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v. 1 1 7-; Onlv Affftrnhnn Pniterin tfift Stntp nf Nnrfh Carolina With I .eased Wire and Full Press Die v ALL THH Iltti& LASTEDITIOII ,'5 THE BALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME so. RALEIGH, N.C., TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1908. PEICE 5 cz::i2. mm im MUSE TOY 1 AWf GETS AT NOON Chairman Taggart Lets Monticello Gavel Fall and Temporary Chair man, Just Off Train From Califor nia, Delivers Keynote Speech, Which Severely Arraigns Re pu b -Means for Extravagant Adminis tration and "ig ?tick" Panic Resoiutidns Committee Will Get to Work on Platform TodayNo Longer Any Doubt of Bryan's Nomination on the First Ballot. (By W. G. F. PRICE) - Denver, July 7 Beneath a cloudless sky, with just a comfortable degree of summer heat, the democratic national convention at noon today began the task of select ing a candidate with whom they hope to beat "William H. Taft for the Dresidencv of the United States, to choose a running-mate for him, and to build a platform which will gain the confidence and votes ot the majority ol the people of the united States. To the amazement of those delegates nat from the mountain states, particularly those from the south and west, they passed through banks of snow on tthe 'way to the convention hall. It has been hauled down the moun tains back of Denver and great piles of it were banked tip along the streets leading to ,the convention hall. It was just another of the many attractive ways in which Denver is going to let the whole country know, through the repre sentatives of the states, territories and outlying territory, iust what Denver can do. The doors of .the Auditorium were thrown open to ticketholders at 11 o'clock, but. Denver took its breakfast early and two hours before opening time all roads in Den ver led to Champa and Founth streets, where the three ouarters-of-a-miliion Auditorium is situated. Not 10 per cent, of those who gathered about the big building had the remotest chance of seeinc the inside oi it, while the con vention was in session, but they could see the big men of the nation's democracy as they gathered to settle the policy of the party for the next four years, and they were all haDDV and enthusiastic. The hall in which the convention is held is beautifully decorated. Denver has spared no expense in this respect Back of the speaker's stand is a great picture of George Washington. Flankiner it are Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson. On the opposite wall is the face of Grover Cleveland. ; Galleries and walls are covered with flags and bunting. Cut flowers and palms flank the speak er's stand. Indiana and Nebraska have, the best seats, directly iri front of the stage. The space set apart for delegates, however, is very compact, every bit of space being utilized and they all can f oUow the proceedings. The national committee breathed a sigh of relief this morning when the special train with .Temporary Chairman Theodore A. Bell came in and all danger of having to post pone the opening of the convention was eliminated. Mr. Bell, exhausted after his strenuous experience, went at once to bed and rested up all the morning. , ; The first cheer of the convention was given for "My Old Kentucky Home," by the band, and "The Arkansaw Traveler" got the next. ' It took "Dixie," however, to stir the crowd." There was as much enthusiasm for the southern national anthem - as for the average vice-presidential candidate. 1 Sharp at 12 o'clock Chairman Tom Taggart moved to the front of the stand. The hall at this time was not mucn more than half full. In many of the state reservations there were no delegates at all, and this in the biggest states. Mr. Taggart stood for awhile talking to different members of the committee and distinguished democrats, apparently waiting for (the delegates to come in. Michigan marched in with a great white and-gold banner at the head of the delegation. There was a salvo of cheers as the Marylandjers came' in, while the band played "My Maryland," - - 1 w ' It 'was just then when Chairman Taggart 's gavel fell and the convention was ready for business.- It was several minutes before the confusion subsided, Mr; Taggart in structed that the Michigan banner be taken from the hall. Mr. Taggart awaited patiently for the delegates to settle. - . 7 ; t v,;; (Continued tn Becoud ?t) v , j. .r. , ; . , ' ' Charles F. Murphy, of New York. illWiiBBl A h4t td Sj a a: ME ' " ' " St 11,41? 