Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-07
Today Out Of Respect to Memory
OF Late Prest. Cleveland ii
viii Adjourn Early.
ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN BELL
Tomorrow Permanent Organization
VIII be oinplctcil--PrcsidcDtia
Nomination Thursday.


national convention of 1908, which Is
of president and vice president of the
United States in opposition to William
II. Taft of Ohio. and James S. Sher-
man of New York. whom the Repub-
lican national convention nominated
four weeks ago at Chicago. is at the
point of action, and the early hours
of the morning found the thousands
OF delegates, alternates and spectators
from all parts OF the country begin
ming to stream toward the great Audi
torium which the enterprise of tho
people of Denver has made ready for
their welcome.
The unusual features of the first
days program is the plan to adjourn
at an early hour as mark of respect
TO the memory of the late eX-Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland, the last DEM
ocrat who occupied the exalted office
of chief magistrate of the nation. This
adjournment, however, is not expected
to delay materially the work of the
convention, for todays session was, as
usual, planned to be preliminary in Its
nature, including only the call to
order by Thomas Taggart. of Indiana,
chairman of the retiring national
committee; the reading of the call
OF the convention, by Secy. Trey
Woodson; the opening prayer by
Archbishop John j. Keane, of Wyo-
ming; the announcement of the temp
orary convention officers selected by
the national committee. and their CON
hrmatlon by the conventions: the
opening address by Temporary Chair
man Theodore A. Bell of California,
and the announcement of the several
committees as selected by the caucus
es of the state delegations These
committees, on credentials, permanent
organization, rules and order of BUSH
ness, platform and resolutions. will
proceed with their work after the
convention has taken It's recess until
tomorrow.
PROGRAM FOR TOMORROW.
The program for tomorrow provides
for the completion of permanent or
ganization, the address of the perma-
nent chairman, Representative Henry
ID. Clayton OF Alabama, and the re-
ceipt and adoption of the reports of the
committees appointed today. 1t is ex-
pected that the nomination of neither
president nor vice president will be
reached before Thursday; that day the
head of the ticket will probably be
nominated and the selection of the vice
presidential candidate is expected to be
deferred until Friday, after which the
convention will adjourn. There is no
pect the convention to extend beyond
that day
Yesterdays late hours brought forth
some interesting developments in the
matter of the presidential nominations
and was marked by increasing urgency
of effort on the part OF the element
opposed TO William j. Bryan to prevent
his nomination, There were several
conferences in this behalf and the OPP
position showed its purpose to leave no
smallest stone unturned in the search
for delegatese who might be prevailed
upon to vote against the Nebraskan.
Those who are leading this effort admit
that 1t IS in the nature of forlorn
hope. but" they shy. ''forlorn hopes
have been known to turn the tide If
great battles. We have still two DAYS
in which to continue this fight and we
purpose to continue 1t until there Is not
a shot left to be fred
INTEREST IN NEW YORK.
AS has been the case so often before,
New York state, with it's handsome total
Of rs delegates, bound under its unit
rule to vote as one, is the center OF in
terest. 1t Is recognized by both sides
as a. fact that II New York could bo
swung into the fight against Bryan II
would have immense and perhaps de-
cisive weight against him. attracting
as 1t almost certainly would, the dele
cations of other states who will vote
for him unless they sec definite pros
pect of success on the other side The
New York people held their caucus and
made their selections for the commit
tees, also electing Leader Charles Muir
ply of Tammany Hall, as chairman of
the delegation, They took no action
upon the question of candidates, and
none upon that of member OF the ma
r,Ia h,I1
by Norman II. Mack Of Buffalo. II was
announced last night by friends of
Charles A. Towne of New York that in
the matter Of the vice presidential NOM
nation, the event would find New York
a free lance on this subject, and that
State Senator Thomas +. Grady OF
TammAny Hall would place Townes
name before the convention as a can
didate for vice president. Most inter-
est was displayed al the caucus IN the
matter of the so-called Injunction plank
i'm the PLATFORM. and sub committee
was appointed to consider the matter
The caucus adjourned until 10 a. m.
today.
The friends of Mr.. Bryan attach much
Importance 10 the fact that Lewis Nix
on was made chairman of the sub-com-
inittee ON the injunction plank. While
ex-Judge Alton -, Parker who will
be the states representative on the
committee on resolutions, was given
second place ON the subcommittee
Mr. Nixon Is known as Il warm friend
az Mr., Bryan and his prominence in the
'rammany activities ~ interpreted by
the Bryan people as indicating that
New York in the final show down"
viii support Bryan.
ANTI BRYAN PEOPLE.
The importance Of the leadership OF
New York Is apparent in n review of
first time by the anti Bryan people m
have been working. They claim that n
Bryan would have rallied a total OF 34g
Votes--50 more than enough 10 prevent
his having the two-thirds vote neces-
sary for nomination. This is Tho
strength they We're counting on. Ala
hama /, Florida Z, Georgia 20, Louisiana
rs, West Virginia IA, North Carolina "a,
Connecticut II, Delaware 9, Maine If,
Massachusetts 49, New Hampshire 4
New Jersey a. New York rs; Pennsyl-
vania As: Rhode Island 4, Vermont s
Minnesota 22, Ohio ~. Wisconsin @,
Alaska 6. Porto Rico 6-Total $40.
New Yorks failure to lead the STAN
pede against Bryan was generally ac-
copied last night as fatal to the hopes
OF his opponents, even some of the most
sangune admitted privately that It Is
now too late TO rally an effective com
binatiOn
Most OF the contests for places on the
temporary roll OF delegates were quick
ly disposed Of by the national committee