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BEGINS ITS WORK
Proceedings At A Glance,
together
National
Convention called
promptly at noon by
Chairman Taggart.
Official call for convention read
by National Secretary Urey Weod-
son,
Prayer offered by Bishop James
J. Keane, of Wyoming
Temporary officers named and
seated,
Speech of an hour and a half
delivered by Temporary Chalrman
Bell.
Resolutions Grover Cleve-
land presented by Ignatius J.
Dunn, of Nebraska: seconded by
Judge Alton B. Parker and David
R. Francis and adopted.
Resolutions prepared by Judge
Parker read, but not acted on.
Brief eulogy by Francis fre-
quently applauded, and the words
“Now let us bury all dissensions
of the past” greeted with a great
shout.
Convention adjourned
respect to Cleveland.
Both the Dunn and Parker
resolutions are given in full else-
where.
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Denver (Special) At 12 o'clock
promptly Chairman Thomas Taggart,
of the national brought
down his gavel with a resounding
whack and called convention
order. Cheers followed the blow
committee,
the
of
soon as they subsided, spoke as fol
lows: :
the explosion filled a corner of the
hall much to the annoyance of every-
{ one in that section of the building.
“lI am directed by the nationa
1
- i
committee,” sald Chairman Taggart,
His manner of delivery lent em-
phasis to his points and there was
apontanéous hand-clapping at the
conclusion of each of his gracefully
rounded periods. Galleries, too, join-
ed liberally in the applause bestowed
upon the speaker,
Cheers mingled In the outburst of
applause when Mr. Bell asserted that
the Democratic party would always
stand unalterably opposed to the
monopoly of production.
At the conclusion of the speech
the delegates rose and cheered Mr.
| Bell for some time.
{| As the first order of business Mr.
| Bell recognized Mr. John E. Lamb,
{of Indiana, who offered a motion for
a call of the States for membership
|
INCINTY
WELCOME ARCH, DENVER,
| Which Blazed a Welcome tc Delegates
| the convention and the clerk
! read the list.”
Officers Cheered,
The name of Temporary Chairman
Bell was greeted with
| Theodore A
AUDITORIUM AT D
“As chairman of the
National Committee it
pleasing duty to call this
to order, and In doing |
refrain from the suggestion
aumbers, in the personne!
delegates, in enthusiasm and in the
determination of it the
greatest political convention ever as-
semblied in the United States
“It is certainly appropriate
such a convention should meet in this
great Western city, whose citizens
have shown their generous hospital-
ity on every hand and whose enter-
prise and energy are atteated by the
erection of this magnificent audi-
torivm.
“In this connection | desire to ex-
press the thanks of the members of
the committee to the people of Den-
ver, and eapecially to the members of
the Denver Convention league, whose
unselfish and untiring work has con-
tributed so much to this successful
and happy opening of the campaign
of 1808."
Democratic
ms
convention
cannot
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CONVENTION MET.
of Urey Woodson, the secretary.
A few handclaps followed each o
the other names as they were called
The list as read was adopted by
convention unanimously.
Chairman Taggart appointed Gove
ernor Blanchard. of Louisiana
tenant-Governor Ellyson, of V
and Representative Ollie
Kentucky, as a committees of
to escort Temporary Chairman
to the speakers rostrum
The secretary read a list of
sons for whom telegrams had
received Among the names
those of Col. James M
B. Parker and Governor Haskell,
Oklahoma. The mention of each was
a signal for applause
sections of the auditorium
"Gentlemen of
said Mr. Taggert as the commitiee
! of three appeared on the platform
| with Chairman Bell, “1 take pleas-
j{ ure in Introducing to you your tem-
{ porary chairman, Theodore A. Bell.”
J An instant shout of applause greet.
’
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James,
per-
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ond MAIN ENTRANCE
PLAN OF THE FIRST FLOOR
THE DEMOCRAT
1 and 2, Sections Resergad for the
Pross-3,
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Following Mr. Taggart's remarks
Becretary Woodson read the official
call of the convention. Bishop James
J. Keane, of Wyoming. was introduc-
ed to deliver the invocation. dele-
gates and spectators rising to their
feet at the request of the chairman
In the midst of the praver a pho-
tographer In the gallery set off a
Rashlight, calling down on his head
the wrath of » who were grouped
M IN WHICH
Speaker's Platform Number of Seats in the
Indicated by Figures,
ed the"words of the chairman a
nd
the cheers were redoubled.
