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at Chicago. the press association
were permitted to install in their res
ervations telegraph operators with
soundless keys for the bulleting o
important features of the proceed
! ings Down below the stage, reached
! by stairways leading from the pres.
section, were rooms SET apart for tn,
use Of the telegraph companies ant
press associations.
Women Delegates.
In the center OF the hall were tn,
1902 comfortable opera chairs occu.
pied by the delegates, and back OF
these the seats of the alternates. In
each of these sections were two wo-
men, Colorado and Utah each having
sent a delegate and an alternate. Mrs
Mary c. c. Bradford is Denver's vot-
ing representative in the convention
and Mrs. II. ]. Hayward of Salt Lake,
the delegate from Utah. II was the
first time that the "suffragettes" OF
the west had had the opportunity OF
seeing real women politicians partici-
pdNlIlb III UdllOHdl dIIdlTS.
There was manifest disappointment
on the part of the six men who had
been chosen by the democratic party
in the Philippines as delegates, when
they were ushered into the alternates'
seats. According to precedent set by
the last convention, as well as by
special action taken last week by the
national subcommittee on arrange
ments, the Philippine representatives
are denied a voice in the deliberations
although they are graciously permit
ted to look on. They intend to make
a fight before the committee on rules
for recognition as delegates.
The point made against their partici-
patton in the doings of the conven-
tion is that 1t would be inconsistent
for democracy to declare that the
Philippines ought not to be a part of
the United States and at the same
time admit representatives from the
islands to a governing political body
OF the nation.
Interest I'm Big Men.
Great interest centered in the ar
rival of various big men of the par
ty, many of whom had never been
seen in this part of the country. AS
the identity of such men as Tammany
Chieftain Murphy, Theodore A. Bell
Of California the temporary chairman:
Tom L. Johnson Of Ohio; Governor
Swopcnn NJ Niruinio. NIo,,nr no bln,o,,
of Omaha; Roger Sullivan of Chicago; !
Alexander Troup of Connecticut, and |
Col Guffey of Pennsylvania became |
known In the galleries. they were Civ
IN generous rounds of applause. The
ocations of the various state delega-
ions was easy to pick out, each be-
ng indicated by a placard elevated |
IN n standard.
BY IL o'clock the auditorium was
packed from floor to topmost gallery.
/ majority OF the visitors seats being
by women. In the space at
he right and left of the delegates
eats, on the main floor, reserved for
guests, were Congress-
nan and Mrs. Longworth, a number
'f diplomatic representatives from the
south American republics and many
'ther persons prominent in the social
nd official life of the country.
Taggart Calls to Order.
Shortly after noon when the ap-
'lause following the cowboy bands"
endition of the star Spangled Ban
er' had died away, Chairman Thom-
g Taggart of Indiana, head of the
national committee, rap
ed for order on the bard wood
peaker's stand, and the business of
he convention was begun. Secretary
Trey Woodsen, Of the national COM
nittee, was introduced and read the
all under which the assemblage had
cen convened 1t was as follows:
THE democratic national commit
ee, having met in the city of Wash
1gton on the 18th day of December,
9O7, has appointed Tuesday, the 7th
ay of July. 1908, as the time, and
'enver, Col, as the place for holding
ne democratic national convention.
Each state is entitled to represen-
ltion theerin equal to double the
umber of Its senators and represen-
itlves in the congress OF the United
(CcntInued on Psse 81 Ia