09 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
1
The session is adjourned until 7 PM as Clayton delivers a speech and chairs the meeting. The permanent chairman denounces the Republicans while anti injunction is adopted and the committee, despite delays, agrees on a measure satisfactory to Mr. Gompers.
Denver July 9 The Bryan faction aims to nominate Bryan after the permanent organization and Clayton speech. The convention may recess for platform adoption and possible presidential candidate vote tonight. Total roll 1,006 with Oklahoma gains. two thirds needed 671 for choice.
At the Denver convention on July 93 delegates faced heat and delays as Ollie James Jim Dahman and Temporary Chairman Bell worked to set the session in motion. Rabbi Emanuel Koch gave the opening prayer as McWhisten fought for admission badges. Clayton named permanent chairman after a committee on organization, and three girls in stars and stripes presented him with a bouquet.
Senator Thomas Morris, head of the State board of normal regents, announced the board committees for the upcoming term. Executive: Morris, McFarland, Crownhart. Finance: Hamilton, Harrington, Ensign. Courses of Study and Graduating Classes: McGregor, Youmans, Kronshage, Cary, Hamilton, Harrington. Teachers Institutes: Cary, McFarland, McGregor. Inspection and Appropriation: Ensign, Crownhert, Horan, McFarland. Teachers: Harrington, McGregor, Cary. Libraries: Youmans, Kronshage, Cary.
The crowd applauded as Clayton spoke while heat and exertion showed on him. Delegates cheered his closing words and a Dixie anthem lifted the hall. The Jefferson club of St. Louis paraded banners for Francis for vice president and Bryan. Guffey’s Pennsylvania seat caused a howl as Clayton halted the state delegation. A resolutions committee was formed and aimed to report by 7 p.m. four key planks including railroad valuation by the interstate commission and a narrowed injunction clause.
At Tabriz a bread fight spreads through streets with mobs raiding bakeries and provisioning goods. Soldiers fire on rioters as women and children join the chaos. Casualties rise toward hundreds with no clear end.
Readers see mixed signals as Wisconsin favors Gray while Michigan backs Douglass. The notice notes contrasting regional support and hints at a broader political shift without detailing outcomes or dates.
The Wisconsin delegation leans to Gray of Delaware for vice president after an informal rooftop caucus. Michigan backs ex governor Douglass for vice president but Massachusetts balks, while Connecticut supports Archibald O Neil and adopts a unit rule. New York re-elects Norman E Mack as national committeeman with no VP candidate chosen.
Hillsdale Michigan sheriff reports capturing Mrs Belle Gunness at his end of July, though local officers have not confirmed and say she perished in the fire at the murder farm. The Hillsdale sheriff telephoned Hillsdale to Sheriff Smutzer with the status.
Bryan waited at the Nebraska farm for Denver dispatches confirming his presidential nomination. He spoke briefly with reporters, while telegraphing with Denver chiefs, as William Tate of Edmunds Oklahoma, aged 89, hailed him as the second most popular man in the United States and shared a farewell handshake with a keepsake from the Sea of Galilee.
A company of militia was ordered from Chandler to Henrietta to protect residents from Snake Indians at Hickory campground where a corn dance is underway. The situation is described as serious and Acting Governor Bellamy will accompany the force to assess conditions.
Frank Hitchcock arrives in Hot Springs Virginia as new chairman of the Republican National Committee and meets with Taft. Initial word says no personnel announcement for a week but likely to include national committee members representing the country at large.
Twenty one life insurance companies that left Wisconsin under tough laws may return but resist paying a 1000 dollar penalty. Senator John C. Spooner, attorney for Columbia National, spearheads talks with the insurance department. The move is seen as a La Follette administration victory though Spooner's faction pushes the prior laws. Penalty remains and filings are expected soon.
A committee in St Louis today completed details of a three hundred million dollar lumber combine. If completed, it will rank behind only steel and Bay State Gas as a major U S financial institution. It denies plans for a monopoly or price increases. F E Weyerhauser, son of the lumber magnate, heads the committee.
The five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hanson of Twenty eighth and Main streets died this morning at 10 o clock while being transported from the hospital by ambulance. Cause of death was blood poisoning. Dr Mary Houck attended. Funeral arrangements are by Theodore Mannstedt. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery Saturday at 2 30 PM.
Denver reports indicate a stalled morning as a quorum failed to appear and delays lingered before a tentative anti-injunction plank is adopted. Gompers backs the measure while trainmen representatives push for clearer advance notice, urging Bryan to support the provision for a large labor contingent.
The piece compares conventions in Chicago and Denver, weighing duration and intensity of demonstrations for Bryan Roosevelt La Follette and Taft. It argues Bryan’s radical base aids him, Taft relies on party ties, and suggests Democrats must unite to defeat Bryan while some Nebraskan Democrats hinder him.
Weather forecast notes La Crosse 60 warm west 78 wind 6 miles and rainfall 0 with river fall to 11.2 feet a drop of .1 Prairie du Chien 13.6 feet also down .1. Wisconsin fair tonight and probably Friday warmer east portion. Minnesota generally fair and warm tonight and Friday. Iowa fair and warmer tonight with likely fair Friday. overall fair weather for the region tonight and Friday with rising temperatures tonight.
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