Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-09
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H0BS0N'S PLEAS FOR BIG NAVY
Alabama COngreSsmanS Prediction Of Titanic Struggle With
~ Japan During Coming Administration Fails to Impress
Democrats Who Hope to Hold ReinS Of Government
During Period in Which Trouble Is Scheduled to Occur
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Denver. July S-The democratic
national convention is marking time
so far as the nomination of candidatcs
and the adoption of a platform is con-
cerned and Is passing through the
stage of organization and the throes
Of frenzied demonstration. Today has
been marked chiefly by turbulent m
thusiasm and the bitter strife OF party
leaders. the essential developments Of
the day being these:
-s'sFwo SESSIONS Of the cpnYention Ntfe
held, the first at noon producing g.
Bryan demonstration, breaking all rec
crds in duration; the second At s
clock tonight bringing the culmlna-
lfcn Of the struggle over the creIon-
'ials of the Pennsylvania delegation
and the supremacy of the Pennayl7
ania leader Colonel James M. Gaf-
{ ), who hae been denounced by Mr..
Bryan.
Outside of the convention the COM
mittees have proceeded with the :e-
riGus work Of preparing the way for
INVENTION action. The credentials
committee urseated eight of Colo el
Guffeys anti Bryan Pennsylvania del
egates thus reversing the complexion
OF the Pc lnsylvanIa delegation from
anti-Bryan 10 Bryan, and pre- elpitaT-
rig the inter Sc controversy which is
being fought out before the night aes-
sion of the convention.
The platform Is still in an incom-
p;ete condition and will not I've pre-
sented until tomorrow. but its essen
tal features are agreed upon and Iis-
tie remains Tut the details of phras-
epiogy
The early meeting of the convention
tGday was productive of little practical
~ aIogress as the principal comr lt.aes
we're not ready to report. But y gaze
the opportunity for the explosion Of
long pent up Bryan enthusiasm. which
took the signal from Senator Cores
eloquent reference to the Nebraskan
leader and burst into a whirlwind ~
enthusiastic outburst lasting one hour
and nineteen minutes, with seventeen
minutes more of the expiring echoes
of clamor, and establishing the con-
ventiOn record Of one hour and twen-
ty-six minutes, or fully thirty-nine
minutes in excess OF the Roosevelt
demonstration at Chicago. which held
the record until today 1t was a de-
clsive exhibition of the ovcrmastering
strength of the Bryan coll
umn anG one OF the most
dramatic convention pictures ever
presented as the standards of the
states were torn from their moorings
and borne through the hall, when they
stood together on the platform, like an
army of banners, proclaiming their
united allegiance to Bryan.
Amid this storm OF Bryan demon
stration the six standards Of New
York, New Jersey. Delaware. Georgia,
Minnesota and Connecticut stood root
ed in their places the rallylng points
Of little groups unnoved by the fren-
zied scenes about them. Throughout
the hour and nineteen minutes. the
deafening uproar continued. ebbing
and flowing in intensity. women join
ing with the men In bearing the Bryan
standards aloft while the whole as
semblage. 10000 people. Joined In the
demonstration. The early session last
ed three hours when, exhausted from
cheering and lacking the material to
recessed until o'clock tonight
AZ the night session of the conven-
ton after an hour OF speechmaklng
the committee on credentials report
ed on the Pennsylvania and other con-
tested cases. A minority report on
the Pennsylvania call resulted in an
hours acriminious debate. after which
the convention rejected the minority
report. favorable to the Guffey fac
tlon. by the decisive vote Of st5 to
ss7. The convention adjourned until
II o'clock tomorrow.
Night Session.
Convention Hall. Denver. July S.
At the night session, the galleries were
well filled long before the first OF tho
delegates and Iaternates began to
make their appearance great crowd