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VOLUME XIII., NO. 187.
CANVASS OF DELEGATES AT DENVER NOW INDICATES TOE NOMINATION OF BRYAN AS
- THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON THE FIRST BALLOT OF THE CONVENTION
(By W. G. F. PRICE.)
DENVER. Colo. —The delegates are
here now practically all of them, and
after a thorough canvass of the sit
uation there seems no reason to
doubt the claims made by the Bryan
men that Wja. J. Bryan will be nomi
nated by the democratic national con
vention on the first ballot by a safe
majority.
'There is no contest; Bryan will be
nominated on the first ballot in the
tamest convention ever held by the
democratic party. It is too bad. be
cause the Nebraskan is doomed to
certain defeat, though doubtless his
brilliant personality will win him a
large vote."
The foregoing statement, made by
Frank A. Day, represents the great
state of mind of the chairman of the
--recto democratic state control
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HUMOROUS SI OF SERIOUS
SITUATIONS!!*. SOLO.
Allies Look With Longing on Vanishing Chances and Bryan
Delegates Don’t Even Display Interest in
the Certain Victory
(By Samuel G. Blythe.)
DENVER. Colo. —One of the proud
Tioasts of Denver is that It is a mile
.high in the air, but when we consider
the position of the anti-Bryan men,
at this convention, Denver seems to
be in a deep depression below the
sea level, for the anti-Bryan men are
seven miles up in the air, and get
ting nearer the milky way every min
ute. More than this, they are all
spraddled out in the blue empyrean,
with their ballast gone, their drag
ropes fouled and not a parachute at
hand with which to make a seemly
drop.
When they last conglobulated, just
beneath the forelegs of Ursus Major,
they came to the decision that there
are but two ways to defeat Bryan,
to wit: (a), by a miracle, and (b), by
two miracles.
inasmuch as there is not even an
apprentice miracle worker in the anti-
Bryan forces, it seems reasonably
certain that the Inevitable will be
projected on the convention along
about Thursday of this week, when a
large number of madly enthusiastic
delegates will take chances on their
hearts ruba dubbing too fast in the
high altitudes, and will give the
Peerless Leader another chance to
prove whether his label describes fne
goods or should'again b P changed to
that melancholy designation, the
Cheerless Leader, mingled the while
with the hoarse huzzas and a few
raucous abservations such as "Ws
hope ho chokes.”
DELEGATES ALL
THINK BRYAN THE
PEOPLES’ CHOICE.
You see, this Is another Instance
where the politicians—that is, the
delegates—are here to vote with wild
acclaim for a man they do not want.
Get on a confidential basis with ol
moat any set of delegates, and you
will find they Intend to vote for Bry
an because they think the people
want him, not because they want him
themselves. If aoine genius was to
. .e along with a scheme that would
At a lot of these delegates In on a
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
committee, the man who, more than
any one else, is responsible for the
rapid rise of Governor John Albert
Johnson of the Gopher state. John
son, according to Mr. Day, has abso
lutely no chance to win even one-third
of the votes cast on the first ballot,
although Minnesota will stand by the
colors and cast her first vote for tho
governor.
“We will do this,” said Mr. Day,
“just to prove how decisive our vic
tory over Bryan element, which at
tempted to sidetrack Johnson resolu
tions in Minnesota was, I must ad
mit that the governor entered tho
race too late to make a good showing
in the convention.
“Mr. Bryan will be the dictator of
the convention body. Every resolu
tion which he favors certainly will
be passed, and no measure will slio
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Snapshot of Senator
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Texas.
method whereby they could vote
against Bryan and escape being
burned in effigy when they got back
home, these delegates would march
boldly to the front and cast their free
and untrammeled ballots for other
persons. No such genius has ap
peared.
Whereupon Mr, Bryan bids fair to
be nominated; nominated by men who
are staring listlessly around the
Brown Palace Hotel and discussing
such topics as “Who was this here
Ilrown who built this hotel?” and
“Kin you take as many drinks out
here as you kin at home?”
