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BRYAN DOMINATES BUT
HE DOCS NOT CONTROL
No Evidence of Machine in Convention,
Which Owing to the Haberdashery of
J. Ham Lewis Appears Like a Con-
v gress of Clothes
By William Allen .White.
(Copyright, 1908, by .George Matthew Adams.)
Denver, Col., July 6. This is a convention crowd wherein the barbaric
yawp which- Walt Whitman speaks 91 is the keynote. In the Republican
convention was the still small voice of Roosevelt in the hearts of a hypno
tized delegation. In this convention the only trouble will be in compress
ing the snort of the unterrified into polite language. If it is charged that in
its ptform the Republican convention didn't mean all it sard, it may be
pretty sure that this convention will not say all it means. The average con
servative citizen to whom squatting in a cold bath tub of water is a startling
adventure will take no comfort in the two platforms of the great parties
this year. '
For the Democratic platform will be dictated by Bryan, he is the con-
Kvention, "the bo'sun tight, the midship's mite, and the crew of the Nancy
.Brig." And as between the platform which satisfies Mr. Roosevelt and the
platform which pleases Mr. Bryan, the oqly question which occurs to the
conservative citizen is shall law-defying wealth be turned down or blown up.
That is thye choice between the parties. To him the Republican convention
was an assemblage of firebrands and this is a gathering of dynamiters.
Still it was calm here today until Oklahoma lit. The Oklahomans came
with a band and a procession, and when they arrived at their hotel they had
speeches and pow-wowing and for a few moments there was a sound of
revelry by night which made Jim Ham Lewis with his pale' pink 'whiskers
and his sky blue hat band, who was the most audible thing in the town, sink
into silence sweeter than a summer night.
Loud Roar of Necktie.
Butw!ien Oklahoma disintegrated the loud roar of Mr.? Lewis' haber
dashery rose above the din and not even the white flannels of the southern
dickues, theTr6nd"hts of the Texani nop the iridescent breath" 6f Tam
many could quell. Mr. Lewis. If the Republican convention had its steam
roller, Mr. Jim Ham Lewis is the sartorial fog horn of this momentous occa
sion. And he is no "lone peak of Darieh" either. There are others. This
gathering of the great plain peepuHs certainly a clothes congress.
Tliere are more high hats, Silurian and post-tertiery formation, at this
uprising of the oppressed than ever assembled west of the Mississippi be
fore. If this thing is goingo continue when the bastile falls in this country
and the guillotine ' takes up its work, the mob that greets plutocracy will
look those panoramas of fashion beginning with the Goths and ending on
Fifth avenue that used to adorn the tailor shops of the countries in the
eighties.
Philosophy of Clothes.
But declaration of independence in clothes merely expresses the unfet
tercd uncombed and unterrified soul. Bryan dominates but he does not con
trol. No one controls. He has no lieutenants. There is no card index in
the situation. There is no boss, no sub-boss to system here. There is not
the semblance of a machine. The congressional crowd is glad to be alive
with a license to breathe regularly. It does not arrogate to itself any author
ity as it does conventions wherein there is a congressional majority. In
the days when there was a Democratic congress, there was a Democratic
machine, but now in this convention the man who would try to organize
anything through the congressional machine" would be spitting into a tidal
wave.
So three things are settled. Bryan will be the candidate, Bryan's idea
of what will beat Taft will be the platform, and Bryan will be the vice
president. The vice-presidential nomination will be a mistake as it always
is. But it will probably be Bryan's mistake, which is more than Sherman
to Taft.
Bryan's First Choice.
Bryan's first choice is said to be O'Neil of Connecticut, a wealthy manu
facturer, whom no one ever heard of, but who has been loyal to Bryan
through his entire career. But Bryan would be glad to get Gray and would
take Townc or would not object to any of half a dozen gentlemen who are
gasping for a fleeting breath of fame and blowing the waters of obscurity
out of their faces. But it is well known here that Bryan has drawn just
one line, lie win nave tvne o Mr. jonnson ot Minnesota, lie oeneves, so
gossip says around the hotel corridors, that Johnson tied up with the anti
Rryan crowd not to get the nomination for Johnson but to beat Bryan.
He thinks Johnson put sand in the bearings of Bryan machine, not f much
to overtake it as to wreck it; so among the Bryan people there is the list
and the blinding rain for Mr. Johnson. Wherefore, Mr. Johnson announces
tTiat he will not accept second place, which no mn ever declined. This is
ail the politics there is in this convention today.
