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WHOLE NUMBER 17,582.
RICHMOND, NA,, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1908.
PRICE TWO CENTS,
Convention Still in Session and About to Nominate Bryan
Platform Adopted
Pleases Bryan Who
!ears Name Cheered
Commoner and Famlly Listen at Telephone
. During Wild Demonstration in Con?
vention Hall Many Miles Away.
PLANK APPROVED BY GOMPERS
ADOPTED AETER MUCH TALK
No Injuctions in Cases Where None Would Issue if In
dustrial Dispute Were Not Involved?
Republicans Roundly Condemned.
I Bryan Pleased With It
FAIRVIEW, LIXCOLX. XEU., July 9.?12:45?"I am very
much plcascd with the platform. It is clear, specific and
strong. and I am gratcful to the committee for the work that
they have done in stating the issues. I am sure tliatithc plat?
form will greatly strengthen us in the fight upon which we are
cntcring."
This was the statement of W. J. Bryan upon rcading the
platform adopted at thc Democratic National Convention to
night.
Mr. Bryan had thc unusual pleasure of hearing thc greater
part of the applause which greeted his nomination for Presi?
dent. A megaphone has been attached at Denver upon the
desk of Sergeant-at-Arms Martin to that end of the long
distance wirc which terminated in the Bryan study at Fair
view
An effort had been made to have Mr. Bryan hear Dunn's
speech, which was delivered a few feet away from the mega
plione, hut thc wirc went downon him shortly after *Dunn be?
gan. The wire trouble ended a few minutes after the applause'
started, and Mr. Bryan took turns with Mrs. Bryan and the
other six o eight ladies and gentlemen who were with him
in his study.
During the demonstration Col. Martin called in: "Hello,
Mr. President," and described thescribed for Mr. Bryan each
happening as it occurred.
C
ONVENTION HALL, DENVER, July 9.?Resolutlons constituting the
entlre platform of the Democratic National Convention have been
adopted by the committee on platform and were presented to tha
convention at mldnlght. The text of the platform follows:
"Wo, the represe*. tatives of the Demo
THF PLATFORM crats of the United States hl nationai
1Ubl ^^ X V convention assembled, afflrm our bel'e.'
ln and pledge our loyalty to the principles of the party.
"We rejoice at the increaslng signs of an awakening throughout the
countrv. The various Investigations have traced graft and polltical cor
ruptlon to the representatives of predatory wealth and lald bare the un
scrupulous methods by which they have debauched elections and preyed
upon a defenseles*.,publlc through the subscrvient offlclals whom they have
ralsed to place and power.
"Tho conscience of the natlon ls now aroused to free the government
from the grip of those who have made It a buslness asset of the 'avor
seeklrig corporatlons; lt must become again a people's government and be
admlnistered ln all lts departments according to the Jeffersonlan niaxlm
of 'equal rights to all and speclal prlvileges to none.'
" 'Shall the people rule?" is the overshadowlng issue which manircsts
Itself in all the questlons now under discusslon."
"The courts of justice1 are the bulwark of our
?- 7^ j ii, *_y ui LO UL juovii.'v _*__??-* ?..**_. ?#???*??.. ?
INJUNCTIONS liberties, and we yield to none in our purpose
11 J - to maintain their dignity. Our party has given
to the bench a long llne of distinguished judges who have added to the
respect and confldence in whlch this department must be jealously ma n
tain'ed. We resent the attempt of the Republican party to rase a false
Issue respectlng the judiciary. It is an unjust reflection upon a great body
of our cltizens to assume that they lack respect for the courts.
"It is the function of the courts to interpret the laws which the people
create and if the laws appear to work economlc, social and polltical in
justlce, it is our duty to change them. -The only basis upon which the in
tegrlty of our courts can stand ls that of unswerving justice and protectlon
of life. personal liberty and property. If judlcial processes may be abuscJ
we should guard them against abuse. ?