The Amalgamated Protective Asso
ciation of Vice Presidential Candi
dates has received many accessions
today. It is now proposed to hire the
Auditorium for a mass meeting to
night, for there is no room in any of
the local hotels large enough to seat
the full membership of the organiza
tion. Fresh enthusiasm was roused
when Charles Bryan, brother of the
Peerless, appeared and announced
that no specific action will be taken
on the vice presidency until the plat
form has been agreed upon. Of course,
the platform has been agreed upon
st Lincoln, but Mr, Bryan meant uis»
til the platform as dgroed upon at
Lincoln had been presented to the
convention, with a brief note on top
of the page reading: "Please adopt
at once—W. J, B„" and duly agreed
upon there. This gives the Amal
gamated Association full swing for
three more days, and ull the members
working earnestly.
JIM HAM LEWIS
ON LEGISLATIVE
CANDIDATES.
Col. Jim Hamilton Lewis, of Chi
eugo, himself a prominent member of
the association, and also a good gen
eral all round candidate for anything
else that may he open, either In Den
ver or In Illinois, sought to asperse
the motives of some of Ills colleagues
In the race by saying:
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WEATHER FORECAST— Showers tonight or Tuesday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 6, 1908.
through without his O. K. He will
have the power to choose his running
mate, but let me say that Governor
Johnson, under no circumstances, will
accept second place on tho ticket.
The governor will probably retire
from office for several vears and de
vote himself to the lecture platform ”
It is also reasonably certain that
the platform will conform to Mr. Bry
an's views, in practically all particu
lars. It will, It is believed, contain
a strong anti-injunction plank along
lines al-eady outlined; and will fol
low closely the Nebraska platform on
national affairs. It was also believed
an effort will be made to incorporate
the Oklahoma plan for the insurance
of bank deposits. There will also he
planks for the publicity of campaign
contributions, the physical valuation
of railroads and for free wood pulp.
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This is photograph of
Timothy B. Sullivan, of
New York.
AITI-UCTI
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FOMOU
(By THOMAS ROGERS.)
DENVER, Colo. —Governor Charles
Haskell, who is the Qryan candidate
for chairman of the resolutions com
mittee, lias prepared a draft of an an
ti-injunction plank for presentation to
the committee when it Is named. The
plank provides:
We favor the passage of laws more
fully defining contempts and regulat
ing the proceedings and punishments
in matters of contempt in all trials
in the federal courts, whereby any
person accused of violating or dis
obeying, in the trial court, when not
in the presence or hearing of the
court, or judge sitting as such, any
order of injunction or restraint, made
or rendered by any court or judge,
shall, before penalty or punishment is
imposed, be entitled to a trial by jury
as to the guilt or innocence of the
accused. In no case should a pen
alty or punishment lie Imposed for
contempt until an opportunity to he
heard is given.
It is probable changes will bo made
In the text, of the resolution before
it is put out as tht product of the
committee. In fact, this one repre
sents more the opinion of Mr. Has
kell, after a conference with Mr. Bry
an at Lincoln, than It, does the views
of the prospective resolutions commit
tee, and still Haskell comes as near
speaking for the Nebraskan as any
man on the grounds, so far as the
resolutions are concerned.
Only in cases of Imminent, danger
will the present provisions of the in
junction law be maintained. It will
be done in a clause preceding the Ok.
lahoman's uraft. At the time of ar
ranging his draft, of the plonk, Has
kell had before him the Bryan draft
of the same plank.
The clause was whipped Into shape
by Haskell on Sunday, and was giv
en out after the Oklahoman's had se
lected their governor as their mem
ber on resolutions.
Slight changes in phraseology were
made at the conference between Has
kell, Stone, of Missouri; Charles Bry
an, Frank Monett, of Ohio, and Ollle
James, of Kentucky.
It is a foregone conclusion that the
planks desired by Bryan will be put
in ns he wants them. This Is par
ticularly true of the tone relating to
publication of campaign contributions
which Bryan demanded so strenuous
ly In u speech several days ago. With
That some of these planks will he!
fought is certain, that, the tight will,
be successful in Reourjng more than
unimportant, modifications is not a:
all likely. It is also highly impivji
able that, the light will be carried be
yond tho committee room.
The Important work today is the!
passing on the contested scats by the
committee and the making up of the
temporary roll.
The bitter verbal warfare between
Mr. Bryan and Col. Guffey, it is he
lieved, will load to the seating of the
contesting Pennsylvania delegation, j
and a desperate attempt to overthrow
the Pennsylvania leader in the con
trol of the democratic machinery. j
It Is understood that Tammany is
to fall in line for Bryan and that the
McCarren people will be left In the
cold.
