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Show jlonde, ix waspy congressman, Sul- ΙΓ New York, With the Virginns could be seen Governor Swanson with Nevada, Governor Dickerson and 8 tor Newlands with Kentucky ΚΗ . SETTLECONTESTS. IN SHORT ORDER After Keynote Address of Chairman s:nsior MeCreary; with Missouri, Democratic National Committee Hes : . Senator Stone, and occasionally ex ordi Haas” saa toe "veiabe Little Trouble in Deciding Who Bell, Adjournment is Taken as Tribute to Cleveland. ble Champ Clark; with Idaho, former Are Entitled to Seats. Senators Dubois and Heitfeld. Minne ola, With the Johnson lieutenants, vas poorly placed in the rear, while ; - Denver.—The Democratic national _| Delaware, with the Gray forces, was |)...1ter off in the right foreground. Off convention began its deliberations on Tuesday, July 7, the session lasting little over two hours, being notable more for its impressive magnitude and spectacular effects than for the business accomplished. It gave, how-| ever, the opportunity for awakening echoes of convention enthusiasm, the keynote speech of the temporary pre siding officer, Theodore A. Bell of Cal ifornia, a heated skirmish inciden to the contest in the Pennsylvania de] | egation, and finally an wunanimous| tribute of homage and respect to the} memory of the late Grover Cleveland | The doors of the hal! were unbarred | ac 11:10 o'clock nearly one hour be fore the gavel of National Chairmar ‘Taggart was scheduled to fall as the} signal for the beginning of the initix session The apparent conveniences, facili ties and architectura] fitness of the new Auditorium for convention pur poses was remarked by practically every delegate who filed in At 12 o’clock promptly Chairman Thomas Taggart of the national com eft, the president's daughter, Mrs Denver.—In record time on Mor the Democratic national comm disposed of al! contests before it, w the exception of those of two state Pennsylvania and Idaho—which we over until Tuesday The general r sult was to sustain the delegates who came here with credentials from th State and district conventions. A t of 76 seats were involved in the ( tests from Illinois, New York, Per sylvania, Idaho, Ohio and the District of Columbia. The work was done | six sub-commitees, four of which ported Monday to the full body Roger Sullivan of Chicago was easy winner of the twenty contest: seats from Cook county, which we disputed by Robert E. Burke and associates Senator Fred T. Dubois was sus tained by the sub-committee wh heard the contests from Idaho, but START A BRYAN DEMONSTRATION abruptly adjourned, with the deciston | to take no further action with regard to the contests The full committee istained this course without debate In the District of Columbia ontest entire delegation of six members invelved; the committee divided he seats between the two contesting W parties, the faction headed by vicK, Clayton which held the creden 5, being given four, and the reaining two to the contesting delega f Charles F. Dare ph Howley of the Thirty-first ylvania district, whose right to his seat was disputed by the Guffey Was sustained by the subommittee It was contended that Howley was not a Democrat, but had lized a party of his own called yan party 2 Pennsylvania contests, which involved eight seats in the city of Philadelphia and three in Allegheny sounty, provoked probably the most yitter discussion that was heard bewe any of the sub-committees ; ive] sent him to his place among the stinguished guests upon the plat ‘ Near him there sat a notable group, the. venerable Senator al old-time Virginia, a ty ve of the erner. with Towne, the vice-pres tial candidate and orato id CHAIRMAN BELL’S TROUBLES. High Waters Cause Temporary Chair man Much Anxiety. Lincoln, Neb.—Temporary Chair-| an Theodore A, Bell, who together! with Mr. Bryan, had become almost peless about reaching Denver’ in/ for the opening of the conven m, On account of the high water, ch put the railroads in and out of oln out of business, left the scene) the washout for Denver at 5 p. m,| ὶ Only Difficult Plank to Prepare Re- Delegates Applaud the Democratic Leader For One Hour and lates to Use of Injunction in Twenty-six Minutes. Industrial Disputes. Ener Denver.