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Bryan Named for President at Democratic Convention
At Denver on July 10 William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska was nominated on the first ballot by the Democratic national convention. The platform urged equal justice for all tariff revision and free list of goods and affirmed Congress may regulate railroads. Ignatius Dunn nominated Bryan to a roaring crowd as banners waved and a woman fainted amid intense cheering lasting over an hour.
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