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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
1
Prolonged reports from the Resolutions Committee drew attention as PresGompers Bryans Army at Gets All Plank paragraphs continued. The committee's ongoing labor to prepare proposals highlighted the day's proceedings with focused discussions and notable attendance from attendees and observers.
The resolutions committee of the Democratic National Convention debates platform planks in Denver with a focus on economy in administration and anti graft measures. They urge tariff reform, civil service merit, and a strong navy while criticizing Republican spending and expanding officeholders.
Denver July 9 A sub committee drafts an injunction plank for the Democratic platform endorsing no injunctions where writ cannot apply and urging jury trials in injunction cases plus eight hour day and employers liability. The plank also favors interstate rates and corporate oversight by the ICC.
John Mitchell personally requests the Alabama delegation to omit his name from consideration as a potential candidate against former Missouri governor Francis. The move signals a shifting coalition as party leadership weighs regional prospects.
Denver news desk reports Benton McMillin sent a gavel carved from Hickory from the Hermitage to William J. Bryan for use by Permanent Chairman Clayton at the 1908 Democratic National Convention. The message notes the gavel comes from Andrew Jackson's Tennessee home.
The Atlantic fleet is 498 miles from San Francisco on July 9 at 8 AM. The weather is pleasant as the ships sail in squadron formation at ten knots per hour aboard the Connecticut, transmitting from sea by wireless to Mare Island.
The Iowa second district delegates voted 24 to 2 against the minority report and opposed ousting Philadelphia delegates to challenge Guffey for national committee control. Bryan supporters call the action a betrayal while noting the unit rule dispute and potential harm to Walsh in upcoming races.
Louis Schneider, 22, lies semi conscious at his home after a collision between a fruit wagon and a touring car on a busy street in Iowa City. He was thrown from the wagon and struck his head on the brick pavement. The car owner and driver, George Fernstrom, says the horse backed into the wagon and that they merely met on the crowded thoroughfare.
Wapello Iowa voters approve a city waterworks system by 209 to 106 after a contentious campaign. The plan proposes contracting with the National Construction Company of South Bend Indiana and construction will begin soon.
Regularly chosen delegates remain unseated as Republicans vote in the primary. The action is framed as morally right by supporters, but the outcome is expected to reverberate through the party dynamics and future elections.
The Denver dispatch reports that Pennsylvanias Guffey faction delegates were ousted at Bryans behest, seen as a blow to the primary system and to democracy within the party. The Iowa delegation sided with the majority report while Claude Porter, a primary nominee, signed it, underscoring tensions over reform.
Iowa will be fair and warmer tonight with Friday bringing continued warmth in the south. Illinois also expects fair and warmer conditions tonight and Friday. Sunrise is at 4 23, sunset at 7 29, moon set at 12 54.
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