"Experlence has proven the necessity of a modiflcation of the present
law relating to injunctions, and we relterate the pledge of bur national
platforms of 1896 and 1904 in favor of the measure which passed the
United States Senate in 189G, but whlch a Republlcan Congress has ever
Blnce refused to enact, relating to contempts in Federal courts and pro?
vidlng for trial by jury tn'cases of Indlrect contempt.
"Questlons of judicial practlce have arlsen, especlally in connection
wlth industrlal disputes. We deem that the parties to all judlcial proceed?
ings should be treated wlth rlgtd impartlality, and that injunctions should
not Issue ln any cases ln whlch injunctions would not issue lf industrial
disputes wero not Involved.
"The expanding organlzation of industry makes it essentlal that there
?hould be no abridgment of tho rlght of wage-earners and producers to
organlze for the protectlon of wages ancl the Improvement of labor con?
dltlons to the end that such labor organizations and their members should
not be regarded as lllegal combinatlons in restraint of trade.
"We favor the eight-hour day on all private work.
,rVVe pledge the Democratic party to the euactment of a law by Con
gress, as far as the Federal jurisdlctlon extends, for a general employors'
liablllty act covoring Injury to body or loss of llfe of employes.
"We pledgo the Democratic party to the enactment of a law creatlns
a department of labor, represented sepnrately in the Presldent's Cabihet,
?whlch department shall inelude the subject of minos and mlning."
"The panic of 1907, coming wlthout nny legltl
BANKING mate excuse, when tho Ropubllcan party had for a
?__J decades been in complote control of tho Federal
government furnishes .addltionai proof that it is olther uhwilling or in
competent to protect the interosts of tho'general publlc. It has so ljnlced
the country to'Wall Street that tho sins of the speculators are vlslted upon
the whole peoplo. While refuslng to rescue wealth-producers from spolla
tlon at the hands of the stock gamblers and speculators ln farm products,
lt has deposlted treasury funds, wlthout Interest and. wlthout competltlon,
iu favorite banks. lt has used an emergency for whlch it ls largely respon
?lble to force'through Congress a bill changlng the bnsis-of bank currency,
and Inviting market mnnlpulation, and has falled to glye to the 15,000,000
depositors of the country protection In thelr savings. We bejleve that
in so far as the needs of comnierce requlre an emergoncy currency, such
currency should be Issued, controlled' by the Federal government and lonnotl
on adequate security to national and Stato banks, We pledge oiirselvea to
leglslatlon uuder which tho national banks shall be requlred to estubllsh
guarantee fund for the prompt payment, of the doposltora of. any ln
"-r" "".. ~"-""" nwpntTiiued 0? Saventl. ?._?.).
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WILLIAM JENNINGS? BRYA N.'
WILLIAM MASSIE ON TRIAL
Kirat uf tlie C'uh-n Uroiviiiiv Out of th.
KIIUiik at I'hliiioti.
[Speclal to The Times-Di-patch.J
MAKTINSViLLi-.. VA.. July. a.?The
triul ot William Massie for the mur?
der of Sam Shelton. one of the men
killed ln the feud between the Spencer
and Shelton famllles near Phllpott last
May, began hero thls mornlng-. The
defendants elected to bo tried separate
ly, and Massle's was the flrst case
taken up. _ A Jury was secured wlth?
out dlllicuity, ond Mr. Smith opened
the case for the C'ommonwealth, and
Mr. W. H. Gravely for tlie defense.
M**r. Graveiy's argunient was based'
upon the plea . of just^flable homl
cide, although he dld not admlt that
hls cllents dld the shootlng. Dr. C. II.
Ross, who conducted tlie autopsy, tes
tlfled to finding- fourteen bullets in
Shelton's head and body, severai ot
whlch might have eaused death.' Joe
P. Shelton, brother of the deceased,
and Joe Turner, who were wlth the
attacklng- army, both testifled >thls af?
ternoon .and gave a rather lame ac?
count of why they were all at Hereford
Spencer's place on the afternoon of the
shootlng. The trial tvlli probably not
be coneluded beforo Saturday.
