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VOLUME CIV.— XO. 39.
Bryan's Whip Fails to Align All of the Bourbon Delegates
Gore Causes Demonstration for Bryan That Breaks All Records
SOCIETY GIRL'S
DRESS RUINED
BY INK SLINGER
Miss Florence Ives, Sister of
Mrs. Henry Crocker, Victim
of Miscreant
Vandal Is Seen, but Makes Es=
cape in Crowd Aiter Chase
by Police
Outrage Occurs on Van Ness
Avenue During Busy Shop
ping Hour
The ink slinger is again at work, and
the wreck of a handsome street gown
belonging to -Miss Florence Ives of
2220 Washington street, sister of Mrs.
Henry J. Crocker, attests his presence j
among the crowd of shoppers who !
thronged Van Ness avenue yesterday J
afternoon.
For the first time since reports of
the wanton ruining of women's dresses j
began to come into the police depart- j
jnent several weeks ago the police j
have a good description of the mis- j
creant •who has been committing the I
outrages and today the efforts to cap
ture him will be redoubled. His escape
without detection yesterday was a nar
row one, for as he fled from the corner
where he had thrown ink on Miss Ives'
gown he was seen by several women.
An alarm was raised at once and a
special policeman save chase to the
jnar but fai!«** to 'overtake him.
Mies Ives and Mrs. Henry J. Crocker,
wife of State Harbor Commissioner
Crocker, were walking together on the
sidewalk In front of the White House
In Van Ness avenue near Pine street
when the ink was thrown on the for
mer's dress. They were in the midst
of a crowd of women, attracted by the
display of a directoire gown in one of
the vestibule windows of the store,
when suddenly an acquaintance uttered)
a scream and pointed to the skirt of
Miss Ives' gown.
There on the front breadth of the
handsome gray street costume were
several great splashes of fresh black I
ink. from which trickled little streams J
of the fluid. As the attention of the;
\u25a0crowd was suddenly drawn to Miss;
Ives' dress, several women in the crowd!
saw a man elbow himself hurriedly
away from her side, push through the
Jam ct the front of the store and run
around the corner Into Pine street. A
special policeman, summoned from the!
etore, hurried after the escaping ink]
slinger, but was too late to find him |
among the throngs of shoppers in the!
vicinity. Mrs. Crocker and Miss Ives
were taken into the White House,
where an effort was made to remove
the stains from M;ss Ives' dress, but
the ink had spread so badly on the
ekirt that it was practically ruined-
Several women who witnessed the
affair yesterday gave excellent descrip
tions of the man to the police and set
tled for all time the question of wheth
er it was a man or a woman who has
been committing the depredations.
A couple of weeks ago the police ar
rested a man whom they believed to be
guilty of the many crimes of this na- j
ture, but as there was no evidence!
against him he was sent out of the!
city without being prosecuted. It was J
believed then that no more reports of
Ink clinging would be made, but sev
eral have come In since that time and
It is now certain that If the suspected
man was guilty at all he was not alone
In his work.
APPLIES MORAL LAW
TO U. S. CORPORATIONS
Convention of International
Congregation Discusses New
Testament Ethics
EDINBURGH, July S. — At today's ses
sion of the international Congregational
convention Dr. Mills of Chicago, speak
ing on the bearing <jf new testament
ethics on the family and economic re
lations, referred to what he designated
as the "work of America's greatest
preacher," who for several years had
Vsed the White House in the spirit of
the old time prophets to apply the
moral law to the great American cor
porations. The practical result of this
teaching, said Dr. Mills, '"is a revival
of the sense of ethical responsi
bility so deep that neither of the great
political parties dares to nominate a
man to the presidency who was not
known to be a teacher of righteous
ness."
During a discussion that followed. Dr.
Brown of California declared that In
cidentally he had seen more drunken
ness In Edinburgh In a single day than
In a whole month in "wicked San Fran-
CHOLUTECA IS BESIEGED
Salvadorean Revolutionists Take
Town of Gratias
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 8. —
Armed revolutionists from Salvador af-
ter capturing the town of Gracias at-
tacked Choluteca, the capital of the de
partment of the same name, which lies
about 70 miles southwest of Teguci
galpa.
The residents of Choluteca strongly
resisted, holding back the revolution
ists for three days. It is said the in
surgents have proclaimed Manuel Bon
*Ma president. I
The San Francisco Call.
Have You Registered This Year?
