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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-11
WOMAN JAILED
She Pleads Gully in Police
Court to the Charge of
Drunkenness.

Della Winters pleaited Entltx %
the charge of being drunk in the
street at the regular session of police
court conducted by Mayor Wood
this morning and was sent TO Jail for
i've days in default Of the palment
of $3.50.
J. z. Thomas was convicted OF
drunkenness but fine md sentence
was suspended on condition that he
leave the city forthwith.
w E. o'Briens and w. Jackson
were sent to jail for three days each
in defiant of the payment OF three
dollar fines imposed for drunken
ness.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-11
n. 4 o. PAY DAY

The end OF the week will msrS
the regular monthly nay period
along the Baltimore Il Ohio railroan.
As there has been renewed activity
the pay wifi be larger.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-11

J. r.. Teter is here from Yves ton.
r. b. Cody. OF Buckhannon, spent
Friday here.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07

sylvania, Maine and several other local ities-a scattering opposition dwarfed by the magnitude of Mfr. Bryan's total. While this steady tide of Bryan strength has been setting in, the allied opposition have been looking intently but yainIy toward New York. for it has been recognized that Chief Murphy, the political genius of the del egation, held key which might un- loose a movement of genuine force against the Nebraskan. With New York taking the lead and throwing its TS votes against him. Guffey and his Pennsylvania. cohorts might have fol- lowed suit. Georgia is wayering and might turn a block of southern strength away from Bryan. and this. with the organized strength of Johnson and Gray. might have given vitality to the allied opposition. But all these reck- ,f New York's persistent silence.
 For the first time the allied opposi- ton disclosed figures showing what might have happened had New York announced at the outset that its seven- weight votes would be swung against Bryan. According to this table, total of 3i9 votes, or considerable more than the necessary number to block a Bryan nomination. would have swung Into line with New York. the claim in fetall being as follows:
 Alabama. i; Florida. '; Georgia. 26: Louisiana. IS: West Virginia, IA: North Carolina, q: Connecticut. l2: Dela- ware. 6: Maine. II: Massachusetts. F: New Hampshire. I: New Jersey. 24: New York. TS: Pennsylvania. IS: Rhode
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07

victory of Johnson was won only after the Cleveland man delivered an ex- tended and eloquent argument before the committee. :. In the Ninth Ohio dis trict the Garber faction retained the two contested seats over the protest Johnson.
 McCarren Turned Down.
 Senator Patrick H. McCarren of Brooklyn was ignored in his contest against Charles r. Murphy for the twelve seats in Kings county. N. T.. Before the subcommittee he became so abusive of the Murphy and Coler men that he was not permitted to pro- reed, and the meeting was abruptly ad- journed with the decision tO take no further action on the contests. The full committee sustained this action without debate.
 In the District of Columbia contest. where the entire delegation of six members was involved. the committee divided the seats between the two cOntesting parties. The faction head cd by W. Nick. Clayton. which held
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07

