The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-01
NOMINATION TO BE
HAD FOR THE ASKING
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assume formidable proportions 1t is not
believed here that the opposition of Sui
ilVan of Illinois or Taggart of Indiana
means that the entire delegations from
wishes. Most of the central and western
and southern states, it is said.i will be
lined up to support whatever program
MI. Bryans friends present.
Question of Tickets.
The question of tickets continues to di-
VIDE the members of the committee on
convention arrangements and the
committee of Denver citizens which is
looking after the Denver end of the con-
vention. AS is usually the case, the To-
cal people would like to have a greater
number of tickets than the committee
national committee described the stu
alton today in the following language:
ITS just this way: Denver is of course
entitled to its share of tickets. and it
cannot be denied that the people of this
city have kept their promises and have
behaved in the most handsome manner
TO the members of the national commit
tee. On the other hand-and il must be
understood that the local Denver COM
mittee is in no way responsible for this
certain people have advertised the DEM
ocratic convention as a sort of added at
traction for the summer tourist season
and have allowed it to be understood that
tickets are to be had for the asking, and
that every traveller who visits the state
at the time the convention is in progress
can have a ticket.
Pressure on Committee.
That is stating it a stifle strongly,
perhaps, but lot of that sort of adj
vertisng has been done and it is bring
ing many people to Colorado who will
have no chance on earth to see the in
side of the convention hall. The commit
tee naturally feels this pressure and we
cannot decide just what We will be able
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many seats we will have. Denver is say
ing to the national committee, Give us
tickets, and the committee is replying to
Denver. Show us the seats.
The members of the committee spent
several hours today in going through the
convention han. but did not succeed in
producing any greater seating capacity.
Committee Rooms.
Adequate accommodations for the ses-
sions of the committees on resolutions.
credentials, permanent organization, and
rules, not having been provided in the
new Auditorium. arrangements were
made today to have these committees
meet in the building OF the Fraternal
Union. That organization today prof
fered the use of the rooms to the COM
mittee on convention arrangements and
the tender was accepted.
Chairman Taggart of the national COM
mittee has been charged with the re-
sponsibility of letting contracts for the
Il
forum building for emergency purposes.
Mr.. .Taggart inspected the hospital in
the Chicago Coliseum Immediately after
the adjournment of the Republican ma
tional committee, and was greatly pleased
with the completeness of the establish
ment. The hospital here will be pa
termed after the temporary hospital at
the Chicago Coliseum. The contracts for
equipment and supplies. and the matter
of securing the attendance of compe-
tent physicians and nurses will be dis
posed of tomorrow
Some Appointments.
Secretary Woodson of the national COM
mittee, who has been elected secretary
of the convention, today announced the
appointment of the following assistants:
Assistant secretaries-Charles S. North
ern, Atlanta, Ga; II. G. Richmond, Ere
mont, Mel; c. A. Nash. Perry. Ia; Ed
ward Cahill, Springfield, Ill: Will Reid,
Rawlins. Wyo-. and Frank B. Ross. In
Reading cIerks-William McEniry,
Rock Island. ILL.,: T. F. Smith, New York
w. Va: c. ]. Gavin. Denver. Colo; Rees
P Horrocks. Little Rock, Ark. and Jo-
seph J. Bailey, indianapolis. Ind:
Tally clerks-Ruby Laffoon, Madison
f. F. Murphy. Leavenworth.. Kan;
Thomas II. Lovelace. st. Louis, Mo-;
Thomas B. Collier. Memphis. Tenn. and
c. c. Ernest, Decatur. Ind,
Messenger to secretary-W. V. Richard
son. Danville. Ky.
Messenger to chairman-Ernest Bra1
ley, Sullivan, Ind.
Ii is expected that the rush of the
DELEGATIONS will not commence before
Sunday. although many individual dele
gates will come before that time Already
twenty-five special trains are scheduled
to arrive on Sunday and as many are
due ON Monday. 1t is believed by the
railroad managers that the number of
trains will be largely increased between