Massachusetts Delegation Rallies Amid Prolonged Ovation at Convention
At the political gathering, Massachusetts figures Patrick Tuffuire and M. M. Lomasney led a sustained ovation as Harvard delegates and other supporters cheered for hours. Votes on credentials showed a strong two thirds threshold approach, with tensions between silver and sound money factions affecting candidate prospects, including Hill and Stevenson.
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Alabama
Arkansas
Patrick Tuguire
M. M. Lomasney
Donahue
Harvard
Russell Wat
Full
Committee
Hill
Michigan
Altgeld
Silver delegates clash as Michigan seating vote roils convention
At the Democratic National Convention tensions rise over Michigan seating amid silver vs gold faction clashes. Delegates shout vote demands, anti-silver galleries erupt, and leaders clash before the roll call finally adopts the majority credential report.
Democratic Convention Opens in Chicago Amid Delay and Heat
Morning session produces no business as the Michigan delegation delay and the credentials committee stalls. Senator Daniel raps for order while delegates convene and the Bland Marching Club band provides a counter show with Dixie. Invoking prayer, officials begin to organize a lengthy proceedings with temporary officers named and a crowded hall awaiting results.
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Virginia
Daniel
New York
Massachusetts
Maine
Maryland
New Jersey
Francis Edward Green
Edor Rapids. Ta
National Committee
Hill
Simon P. Sheerin
Indiana
John I. Martin
Missouri
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Wards
North Carolina
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JT. C. Towles
Washington
DD. C
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Eustace B. Grimes
Pennsylvania
Thomas P. Curley
Alfred J. Murphy
Michigan
William J. Keuitz, Jr
George J. Brennan
A. M. Holding
J. M. Clancey
John (. Nelson
Charles P. Donnelly
Virgil Rule
J. _ Gillespie
Iowa
Joseph Deutsch
Ilinois
William KE
Thompson
John Minor
John B. Craig
John B. Craig, Low4: Charles T. Arnett
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J. F. Plard
Pase
Frank Gorman
Chicago
Bland Marching Club
Leopold Strauss
Reading
Flower
Whitney
Perry Belmont
Harris
Tennessee
Cockrell
Tillman
South Carolina
Reagan
Texas
Committee On Permanent Organization
Bryan
Senator Hill
Silver Men Triumph in Democratic Convention Roll Call
The Chicago gathering votes 558 to 368 to eject Michigan delegates and seat silver supporters, with New York backing fair play. Senator Hill denounces the Michigan electoral process as unjust while calls for Bryan fade and cheers rise for the silver cause.
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Tillman
Hill
Russell
Senator Hill
Cleveland
William Taylor
Michigan
Washington
Stevenson
Richardson
Blake
Weadlock
Brucker
C. S. Thomas
Colorado
National Committee
Powers
Utah
Committee On
Grady
New York
United States
Daniel
North Carolina
Hinckley
Hugh Grant
Pennsylvania
Harrity
Ayo
Yeas
Massachusetts
McLaurin
Saulsbury
Delaware
Sheehan
Delegates Seats Contested in Democratic Convention Row
A tense scene unfolds as Senators Harris Jones Tillman and Governor Stone convene amid a crowd. The credentials committee reports seating Michigan delegates Chamberlain Hart and Megers, while other Michigan challengers are recognized. Debates follow with calls for fair play and adherence to established precedents.
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Harris
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Tillman
Stone
Missouri
Committee On Credentials
Michigan
Messrs. Chamberlain
Hart
Megers
Hoyt
White
Crosby
Massachusetts
Jee Tw
Brennan
Wisconsin
Severe Gulf Wind Storm Hammers Pensacola
A Gulf wind storm swept from Pensacola to Mobile, with Pensacola hardest hit. The Merchants Hotel and Methodist Church lost roofs, many houses were blown down, streets blocked, and vessels displaced in the harbor. Damage in the city is about $20,000 with no lives lost.
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Ala
Gulf
Pensacola
Merchants
Svea
John Judwig
Deadeni
Annie
Nellie Keyser
Louisville & Nashville
Jacksonville
Runaway Horse Injures Spine Bride Tender on Broadway Extension
Thomas Fitzgerald and William F. Field were thrown from a carriage when a frightened horse ran away on Broadway extension. Field escaped injury. James Monahan, the bridge tender, suffered a spinal injury. Fitzgerald was taken to General Hospital with a broken leg and injuries to face and head.
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Thomas Fitzgerald
Winethrop Street
Charlestown
William F. Field
West Second Street
Boston
Broadway Extension
Field
James Monahan
Fitzgerald
General Hospital
Halifax Carnival Week Promises Grand Summer Pageant
Halifax to host Carnival Week July 28 to 31 with aquatic contests naval maneuvers harbor illumination and parades. Visitors from New England urged to take all rail route via Boston & Maine to St John and Intercolonial lines to Halifax for special reduced round trips.
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Digby
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Boston & Maine
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Intercolonial Railway
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Excursion to Narragansett Pier by New Haven RR
New York New Haven Hartford Railroad offers a July 16 excursion from Boston to Narragansett Pier and return by special train leaving Park Square Station at 9 05 a m. Round trip tickets are 1 25. Tickets limited and selling fast due to popular mid summer attractions at the Pier.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
Narragansett Pier
Park Square
American Wringer Co. Advertises in Boston Listings
The American Wringer Company offers all kinds of wringers and Bissell carpet sweepers from 13 and 15 Broadway extension and 29 and 31 Cornhill Boston repairs called for and delivered without extra charge. Write or telephone Tremont 764.
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American Wringer Company
Broadway Extension
Corns Hill
Boston
Bissell
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