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DEMOCR ATS NOMINATE BRYAN On First Ballot for President of the United States. HIS NAME CHEERED BY THOUSANDS Demonstration for Johnson and Gray as a Whisper Com pared to That for Bryan—An All Night Session. Story of the Convention. Denver, Colorado —The democratic uational convention began its sessions Tuesday, amid scenes of stirring ani mation. The vast amphitheater of the auditorium was packed with 12,000 people, an ever-moving intense and expectant throng. Chairman Thomas Taggart of the national committee brought down his gavel with a resounding whack and called the convention to order at 12: 20 p. m. Cheers followed the blow of the gavel, and Chairman Taggart, as soon as they had subsided, spoke as fol lows : “As chairman of the democratic na tional committee, it becomes my William J. Bryan. pleasing duty to call this convention to order, and in so doing I cannot re frain from the suggestion that in num bers, in the personnel of the dele gates, in enthusiasm and in the deter mination of victory, it is the greatest political convention ever assembled in the United States. “It is certainly appropriate that such a convention should meet in this great western city, whose citizens have shown their generous hospitality on every hand, and whose enterprise and energy is attested by the erection of this magnificent auditorium. “In this connection, I resire to ex press the thanks of the members of the committee to the people of Den ver and especially to the members of the Denver convention league, whose unselfish and untiling work has con tributed so much to this successful and happy opening of the campaign of 1908.” lie then introduced Bishop J. J. Keane of Cheyenne, Wyoming, who pronounced the opening invocation, an impressive plea for divine grace on the convention’s deliberations. The convention promptly effected the preliminary organization, electing Theodore A. Bell of California as tem porary chairman. In part Chairman Bell said: “The most palpable instance of in sincerity was the Chicago conven tion's declaration respecting the is suance of injunctions. It was entitled to more respect if it had been omit ted. No matter how strong the plat form of the republican party is it nev er would have been fulfilled. Nobody short of an anarchist desires to cur tail the right of courts to prevent the THEODORE A. BELL, Former Democratic Candidate For Gov ernor of California—Temporay Chair man at the Democratic Na tional Convention. threatened destruction of property, but a biased and ignorant judge may issue a writ outside of equity. “The people above the courts may modify the powers if they desire to be democratic. They must unequivocally pledge such legislation as will prevent an injunction being converted into in struments of oppression. “If Taft is elected it will be a bi sected presidency with Roosevelt. The American people will not stand for a divided responsiblity at the white house. “As to the general demand for pub licity of campaign contributions, the people have a right to know if any party is maintained by the treasuries Convention Echoes. In acknowledging the remarkable demonstration given him by delegates to the democratic national convention William J. Bryan said: “The demo crats have been very good to me, and 1 can And no words to express my deep appreciation of the confidence and good will which the demonstra tion indicates. Far in the rear of all the states, with its little blue standard nailed on the outside ol a railing, was the dele gation from the Philippines. of corporations. Let the people consir er whether the refusal of the republi cans is not a direct confession of the debasing corrupt money in cam paigns.” The delegates were prone to ap plaud from the utterance of Mr. Bell’s first sentence. His manned of delivery lent emphasis to his points, and there was spontaneous handclapping at the conclusion of each of his gracefully rounded periods. Galleries joined lib erally in the applause bestowed upon the speaker. Cheers mingled in the outburst of applause when Mr. Bell asserted that the democratic partys would alway stand unalterably opposed to monop oly of production. As the first order of business a call of the roll of states was proceeded with and soon completed. The chair recognized I. J. Dunn of Omaha, Neb., to' present the following resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Grover Cleveland: “As it has pleased the Ruler of the Universe to remove from our midst Grover Cleveland, late president of the United States, who was three times the candidate of the democratic party, he it “Resolved, That we, the delegates of the party in national convention as sembled, recognize in him one of the strongest and ablest characters known to the world’s statesmanship, who possessed to an extraordinary de gree the elements of leadership, and by his able, conscientious and forceful administration of public affairs, reflec ted honor upon his country and upon his party, and “Resolved, That we hereby express our deep corrow at his death and ex tend our warmest sympathy, and eon- Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota. dolence to his family, and that this resolution be spread upon the records of the convention and a copy be for warded to Mrs. Cleveland, and “Resolved, as a further mark of re spect to his memory the convention now adjourn until 12 o’clock (noon) tomorrow.” These resolutions were seconded by Judge Parker of New York, who read a set of resolutions he had drafted but was upable to get before the conven tion. The resolutions of Mr. Dunn of Nebraska were adopted by a rising vote. After referring all matters in ris pute as to committee appointments, etc., to the committee on credentials the convention adjourned until 12 o’clock Wednesday in respect to the memory of Mr. Cleveland. Wednesday. After several futile attempts to get order out of the confusion which pre vailed in the convention hall Wednes day Chairman Bell finally succeeded and called the convention to order at 12:26 p. m. Rev. Christian F. Reisrier of Den ver, the chaplain of the day, delivered an invocation. As he concluded he was greeted with an outburst of ap plause particularly from the Indiana and New York delegates, - “The Milwaukee and other march ing clubs will pass through the hall," announced the chairman, and as the last words left his lips the strains of “Dixie” floated into the auditorium, and a cheer broke from the crowd as the first Bryan banner in line was swung through the door. The parade was not a long one, and the conven tion soon returned to business. A motion that the convention be governed by the rules of the demo cratic convention of 1904 was unani mously adopted as was a resolution of regret and tribute to the late James K. Jones, former chairman of the com mittee. A motion to adjourn till 8 p. m. was offered at this point, but was defeated seemingly by the galleries voting “no ’ so strongly that the voices of the del egates voting “aye” were drowned. “Bob” Taylor of Tennessee and Charles A. Towne of New York w r ere The anti-injunction plank of the platform was drafted by Samuel Gom pers and John Mitchell. It embodies every principle labor demanded of the republicans at Chicago, but was framed in different language. At 11:30 o’clock Tuesday, when the hall was less than one-third full, the first music of the convention crashed forth from the upper balcony. A splen did band of some sixty-odd pieces, uni formed in costumes of the western plains, played a series of patriotic se lections to the applause of the incom ing crowd. ~ called upon to speak hut neither of the .gentlemen could be found. Senator Gore, the blind senator from Oklahoma, was given the floor and was greeted with great applause when he said: “The president of the United States has said that his opinion of our con stitution (Oklahoma’s) is unfit for publication. That is true of many of the opinions of the president of the United States. “Fellow democrats, the great secre tary of war came to Oklahoma and waged war against our constitution,” continued Senator Gore. “He asked us to give up our right of liberty and self-government. But by a vote of thousands upon thousands, we reject ed the advice of Taft and accepted the advice of Bryan.” This was the Bryan men’s signal. Instantly a shout broke from the gal leries, and was echoed bhck from the floor, at first only a tempest of de tached yells and shouts of “Bryan,” but gradually gathering force and vol ume until it swelled to a whirlwind of sound and motion, as delegates and spectators rose en masse, mounting chairs, waving banners, hats, hand kerchiefs, flags, newspapers any thing which could be seized upon to aid turbulence to the scene. Amid