Taylor Blackwell, the young man
who was charged with shooting into
a train on the Xorfolk and TV,estern
roafl last Aprll, was acqultted.
EXTRA FINGERS AND TOES
naliy Glrl Born At Xorfolk Wltli Twelve
nf ISnch.
I"Sn^lnl to The Tlmcs-Di.nntc.i.'I
NOKFOLK, VA., July 0.?Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Caffoe, of East Falrmont Park.
are the proud parents of a baby girl
who at blrth, two weeks ago, welghed
nlneteen pounds and has twelve flngerr.
and twelve toes. The child is to-day
ln perfect health njitl has the appear?
ance of an Infant three months old.
The sixth flnger of each hand is the
little flnger and grows out from the
fifth knuckle, also occupled by the
fifth dlgit, whlch is the same size as
tho thlra finger.. The snmo Is true of
tho toes, though they are not so* per?
fect as they leave the Joint at more of
an angle.
These extra termlnatlng members of
the hands and feet wlU be amputated
when the child grows* older.
The little stranger, whoso namo is
Ellzabeth Achs'y Caffoe, has blg blue
eyes ancl her halr, so Mr. Caffoe sald
to-day, ls hr?wn, or will bo when sho
grows oldor. "
FALL RESULTS IN DEATH
Itcninrd Sinltli, Probably From Norfolk,
MectM Vlotcnt PeatU ln WnHlilijgt?n.
WASHINGTON, D. C?. July 9.?Ber?
nard L. Smith, probably of Norfolk, Va.,
and formerly of Philadelphla, fell into
an areawny of a house at No. 922 I
Street, Northwest, early to-day, und
dled later at tho Emergency -Hospltal.
Among his effocts woro cards bearlng
tho ttddrossos of Mrs. W. II. Smith, No.
712 Twelfth Streot, Norfolk, Va., and
a letter returned by tho Post-OItlce De?
partment, addrossod to Mrs. B. I_.
Smith, of No. 233 Twenty-slxth Street,
Nowport News, Va.
TAFT EXPECTMl. TO MAKIS VON
M13YKH SKCRETAUY OV* STATI3
Parls, July ? 9.?According to advlces
roceivod here from? .Wa.8*uiu_ton "Wll?
llam 11. Taft, recently announcerl to
cortaln of hls frionda his purpoBo, lf
oloelod Preslrtont of tho Unltod States,
of appolntlng Goorgo .Voh.-Ii. -ulbyor, at
present Postmaster-Genoral,. to be hls
. st^taaiaxx QisXtaM.
UKE fflESEFS
LETTEHSOFREGALL
Diplomatic Relations Between
America and Venezuela Com
pletely Severed.
. WASHINGTON, July 0.?The dlplo?
matic relatlons between America anrl
Venezuela that have existed unin
teruptedly for more than half a century,
tluiugh in recent years seve'r.ly st.rain
eu. were to-day completely severed;
Thls afternoon Senor Veloz-Goiticoa>
the Venezuelan charge d* affalrs, called
at the State Department, by appolnt
ment, to present to Acting Secrotary
Bacon notice from hls government that
he was to ?g.uit his post here, close up
the Venezuelan legatlon in Washlngton
and repair at onco to Venezuela.
The charge explained to tha acting
secretary that the actlon of thb State
JJepartment ln wlthdrawlng Jacob
Sleeper, the Amerlcan charge from Car?
acas and ln closlng up lts legatlon
there, made it necessary for his gov?
ernment to take slmilar actlon In the
case of its own l.gation ln Washlngton.
Presented J_cttcra ot* Itecull.
Just what took placo between Acting
Secretary Bacon and the &_arge can?
not be known boyond the fact that the
latter presented. hls letters of recall.
Ho made no demand for hls passport,
nor could he do so conslstently in view
of tho fact that Forelgn Mlnlster Paul
had decllned to Issue such passports
to tho Amc,rican chargo when he wlth,
drew from Caracas, on tho ground that
there was no nbcessity for passports;
tho country belng In profound peaco,
and hls persons not belng threatened
In any way.
