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VOLUME XIII., No. 188.
CONVENTION’S OPENING
LOOMS STRONGER THAN
Now Likely That Uninstmcted States, Including Georgia, Will
Climb Upon the Nebraskan's Band Wagon
GEORGIA DELEGATES WILL PROPOSE
CLARK HOWELL FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY
Program for today:
Call to order bby Chairman Taggart.
Speech of Theodore A. Bell, temporary chairman.
Roll call of states and territories for membership on the fol
lowing committees: Credentials, Permanent Organization, Rules
and Order of Business, Platform and Resolutions.
Miscellaneous business.
(BY W. G. F. PRICE.)
DENVER, Colo.—A'll is in readiness for the first session of the demo
cratic national convention provided Temporary Chairman Bell gets hero
in time to be properly introduced by National Chairman Taggart.
Mr. Bells dilemma is really one of the most unique features of the
convention aside from the 57 varieties of vice presidential candidates
and it. gave the national committeemen no little concern until the Hearst
News Service gave Secretary Woodson the news that bz the use of a
hand ca» the temporary chairman had broken tho Lincoln maroon and
was on his way to Denver. If he has good luck and a good run he will
get here in time to perform his functions If not the idea is now to
call the convention to order on time and then spend an horn- or so of
as much time as is necessary with marching clubs aim „„ like so
the.t Mr. Bell may have an opportunity to arrive.
The Johnson boom has been re-dyed and the Gray boom is a little
more active. The Johnsonites, headed by a band, made the rounds oi
the hotels late yesterday vociferously shouiing their slogan. They
were having a great time of it in the Brown Palace lobby. Then the
band started up Dixie which raised the usual yell from the Southerners
present.
BRYAN SHOUTERS DROWN THE CHEERS
OF JOHNSON AND GRAY BOOMERS.
At this junetion some body In the Oklahoma headquarters swung
the banner of Ardmore Democratic club with a picture of Bryan on it
and the yells of the Johnsonites were drowned in the mighty roar
which went up for the sage of Falrview. The Oklahomans have a pe
culiar yell which for noise making qualities has no equal in the line of
noisemaking. It Is the regular comanche waiwvboop and the mention of
Bryan's name is always enough to start it going.
There is no lack of noise or enthusiasm at this gathering of demo
crats. They are firmly convinced that they have at least an even chance
to win this time and hence the enthusiasm.
As to the general situation, the morning of the first day of the
convention finds the dominating of the Bryan element in the conven
tion more complete than ever. Delegates coming In who were counted
on as practically anti-Bryan, upon their arrival arc found to be readv to
jump on the band wagon unless they can be shown there is a chance
to defeat the Nebraskan.
GEORGIA DELEGATES LIKELY TO VOTE
ON THE FIRST BALLOT
;cre is Georgia for example Her delegates were counted as cef
- ' anti Brvan. Upon the arrival here of the delegation it was learn
ed that it was more than probable that the entire vote of the state will
e cast for Bryan and it is not unlikely that a Georgia delegate will be
one of the numerous seconders ot the man who seems certain to be
Nominated Thursday. I asked one of the leaders of the Georgia dele
gation for an explanation as to the change of sentiment. “We don't
like to be lonesome," he said with a smile.
The New York delegation Is still on the fence officially. No
final action has been taken bringing the delegation to vote for any man
either for president or vice president.
“There is no need for hurry,” said state chairman Conners. "We
will act at the proper time In the way we deem best for the party.”
“No action has been taken nor is any likely for some time yet,”
replied lyewls Nixon to a question as to what New York proposed to do.
"Nobody can give a definite answer to the question as to how we
will vote,” he added.
Charles F. Murphy, Tim Sullivan and other New York leaders
made practically the same reply to the question.
OPPOSITION TO NEBRASKAN VANISHING
IN NEARLY ALL THE DELEGATIONS.
Some of the ent usiastic Bryan men are now claiming that out
side of Minnesota, Delaware, Part of Pennsylvania and a few- scatter
ing votes elsewhere, the whole convention will vote for Bryan, and
they may be right.
Georgia brought on a new vice presidential boom. By unanimous
vote they decided to place the name of Hon. Clark Howell.' of Georgia,
before the convention and already they have begun to get busy doing
missionary work for the Georgia editor, they say with gratifying suc
cess.
The arrival of Mr. Troup, of Connecticut, has given the McNeill
boom a boost and It now seems to be In a leading position. The McNeil
boomers claim to have every New England vote pledged for their man
and have other votes pledged from all section of the country. The
Bryan leaders Insist that the field so far as vice president Is concerned
is absolutely open and so far as can be seen it is so up to this time.
Whether the leaders will get together, select a man and put. him
through after the platform and presidential nomination is out of the
to be seen. It is best opinion that this Is what will be
NOT ATTRACTING ATTENTION.