the tumult the band struck up “Dix- CONGRESSMAN HENRY D. CLAYTON, Of Alabama. ie,” but the clash of brass and drums -was completely lost in the babble of sound which swelled up from the great throng. For the first minute Senators Gore stood waiting to proceed, occasionally raising his hand for silence, only to awaken a defiant yell, twice louder than before and he finally retired to the edge of the platform where he sat smiling, but unseeing, at the great commotion his words had produced. Georgia’s delegation, in the midst of the cheering crowd, was conspicu ous for its absolute silence. Delegates danced up and down in the aisles to the measures of “A Hot Time” and shouted the chorus of “Marching Through Georgia.” While the latter air was ringing through the hall a determined assault was made by the frenzied Bryan shouters on the Georgia standard, which up to this time had been kept firmly rooted in its place. The delegation showed in quick fashion that it was as danger ous to “March Through Georgia” as ever it had been in the days of the war. They rallied around their little yellow flag-pole, bearing the name of their state in white against a back ground of blue and stuck staunchly to their guardianship. It was the only southern standard that remained root ed, and where it was planted it stayed. At 2:47 p. m., one hour and twen ty-seven minutes-, after Gore had men tioned the name of Bryan, the demon stration ended aud Senator Gore fin ished his address. The convention then adjourned un til 8 p. m. The fight between the majority and minority factions of the credential committee over the unseating of Colo nel James M. Guffey and other dele gates of Pennsylvania began shortly after the convention met for the night session. Before taking up the Guffey matter the convention heard speeches on va rious subjects from Richmond P. Hub son and others. fter these speeches Chairman Bell recognized Christopher C. Callahan, chairman of the credential committee, who presented the majority report of the committee recommending that certain delegates from Pennsylvania be denied seats in the convention. Mr. I. L. Straus of Maryland was recognized and presented the minor ity report, which recommended that the contestees in the Pennsylvania cases be seated. Thirty minutes was alloted to each side for debating the question. Mr. Callahan and Govern or Haskell of Oklahoma spoke in fa vor of adopting the majority report. Mr. Straus made an impassioned ap peal for the adoption of the minority report. “The question is on the adoption of the minority report in place of that portion of the majority report relating to Pennsylvania,” announced Chair man Bell, as he directed the clerk to begin the call by states. When the roll w T as closed Chairman Bell an nounced: “Upon this question the ayes have 387 votes and the noes 615.” The majority report was then adopted by a viva voce vote. Great confusion followed the an nouncement of the result of the roll call, but, through the uproar filtered a motion to adjourn until 11 o’clock Thursday morning. It was seconded in a flash, and carried with a shout, and the delegates made for the doors. Thursday. At 11:30 o’clock Thursday, Chair man Bell begun the ten minutes of hammering with his gavel, w’hich he has thus far found necessary in call- A feature of the seating arrange ments, new in political conventions, w r as the labeling of all seats. Every chair carried on its back a small white placard bearing the name of the state in large capitals with the woid, “Delegate” beneath it. This small detail did away with much of the con fusion incident to former conventions. The gavel used by Permanent Chairman Clayton at the convention w r as made hickory obtained by Benton McMillen of Nashville, Tenn., from the Hermitage, Andrew Jack son’s Tennessee home. leg the convention to order. Finally succeeding, he introduced Rabbi Sam uel Koch of Seattle, chaplain for the After the prayer was concluded, Chairman Bell announced that the committee on organization had nam ed Henry D. Clayton of Alabama for permanent chairman, Uray Woodson of Kentucky for secretary and tlohn I Martinoff of Missoni as sergeant-at arms, and that, in all other respects, the temporary organization was made permanent. Temporary Chairman Bell then pre sented Permanent Chairman Clayton, amid wild cheers. Chairman Clayton was presented with a big