IX order to take part In the
Atxeant primary and the No-
vember election you most have
registered since the beglnntnsr
of this year. Last rear's registra-
tion no longer counts.
To vote at the Ansrust primaries
Ton most register by July 22. Go
to the registrar's office novr, be-
fore the rnah begins. If -yon post-
pone this duty you may lose your
vote in the primaries. Remem-
ber that it is lost as important
to \u25a0vot^ at a primary as at a gen-
eral election.
When you register for the pri-
mary be sore yon state your party
affiliation. If you don't do this
you tvtll not be entitled to vote at
the primary.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARXY 8«
THURSDAY, JULY 9. 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS
YESTERDAY— CIear; southwest wind; maxl
' inuiu tcirptrature. 02; minimum, 52.
FOUKCAST TOR TODAY— Fair; light sootli
I wind, changing to fresh west. - Page IS
EDITORIAL
j Pefeat of machine In Contra Coeta. Page 6
Uur fleet in the south seas. Page 6
The Setter street franchise. I'ncc Q
! Japanese segregation. Page 6
[graft
Ueney's threat to slap stops Lawyer New
bcrgh, \rho gets laugli for bis pains. Page 10
POLITICS
Frank 11. Hitchcock chosen chairman of the
republican national committee, and George Rum
sev of New York treasurer. Page 3
Senator Gore of Oklahoma causes demonstra
tion r r Bryan in democratic coaTeatkm that
breaks all records. Page 1
Bryan's program on platform and tk-ujocstra
ti---a goes through, but inacj- delegates from
pivotal states reaiain silent during furore in
conTentloa. Page 1
New York delegation Is expected to pass ric«
presidential nomination, back to Bi?aa. Pace 3
Harmony i« restored in the California delega
tion unintentionally by the meddling of Secre
tary Murray." Page 2 |
Report oa platform not completed owing to j
failure of one subcommittee to finish Its |
work. Page 3
Democratic conrention, after acrimonious de
bate, unseats Guffey and bis friends from
Pennsylvania. Page 2
CITY
Wife of William Hofif Seely, lnsuranceman,
! sues him for maintenance, demanding $100
1 a mouth. Page 8
Riot call sends police to machine shop,- where
| four brothers are found facing two fishermen
armed with gun and knife. Page 8
Tip is out that Spring Valley will offer its
j plant to the city at a figure below that pre
{ riously named. Page 16
The Nebraska, cleanest warship of nary, offl
i cially purified, win sail today to Join fleet in
j midocean. Page 11
Federal officials bant for Captain Emlle
', Fr.ir.oke on charge of fraudulent naturaliza
tion • Page 10
Fre? idio troops who are to go to American lake,
Washington, will leave July 27. Page 10
Thomas W. Butcher, prominent contractor and
reputed to be worth $500,000, is sued for divorce
in San Mateo county by wife, who charges
j cruelty. . Page 16
Student of wireless telephony ordered from
laboratories by Trustee Hopkins, who stands
high in councils of commercial system. Page 1
Mies Florence Ires, sister of Mrs. Heury
Crocker, is victim of ink slinger. Page 1
SUBURBAN
Members of Columbia I'arfc boys* club Mart
] novel- town near Cloverdale. Page 4
Friends of Kenneth Archibald, los( In Sierra
Nevada mountains, abandon search. Page 4
Engineer Barry Is released on |2,000 ball
after formal charge of manslaughter Is made by
relative of wreck victim. Page 4
Prof. Robert G. Altken and party of students
will go to Mount Hamilton Saturday to view
the double stars. .* Page 4
Dr. J. D. I/nig asks police to assist in locating
missing $5,700 fderal pay check. Page 4
Alameda county voters watch machine for
gerrymander attempt in . effort to carry conven
tion. Page 4
Receiver Edoff'a plan to accept $43,000 cas.li
and $47,000 In realty • has court's sanc
tion. Page 4
COAST
Nevada convict, nominated by socialists, re
fuses place at head of ticket. Page 1
Gillett orders lirvestigatitm of charges-pre
ferred against President Greeley of Whit
tier. Page 3
EASTERN
Six big wharves swept by fire at Boston.