Mr. Bell is about 5 feet 10 inches
in height, slender, clean - shaven,
brown-eyed and brown-haired. He
was garbed in the conventional af
ternoon attire. His voice is clear
and penetrating and he had no dim.
culty in commanding the close and
instant attention of the convention,
in his viecinit The smoke from
A DEFICIT OF $3590.656.301.
Was $86,045,542,
Treasury statement of the govern.
ment receipts and expenditures show
that for the fiscal year just ended
the total receipts were $590,805,
$69,656,361,
one year ago of $86,945,642
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WASHINGTON
Commanding officer of Naval
| Academy practice squadon, at New
| London, has asked permission to
Newport because of alleged
j discrimination against the sailors.
, The President appointed Col. Wil
‘Ham L. Marshall as chief of the En-
| gineer Corps of the Army to suc
r McKenzie, re-
| tired.
to the Democratic National Convention,
of
on the
{ convent i
i ed
! There
mn
was much confusion as the
roll of States was begun, many dele-
gates leaving thelr places
The chalr recognized I. J. Dunn,
{of Omaha, Neb., to present the reso-
{lutions of respéct to the memory of
late Grover Cleveland. prepared
al a conference of the friends of Mr.
More than a score of the
convention comm on
(approved the Cleveland
ioffered. Charles Bryan, a brother of
the candidate, member of
conference
The chairman
sets of committen
t sent
yivania, evidencing
isunderstanding
The national committee
ia whole, had approved the
f the subcommittees in the
Idaho and P
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HON. THOMAS TAGG ART,
Of Indiana
{He Called the Democratic National Con
vention to Order.)
Colonel Guffey secured recognition
fioally and spoke briefly. and as he
concluded his address he turned back
down the aisle and when thechalirman
called for the veas and
turned and with a face white with
wrath shouted
“We demand a roll-call.” and
Cry was taken up by oiler members
of the Pennsylvania delegation and
seconded from a dozen parts of the
hail
The chairman, however
the vote amid great
cries of “roll-call” from the Guffey
people and shouts of ‘si
which were hurled at them from all
sides of the hall.
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called for
confusion and
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THEODORE A. BELL
Democratic Candidate Yor Gov.
ernor of Californige-Temporay Chair
man at the ocratic Na
tional Convention.
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Former
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Cholera Tn Philippines,
Manila (By Cable) ~The cholera
has again spread from Pangasinan
province to the province of Nuevae-
cija through recent festivals. Only
one town is affected and the author
ities are endeavoring to confine the
disease there. Pangasinan and Capiz
are the only provinces in which the
epidemic Is serious and the total
number of cases show a slight de
crease. Manila is entirely free from
the disease,
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The viva voce vote seemed over
whelmingly in favor of the motion
of Mr. James and the chairman so
declared, while Colonel Guffey, Mr.
Garman and others of his friends
shouted derisively,
After the announcement by the
chairman of the meeting places of
the various committees, all of which
were ordered to assemble at 6 P. M.,
the convention adjourned for the day
in respect to the memory of Mr.
Cleveland,
KEYNOTES
BELL'S
OF CHAIRMAN
ADDRESS,
Among the great evils that af.
fect the country is the abuse of
corporate power.
Whenever the wrongs of today
become the vested right of to-
morrrow the nation is in deadly
peril,
The Democratic party is
an enemy of all corporations
recognizes their great
the industrial world
The moet palpable instance of
the insincerity the Chicago
platform is found its declara-
tion respecting the uance of
junctions.
There is a vast difference be
tween the protection of American
industries and protection
criminal monopolies
The corrupt
political campaigns Is largely
sponsible for subversion
the people's will at the polls
The Democratic party
that the first thing
secure a physical valuati
railroads,
not
it
in
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value
of
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it in-
the of
of mon
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Second Day's Proceedings.
A Session Without
Temporary Chairman
| the convention to order
Business,
Bell called
he got order.
Prayer offered by Rev. Christian
F. Relsner, who asked that the heat
of tempor might be cooled and the
rashness of rage checked
Marching clubs passed through the
hall.
Rules of Democratic convention of
Demonstration of an hour and 27
minutes started by a mention of
Bryan
Maryland held aldof for a while
but finally joined in
Georgia the only Southern State to
hold out against the Bryan wave
Convention adjourned till 8 P.M
Denver (B8pecial)
The
cratic convention went wild
Bryan Wednesday in 8a demonstra-
tion lasting for one b and
40 minutes longer than the
0 IOn
over
its v y
of "88 trampede were repeated.