No Gumshoeing.
Rut there is no. gumshoeing; there is no whispering and mighty few
conferences. No one knows anything. There is no place where the sanc
tuary is kept. The platform which was printed at Chicago the Sunday be
fore the convention has not arrived. No ne has it in his pocket. It is
still rather nebulous. And as the clans gather the delegate who has been
here 20 minutes has taken two drinks and some kind and healing libation
knows just as much of the situation as the oldest inhabitant who came here
last Tuesday.
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Palace Hotel, Center of Today's Activities.
M. C. A. and immediately Back of It la the Browfl
OREGON DELEGATES'
, WORK IN CONVEX
SEVEN DEATHS. FIVE
SUICIDES. ONE MURDER
CAUSED . BY THE HEAT
rfnltnl Prn Iw1 Wlr
Chlrro, July 8. Seven Puddrn 0eth
and flv sutcldr th rUlt of tb
htat: three Mccldenun deatba; two aa
phjxln tlfn and on mur1r durlnc th
past 14 hourn la the terrific toll axartej
bv the weltering heat .In Chtcajro. Ttia
tnwn la naplnv for breath and there la
pot one death that la not dlrwtly or In
directly attributable to the trnpemtor.
"Heat mania" la reaponalble for th
murder. It la thought, and medical men
arc laaulrr advice to tha people to keep
comfortable during the hot apell
Bualneaa la at a atanditlil and few
bualneaa firm a are making effort to
move gnoda. Tha emergencr hoapllala
raport manr minor caaea of proetratlrn.
Tha rharliabl eocteUea iro aMmg th
poor, 4ttrlnft(ng lc and providing (w4
quarter. All public work on atreeta
la Buapeffded,
At noon todar It vi dee-r In
the ahada and ther la no proepert of
cooler weather until tonight
By John E. Lathrop.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Denver, Col.. July 6 A dramatic
scene was enacted at tho meeting of
the Oregon delegation when C. K. Henry,
chairman, scathingly denounced Milton.
A. Miller of Lebanon, telling him 1
the presence of all the other delegates
"I have never known In Oregon such
a persistent, egotistical office-seeker as
you."
The scene took placa at the close of
a Protracted session rtiirlnur which the
delegation had sought to settle the dis
position of members regarding assign
ments to various positions In conven
tion affairs. The delegation arrived Sun
day forenoon at its headquarters at the
Oxford hotel, an immediaiely the ses
sion began. Miller, it appeared, as soon
as the state convention adjourned at
Portland obtained the nledKes of enoueh
delegates to assure his election as na
tional committeeman, which noslilon is
now held bv V. V. Holman, who came
here with the delegation. The desire
developed subsequent to the giving of
the pledgon to Miller, that some other
e given the nlace. flther Holman him
self, former Senator Oearln, Dr. Ber
nard Daly of Lake county. Judge J. S.
Bennett of The Dalles, or some other.
Several delegates pledged to Miller
f leader! with him to vield and release
hem but Miller refused.
Miller Is Greedy, They Say.
Henry talked, aside from others, with
Miller. stronKlv umlnK him to with
draw in the interest of hnrmony and
strengthen the position of ' the party in
Oregon, but the Lebanon man firmly In
sisted thnt every one keep his promise.
II was then that Henry unreservedly
denounced Miller, creating a sensation
unpreceder.ted. according to others pres
ent. Henry and others stated thnt their
reason for desiring Miller's withdrawal
was that he had been so often honored
In the past by the party In Oregon
they alleging thnt he had been chosen
national committeeman eight years ago,
then falling to"nttend the following na
tional convention and to perform the
duties expected of him. an) thst be had
latelv sought and obtained the appoint
ment na the Democratic member of the
stale university board of regents, nlso
of the state school text took commis
sion and they said they thought he
should stand aside and permit others to
receive recognition.
BOIlar Carrie It Off.
The delegation agreed finally to .the
following assignments: C. K. Henry.
chairman; W. F. Matlock, vice-president;
J. O. Booth, secretary; M. A.
Miller, national committeeman: R. D.
Inman, resolutions; D. M. Watson, cre
dentials; to notifv the presidential nom
inee, Lee M. Travist to notify the vice
presldentlal nominee, D. J. Fry. Henrv
in control alternates. proxies and
BELL OUT:
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BROWN PALACE HOTEL
INTER
OF ACTIVITY
n. will control
pickets.