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son of Cleveland.
FIFTY THOUSAND
WILL RETURN TO
THEIRJORK
PITTSBURG, Pa-Nearly
50,000 in tho Pittsburg dis
trict who lift vc been more or
less idle for months past
will return to work today.
Before the week is over, it
is expected that the Pitts
burg district will have prac
tically returned to the pros
perous condition which are
interrupted by the financial
cloud of last October.
The United .States .Steel
Corpora) ion. . i n st.e ft d of
opening its Homestead, Ed
gar Thomson and Duquesne
plants on half time, will go
on full time for the first
time since the flurry.
this declaration will come a plank
falling for the election of United
Staten Rena torn by the people direct
ly, and the dismal failure of republi
can administration with a recital of
the glories of the democratic Idea of
government.
The plunks which will receive more
attention from the platform builders
are: Anti injunction, trusts, currency,
tariff and valuation of railroads.
Governor Haskell was reticent In
speaking of the work of the resolu
tions committee. "I don’t know that
I will be chairman," ho said, “and
had better wait, and see what the
committee does in that matter before
saying anything about platform.
Samuel Gompors and John Mitchell
have reached Denver to fight for the
real thlnß In the way of anti-injunc
tion platform. Both of them want, an
air tight draft, that Oontpers present
ed to the republican convention at
Chicago.
Incidentally, Mitchell, In an Inter
view, it,ok occasion to again say he
Is not a candidate for a political of
fice, and ho don’t want IL
The vice presidential situation Is |
still as much in the air as it ever j
was. The statement from Judge Gray j
that he would not take second place* i
on tho ticket has not entirely ellm- j
inated him from consideration, and it:
may be that he will be named willy- 1
nilly. The Kern boom is still boom- j
ing and tho Connecticut men are be !
coming somewhat, enthusiastic over
the chances of McNeil. The talk
about the dozen or more New York
ers who arc “mentioned” continues,
but, there is no sigp of centralization
on any one yet.
The town took on a real convention
look last night. The lobby of the
Brown Palace was crowded with dele
gates and visitors and they were en
thusiastic, i,ate in the evening Dan
: Cantrell of Ilinols, assumed the initia
• tive and organized an impromptu
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Senator J. W. Bailey, of
Texas.
BECOOOSBROKEN
FOR VICTIMS
ONFOURTH
CHICAGO —Dead: By fireworks
and resulting, 72; fires 38; by can
non, 3; by firearms, 36; by gunpowd
er, 6; by Toy pistols, 2; by rnnaways,
5; Heart failure due to explosion of
cannon crackers, 2.
Injured—2,736, as follows:
by cannon, 223; firearms, 407; gun
powder, 558; torpedoes, 60; toy pis
tols, 223; bomb canes, 52; runaways,
35; fire loss, $535,435.
In Chicago—Dead, 13; injured, 117;
fire loss, $38,000.
CHICAGO Seventy two dead and
,7.36 injured arc the second day’s to
tills of the accidents attending the
celebration of the Fourth of July In
tho United States. This breaks all
records for death since IK!)!).
The number of deaths this year re
ported up to 3 o’clock this morning
Is thirteen more than at the same
time lust year. In 1905 fifty-nine
was dead at, the same hour. The
number ot Injuries, however, Is bnlv
two thirds of the average for the
last five years. This Is regarded as
an Indication that, the agitation for
u sane Fourth Is having Its effect..
This year's fire loss Is $535,435,
which is about tho average of the
last ten years.
Chicago still loads the list of deaths
on the Fourth.
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PANTHER
RHINELANDER, Wls, The part’y
devoured body ot u iimu win found
today In the woods near Bruntwnod.
There was nothing on his clothing to
Identify,
It Is thought he was killed by the
panther that, has been seen In this
neighborhood recently. The niun whs
apparently a woodsman. Fifty-five dol
lars was found in hi* pocket.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
mass meeting. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray,
of Oklahoma, was one of the pictur
esque characters of tho convention.
He was put on the main stairway and
roused the crowd to enthusiasm by
his exposition of the constitution of
Oklahoma and what that stale was
doing. If there was *:ver any doubt
us to how the crowd felt it would
have been quickly dissipated when
Mr. Murray predicted tho unanimous
election of Bryan in November. There
was a wild whoop and a mighty cheer.
