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VOLUME XCT.-XO. 132.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION CALLED TO ORDER
The Free-Silver Advocates Win
the First Day's ML
i 0
Rout Their Opponents by a Majority
of Two Hundred and Seven.
Senator Daniel Sealed for Temporary Chair
man Over Senator lliil.
Itepnen M. WMte Selected Dy llie Committee on organi
zation lor Permanent Chairman.
CHICAGO, July 7.--The silver men
Won the first day's fight in the National
Democratic Convention. They routed
their opponents by a majority of -'07,
seated Senator Daniel in the chair over
S' nator Hill, the nominee of the Nation
al Committee, and broke two records.
They a practice which has always
heretofore prevailed in Democratic Con
ventions (the.ugh it has been sometimes
ignored in Republican Conventions),
and they held the longest first day's ses
sion of any great National Convention
within recent memory. The vote of 903
cast was one less than the total vote,
by reason of the fact that Senator Hill
refrained from voting, but this loss in
a calculation of relative strength was
offset by his opponent Senator Daniel
chivalrously voting against his party
and himself.
The result to-day showed the silver
men to be forty-eight votes short of a
two-thirds majority, taking it as a test
vote. But in many respects it was not
so. There were eight votes of South
Dakota cast for Hill which on a seiuare
issue of free coinage will go fejr silver.
Three votes in West Virginia thrown
against the silver candidate to-day will
be counted for the silver platform. The
Territeu-ies, which on the preliminary
roll were given six seats, but only two
votes each, will probably be awarded
six voters in the permanent organization,
except Alaska and the District of Co
lumbia, which will remain at their ].res-
ent rating. Alaska, admitted for the
first time to a Democratic National Con
vention, sent six gold delegates to a sil
ver body, and it is expected w ill be pun
ished for its "freshness" by having its
re presentation cut down to two.
This will give the Territories f52 votes
instead of 12, as cast to-day, ,-nd all
but three of these votes (Alaska *_' anel
District of Cedumbia 1) are ce»unted for
silver. The Nebraska If! votes will un
doubtedly be turned over to the silver
ganizati .n. will be given 5 for silver and
3 for gold hereafter, and Maryland,
which voted 1- gedd and 4 silver on or
ganization, it is said will scatter in the
proportion of 11 silve>r to 5 gold when it
comes to voting for the elifferent silver
candidates, tlmugh it will re-main as
now on the ejuestion of platform.
Thes° changes and accessions, it is
claime*d, wiil cc.mc very ne i ar giving the
Si k. and which will enable them to
carry everything their own way. If
they should still lack a few votes they
cision in favor of silver men in one or
two contested districts in that State will
convert, under the unit rule, the 23 gold
votes of Michigan into 28 silver votes,
and give them a sure two-thirds major-
gigantic Colesium—wemderful in point
: ■ rnUage. The giants of the party were
there. There was Jones e>f Arkansas,
dignified to a degree, portly of ap
p. a ranee, but quick in movement; Har
ris of Tennessee, older and not so erect
as his Senatorial ceuleague, sizing up
the ce.nve-ntion with the keen eye of the
practiced presiding officer; Tillman,
hading the South Carolina delegation,
hardly less lKrticeable than his older
ti ' w-Senatr.rs, anel Culberse.n, the
y. ung Covornor of Texas, who also
came in for his share of attention.
William C.Whitney sauntered into the
great hall almost unobserve d. He took
his seat with the New York delega
tion n<e*ar by Blssell. who had been
Cleveland's law partner and Postmas
ter-General, and P«ok' d quizically abe>ut
lsh-looking ex-Goverr.or of Massachu
setts, and with him the other Buss. 11
from the old Bay State, who had been
unsuccessful in his endeavor to reach
the executive office vacated by his
namesake. Gray of Delaware and Vilas
of Wisconsin. Cleveland's most ardent
supporter on the floor of the Senate;
Bradley Smcalley of Vermont and others
Of the gold leaden entered unobserved
and took their places Quietly,
New- fork delegation many of those
who afterward voted to keep him from
enthusiasm broke forth, and Hill sank
modestly into his chair and looked as
though he wished to be out of sight.
