Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-07-08
Washiu9tun Standard
OLYMPIA, WASH.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1901.
The St. Louis Convsntion.

hs u illatttI Oi course the ~. Lauls
convention ia the central object OF in.
terest all over the United States this
week.
The Convention met Wednesday
and was called to order by Chairman
Jones, OF the National Committee
and an extended speech was made by
John harp Williams, temporary chair
man. The session lasted two hours
and fifty minutes. and the anomaly
was presented, when Cleyeland's name
was mentioned, that it was greeted
with prolonged applause, showing tina,
what was left of the old party machine
was in good working order.
The second day of the convention
passed without special incident, ex
cept the unseating Of the Harrison.
Hearst delegates from Illinois and the
selection of Champ Clark, Of Missouri
for Permanent Chairman. Bryan re-
ceived an ovation on entering the hall
but the big papers announce that it
was prearranged and followed by q
Parker demonstration, which ICON.
pletely neutralize its effect" The
Bryan demonstration lasted ten min.
utes, when the galleries joined and
rising to their feet waved their hats
with great enthusiasm.
The noise became so great, at times
that the chairman had to use a mega.
phone to be heard. When the Com.
mittee on Credentials announced its
readiness to make report, Mr.. Bryan
again arose and mounted the platform
receiving another ovation. His object
in going to the platform was to present
a minority report of the Credentials
committee on seating the Harrison.
Hearst delegates from Illinois.
The daily papers declare that Par.
ker's chances are constantly improv.
ing and predict his nomination to-day.
They also declare that Turner's boom
is in the ascendant for Vice President.
This "edited" news, purporting to
be proceedings of the Convention
show how difficult it is for the daily
press to tell the truth on partisan
matters, and how apt they are to twist
out OF shape such facts as have to be
given in some form. 1t but verifies
tho oft-repeated assertion that the
metropolitan press is in close sympa
thy with the moneyed power, and
they are aped by the pewit daily
papers which attune their footing
horns to the exact tone of their big.
noised neighbors. It is amusing te
see how anxious these Boosting organs
of commercialism have been to pre-
pare the public mind for a result,
they fondly hope will be realized, sc
when Cleveland received bale or two
OF manufactured applause, an echo
is found in the subservent press, and
when Mr.. Bryan is greeted with warm
welcome, it is ignored or as little as
possible is said of it. The assurance
is given daily in the big and little
city papers by big headlines tina,
Parker is the coming man, whether
the dispatches which follow it justify
the claim or not.
A convention of q thousand men
may be dominated by those who have
been SO recreant TO party usage as to
have twice ldefeated the party, but il
will be difficult TO make the six and 9
half million votors who were true to
party believe that it is any more of q
crime to repudiate such regulators
1t may be that the so.called conserva.
tive element has control of the conven.
tion, but there seems to be very little
but that nothing can be gained by con
doning past recreancy.