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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
1
Taft plans a week in Hot Springs to draft his acceptance remarks for the Republican nomination with no outside visitors, aiming to finish the speech before July 28 in Cincinnati. Chairman Hitchcock discusses campaign staffing and committee appointments, while Cincinnati delegates brief Taft on July 28 notification ceremonies.
In Batavia Ohio on July 9 the jury in Schooly Snell vs Levi T Felton failed to agree after ten hours of deliberation. The suit sought $3 000 damages for injuries alleged at the hands of the defendant. The case, ongoing four days, will be retried at the October term with Eli H Speidel and Charles C for the plaintiff and Nichols Nichols and Davis Davis for the defense.
Denver dispatch notes at least twenty contenders for the vice presidential nomination with Judge Gray as favorite though not a candidate. Bryan seeks Gray as running mate. Murphy resists New York naming a state man. Possible second-place choices include Towne, Ridder, Mitchell, Har rison, and Sullivan with regional splits and party tensions shaping the scramble.
In Fairview Nebraska Bryan listens by telephone as a Democratic convention nominating speech plays, with music and crowd noise heard from the line. He rests on a lawn at his farm with family and aides, then walks the property noting crops and livestock while remaining largely detached from political events.
Bolivian dispatches report that American Minister Edward C. O'Brien, approaching revolutionaries' headquarters in Asuncion, was fired on three times by government troops. He escaped unharmed. several bystanders were killed. The troops ceased fire after realizing their mistake and an officer explained the incident to the minister.
Denver July 10 3 30 a m William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president by the National Democratic Convention on the first ballot. On motion of representatives of Governor Johnson and Judge George Gray the nomination was made unanimous.
In Denver the Committee on Resolutions clashed over Bryan’s bank deposits plank delaying platform completion. The second session began at 7 o clock. Speeches for Bryan were moved up to save time before the platform adoption, stirring a long uproar. Ignatius J Dunn of Omaha placed Bryan’s name, while Illinois backed John Mitchell for VP. a President ballot may wait till daylight.
The Democratic National Convention in Denver opens its night session with William J Bryan nominated for President amid tumultuous enthusiasm. Delegates hear speeches, adopt a Lincoln birth centennial resolution, and debate platform language on currency polyga my and labor.
New York July 9 George R Sheldon new Treasurer of the Republican National Committee says he will follow the publicity law in the approaching campaign and believes publicity will dispel exaggerated ideas. He left for Hot Springs Virginia this afternoon to confer with Mr Taft.
Speaker Joseph Cannon and Congressman Loudenslager of New Jersey meet with J. S. Sherman the vice presidential candidate to discuss who should lead the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. Sherman aims to devote himself to the national ticket campaign, with James A. Tawney potentially named to succeed if Sherman steps down.
Senator Charles Dick of Ohio praises Judge Taft's pick Frank Hitchcock as National Chairman. Dick says the decision will not cost Ohio votes and pledges full support and personal assistance to help the Republican party win.
In Denver on July 9 Colonel James M. Guffey of Pittsburgh, a Pennsylvania National Committeeman, was defeated by the Bryan faction led by James Kerr of Clearfield. Kerr won the caucus 41% to 0% after Guffey and his followers left the hall. D’Ce Dewitt abstained citing doubts over the proceedings. The anti Guffey delegates held the caucus on the convention floor and later selected members to various committees.
A new Rhine bridge under construction at Cologne collapsed during crane erection. Fourteen bodies recovered and nine injured were pulled from the water as scaffolding fell. Fire brigades and police aided salvage with many workers still trapped. Exact death toll uncertain.
Secretary Loeb says Hobson was misquoted and the President never made the remark about Japan or entering a foreign war. He notes only that a sufficient navy would prevent the nation from getting into foreign wars.
Roof of house under construction near the Duma buildings collapsed this morning. Ten men were killed and about forty injured as debris crashed through the unfinished floor. Authorities investigate the accident and identify the victims and survivors.
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