Sonor Veloz dld communlcato wlth Mr.
Bacon the fact that the flles and pa?
pers of the Voneuolan legatlon would
be placed ln the custody of Seno.
Jacobo Plmental. the Venezuelan con
sul-general in New York. Thls state?
ment ls regarded as an Indication that
tho Venezuelan government will fol?
low the precedent cstabllshd hy the
United States ln refralnlng from Intor
ferrlng wlth trade by closlng tho con
sulates, notwlthstanding tho breach in
dlplomatlo relatlons. . It ls polnted out
by offlclals who have followed closely
tlie dovfjlopments in the Vonezuolar
situation that thero is not tho sllghtost
danger of war in tho lmmedlate fu?
ture, or Indeed at all.
Itathor will tho ? situation rosomble
that followlng the rupturo of diplo?
matic relatlons between France ' and
Venezuela, for instance, whore loga
tlons wtiro closed onboth sldos, and
all officlal relatlons termlnoted, whlle
trade bctwoon the two countries con?
tlnued. The hlstory of those opl
sodes ln the caso of Venezuela ls vory
much alike; .
FoIUmvs Hmmcll'ii witlidruwnli
Mr. Voloz-Ooltlcoa's wlthdrawal fol?
lowed that of Mlnlster Russell as dlplo?
matlo reprosentatlve of tlie : Unltoc
Statos to Venezuela about two'months
ago, and that of Mr,. Sleepor, tho soc
rotary of legatlon, and?leutenatit Kug
gUiB, the military aUftche, abput twe
weolto ago. The reason for tho wlth?
drawal of tho . Amoirlcal logatlon ai
WEATHER.
Showers,
Caracas nrose from tho perslstent re
fusal- of the government of Venezuela
to glvo redress for the governmental
actlon by which all American inter?
ests ln Venezuela wero either destroy?
ed or conflscated, or to submlt the
clalms of the Amerlcan citlzens to
arbltratlon.
LOSE LIVES BY FIRE
Two Dend, Two Falnllr Burned, nnd
Mnny Othcrn Are Injured.
BOSTON, MASS.. July 9.?-As the re?
sult of a gas exploslon and flre in a
three-story tenement house, Nos. 295
and 297 Cambrldge Street, AVest End,
oarly to-day, two are dead, two hope
lessly burned and eloven others suffer?
ing from more or less serlous Injurles.
The dead:
Mary Jane Brown, wife of James
Brown, suffocated, body found by flre
i menln bedroom.
Eustace McNell, throe years old,
body found ln rulns.
The . sorlously Injured lncluded Mrs.
Mary McNeil and Mrs. Floretto Austln,
for .whoso recovery no hopo is glven
by hospltal doctors. '
Mrs. McNell was . overcome whlle
trying to save her two chlldren. After
throwlng one from a wlndow, she be?
came unconsclous, but was rescued, al?
though ?her little son perlshed.'
Mrs. Austln was overcomo by smoke
and badly burned. about the body.
Wllllam Austln and James Brown
were burned whlle trying to savo thelr
wlves.
\ "LADY" DANCER A MAN
Thone In Atlenilnnce ?o Dl?sru.?ite?l Thnt
Thoy Crente Furloiw Itlot.
f Specinl to Tho Tlmea-Diapatch.] i
WILKES BARRE, ? PA? July 9.?A
small but fiirlous rlot occurred at Nan
tlcoko, near here, last nlght, when a
number of men and boys who had paid
to see-a slde-show performance of a
much-advertlsed "lady" dancor dls?
covered that the dancer was a man?
attlred In pink fleshlng, stuffed wlth
straw, to Imitato feminlne ciiryes. In
dlgnant.at the deceptlon, they swarmed
on tho "stage, Btrlpped the man-to-the
skin, and beat him, wlllle the employos,
aftor cuttlng the tent ropes and lottlng
tho convas fall on'tho rioters, cracked
the heads of tho intriidt-rs as they'.ap?
peared under tho canvas. Thero was
a splrlted fight for somo tlme, ln whlch
employos, the dancer and the specta
tors wero badly brulsed.
