho central arena sat thp delegates just two more than an oven thousand and back of them tho ono thousand alternates Hero and there amid the bewildering bewilder-ing throng stood out the notable groups of leaders Immediately In front and under the presiding officers eye were ranged the Nebraska delegation delega-tion bronzed sons ot the west headed by the cowboy mayor Dahlman the personal spokesman of Bryan Well In front woro tho Now York cohorts with Chlof Murphy cold nnd impenetrable impene-trable and Judge Parker rather serious se-rious faced Further back Colonel Guffey was the smiling center of his Pennsylvania adherents and near him James Ken who Is struggling to displace dis-place Guffey and take up the leadership leader-ship Illinois was to the left center with the rotund Roger Sullivan to tho fore Further back Tom Johnson the lighting mayor of Cleveland i Wri Ili I y l tArrll I v rl s r fit l t I I Ill i JUDGE GEORGE GRAY Of Delaware gavel sent him to his place among the distinguished guests upon tilt platform plat-form Near him there Bat a notable group the venerable Senator Daniel of Virginia a typo of tho oldtime southerner with Towne tho vice pres idential candidate and orator and the tall blonde wnspy congressman Sill zei of New York With tho Virgin Inns could bo Been Governor Swanson with Nevada Governor Dlckerson and Senator Newlnnds with Kentucky Senator McCreary with Missouri Senator Stone and occasionally ox Governor Dockery nnd tho redoubtable redoubt-able Champ Clnrk with Idaho former Senators Dubois and Ileltfcld Minnc rota with tho Johnson lieutenants was poorly placed In tho rear while Delaware with the Gray forces was butter off In tho right foreground Oft tho left the presidents daughter Mrs 2 Y i f r s r 11 j i I I JUDSON HARMON Of Ohio Alice Longworth In fetching gown and Lady Gay Spanker hat with flowing flow-ing plume smiled from one of tho boxes and from another box looked out tho daughter of the Nebraska Ijnder Mrs Ruth Bryan Leavitt Tho Initial outburst of enthusiasm came Just as the session was opening when a silken banner bearing the per talt of Bryan was displayed Immediately Imme-diately there was a storm of wild applause ap-plause which died away after half a Minute of explosive demonstration Tho appearance of the temporary pre tiding officer Bell of California was another signal for enthusiastic out Imrst In strong farcarrying voice and easy gesture ho delivered the opening address a full hour long with icsoundlng passages on the righting of public wrongs punctuated with jells as some phrase tickled the fancy ot the throng It was noticeable that grant applause ap-plause came from the delegates at Bolls Impassioned declaration that tho writ of Injunction shall not bq turned Into an Instrument of oppres son Again thero was uproarous applause ap-plause as ho arraigned Republican campaign contributions with a cash I Ill SENATOR J W DANIEL Of Virginia register After referring to Taft aa n blscctod candidate and demand lug but one man In the White House at a time ho adroitly turned his speech Into a panegyric for Mr Bryan tho reference to the Nebraska leader bringing I forth n tumultuous demonstration demon-stration Tho presentation of resolutions of respect to the memory of exPresident Cleveland brought to the front two notable figures Judge Parker of New York tho Democratic candidate of four years ago and Governor Francis of Missouri one of the surviving mem burs of the Cleveland cabinet The resolutions as adopted emanted from Mr Bryans friends and were present od by L N Dunn of Nebraska who will make tho nomlantlng speech for Bryan Bry-an They wero no sooner read than shouts l of Parker Parker showed the generous temper of the convention toward tho former leader Judge Parker Par-ker was prevailed upon to mount the platform where with resonant voice he read his own resolutions of tribute trib-ute to Mr Cleveland closing 1 with a tactful concession to the Bryan force liy seconding the resolutions presented ed by them Governor Francis trlb ute to his former chief breathed tho spirit of personal association and deep admiration With tho adoption of the resolutions the convention adjourned ad-journed until noon Wednesday |