Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-21
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
WANTS NATIONAL GATHERING
TO CONSTRUCT PLATFORM ANp
NAME CANDIDATE.
MICHIGAN GOES
TO NEBRASKAN
CONVENTION AT. LANSING TODAY,
WILL NAME BRYAN DELEGATES
JOHNSON GETS ONE OF FOUR
ALABAMA DELEGATES.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 20.-The stu
alton with regard to the probable &C.
tion Of today's Democratic state con.
vention on the question of instructiug
delegates to the Denver convention
had not cleared up when the delegates
We're called to order, each side still
claiming the victory and neither In
clined to yield anything to the other.
The prospects are the convention Will
be exceedingly interesting and lively
The committee on permanent organ.
ization selected Peter A. O'Boyle, a!
Guffey man as permanent chairman.
This indicates that Guffey people will
organize the convention, elect their
four delegates at large and send them
to Denver without instructions.
Platform Pleads Conservatism.
The platform presented by the com.
mittee on resolutions demands the i'm.
mediate revision Of the tariff and the
enactment of remedial legislation n
regard to the currency and closes al
follows:
Believing the time is ripe for tho
restoration Of the control of the 20 q.
!sernment TO the party which was
founded In the earliest days OF, the re.
Ipublic and that the voters are willing
to join In such movement, we call
upon all members of the organizati 81
in the national convention assembled
by conservative consultation and the
forgetfulness of past differences ID
construct such platform and place
upon 1t candidates that will rally the
support Of united party and enlist IN
their behalf the independent voters Of
the nation
Bryan to Get Michigan.
Lansing, Mich, May 2O.-That VIII.
liam Jennings Bryan would be en-.
dorsed by the Democratic state con.
vention today and that the Michigan
delegation to Denver would be in.
structed to vote for the Nebraskan
for the presidential nomination was
the practically unanimous opinion
among the delegates before the repre-.
sentatives of the Michigan Demo.
cracy were called to order this morn
ing.
The convention was called to order
by State Chairman Winship and after
brief address introduced "A. M. Cum
mings of Lansing as temporary chair.
man. Reports of the district caucuses
were received and adopted and tho
convention adjourned until 2 o'clock.
Bryan 8, johnson I.
Montgomery, Ala, May 20.-Late re-
turns from Mondays state Democratic
primary today indicate that DR.. Cum
ningham, one Of the Johnson men for
delegate at large was elected. Bryan
got the other three.
Speer Reelected in Denver.
Denver, May 20-Robert w. Speer.
the candidate of one faction Of this
local Democracy was reelected may.
or of Denver yesterday by a majority
Of $500 over Horace Phelps, republ!-
can. Phelps was supported by For.
mer Senator Thomas M. Patterson
and his faction.
Bryan Gets South carroIlna
Columbus, s. c., May 19.-By an
almost unanimous vote the state dem
ocratic convention today decided Ia
instruct its delegation to the national
conyention for Bryan.
Missouri Democrats.
Jefferson City, Mo-, May 20.-The
Democratic state convention convened
at noon today with almost thousand
| delegates present.