The platform Is attracting very little attention. The labor leaders
are hopeful that their views will be met so far as vital questions are con
cerned and the suffragettes are feeling good over the prospects of an
endorsement of woman suffrage
One feature of the platform situation is the earnestness with which
the New York sub-committee is laboring on a declaration of principles
which will represent the New York idea of what democracy is. They
labored on well into the morning and will have their platform ready
for Judge Parker to present to the platform committee at its first
meeting. They frankly say they have no hope that their labors will
have any material effect on tho platform to be presented to the
convention and in this everybody agrees with them.
"The committee will give judge Parker a respectful hearing,” re
marked one Bryan delegate last night, "and will then quietly but
firmly place the New fork platform in the wastebasket and adopt. a
declaration of principles which will represent the sentiment of th»
party."
There is now no reason to anticipate a single hitch in the an
rangoments.
MAYOR BROWN BRINGS IN SEVERAL
PLATFORM PLANKS FROM LINCOLN.
(BY THOMAS ROGERS.)
Denver, Colo.—lnstead of bringing a voluminous platform from
his hom* town, Mayor F. W. Brown, of Lincoln, ro«ich*Hl Denver la*«*
Monday with an outline of alx or seven planks. This outline rapresents
the views, on that many question, of Mr. Bryan.
"I have a number of suggestions of Mr Bryan's which he asked me
to lay before the committee on resolutions,” said Mayor Brown, shortly
after his arrival from the Nebraska town
■ "Those subjects naturslly .represent what Mr. Bryan is most Inter
ested in, but what they are I cannot tell you. 1 shrill' do as Mr. Bryan
suggested and turn them over to tho resolutions committee when tho
•roper time cornea.”
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
WEATHER FORECAST—Fair tonight and Wednesday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 1908.
OAY WILLIAM J. BRYAN
EVER OK WESTERN HORIZON
WHERE THE CONVENTION MEETS TODAY AND SOME
OF THE DEMOCRATS WHO WILL HELP TO STEER IT
■'-v tiMSjfW* < • a tvto iW55*. -
Interior of the Denver convention
hall and below, from left to right are
R. M. Johnson, Urey Woodson, J. C.
Dahlrrlrn, Mr. Bryan’s personal rep
resentative at Denver. J. L. Osborne,
Roger Sullivan, candidate for national
chairman; Edwin Sefton, “Tom” Tag
gart’s’ private secretary. Norman B.
Mack, the New York National commit
teeman, and the present national
chairman Thomas Taggart. Below to
the left is Theodore A. Bell, whom
Bryan's preference made temporary
chairman of the convention and on
the right, I. J. Dunn, of Nebraska, the
man who will make Bryan’s nomina
tion speech.
While saving that the planks camp direct from T.incoln, Mayor
Brown declined to indicate what they were, or in what form they were
furnished. As a ma'ter of fact they were carefully prepared and were
turned over to Governor Glias. N. Naskell, of Oklahoma, who is slated
as the Bryan candidate for the chairmanship of the resolutions com
mittee.
Later in the evening Gov. Haskell admitted that the planks had
been received from Mayor Brown, inert was no disposition among the
close Bryan friends to indicate what the planks were, hut there was
no doubt they are (he ones that Mr. Bryan is the most interested in
and this would mean that the planks include anti-injunction, currency,
states rights, publication of camgaign contributions, tariff, physical val
uation of railroads and anti-trust.
DOCUMENT WILL CLOSELY RESEMBLE 1 ; •
THE NEERASKA STATE PLATFORM.
Governor Haskell and several prospective members of the resolu
tions committee got to work on the draft shortly after they wore re
ceived and began to consider them informally with the dozens of planks
which were received from other sources.
Because of his strength with the delegates there Is practically no
possibility of any material change being made in any of the planks pre
sented by Mr. Bryan through his friend, the Mayor of Lincoln, as sug
gestions. Even If any more such “suggestions’’ were to he made on
other planks it is more than probable that they would he adopted.
The ideas of the platform have been gone over so much that a dis
cussion of theme is needless, other than to repeat that they will follow
the lines of the Nebraska state platform so far as that document ap
plies to national politics.
At the meeting Monday night there was a discussion of the planks.
The absence of two members of the prospective committee, one of
whom is thought to be Judge- Alton B. Parker, compelled nri adjourn
ment until Tuesday. By Tuesday afternoon the membership of the entire
committee will be known, and the making of tho resolutions will go on
in earnest.
GRAY AND JOHNSON BOOMS
TOO SICK TO SURVIVE
(By Samuel 0. Blythe.)
DENVER, Ctfl.—There is not much a.lr In the air in Denver anyhow,
and when it coroes to keeping a pair of pallid presidential booms alive,
the task becomes enormous.