tv.o persons missing, and loss Is estimated at
$1,000,000. - ' Page 3
FOREIGN
Count Bonl de Castellane slurs former wife
and promises sensational legal battle for pos
session of bis children. Page 2
sports ./:V::y
Track, ridden by S. Sweet, wins the five fur
long handicap at Brighton beach. Page 0
All favorites bowled over at The Meadows;
Stanley Fay wins the Duwamlsh handicap, clip- \
ping half a second from track record for one and
an eighth miles. , Page 9
Miss Edith Cbcsebrough makes remarkable
score In the handicap event of the woman's golf
tournament at Clarcmont. Page 0
Chicago Cubs jump into the lead In the Na
tional league by beating Brooklyn. Page 0
Los Angeles batsmen make It eight straight
from Oaks by hitting ball bard. PageO
Cricket association will meet to consider pro
test of Golden Gate club ' against the Barba- [
rlans. Page 0
Battling Nelson^ and Joe Cans are matched by
Tex Rlckard for a fight to a finish at Ely.Nev.,
on September 7 for $30,000 purse. PageO
•MARINE
Japanese liner Tenyo Mam, which sails Satur
day for the orient, will carry large shipment. of
ammunition to Manila. Page 15
SOCIAL
Society people are surprised by announcement
of engagement of Miss , Florence Trentand 1
Spencer Tupper St. George Carej .of An-;
burn Page 0 j
SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, I JULY § 9, \ 1908^
PHONE MAGNATE
BARS WIRELESS
FROM STANFORD
Trustee Hopkins Orders Experi«
menter From Laboratory
When Voices Sound
Stock Holder in Commercial
System Resents Sordid
Spirit of Worker
Brave Professor Comes to Aid
of Young Scientist With
Offer of Barn
When advancement of learning leads
to sordid gain should it be frowned
upon by a university? Trustee Timo
thy Hokins of Stanford, the temporary
business manager of the institution
while Treasurer Charles G. Lathrop \s
away, has answered this question em
phatically in the affirmative by with
holding the privileges of the: labora
tories from a brilliant young graduate
of the cardinal . institution, who has
lately developed some startling im
provements in wireless telephony.
Dr.' C. D. Marx, head of the depart
ment of civil engineering and a mem
ber of the commission of engineers, en
gaged in the rebuilding of the uni
versity, has answered the question just
as emphatically in the negative by in
stalling the apparatus of the young in
ventor in his spacious- barn, where it
is said that the system has proven so
successful that the professor's live
stock have been driven into a panic of
fear by the mysterious voices in the
loft of their home. - >.•;- .
IS HEAVY STOCK HOLDER
- Friends of C. F. Elwell, the inventor
in the case, have been unkind enough to
suggest that Hopkins was moved to is
sue his ukase by the fact that he is a
heavy stock holder and a member of
the executive board of the Pacific States
telephone and telegraph company. They
point to the significant fact that the ap
paratus on the big steel tower of the
ruined library building was allowed to
remain undisturbed as long as the uni
versity authorities believed that It was
there to catch dots and dashes and not
vocal sounds.
• Elwell has become well known for his
original work in electrical engineering
and long before his graduation he was
made an assistant in that department at
Stanford. .Last year his work attracted
the attention of the men who are trying
to sell a wireless telephone system to
the government, and the young engineer
was appointed to conduct experiments
for the company on this coast. Tho
backers of the enterprise supplied him
with $6,000 worth of apparatus, and
while college was still open he used
this in conjunction with- the electrical
and chemical laboratories of the univer
sity.
OVERLOOK PHO.VE SIDE
As soon as Stanford closed for the
summer he applied to Hopkins for the
privilege of using .the laboratories dur
ing the vacation period, and it is said
that the business manager, still labor
ing under the delusion that the experi
ments were concerned with wireless
telegraphy alone, granted the required
permission without question.
The secret was well kept for a time,
but the voices in the tower swore at
central one day, and Hopkins must
have been passing at the time, for the
inventor was summoned to his .office
and ordered to remove himself and his
apparatus from the campus.
Asked for a reason for this order, the
business manager declared that the pro
ject was purely a commercial affair, and
as such should be given neither the aid
nor the sanction of the university.
With no place to take his expensive ap
paratus, Elwell , was in despair until
Marx came forward with his offer of a
refuge.
CONVICT REFUSES PLACE
ON SOCIALIST TICKET
Morrie Preston, on Advice of
Attorneys, Declines Nomi
nation for President
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
RENO, July. 8. — Upon the advice of
his attorneys, Morrie Preston, , the so
cialist labor candidate for president of
the United States, sent out the \u25a0'. an
nouncement from his prison cell in
the state penitentiary, at Carson today
that he will not give his consent to the
use of his name at the head of this
ticket. l -
The statement was given out by the
prison officials, Preston refusing to
make a statement beyonl the announce
ment of his withdrawal from the fight
The convict is serving a 25 year sen
tence for the murder of Antony Silva,
a restaurant keeper at Goldneld, more
than a year ago. .