HIS HEAD CUT OFF
Durel, New Orlenim ITnlr-DreNKcri
Found to Tlavo Ilecll Murdered.
NEW ORLEANS, LA., July 9.?After
lylng for nearly twonty-four hours In
tho roar of a llttlo halr-drrsslng shop
at No. 219 Bourbon Stroet, the body
of Alphonso Durol, wlth the head out
off, was found lato thls afternoon ln
a badly inutllated eondltlon. Nearby
lay a bloodv hat'ehfad, ovldently the
weapon used by tho murdorer,
Invostlgatlori showod that Durol's
shop apptu'bntly had beon robbed, and
tho pollco bogan a searoh for a nogrc
womari cook who works ln the nelgh.
borhood, but who has disnppoarod.
Durol was (or rnany^ydars the proprlo
tor'-of a fashlonablo halr-rtresslng os
talillshmont in tho old Fronch Quar?
tor,
OriiuilHOn Horn to Joliu l>.
BAR HARBOR, ME., July 9.?Mrs.
Jo|m D. Rockofellof, Jr., gave blrth te
a son1 lato yesterday at tho Rnolcofolloi
summer home horo. Thls Is tho thlrd
nhll/l tho nthnrn linlni. n hnv'iinil clrl.
Storms of Applause
ock Building When
Name Is Presented
Johnson and Gray Also Placed in Nomination
But Following of Both Appeared to
Be Weak.
DENVER, COL., July 9.?The Democratic National Convention pro
ceeded to-night to adopt a platform and name a candidate for
Presldent of the United States, the nominating and aecondin.;
speethes being made amid scenes of tumultuous enthusiasm.
The speech plucing William J. Bryan in nomination, awakened a
whirlwlnd of demonstration, rlvaling in intensity and duration the record
breaking trlbute of yesterday. The names of Judge George Oray, of
Delaware, and Governor Johnson, of Mlnnesota, were also placed in nomi?
nation with demonstrations of approval from their limited followings. The
Mdo of sentiment was unmistakably and overwhelmingly in favor of the
Nebraska candidate, and foreshadowed his nomination before the session
closed.
Wlld Demonstration Again.
The platform commlt toe was not ready to report when the evenins
*T'ssion began. and after llstening to polltical oratory. the rules of pro
?edure were suspended and the convention proceeded with the speech3*i
-ilacing the candidate for President in nomination wlth the understandlng
ihat tho usual vote would be deferred until the platform had,been adopted.
The speech plncing Wllllam J. '*o**yan In nomlnatlon was made by
TKnntius J. Dunn, of Nebraska, a you*. ful orator of flre and eloquence,
vhose closlng phrase stirred the, vast assemblage Into wlld demonstration.
"I nominate," he exclaimed, "as the standard-benrer of our party the
man who in the thrllllng days of 189G and 1900 bore the hattle-scarred(
'mnner of Democraey wlth fame as untarnished as the crusaders of old?1
Vmerlca's great commoner, Nebraska's gifted son, William J. Dryan."
Immediately perfect pandemonium of sound and motlon was unloosed,
?>s delegates and spectators rose. en masse and joined in the reverbating
-heers of trlbute to the Nebraska candidate. ,The standards of the Stnte
vere wronched from thelr places and borne through th hall to the plat-,
?nrm, while banners bearing the portrait of the commoner were walved
'loft, and the multitudc joined in long contlnued trlbute. At times the
ntensity of the demonstration threatened a jfanic. One woman was borne
iut faintlng.
Morning Session of Convention.
Two sessions of the convntion,_the flrst at 11 o'clock and the second
'-?ginn.ng at 7 o'clock tb-nlght, have advanced the work well nigh to com
oletion.