The meeting was largely directed by hlr. Sheehan, who declared that the only way to focus the opposition to Mir. Bryan was to give it a standard around which it could rally. The con- sensus among those present was that If New York will declare against Bry- an and stand firmly by its declaration there exists a chance of defeating him. It has been clearly understood from the first that the New York delegation would not cast its vote for Bryan if 1t believed that a decisive result could be obtained by casting it for another candidate who met the favor of the Empire State.
 Opposition Has Two Days Vet.
 Some of those present at the secret meeting pointed out that they still had two days in which to work up opposi- lion to Bryan. that there was a chance if bringing New York bodily to their aid. inasmuch as it had not yet de- clared its position. and that Georgia, it is generally reported. is ready to go against MT. Bryan if New York will | do SO
 The way for the opening of the con- vention was made clear by the action of the national committee in disposing of the contests over seats.
 AS previously announced. the ap- pointment of the committees on ere dentials. rules and permanent organi- ZatlOn will be followed by the presen- tation of resolutions of respect for the memory of Grover Cleveland. Judge Parker has prepared a new draft of these resolutions. completely eliminat- ing politics and dealing only with the eminent public services of NIT. Cleve- land. If. however. there is the slight est disposition on the part of any of Mir Bryan's friends to object to the Parker draft owing to the feeling ere ated by it's early provisions. it will not be presented. TOday's proceed ings will he brief. and after the pre- iminary organization Is effected an adjournment will he taken as a mark ,f respect to Mir. Cleveland.
 In record time the committee dis posed of all contests before 1t with the exception of those of Pennsylvania ILd IdshO. which went over for a time. The general result was 10 sustain the delegates who came with credentials from their states and districts. A to- tai of seventy-six seats were involved n the contests from Illinois. New York. Pennsylvania. Idaho. Ohio and the Dis triet of COlunbis- The work was done by six subcommilteeS.
 Although decision was delsyed by the subcommittee of the national com mittee hearing the Pennsylvania con test cases. il is known that the ere dentials of the GufTey delegates have been approved
 Roger C. Sullivan of Chicago was an easy winner of the twenty contested seats from Cook county which were disputed by Robert E Burke and his 8ssocistes. Tom [. Johnson of CIeve- land was a winner in the Nineteenth Ohio dfstrict. where be triumphed over the subcommittee. winning out by the -0fe of 1s to 24 before the national committee. The Rockwell delegates. F. l. France and A C. Houovay. re-e displaced ard the two Johnson delegates. :. F. FIskeny ard E. F Reszoehi. seated in | leir places. The
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07
N 2, Street

The hotels and streets are filled with the tumult that usually follows rather than precedes a Democratic conven. ton. and the atmosphere is charged with Bryan feeling.
 Existing conditions seem to be:
 First-Mr. Bryan will be nominated on the first ballot. and more than TOO votes will be cast for him.
 Second-Mr. Bryan will dictate the very letter and spirit of the platform to be promulgated.
 Third-Mr. Bryan. through his rep resentatives. will dictate the selection of candidate for the vice presidency.
 Fourth-Mr. Bryan will endeavor to induce Judge Gray of Delaware to ac- cept the vice presidential nomination, and. failing in this. will ask New York to select the candidate for that place.
 Fifth-That Mir Bryan will succeed in drubbing into submission and pos sible extermination those old line bosses who are now resisting him. Guffey. McCarren, Sullivan and others of lesser note.
 Anti Bryan Men Hold Meeting.
 The anti-Bryan men made another effort to concentrate opposition against the nomination of the Nebraskan ano asserted that they were now encour aged for the first time since the dele gatiOns began 10 arrive. The move ment is not. however. taken with deer seriousness by any of the men who are leading the Bryan forces.
 The greatest effort was made to keet the meeting secret. those who were present being summoned by small cards which were quietly passed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07