No reason for his action is given
He has an appeal for a new trial now
pending and it is understood that his
attorneys believe that if he were to
direct a campaign It would injure his
chances for a rehearing and • perhaps
spoil his hopes for ultimate freedom.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS TWtt
REDDING, July Sl— Mrs; Henry Beebe
of Fern and William Woody of Cotton
wood were accidentally shot last even
ing at .the old soldiers^ camp * meeting
near Whitmore. i Woody was cleaning
a. revolver, which was discharged. The
bullet pierced Woody's left hand and
then entered Mrs. -Beebe's* left" breast,
burying itself between the; two slower
ribs. Mrs. Beebe's wound is considered
very, serious.' Woody's - hand "Will be
permanently crippled.
VAMPIRE! CRIES
DR. MINER WHEN
WIFE IS NAMED
Former Berkeley Physician
Strikes at Her Attorney in
Blind Rage
Calls Lawyer Bluffer and Is
Urged by Judge to Keep
Cool
Many SensLtions Enliven , Trial
of Divorce Suit Brought
by Physician
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL .
SANTA CRUZ, July, 8.— "She was
like a vampire, sucking my. blood, drop
by drop," passionately^ exclaimed Dr.
Henry- Nelson -.Miner of -Berkeley, in
court to-day, in referring to his wife,
whom he was suing for. divorce.
Miner interrupted the -proceedings
frequently and j once, after telling A.
H. Elliott, attorney for Mrs. Miner, to
"keep still, you dirty bluffer," he struck
at the attorney in. his rage, knocking
Elliott's : arm off Judge Smith's desk."
"Keep : cool, doctor," " said Judge
Smith. ''When myi get to your age and
mtnOj we don't always -have patience.'
Your attorneys 'will see' that your inter
ests are 'protected!" .'•••• .'-\u25a0.- • •;• - {
No* action for divorce", has created so
great a sensation^in the local courts as
H. D. Clayton of Alabama, to be permanent chairman "of •democratic [convention, and
T. P. Gore (lower), blind senator from Oklahoma, '.wha precipitated the demonstration r for Bryan.
this suit of Dr. Miner that came up be
fore Judge Lucas F. Smith today. Dr.
Miner had accused his wife of impro
prieties with "the bachelor bucks of the
state university," and had contemptu
ously referred to her as "rustling her
skirts in the bohemian cafes in San
Francisco." On numerous occasions he
had given vent to his pent up feelings
in passionate outbursts of anger, which
reached their climax today.
Miner's attorneys had made a motion
that the order made of January 6, di
recting him to. pay defendant $250 at
torney fees, $100 costs and $50 monthly
alimony, be set- aside. This started a
storm. The motion was denied.-
Matters finally cooled down- long
enough for an agreement to be made by
both parties as follows: Oakland prop
erty to be sold, both parties Joining, in
the deed; proceeds of the sale, $3,000 or
thereabouts, to be applied to mortgage
on Oakland property. • • ;
MUST PAY INTEREST
Interest on -the Berkeley mortgage
must be paid, also any amounts which
have accrued . against property -under
order of court of January 6. Old bills
against property and rents in hands of
defendant .since : December,. 1907, and
any balance there may be shall be paid
into court or deposited as suggested
by Dr. Miner in an Oakland bank, and
it is understood that property c will. have
to be redeemed from the amount re
ceived. , . • 0f \u25a0: .
The couple have two boys, one of 12
years and the other 8. and, as Attorney
Elliott said, the real contest is for" cus-'
tody of. these boys, who are now ; with
their father at Ben Lomond, where the
doctor has taken up his abode j since
filing charges against his' wife. . .
