Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-04
Arrangements Committee OF
Democratic National Com
mittee Announces It.
NOMINATIONS ON THURSDAY.
Provision Made for Limiting Second
Ing Specches--Contests TO he Dis
posed OF on New Plan.

Denver. July 3--The committee on
arrangements OF the national committee
met today and completed the order of
business for the convention and for the
the session of the national committee
to b. held on Monday. The convention
program Is outlined for four sessions,
beginning next Tuesday. This would
carry the convention through TO Fri
day afternoon, unless fight In CONF
mittee or on the floor should prolong
the deliberations. AS already am
nounced, II Is proposed that an adj
journment shall be taken Immediately
after the temporary organization il
perfected. out of respect 10 the mem-
ory of the late Mr.. Cleveland. although
this feature docs not appear on the
formal program. The first days order
OF business is as follows:
Chairman TaggaTt Of the national
committee calls the conVention TO or
der at noon.
secy. Trey Woodson reads call for tho
convention.
Prayer by Archbishop James J.
keaue.
Announcement OF temporary officers
agreed upon by national committee.
chairman asks for further nomina-
lions.
No fruther nominations, chairman
puts question on agreeing to the recon-
mendations of the national COMMITTEES.
Chairman appoints committee Of two
delegates to escort Temporary Char
man Theodore A. Bell of California 10
the chair.
Introduction and speech OF tempo
rary chairman.
Call OF states for members of the fol-
lowing committees. Credentials, per-
manent organization. rules and order or
business, platform and resolutions.
Probably adjournment or recess.
It is expected that the Cleveland res
olutions as finally agreed upon viii be
introduced just before adjournment.
For the second day Of the conven-
ton. on Wednesday, the program calls
for the permanent organization, the
address of the permanent chairman,
and the receipt and adoption of COM
mittee reports.
The nominations for president will be
made on Thursday, and il is planned to
adjourn after this iy settled until FRI
day morning, when the nominations
for the vice presidency viii be In or
der
Provision Is made in the program for
the receipt of motions to limit second
Ing speeches to presidential nominal
tons and to limit both nominating ana
seconding speeches for the vice presl-
dency. There will be no limit placed
upon the presidential nominating
speeches.
The order OF business arranged for
| the national committee calls for de-
| clded simplification of the methods of
dsposing of contests. The contests
filed are from five states and the
District of Columbia. To hear the tes-
tmony and determine the merits of
these contests II IL stated that six sub
committees of five members each shall
be appointed, one sub committee for
each contesting state Those sub-com-
mittees Will meet simultaneously and
all will report at the same time at an
adjourned meeting OF the fun commit
tee.
These reports VIII be adopted with
out discussion. This is new method
of disposing OF the contests and Is ex-
pected 10 so expedite matters that
everything can be cleared up In an aft.
ernoon
The national committee will adopt a
memorial resolution to the late Sena-
tor James X Jones of Arkansas. former
national chairman. Norman ~. Mack
of New York is drafting the resolution.
The revised official list of contests is
as follows:
New York. Second TO Sixth districts.
inclusive; Pennsylvania, First to Sixth
districts, inclusive; District of Column
bia. entire delegation: Illinois, First to
Tenth districts, inclusive; Idaho. entire
delegation; Ohio. Ninth 10 Nineteenth
districts, inclusive.