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Only Afternoon Papar in the LAST EDITION M VOLUUE 30 MS1-1WMI Efl m mm Admitted TodayThat Commoner's Editor WiHf Barring Accidents and Miracles, Be Named for Pres. dent On First Ballot- Platform Will ConjAln'.AI. His Planks, Without Change or Va Nation Likely to Have Over 7 0 0 Votes. 0 The delegate body is all in Denver today. . The convention is called to order at noon tomorrow. The last stages of the prepara- ) tory game are in the works today. Tomorrow the curtain will go up . on the first act of the real performance." ) There is no longer milch ground under the feet of the men who C have claimed, and who st ill go through the motions of claiming, that it will be possible, by a coalition of the Johnson and, Gray forces, to keep Mr. Bryan from getting the nomination on the first ballot. The - Q anti-Bryans are still conferring and consulting and making state- ments, but, deep down inside of thein, they know they cannot sue- . cessfully combat the following of the Nebraska candidate. The naming of Bryan on the first ballot seems, at the moment, to be 6) inevitable. That the ticket will be a Bryan ticket and the platform a Bryan platform is not questioned today, even by many of the bitteVest Bryan foes in Denver. The anti-Bryans would like to head off the ) third nomination of the Commoner's editor, but this seems to be "') political Impossibility. Much of today is being taken up with the matter of contested f) seats and the job of making the temporary convention roll. ' ... One of the dee-lighted men in Denver today is President gam Oompers, of the American Federation of Liibor, whe expect to see the anti-injunction, plank of the Denver platform worded about like ' . nix i!ti-lnjunctl6n plank that didn't get into the Chicago platform. ." ' The vice-presidency is still open,, but the second man on the ) ' ticket will, in all probability, be a man from the east. If New York can get together on a man, New York will have the candidate for vice-president. If New York can't agree, then the selection will go 9 ; to the floor of the convention. There are only 39 vice-presidential S) available, up to today. Judge Gray is still a candidate for president ; and will not consent to the use of his name for vice-president, and 9 yet some convention prophets say they'll name him, willy nilly. ft (By W. G. F. PRICE) Denver, July 6 The delegates are here now, practically all of them, and after a thorough canvass of the situation there seems no reason to doubt the claims made by the Bryan men that William J. Bryan will be nominated by the democratic national convention on the first ballot by a safe majority. . .';' It is also reasonably certain that the platform will conform to Mr. Bryan's views in practically all particulars. It will, it Is believed, contain a strong anti-injunction plank along lines already outlined, and will follow closely the Nebraska platform on national affairs. It was also believed an effort will be made to Incorporate the Oklahoma plan for the Insurance of bank deposits. There will also be planks for the publicity of campaign contributions, for free wood pulp, ; . That some of these planks will be fought is certain, and that the fight will be successful in securing more than unlmportant"modlncatloni8notat all likely. It is also highly Improbable that, the fight wilt be carried beyond , the committee-room. ' : ' , ' ' . .-:.' ' The Important work today is the passing on the contested seats by the national committee and the making up of the temporary roll. The bitter verbal warfare between Mr. Bryan and Col. Guffey, it Is believed, will lead to the seating of the contesting Pennsylvania delegation and a desperate attempt! .to overthrow the Pennsylvania leader In the control of the democratic machinery. , " , It is generally understood that Tammany is to fall In line. for' Bryan and that the McCarren people will be left out In the cold., -. Vice-Presidential Situation Still Up in' the Air. The vice-presidential situation Is still as much in the air as it ever was. The statement from Judge tjray that he would not take second place on the ticket has not entirely eliminated him from consideration, and It may be that he will be named, willy-nilly. The Kern boom Is still booming, and the Connecticut men are becoming somewhat enthusiastic over the chances of McNeill. The talk about the dozen or more New Yorkers who are "men tioned" continues, but