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Convention Doings Told Hour By Hour In Baltimore
The 1908 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore unfolds with disorganization and noisy protests as Bryan seeks harmony with Kern and Parker. Bryan nominates Kern for temporary chairman. Parker’s speech is interrupted by walkouts and jeers while Bryan appeals for unity and leadership by Bryan if harmony fails.
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Farnan
Charles F. Murphy
Mr. Bryan
Murphy
J. Sergeant Cram
Tom Smith
Lewis Nixon
John H. McCooey
Norman E. Mack
Mack
Elihu Root
Victor Rosewater
Cardinal Gibbons
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Parker
William Randolph Hearst
Alton B. Parker
Jackson
Jefferson
Senator O'Gorman
Ollie James
Roosevelt
New York
John W. Kern
Indiana
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Wilson
Mr. James
Henry
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Tennessee
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William J. Bryan
Mr. Kern
William Jennings Bryan
Ieader
Theodore Bell
California
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Bashan
Mount Aetna
Benedict Arnold
Judas Iscariot
Coast Artillery
United States
John J. Fitzgerald
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