It was n.arly 1 o'clock Instead of
noon when the convention was caUed
to order, and for an hour and a half
prior to the time when Chairman Har
rity of the National Committee tapped
his gavel, the floor h id been one mov
sutlic ient leavening of women to make
it ma i ke. l.
CONVENTION CALLEB TO ORDER.
John W. Daniel of Virginia Chosen
Temporary Chairman.
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO.
July 7. —At 11 a. m. the crowds from
the city were assembled in constantly
increasing numbers at the front of the
THE RECORD-UNION.
Colesium. But all the doors were
closed. The newspaper men strove in
vain to raise the blockade so far as
they were concerned. The orders of
the Sergeant-at-Arms, stupidly con
ceived and as stupidly executed, kept
them out, until at last a few of them
managed to effect an entrance and to
make the way clear for many of their
associates. But in the meantime, with
out any good reason, the delegates anil
alternates and persons holding tickets
of admission were kept out in the broil
ing sunshine, victims of the incompe
tent "clothed with a little brief au
thority."
At 11:30 o'clock the doors were
opened and the seats began to fill up
to the music of a brass band playing
popular airs. As the hour of noon
drew near the sections assigned to the
delegates were graelually occupied. Oc
casionally a large de-legation entered
the hall with banners and Hags and
accompanied by bands of music. The
lowa delegation bore aloft a silk flag,
en which were imprinted the benevo
lent-looking features of its candidate,
Horace Boies. Senator Hill and ex-
Governor Roswell P. Flower entered the
hall at half-past 12. closely followed by
ex-Lieutenant-Governor Sheehan, and
were greeted with cheers, many dele
gates rising to do them honor.
WILLIAM F. HARRITY.
At 1 p. m. the convention was called
to order by Mr. Harrity of Pennsylva
nia, Chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, who asked that all
present should rise and stand while
prayer was offered by Rev. Ernest
Stires, rector of Grace Episcopal
Church of Chicago, who spoke as fol-
OPENING PRAYER.
"Almighty God, the hearts of thy
people are lifted in gratitude to Thee
for the manifold blessings Thou has
vouchsafed to our country from the
dawn of its indei>endence until this day.
We thank Thee for the wisdom and
courage Which enabled our fathers to
build better than they knew; for de
liverance from all dangers within and
without our borders, and for our unpar
alleled progress in times of prosperity
and peace.
"O, God of our fathers, continue to
quid? and sustain thy children. In our
doubts and fears and distress we cry
unto Thee for help. Grant us wisdom
to know among all the perplexing prob
lems of this time where lies the path
of honor and safety. Help us to con
sider the vital questions which must
be answered with patience and tol
erance. Give us strength and courage
to do what an enlightened conscience
shall declare' to be our duty. Inspire us
with a patriotism above expediency.
Remind us that honesty is not only the
best but the only policy worthy the
consideration of a great people.
"May the hearts of all be filied %vith
profound respect and sympathy for our
toiling multitudes: oppressed with bur-
Teach us to give them relief without
mindful of the sorrows of others. May
the day soon come when no Power
shall be permitted to inflict upon a
brave people indefensible slaughter
and Unspeakable shame; when no cloud
of despotism shall overhang those who
sijrh for liberty. May we ever feel the
deepest sympathy for the distressed in
the great brotherhood of mankind, and
yet be able to maintain an honorable
clous blessing. May its members be in
ism. seeking no private or sectional
advantage-, but only the national good,
so that our united and pre;sperous peo
ple may continue to be in all that is
truest and best and inspiration to the
Rations of the earth, and to Thee, our
Cod. shall we ascribe all the honor and
giory, feirever and forever. Amen."
MAJORITY REPORT.
Then Chairman Harrity in slow do
"Gentlemen of the convention: By di
rection of the Democratic National
Committee I desire to report the follow
ing as the temporary organization of
the convention: Temporary Chairman.
