The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-09

history OF political conventions Am.
erica.
To how great an extent last night
vote really represents the ultimate
auuByu Strength was the interest
INK and highly important question de-
uaicd ou all hands today, when the
activities of the third day began.
IL requires = tWo-third vote to nom
mate and 5S7 votes is comfortably
more than one third of tbc 1906 votes.
The supplanuug OF the Guncy men
boy ten Bryan men makes net differ.
cncc OF twenty and the addition OF
four bryan men from Oklahoma would |
Increase this gai to twenty -four, bu, |
even that would 'cavc the mtiBry
au sucngDl more than ouethird ncces- |
sary to prevent his nomination.
But as Il was, comparatively lew OBJ |
servers today protessed to regard this
vote as really a test of the strength
of either side ON tho question ol al
nomination. Moreover there were alb
scnteos last night, even though the
vote as announced rportcd TN pre-
else total Of the convention. before
the additions In oklahoma and the
corrected vote to be announced today
might have AN increase In the show
ing OF either side. There was thore-
tore enough uncertainty about it
from any point of view to intensity the
interest and at the hour of converting
the cNcitcW,ut Nds nigh and interest.
ing
tlo permanent equalization of tae
conventions Nhich was to have been
"t .,,d s.. stcrday was delayed until
today and the expected address OF
Representative Henry ID. Clayton of
Alabama as permanent chairman was
likewise deferred until today.
IL was announced tails morning that
the more important planks OF the plat
tcrm were in their final form, so far
as the sub committee is concerned
and 30 seems likely that the platform
in uull will Dee reported to the conyeu-
Ton .aty today. The most important
developments of the day in this con
nccuou Was the reaching OF an agree
, mcut iu the subcommittee upon a
pidun relating to the use OF court in
. functions lu labor disputes OF a com
= promise satisfactory TO both the r;ldi-
4 cal and conservative elements in tue
4 subcommittee with a division OF
4 strength between the Bryan and anti.
Bryan people.
90 injunction shall issue in labor
disputes in cases, where writ could
not to be employed in the absence OF
D the cXistnts OF such disputes. This IL
the essence of the injunction prods
on drawn by the subcommittee o
three and declared to be satisfactory
u to all labor organizations, except tn,
Railway tranmen's organization
II is exactly what was asked for by
President Samuel Gompers of the Am
4 erlcan Federation OF Labor and is un
derstood to have ben approved b!
j him as drawn.
The subject OF 50 much speculation
& the discussion of the vicepresidentia
j candidates continues in the back
ground and there has APPARENT.
been no change in that matter durin
the past twenty-four hours.
Evidently the main question, IN
nomination for the presidency must b
out of the way before second place ca
be intclligently dealt with.
There was another night Of festi'
d ~ in Denver last night, but the FAC
that the convention people were at IN
hall all evening and more especially b.
cause of the sheer physical wear
ness. following the tremendous der
ousiration OF yesterday afternoon n
celebration last night was with
bounds and contrasted with that
b the ne-t before was comparative
q very tame.
1 nOrn IN AR and Mrq T. HadIp