They have been pumping oxygen into the Gray boom and the. John
son boom all day and all night, in the hope of getllng them Into shape
for inspection for such political gentlemen or otherwise as may have
slants against Bryan complication with Intense desire to be on the band
wagon when tho procession starts.
Lynch and Hands and Marvel nnd all the rest of the Qrav and John
son trained nurses worked vaJorously and with rnuoh trepidation con
sented to display their booms, stipulating that the curtains should ho
drawn, that no unnecessary noise should lie made, nnd that positively
no conversation should ho held in the room. Tim plan was to have
such visitors as were Interested pall around, ’ske a fleeting glance at
the patients and tlum go out and decide wh-fher they are alive or dead.
The moat eminent visitor was Mr. Charles If Murphy, of New
York, held by his friends to he ait killed political dlagnostlcan. Accom
panied by a staff of attendants, Mr. Murphy looked in on the patients.
He fe|< their pulses, observed tho oxygen treatment, Inquired whether
the right heart stimulant wait heln g used, and retired to his paJat.iai
apartment at the Shirley Hotel sos study and reflection.
MR. MURPHY WANTS SO METHING WITH
MORE HEALTH THAN T HEY NOW INDICATE.
Mr. Murphy was calm and dlgD Iflsd in his inarmer. He merely said
t < CoaUnuod on page three.j ———————
BATTLESHIP FLEET STEAMS AWAY
ON GREAT CRUISE AROUND THE WORLD
Benefit Friday At Grand
For Herald's Milk Fund For
Sick Babies Among Poor
Friday will be benefit day at the
Cameraphone. Manager Bernstein has
become interested In The Herald's
fund for milk for sick babies and has
made a proposition whereby Attgus
tans ran see the famoiiH Cameraphone
enjoy an hour's entertainment and aid
one of the worthiest charities ever
presented to Augustans.
There Is no doubt that the Buffer
ings of the little children among the
poor of the city have touched thous
ands of Augustans. Indeed, there Is
scarcely a person who bus not felt
that The Herald’s object was a
worthy one and should he encourag
ed, but a great many have neglected
to contribute, being unable to donate
a large sum are backward about giv
ing the dime asked.
Hut. the benefit performance at the
Grand Friday will remove this dif
ficulty. Everyone should buy at. lesst
one ticket for a di:,io, attend the
show any of the hlk perform an oes
and lot their dime do a double duty,
for ~nlf of the profits will be given
directly to the Milk Fund which The
Herald Is raising to aid the work of
the district nurse.
Several thousand tickets have been
TWELVE THOUSAND
ARE KILLED IN
PERSIA
TEHERAN The aituatlon at Tab
rl/. Ik ' rltlral Thorn haa boon a gen
eral pillage of hoiiii'H It Jk reported
that 12,000 of thn Shah’n troop* and
cltUnna have tern killed.
Thn telegrapha linn* connecting
with Tahrla havn been cut.
THOMAS REBIGN3.
SAVANNAH, Or ,vir. .lame* W.
ThornaK, agent of the Atlantic Coast
Line at Savannah, It Ih underatnod,
ha* tendered hln roalgnatlon to take
effect July nth. Mr. Thomaa’ tue
ccKKor haa not, an yet been announced.
The catiKe of Mr. Thomaa’ resignation
la not known, but It la thought It la
to accept a bettor position olaewhoro.
DAILY AND SUN DAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
Shore Leave Ends For All Hands
and Last Preparation For
Departure Are Made
President Roosevelt. today
sent to the navy department ■
the following telegram of fare- ■
well, to be forwardod to Rear -
Admiral Charles Sperry, com- <
mapder in chief of the Atlantic
battleship fleet. 1
"Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 7, 1908 <
"Rear Admiral Charles 8. <
Sperry, IT. 8. N., Commander- «
in-ohlef, Battleship Fleet, San -
Francisco, California, through <
Navy Department. <
"I send you nud to tho officers <
and enlisted men under you my ■
heartiest good wishes on the eve •
of your departure. That the Am- 1
erican people can trust the skill- <
ed efficiency and devotion of its <
trip around South America, and <
1 know will be made equally <
manifest on tho return trip -
across the Pacific, Indian, and -
Atlantic oceans. You have, ill a -
pecu’tar sense, the honor of the ■
United States in your keeping,
I herefore no body of men in the <
world enjoys at this moment a <
greater privilege or carries a <
heavier responsibility. <
i
“THSODORE ROOSEVELT •
SAN FRANCISCO ln stnglo
column, at u speed or ten miles an
hour fifteen of the sixteen ships of
the American battleship fleet, with
Admiral Sperry In dt'.-rr.iand, filled out
of the Golden Gate this afternoon, to
the aceompnlnment of the cheering
farewells of San Francisco’s enthusi
astic thousands.