It left the. convention a
fw
frame
the busi
SORRION
Gn 3
f
to S87 in the test of
This
Guffey, of
first
James M
out
Denver (Special) At the night
galleries fi
first delegates and al-
wore well Hed
long before the
A great crowd of fighieers was
In
the hall the Cowboy Band unfatizued
by its strenuous afternoon's work,
entertained the assembling delegates
and spectators with a long program
of popular selections
Under the glow of thousands
electric bulbs the convention
showed to the best advantage
With the vas! audience in its place
the night scene was a brilliant one
Apparently |t
many of the visitors that the night
session was to reveal a reproduction
of the espectacular scenes enacted
during the day. The delegates were,
of
however, of another mind, and. hav-
ing wearied themselves by their en-
pour into the hall with the same
A Missing Report,
The officers of the convention and
the members of the credentials com-
| mittee were In a panic as the time
(approached for opening the conven.
[tion because the majority report of
the committee was missing. The
precious document was in the posses
sion of the stenographer and he
could not be found. The same indi
vidual was also in possession of a
(speech to be delivered by Representa-
itive James, of Kentucky, who was
{also in mental distress because of the
absence of his oration.
{i Mr. Callaghan finally went to
| Chairman Bell with the information
{that he could not find his report and
{Suggested that some speakers fill in
the time that must elapse before the
missing report was found.
Majority report credentials com-
mittee adopted without roll-eall after
minority defeated by vote of 387 to
615,
At 11.36 convention adjourned
till 11 A. M., Thursday.
Man Killed By A Rooster.
Carlisle, Pa. (8pecial). — Henry
Dorrick, a Silver Spring township
farmer, Cumberland County, died as
a result of a chicken scratch. On
Sunday Mr. Dorrick caught a large
rooster, which he intended taking to
market. The rooster's spur inflicted
an ugly gash in his hand. Home
remedies were applied, but blood
poisoning quickly set in, which caus
od his death,
A A BAR A CO
Printers’ Strike To End,
Hartford, Ct. (Special), « The
printers’ strike, inaugurated in the
job offices in this city September 14,
1905, Is to end, word having come
from the International Union that
after July 18 all strike benefits will
cease, For a year married men re
ceived $11 a week and single men
$9. Then the benefits was cut to $9
for married men and $6 for single
men. About 100 men strick on the
order of the International Union, and
at gh out 46 men are carried on the
rol J 4
Be
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ENGLISHMEN WANT
10 SHE DAVLIGHT
Proposition to Put Clocks Up Eighty
Minutes.
London (By Cable).—The com-
mittee of the House of Commons to
which Willlam Pearse's bill to save
daylight was referred amid roars of
laughter on March 26 reports, com
mending that for scientific purposes
Greenwich mean time should be used
as heretofore. It considers the object
of the bill is desirable. as it would
benefit a large class of the communi-
ty. The measure, as submitted
the committee, proposes
clocks in the United Kingdom shall
on a certain date he advanced
minutes, thereby giving busi
men an immediate gain
jand 20 minutes of daylight
| The committee reports
| weight of
| ART OCS
| of the
{Among
{benefit the ph:
the general heal
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reduce
that
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of 1 hous
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tives of the manuf:
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in favor of
the postoffice
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BIRD CURFEW NOW,
Suppression Of Dogs And Church
Bells In Montclair Not Enough
NN. J The
' the
irch bells
Montclair (Special)
town has silenced
sroning ch
sident
H
the
1% re has ask-
8
ed Counc! haries Harts
borne, the
for dogs, take meas
the birds of the town
This disgruntied
ticular exception to the noise of the
robin and the sparrow, which he
says awaken him 100 early ever:
morning. A woman on Valley Road
ihas asked the Councilman to intro-
jduce a-"curfew’ for the yowling
jeats of the town, and Mr Harts
| horne says he expects that somebody
| will soon want him to suppress
| bark of the trees,
i
i Waterbury
i
than
ot
:
curfew
to silence
nEtigaio:
to iTES
izen takes par.
un
Wild Pranks Of Lightning.
Ct. (Special) Light
I ning siruck a big tree in Champlin,
|then hit Mrs Charies Thompson in
| the doorway of her house, knocking
| her senseless. The bolt set the house
{on fire, tore pictures off the walls,
broke glass and killed mice in
| pantry Another bolt
{knocked down a cow which Mrs C
'B. Van Horn was milking, tore one
{shoe off her foot and gpilled the
{ milk.
