Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-09
FOR PEOPLES GOVERNMENT
prest. Roosevelt Quoted in Sup
port of Doctrines Advocat-
ed by Mr.. Bryan.
He is Also severely Neutrality-suspicious.
lion of Ncbraskan's Name Great
ed Wild Enthusiasm.
Convention Hall, Denver, July a.

Convention Hall, Denver, July a.
~ D. m.--The Democratic national
convention resumed its sessions at IL
O'Clock today With another vast as
4 semblage present eager and expect
Fant, and with the feeling prevailing
that the eliminating day was at hand
on the presidential nomination and
The platform state delegations were
,Nbusy during the morning making their
& final canvass on the coming ballots and
"a was 11:40 before the session actual
BIZ began The. feature of the opening
hour was the speech of the perman-
ant chairman, Congressman Henry ID,
ifClayton of Alabama, who made SON
orous presentation of party aspirations
and severe airaignmcnt of Pres
ident Roosevelt. Frequent demonstia-
Hons OF wild enthusiasm came from
Tho listening thousands, suggestions of
tho name of Bryan being the unfailing
Signal for tumultuous clamor
" The platform is practically COM
sBpleted.
"A CALLED TO ORDER.
During the wait for Chairman Bell
s 10 call the assemblage to order before
finally relnquishing his gavel to Con-
q gresham Henry ID. Clayton OF Ala
n bama the permanent chairman, Inc
cowboy band which has earned a wide
reputation both for its endurance ana
the quality of its music kept up a
\ lively fussilade of patriotic selections
with songs of the south interspersed
from time TO time and calling out ths
utmost enthusiasm At 1880 O'Clock
Chairman Bell began the 10 minutes OF
hammering with his gaVel which he
has thus far found necessary in calling
the convention to order. He kept up
q monotonous hammerng like that ut
q cooper driving hoop on barrel.
but alter time he gave up and retired
Then he came back to the front and
drove ON another hoop, and followed
I this with another brief rest.
A third period OF rappng, however,
began to produce some effect, and tnef
temporary chairman was able to make
himself heard as he ordered the aisles
rared and repeated the sentence which
IS constantly ON his tongue, gentle
q men, take your seats"
II Al l1:40 the convention was quiet and
the chairman announced that the
prayer would be made by Rabbi Samuel
Koch of Seattle. The invocation fol-
Il lowed.
Il When the prayer was concluded
81 Chairman Bell recognized Mr. McQus-
a ten of Pennsylvania, who stated that
up to the present time he had been UNI
81 able to secure admission tickets and
81 badges for the eight Contestin% dele
~ gates from Pennsylvania who were
"a seated last night.
81 Roger c. Sullivan arose and stated
n thar the badges had been issued TO q
81 representative OF Mr. McQuisten aud
II If he had not received them it was due
Ia the failure OF his own messenger,
The chairman settled the question by
directing the sergeant-at-a to admit
the delegates.
n ~. -,
nl members of the new and old nation
4 al committees would meet late I'm the
afternoon at the Brown Palacs hotel.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
As chairman Of the committee on per-
manent organization, Senator McCreary
Of Kentucky, presented the report OF
that body, 1t recommended Represent
tative Henry b. Clayton OF Alabama
for permanent chairman; Trey Wood
son of Kentucky for secretary. and
John l. Martin, Missouri, as sergeant
at-arms. IN all other respects the tenn
poraIy organization was made perma-
nent.
The chairman, after the unanimous
adoption of the report appointed Sen
ator McCreary, Lewis Nixon OF New
York and j. Il, Baker Of California as
members OF committee 10 escort the
Rermanent chairman to tho platform.
seen advancing toward the platform
was cheercd to the echo and the up
roar was redoubled as he was intro
duced to the convention by Temporary
Chairman Bell
Mr.. Clayton called out first applause
when. after thanking the convention
for the privilege of presiding over its
deliberations, he declared with em-
phass:
This IL a Democratic year"
Mr. Clayton spoke as follows
CHAIRMAN CLAYTON's SPEECH,
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Democrats
Let me thank YOU for the honor you
have conferred upon me.
This Is a Democratic year Demc-
cratic ideas are now popular Doe
tllnes always taught by our party anl
scoffed at by our opponents are ac-
knOWledged as gospel of their own.
Measures and policies OF Democratic
origin are now prctendedly advocated
by the leaders of the Republican parry.
REPUBLICAN, RESPONSIBILITY.
The Republican party having had
fun control OF the federal government
for more than a decade must give an
account OF It's stewardship. It's preten-
tious claims, largely without founda-
ton, and largely exaggerated viii not
suffice Let honest investigation re-
veal the bad and defective laws passed
by that party. vicious policies MAIN
tained. reforms rejected the recent
panic and its consequences; promises
broken; discrimination practisedi incom-
potency confessed by It's failure 10 meet
urgent public needs, and exhibiting th's
incompetency by the appointment Of
lunketing commissions Tor the alleged
purpose OF advising that party $50 long
In control and of such hoasted legsa-
i've wisdom what legislation Is te-
CURED by the country.
PRESIDENTS POLICIES.
Ia this quadrennia contest Mr.
Roosevelt has Identified himself VIII
Mr.. TAFT Mr. TAFT has Identified him
self with MI Roosevelt, Tho Republic
F.. cam rarity has inseparably identhe'
y The two together. 10 praise one yol
must praise the other, 10 criticize one
q TO criticize his pursuing shadow
! And So, / must say, " "A SHOULD ap
L pear 20 any one that In noting and de
nouneing abuses and failures on tn