pear. The hopes of the Bryan men are centered on the nine contesting delegates from Pennsylvania. As these contestants are Bryan men, they are practically assured of being seated by the Bryan committee on credentials, and, once seated, Mr. Guffey's prelim. mary victory may be succeeded by Mir. Bryan's final triumph. according to the calculations of the Bryan men. Against this, however, Guffey secured the sig natures of forty Pennsylvania dele gates whose seats are uncontested and who have an undisputed majority of the sixty-eight Pennsylvania votes re gardless of contest.
 The Anti injunction Plank.
 Samuel Gompers and two other rep. resentatives of the American Fedora. ton of Labor appeared before the sub committee on platform asking for the incorporation of an anti-injunction plank in New York's tentative draft. Herman Ridder of New York also was heard in advocacy of placing wood pulp on the free list.
 Evidences are multiplying that prob- ably the only difficult plank to pre- pare for the Democratic platform will be that relating to the use of injunc- tions in industrial disputes. Mfr. Bry- an has lei it be known through number of reliable sources that his position on this plank is not rigid. Perhaps the most important confer ence with reference to the injunction plank was that held at Fairyiew, Mir. Bryan's home, during the dinner gfv. en by the Nehraskan to a number of prominent Democrats on July 4. At this dinner Mir Bryan stated clearly that he realized that there might arise situations where the issuance of an injunction without notice to those en- joined would be the only remedy against loss of life or irreparable damage to property. To meet such cases Mr. Bryan further indicated that if the resolutions committee could draw a plank which would provide for such emergencies, with the safe guard that this class of injunctions should be self dIssolving after a pc Tiod of three or five days, the plank would meet his approval Work on the platform continued through the medium of an informal subcommittee, consisting of Governor Haskell. who Is 10 be chairman of the resolutions committee. and a number of promi- nent members of the party who VIII have places on that committee. The product of this work will be laid be- fore large subcommittee of the reso- lutions committee when the latter is oficially appointed by the convention. The plan contemplates teIephoning each plank to Mr. Bryan at Lincoln as soon as it is agreed upon by the subcommittee. In this manner 1t will be possible for the suecomnittee to present to the full resolutions comn1S tee . perfected platform which d. ready has received the approval of the prospective candidate. So far there has developed no intiuation of hostility to Mir Bryzn's wishes wifh reference to the platform
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07

larity of proceedings in connection with their selection. Sullivan's chief contention was that the illegalities ,harged by the Burke faction did not apply to the election of delegates to the national convention, but under the law had reference only to state con- ventions. In this he was sustained by the subcommittee. James c. Dahlman of Omaha, Bryan's close adviser, was bne of the three members of the sub- committee who decided the Illinois contest fin Sulllvan's favor. the other two members, Atwood of Kansas and Wade of Iowa, being also strong Bry. an supporters. Mayor Dahlman stat ed after the subcommittee adjourned that the contesting Burke delegates were unable to establish the charges of illegality as far as they applied to national convention.
 After the decision the Burke men de- clared that they would carry their case to the committee on credentials and if defeated there to the floor of the convention.
 Leaders of several of the contestina delegations. incensed by their defeat, charged that the subcommittees were packed against them. Little hope was expressed. however. by the opponents of Sullivan. Guffey. Murphy and Du. bois that they would win later.
 The matter of whether Oklahoma should be allowed fourteen seats as ac- corded by the national committee or eighteen as demanded by that state was passed along to the credentials committee. But fourteen, however, will appear upon the temporary roll call.
 No Second Place Choice Yet.
 All efforts 10 unite on q vice presi- dential candidate have proved futile, and the convention will begin its de Alterations with the contest for sec ond place wide open.
 A majority of the Pennsylvania del egation in caucus named Colonel James M. Guffey as national commit teeman in open defiance of Mir. Bry- ans demand for his displacement and on the heels of Guffey's stinging pub lie arraignment of Mfr. Bryan as a "hypocrite. ingrate and falsi6er." A minority of the Pennsylvania delega- ton held a rlmp caucus. which sought to depose Guffey from leadership and install James Kerr. a Bryan man, as Pennsylvanis's leader.
 The New York delegation appointed s committee Of ten to draft a platform and named Judge Alton B. Parker, the Democratic standard bearer of 1904. ss the New York representative on the platform committee
 Most of the states have effected their organization. electiug members of the eommittees
 Bysn's Strength Crews.
 The arrival of state delexations served to show d continuous swelling of the Bryan strength. with only scat tering accessions for ether candidates. This has become 70 apparent that the examination Of Bryan seems assured rot only hy the required tvo-thirds vote of the convention. but bv prsc- EcaIlv q unanimous vote. except that sf Minnesota and Deiavsre. vhoss representatives stu Insist they win ke steadfsst to the snd to thefr favor- ite sons. and scaftertne antf-BryEn rotss fr0z cesrgIz. Nsu Tork. Psz1-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07

