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No. 94.
BRYASM IS CHEERED NINEIY-FIVE MINUTES
DEMOCRATS GO WILD UPON
MENTION OF COMMONER
N M SURPASSES
MI FOR ROOSEVELT AT
REPUBLICAN
Credentials Committee Postpones Report
Until Tonight Probably Friday Before
Nominations Are ReachedCheers Break
Out When Bryan Is Mentioned
CONVENTION NEWS
The second day's session called to order at noon. Prospect of hitter
fight ou the floor over the report of tho credentials eoiiiinittec touight.
Permanent chairman may not he installed until tonight or tomor-
row. All night session of tho credentials committee nt which the lip was
freely passed and fist fights avoided.
Platform leisurely polishing off tho various planks.
Vice-presidential situation still in the air, wnit iug for word from
Lincoln.
Bryan's nomination absolutely assured. Will be made tomorrow or
Friday. Demonstration for Bryan lusts 05 minutes as against 47 for
f- Rnosovelt at Chicago.
Most careful estimate fails to give Johnson and (Jniy comliined
f more thun 200 votes.
-f
(By John V.. NVvins.)
AFDITORIFM, Denver, Col., July S.
What was undoubtedly the greatest
demonstration in any modem political
convent ion, easily eclipsing that for
Roosevelt in the republican convention
at Chicago in length of duration, was
started in tho convention when the
blind senator, (ioro of Oklahoma, first
Mentioned the name of Ilryan. He had
been cnlltd on to address the delegates
and spectators, lie referred to the Xo
brasknn us the greatest living apostle ;
of human liberty. As the Nebraska?) 's '
name fell from his lips it was taken up
in one mighty shout of "Bryan!"
Then began a scene of wildest enthu
siasm. Men sprang to their feet, moved
by the common impulse of honoring
their cosen leader, and proceeded to
shout themselves hoarse. The demon
stratum began at 1:19 o'clock and end
ed at -:4.. when Core finished his
speech in a few words.
All states but five participated in the
mat! whirlwind of enthusiasm.
While the hall was slowly filling up
the several delegations wero parading
the streets behind augmented brass
bauds alternately cheering Bryan and
their stale leaders.
Tammany Has Real Braves.
Tammany made its first nppearauce
as a street show and pressed into serv
ice to head their demonstration four
stalwart Indians, the real thing, who
made n decidedly picturesque appear
mice, clad in filiating blankets and
feathered headgears and with theii
laces gorgeously painted in tjie color
i.f the rainbow. They inarched stolid
ly along at the head of the hundred
braves from Manhattan, the latter re
splendent in slick top hats, black broad
cloth and toting gi. Id-headed canes.
The California, Oklahoma and Con
necticut delegations ami "The Dahl
man Democracy" of Omaha also parad
ed prior to the opening of the day's
session escorted by marching clubs.
As the delegations took their scats
thev dismissed among themselves the
prospects for an exciting session, and
all agreed that the test vote mi the
unseating of the Guffey deb-gate?,
would give a fairly accurate line on
the strength of the Rryanitcs, as the
Nehraskan has sent his absolute order
That the Pittsburg hi. must be crushed.
It was l'J:U."i ... m. when the tempo
rary chairman, Hell, rapped for order
and there was the usual difficulty in
clearing the aisles and getting dele
, gates in their seats. When order a
finnllv restored the chair introduced a!
the chaplain of the day, Kev. Christian
P. Iteissner, D. I)., pastor of Oiaec
Methodist church of Denver, who of
fered the opening praver. Immediate
ly thereafter Chairman Dell gave the
sigu'd and the Milwaukee Marching
club, hindi-d by Mayor David R Re,
par .ied the hall.
State Senator F. T. ady of V'-w
Y.rk presented the p port of the com
miitee on rule and order of business.
It was adopted.
Delegate Martiu of Arkausa offered
ieolut.ons a mory of the late James
IN A NUTSHELL.
K. Jones, former chairman of the dem
ocratic convention. Thev went adopt
ed by the convention. The motion to
take a recess until this evening was
voted down.