David B. Hill of New York." Then there
was an outbreak of applause which
lasted for two minutes.
The rest of the organization was read
: s follows: "For Temporary Secretary,
Simon P, Sheerin of Indiana; for Ser
geant-at-Arms, Colonel John L Martin
of Missouri.
' What is the pleasure of the conven
tion." Mr. Harritv asked, 'on the
report as made from the National Com
mittee?"
MINORITY P.HJPORT.
On that Mr. Clayton, delegate from
Alabama, arose, advanced to the plat
form and said: "Gentlemen of the Dem
ocratic National Convention: On behalf
Of the twenty-three members of your
committee, and in accordance with the
majority of this convention (cneers) I
am authorized to present to this convett
which I shall substitute for a part of the
majority report.*'
The report was then presentei as fol
lows:
'•')'•< the Democratic Convention: The
undersigned members of the Democratic
National Committee recom
mend that the name of ji,, n . John W.
Daniel of Virginia be substituted in the
committee report for that of David B.
Hill of New York, and that the Hon.
SACRAMENTO. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1596.— TWELVE
John W. Daniel be chosen Temporary
J Chairman of this convention.
"Signed Henry D. Clayton, Alabama:
IT. V. Mcßae, Arkansas; M. F. Tarpey„
j California; C. S. Thomas, Colorado;
I Samuel Pasco, Florida; Clarke Howell,
j Georgia; C. W. Blair, Kansas; Arthur
Sewall, Maine; D. J. Campau, Michigan;
A. J. Davidson, Montana; R. P. Keating,
Nevada; F. H. Busbee. North Carolina;
William C. Zeistikow, North Dakota;
M. L. Donalds..n. South Carolina; P. J.
j Oatey, Virginia; O. T. Burton. Utah;
jW. J. Cuykendall, Wyoming; W. H.
Shannon, Arizona; J. L. Norris, District
jof Columbia; H. B. Ferguson, New
j Mexico; F. M. Richardson, Oklahoma;
!J. L. Owen. Indian Territory; Barry N.
i Billiard of Idaho."
As Mr. Clayton continued by demand
ing the call of States and a 1011 call,
[cheers and cries of "Call the roll" were
I raised.
I C. S. Thomas of Colorado seconded the
j minority report. Again calls of "Roll
j call" were raised, and Mr. Harrity said:
j "It may as well be understood, gentle
j men, that as long xs the present ooeu
j pant of Is In the < hair these proceedings
! Will be conducted in a regular, orderly
j manner."
This announcement was received with
i general applause.
; Allen McDermott of New Jersey was
i then recognized to speak in support of
| the majority report. Mr. McDermott
j warned the silver men that they were
departing from the principle of the par
ty in overruling the National Commit
tee. "We of the minority," he said,
'want to support the ticket that you
I will select. If you have the strength
of giants, do not spend it in bitterness,
I but reserve it for the day when you will
need it in November."
Ex-Governor Waller of Connecticut
j also opposed the minority report. There
were no abler men, he said, no braver
Democrats, than the two men whose
names were involved in this preliminary
discussion. (Cheers.) They should be
| honored together. Senator Hill of New
j York and Mr. Daniel of Virginia.
I (Cheers.) One, he said, is a candidate
under immortal usages, and the other
is a candidate by the exercise of a
power never before exercised as a
sub-candidate. What ought the con
vention to do about it? (A voice in the
i gallery, "Elect Daniel.**)
"I agree with you. (Laughter.) You
ought to elect him. and now hear my
suggestion: You ought to elect David
B. Hill as your Temporary Chairman,
I and every man in this convention,
I whether I<> to 1 or 1 to 16, ouc:ht to
vote for him. And then you ought to
elect Senator Daniel of Virginia as Per
manent Chairman. (Cheers.) And I
j will vouch for it that every ras'j in this
convention whom I assume specially to
be present will vote for Daniel, and will
cheer for Daniel, so that the reverbera
tion of that chev-r will be heard in Vir
| ginia. What is to prevent it? Or are
there some other arrangements made?