 the credentials. got four seats. while the remaining two went to the con- testing delegation of Charles ". Dare.
 The Pennsylvania contests that in- volved eight seats in the city of Phil adelphia and three in Allegheny coun. v proved probably the most bitter discussion that was placed before any of the subcommittees. Charles Daly of Philadelphia appeared for the con- testsnts and arraigned Charles P. Donnelly and Thomas ]. Ryan. the leaders of the Guffey faction in these districts. In the bitterest manner. He charged that the eight Guffey dele gates were elected hy the aid of Re- puElte4ns and that the rsnkest frauds were perpetrat.d- Both Donnelly and Ryan. who spoke in support of the reg alar delegation. replied in kind to the charges. Ryan became bitter in his denuncistion of Daly. calling him puppy" and ~upstsrt- and finally grew 90 violent in his denunciation that Committeeman Allison of Virginia called him to order and caused him to withdraw his statements. After IIs- tsning to crfnirafions and recrimfna- ions for an hour and q half the sub committee took these contests under idvisemeat
 Personalities In IEiisois cout.st.
 Tke Illinois contests were also fraught with rerso1alIfiss and hitter deaanciations of opposing sides. Roger sullivan addressed the szbcozuif-es In defense of the rszzlsr Cook county asserting ths ezdrs reEz-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07
| AWAil'
 CALL TO ORDER. Delegates In Seats | at Convention. | bkIAN MEN JUBlLANl.
 Everything Seemingly Under | Their Control. | CONTESTS ARE DETERMINED. Secret Meeting Held tO Oppose hehraskan's Candidacy.
CONTESTS ARE DETERMINED.
Secret Meeting Held tO Oppose
 hehraSkan's Candidacy.

Denver. July 7.-with the rap of fhe gavel of Thomas Taggart. chair man of the Democratic national con- mittee. in the Auditorium here today al noon t2 o'clock eastern timep the Democratic convention of leOS will be opened.
 All is i1 readiness for the beginning of the business of the great assem- blaze. The thousand delegates are in their places. and the galleries of the Immense edifice are filleI with the fpectatOrs who have been fortunate enough to obtain tickets. That the demand for the seats is and has been enormous is well atteS;ed by the con eesfed condition of ihe galleries The <kpwd is enthusiastic and disposed to manifest it's energy on the slightest pfhvoeation. lat ii is orderly enough te irsure the prUper carrying out Of ffe prearrsnced programme Uf the con wention Well known fgurpS are eager. ly pointed o,It. and there is a bud buzz Of anficipaficn and a stir zusi settling down into FlBees as the o.Hc ials of the coavenfiaa. headed by Chairm1n Tag Eart ard ThecdcTe |. B1U If Califor- nia vho VII te temporary chairman take their places Ca the T-atforr1.
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-07-30
POPULISM AGAIN.
To the Peoples Party of Texas:

To the Peoples Party of Texas:
By the authority vested in me as chairman
Of the Peoples Party Of Texas, hereby call
a State Convention Of said party to meet in
the city of Fort Worth, Texas, at 10 a. NJ,
August II, 1908 to complete the electoral
ticket for Watson and Williams, to take such
action as the convention deems best in regard
to state, congressional senatorial and rep
resentative ticket in every district in the state
to elect new state committee, stae chair
man and secretary and such other business
as may come before the convention.
1t is earnestly hoped that every county in
Texas will be represented in that convention
| am arranging to have our candidate for
President, Hon. Thos. E. Watson, also Jay W
Forrest Of New York, as we'll as some others
from other states, with us. I will try to Sc
cure reduced railroad rates and do every
thing possible to secure a big convention
Headquarters at Richelieu Hotel.
J. M. MALLETT,
Chairman Peoples Party State Committee of
Texas
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-07-30
Thar Rgm0yed Deal.

