The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10
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ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR DEMO.
CRATIC NATIONAL CONVEN-
TON COMPLETED.
The PROGRAM AS 0UTL INED
Four Sessions Are Provided for Be-
ginning Tuesday and Ending
Frday-May Limit
Oratory.

Denver, Col, July 4.-The commit
tee on arrangements of the national
committee met Friday and completed
the order OF business for the conven-
ton and for the session of the ma
tional committee 10 be held on Mon
day The convention program is out
lined for four sessions, beginning next
Tuesday. This would carry the con-
vention through to Friday afternoon,
unless a fight in committee or on the
floor should prolong the deliberations.
As already announced, it is proposed
that an adjournment shall be taken
Immediately after the temporary or
ganiZation is perfected out of respect
to the memory of the late Mr.. Clevc-
land, although this feature does not
appear on the formal program. The
first days order of business is as fol
lows:
chairman Taggart, of the nation.
al committee, calls convention to or
der at noon
2.-Secretary Trey Woodson reads
call for the convention.
3.-Prayer by Archbishop James 7.
Keane
4.-Announcement of temporary of.
fcers agreed upon by national commit
tee.
5.-Chairman asks for further nomi-
nations.
G.-No further nominations, chair
man puts question on agreeing to the
recommendation of the national COM
mittee.
7.-Chairman appoints committee of
two delegates to escort Temporary
Chairman Theodore A Bell of Cali
fornia to the chair.
S-9.--lntroduction and speech of
temporary chairman.
10.-Call of states for members of
the following committees: Creden-
tials, permanent organization, rules
and Order of business, platform and
resolutions.
l1.-Probable adjournment or recess.
1t is expected that the Cleveland
resolutions as finally agreed upon will
be introduced just before adjourn
ment.
For the second session of the con.
vention on Wednesday, the program
calls for the permanent organization,
the address of the permanent chair
man, and the receipt and adoption OF
committee reports.
The nominations for president will
be made on Thursday and it is
planned to adjourn after this is set
tied until Friday morning, when the
nominations for vice president will be
in order.
Provision is made in the program for
the receipt of motions TO limit second
ing speeches to presidential nominal
tions and to limit both nominating
and seconding speeches for the vice
presidency. There will be no limits
placed upon the presidential nominal
ing speeches.
The order of business arranged for
the national committee calls for de-
cided simplification of the method of
disposing of contests. The contests
filed are from five states and the Dis.
trict Of Columbia. To hear the testi-
mony and determine the merits, of
these contests, it is slated that six
of five members each
shall he appointed, one subcommittee
for each contesting state. These sub
will meet simultaneously
and all will report at the same time at
en- adjourned meeting of the full COM
mittee. The reports will be adopted
discussion. This is a new
method of dispOsing Of the contests I
and is expected to SO expedite mat
terg that everything can be cleared up
in an afternoon.
The national committee will adopt |
memorial resolution TO the late Sen
ator James X. Jones of Arkansas, for
ner national chairman. Norman E. |
Mack OF New York, is drafting the
'es9lution.