The openlng session to-day lasted thre hours and brought about the
-ompletion of the permanent organlzation of the convontion with the re
loundlng address of Congressman Clayton, of Alabama, permanent chalr?
man. When the session opened to-night every formality of organlzatlon
Tiad been accompllshed and the slnte was cleaned for the supreme work
if adopting tho platform and naming tho candldato.
The scenes wlthln the convention nmphitheatre to-day represented
?hose of previous days in the magnitude of the gatherlng and the eager
enthusalsm of the throngs. There were frequent demonstrations as ths
names of party idols of Jefferaonlan principls .wer pronpunced, but there
wns no reptition during the early session of the tumultuous record-breaklng
demonstration of yesterday. The adderss of of the permanent chairman,
Mr. Clayton, proved to be a caustic arraighment of the;fallure of Roosevelt
lollcies and an enunciation of Democratic doctrien. The ringing voice of
*he orator and the emphasls of his gostures stirred the listening thousands
fo frequent demonstrations of enthuslastic approval. At 2:30 o'clock tho
olatform committee was not yet prepared to reoprt, and the convention
took a recess until this evening, so that all remainlng dlfference*. of detail
on the platform could be reconciled and th "document be ready for adoption
ind the presldentlal nomination be reached before the adjournment of the
nl__ht. sesslon.
CONVENTION NOTES
[Speclal to Tho Tlmes-Plspatch.l
DENVER, COL., July 9.?Unltod
States Senator Gore, of Okla?
homa, tho bllnd statcsman, whoso
speech started tho great demonstration
on yesterday, has become tho ldol. of
most of the Bryan shouters at thls
convention from tho States west of tho
Mlsslsslppi. On the- part of nlno
tf-nths of the visitors. too, there Is moro
interest ln Senator Gore than in any
othor man in attendance at this show.
Thls was so beforo he made hls spoech
of yesterday, nnd lt has been even
moro so to-day. Sonator Gore wears
the felt hat of the plalns, a collar
wldo open ln the neck and an lll-flt
tlng sack suit. Hls falthful wife acts
as hls pllot most of tho tlmo.
In the hotels and on tho streets he
's followed by a crowd. As he sat on
the platform yesterday, hearing ar,d
vet not seelng the exolted actlon of the
Bryan men, the Interest ln hlm was
tln'ged wlth a sort of sympathy. The
crowds ln tho gallerles watched hlm as
they havo watched no othor man under
slmilar clrcumstances, for whether you
ngreod wlth hlm or not the fact that
the man whose words had produced
this Btate of seml-trenzy on tho part
of so many was tho one man ln that
vast assomblage not prlvlleged to seo
what was going on, touchod every ono
alike.
PollticlanB before thls havo set flro
to a crowd by somo spokon word. but
nrobably novor beforo has lt fallon to
the lot ot a bllnd man to be the In?
strument. It was not Bryan who was
being talkod about after It was all
over and the peoplo had poured out of
the building. It was Sonator Gore.
"I saw the wavlng bannora. tho
marchlng, gestlculatlng crowds and tho
look of trlumpl. on the facos of tho
Bryan followers as pialnly as lf I ha'd
had my alght, for a bllnd man ts not so
remote from tho world as a person
wlth good eyes and ao ltnaglnatlon."
said Sonator Gore, when askod to de
scribo hls foollngs nfterward.
"Eyoslght," ho went on, "Is not ns
valuable as tho mngnetism which overy
bllrid man'possossos. wo foel what ls
going on. not only In tho sim.no of be?
ing Indopondontly affectod by It, butwo
enloy a sensatlon unknown to others.
Whon I faco an audlonco I know whnt
tholr feollngs toward mo aro. and whon
thoy aro Improssed wlth what I say.
tho fnet Is eommunleated to mo mng
netlcally before thoro Is any applnuso
or ylemonstrntlon. To-day I faced tho
crowd nnd 'saw* whn wns going on,
rrml I hollevo mv picturo of It was a*
vlvld ns that of nny man "or woman
present."