Convention Is Convulsed.
The convention was convulsed when
the clerk read a not ice addressed to
John S. Whalen. secretary of state of
Now York, declaring that he was want
ed on the long distance telephone bv
Governor II ughes. That, a republican
governor should want to talk to a dem
ocratic slate official seemed a real joke.
Chairman Bell remarked: "This is no
laughing matter, that 's a sign the dem
ocrats are get t iug together."
Ollio James of Kentucky was recog
nized and announced that the commit
tee on credentials would not report un
til 8 o 'dock this evening. He moved
that the convention recess until that
hour.
Wild cries of "No, no," went up
from the spectators in the galleries,
who were displeased because they were,
robbed of a chai.ee to hear some spec- ,
tnenlar oratory.
The motion was put. the delegates for
the most part voting yea, but the gal
leries voted nay. Hell emphasized that
the galleries were not voting, no put
(he motion a second time and declared
the motion lost.
Cries for Taylor and Folk.
A wild shout of "Taylor." and every
eve was turned toward the Tennessee
delegation, where the "fiddling gov
ernor" was seated.
lief ore he could respond, however,
"oineone signaled the cowboy band in
the galleries, which struck up a medley,
w h i eh set f eet a n d hands s w i n gi n g.
While the band was playing. " Hob
Taylor started down the hall toward
the exit. Delegates tried to retard his
progress, but he shook his head and
forced his way through the audience to
the anteroom. Delegate Heifner of
Washington moved that Taylor be in
vited to address the convention and
that later other prominent democrats
be heard. Loud cries for Governor Folk
greeted this suggestion.
A committee was then formed to es
c rt Polk, but careful search failed to
find him.
The chairman then invited Charles
A. Tow ne, but Towne was also among
the absentees, and Senator ("lore of Ok
lahoma was called on and escorted to
the platform amidst cheer. The blind
-t at conn n from the youngest of the
A im-rican commonwealths presented a
striking, albeit somewhat pathetic fig
ure, as he took place on the rostrum.
He made a hit witli his first remark:
"I a til directed to state that the
Michigan Bible has b'-en found in the
den of the Tammany tiger. I saw it
there on exhibit ion'i a curiosity.
"Oklahoma rejoic with you a he
puts her fir"i long drew n ami in
down lore at the first table If there
are democrat who want to know any
thing about anything. jut ask Okla
noma and she will tell y)
"It is true that the president of the
United States said in hit oppoi.r.on of
iLinLE DONE
PLATFORM
Parker Forced to Present
Radical Ideas, Through
Irony of Fate.
DENVER, Col., July 8. At the night
session of tho subcommittee little was
done beyond the presentation and read
ing of suggested planks. Through the
irony of fate, Judge Altou H. Parker
as New York 's representative on the
committee, had to put the radical plat
form proposition adopted yesterday by
the Empire state 's delegation, includ
ing the Uompers anti-injunction jdnnk
and all. He read tho declaration of
principles through, and they were re
ceived without comment. Several in
dividuals of the subcommittee offered
planks of their own, and the ftryim
platform ideas wero presented by Gov
ernor Haskell of Oklahoma. No attempt
was made to discuss these.
During the opening xeHsiou President
Ooiupors had presented the planks pro
posed by the executive council of that
organization and an argument thereon,
lie was asked by George P. Williams
of Massachusetts:
. "Do you think your suggestions rep
resent the desires of the American Fed
edatiou of Labor.'"
"I most certainly do,' replied Goui
pers. "There has not beeu a labor
convention in 15 vears in which this
relief has not beeu asked for."