I If so, wipe them out, and be equal to
the emergency. Have your Daniels in
the South and have your Hills in the
East. (Cheers.) Disappoint your en
emies by doing the courteous thing, the
valorous thing, the judieous thing, at
the very opening of your convention.
(Applause.)
j "When I came from Connecticut the
Republicans told me that we were go-
S ing ft) n convention where we would re
ceive no courtesy, where we would re
ceive no consideration, where we would
be trampled upon sixteen mentoone.and
where we would be the underneath
one. (Laughter.) I told them, and I
believe it to-day. that we should re
ceive no such treatment. We may be
disappointed in the platform to be
adopted; we may be disappointed in
the candidate to be put in nomination,
bat we will return to the East and say
that we were beaten because you had
more votes than we had, but that still
■ we received every courtesy; that we re
ceived hospitality from the Western
Democrats and chivalrous receptions
fiom the Democrats of the South.
"Fellow-Democrats, we can stand
your beating us with votes, we can
j stand any candidate whom you will
nominate, if you will nominate an hon
est man. (Cheers.) We are in this
convention to stay. (Cheers.) I api go
ing to be here until every other man
■ bolts. You cannot drive us out of this
convention by the exercise of your
power. If you have got two to one
against us in this convention, and I
i suppose you have, what are you going
Jto do? Are there any two men down
| there afraid of me? (Laughter.) lam
; Jua* as good a fighter as there is in the
j gold section of this convention. I will
J light as hard and fight as lonp as any
of them. And if you are nrrt afraid of
me as a fighter, why should be afraid of
I my associates?
i "What will the Republican party say
jif you violate your traditions at the
j very opening of the convention? They
I will say one of two things. They will
j say that you did it because you were
J afraid of us. (A voice, "We are.") Or
j they will say that you did it not be-
Icause you were afraid of us. but be
cause you gloried in heaping personal
i Indignities upon us. (Cries of "No. no.
no.") You say 'No.' but your acts do it.
"Fellow-Democrats, who are you try
j ing to turn down in Indignity anel dis
honor? Ah, who is the man who has
fought against the foes of the people
Since he has voted, and fought suecess
i fully? He has fought against the crit
icisms and insults of Republicans, and
Ihe has fought without the approval of
I tronage and power. Tf you turn him
j down do yon think that you will stop
i nim or any Democrat from making a
spe Ch in this convention and express
ing his viwes? Do you think you will
step David i:. Hill? (A voice. "Never!")
The s; . ■ c h he would make to you from
j the platform woulo be a wise, con
i servative speech, becoming his position
as Temporary Chairman. Hut if you
j «top him from doing it. he will make
, his speech frcm the floor, and it will
| go to the people and create enthusiasm.
So that the Indignity which you will
I PUt upon him will fall upon yourselves.
' In Ood'S name, think of it with
■ reason and sense, and do not impose
upon the Cast the indignity that is pro-
I posed. We are not worms, as you
j know, and even if we were, worms
j sometimes turn e>n those who tread up
on them. Treat us as you ought not
to do; insult us by breaking the tradl
! t;oriJi your party; turn down David
: R Hill, as indiscreet men advise you.
| and I will tell you what we will do; we
i will hght you here and elsewhere, and
,we will fight you until you are sorry
j This is the grand old party of my heart;
I love it as I love my family, and I re
sent an unwise action which may harm
it badly and Bring disaster to the coun
try. This is the feeling of at least
(Continued on Sixth Page,)
HOBART NOTIFIED
OF HIS NOMINATION.
Waited Upon by the Committee Appointed
by the St. Louis Convention.
Thousands of People Gather to Listen
to the Speeches.
-In Accepting the Honor the Vice-
Presidential Candidate Gives His
Views of the Lending Questions
Before the People — Strongly Op»
posed to Free Silver, and Predicts
the Ruin of the Country If Free
Coinage Should Win.