Bays the Augusta Herald:
"Somehow, we can imagine Governor
Hoke Smith taking the stump if needed
and called upon in behalf of the success
of the Democratic ticket, but we can not
imagine Candidate Joe Brown and his
friends taking any very active part in the
success of the national ticket. Indeed,
if the rumors and reports which have
gone broadcast over the state are true,
the late successful faction in the party in
Georgia has promised the state to Hon.
Thos F. Watson, the Populist candidate
for president"
The ru1nor that Mr.. Watson made any
deal with los. M. Brown, asked anything
of that gentleman, was promised any
thing, directly or indirectly, is as baseless
a campaign fa1sehood as malice ever in
vented
We do not believe that the Augusta
Herald, for one moment, considers Mr..
Watson capable of bartering conviction
for personal gain, or of being influenced
in anv political course bv selfish and sor-
did motives.
los M. Brown is under no obligations
to Mr. Watson. If he and every one of
his friends vote the Bryanite ticket, Mr..
Watson will have no other complaint to
make of them than he has of other Geor-
gians who vote for Organism rather than
for Democratic principles.
In other words, Mr.. Watson did pre-
cisely what he thought was right, in the
gubernatorial campaign, and nobody owes
him the least debt of any kind.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-07-30
The BlNnder of Taft.

We can not but think that Mr.. Taft
made mistake when he carried his
speech of acceptance to Oyster Bay for
the approval of Mr. Roosevelt. Even
Martin Van Buren did not do a thing
like that after the Democratic Party had
nominated him in obedience to the will of
Andrew Jackson.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-07-30
A FEW THINGS TOM WATSON HAS
DONE TO DESERVE THE
ELECTORAL VOTE
BY Tom Dolan.

asked and the writer takes pleasure in call
ing attention to the following facts
AS member Of the Legislature in 1928,
Mr.. Watson supported the archaeological
School bill of Hon. N. r. Harris. The abid-
ing value of that great institution to the State
of Georgia and its unreasonable benefit to
the entire South are equaled only by our
pride in it.
AT that same session of the Assembly, he
urged the bill to tax railroad property in
each county through which the railroad ran;
and he secured the adoption of measure
to liberaGze the law as to farm tenants. In
that far-away time, when men were very tim
id about allying themselves with temperance
movements Tom Watson led the debate on
Local Option law through which whiskey was
voted out of the country counties.
In 1885, Mr.. Watson canvassed the State,
as elector at large, for Grover Cleveland, on
the Tariff Reform issue. Whenever the Dem
ocratic party has shown itself willing to help
the people, Watson has always been willing
to help that party.
In 1889, he made the first attack on the
Jute Bagging Trust, which was expressing
the farmers. This attack started the move
ment which bursted that trust. The farmers
boycotted the jute and wrapped the bales in
other covering.
When Watson made the race in 1890, for
Congress on the Farmers Alliance (now the
Populist) platform, he carried every county
he contested His record in Congress is one
of remarkable achievement. He fought to a
finish the Infamous Cutting bill. Because he
is NOT in Congress today is the reason the
Dick bill passed, which is the same thing prac-
tically as the Cutting, and is designed to abol-
ish the Stae Militia and make a great Federal
army Of 100000 troops in times Of peace,
add to the burden Of taxation and reduce our
country to a condition of German subjugation
to the military.
In February, 1893, Watson secured the
FIRST appropriation ever made by this Gov
eminent for FREE DELIVERY NAIL to
people living outside Of incorporated towns
and cities. This founded our present splen-
did R. F. D. system, which gives honorable
employment to 10000 men and carries the
blessings of education daily to the homes of
millions Of people. Watson is accused of
sectional prejudice-though he has worked con-
stantly and won gloriously for all sections.
There is no section Of this nation he does not
love and labor for, but when Bryan could take
the gifts Of the South with one hand, and
slap her in the face with the other, Watson
says NO! If this be sectionalism, make the
most of it!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-07-30
THE JEFERSONIAN.

Already, Mr.. Taft was somewhat han
dicapped by the fact that he was another
mans man. The school-boy act of car
rying "the composition to the teacher for
correction, i'll becomes a presidential can
didate