Inman wi
ill nroDOse a nlank for legis
lation auttiorizlng the Interstate com
merce commission to suspend proposed
increases of freight rates on petition
of shippers, pending Investigation as to
their reasonableness. Delegates from
Oregon and other states are receiving
urgent letters and telegrams from the
national associations of lumbermen
livestock raisers, wholesalers and manu-
raciurers asking Tor the incorporation
of such a, plank. Tuman has been busy
canvassing as to the possibility of ob
taining tlie Insertion of the plank. It
will be virtually the same measure as
that introduced by .Senator Fulton at
the last session of congress, and re
jected. Among Oregonlans here are: I. T.
J. Tweedy, Pendleton; Henry Black-
man, neppner; Dan T. Shrrett. A. J.
McCahe. and Sam Wolf, Portland, and
the alternates. Dr. H..L. Henderson. J.
D. Slater. J. E. Hedges and J. C Welch.
California Delegation Seems
Inclined to Make a Noise
Like a Locomotive, but Its
3rembers Deny Railroad
Affiliation.
TXDERTAKERS GATHER
AT jnircXYILLE
rMwial pUratch ta Tbe JarLt
HrMlnntilla, Or- Jirlr a. Tha fourth
annual convention of the Oregon 8tats
FMnefaJ Directors convened la thla city
today. The eon reunion will remain In
eeeakm until tomorrow night. Asnoaf
tha prominent members ef the aaeoria,.
tfon present la P. J. Flnley of porUant
neat prealdent of the r4or.-, He -ffverea
the response la a newer to Mayor
W. T. Mcy a pech of welcome Uu
morning. Tuesday evening the election
of officers and aa elaborate banquet
will take placo.
MiissJppf Edaratart Meet,
rftswtal tMeoawa to TV JearaaL)
Oiford. la, July f . Traeborr'fmra
all farts' of the state gathered at te
VttlTTltyof Mraelaalrfl today to take
pat la tk annuaj Miaalaslpol edwc.
tinsaj ccferenc The two days' pro
gram ttrepcred for the ffathanaa-la rm.
jlete with interesting and Inatrootlve
fataree la -the way of pop re aad rfls
miiwi n lira edacaUoaai prtiemaL
STUDENT AFTER
PROFESSOR CLARK
Action Bejnin Against Stu
dents' Affairs Committee
by Indignant Youth.
Oearin to Second Bryan.
Signal honor was paid the Oregon del
egation by the transmission bv D. J.
Fry of Salem, who visited Lincoln, of a
personal. urgent request from Mr.
Bryan that Gearln be one of those to
second his nomination In the convention.
Dr. Fry laid the request before the dele
gation at the meeting. The unanimous
vote of the delegation was cast asking
liearin to comply, which he agreed to
up"n ms arrival later in tne day.
Oearin also accepted an Invitation
from the Knights of Columbus here to
deliver the fourth degree lecture to a
number of candidates, which lA will do
Monday night. .AJ
Btate Chairman Alex Sweek of Ore
gon, who Is here with Ftate Secretary
John B. Ryan, will take the fourth de
gree of t he Knights of Columbus to
morrow night..
The delegation learns that Governor
rhamb-rlaln will pass through Denver
Thursday en route to Dallas, i'cxas, to
attend the Elks grand lodge.
Oregon Man for KUtoiian.
Robert A. Taples. a former resident
of Gaston. Or. was selected today by
the national committee ns official his
torian of Ihe national
Oapies hat been a prominent news
paper man in eastern states for several
eara. He was chosen from a list of
150 newspaper men attending th con
vention TH nrt.llinn will 1 . II...
close to the leaders of the party during I that "
i campaign.
The Idaho Contest.
Former Senator Fred T Dubois of
Idaho, with former Senator Henry Heit-
f . By B. H. Canfield.
Staff Correspondent United Press.
Denver, Co!., July 6. The California
delegation today Is jubilant over the de
feat of Theodore A. Bell by the election
of Nathan Cole Jr., as national commit
teeman from California. Cole was
slightly ill as the result of cold storage
fare, but Is pleased to be In Denver with
the lob of national committeeman
cinched. The Southern Pacific tag Is
not In evidence at the delegation head
quarters. Nevertheless there are signs
that the California party win not start
any large sized war against the Soutlv-
ern Pacific. In coast politics or a Party
is either Southern Pacific or anti-South
ern Pacific. The California deiegatton
came to Denver with the anti-Southern
Pacific slogan. .
oyal to Machine.