PATERSON (N. J.). July 7.—The
committee appointed for the purpose
Iby the Republican convention ot St.
! Louis waited on Garret A. Hobart to-
I eiay at his Imuse in this city and for
' mally notified him of his nomination to
j the office of Vice-President.
After crossing the ferry to the Jer
} sey shore they were met by a commit
tee of Hobart's friends and neighbors.
; who conducted to them to two private
j cars on the Erie road. The only West
i crn members of the committee in tho
I party were Charles W. Parrish of Ore
j gen and J. M. Gilbert of Washington.
: Mrs. Fairbanks, wife of the Chairman
I of the committee, was the only woman
j In the party.
When Paterson was reached the
party drove to Hobart's house, where
they were received by Mr. and Mrs.
Hobart and a number e>f ladies and gen
tlemen. Flags and bunting were dis
played along the re.ad to Hobart's house
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed
among these who assembled.
GARRET Ay HOBA-KT.
At 12 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Hobart,
accompanied by several ladies and gen
tlemen, stepped out on the porch, and
Charles W. Fairbanks, Chairman of
the committee, then spoke as follows:
"Mr. Hobart: The Republican Nation
al Convention recently assembled at
Ft Louis commissioned us to formally
notify you of your nomination for the
office of Vice-President of the United
States. We are met pursuant to the
direction of the convention to perform
the duty assigned us.
"Tn all the splendid history of the
great party which holds our loyal alle
giance, the necessity was never more
urgent for steadfast adherence to those
wholesome principles which have been
the sure foundation rock of our national
prosperity. The demand was never
greater for men who hold principle
above all else, and who are unmoved
either by the clamor of the hour or the
promise of false teachers.
"The convention at St. Louis in full
measure met the demands of the times
in its declaration of party principles
and in the nomination of candidates for
President and Vice-President. Sir, the
office for which you were nominated is
of rare dignity, honor and power. It
has been graced by the most eminent
statesmen who have contributed to the
upbuilding of the strength and glory of
the republic. Because of your exalted
Irsonal character, and of your intelli
gent and patriotic devotion to the en
during principles of a protective tariff,
which wisely discriminate in favor of
American interests and to a currency
WbOSe soundness anel integrity none
can challenge, and because c>f your pe
culiar fitness for the exacting and im
portant duties ef the high office, the Re
publican National Convention, with a
unanimity and enthusiasm rarely wit
nessed, chose you as our candidate for
Vice-President of the United States.
"We know it to be gratifying to you
personally to be the associate of Will
iam McKinley in the pending contest.
PC* you and your distinguished associ
ate we besp*ak the enthusiastic and
intelligent support of all our country
men who de-sire that prosperity shall
again rule throughout the republic."
HOBART ACCKPTS.
At the conclusion of Fairbanks'
speech Hobart replied as follows:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee: I beg to extend to you my
grateful acknowledgements for the very
kind and flattering terms in which you
convey the formal announcement of my
nomination for Vice-Presld* nt of the
United States by the Republican Con
vention at St. Louis. I am profoundly
sensible of the honor which has bee*n
done me and through me to the State
in which all my life- has been spent in
my selection as a candirtane- for this
high office.
"I appreciate it the more because it
associates me, in a contest which in
\ -iv. a the very gravest issues, with one
who represents in his private charac
ter a.mi public career the highest intel
ligence and best spirit of his party, and
with Whom my personal relations are
such as to afford a guarantee of per
fect accord in the work of the cam
paign which lies before me.
"It is sufficient for me to say at this
time that, concurring without reserve
in all the declarations of principle and
policy embodied in the St. Louis plat
form. I accept the nomination tendered
me. with a full appreciation of its re
sponsihlities, and with an honest pur
pose, in the event that the people shall
ratify the choice made by the National
Convention, to discharge any duties
which may devolve upon me with sole
reference to the public good.