there Is no sign of centralisation on anyone yet. ' s The town took on a real convention look last night. The lobby Of the Brown Palace was crowded with delegates and visitors, and they were enthusiastic. Later in the evening Dan Cantrell, of Illinois, assumed the Initiative and organized an Impromptu mass meeting. , "Alfalfa Bill" Murphy of Oklahoma, was one of the picturesque characters. He wag put on the main Stairway and he roused the crowd to enthusiasm by his exposition of the constitution of Oklahoma and what the state, was doing. If there was ever tny doubt as td how the crowd felt, it would hare been quickly dissipated when Mr. Murray predicted the unanimous election of Bryan In November. There was a wild whoop and a mighty cheer. When Murray finished Mr, Warner, of Los Angeles, was seised and made a speech In which he claimed that California would, no doubt, cast her vote for Bryan. He made an eloquent plea for the democrats of the country to help break "the grip of the Southern Pacific in California. : After loud calls for Senators Gore and Owens, of Oklahoma, Represen tative Sulzer, of New York, was ushered to the platform and for 10 minutes 1 kept the crowd in an uproar of applause. : It certainly looked like conven tion times. , , -. ,i ; ' . Denver Will Have 50,000 Visitor by Night. : ' - Every regular, train yesterday and today, and score of specials, have er6wded the city. , It is estimated by the Denterites who are looking after the crowds that not ies than 60,000 visitors will be in the city before night, . ' And Denver citizens are entertaining fhera royally, . fc - In the Oklahoma delegation, which arrived here today, are several tull ; blooded Indians. . They are quiet, wellMreased men, and, while having little in mat. tlinv ialra a ltanrt Intai-odf In THE RALEIGH EVENING the physical valuation of railroads, and . V ' ttianmr.cefltafiS. State of North Carolina With Leased Wire RALEIGH, N. FMCTICMJLY i mmmi Interior of the Denver Convention Hall Where the Dem ocratic National Convention Convenes Tomorrow. When Crowd Cheers Wife and Her Father, Be Leads Cheer for (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Omaha, Neb., July 6. Nicholas Longworth, Bon-in-law of President Roosevelt, cheered William J. Bryan Just like a Bryan boomer. The Long worths,' in a special car, were at the depot with hundreds of others en route to Denver, when one of the Michigan delegates saw Nick. 'Three cheers for; Nicholas Long worth," he yelled, and the crowd answered. "Now, three for Vs wife!" yelled another, and another three followed. "Three for Roosevelt!" and the democratic crowd gave this three with a will. s The Longworth train Started Just then and Nicholas, Jumping on the step, waved, his hat and yelled: "Three cheers for Bryan!" Then the crowd went wild. ... - PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY. : : : : 1. Chairman Taggart of the national committee calls the convention to order at noon. , 2. Secretary Woodson reads call for convention. 3. Prayer by Archbishop 0 It James J. Keane. 0 4. Announcement of tern- porary officers agreed upon ) by the national committee. 9) '6. Chairman asks for further nominations. . 6. No further nomlna- e) tions, chairman puts, ques- tion on agreement to the recommendations of the nat- ional committee. t) .7, Chairman appoints committee of two delegates to escort Temporary Chair- a) man Theodore A. Bell, of California to the chair. i 8 and 9. Introduction and a) . speech of. temporary, chair- man. - ' 10. Call of states for mem- bers of the following CdoK . tolttees: Credentials, perma-' ' nent organization, rules and order of business, platform and resolutions, : : v ' O 11. - Probable ' adjourn-" O ' meht or recess. , UOOllftOOOIMIv C, MONDAY, JULY 6. 1908. Interior of the Denver convention are K. M. Johnson, Urey AVooAson, representative at Denver; J. E. national chairman; Edward Sefton, Norman E. Mark, the New York national committeeman, and the present national chairman, Thomas TaBenrt. Below to the left Is Theodore A. Bell, whom Bryan's pefrcrenre made tion. and on the richt J. J. Dunn, Bryan's nomination ieech. NmBem (rfCaroM Players Paid off and Forfeit Money of $350 Waived Di rectors Meet in Goldsboro Tonight to Hear Proposition From Three Cities-league Will Continue. The New Bern baseball club Is no more. The managers of that club Sat urday night paid up the players, re leased them and forfeited 1350, which was put up by that