Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-07

SAa' Dlstrlct OF Columbia, Hawaii
and Porto Rico--shall have six dele
gates. All Democratic citizens of
the United States, irrespective OF
past political associations and Diff
ferenees, who can unite with us "a
the efforts for a pure, economical.
constitutional government. are COR
daily invited to join with us in senc-
ing delegates to the convention"
h When the reading of the call had
been completed Chairman Taggart
announced that the Rt. Rev. James }
keane, Roman Catholic Archbishop
of the Archdiocese of Wyoming,
would offer the invocation. As the
distinguished prelate lifted his
hands the entire audience rose to It's
feet.
! Chairman Taggart then announced
the names of the temporary officers
selected by the National Commits,
the principal ones being:
/ Temporary Chairman, Hon. The
odore A. Beel of California; tenn
porary secretary, Hon. Urey Wood
son of Kentucky; temporary SER
geant-at-arms, Hon. John I. Martlu.
: OF Missouri; ofiicia reporter, Milton
w. Bloomburg, Washington, d. c.;
First assistant secretary, Edwin Sef-
ton, New York.
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were ratified by the convention with
out delay, and Taggart then ap-
pointed special escort to pilot
Temporary Chairman Bell to the
stand. The California statesman
thereupon sounded the keynote" OF
the convention.
At the conclusion of Bells speech,
motion was put and carried direct
ing the various state delegations TO
announce the names OF their repre-
sentatives on the following conven-
tion committees: Credentials, Perm
anent Organization, Rules and Or
der of Business, and Platform and
Resolutions.
Following the reading OF the COM
mitteemon's names, and the transac-
tion OF some minor routine business,
the first days session was brought to
close in an impressive manner. On
motion of the delegation from New
Jersey, home of the late Grover
Cleveland. the convention. by ris-
ing vote, adjourned until tomorrow
out of respect to the memory of the
ex-president and the delegates and
spectators filed slowly from the hall
while the soft strains OF Nearer, My
God, TO Thee" fioated out through
the open windows. a tribute to the
man who twice carried Democracy's
standard to victory after stirring
battles.
At 10 o'clock this morning the ma.
tional committee held an adjourn
ment in order to dispose of the Penn
syvania and Idaho contests. The
subcommittee appeared to hear th-
former but was not ready TO repors
last night In the Idaho case, the
subcommittee sustained the conten-
tlons os the Dubois delegates at
large after the adjournment of the
night session OF the entire commit
tee.
The New York delegation met
again at 10 o'clock TO receive the re,
port of It's own little subcommittee
on platform, OF. which Lewis Nixon
friend of Bryan, Is chairman. II was
stated early today, after the commit
tee had been In session nearly ali
night, that It's product would be Q
set of resolutions.
Coincidental with these meetings
Samuel Gompers and his associates
of the executive council OF the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor were put
ting the finishing touches on the
plank desired by organized labor at
the hands OF the convention.
The .vice pre- ldential situation is
still "in the air. and will probably !
remain there until the platform Is
out. of the way, when some decisive
word is expected from Lincoln. Neb.
BY vote of IL TO G. the Connecti-
cut delegation today decided to yield
to Minnesota when the roll Is called
for nominations for the presidency.
in order that Representative Ham
mond of the latter state, may place
in nomination Governor Johnson.
Coast Defense and Anti-Japanese.
An attempt to force coast defense
and anti-Japane-e planks into the
Democratic platform is being made
by Thomas j. Casey. secretary Of the
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