"Let me adel that it will be my earn
est effort in the coming campaign to
contribute in every possible way to
the success of the party which we rep
resent, and which as to the important
issues of the time stands for the best
interests of the people. Uncertainty or
instability as to the money question in
volves most serious consequence to ev
ery interest and to every citizen of the
country. The gravity of this question
cannot be overestimated. There can be
no financial security, no business sta
bility, no real prosperity where the pol
icy of the Government as to that ques
ion is at all a matter of doubt.
"Gold is the one standard of value
aiue>ng all enlightened commercial na
tions. All financial transactions of
whatever character, all business enter
prise, all individual or corporate invest
ments, are adjusted to it. An honest
dollar worth 100 cents everywhere can
not be coined out of 53 cents' worth of
silver plus a legislative fiat. Such a de
basement of our currency would inev
itably produce incalculable loss, appall
ing disaster and national dishonor.
"It is a fundamental principle in coin
age, recognized and followed by all the
statesmen of America, and never yet
departed from, that 'there can be only
one basis on which gold anel silver may
be coni-urrently coined as money, and
that basis is equaiity. not in weight,
but in the commercial value of the metal
contained in the respective coins. This
commercial value is fixed by the mar
kets of the world with which the great
interests of our country are necessarily
connected by innumerable busin.-s
Which cannot be severed or ignored.
Great and self-reliant as our country Is,
it is not great akme within its e.wn bor
ders and upon its own resources, but
because it also reaches out to the ends
of the earth in all the manifold depart
ments of business, exchange and com
merce, and must maintain with honor
its staneling and credit among the na
tions of the earth. The question admits
ot no compromise. It is a vital prine-iple
at stake, but it is in no sense partisan
or sectional. It concerns all the people.
Ours is one of the foremost natlems, and
must have a monetary system equal to
the best.
"lt ia of vital consequence that this
question should be settled now in such
a way as to restore public confidence,
here and everywhere, in the Integrity of
our purpose. A doubt of that Integrity
among the other great commercial coun
tries of the world will not only cost us
millions of money, but that which, as
patriots, we should treasure still more
highly—our industrial and commercial
supremacy.
"My estimate of the value of a pro
tective policy has oeen formed by the
study of the object lessons of a great
industrial State extending over a period
of thirty years. It is that protection
not only builds up Important Industries
from small beginnings, but that those
and all other industries flourish or lan
guish in proportion as protection is
maintained or withdrawn. I have seen
It indisputably proved that the pros
p> rity of the farmer, merchant and all
other classes of citizens goes hand in
hand with that of the manufacturer and
mechanic.
"I am firmly persuaded that what we
need most of all to remove the business
paralysis that afflicts this country is the
restoration of a policy which, while af
fording ample revenue to meet th.- ex
penses of the Government, will reopen
American workshops on full time and
full-handed, with their operatives paid
good wages in honest dollars. And this
can only come under a tariff which will
hold the interests of our own people par
amount in our political and commercial
systems. The opposite policy, which
diseouratres enterprise, re
duces American labor to idleness, di
minishes the earnings of American
workingmen. opens our markets to com
modities from abroad which we should
produce at home, while closing foreign
markets against our products, and
which, at the same time, steadily aug
ments the public debt, increasing the
public burdens, while diminishing the
ability of the people to meet them, is a
policy which must find its chief popu
larity elsewhere than among American
citizens.
"I shall take an e*rly opportunity,
gentlemen of the committee, through
you to communicate to my fellow citi
zens, with somewhat more of detail, my
views concerning the dominant ques
tions of the hour and the crisis which
confronts us as a nation.
"With this brief expression of my ap
preciation of the distinguished honor!
that has been bestowed upon me and {
this signification of my acceptance of !
the trust to which I have been sum- j
moned, I place myself at the service of '
the Republican party and of the coun- '
try."
I Governor Griggs arrived at Hobart's |
house at 11:45. Fully 3,000 people were
gathered in the vicinity of the house
during the exercises.
ROBBERY AT CHICAGO.
The "Loncand Short" Men Hold Up
Another Drug Store.