—Evidences are multiplying that practically the only difficult plank to prepare for the Democratic _plat- of injunctions in industrial disputes. Mr. Bryan has let it be known through a number of reliable sources that his position on this plank is not rigid. Perhaps the most important conference with reference to the injunction plank was that held at Fairview, Mr. Bryan's home, during the dinner given by the Nebraskan to a number of {prominent Democrats on July 4. At this dinner Mr. Bryan stated clearly that he realized that there might arise situations where the issuance of an injunction without notice to those en joined would be the nly remedy against loss of life or irreparable damage to property. To me such cases, Mr Bryan further indicated that if the resolutions committee could draw an—Record just as the session was opening n Mikadoi? salah BEC = |ker was ve! Piety) ekiden. of seconding the resolutions A 7 ᾿ DT PI. ee Bihan Age, LAT PIAL0 WDAtl bratineeiy POTTER INTERIOR VIEW OF DENVER a 2 ESDeeSSiia AUDITORIUM, of the resolutions the convention ad- Taft Banner aised in Bryan's Home |Aged Editor Charged With Murder is Town. Set Free. Lincoln Neb, —The Republican] St. Joseph, Mo.—General Richard state central committee early on Tues \C. Horne, the editor who in April last Gay carried out their intention of|was committed to the state insane 3ry-lasylum here after his acquittal Kansas City, where in he was tried on a ner across the street at the intersec-|murder charge for shooting H. J. tion of Twelfth and O streets, prob-|Groves, editor of the Kansas City ably the most prominent corner in the] post, was given his liberty on Tuescity, despite a storm of protest from/qday, General Horne, who claimed he the interests which have thus far ad-|had been defranded, also shot O. D. vocated loca] non-partinanship. The |\oodw , the theatrical manager and banner exteds clear across the street|part owner of the Post, but Woodjward has since recovered, were in lne, Which took the 515318 the expiring echoes of c_amor, excess of the Roosevell places were Georgia, New York, Del+ ware, Minnesota, Connecticut, Marylend and New Jersey after the demonAt 2:36 o’clock, siration had been in progress for an Chair-, hour and seventeen minutes, man Bell made his first efforts to stop the tumult, pounding with some vigor on the desk with a big gavel. Cries of “Sit down” and some hisses were heard, but there was a distinct falling, off in the volume of sound and some progress toward restoring order was, made after five minutes of continuous before But it was 2:48 nounding. Senator Gore was able to resume his speech. Utahns Take Part in “Demonstration. Denver, Colo.—Utah played a CcOnspicuous part in the demonstration for Sergeant-at-Arms Assistant Bryan, Tribble of Green River, Utah, grabbed a big picture of Bryan, belonging to the Lincoln, Neb., Marching club. He folaisle, stalked down the center lowed closely by standard bearers of, one delegation after another, until all but five were in the procession. S 8. Utah the Smith of Ogden carried standard in the parade until he tired, Alternate by taken was when his place Olson. Contest Settled by Committee, Beyond Appeal. Idaho Denver, Colo.—The Idaho contest is delegates, including himself, have been seated. Wedne sdayi morning the committee on credentia by a vote of 26 to 20 decided in fa-, vor of the Dubois men and this reDubois’ settled present- ed by them. Governor Francis’ tribute to his former chief breathed the spirit of personal association and | deep admiration. With the adoption men sm, in prevailed upon to mount the pened until noon Wednesday. and reads: “Nebraska for Taft.” enthu utes | platfor: where, with resonant voice, he read his own resolutions of tribute to Mr. Cleveland, closing with a tactful concession to the Bryan forces |by 1,000 uemonstration at Chicago, which beld the record until Wednesday Senator Gore of ( oma had cen ealled upon to address the con+ vention During the course of his address he said: “Fellow Democrats, the great secretary of war came to Oklahoma and waged war against our constitution. He asked us to give up cur right of liberty and_ self-government. By a vote of thousands upon thousands we rejected the advice of Taft and accepted the advice of Bryan.” τ The mention of the name of Bryar brought the delegates to their feet. A Bryan banner, which had been lurks {vg in the rear of the hall, was rushed ίο the stage and waved ‘aboye the heads of the chairman and speaker. The point of the flagstaff caught on one of the suspended eagles over the chairman’s desk and brought it crashing to the floor, It was quickly taken up, however, and held above Senator Gere’s head, When the demonstration had procceded some fifteen minutes a dele: eate from Iowa caught up the standard of that state and led a march to the stage, Where there was a grouping of the states. The only state standards that finally were left in their inmake the nomianting speech for Bryan. They were no sooner read than shouts of “Parker, Parker,” showed ithe generous temper of the convention ltoward the former leader. Judge Par- ban-| city ore ed by I. N. Dunn of Nebraska, whowill! tt who, and establishing the convention record of ne hour and twenty-six minutes, or fully thirty-nine mins The presentation of resolutions of respect to the memory of ex-President |Cleveland brought to the front two | notable figures, Judge Parker of New \York, the Democratic candidate of ‘four years ago, and Governor Francis of Missouri, one of the surviving members of the Cleveland cabinet. The resolutions as adopted emanted from Mr. Bryan’s friends, and were present- Taft York, rom Senator Gore’s eloquent refer leader, ing ence to the Nebraska burst into a whirlwind of enthusias’ 1 tribute lasting one hour and nines teen minutes, with seven minuteg | stringing a New The early meeting of the conven: tion on ‘Wednesday was productive of little practical progress, as the prins cipal committees were not ready to report But it gave the opportunity or the explosion of lonk pent up Bry stration showing active resistance to from vention, speech into a panegyrie for Mr. Bryan, [116 reference to the Nebraska leader vbringing forth a tumultuous demon- an campaign by men n x them Leader Charles F. Murpliy other big men of Tammany, t was by far the largest parade that hag so far occurred during the con: committee was not ready to make its|on Monday. The Rock Island lines | a plank which would provide for such mittee brought down his gavel with | full report to the full committee be- were able by unusual effort to arrange| emergencies, with the safeguard that a resounding whack and called the} fore that body adjourned. Tom Johntor a special train from the west side| this class of injunctions should be convention to order | son of Cleveland was a winnerin the| of the washout near Rockeby, Neb.| self-dissolving after a period of three It was a stirring scene which spread | Nineteenth Ohio district, where he!Chairman Bell was able to cross the] or five days, the plank would meet his before Chairman Taggart, when, with | sub-committee,| swollen stream and board the waitins| approval, triumphed over the uplifted gavel, he sought to bring or. winning out by the vote of 26 to 24| train, which reached Belleville, Kan., der out of the confused babel Work on the platform continued on before the national committee, Τῃα! [1 time to catch the Rock Island's fast Mondaythrough the medium of an in ef sound and motion. The a#plendid amphitheatre, bedecked Rockwell delegates, E, E. Francis ana| Colorado express from Kansas City— formal sub-committee consisting of which was held for the purpose—due with flags and buting, was E. E. Holloway, were displaced, and in Denver at 8 o'clock Tuesday morn-| Governor Haskell, who 1s to be chair packed to its uttermost limits with a the two Johnson -delegates, J. F. Flah- ing. man of the resolutions committee, and dense and seething mass of humanity erty and E. F. Heinoehl, seated in : a number of prominent members of Below, in the central arena, sat the Seek Solace at Denver. their places. The victory of Johnson} the party, who will have places on delegates, just two more than an even was secured only after the mayor had Waco, Texas.—Prominent thousand, and back of them the one negroes| that committee. The product of this | made an extended and eloquent argu-| of this section are said to be prepar-| work will be laid before a large subthousand alternates Here and there amid the bewilderment before the committee In the) ing to take decided action showing! committee of the resolutions commit: ing throng stood out the notable Ninth Ohio district the Garber faction) their disapproval of what is known as} tee, when the latter is officially ap groups of leaders. Immediately in retained the two contestants over the| the “lily white” wing of the Republi-| pointed by the convention. The plan front and under the presiding officer's protest of Johnson }can party in Texas, comprising white} eontemplates telephoning each plank eye were ranged the Nebraska delegasuch negroes 85 to Mr. Bryan at Lincoln, as soon as it Patrick McCarren of Brooklyn was| Republicans and tion, bronzed sons of the west, headed Oppractically ignored in ibis as contes +work harmoniously with them. is agreed upon by the sub-committee, by the cowboy mayor, Dahlman, the |} against Charles F Murphy for the ponetits_of the “lily whites” say they In this manner it will be possible for personal spokesman of Bryan, Well will go to.Denver prepared to agree : twelve seats in Kings county, New in front were the New York cohorts, to vote for the Democratic nominees| ‘he sub-committee to present to the with Chief Murphy, cold and impeneYork. Before the sub-committee he for national offices, provided they are] full resolutions committee a perfected trable, and Judge Parker, rather sebecame so abusive of the Murphy- treated right. They say further that| platform which already has received rious faced. Further back Colonel Coler men that he was not permitted|the Democrats of the south are the|the stamp of approval of the pros Guffey was the smiling center of his pective candidate. to proceed and the meeting wasj|negroes’ best friends Pennsylvania adherents, and near him, SENATOR J. W. DANIEL, James Kerr, who is struggling to disOf Virginia, place Guffey and take up the leadership. Illinois was to the left center, Tegister.” After referring to Taft as with the rotund Roger Sullivan to} a “bi-sected candidate,” and demandthe fore. Further back Tom Johnson, | ing “but one man in the White House the fighting mayor of Cleveland, jat a time,” he adroitly turned his Of Delaware. Breaking Denver.