Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-07

necessary qualifications tor presi
! dent of the United States and to voice
their ideas as to the general policies
, which should be followed by the CHIEF
executive for the four years succeed
ing March 4. 1908. The delegates
will voice these policies In a series oi
resolutions. which. taken together. is
popularly called platform" They
are also 10 choose candidate for
vice-prcsident 10 serve in case of the
death OF inability OF the president
While the greatest uncertainty ex-
lists as to the action OF the convention
in regard to the selection OF candi-
dates and the adoption of resolutions
the proceedings will adhere closely to
the routine and definite programme al,
ways followed by national political
gatherings. The convention will be
in session three days
The delegates will assemble in the
will be called TO order by eN Senator
J. X. Jones of Arkansas. chairman OF
the national committee Secretary {.
| A Walsh VIII then read the ofiicial
| call for the convention. Senator Jones
Will make a brief address. presenting
to the convention John Sharp VIII
liams of Mississippi. who will he in
troduced as temporary chairman
The choice OF Representative VII
liams for temporary chairman is made
at the suggestion OF prominent Dem
ocrats of all factions. Though he
comes to the convention as an in
| gtr taI
and Hearst element offered no objec-
tion to his selection Mr. Williams.
| chief duty as temporary chairman
| will be to deliver speech which Will
voice the general party policies, and
will be what is popuarly termed a
keynote" speech
| After the presentation OF the secre-
| tary and other convention officers. the
| chairman will call upon the different
| state delegations and ask each to send
to the platform the selections made by
the delegation for membership on the
| committees on resolutions. credcn-
tials. and permanent organization and
order of business In the meantime
each delegation will have met and
made its selection for these places.
and the names will be sent up When
| these names have been furnished to
the presiding officer the latter will
| have before him the membership OF
| these various committees, and after
| announcing them will direct that the
| committees on credentials. resolutions
and order of business retire and pro
| coed to the business which they were
| al. ,frs
will go to work, and. If necessary.
will labor all night SO as to be able
| to report to the convention when 1t
meets the following day.
Having accomplished this much. the
convention will adjourn and wait for
the various reports from the commit
| tees. This will end the first days ses-
sion of the convention.
William J. Bryan, who is here as a
member OF the Nebraska delegation.
is understood to desire the chairman
| ship of the resolutions, or platform
committee. His selection will ma
turally be combatted vigorously by the
conservatives. who are mostly sup
porters of Judge Parker. The plat
form committee will have difficult
task on its hands to satisfy the oppos-
| ing elements and draw up resolutions
that will be acceptable to a majority
OF the delegates. The platform will
| discuss trusts. LABOR immigration,
statehood and other subjects.
.ere are numerous contests to en-
gage the attention of the credentials
| committee. among he most import
| ant being the cases from Illinois and
| the District of Columbia The recon-
| mendations. of the national commit
tee, which has been considering the
contests for several days, Will govern
IN most of these cases brought before
| the credentials committee. The com
| mittee on order of business prescribes
| the rules and order OF business which
| will govern the convention. and will
name the permanent officers who VIII
| have charge of the conventions dellb
| erations
Senator Bailey OF Texas. Thomas
Barkworth of Michigan, Patrick A.
Collins of Boston and James Hamil-
ton Lewis of Washington are among
those mentioned for permanent chair
man John W Martin will be ser
geant-at-arms and c. j Gavin of New
Mexico will be reading clerk.
| Thursday the convention Will be
called to order by the temporary
hartman, who will receive the reports
from the committees on credentials
and permanent organization and or
der of business and these reports
having been adopted. a committee viii
be named to escort to the chair and
permanent chairman. The latter Will
then deliver speech similar in char.
acter to that of the temporary chair
man. dealing with the issues OF the
campaign. This speech will later form
an important part OF the campaign lit
erature and be published in the OF
fetal party publication known as the
campaign textbook" Following the
address of the permanent chairman
: will come the report of the committee
that has framed the platform. At this
stage of the proceedings the conyen
ton will llven up and many interest
ing speeches and debates may be LOOK
ed for. These speeches Will probably