town as forfeit money. The New Bern team, however, through the efforts of President Tom Washington of Wilson, Is being kept together until after tho meeting of the directors at Goldsboro- tonight. In stead of Wilmington's playing at New Bern, the New Bern team Is this af ternoon playing at Wilmington. It Is not thought that the dlsband ment of the New Bern team will ser iously affect the baseball situation In the league. Three other ; cities Hen derson, Fayettevllle and : Petersburg, Va. are desirous of taking New Bern's place And each of these cities will sub mit propositions at the meeting of the directors in Goldsboro tonight. Presi dent Pearce, of the Raleigh Athletto Association. and Director.. Albert L. Cox, will leave this evening for Golds boro, .,. ' ':. .' i 1 In case arrangements cannot be made for accepting some other city In place of New Bern, It is probable that the league will ' be continued ..as a four club affair, ' It Is very-probable, how- mm hall and below, 'from left to right, J. C. Dahlmnn, Mr. Bryan's iersonal Osborne Roger Sullivan, candidate for "Tom" Taggart's private secretary; .temporai-y rlinlrman of the ronven of Nebraska, the mini who will make ever, that one of thexe c'tie will be taken In and the league continued un til the end of the season, No reasons are given by the manage ment of the Now Bern club for with drawing, but It is understood that there were two factions in tho city, each warring ag-ulimt the other, and that the bitterness was shared by the players. Under these circumstances It was con sidered best to pull out. The management paid off the players, waived the forfeit money and dropped out of the baseball history for this year at least of eastern Carolina. The crowds attending baseball In that city had been rather small and the manage ment must have lost several hundred dollars. It is to be hoped that the directors will be able to meet the crisis and that a strong club will be formed In some other city to take New Bern's place. Good Crowds in Raleigh. Large crowds, with' a few exceptions, have attended the ball games In this City. Last Saturday, when Wilson and the Bed Sox played ten Innings to tie, there were at least 2,500 persons present. In the other ' towns good , (Continued on Page Seven.) , and Full Press Dispafc TIME fflJSTIEKYM? v.:-, , ;V' Veteran Political In Belief That Nothing But Mira cle Can Work Defeat for Ne braskan Orator -Antis "Up in the Air." ' Denver is a mile up in the air, according to Colorado geography. But the anti-Bryan men are several miles up in the air and;. going higher into the blue vault every minute of the day. The bulk of the delegates don't really want Mr. Bryan. , The . politicians, they know, don't want him. But they have gotten the -t) ileu that the folks back home want him and, to avoid being burned. C in effigy when they get back, these delegates are going to put their votes into Mr. Bryan's side of the hat. ..'.. ' i'yfe-- The prc-convention groups are listless. Enthusiasm' is a real 9 rare article except when Charlie Bryan (the Lincoln orator, like Con' didute Big Bill Taft, has a fond and attentive Brother Charlie) drops S into line. Brother Charlie generally says, "Bill wonts you to do this," or "Bill doesn't want you to do that." (By SAMUEL G. BLYTHE.) ';'.', Denver, Col., July 6. One of the proud boasts of Denver is that It is mile high in the air, but when we consider the position of the anti Bryan men at the convention it seems to be In a deep depression be low the sea level, for the anti-Bryan men are several miles up : in the air and getting nearer the milky way every minute.' More, than this, they are all spraddled out in' the blno eari) r'ean, with,.', their "ballast gone, their drab ropes foul4d,' aad not .a j'arvichute at haud vlth. which to make a -seemly drop. ' '-" When they ; last, conglomerated, just beneath the forelegs of Ursus major, they came to the decision that there are but two ways to de feat Bryan, to-wlt: (a) by a miracle, and (b) by two miracles, Inasmuch as there Is not even an apprentice miracle worker in the anti-Bryan forces, it seems reason ably certain that the inevitable will be projected on the screen along about Thursayd of this week, when a large number of madly-enthusias tic delegates will take chances on their hearts rub-a-dubbing too fast in the high altitudes and will give the Peerless leader another chance to prove whether his label describes the goods or should again