Democratic Convention Adopts Credentials Reports
Galveston August proceedings show the convention adopting credentials and permanent organization reports without change. The platform committee stalls on Baileyism, while speeches and procedural maneuvers unfold as Wells and others address the floor. Fusion and Democratic results across Nebraska and Alabama complete the day's political motion.
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Galveston
Blake
Rion
W.D. Bradfield
St. John’s Methodist Church
Tarrant County
Lee Blanchette
Jefferson County
Tom Napier
Wood County
James Hays Quarles
McLennan
James K. Gillespie
Harrison County
Wells
R. M Stafford
Eugene Williams
W. T. Lanham
R. L. Henry
McLennan County
Spain
Congress of the United States
Inter. K
Platform Committee
Wharton Bates
Brazoria County
John Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Committee On Organization
Frank Andrews
Harris
Americans Repulsed in Matanzas Province Clash
From Havana reports say a force of infantry and cavalry under the American flag attacked Precisco plantation in Matanzas. A Spanish cavalry squadron helped retire the Americans with 10 killed and two wounded. In Havana and Matanzas provinces insurgent skirmishes continue as free kitchens feed thousands daily.
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Havana
Precisco
Matanzas
Camejo
San Nicho
Porto Ricans greet Garretson brigade at Ponce
Crowds welcomed the American force arrived from St. Thomas while the 9000-strong fighting strength near Ponce grew with the St. Louis and 8 brigade from Yauco. Picket clashes occurred with Spanish forces in the bush but caused no damage as Morro Castle fears surged after Dixie’s last shot.
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Ponce
St. Thomas
Yauco
St. Louis
Austin
Dixie
Morro Castle
San Juan de Porto Rico
Foreign naval movements and a captured ship reported in Caribbean
Havana reports the Ge Geirer arriving from Vera Cruz while the French cruiser D Estaing was expected at Sagua la Grande. The Manonbia, a French steamer seized last Saturday near Isabelle Sagna and taken to Key West, is described as an American ship. A Spanish report claims an American warship fired on Punta Maya, Matanzas, after the battery fired first, and then withdrew with another ship, the German cruiser
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Havana
Ge Geirer
Vera Cruz
Mexico
D’estaing
Sagua la Grande
Manonbia
Isabelle Sagna
Key West
Punta Maya
Matanzas
Rman
Shafter Orders Rough Riders to Montauk Point Camp
Washington reports Shafter with eight cavalry companies and Roosevelt’s Rough Riders ordered to Montauk Point for rapid encampment. Nine hundred fever cases rise with 689 new fever cases and 15 deaths on August 1.
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Shafter
Washington
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Montark Point
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Committee ON Platform
Bailey
Fusion
Nebraska
Lincoln
W. A. Pointer
E. A. Gilbert
John F. Cornell
Wwoweer
Ag Smythe
Jacob Wolfe
Montgomery
Ala
HAM
Howell Bros
Parsons
GLOBE
Taylor & Cox, Prop’s
Stengthening
Riau
California
Land of Flowers
Priclleyry Eleat
Thos. Goggan & Bro
Pianos
Falcon
Ace
Matanza Province
Garretson
Port Ponce
Santiago
Jitos
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Sam B. Wilson
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Poxas
Haoustot Cox
Bryan
Arlors of Exchange Hotel
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Ft.alveston
Houston
Alveston
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Corsicana
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