Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-07-03
CROWDING DENVER
FOR CONVENTION
HOTELS ARE ALL ENGAGED AND
DELEGATES WILL CAUCUS
IN STORES.
BIG ATTENDANCE PREDICTED.
Theodore A. Bell of California Is Chosen
to Sound the Keynote of the
Democratic Party.
TO DECIDE CONTESTS ON JULY 6.

DENVER. Colo. June 29.-Members
of the committee on convention arrange
ments who spent yesterday Oh Il pleas
ure excursion in the mountains north
west of this city returned to find Il siren
uous programme outlined for them to-
day. No meeting of the committee will
be held until / o'clock tomorrow after
noon, but in the meantime the members
VIII have their time fully occupied. The
principal matter taken up today was the
selection of headquarters for Il number
OF states which have not as yet secured
an abiding place for the week of the
convention and the making of contracts
covering the rental for. and the decurd-
ton OF these headquarters. The head
quarters for these various states must
be sufficiently commodious to permit Of
caucus beng held in the rooms and
because of the fact that practically all
of the hotel space had been already en-
gagged, the committee today found ii nee
cSSary TO arrange for state headquarters
III different sections of the business dis
trict of the city.
Seven States Represented.
There are seven members of the nation
al committee now here representing the
states of Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska,
illinois, Texas, Wyoming and New York.
In addition to the work of looking after
the welfare of delegations which have
neglected up to this time to provide them
selves with suitable headquarters, the ma
tlonal committeeman from the seven
states named had upon their hands the
task of considering the nature of the
decorations to be placed in their own
state headquarters, and i'll letting con
tracts for the necessary work.
Big Attendance Predicted
SOnn of committeeman, CoiI 4
seems, in their opinion, as though the en-
tire state of Colorado was anxious to be
inside the auditorium when the nomina-
tons for President and vice president are
made. 1t is expected also that the WISH
tors from the Pacific coast will largely
outnumber the attendance from that see
ton at any convention of either party
held III many years.
1t has been arranged, III accordance
with the custom of the Democratic par
ty, that all contests for seats on the
temporary roll call of the convention Will
be heard by u subcommittee of the ma
uOnal committee, which is to meet on
July 6.
Officers Are Chosen.
The following officers of the conven-
ton have been named:
Temporary Observation-Disclosures A. Bell,
California.
General secretary-Urcy Woodson, Ken
lucky.
Assistant general sccretary-Edwin Set
ton, Washington. ID. G.
Sergeant-at-arms-Joh /. Martin, Mis-
souri,.
Chief assistant sergcant-at-arms-J. c.
Fem, Indiana.
Chief doorkeeper-Eu w. Sullivan,
Illinois
Parliamentarian-H. d. Crutchtield, Ken
lucky.
Chaplain for opening daylight Rev
James j. Keane, archbishop of Wyoming
Washington, u. G.
Representative Henry d. Clayton II
Alabama and Judson Harmon Of Ohio
are being mentioned for the permanent
craftsmanship.
Sullivan Expresses Views.
Roger G. Sullivan, national committee
man of Illino $, gave out a statement to-
day embOdying his views of what the
platform should be. Sullivan is not the
subject of ardent admiration on the part
of Mr.. Bryan. who once specifically re-
quested that he resign from the national
committee and it is to be expected there
fore that Mr.. Sullivan has concerned
himself greatly regarding the views on
platform entertainment at l. ncoln.
While his statement deals largely with
generalities. Mr. Sullivan makes it clear
that he is opposed to any plank which
diiferentiates between classes of citizens
either in or out of the courts. That all
men should he equal before the law he
declares is the doctrine which all mem
berS Of the Democratic party are essen
italy bound to maintain.