The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-16
Presidential Nomination Still 0pen--Iinois Man
Stands Good Chance
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION WAS
NOT AFFECTED AT ADJOURN.
MENT YESTERDAY.
SUMMARY OF PLATFORM
GIVEN Out But Document Not Vet
Been Draftcd-otrong Plsnks
On Tariff ana other
Important Subjects.

Columbus, Ohio July i5.-The Prs.
hifitionist national convention, which
met here today, worked under ten.
pefary organization throughout its
two sessions and adjourned until t.
morrow without hearing the report OF
tn" committee on permanent officers.
There was little accomplished today
beyond the naming of various com
mitteee and receiving reports Of 4 j
committee on rules and credentials.
There were contests before the latter
body and itq report, as well as that
of the committee ON rules, was largely
rcrfunctory. Char.es Scanlon, af
Pittshtrg, one of the candidates for
the presidency. win be permane
chairman. The nomination Is still
open and there has been no markell
in favor OF any eand,
date.
Will Not Announce Himself.
II was practically agreed early T..
day that the nomination could be had
by Judge Seaborn Wright. or Goorga
II he would accept It. Wright wouii
not announce himself az candifats
and before the convention met II WAS
said that the nomination would lie
the result OF an open struggle.
Tracey Making Canvass.
James r. Tracy OF Detroit, Mich.
is making an energetic canvass AMI
faTIttipn6ert is steadily growing in
1p,'ar ~ MS nomination. The Tn,nois
e.s as'eeates are pushing Daniel n
..heeh OF Peoria. and claim 10 have
tue promise Of support from othsr
'tsfes The friends of 70. n natto,
D Springfield. ILL.,, temporarv cbsi,
nan OF the convention, are rantd,y
Increasing, and movement N H.
e'iaif TOOK tangible shape when be
oheihded his address at the first sas,
zen OF the convention TODAY pa,.
~ speech, both in matter and \,
ahnef of delivery made STRONG
1lfession and before the moning
'lournment had been taken HID
'oih was fairly under way. The In.
ana delegates led the movement n
haIf of Patton.
Platform Committee Nsrsa
coniiilttee on resolutions mcr
'hediateiy after the adjournment of
morning session AMI dclerata.t
TASK OF writing the platform IN
composed of Samue,
'kfe' OF Michigan l.. Morrip ~
~ DAKOTA; Eugene Chaplin. Of
iois; Frank sibley. of Arizona.
> I. swallow. of Pennsylvania
men the committee made n,
'ft at $3.50 tonight the platform
heell IN the greater part ARRANGED
document itself has not lteon pre.
q but the principal planks viii
Substance Of Platform.
oeciaration in favor of womap
age. the election of senator's by
lIfect vote of the people; a dec.
ion against the existing revan,a
which permit the issuance cf
'e TO saloons; favor graduate
le and inheritance tax: demand
10 the constitution
united States prohibiting Tho
traffic be submitted to the
wherever heard ax.
u Is opposed n local option or
hg but the complete wfpinr mn.
liquor traffic.
establishment of postal savir.s
VIII be favored; also govern.
equation of corporations e,-
10 interstate commerce. -
u OF non partisan commisxio,
: purpose of studying a1J
lending needful changes in the
tariff schedules.
National Committee.
national committee tonight p,
all OF its old officers. The
> OF the new national con,
Is far as selected include.
solver W. Stewart Alen7o
On.
n w Brown. q Z. Eliet.
'an-samuel Dickie Fte, ~
sots-W II. Ca.dcrwoeI
w Higgins.
ka-A. !. G. woldenbarger. y
Dakota-W r. Raffettv
ZEE Morrow.
Sinh. E. Keuren, w. n
r.