CHICACO, July 7.—The "long and!
short" men came off successful with I
another hold up to-night, and show '
their daring robbery of a drug store I
on the principal corner in Wbodtawn,
and just a block from the Colesium,
where the convention is being held.
At 9:40 o'clock to-night, while the
brilliantly lighted streets were crowded,
three men entered the Woodlawn Phar
macy, at Sixty-third street and Madi
son avenue, and covering J. F. Teufer,
the only clerk in the store, and J. H. j
Crowell, a customer, with revolvers,
rifled the cash drawer and took from j
Mr. Crowell a valuable gold watch and |
a small amount of cash. About $20 w is
all the money in the cash drawer.
As soon as the men finished opera- I
t'ions they fled. They were chased by a
patrol wagon which happened to be in
the vicinity on another errand, and In
spector Hunt of the police force, who
responded with his bicycle to a tele
phone call, but the police are "still look
ing for tin 1 men."
About fifty well-known thieves were
arrested to-night and locked up on no
c harge, but simply to be kept from rob
bing people during the convention.
Maher-Choynski Fight.
PITTSBURG, July 7.—The fight
scheduled between Peter Maher and Joe
Choynski before the National Sporting
Club of San Francisco August 3d, may
be dec lared oft. The hacker of Maher
telegraphed to San Francisco last Sat
urday night to arrange for expense
money, but he received no reply. If he
dees not hear from the club by noon to
morrow he will declare the match off,
and arrange a meeting between Maher
and Choynski at Madison Square Gar
de n, July 27th. 1
THE YALE UNIVERSITY BOAT
CREW FALL BY THE WAYSIDE
In Their Attempt to Capture the
Grand Challenge Cap,
Beaten by the Leasler Crew After a
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The American, However. Have No Reason lo
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HEXT.EY ox TIIS THAMES. July 7.
wayside to-day in their tirst, and conse
quently upon the defeat their only, at
tempt to win the most highly prized
trophy of British aquatics, the Grand
Challenge Cup of th" Royal Henley Re
gatta. Their opponents were the crack
eight of the Leande.- Rowing Club,
whose crew s won the cup four times in
succession in 1891, 189*, 1888 and 1894.
It was a grand race, however, and the
Yale men have no reason to feel humil
iated at their defeat. They were simply
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outclassed. The Leanders beat the New
Haven crew by a length and three
quarters, covering the Henley course of
one mile and 550 yards in 7:14.
Immense crowds of spectators lined
the river banks, the entire course was
a mass of color, the Yale and American
flage being very much in evidence.
There was no wind, the sky was over
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oast and tho air was hot. Bob Cook and
Plttman, the old Cambridge stroke, fol
lowed the boats over the course on
board the umpire's launch.
eral others, In ord >r that the principal
even! of the day should take place about
1.30 p. ni., when the greatest throng of
mond sculls was betwe< n F. Beddington
of the Thames Rowing Club and K. K.
Beaumont of Burton on Trent Beau
mont finished live; lengths ahead.
The second heat, between Vivian
Ni< kails and S. S. Warm, the old Trinity
Hall Blue, was won by Xakalls by a
length.
In the first trial heat of the eight
oared race for the Grand Challenge dip,
the contesting crews were Fust Trinity
of Cambridge and the London Bowing
Club. First Trinity won by three
quarters of a length. Time—7:2f£
The second heat was between the New
College (Oxford) and the Trinity Hall
(Cambridge) crews.. New College won
by a lenprth and a quarter in 7:11).
Tie- starting word for the race be
tween Yale and Leander was given at
BETWEEN HEATS.
1:33 p. m. The boats got an excel
lent start, both striking the water at
the same time. Emertrimr from the up
per end of Temple Island Beander was
vas ahe«a, ami soon her lead
to a quarter of a length, but the Tale
men were putting great force into their
strokes and succeeded in driving their
boat even with that of their opponents.
To those running behind the boats on
the tow path the Vales seemed to get
the nose of their boat in front, and it
was then a beautiful race to Fawley
Court.
A reporter who was on board the um
pire's launch says Yale never actually.
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