Gilpin observer., 1908-07-09
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
Looks Like Bryan on First
Ballot-Vice-President
Not Agreed Upon.

Tuesday the big Democratic national
convention was called to order by Chair
man Thomas Taggert in the large Audi
torium in Denver. The doors were
thrown open at II o'clock and the vast
crowd commenced tolsurge into the
building. The business of the conven-
tion commenced at IL. Temporary
Chairman Bell was escorted to the plat
form and formally opened the big meet
ing with one of the grandest oratorical
efforts delivered in the city of Denver,
outlining the issues to be brought before
in the coming election. After his ad
dress the convention adjourned for the
remainder of the afternoon out of re-
spect for the late lamented Grover
Cleveland.
The second session convened Tuesday
at l2 o'clock. The afternoon was de-
voted to addresses eulogistic of promi-
nent members of the party who had died
since the last convention. Speeches
were made by senators and other
speakers of note, while the credentials
anu otIlSi "SiS SSSlhiS
ready to make their reports. The after
noon session adjourned at 8 O'Clock and
an evening session was held. The Gre
dentials committee made report at 8
o'clock. There were two reports and
half hour was devoted to debate to de-
eide which report was to be accepted.
Adjournment was taken late last
evening until IL O. clock today. The COM
mittee on permanent organization re-
ported. The report recommended the
selection of Mr.. Clayton, of Alabama,
as permanent chairman and was un-
animously adopted. Another session
will be held this evening at which time
it is thought the nomination of presi-
fact now that Mr.. Bryan will be the
nominee, although as Mr.. Dooley writes,
you can't tell one minute what Demo-
Gratis will do the next" There are
several candidates for the vice-presi
Dental nomination and no prediction
can be made as to whom this will be.
Vice-presidentia nominations will likely
be made tomorrow. The convention
will adjourn sometime tomorrow.
As is always the case at a big conven-
ton the demand for seats was far in ex-
cess of the number to be distributed.
At the first session it was apparent that
the arrangement committee was lax in
its work of distributing the tickets or
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hands of some who We're holding them
for monetary gain. There We're thous-
ands clamoring for admission on the
outside and there were at least 1900 un-
had figured on getting their friends into
the building by using their tickets for
part of a session and then going out and
letting others come in on the stub.
This did not work. however, as the
doorkeepers would not honor the stub
after the coupon had been detached.
The method of handling the people at
the first session was generally criti-
cised. A change was made Tuesday
and there was not a vacant seat in the
Auditorium and standing room was at n
premium Mayor Speer took hand in
the arrangement Tuesday morning and
every person, particularly Democrats,
gained admittance as long as there We're
seats. What tickets he had he gave
out generously and those he could not
accommodate with tickets he told to be
at the Auditorium and he would see that
they got in. His system met with gen.
eral favor and hundreds of people We're
taken care of in this manner. Gilpin
county people Jared very well. There
were several season tickets held by
parties from Central and numerous
session tickets We're distributed among
those from this section. Those from
Gilpin county who didn't have tickets,
Mayor Speer managed to have them
admitted in bunch by the doorkeepers.
The convention is an immense gath
ering and everything in connection
Herewith is being properly and salts
factorily carried out. The interior of
the big auditorium presents a magnifi-
cent sight and the scene when the build
ing is filed with people is wonderful.
Thousands of strangers are in Denver,
but it is said the attendance is not up to
the expectation of the people. Con-
siderable knocking against Denver was
done by the eastern cities as soon as
Denver was selected as meeting place
by the Democrats. They said the place
was too small to take care of vast
tions were absolutely inadequate. Such
reports as these, of course, kept many
from Denver who would otherwise have
attended the convention.