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ALTHOTTOH* It was doubtless tht
Intontlon of tho framcrs of thc
Constitution toolothi> tho vleo
presldontlal offlco wlth great dlgnlty
the faot Is that at conventions tho se?
lectlon of tho candldato for that ofllce
Is always mont for the jokesmiths.
Judge J, K. O'Connor, ot Utlca. who
onco doolarod that it Chalrman Con
ners came to Utlca ho would havo hlm
locked up1, got a tologram from hl.
friends at home to-day, roadlng:
"Fur Vloo-Prealdent, G, W. Gammell,
of Now York."
Mr. Oamniall Is an agent for a brand
of beor, and a popular menibor of a
oongenial ootorle ln Utlca, Thls was
the telegram tho judge sent back:
"Gammell's picturo ln all hotels.
Porto Klco, the Phlllpplnes, Guatemaln,
Patagonla plodged. A carload of
Schlitz would fix things here desplta
Murphy's query 'Why'is the lobster?'"
A telegram was also cookod up for
Gammell, whose offlce is in New York,
readlng:
"Your ploturo in all hotels. Vlco-Pres
Ident. Great cheering. Answer accept
.ance."
No word has como from Gammell
yot.
? ? ?
One of the strangest Incldents q/
tho Bryan demonstration was that
which occurrod when the cowboy band,
posslbly hard up for a substltute for
"Dixie," hlt on "Marching Through
Georgla." and, to the surprise of many
onlookers. some of the Southernera
whose enthusiasm liad ' roached the
polnt of frenzy, begnn slnging lt Tho
man carrying tho Florlda standard
went by the press stand danclng up
and down rlght behlnd some Pennsyl
vanlans, nnd slnging a tune whlch, ln
ctalmer moments, probably would havo
mnde hlm fighting mad.
"There's a honp of dlfference be?
tween respoctablo Southernors and po?
lltical Southerners," sald a man from
the South ns he watched thls with dis
gust wrltten all over hls faco.
? ? ?
"I had the name of tho candidate for
Vico-Presldent," sald a polltical states
man from 'New York. "but I put It
down on a plece of na?i>r and now T'vo
lost tho plece of nnnor." whlr-h shows
how thls vlce-presldential situation Is
ti-onted.
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A^TORV |i gotner nround here to
tho oftcnt tliat lt wns n. nolltl
elan other than Mr. Brvnn who
flrst got tho idea that Augustu*.
Thomas, tho nlaywright, was not a
good man to mnko a nomlnotlnor speech
at thls convention. Thls polltlclnn wns
In tho Whito Konae. According to tht3
story. tho Frosldont. ln dlscii??lng Mr.
Thomas's nsnli-ntlons, romnrkfd that if
Mr. Bryan nllowod a thentrlcal mnn
to nominnto hlm It would cost him tha
support of n lot of tho church peonle,
who have moro votes than tho nrofos-,
slon. Ono of hls hoarf-rs Is snld to
have nskod tho Presidoivt If ho belleved
Bryan hnd thought of thls. "Oh. Brvar.
doos not know enough for thnt." ts
snld to have boen Mr. Roosovelt's re
Jolndei*. ,
This story hns her-n henrd wlth t_
rrootl deal of Interest' slnco It boearne.
known thnt Mr. Thomas was not to.
nominnto Mr. Brvnn,
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T.ho plntform commlttee has been
moetlng in a largo, pnrlor whlch has
nn apteroom. It Is about as hard. to
got Into thls unteroom as to get into
tho parlor beyond, ln whlch thoso Dero
ooratlc statesmen for hours and houri
havo been trying to fashlon platika
for the Pe.rlosfi. People who peekect
through tho door of the nnteroom saw
hanglng on tho wall oloso to the par?
lor door a placard, readlng, ''Cftve ot
tho Winds," It was tho adverttsemertf
for one of tho mountain trlps here _.ti<_
got thoro by accldent.
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