bouquet of roses by several little <girls, wrapped in flags, who kissed him, and some one called out “Hobson!” “Hobson!” Mr. Clayton called out the first ap plause when, after .thanking the con vention for the privilege of presiding over its deliberations, he declared, with emphasis: “This is a democratic year.” When he came to that part of his address dealing with the trusts, Mr. Clayton omitted a large paragraph covering a message sent to congress ,by President Roosevelt on the subject of trust regulation. “I will not weary you by reading this,” he said. “You can read it in the newspapers.” The task of delivering his address, it was apparent, was telling some what. Loud cheers of approval greeted Chairman Clayton as he concluded, and the applause was continued for several minutes. The delegates stood on their chairs and tossed hats and hankerchiefs into the air. Pending the report of the resolu tion committee, Raymond of Chicago, George W. Littleton of New York were asked to address the con vention, which they did briefly. The list of new national committee men was then read. When the clerk read the committeemen from Pennsyh vania, he included James T. Guffey in the list. The mention of Guffey’s name brought out prolonged cheeiing, but Chairman Clayton ruled his name out and declared the place vacant. At this point the committee oji reso lutions reported that it would be ready to submit its report at i p. m. Senator Grady of New York moved a recess until 7 o’clock. The motion was carried with a whoop. A small American flag had been placed on every delegate’s chair prior to the beginning of the evening ses sion. This was the unmistakable evi dence of the nominating session of the convention, and quickened ihe inter est of the spectators, who early made a rush for the galleries, filling them to overflowing. The selection of James Kerr as member of the national committee from Pennsylvania in place of Colo nel James M. Guffey, who was select ed before the Pennsylvania contests were settled, was ratified. Addresses by Thomas P. Ball of Texas, Thomas F. Grady of New \ ork, Judge M. J. Wade of lowa and Champ Clark of Missouri were then heard. Following these, the galleries, with a profound ignorance of the manner in which the convention should be managed, broke in with cries of “Vote;” “Vote!” The committee on resolutions sent a communication stating that they would not be able to report before midnigl*. It was then decided to suspend the regular order of busi ness and proceed with the presiden tial nominating speeches. “Alabama!” called the clerk. The chairman of that delegation arose and was recognized. “Knowing that Nebraska will no mistake in nominating the right man,” he said, “Alabama yields to I. J. Dunn of Omaha arose and be gan the first nominating speech of IGNATIUS J. DUNN, Of Nebraska, Selected to Nominate W. J. I3rj*an For President at the Demo cratic National Convention. the convention. As Mr. Dunn pro ceeded almost every allusion he made to the character of Mr. Bryan was en thusiastically applauded, although he had not yet mentioned the name of the Nebraska candidate. The closing phrase of his speech stirred the vast assemblage into wild demonstration. “I nominate,” he exclaimed, “as the standard bearer of our party, the man who, in the thrilling days of 189 G and 1900 bore the battle-scarred banner of democracy with fame as untarnished as the crusaders of old America’s great commoner, Nebraska’s gifted son, William J. Bryan.” Immediately a pandemonium of sound and motion was unloosed, as delegates and spectators rose en masse and joined in the reverberat ing chorus of tribute to the Nebraska candidate. The standards of the state were wrenched from their places and borne through the nail to the plat form, while banners bearing the por- The republican banner which was strung across the street at Lincoln, Nebraska, Bryan’s home, was torn down by his supporters. Mr. Bryan upon hearing of the occurrence said: “1 am very sorry to learn of it. It was inexcusable. If the man who did it thought he was helping me or the democratic party he was woefully mis taken.” The Tuesday session, lasting a little over two hours, was notable rather for its impressive magnitude and spectacular effects than for the busi ness accomplished. trait of the commoner were waved aloft, and the multitude joined in long continued tribute. At