DISCOVER SKELETONS OF
14 PREHISTORIC INDIANS
Remains .-.of- -Giant Race Are
Found Near Santa Monica
Beach
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
LOS ANGELES, -July B— Fourteen
skeletons. of giant Indians,' supposed. to
have roved this 'section centuries', ago,
have Just' been dug from the, sands of
the \u25a0 beach on the^. Malibu | ranch just
north of Santa Monica. \u25a0 The smallest
skeleton indicates a stature -of - seven
feet, while several of .the Indians must
have been. at least eight feet tall.' -
\u25a0•; The discovery -was. made-'by three
Santa Monica men " camping at the
mouth of- Malibu canyon. v, t ;.v a ,*
The skulls, teeth-and-.bonesare in'an
excellent state- of preservation.. Many
relics of an extinct race *. have .'- been
found in the „\u25a0 same ; locality,' but no
skeletons of such sixe ever 'before have
been unearthed, .-v •> \u25a0
Southerners Prominent at
the Helm at Convention
Turbulent Enthusiasm; land Bittier Strife of
leaders Divide :Timc c^ Gonv^tion
Delegates From Six; States; Refuse- to Join in
Tribute to iNeßraskartand'Sit^nmdvei]
DENVER, July 8.7-^Tho ; democratic; national ~ convention is
marking time, 7 so: far.- as the nomination of candidates . and r the
adoption [ of , a - platform f are \u25a0 concerned;.^ Ttfe ; ; day s Has >been marked
chiefly; by turbulent enthusiasm and the, bitter strif e^'of rparty, leaders.
Two "sessions f of >the; convention^were'held,^ the /first* at 'noon,
producing a Bryan demonstration! breaking^ all I records in« duration,
the second at 8 o;clock tonight bring- •
ing : the 'culmination of the- struggle
over the credentials of the Pennsyl
vania delegation and Colonel James M.'
Guffey, who has been denounced by
Bryan. . .
The early, meeting- gave the oppor
tunity for the explosion of long pent up
Bryan enthusiasm, which took the sig
nal; from. Senator, Gore's eloquent ref
erence to the Nebraska leader." The
convention burst into a, whirlwind 61
enthusiastic tribute lasting one- hour
and 19 minutes, with seven minutes more
of the explration'echoes of clamor. This
established the convention record of one
hour and ;26; 26 minutes, or 39 minutes in
excess, of the Roosevelt demonstration
at Chicago, .which held the record until
today. -It •was- a-declsive exhibition of
the overmastery -of the Bryan column
and one of the most, dramatic conven
tion pictures ever presented.. : : ;
Amid ' this Bryan x demonstration the
six standards of- New York. Now Jersey,
Delaware/ Georgia, Minnesota and Con
necticut? stood ;rooted:Mn their places,
the' rallying points of little, groups un
moved by - the"-;- frenzied scenes • about
them. \u25a0\u25a0-,* "'. " '^.' . " .- '\u25a0""
BELL RAPS FOR ORDER
Temporary Chairman Bell^reached the
rostrum ' jlistj before "noon,"", while the
band • was | playing "The Red;. White; and
Blue," and- there : were.' combined- cheers
for "the patriotic/selection . and. for the
first ; officer •of -the- convention." • : \u25a0>/,
Chairman j Bell.-f after pounding with
his ;gaveir;f6r"'lo".'.mlnutes,t dellvered-"a
short .address,' -'demanding ..that "order
prevail in the • convention. - Then Ihe | in
troduced the <Rev.l Christian :F. r ;Relsner
of Denver," the chaplain of the day," who
v AH ~abQaxa"forTth£^aw5on ! This is not
a midsummer ; nigh"t's dream. The scien
tists are \u25a0 discussing it seriously. If you'd
like a ticket see a page in
- r The Sunday Call
delivered an invocation In a strong,
deep voice.. \u25a0••\u25a0•\u25a0-.. \u25a0
The Milwaukee and other marching
clubs then passed through the hall to
the strains of "Dixie." - - .
When, the last, of v the parade, had
passed out Chairman Bell recognized
Senator Thomas F. Grady of New York,
chairman ,of the committee on rules,
who presented the report and secured
its adoption. •
"Now, gentlemen,", said Mr. Bell, "it
appears . that the , committees are not
ready to report at this time, so the con
vention will dispose of some minor
business.. The chair recognizes "W. H.
Martin of Arkansas."
; .Martin presented,. In behalf of the
national committee, a resolution of re
gret and. tribute to .tho late" James H.
Jones, former chairman of the commit
mittee. ' ' : '
Martin spoke briefly of Senator Jones'
\u25a0capabilities and eminent service to the
democratic party, and by a rising vote
the resolution unanimously, was adopt
ed.; . - \u25a0.;\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0>. \u25a0 .--.' •; .\u25a0- .
A storm of laughter went through the
convention, hall -when ..Chairman :Bell
said with a smile, "John S. "Whalen, sec
retary, of state of New .York.. ls wanted i
at the long distance, telephone by.Gov- :
ernor. Hughes of, New York."
