Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-30
;HlsGEN AND GRAVES, THE cANDl-
DATES, HEARST, CHAIRMAN OF
THE COMMITTEE AND CHARLEY
+, WALSH THE SECRETARY.
BRYAN zSYMPATHIZER
s RAISES BIG RIOT
KANSAS MAN DRAGGED FROM
STAGE WHEN HE PLACES Me-
BRAskAN in NOMINATION BE-
FORE THE CONVENTION.

II! Chicago, July 20. The ma
tional committee of the Inde-
pendence League today elected
the following officers to serve
during the coming campaign:
Chairman William r. Hearst.
Vice chairmen - G. F. S. Neal
I of Indiana and M. w. Howard of
Alabama.
Secretary Charles A. Walsh
iI of Iowa.
The nomination of a candidate
for president was made at an ear
ly hour this morning, and follow
ing, a vice presidential candidate
n was chosen. The ticket follows:
For President Thomas L. His
gen of Massachusetts.
VI Y For Vice President John TEN
,,ple Graves of Georgia.
The nomination Of Hisgen was
y, made on the third ballot, his
II chief competitors being Milford
i w. Howard of Alabama and John
1 Temple Graves of Georgia. Reu-
ben H. Long of New York re-
l, ceived a complimentary vote on
y the first ballot and William Ran
I, dolph Hearst had forty-ninea
! frien5s rSho voted for him on
the first two ballots.
The nomination Of Graves was
4 made unanimous, all the other
candidates having been with
drawn.
Chicago, July 2s.-The name o
William Jennings Bryan almos
caused bloodshed at the convention o
Hearst's Independence party a
Orchestra hall last night.
j. I. Sheppard, delegate from
Kansas, who dared to put in nomina
ton the Nebraskan, was pulled bodil,
from the stage, and it took twent,
policemen to prevent the mob @
angry delegates from doing him per
)sonal violence and keep back tn.
Hearst "wrecking crew. who at
tempted to attack him.
AS 1t was, one aged delegate in tn,
front row of the New York delegation
raced up the platform steps in an at
tempt to hit Sheppard with his cane
but was stopped by the police. A.
Sheppard was dragged down the aisl.
another delegate forced his wa,
through the line Of police and tort
Sheppard's badge from his breast
4 Mob's Fury Gathers.
All through his short speech thu
delegates hooted and hissed, ant
finally, when he admitted that he wa,
about to nominate Mr.. Bryan, thu
cries Of PUT him outi" and "Dow1
with him!'' turned the angry dele
gates into seething, frantic mob.
Chairman Walsh ruled the nomina
ton of Mr.. Bryan out of order be
cause Mr. Bryan is a Democrat, ant
then Mr.. Sheppard was dragged of
the platform.
BY this time the police had sent il
a call for the reserves, and twent,
men In uniform dashe up the cente
aisle to prevent personal violence. 1
was only with the greatest difficult,
that they kept Sheppard from seriou.
injury. Men struggled with the pc
lice to reach Sheppard, and shool
their fists at him.
The famous "wrecking crew. Of tn,
Hearst circulation department, led b,
Circulation Manager Max Annenberg
fought their way to the man, but tht
police held them back.
One man got through the ranks fa
enough to tear off Sheppard's badge
but before trey could do more tn,
police had dragged him to the stree
and escorted him to his hotel.
t Climax Of 2eeches.
81 The violent passion of the mob )
delegates was strange commentar,
on the announcement which Chairman
Walsh had made when everything wa.
still peaceful, that the independence
party was "but a sweet blue eyec
babe in its perambulator."
Then came the squall that gave tn,
lie to this cheerful description.
The outburst was the climax of thu
nominating speechel which were still
in progress at midnight, with ever.
prospect that Thomas L. Hisgen o
Massachusetts and M. w. Howard o
Alabama would be the presidential
and vice presidential nominees
respectively.
Everything had zone quietly unit
Mr.. Sheppard burst into the glare 0
the limelight.
The names of Hisgen, Howard, ant
John Temple Graves has been pre-