The fact that Bell lost out In the
naming of committees and the accusa
tion he made that Southern Pacific
members had glve-n him the worst of
it, and the animosity that still exists
against Bell, all tend to show that the
railroad label may be out of sight but
not forgotten.
Members of the delegation laugh at
Bell's boom for the vice-presidency.
They sav he couldn't even carry his
own delegation which Is evident.
Meanwhile Nathan Cole Jr. calm,
secretive and resourceful, rules at the
headquarters and smilingly denies that
ust because the delegation Is antl-Bll,
It Is far the Southern Pacific.
Antl-Jao Shelved.
California sent the delegation to Den
ver with several important instructions.
It may be of Interest to Callfornlans
to know that such minor matters as
the sntl-Japanese plank, coast defense
measures, the ant i-lnjunrt Ion plank and
other matters were not even talked
about on the trip. Th deiegatton
doesn't know a thing about these af
fairs. It ddes know that Nathan Cole
on out In Mi right against Bell and
'Continued on Page Two.)
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Pan Franelsoo, July t. Preparations
are being made today by the attorneys
of Claudlua Raymond, the student
peiled from Stanford Ust May on the
charge" of writing obocewe letters, to
begin stilt for damag a gainer Profe.
aor A. ft. Clark, chairman of therein
tfeata' affairs commute. Raymond
father la h Ms way er front
er; to "take rharga f Ma eon fight.
V Raymond wm ttIM from the ueV
reuy on tho treartsi of the simil
arity of hie barxj writing to that In- tk
letter. . Exports have boon ' eaamlnlna
tha letters and It Is rdrtooa that
tag yea i baa a airo cast. . ,
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Mexican Troops and
Revolutionists.
Cosla only 1 cent a word.
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City .of Mexico. July . According
to advleea received . here today , a forc
Z.tOO atro'ng. of ruralea and feder.U
troepa. Is cloalng In en a band of ret
olutionists entrenched In the rnountaiu
fastness of -Pania Rosa range and a d
cMra bat tl Is exported before night
fall. r -
There are over l.MS revnlutlnnlals
In tho hlUa and all hare conont ra ted
for tb battla. Tho federal authorities
hi re tralood mouafaln fighter after
the revolutlonlsta a"d 'prodis today
that before night, all talk of tha ilaii
caa rgveluUoa wUi Lara toied.
By John E. Nevins.
Staff Correspoadent of United Press
Denver, Co)o., July 6. The cen
ter of activity of the Democratic
party today Is the Brown Palace ho
tel.
On the eve of the assembling of
the national convention, the national
committee is hard at work making
up the temporary roll of delegates
while bands are playing outside and
delegations are cheering each other
as they march and countermarch
about the streets.
Some of the contests are being hard
fought and for the first time since the
preliminary work of the convention was
begun there ar evidences of acrlmonl
ous feelinj that -may yet crop up on the
floor of the convention.
The national committee was called to
order at 10 o'clock b4Chalrman Tag
gart in the parlors set aside for Its
use on the second floor of the hotel,
Long before that hour reDresentatlvea
of the various aggrieved applicants for
seats as delegates were about the cor
ridors buttonholing members and bring
ing every possible bit or influence to
bear to emphaslie the reason whv their
particular faction should be reeogniied.
We are the only regular lemoerats.
was the burden of their cry. "and if
you do not recognize our cialms the
cause will suffer'
Ust of Contests.
After Secretary Woodson had read
vne list or contests. a motion was
adopted that separate sub-committees
should hear the evidence Ml the contests
from each state and report their con
clusions to the main bony. It was de
cided to appoint these sub-committees
at once and then the committee ad
journed until i o'clock, when the re
ports will bej-ecelved and the roll call
of the opening session completed.
The full list of contests was as fol
lows: " -
Idaho Entire state delegation.
Illinois First, second, third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth districts
New York Second", third, fourth, fifth
and sixth, dlstriets.
Ohio Ninth and nineteenth dis
tricts. Pennsvlvsnla First, second. third,
fourth, fifth and sixth districts.
I'istrict of Columbia Entire delega
tion The grounds of contest range from
"irregularity'' to allegations of fraud.
Dttbola, the Mormon-Zater.