When Murray finished, Mr. Warner
of I sis Angeles, was seized and made
a speech in which he claimed that
California would, no doubt, cast her
vote fry* Bryan. Ho made an eloquent
plea for the democrats of the coun
try to help break the grip of the
j Southern Pacific In California.
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nor N. C. Blanchard, of
Louisiana.
TERRIBLE HEAT IN NEW YORK
DRIVES UN MAD, MANY OVERCOME
NEW YORK-—With no Indication of
a let up in the heat wave that has
held Greater New York In its
ghapH for a week causing many deaths
and scores upon scores of prostra
tions, the greater city today Is In a
sweltering condition beneath a tem
perature that before night promises
to break all records. Several deaths
and numerous prostrations liavo been
reported to the police. Hospitals and
other Institutions for the caring of
heat victims are crowded to their
capacity. The temperature at. mid
night was 79; at, 7 a. in., 77; and at
10 a. m„ 80.
NEW YORK -Crazed by the exces
Hive heat, William Frizzells, a clerk,
57 years of age, securing a long carv
ing knife made repeated attempts to
murder his wife Margaret and his
son Charles In their home at No. 408
Madison street, Brooklyn today.
Frlzzeile, who had been complaining
of the heat, for several days secured
the knife whllo his wife and son
were sleeping, and, creeping Into
I heir room was about to plunge the
I his Is The Bargain Season in Augusta.
Look lor Ihe Lure Of Ihe Bargain.
Observation by all merchants who are in the habit of (living
thought to cause and effect will confirm the correctness of the ex
perience that nothing appeals as much to the buyer at a bargain.
The desire for bargains is a part of the weakness of human na
ture. Bargains will always bring the buyer and make him buy
even more than he would do under ordinary circumstances.
The fact stands out moot conspicuously that the moet success
ful and busiest 'merchants are those who constantly are offering
bargains.
The average individual is a born bargain hunter. He hardly
gives the fact that no merchant can sell without profit or at a
lose any thought. He le neither a thinker nor a reasoner, all he
knows is that ha wants something cheaper than It Is usually sold
for,. And the merchant who sells the bargain hunter for 78 cents
an article usually sold for $1 impresses him with the Idea that
all ho sells le equally cheap, and by this policy le enabled to
make up on other articles more than he Is losing on one offered
as a bargain. Merchants who keep on advertising new bargain*
every week will attract the crowds and make them spend more
money than they would do without the bargain lure. While gen*
eral advertieing sometimes leads to slow results only, bargain af
ters always make the public act quickly. r — mm*
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After loud calls for Senators Gore
and Owens of Oklahoma, R<*presen‘a
tlvp Sulzer of New* York was usher«*l
to the platform and for ten minute*
kept the crowd in an uproar of ap
plause.
It certainly looked like convention
times.
Every regular train yesterday and
today and scores of specials crowded
the city. It is estimated hy she demo
crats who are looking after the crowd
that not less than 50,000 visitors will
be in the city before night. And
Denver citizens are entertaining them
royally.
In the Oklahoma delegation whtch
arrived here today, are several full
blooded Indians. They are quiet, well
dressed men, and while having little
to say take a keen Interest In tin
proceedings.
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John W. Daniel, of Vir
ginia.
knife into his wife’s brenjsf. When the
son awakened.
.lamping from their beds, Mrs~FrM
zelle and son, the latter struggled
wWh the heat-maddened man. Af
ter a struggle of several minuted the
father became exhausted and fell un
conscious. Be was taken to the
Kings County Hospital iu a straight
jacket.
NEW YORK—Devoid of all his
clothing and demanding large sums
of money from passers by, Francis
H. Connolly, of No. 176 Wyona ave
nue, Brooklyn, was found wandering
about on the beach at Coney Island
early today and locked up in the
Coney Island station. An ambulance
surgeon from the hospital said his
condition was due to the heat. Three
policemen were required to put him
In the ambulance that took him to
the hospital.
Heart dlßcase super-lndnced by the
heat caused the death today of Wil
liam Stent, sixty years of age who
was found dead In his room at Spin
ners .Hotel at No. 14 Greenwich
street.