1 lR1 f -1 ; NEGRO QUESTION MAKING BOTHER Overman Tells Leaders at Den ver Black Delegation Wil! Wan; Brownsville Plank. (Special to The Times) Denver, July the demo crats, after having enjoyed the dis comfiture of the republicans, on ac count of Brownsville, are threatened wuh a bitter dose of the same medi cine. Senator Overman, of North Caro lina, brought the news to Denver that j a delegation of negroes, representing Ithe malcontents of the race in Ohio, Indiana, and New York, were on their way to ask the national convention to go on record in the case of the battal ion of soldiers who were dismissed from the army without honor by the president because of the shooting up of t lie Texas town nearly two years p.i.'o. The missfbn of the delegation is i'i lociuost the convention to adopt a mm- Mwmm ice- Man From Minnesota and Man From Delaware Still Have Active Managers On Spot But There's Little Heart Left in Undertaking. A. jv The defection of Murpliy, wlio controls New ork's IS voti's, from the nnti-Hryan wing of tlie convention lias made the nomination of the Ne braskan a foregone conclosion. Mr. Murpliy ileridcd, at the Inst mo ment, to be a band-wagon passenger this trip, ami, while other Aew York leaders declare' that. Hio Einnire State is vt. u state on the-fence, little doubt exists today as to the disposition ot Mui'il)y to turn New York Into the Bryan column. Carolina League to Involution condemning the president lr Ins action and embracing Secre tavy Taft In the . Indictment for his j execution of Mr. Roosevelt's orders. ITlaviTig failed to induce the republl Jcan c.onventiou at Chicago to take j cognizance of the matter, reptefeeuta l ttvss of the race concluded to make an av peal io ttiti Vlv'sit party." ' ' Km bairassment for Democrats. No. matter what (heir motives may be, thev are going to. put the demo crats in an awkward position. Up to this time it has been anticipated that the democrats would profit :' by . the prospective disaffection of negro re publicans. They had visions that the expected revolt among the race would contribute to democratic, success in such states as Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, and others where the ne groes come pretty near holding the balance of power on election dajv; Southern Stales in Danger. Southern leaders expressed a seri- jous apprehension lest the incorpora tion of a Brownsville plank In the platform endanger the vote of several of the states now comprising the solid south. They fear North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky might go republican, and that Maryland would do so also. Consequently, they will be firm in their opposition to the con vention's yielding to the petition of the delegation of negroes. Tbe Indi cations are that this question will provoke a lively discussion - in the committee on resolutions. Much as some of the northern lead ers would like to take advantage of whatever negro disaffection may exist during tho campaign, it would seem that they will be outvoted by the southern contingent, which expects to be able to get some support among tho western delegations. " (By SAMCKL G. BLYTHE) '''' '" ' ' Denver, July 7 There is not much in the air in Denver anyhow, and when it comes to keeping a pair of pallid presidential booms alivfl the task becomes enormous. . , ' They have been pumping oxygen into the Gray boom and the Johnson boom all day and all night, in the hope of getting them into shape tor" inspection for such political gentlemen or otherwise as may have slants against Bryan, complicated with intense desires to be on the hand wagon when the procession starts. , , I Lynch and Beamish and Marvel and all the rest of the Gray and ' Johnson trained nurses worked valorously, and with much trepidation consented to display their booms, stipulating that the curtains should be 1 'i drawn; that no unnecessary noise should be made; and that positively no ! , cony.OTtiip should .he . held. Jn-the.xoom.. The . plan waB-lvba? tuoh,-- isuors ( were iTiTi)i-efia caaarouno, lane a neeunfr glance at tbe-9atieata. and then go out and decide whether they are alive or dead. ' ' The most eminent visitor was Dr. Charles F. Murphy, of New Yorki held by his friends to be a skilful politician-diagnostician. Accompanied by a staff of attendants. Dr. Murphy, looked in on the patients.' He felt their pulses, observed the Oxygen treatment, inauired whether the rliht (Continued on Second Page) v .(.. i ROOSEVELT'S FRIEND ELOPES !N OKLAHOMA Kloston Voluntarily WIthdr aws-Haleioiv Wilson, Goldsboro and Wilmington to Finish Season-Wilson Club Win ner of First Pennant Arranging New Schedule. Beginning Thursday there will be but four clubB in the Eastern Carolina tieague Raleigh, Wilson, OoUlsboro and Wilmington Kinston having vol untarily withdrawn for tho (rood of tho league.- Her forfeit money of $350 was returned today. Wilson is now the v.-ir.ncr of tho pen nant In tho first race, but a now series will begin Thursday, with each of tho four clubs on an equal footing. K!n ston Will play here today and tomor row and Raleigh will go. to WIIhou for three games; Goldsboro will play Kin ston also. . Had the managJnent of the New Bern club not released the players ft six-club league would havs been main tained until the end of the season, but ths Ntw Bern club was disbanded and by yseterday nearly every player was out of tb stata. President Washing ton talephoned to New Bern asking that ths tasn be held togsther and sent to "Wil"9rton until something , could Wili'-st be dons, but It.'ccoms that he was too late. FayettevlilB and Petersburg, Va were anxious for a team, and the en thusiasts In the latter place held a meeting hint nlsht and decided to come in If allowed. As it would take at least a week to put out a nine. It was considered bent to continue the league with only four clubs. Klnxtoii voluntarily dropped out. It might be huM hero that the members of