CITY'S BUSINESS FOR
QUARTER JUST CLOSED
The city treasurer 's report or the
quarter ending June .'10 shows receipts
as follows: Taxes, $lS9.tin; liquor li
censes, $12")"; miscellaneous licenses,
t.XST.SO; dog tax, $t!0; wnter rentals,
$H'7 1. .'!J; cash sales, $14.75; taxes,
$i!;tll,in; street taxca, $:UHUt0; poll tax,
$H I ; fines, t-.'i-.'iO; and park taxes,
t-uO. 1 ". The balances in the various
funds are: General fund, $(lo;i.,'t7; light
a ud water, $ 1 09 J .4 1 ; st net a nd road,
$;t!:t.4S; contingent, $'2X74 ; park,
41014.23; sewer district No. ii, $194.04;
sewer district No. 'A, $44.21; lateral No,
2, district No. f, $11.7.1; general sewer
fund, $l!8s2.1."i; interest fund, $5405.80.
The total in all funds is $l(i,mi.0tt.
TWENTY-ONE ARRESTS
MADE IN JUNE
Chief of Police H. G. Shearer's month
ly report shows 21 nrrests made dur
ing the month of June, 14 fines im
posed, seven casoH dismissed and $tiO
fines collected. Another $U0 in fines
have been and are being worked out on
the citv hall grounds and at the eitv
,.rrk.
our constitution that it was not fit for
publication, but many say that is the
way with many rif tin opinions of this
country. ' '
It wa- the spin if in the powder mag
azine. Witha wild yell, Nebraska was
on its feet. "Bryan," "Hurrah." went
up the yell, and one after another the
delegations jumped up, while the yell
increased in volume until it seemed
nothing but the road of looO locomotive
whistle.
The band in the g.-illerie was play
ing, but no one knew what t he tune
was.
East Sits Silent.
Among the howling delegations it was
noticeable that the New York represen
tatives not only did not join in the
cheering, but for the most part kept
their seats. It was the same with Penn
sylvania. As the apptaue and cheers
eemed to lessen in volume, from the
Wyoming seats went up the banner of
the Nebraska Volunteers, and down the
aisles it was borne. The smiling face of
the Commoner again set the crowd on
tire, ii nd the banner was carried up to
the. speaker's stand and placed along
aide of Senator Gore, It caught on one
of the big golden eagles used in the
decorations and the bird 'm wings out
stretched felt alongside of the blind
senator.
The demonstration started by Senator
Gore started at 1 : K, when he referred
to Dry an. and contiqoc un Aba ted at
1:40. The banners of all states except
fo-oTL", Delaware. New York. Connect
it-tit &d Minnesota, were grouped no
the stage and thu gave the ovation
new imp?tui.
75 DEAD
ROM HEAT
IN GOTHAM VICE PRESIDENT
i Two Hundred Prostrations
! From Torrid Wave In New
' York-Misery is
Greater
: Than Ever Known
NEW YORK, July 8. Fully 7f dead,
more than 200 prostrations reported and
misery such as the east never endured
is the record of the three days' torrid
torture which the fresh hreezo and cool
temperature ended. The thermometer
fell to 73 at a drop of 20 since yester
day. BAT NELSON MATCHED TO
FIGHT JOE GANS AGAIN
SA.V FRANCISCO. Cal.. July 8.
Cattling Nelson has officially signified
his intention of remaining in the prize
ring by signing papers agreeing to meet
Joe Gnus at Ely, Nov., on Labor day,
if the colored fighter will allow the
champion to take 2$5,000 of the $30,000
purse offered by Tex Ricard. A con
ference will decile whether or not this
match is made.
Gaits' manager, Benny Selig, met Wil
lie Drift, who is mnnnging Nelson, and
Tex Ricard to discuss the proposed
fight. Selig protested against his fighter
taking such short ends, but Drift was
obdurnte.
Nelson signed an agreement with
Ricknrd to meet Gnus on the terms men
tioned. Nelson's contract will bn invalidated
if the conference between Selig and
Ricknrd is not fruitful.
GARFIELD BACK FROM
HIS TRIP TO HONOLULU
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. July H.
James R. Gnvlleld, secretary of the in
terior, landed here from the cruiser St.
Louis, on which he has just returned
from a visit to the ITnwniian islnnds.
The secretary has assumed Die diree
tion of island nfnfirs and will familiar
ize himself with the conditions there.
