Stormy Credentials Session Seats Boss Men at Democratic Convention
At a stormy all night credentials session in Denver the Democratic National Convention seated Murphy’s Tammany delegation, and backed Dubois in Idaho while seating other contested groups. The report notes heavy accusations, heated exchanges, and calls to purge corruption as delegates from Illinois New York and Ohio faced seating battles. Oklahoma’s delegation size was increased.
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Redentals Committee
Prentice
Tammany
McCarren
Denver
Dubois
Idaho
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Roger C. Sullivan
Uilnois
Patrick McCarren
New York
of New York
George
Burke
Sullivan
Democratic Party
Tilimols
Murphy
Ohio
Tom Johnson
Hitchcock Named Chairman of Republican Committee
Hot Springs Virginia July. After deliberation the Republican National Committee chose Frank H. Hitchcock as chair. Hitchcock previously managed the Taft campaign for the nomination at the Chicago convention.
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Hitchcock
Hot Springs
Republican Rational Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Chicago
New Precedent Set for Platform Framing in Denver
Sub-Committee on Platform spends two nights and a day drafting the party platform in Denver. Governor Haskell appointed sub-committee worked until 2 a.m. resumed after brief rest and will report to the Fall Committee by Thursday morning for final draft before the convention.
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Denver
Democratic Resolutions Committees
Haskell
Death Toll Rises After Torrid Three Day Siege
The report records more than 200 prostrations and six deaths today as a heat wave ends its three day torture. In New York a Socialist candidate campaigns from prison while Morris Preston, a convicted murderer, plans a national campaign by mail from Nevada state prison. Rockefeller’s 69th birthday sparks celebratory notices in New York and across the nation as congratulatory telegrams pour in.
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East
New York
Reno
Nev
Morris EK
Preston
Nevada State Prison
United States
Wocallst Party
Preaton
Btandard' Ol Company
Broadway
John D. Rockefeller
Second Day Delivers Record Bryan Ovation At Democratic Convention
Denver note details the second day of the Democratic National Convention with long ovations for William Jennings Bryan. Gore praised Bryan as a foremost advocate of human liberty as crowds cheered and banners bore Bryan’s image. The platform plank on anti injunctions is assigned to a sub committee. Bryan denies plans to address the convention after nomination.
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Bryan
Denver
T. KE. Grady
New York
Committee On
Treolock
Bell
Dahlman
Omaha
I. J. Dunn
Wade
Iowa
Oille James
Kentucky
Brown Palace
Tammany
Christian F. Belsener
Grace Maethodist Church of
Milwaukee Marching Club
Rose
Gore
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Noon
Donseling
Williams
Massachunetts
Jerry Sullivan
Judge Parker
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Johnn. Kent
New York Republicans to Open HQ in St James Building
New York headquarters of the Republican committees will open in the St James Building on August 1 and will serve as a de facto national HQ while the Washington office remains active. An international tax association for U.S. and Canada residents will be organized in Toronto on October 6.
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New York
Republican Congress
St. James
Washington
Toronto
Ont
United States
Canada
Indians and Coons in Arms at Muskogee Camp
Acting under orders from Acting Governor Bellamy, Oklahoma militia ready to move at a moment’s notice to Hickory Camp near Muskogee where several hundred Indians and negroes are encamped. Brav es defy county officers who urged armless citizenship, with bloodshed feared.
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Oklahoma City
Bellamy
Oklahoma
Hickory Camp Grounds
Muskogee
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Sullivan, Tammany and Dubois
Bauchery
William Prentice
Lena
W. J. Bryan
New York Mantesta
George Williams
anti-McCarren
Kings
County
Brooklyn
J. Berwood Daly
W. L. McWhiston
District of Columbia
Weiser
la Grande
Hall
Beverly
DRESH
Platform Committee
Rockefeller
Gryan
Teddy
Gora
Worme
Hill’s Drug Store
Oregon
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