The chief interest was In the Idaho
and Nam York con testa In the former,
ex-I'nlted States Senator Fred J. Du
bois was waging the hardest battla of
Ms political career. The real iesue ta
Mnrraonifm, but It Is so concealed that
but little of M truth could be brought
out The contestants were headed by
John H. Nugent and- Jttdge Perkyr - Nn
gent. In presenting the case for,- the
contestants, alleged that Dubon, br rea
son of fraudulent practices, had con
verted a minority Into an apparent ma
yirlty and had ridden rough-ehod over
the legally elected delegates ' to the
state convention at Twla Falls. Ha
cbargd that . there had been collusion
with the I democratic state 'central com
mittee delegates, resulting In a Invita
tion to the members of . tha "American
party.", which is the. aall-Mnrmoto fue
ttofi In Idaho, to aond delegates to the
Democratic l-onventlon., . .
Vnjva -Airaig-as Dakota,
Br this means, Vt gent aeaerted. Pen
ator Dubois was able to ho seated as
delegate to tho convention, be being the
ehotc of tha Americans-la his torn
eoonty. , - . . "
Nugent thea set forth what- ha de
elared was an illegal method of ea:".lr
tho role at the atate contention, ani
declared that la It a ccosUea atia coa-
tests had been filed the Dubois ffftn
were permitted to vote.
"Even at that," he declared dramat
ically. "Dubois was beaten, and by re
fusing to record the votes of Bear Lake.
Fremor.t and Oneida counties he only
succeeded In making It appear that ha
had a majority.
"We hud a clear majority and were
forced to hold a second convention slm- ;
ply because we were robbed bv a wealc
chairman and a secretary that carried -Ut
tho will of Dubois."
Dubois Says "Jack-Mormons."
In answering Nugent both Senator
Dubois and State Chairman 8. P. Don
nelly charactoriged .Nugent and his fol
lowers as "Jack-Mormona " In elnalnv
his argument Donnelly said:
"These men are bolters, or. as we call
them In our state, "lnfreauent tan.
ciata.' Their claim that our antagonism
o the Mormons has antmrnnlro.l num
bers of that section In tie southeastern
portion of the state Is absolutely un
warranted. The Mormons are Renuhlt.
cans, always and unchanging, and im
rot responsible for the rtiinn In l)i.
political complexion of the state Thi
contest la simply a part of the gonaroi.a.
plan of the Mormon church to worm Ha
way Into tha Democratic party In Id-iho, v
At the state convention we beat theao - '
men fairly and thev aimnlv ,r.
ng the baby act." . .
During tha hunln ih.
both factions Indulged In vltrlollo com
ment on the actions of their opponent,
and the bitter feeling engendered m' "
likely to bo carrled: to the polla rext
fnll. no matter what tha outcome
the hearing.
Tortfg Rival Boaser.
The New York contests presantej tha -Plain
problem of one boss trying to got
" " . vn"- atricic m. McU!
ret) fought hard, tuit h, in.inn ...i ... -
he had little hope of winning out. Ha
recited the hlstnrv nf tha
and stated that ha and hi. fniin.,.
hr.d nrovalled over TiirH a , .
the' Tatter's men by a vote of fully
xff,re'.. glared h-t Tharil
Alurohv. leader nf Tmmwmn. ir. m i ..
der to eitend tho Influence of h's or
gsnlsatlon across tho hriH r- vr. -
hattan to Brooklyn, had consnired to
throw out the regularly elected dele
gates In Kings eounty and 'o leplara
them with delegates willing o carry oat '
Murphy's bidding.
"Murphy and atate Chairman Coi. -
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Conventioff
y Bulletin Board
(CaiM rVeas Leases Wtr.l
Denver. Cdo 'July I. Con ventJoa
naws In a nutshell: "
i National committee thrashing out
con teat a. .
Rxecutlv council ef "American Fed
eration of Labor frug up planks fer
platform. Johnson managers say fee has so
ehs.nr to win. . . , . .
Pennsylvania aelegatlon expected to
list Colonel Jartvee M. Unffey s aa
JKmaJ commit tee nuui. la favor of Jamta
Karr.
Caucus of New Tork delegation fo
fleclare for Bryan and name a favorUe.
for the vlce-presideacr.
Committee on errBgmeote dciia
lo exclude merry wUu irota Ihe coa
vefitioa ball.
John Mi'rhell save f-a w'4 rf a
cept tho vie-prci.-r.I nire'n.' n
Arrival of laamaB 111 ia i-mt
tra'n.
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lj 1 Lftd Ir M "r- r .- y
thirats -hd v-.i C: .
aatne as on ..
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