He will make recommendations for their
future welfare when ho returns to
Washington.
The secretary was prevented from
landing Monday night, ns his ship did
not. pass quarantine until this morn
ing. LUMBERMEN LOSE APPEAL
TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, C, July H In
a decision rendered today the inter
state commerce cnmmisinn upholds the
nmuant ricriilirinn of the railroads. T6-
quiring lumber shippers to stake and
I""" ""T" "'"i
warding in open cars, declaring the j
practice economical and not unjust.
This decision grew out of n number of j
complaints filed by the National Whole- j
sale Lumber Dealers ' assnciat ion and
the Pacific Coaat Manufactures against
the mil roads. The lumlwnnen con- 1
tended that the present regulations
were unjust and deserirninntnry. Com
missioners Hanldand nud Clark filed a
dissenting opinion.
PERSIAN GOVERNOR MAKES
APOLOGY TO GREAT BRITAIN
TEHERAN, July H. Dressed in full
uniform, the Persian governor appeared
at the lirfitish legation here yesterday
and made humble apology for the
tion of the Cossacks Sunday night, who
Hiirrounded the legation, where many
per.ns had taken refuge.
When HO Cossacks took a position
near the legation, apparently wafehing
for refugees said to b housed wilbin
the irilih charge d'nfafirrs made pro
teM to the Persian government and d.
nmnded on npologr. The troops were
immediately withdrawn and the apology
made today.
J. V. (taker, the laundrymio, who is
oow operating at Cottage Grove, pus led
through Med ford Tuesday.
BRYAN'S PILE-DRIVER HITS
GUFFEY OF PENNSYLVANIA
IS STILL IN AIR
Al1 Speculation Suspended
Awaiting Outcome of the
Fight Against Guffey.
(By Henry E. Eland, staff correspond
ent of the I'nited Press.)
DENVER, Col.. July 8. All specu
lation about the vice-presidency has
been practically suspended while await
iug the outcome of tho fight against
Colonel James M. Gnffcy of Pittsburg
and his followers. If Gut' fey did lose
the contests he should be forced from
the national committee is the opinion
freely expressed; and that the effort
to secure the nomination of an eastern
democrat as Dry an 's running mule
might ns well be abandoned. No such
en nd idale, it is t hough t, could be se
cured, and an attempt to draft one
word in the plat form, it is believed,
would result in-failure. I ucidentallv
the harmony program would receive a
severe jolt.
Pending the settlement of this bat
tle, therefore, the vice-presidential sit
nation, if possible, is more in the air
than ever.
SEVEN NEW ADMIRALS
FOR WHITE SQUADRON
WASHINGTON. .Inly H. The death
of Rear Admiiril Thomas. I he ret irc
ment of Rear Admiral Richardson Clo
ver, president of inspection and survey,
arid the retirement of Rear Admiral
W. T. ltnrwoll, commandant of the Pn
get sound navy yard, will cause tin1 ere
nt ion of seven new rear admirals in
July.
Captain John K. PilUlmry, chief of
the bureau of navigation; Captain
Adolph March, chairman of t he light
house board, and Captain Raymond P.
Rogers, chief intelligence office, are o
be promoted by the death of Rear Ad
miral Thomas.
The men ndvnucod by (he retirement
of Admiral Clover are ( 'a plain Royal
It. Ingersoll, former chief of staff of
the Atlantic fleet, now on duty with
tho general board; Captain Net on
Schroeder of the fourth division, and
Captain Richard Waiuw right of t lie
"olid division of Ihe Atlantic fleet.
Captain Thomas Mcle.'iti, senior mem
ber of the board of inspection and sin- ,
vey, will be advanced to rear admiral
when Admiral Bur well retires.
STOLE A HORSE, TRADED
IT AND SOLD ANOTHER
I
Henry Jopliu of uorl h of 'cut ral
Point reports that a horse was stolen J
from last week by n Frenchman who '
had been in his employ. The horse was
loaned by Roy Nichols to the French
tui'. a, who rode the animal to Ashland,
where he traded it for another animal.
whu'U '"' '" taking the train to Cal
.Mr. .loplin recovered his ani
mal, lint the man t was traded to is
Klill out his horse.