times the in tensity of the demonstration threaten ed a panic. One woman was borne out fainting. Only six banners were missing from the states in the parade through the aisles after the grouping at the stage had broken into a pro cession. These were Maryland, Min nesota, New York, Georgia, New Jer sey and Delaware. It was 10:24 p. m. when the demon stration’s last cry had died away. Chairman Clayton directed the sec retary to continue the calling of the roll of states. Speeches seconding Brvan's nomination were made by Senator Gearin of Oregon, Governor Glenn of North Carolina, Governor Swanson of Virginia and several oth ers. The chairman had a very diffi cut time keeping order daring the sec onding speeches, as the delegates ail seemed to be tired and worn out. The opportunity of Johnson's sup porters came when the roll call reach ed Connecticut, and that state gave way to Minnesota. Winfield S. Ham mond of the latter state took the stand, amid a considerable volume of applause, and* placed in nomination Governor John A. Johnson of Minne< sota. Mr. Hammond, although he was speaking to a mass of delegates, who had conclusively shown their prefer ence for another candidate, made a most favorable impression on the con vention for himself and his candidate. A liberal amount of applause greeted the sneaker at the conclusion of his speech. Then some of the Georgia delegates mounted their chairs after a few minutes, and added their voices to those of the Minnesota man. Chairman Clayton was somewhat less tolerant in dealing with the John son shouters than he had been with the Bryan followers and the Minneso ta delegation complained bitterly of partiality. The chairman immediate ly ordered the band to play, but the demonstration ceased twenty-five min utes after it beg'an. L. Irving Handy of Delaware then named George Gray as presidential candidate for his state. When Mr. Handy had spoken for a few minutes, he was interrupted by the appearance of the long-waited committee on reso lutions. After the committee had been provided with seats, Mr. Handy proceeded with his speech. Some cheering was heard when Mr. Handy had concluded, but there was no at tempt at a Gray demonstration. Governor Haskell of Oklahoma, the chairman of the resolution committee, was presented, and he proceeded to read the party’s platform. Scattering applause greeted the various planks, as they were read by Governor Has kell. That portion of the piank on finance, referring to the guarantee of bank de posits, one of Mr. Bryan’s favorite pol icies, ’ elicited the warmest applause given up to that time. The reading of the injunction plank was heard with the deepest attention, and the declaration in favor of ‘a re vision of the injunction law,” was first applauded, and other sections were warmly approved. /When the plank was finished the convention broke into cheers. The reading of the platform was concluded at 12:56, Governor Haskell having read for a few minutes les* than one hour. The platform, as pre sented was adopted unanimously. The roll call of states for nomina tions was then completed, and nomi nations declared closed, and the roll call of states to vote for the party’s presidential candidate w*as ordered. Only one ballot was necessary, Bry an being nominated on the first. The states voting as follows. %_ ' and j • and S . . 9 ■§ ■§ i £ O-g >■ m cq i-s ; O % > 22j'Alabama . . . . |22 20|California . . . .[2O lOjColorado. . . .10 14|Connecticut. . . 9 5 6j Delaware ~ • 6 .... 101 Florid a . . . .10 26;Goorgia .... 4 2 20 .... 6jldaho 6 54illlinois . . . . .54 30‘Indiana . . . .30 26 lowa j 26 20|Kansas . . . .[2O 26!Kentucky . . .26 lSiLouisiana . . .[lB 12 Maine (10 1 .... 1 161 Maryland ... .| 7 9 32;Massachusetts . [32 28 Michigan. . . .[2B 22jMinnesota . . .[....22 20|Mississippi. ._.[2o 36|Missouri . . . .36 6j Montana . . . . 6 16 Nebraska . . . 16 6 [Nevada 6 B[New Hampshire. 7 1 24jNew Jersey 24 .... 78 New York . . .78 24[North Carolina .24 B[North Dakota . 8 46:0hi0 46 j.... 18jOklahoma . . .18 8 [Oregon 8 68|Pennsylvania . B|Rhode Island. .j 5 3 18[South Carolina .j 18 B|South Dakota . .j 8 24[Tennessee . . . 24 36JTexas . . . . .[36 6[Utah | 6 ' 81 Vermont. . . . | 7 1 24; Virginia .... .[24 10 Washington . . jlO 14!West Virginia .114 26|Wisconsin . . .26 6; Wyoming .... 6 6D. of Columbia . 6 6 J Alaska 6 6jArizona 6 6[ Hawaii 6 ’ 6[New Mexico . . 