—Two sessions of the Dem yeratic national convention were held on Wednesday, thefirst at noon, producing a Bryan demonstration whicb yroke all records in duration, the sec md at 8 o’clock at night, bringing the culmination of the struggle over the tredentials of the Pennsylvania del tgation and the supremacy of the Pennsylvania leader, James A. Guffey, who has been denounged by Mr. Bryan the convention Progress session was Iimhall at the parade of the Tampeded by a About when a silken banner bearing the porteait of Bryan was displayed. Imme: jately there was a storm of wild ap lauseé Which died away after half a ite of explosive demonstration appearance of the temporary pre officer, Bell of California, was ; |; : Ρ / janother signal for enthusiastic out |! urst. In strong, far-carrying voice jand easy gesture, he delivered the | jopening address, a full hour long, with resounding passages, on the righting of publie wrongs, punctuated with lls as some phrase tickled the fancy of the throng. It was noticeable that great applause came from the delegates at Lell’s impassioned delelaration that the writ of injunction shall not be turned into an instrument of oppres| Again there was uproarous ap | Com $/0n. plause as he arraigned “Republican campaign contributions with a cash JUDGE GEORGE GRAY, Senator Demonstration. the ceme 1 When headed by a band and a number of made their audily attired Indian way around the business section of ce Longworth, in fetching gown and Lady Gay Spanker hat with flow plume, smiled from one of the boxe and from another box looked out the daughter of the Nebraska ΝΤ Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt initial outburst of enthusiasm Democratic National mittee. Convention Gore Mentions William J. Bry- form will be that relating to the use JUDSON HARMON, Of Ohio. THOMAS TAGGART, cratic inany QO s Chairman Tumultuous Scene in National Demo DEMOCRAVIC CONVENTION. AUDITORIUM, DENVER, SCENE OF This building has just been completed and is one of the largest and handsomest structures of its kind in the United States, The Auditorium will comfortably seat 12,000 persons and there is standing room for as many more, Son of the Man Who Wrote “Amer Abe Ruef Gives Bail for Over a MilFlood at Lincoln, Nebraska. ica” in lowa Penitentiary. Lincoln, Neb.—On Monday Lineoln lion Dollars. experienced what was probably the Des Moines, Ia—A case which ex San Francisco— Abraham Ruef was worst flood in its history, causing the cites genuine human erest came be- released from the county jail on Monknown loss of five lives and possibly fore the state board of parole in this day night on bonds aggregating $1, two others minor in juries of several city Monday. It was the application 560,000, the largest amount ever givard a property loss which cannot yet of S. F. Smith for a pardon. He is en in a criminal case in this state, be even approximately estimated, an the son of Samuel Francis Smith, D.| This sum is the aggregate bail upon almost total suspension of railroad D., who wrote “America,” and was one seventy-eight returned indictments, traffic to and from the city and hun of the most prominent and influential by the Oliver id jury, charging dreds of families who hay been residents of Davenport for many!Ruef with bribing the former board driven from their homes are sheltered years. He is now an old and en-jof supervisors in connection with the in public buildings and private resi- feebled man. In 1904 he was sen-|grenting of franchises to public sef-| dences. Acting Mayor Marshal] has tenced to the Anamosa penitentiary vice corporations and upon which he | issued an appeal for a donation for for eleven years for embezlement of| tas taken in custody on March ,᾿ fiood victims. $100,000. 1901, port was sent to the convention Wea-! There will be no effort} nesday nfght. the; convention to overturn in the e’s report, which will be ao! committe cepted without opposition. Memorial for Chicago—A provide a Grover popular Cleveland. movement suitable memorial to for Grover Cleveland, in recogniton of his, services to the nation and to Chicago, started Wednesday at the Union! igue where a club dinner was; »n to representatives of the prin- al church clubs and associations; 4 majority of the speakers favored the erection of a monument, although att cme held that a ut ian memorial i e mor fit Suggestions endowment jiome or for a the Chicago new |