HITCHCOCK CHAIRMAN
OF REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN
HOT SPRINGS,. Va., July H, - Frank
II. Hitchcock wan iiui'iiiruoiislv chosen
chairman of the republican an, ional
committee today.
Shrimps Poison Picnutcker.
j A Fourth of July picnic partv down
ithe Rogue, near Gold Hill, composed of
Collins and familv, G. A. Patterson and
family and ''hailo King and Dr. Seely,
were Midden ly made ill by ptomaine
poiminiiijf due to eating mimed shrimps,
Mrs. Garnett had to be carried to the
; t rain, but is now about recovered. The
effects of the poion soon wore off the
others.
' - ,
MeKinloy as Treasurer.
HoT SI'RINGS. Va., July 7. Rep j
r senfnt ivn MeKinley of Illinois, man
ngi-r f the ('Nion I i for the n p, ,
loan president in I nominntionf! has ben
oiferd the p.ition of trpsnrT of the
national republican campaigns.
. -
I Severn! of the big sawmills of Oiegon
: have resumed operations on a large
seals since the inierstnte commerce com
, mission decided ngaiost the eitortionste
freight demandt of the several railroads.
CONTESTS DECIDED AS
I
HAN WISHES IN
Dubois Wins in Idaho--Boss of Keystone
Smashed by CommonerWill Appeal to
Convention Tom Johnson and Roger
Sullivan Win Delegations All Night Fight
DENVER, Col., July H. Murphy a Tammany delegation was seated
unanimously by credentials co i it toe.
In Ihe Pennsylvania contest the anti-Guffey interests won. -
til Idaho Senator Hubois' delegation seated.
4- In Ohio, nineteenth district, the Tom Johnston delegates won by two
" votes, 1 to 22.
In Illinois, the Roger Sullivan delegates won.
-
(By John K. Nevins.)
DENVER. Col., July S. - "The pile
dri ver " descended with a thud that re
hoed back from I lie banks of t he
Schuvlkill and when the delegates to
the national convention reached the
nceiie they found beneath the battered
form of Colonel James M. Guffey, Ion
lime boss of the Keystone nhite. Though
badly mashed, Guffey is tilt breathing
leliauce ami promises a battle on the
floor of the convention hall that will
eclipse any other scene in a democratic
hall.
The commit leu on credentials, after
an all night session, during which bosses
and bossism were severely denounced,
showed its absolute Bryan domination
by carrying out the will of the Com
iiiouer as expected and approved, with
bill one except ion on the I em porn iv
II, as prepared by thai, body.
The light in committee was bitter, and
hard words were exchanged, toil Bryan
had the voles and his wishes were cur
i ied out. Summed up in a nut shell,
here are the results by stales:
Results of Contests.
Idaho -Dubois delegates recognised.
Illinois -Roger Sullivan delegates
unaniliiousl v recognr.ci, una noimy
Burko and his delegates ejected.
New uVrk Tammany Hall recognized
and Pat McCarren refused scats for his
follows.
Ohio Tom Johnson delegates seated
in the nineteenth by a voteo f twenty
luiir to twenty two, and ftnti Johnson
or Curber delegates scaled iii Die ninth.
I'euiiyhaniri Bi'ciiiuia seated and
the GulVev delegates turned out after
having been given seals by the national
committee; delegates from A lleglo'uy
ejven half votes each.
District of Columbia - Kelb-y delega
tion gitou four vots and the Darr two.
( 'ommit lee decided to increase t lie
number of delcate for Oklahoma from
I I to is.
DENVER, Col., July M. Throughout
t he night and morning three leaders.
