The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-07-02
CROWD|NG 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 on pleas
ure excursion i'll the mountains north
west of this city returned to find stren-
uous programme outlined for them to-
day. No meeting of the committee will
he held until o'clock tomorrow after
noon. but in the meantime the members
will 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 decOrd-
ton of these headquarters. The head
quarters for these various states must
be sufficiently commodious to permit OF
Il 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
in 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
tonal committeeman from the seven
states named had upon their hands the
task of considering the nature. of the
decorations to be placed III their own
state headquarters. and in letting con-
tracts for the necessary work
Big Attendance Predicted.
Some OF the committeeman said that it
seems, in their opinion, as though the en-
tire state of Colorado was anxious to be
inside the auditorium when the nominal
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 sec
tion at any convention of either party
held in many years.
1t has been arranged, in 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 Il subcommittee of the ma
tional committee, which is TO meet on
July q.
Officers Are Chosen.
The following officers of the conven-
ton have been named:
Temporary chairman-Theodore A. Bell,
California.
General secretary Trey Woodson, Ken
lucky.
Assistant general Sccrctary-Edwin Set
ton. Washington, -. &.
Scrgeant-atarms- l. Martin, Mis-
souri,.
chief assistant superintendent {,
Fem, Indiana.
chief doorkecpcr-Eugcne w. Sullivan,
Illinois
rarliamcntaran--H. d. Crutchdeld, Ken
lucky.
Chaplain for opening daylight Roy.
James j. kcano. archbishop of Wyoming.
Official stenographer-M w. Blumberg,
Washington, ID. G.
Representative Henry ID. Clayton Jf
Alabama and Judson Harmon of Ohio
are being mentioned for the permanent
chairmauship.
Sullivan Expresses Views.
Roger C. Sullivan, national committee
man Of lllino 5. gave out 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-
QueStcd that he resign from the national
committee. ana 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
gencralities, Mr.. Sullivan makes it clear
that he is opposed to any plank which
diferprtiates between classes of citizens
either IN or out of the courts. That all
men Sho ld be equal before the law he
declares is the doctrine which all mem
berS of the Democratic party are essen
italy bound to maintain