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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
2
The piece describes a Democratic convention battle over Bryan Gray and Johnson. It cites 618 instructed Bryan votes on first ballot, predicts Gray second, Johnson third, and Gray eventual nomination on later ballots. Marvel and Dunn clash on feasibility and party unity, with Day at Johnson HQ hinting many oppose Bryan.
Denver July 3 Special to The New York Times shows a fluid contest for second place on the Democratic ticket. Gray of Delaware garners Bryan support while several New York figures, including Chanler and Harrison, loom as potential choices. Delegates anticipate rapid shifts as more arrive.
Mayor Tom L Johnson of Cleveland visited Chicago for two hours and denied any bid to chair the Democratic National Committee or run for vice president. He urged party platform aligned with Bryan and progressive, criticizing conservative Republican aims and insisting on clear, decisive Democratic positions.
Judge Parker released a statement on Cleveland memorial resolutions, saying he may offer suitable portions in the resolutions at the convention. He noted the draft may change and stressed his aim to honor Cleveland without factional motive. Tammany Leader Murphy disputed Parker’s stance saying New York delegates must caucus before any planks.
Herman Ridder editor of the New York Brants-Yoling met William Jennings Bryan in Lincoln to press for Bryan to withdraw from the presidential race on grounds New York oppose him. Ridder carried a proposed pulp and paper tariff plank Bryan approved, signaling potential platform adoption.
Denver delegates and locals joke about altitude and drink as the National Democratic Convention nears. Hotel lobbies bustle with visitors, buttons promise “I live in Denver” while chatter centers on Parker and the party scene.
James Mahon who runs a bathing pavilion at Eighty third Street and the Hudson River saved Frank Elder a young errand boy from drowning yesterday afternoon. Elder was swimming when cramps caused him to sink Mahon jumped in with his clothes on and swam to the float. He sent for an ambulance from Roosevelt Hospital Elder was taken there and soon recovered.
Denver dispatch reports Tammany leaders Charles F. Murphy Daniel Cohalan and Lewis Nixon expect New York's delegation to back Bryan on the first ballot while disputes loom over McCarren and New York's vice presidential options.
Anti McCarren delegates from Brooklyn depart for a Denver trip with wives and daughters. The party will tour Colorado Springs Pike's Peak and other scenic spots and stop a day at Niagara Falls on the return.
Denver reports labor leaders press for a total ban on injunctions in the Democratic platform. They argue the Nebraska plank still allows writs after notice and hearing, seek absolute exemption for labor, and clash with Bryan’s concessions. O'Connell says labor will push the anti injunction stance at the Resolutions Committee.
Taft and family traveled from Washington to Hot Springs Virginia arriving late at night. The reception included local crowds and guests at the New Homestead Hotel with rooms once used by McKinley prepared for Taft. Officials imply a Republican National Committee chair appointment is near.
In Charlottesville on July 3, Mr Taft quips about his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination. He has a long conference with Frank B Kellogg on the train and a brief talk with William Nelson Cromwell who left the train at Alexandria.
Judge W H Taft delivered the first campaign speech in Staunton Virginia on the way to Hot Springs amid a crowd of about 190 people. He thanked Virginians for hospitality and urged Virginia to support the Republican Party and its Electoral votes.
The Republican Club of the Eleventh Assembly District ratified Taft and Sherman at Chicago with J B Rinehart delivering remarks praising the ticket. District leaders Hackett and Shea plan Monday ratification events with speeches by Bennet Parsons and Lexow at their clubhouses on West Fourteenth Street and East Thirty-first Street.
William Morgan, acting at the urging of Herbert Parsons, pleaded guilty to attempting to vote under another man's name at April Republican primaries and was sentenced to thirty days in Special Sessions. A co-defendant's $500 bail was forfeited after failing to appear. Congressman Parsons witnessed and praised the jail term as a curb on primary fraud.
D H Burnham filed with the Building Department thirteen additional large drawings showing the 62 story Equitable Life Assurance Society building on Broad Way at Pine and Cedar Streets. The plans detail an extensive plumbing and drainage system with 187 lavatories and 109 drinking fountains across floors one through fifty seven, plus a sub basement shower bath for engineers. The submittal brings the total drawings to seventy.
Five trainloads totaling about 600 Tammany delegates departed Grand Central for Denver to attend the national convention. The entourage carried champagne beer cigars and ice with cautious enthusiasm and no major public display. Delegates in two New York Central sections and separate Erie Pennsylvania trains gathered under leaders from multiple assembly districts with money and poker plans on the 2000 mile journey.
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