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8,061 Circulation for June Daily Average 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 it FEW LEWIS DERUSTS WHO SID II DIRECTING THE WORK OF THE CONVENTION WHETHER PRESENT DH NOT BMMMjp»/'"~;. » i*. ..:4:T;' f : weMlv $» ■. .ffis: fe;.'i'i e ’W' Picture of Representa tive J. W. Gaines, of Ten nessee. 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 ■■ I *w »J 7 j ' 1 " 1 ' ” Snapshot of Senator Charles A. Culberson, of 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: (Continued on Page 2.) 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. '' ' | ill This is photograph of Timothy B. Sullivan, of New York. AITI-UCTI PHI PREFIRED 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. i Photograph of Tom John 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 [f .'~r~ ' j |gp % }; jc-.f This is the latest photo of 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. devoured!’/ a 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. BjggPF* 1 ;^^|SPB§j Ure • v jwpii oATHIot. jgf * JHS;jj nWW mr rtffir ’ < f Ajp|pWfc* t: a ' i‘. SradfPl |MBpraM|ifey 'xjfrwi Photograph of ox-Gover 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* 8,061 Circulation for June Daily Average 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. *>* V, •* : 'hm- i mL t -,% 1 .>4 J-m*>c..'^ffinfzßknk-'’? ( 1 ': y*Qvr**fyrWmS! '•<.; , , '1 ' ' ■*'’ V .<;», ,♦’ I * Ilk V' * s ; "I ■&fPpHKib'' - •' ,##•• j. •' -■ i Photograph of Snnator 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.