be changed) to that melancholy designation, the Cheerless Leader, mingled, the while, with the hoarse huzzahs and a few! raucous obseravtions such as, "we hope he chokes." i You see, his Is another instance where the politicians -that is, the delegates are here to vote with wild acclaim for a man they don't want. Get on a confidential basis with almost any set of delegates and you will find they intend to vote, for Bryan because they think the people want him, not because they want him themselves. If some genius would come along with the scheme that would let a lot of these delegates in on a method whereby they could vote against Bryau and escape being burned in effigy when they got back tiry an on First Admission Minnesota State Chairman Predicts That There'll Be No Contest In This , (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Denver, Col., July "There Is no content. Bryan will be nominated on the first ballot In the tamest conven tion ever held by the democratic party. It Is too bad, because the Nebraskan is doomed to certain defeat, though doubtless his brilliant personality will win him a large vote." The foregoing statement, made by Frank A. Day, represents the gloomy state of mind of the chairman of the Minnesota democratic state central committee, the man who, more than anyone else, Is responsible for the rapid rise of Gov. John Albert Johnson of the Gopher stats. Johnson, accord ing to Mr. Day, has , absolutely no chance to win even one-third of the votes on the first ballot, although Mln (neeota will stand by her colors and cast ALL THE UALZ1. .3 PRICE 5 CENT3. Writer Em pHat(cpi Ufa 1 home, .these delegates would march ; boldly to the front and cast . their free and untrammelled ballots for r .. - -.. : No such genius appeared, Where- I e upon Mr. Bryan bids fair td be noml-uflont-1 ? nated; nominated by men who vi staring listlessly around the Err , oiiui t palance hotel and discussing licit -.,';. i topics as, "who was this her Brv V who built this hotel?" and "kiiiv -- take as many drinks ?.it here as you .y'''..'-4 -tl kin'at home?" ' ;c!;viHMi 'r'TUti tcalgamaOS Protective; - A;k?0 today. Ir Is now pronosedr to ; Jitre the Auditorium for a mass meeting; tonight, for there is no room in 'any ly:'y" of the local hotels large enough to 'ir hold the full membership of the "or-; ganizatlon. Fresh enthusiasm .was ' aroused when Charles Bryan, brother of the Peerless, appeared and an-, nounced that no specific action will be taken on the vice-presidency until the platform has been agreed upon, a Of course, the platform has been agreed upon at Lincoln, but Mr. Bryan meant until the platform as agreed upon at Lincoln bad been presemeu io me convention wiia ' brief note on top of the page read-- ..'-f ') ing: ,' : . . ' '':;V';",;'-';'i; "Please adopt at once W. J. Bryan." ,. And duly agreed upon there. This . v gives the Amalgamated Association : full swing for three more days and '.', ; all the members working earnestly. ' tf : Col. J. Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago,' 1. himself a prominent member of the ; association and also a general all- '3'. around candidate for anything else '' ,; ' that may be open, either in Denver ; or in Illinois, sought to sperse the motives of slme of his colleagues in the race by saying: , , . : . ',: If . Not Vice President, Legislator. "Many a man guts himself men tioned for vice-president here so he can go home "and run for the legis lature." This was not clubby of Col. Jim (Continued on Second Page. . Ballot, is of Frank Day Tame Convention. her first vote for the governor, Minnesota Will Stand Pa. rt ,''.; "We win do this," said iit. Day, "Just to prove how decisive our vlotory over.; the' Bryan element, which attempted to :" sidetrack Johnson resolutions in Mln- r nesota, was I must admit that the , governor entered the race too late to, make a good showing In the conven tion. . .". ' .. , v. "Mr. Bryan will be the absolute JI6 tator of the convention body. Evf)r '", resolution which he favors certainly will be passed, and no measure wlU slip. through without his O. IC,?Hewli . have the power to choose tie running- ' mate, but let me say that Gov. John son under no elrpu'mstance will accept , second place on the ticket :' i The -governor will -probably :rtrs from ofhee for severe years and devote himself to the leoture platform." '.'.. ; '.,:t V t '' li y:vi -,X ill. tm
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