3
Shot At His Door,
Worcester, Mass (Special)
ward McLaughlin,
¥ ah
ter. He was called to the door
the murderer about 2 o'clock
man fired as soon as the door was
opened. Edward Regan, his father,
Patrick, and Frank Coleman are held
for the shooting. Coleman, the po-
lice say, had a revolver when ar
rested
in —
A
SAIS A em ——"
~ FINANC
In May the Louisville & Nashville's
net profits decreased 27 per cent.
Anaconda directors declared a
quarterly dividend of 50 cents or the
same rate as at the last period.
A Wall Street Stock Exchange seat
has been sold for $70,000, a reduc.
tion of $2,000 from the previous
sale.
The Philadelphia Subtreasury did
a thriving business in the fiscal year
just ended. Total receipts were
$266,3958,017 compared with $253,
375.765 in 1807.
Southern Rallway in May had a
decrease of $1,188,440 In gross
earnings, but it cut expenses so heay-
4} that it had a net gain of $10,
585.
The Government report on colton
was good, although the price of cot-
ton advanced upon its publication.
It makes the condition of the crop
as of June 25, 81.2 against an aver:
age for ten years of 81.8,
THE GOVERNMENT IN
PARAGUAY UPSET
Revolutionists Victorious After Fierce
Fighting,
500 ARE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
Eeveral of the Ministers of State Take
Refuge in Argentine Legation
Revolutionists Appoint Dr. Emiliane
Naveiro President— He Was the
Former Vice President.
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the
torious in
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dvices
iispatch
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tion
the
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Ayres
received
LD
slate thal
1d
revoiutionists have been
{ Paraguay and that a new
BON
been established Thess
been confirmed
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MUEBAT HALSTEAD DEAD.
A Lea
Journalism
Half A Century der In
y gues
ga
His
fam-
ques.
fam-
noti
lebrated
VOTrsary
Mr.
and
sO
wats not
sudden
2 few
chock to
had
health Al-
rr
we 5.
varch w
fon
ral
woenker
Halstead s health
sr 1 passed grew
that news of his dea
unexpected The
bis son Marshall
BRO, Was severe
him and ig believed
an adverse effect on his
| bert Halstead, another son, is Ameri-
ze] at Birmingham. Enecland,
and other members of the family are
scaitered throughout the country
seemed
nie he
th he
wholly
death
mnths
month
of
a
it
to have
La | coup
WANTS TO SELL BODY.
rrett Offers to Sell Himself
Jolin Ba
i For Fifty Dollars.
Washington (Special) John Bar-
aged 70 years, who originally
Middleton, Ct, but has
| been in Washington for sometime
past, has made an offer to the of-
‘cial of the George Washington Hos
pital to sell his body when life shall
have passed out of it to the hospital,
naming the sum of $50 as the price
to be paid at once.
Barret!, despite his age, is appar
| ently hale and hearty, but he fears
that bis days are numbered, and
{ vather than live in want he is willing
| to sell his body, so that he may have
{a small fund to live on during the
| rest of his life. For the last fhree
| months he hae lived in a third-story
The offer was re-
{ rett,
lived at who
| room on I Street
fused
Ballplayer Killer At The Bat.
Springfield, 8. C. (Special). Paul
! Morgan, about 21 years old. was kill.
ed by being hit with a pitched ball
in a base ball game at Morgantown,
two miles from here. Young Morgan
was at the bat at the time and was
struck over the heart. He fell un
conscious and died within a few min-
i
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Ball Derails A Train,
Butler, Ga. (Special).-—~A fruit
train leaving point for Columbus,
Ga., at 2.10 o'clock ran over a bull
near the city. One of the cars, in
which were eight negroes, buckled
and threw the engine and five cars
off the track. Two of the negroes
names unknown, were killed, and
Carswell Oliver, a negro vouth, who
lives in Macon, had bis leg broken
Five Killed In Wreek.
Knomoster, Mo, (Special) —Five
persons were killed and at least 36
injured two miles east of here, when
the fast California special from St.
Louis, on the Missourl Pacific Rail
road, collided with the St. Louis
special from Kansas Clty. The dead:
Fred Story, son of Mrs. Jennie Story,
Franklin, Ky.; John Hood, Hurley,
Mo., son of A. L. Hood; W. H, Hard-
ing, negro, St. Louls, mail clerk;
train porter, J. W. Fishback, St.