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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
13
Report calls for precise accounting of every penny spent on arrangements for the convention amid rumors of extravagant use of funds. Critics warn of potential charges over purchases of residences and summer homes at the expense of a previously ample fund.
Lincoln Nebraska July 5 Mayor F W Brown brings a bulky Bryan platform to the resolutions committee for presentation after conferences with party leaders and delegates. He carries gavels from Monticello and Jackson as gifts.
Denver reports Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland rejects any candidacy for DNC chair citing heavy Cleveland duties. The Chicago campaign debates note Bryan urged Johnson to advise or manage the fight, but Johnson left Lincoln abruptly citing fundraising limits and the challenge of a lean campaign.
Denver July 3 reports of fierce discord as California delegates arrive. Theodore A. Bell temporary chair faced aggressive factionalism over railroad influence. Bell's candidates failed to win committees, clashes occurred aboard the train, and he withdrew from the caucus amid threats and heated exchanges with Delegate Thomas Fox.
Denver July 5 crowds pour into Union Station as delegates and leaders arrive for the Democratic convention. Bands escort arrivals while hotel lobbies swell and meetings shape the opposition to Bryan. Notables include Charles Towne, Charles W. Bryan, Tom L. Johnson, Folk, Pettigrew, Overman, and Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
The piece recounts Colonel Guffey's blast at William J Bryan after a gift of stained glass windows to Bryan, Bryan's demand for a bill, and a bitter exchange. It notes Omaha Mayor Dahlman's quip and weighs how the feud affects Bryan's standing and party unity ahead of the convention.
In Denver Samuel Gompers arrives indignant over the anti injunction plank. He favors a modification allowing injunctions against labor groups with swift five day hearings. Governors Haskell and other figures discuss redrafting planks as the convention fights over anti Mormon and alignment with Bryan era policies.
New York leader Charles F. Murphy weighs a running mate for William J. Bryan and expects to back a toned down platform. Rumors center on Herman Ridder and Martin W. Littleton as strong possibilities with Littleton lately boosting in Southwestern states. Murphy remains selective, awaiting Bryan's platform and a united New York delegation.
Walter Bradley aged 35 drowned while swimming in the Hackensack River near the Paterson Plank Road bridge in Rutherford New Jersey. He dived from the Rosedale boathouse pier and did not resurface. his body was recovered.
Twenty two Cook County delegates from Illinois arrive by train with a Chicago Democratic contingent and a 40 piece band. Judge Willam Prentiss speaks at Albany Hotel as the dispute with Roger C Sullivan over the Illinois national committeeman seat continues. If seated Sullivan loses reelection to Millard F. Dunlop of Jacksonville.
New York State leaders will defer major positions at tomorrow's caucus leaving platform stance and key appointments to sub committees friendly to Tammany Hall leader Mr Murphy. Ex Judge Alton B Parker named to the resolutions committee as national party maneuvering continues in Denver.
Denver dispatch reports a rift between Charles F. Murphy and William J. Conners over Murphy's plan to appoint Conners as New York national committeeman and replace him as state chairman. Conners denies willingness to leave the state chair and signals readiness for a clash, while Murphy presses the reshuffle amid Tammany factions. Norman E. Mack says he intends to hold his national post.
The national convention nominates Martin M. J. Preston for President with Donald Monroe of Virginia as running mate. Preston, jailed in Goldfield Nev for a 3 year ago restaurant killer, is 32, below the constitutional age requirement. Daniel de Leon remains national secretary and editor. a telegram pledges liberation and seating regardless of age.
Frederick Giles a Curtis Publishing foreman was taken into custody in Philadelphia as a murder suspect in the Dr William Wilson case. Police link his life with events surrounding deaths, a decoy letter, and a secret marriage to Elizabeth Wilson Gies amid competing death dates and testimonies.
Ambassador Creel met Juarez and El Paso authorities as revolts surge near the border. U S Attorney Boynton and Marshal Nolte gather evidence promising many arrests as commissions arrive from junta. Nolte vows to enforce neutrality and pursue all violators despite difficulty locating gatherings near primaries. Reports say most revolutionists are Mexican. Del Rio notesMexican soldiers scarce near Las Mexico while rebels mass in surrounding mountains.
Telegraphic report from Torreon July 5 says scouting parties of the 24 Cavalry failed to locate 857 insurgents in the Santa Rosa Mountains. The main force allegedly split into small bands and slipped past federal lines near San Pedro de las Colonias, Coahuila. Donaciano Extrada, said to lead the band at Vieca, was captured and sent to Saltillo for trial. Rio region reports describe quiet conditions.
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