The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-07-22
ECHOES. FROM
. THE CONVENTION
An Interesting Talk With
Hon. H. p. Taylor
ABOUT HIS TRIP TO DENVER
Haldeman, WoOdSOn and the
Peerless Leader"-A
Lady'S Views.

Knowing that his experience at
Denver would be of interest to our
many readers, a Herald man sought
an interview with Hon. II. p. lay
lor, who went as a delegate from the
Fourth Congressional District. 1t
may be stated here in the way OF
! parenthesis that Mr.. Taylor repre-
sented our District with honor and
ability, and was accorded due consd-
Grafton for his services. Mr.. Taylor Is
rather modest and averse to inter
views. but in answer to questions
put to him, he replied as follows:
"You ask me my impression OF
Denver, Mr. Bryan and the ticket. 1t
will be sufficient to say, no doubt
:. that Denver Is most beautiful and
thriving city, founded by the fine
pioneers who went West with the
'forty-niners."
"The auditorium, built at a cost
of more than half a million dollars
to entertain the Convention, and WHOA
seated some $4,000 people, looked quite
as massive as the best architecture
in the country, and WIS dressed in
decorations as gay as butterfly.
81 never saw so fine a body OF men,
/, and was greatly gratified by the prom
inence and attention shown some OF
our Western Kenhuckians. notably,
Congressman James, and Natlonal
Committeeman Woodson. Mr.. James
could have been nominated vice
President. except for his insis5ence
that II was wiser, under all the cir
cumstances, to nominate some one
from another State.
zone of. the most graceful speeches
heard while in Denver was THAT Oh
Col Haldeman, of the Courer-Jour-
nal. who proposed vd1e OF THANKS
from the Kentucky Delegation to MI
Woodson. declaring in the course
of his remarks that 1t would nave
been a mistake 10 have elected any
bodv else in the State as National
Committeeman other than Mr.. WOOD
SON. This was especially oomph-
mentarv to the one, and magnanimous
ON the part of the d5her,in view Oh
the fact that Col. Haldeman opposed
? Mr., Woodson in his race Tor nhat
place four years ago.
ut is of Mr.. Bryan, however that
we can all tell great tales, and truh-
full ones, as well. Within an hour
after the Convention was organized
Mr.. Bryans friends could have nomi-
mated him, yet they deferred until
every other candidate had run just
as long as he wanted to. The We9t-
erners say more good things OF him
than was ever said of public man,
probably, since the time of Washing
ton
"It seems very strange to me, and
to others, that he has not heretofore
been treated as the logical peoples
candidate for President, regardless OF
party affiNation; certainly of the Dem
ocratic party. can hardly under
stand why 1t is that the Eastern
peopbe and the Northern people were
SO slow to enlist under his banner,
except 1t may be on account of what
seemed to be the obscureness OF his
location. as compared TO the great
university centers of learning DIN the
East.
after his mastery convention
speech in 1896, the nomination for
President was thrust upon him, and
again 1T was thrush upon him four
years later. After his trip around
the world and his great London
speech. which led the Pail Mall Ga
zeUte OF that city, ITO say that he was
the greatest orator alive, these East
ern and Northern Democrats began
to think, and when they went to Dem
yer they found him philosopher
and sage as we'll. Upon their return
they seemed unanimous in their
praise and support of tine nominee,
even unto the great money powers,
in SO far as could hear. 1t is the
general opinion that while Mr.. Bryan
is distinctly the friend of labor, he DIS
too just to be unfair to capital.
Upon my return home l made the
acquaintance of very interesting lafZ
who sat in our car. She was resi-
dent of Lincoln. and neighbor Of Mr..
Bryan. She explained to me that