Convention Opens in Great New Hall at Democratic Denver
Denver hosts the 1908 Democratic National Convention with Thomas Taggart presiding as Chairman Bell delivers the keynote. Delegates assemble in the Colorado capital as temp chair Theodore A. Rell is chosen. The call for the convention, political alliances, and a Cleveland tribute unfold amid a crowded hall and festive processions.
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Great New Hall
Thomas Taggart
Chairman Bell
St. Louis
Indiana
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Charles A. Walsh
Iowa
Taggart
National Committee
Theodore A. Rell
California
Bell
Grover Cleveland
All States Decorated for Denver Union Event
All states and territories are represented in Denver decorations with state colors and coats of arms on displays. The plan emphasizes uniform citywide design, ban on political banners, and orderly access with 24 exits and a fireproof building for 1,005 delegate and 1,005 alternate seats.
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Union
Denver
Denver Gala for Democratic Convention Opens Amid Grief
Denver hosts rolled out hospitality as 1,500 seats were allotted for the Democratic convention. Citizens cheered the event while secretly bearing a heavy grief, highlighting a city-wide mood during the busy gala period.
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Denver
Snowball Fight Opens Denver Democratic Convention
Delegates entering the hall faced a midsummer snowball display as wagoned snow cooled crowds in Denver. A cowboy band played patriotic airs while 12 000 attendees used the morning to find seats and cheer. The session opened with an invocation by Rev James J Keane of Wyoming and an address by Temporary Chairman Theodore A Tell of California.
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Mayor Speer
Denver
Taggart
James J. Keane
Wyoming
Colorado
W. J. Franklin
James
Arkansas
Teegart
Old Time Leaders Missing at Denver Democratic Convention
The Denver convention of 1908 shows a shift from past high profile leaders as death and new tides thin the ranks. Notable absences include Tillman Williams Culberson Bailey and Croker with New York and Southern figures underrepresented. The auditorium readiness, ticketed delegates, and vibrant color displays contrasted with fading marquee names from earlier Democratic eras.
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Denver
New York
Tillman
John Sharp Williams
Culberson and Bailey
Texas
David B. Will
Grover Cleveland
Croker
Tammany Tall
England
Cleveland
Chicago
Altgeld
Illinois
Billy” Russetl
Massachusetts
Bragg
Wisconsin
Bry
Ohio
Byers
Delaware
Boles
Iowa
Gorman
Democratic Promise and Republican Critique at Chicago Convention
The speech condemns the Republican platform as insincere and driven by corporate power. It urges bold reforms on trusts, tariffs, and public rights, touts Democratic successes on inland waterways and public finance, and calls for direct election of Senators and stronger national defense in the Pacific.
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Seventeenth Street
Fifteenth
Sixteenth Streets
Jelty and
Rrote
Denver
Capitel
Ely
Tve Ly Deoute Teil
Wood
Tts
Chicago
Republican Party
Gaul
Commonwealth
America
Democratic Party
Hils Paakoreeny
India
Wil
Republcan Party
I'reyident
Congress
Republian Party
Pacific Navy
Republican Congress
Newlands
Francis G. Newlands
Democratic Parte
East Repollian Congress
Inland Waterways Commission
Nohaly Aliance Betweah
Cairy
Committee On
Hona
Iepublican
Nte
Rai
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
All America
United States Senate
Jes Doora
Huuman
Pacific
Seftler
Edison Advocates Four Hour Sleep Plan For Menlo Park Lab
Thomas A Edison describes a two year experiment with 100 men at the Menlo Park lab proving a four hour daily sleep schedule. Participants ate four meals, slept efficiently, and showed increased alertness after an initial fatigue period. Edison also notes his wife’s success with a two hour plan and questions the need to restore the body through longer sleep.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison Laboratory
Menlo Park
Edison
Tle Alwo
Principe de Udine Adds Dental Cabin On Atlantic Voyage
The new Italian steamship Principe de Udine just completed its maiden Naples to New York trip with a dental cabin and on board dentist. The liner also features a gymnasium upper deck and a winter garden. Farmers in the Hed River valley report winter rye promising and ready for harvest in July with thousands of acres to be sown in September.
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Dentiet
Principe de Udine
Naples
New York
Hed River Valley
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Vention
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Thomas Taogart
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J. J. Dunn
Omaha
Asthaw
Sengeant-At-Arms
Martin
Mia. Cleveand
Theodora A. Tell
Zeon 2
PSOE
Culachman Heli
Navy
Theodore A. Fell
Omiestona
Bureau of Mines and Aest
New Mexico
Arizona
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House
District of Columbia
Nigme
Industria
Jtat
Labor
Ife
Real Varift’y’ Revision
Hea
Tarif
Perenne
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