6 6 j Porto Rico . . . 6 1006 9 y 2 \ 8 Denver’s mystery of the sheet-iron mule has been solved. For days an enormous mule has been in course of construction on top of a building op posite the Brown Palace hotel. But the mule was only a part of the de sign, and all Denver has been guess ing at the rest. Now it transpires that there is to the mule the key to Den ver. The mule will accept. The reading clerk caused some mer riment Wednesday by announcing in all seriousness that, if “Mr. Johnson is in the house, he is requested to call up phone Main 4200.” J. W. KERN OF INDIANA Nominated For Vice Preid en , By the Democrat*. NO BALLOT WAS NECESSARY Clark Howeil of Georgia, Towne of N Cv York and McNeil of Connecticut Be fore the Convention. . Denver, Col. The democratic r. Banal convetnion concluded its Ke Friday by the nomination 0 f h!h* Worth Kern of Indiana for vb e r l p n ident, completing the ticket cn wi- l" William Jennings Bryan was mad the nominee for president. The nomination of Mr. Kern w made by acclamation amid the r'e sounding cheers of delegates and snj tators. No ballot was necessary the tide of sentiment had st-t irre s >\ tibly toward the Indiana candidate state after state registering their del egations in his favor, and all oth candidates withdrawing before the universal demand for his nominatim. On the call for states, Indiana p re ! sented the name of Kern; Colorado through former Governor Thomas placed in nomination Charles V Towne of New York; Connecti. ut pre sented Archibald McNeil, and Georgia Clark Howell. The names of Judge George Giay of HON. JOHN W. KERN. Delaware and of John Mitchell of Il linois were not presented, owing to the positive requests of these gentle men not to have their names go be fore the convention. For a time it looked as though a ballot w*ould be required. But the steady line of states which joined in seconding Kern’s nomination soon made it apparent that the chances of all other candidates had been extin guished. Mr. Towne in person was the first candidate to recognize the decisive na ture of the Kern movement, and in a ringing speech he withdrew his name from consideration and pledged his support to the ticket of Bryan and Kern. Delegate J. T. Hill of Georgia, who, in nominating Clark Howell, had made quite a hit with the convention, rose and withdrew Mr. Howell’s name, and seconded Kern for Georgia. Withdrawal quickly followed from the supporters of McNeil of Connecti cut leaving the Indiana candidate alone in the field. The withdrawal o‘ the Connecticut candidate was accom plished by a motion that the nomina tion of Kern be made by acclamation. The motion was carried with a deaf ening shout, and the great assemblage broke into clamorous demonstration on the accomplishment of its woni and the completion of the democratic national ticket. After the nomination the conven tion adjourned without date. The democratic convention at Denver adopted a platform which contained planks on the follow ing subjects: Economy in administration. Arbitrary power of speaker, Misuse of patronage. Campaign contributions. Tariff. Trusts. Railroad regulations. Banking. Income tax. Labor and injunctions. Merchant marine. The navy. Civil service. popular election of senatois. Arizona and New Mexico. Grazing lands. Waterways. National resources. Philippines. Panama Canal. Pan-American relations. Asiactic immigration. Pensions . . A A $20,000 WILLED TO EMPLOYEE. Woman Has Served as Cashier : Company for Many Year*. Savannah, Ga.-No one *"* surprised than Miss when the contents of the will c ■ • Foye, who died suddenly t hat public and it became Ky Keane. $20,000 had been left to ft Miss Keane had for >eai Foye trusted employe of the r. company as treasurer a ■ f wa s confidence of her employ aD( j because fo her devotion * lba t ■work iu the interest ot the bequest was made. ma de, Several other bequest but this was the largest. bio wheaTcrop expected. Western Canada Will Hava °° ' 5C ' 000 Bushels to Expo - carefu i Winnipeg, Manitobia. A , west review of the crop in eg . ern Canada the leading est . timate the total wheat yield 9 g> ern Canada the leading b y S bel3 els. or an average of twenn to the acre. a go.COO,' Last year’s wheat crop 67>00 0 >0 00 600 bushels.. A tolal . e stim& te(i bushels was reported B 1 seaS oB that 100,000,000 bushels rtla will be available for expoit.