THE NEBRASKA
HELD UP BY
SCARLET FEVER.
Only one thing deterred the entire
fleet' opart tire. Several eases of a
mild i, pit of scarlet, fever having de
veloped on the Nebraska, that ves
sel was unahle to sail with the fleet.
Rear Admiral Sperry ordered Captain
R. F. Nicholson, commanding the Ne
braska to fumigate the ship at the
quarantine station at Angel Island.
This will require probably three
days, at the end of which time the
(Continued on page nine.)
print oil and The Herald asks that
the school children of the city sell
(hem. As an inducement a prize of
five dollars In gold will be given to
the child that sells the most tickets,
provided the amount Is fifty or over.
This Is an opportunity for every
child In Augusta to get to work to
aid in this charity and at the same
time enter a contest that may make
the contestant richer by five dollars.
Should the Interest shown warrant It,
other cash prizes will lie given, an
nouncement of which will be made In
a day or two.
Tickets will he placed on sal"
Tuesday at the Grand Opera house,
where all children should apply. Ev
ery child should compete, for It Is
good that children should be taught
to do something for charity. The
work will not be laborious, for In
terest in the Sick Babies Is so great
that scarcely anyone will refuse to
buy a ticket, and often one will buy
many of them.
Tickets will also be placed on sale
al certain stores on Broad s'ro.jt, an
nouncement of which will be made
later.
See the Cameraphone Friday and
help tho Milk Fund.
You’ll Find Something from the
Fra Occasionally in The Herald.
FRA ELBERTUS, "WORD TO THE WISE.*’
IF YOTT WORK FOR A MAN. IN HEAVEN’S NAME WORK
FOR lIIM IF HE FAYS YOU WAGES THAT BUPPLY YOUR
BREAD AND BUTTER, WORK FOR HIM; SPEAK WELL OF HIM,
STAND HY HIM AND STAND BY THE INSTITUTION HE RE
PRESENTS. IF PUT TO A PINCH, AN OUNCE OF LOYALTY
IS WORTH A POUND OF CLEVERNESS. IF YOU MUST VILIFY,
CONDEMN AND ETERNALLY DISPARAGE. WHY. RESIGN
YOUR POSITION, AND WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE. DAMN TO
YOUR HEART’S CONTENT. BUT AS IXJNG AS YOU ARE A
PART OF THE INSTITUTION IK) NOT CONDEMN IT. IF YOU
DO, YOU ARE LOOSENING THE TENDRILS THAT HOLD YOU
TO THE INSTITUTION. AND THE FIRST HIGH WIND THAT
COMBS ALONG YQUJVII.L BE UPROOTED AND BLOWN
AWAY, AND PROBABLY YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHT
—ELBERT HIUBAIU). -
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JUDGE GARY
SEES ONLY
PROSPERITY
NEW YORK Former
Judge Gary, chairman of
the board of U. S. Steel Cor
poration before sailing for
Europe today, spoke in
terms of the greatest confi
dence of the immediate bot
terment of financial and.
business conditions in this
country.
“Confidence,” he said,
“is the principal thing that
is needed. Many of the
railroad companies have
already taken steps to fi
nance their requirements,
and all are beginning to
realize that money is plenti
ful and cheap and easy to
obtain when first class secu
rities arc ofered. All that
is requisite to bring about
satisfactory business condi
tions is the restoration of
perfect confidence, and that
appears to be at hand.
“We shall do business on
a basis somewhat different
and very much better than
it has bet'ii done. We shall
be more cautious, look fur
ther ahead, keep more close
ly within the limits of our
resources; but we shall have
confidence in the future.
“It is a day of concilia
tion and co-operation be
tween competitors in busi
ness, principal and custom
er, the employer and the
laborer, the government and
the citizens, the public and
the individual.
“The neeesities of the
participating community
are greater than over before.
The financial conditions are
improved and improving*
the legislation recently en
acted is a step in the right
direction.
EXTENSION OF W. AND
A. BEFORE THE
HOUSE
ATLANTA, Ga. —The consideration
of tho bill by Alexander, of Dekalb,
Hooking to extonil the Western nnd
Atlanllo railroad to the sea, occupied
the hoiiHo today. Hall, of Bibb, offered
an amendment to the first section of
tho bill providing that If the road
Khali b e built It Bhould pass through
Macon and terminate either at Savan
nah or Brunswick.
MUNSON ELECTED.
MACON, Ga.—John B. Munson, a*
Blatant freight traffic manager of the
Southern railway, Washington, D. C.,
wan today elected vice president of
the Georgia Southern and Florida to
succeed 8. F. Parrott, who comes to
Atlanta to head tho Atlantic Com
press company.