the Klnslon tMin are all gentlemen: they played clean ball; seldom kicked, and It was a pleasure to witness their conduct on the field, for Klnston and her toam the Raleigh fans have noth ing but praise, and they will desire to see that city in another league next year. Besides Fayette vllle and Petersburg, Rojky Mount was desirous of entering the league. That thriving city endeav ored to have the New 'Bern players ' (Continued 03 Page Three.) ' FLEET WIIiTj SAIL FItOM FWSCO THIS AFTERNOON", (By Leased Wire to The Times.) San Francisco, Cal., Jujy 7 Shore leave for the men of the Atlantic battleship fleet came to an end yes terday,; and those few sailors who were seen about the city were at tending to the laRt duties peculiar to the sailing of the vessels. The patrols were out In force all day and were still on duty last night rounding up the last of the crews, but the majority of the work lias been done. The fleet leaves about o'clock today." . NORMAN E. MACK, The Johnson boom and the Gray boom are still on earth today, but vitality is low., , 9 New York that is, the Tammany Hall part of New Vork decided, at the eleventh hour, to hop into the Bryan band wagon. Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany chief, at length persuaded that ' . Johnson and Gray would not show up on the first rollcall with 800 9 ' votes, concluded that it wouldn't do for Tammany to take up with :-: .' any; hopeless candidacies in presidential year. ; The "allies" bad '0 hoped, up to the last minute, to get that cluster of 78 Totes which - Murpliy, under tlie unit rule, could deliver to beat any candidate 0r New York didn't want nominated. But Murphy has picked out his 0 band wagon seat and the anti-Bryans are disconsolate. , y Meantime, Denver is chock full of men with all kinds of planks , " for all kinds of platforms, and the men who expect to be on the resolutions committee already are walking about with a hunted look. ,-.if" If (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Guthrie, Okla., July 7. John Abernathy, aged 31, the famous wolf catcher, XTnited States marshal and friend of President Roosevelt, whom he acompanied on his southwestern hunting trip, was married here to Miss Elm Ira Purvance, aged 19, the daughter of a farmer living three miles from Guthrie. Rev. Mr. Cam eron, state superintendent of public instruction, officiated. Abernathy was a widower, his first wife dying, a year ago, leaving him with six children. Miss Purvance lived a few miles south of here. Her father, it is Bald", refused Abernathy admittance to the house early in the afternoon. Aber nathy called later and eloped with Miss Purvance in a carriage to Guthrie. ANOTHER BOOST CO'IING IN PRICE OF FRESH MEAT (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ' Washington, D. C, July 7. Ser eral weeks ago it was announced by ; the southeastern railways that an in- , crease In rates on fresh meats would be made into the Carolinas from Ohio I and Mississippi river crossings. The interstate commerce commission hot ', been Informed that a general ad- , vauce in rates, effective August 1, ' will be made by southeastern lines on all commodities of southern clas sification, taking classes B, C. O and F from Ohio and Mississippi cross ings to all southeastern points. , The increase amounts to 3 cents per hundred on class B; 2 cents per hundred on class C, 2 cents per hun dred on classes C, A, D, and 4 cents a barrel on class F. While no an nouncement Is made with respect to fresh meats, . 5. I 4 Bryan's Man Brown Brings Lincoln Planks to Denver Won't Explain What They Are, But Truth of it is That These j Are Haskell's Oklahoma Planks, Duly Inspected :j and Approved By Candidate. . . ! of New York, member national conv '; mittiee. (By THOMAS ROGERS.) I Denver, Col., July '.Instead of bringing a voluminous platform from hlH home town, Mayor F. W, Brown, of Lincoln, reached Denver late Mon day with an outline of six or seven plankH. This outline represents the views, on that many questions, of Mr. Bryan.' "I have a number of suggestions of Mr.' Bryan which he asked me to lay before the committee on resolutions," said Mayor Brown, shortly after his ar rival from the Nebraska town. "Those subjects, naturally, represent what Mr. Bryan Is most Interested in, but what they are I cannot tell you.: I shall do as Mr. Bryan suggested and turn them over to the resolutions com mittee when tbe proper time comes." ' Whllesaying that the plank cams direct from Lincoln. Mayor Brown "d cllned to indicate what they were or In what form they were furnished. As a matter of fact, they were oarefuliy pre pared and were turned over to Gov. Charles B. Haskell, of Oklahoma,' who is slated as the Bryan candidate for the chairmanship of the resolutions com, mlttee. , - Anti-Injunction One of Them. ' ' Late in the evening Gov. Haskell ad' mltted the planks bad been received from Mayor Brown. There wet no de position among the close Bryan friends to Indicate what tbe planks were. t"f there was no doubt they are - t ones that Mr. Bryan Is the most li ' ested In. - This would mean the t . (Continued on Fai fiev ' I O '. ,f '.', ; - , r K m i e 7 :PP-TKTT
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