-When the" laughter had . subsided the
chairman said: ,
- "This is' no laughing matter. -This
business 'concerns the affairs of state
and "it Is *an Indication that democrats
are already-beginning to- get together."
'.Trie "Michigan delegation has lost its!
Bible,", announced: Chairman ißell,i ßell,- amid
another : outburst' of • : laughter.- *"And
Continued on " Pace S. Column ' 4
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PROGRAM
OF BRYAN A
SOUR DOSE
Delegates of Some Pivotal
States Silent During -
Demonstration
Jim Gufiey's Remains Scattered
Along Track of Nebraskan's
Juggernaut
Credentials Committee Report
and Platform Framed Ac
cording to Instructions
> - • •.. \u25a0 . ._. j. .\u25a0 . . . - _
Anti-Injunction Plank Is as
Radical as Desired by the
Dictator
Raymond
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO lUZ. CALL
DENVER, July B.— Chicago's steam
roller was a red toy wagon compared
to the remorseless 200 ton compound
locomotive which has been driven
through the Denver convention with
Bryan at the long distance telephone
and Jim Dahlmann alternately tooting
the whistle and piling ; in ths coal.
Poor Jim jGuffey. His dismembered
remains are scattered along the track
in the immediate vicinity of the stained
glass signal light he guarded so brave
ly, but so foolishly. * The coroner's
Jury in Guffey' a case will render a
verdict of justifiable homicide. If not
of actual suicide. He had no business
to sleep on the track and. from the
Bryan standpoint, he deserved all that
came to him. The Bryan steam en
gine ran on the main track all the
time and never Jumped or ran Into a
switch.
The action of the credentials com
mittee was pulled off according to pro
gram, the expected stampede was pro
longed In the convention hall for an
hour and sundry odd minutes and the
resolutions committee finally got to
gether on a platform which is as radi
cal in every, particular as Bryan de
sired.
ALL IS NOT HARMOXY
Naturally enough it was a day of
committee work. The session of the
convention during the day was all bun
combe. The big committees were not
ready to report, and the only thing to
do was to listen to speeches and in
troduce Bryan's name at the right time
for a demonstration which should out
last in mere duration that at Chicago
when the magic came of Roosevelt was
sprung upon the convention. Yet here
in Denver all was not harmony, for
some of the great pivotal states re
fused to join in the demonstration In
spite of the frantic efforts of Bryan
delegates.
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and even Connecticut, sat
still with Georgia and Tennessee, and
refused to be butchered to make a
Bryan holiday. It was a night session
which did the work and which went
over the report of the credentials com
mittee wherein the master had been
recorded, and prepared itself to adopt
the platform which had been dictated,
plank by plank, from headquarters at
Lincoln. Before the convention met In
Its night session all the work had been
pretty well laid out, and In every de
tail, however minute.* the hand of Bryan,
was constantly made manifest. "
Galley, whose' right to the Philadel
phia delegation was affirmed by I the'
national committee, was deprived of the
ten . delegates . whose seats were In
doubt, thus causing him to lose com
plete control of the Pennsylvania dele
gation as a whole, although he hoped
to secure his return to the national
committee by the narrow majority of a
single vote. V-,VV -,V
Pat McCarren of Brooklyn was
thrown out after slight consideration,
thus extending the sphere of Influence
of Tammany across the -East river,
and incidentally losing New York to
Bryan beyond the possibility of a doubt.
because the Brooklyn democracy would
not vote for Bryan now If the Angel
Gabriel was his running mate, and that,
too, in the City of Churches.
SUI.LIVAX MAKES GOOD
Roger Sullivan made good In the cre
dentials committee and Bobbie Burke
was left out In the cold. The Dubols,
or anti-Mormon delegation in Idaho,
was seated and the Mormon crowd In
the shoestring state Is breathing fire
and vengeance against Bryan and all
he stands for, openly declaring he will
be beaten all the way from Shoshone to
Pocatello and from Itathdrum to the
Sawtooth mountains. The district of
Columbia was split up and both the
Johnson and anti-Johnson men In Ohio
were given a, single district.
Although the platform was not ready
when the evening session of . the con
vention was called to order, the sub
committee had pretty well finished its
job and its contents were well under
stood. There Is an antl-iajunctloa
plank which is just as radical as any
thing Bryan has ever asked for, al
though the phraseology has been
changed. This plank did not meet the
approval of Governor Haskell of Okla
homa, chairman of the resolutions com
mittee, who, curiously enough, was a
railroad promoter not so long ago and
was closely associated with B. F. Xoa.