Colonel James M. Guffey of Pcnany!
vauia, Roger D. Sullivan of Illinois
and Patj-iek II. McCarren of New York
fought hard for I In- poi pet uat ion of
their political power, and when the com
miitee dually began Ihe preparation of
Hm report, charms had been split into
the body iu Pennsylvania, New York
and Illinois that ate likely to remain
fur a long t iao1.
i As the night, wor i the bittcrm-
between the factions iu the bddiies iu
re.'i and several time finf fights
were only prevented y the interfer
nice of bvxlaadero. Thi was particular
Iv mo in the cases of the New York and
Vnns I a ii in coal in gent s,
Idaho Cnotest Bitter. j
The first contest heard was that from
Idaho, ami il was the oulv one hich
the general public witnessed. John F.
Nugent fought it out with former S. u
ator Fred T. Dubois and Mtiite hair
man Jackson and the lie was passed a
MUinl.'T ot tiun-s. 'Mi one occasion w nen
J action de.-lared 1 list Nugent nnd bis
fnllowers were advioMites of polygamy
I of the contestants stnrted for
e er;
i.;... .I....I. r't.Mt iln.v would to Ice hi m
"cat bis words, nut the sergeant t-
arms interfered and the episode was
ended. In this esse arguments pre
sented were absolutely simitar to those 1
ALL CASES EXCEPT ONE
made before the national eommittee ut
its session Monday.
It was when Ihe Illinois contests wero
taken up that the real fireworks began
to go off. George F, Mulligan, oponiug
for the so-called "Robbie' Burke con
testants, dire la red I hat Sullivan had
sent deb-gates to the national conven
tion whose election was consummated
through deceit and debauchery. He de
clared that Sullivan and his friends had
wrecked the democratic party in I Hi
uois; that it was always a cuso of "rule
and ruin" with him, and he was now
party to a deal to defeat Ihe democrat
ic organization in Illinois.
Sulllvnu Replies Sharply.
Sullivan replied sharply to Mulligan.
Ho int i ma ted t hat the presents wero
"framed up" because "outside influ
ences wanted him to get out of stute
politics," ami declared that his oppo
nents weru "democrat ica all the year
excepting on election day, when their
votes were needed." Sullivan declared
Hint his delegates wero regularly elect
ed according to dmncratic usages and
he demanded that they be seated.
Judge William Preiitico replied to
Sullivan and almost caused a fight by
his vigorous denunciation.
"Why, this until is not a democrat,'
he be i,' a a. ' I can offer you no less
an nut hority than Mr. Bryan himself.
He has declared that Sullivan has never
been a purty man except for revenue,
and I warn this committee that just so
long as you permit this individual to
corrupt and debauch the electors of
Illinois, just so long will the vote stay
recorded in favor of the republicans.
Throw Sullivan to the dogs, where he
belongs, and we will again he able to
pile up the old-time maporities this
party so badly needs. Iet us clean
house and scourge the corrupt ionists
into the often, where they belong, and if
you will do so and seat the men who
earned their seuts by true party work,
we will see that the stute gives its
vote to Brynii as it should. But this
we cannot promise so long as you eon
tinne Sullivan and his ilki n control."
McCarren Denounces Tammany.
New York followed Illinois. McCar
ren, as the leader of t he contestants,
was given tin1 first say. He denounced
I he dist rict leaders who luol ileKerted
him and aided Taininauy Hall in his
overthrow as " polit ical thieves who
would stop at nothing to attain their
own ends." Continuing he said: "When
ne held our primaries last March wo
carried neatly every district in King'
county, and we carried them fairly and
bv a vole of nearly five to one. Bui
after we had held our district conven
tions and elected our delegate, these
crooks put up a fake col r at the
stute convention. They WHiited our
eats and they got Hi We do appeal
t. this committee. We demand. We
have rights mid we expect to be pro
tec ted iii them, We were not permitted
to tell our story to the national com
mittee, but that is not a democratic.
! hod v. We are here now nskiug justieo
and warning this committee that lh
Kiniri count v democracy will not toler-
late this dastnnily theft of its birth
K
McCarren Galled Judas.
I the auti McCarr-u organization in
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