Denver Convention Glowed With Democratic Clamor
Reports from the Denver Democratic gathering describe wild enthusiasm as Bryan and Kern dominated the scene. Highlights include Chairman Clayton nearly losing his flowers, Sulzer missing vast wealth in Alaska, Campau’s chair-stealing trick, and Hobson’s Cheers amid a busy convention push in Denver.
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Judge Gray
Attorney Dunn
Lincoln
Clayton
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Denver
Congressman Clayton
Mr. Bryan
Sons of Alabama
Indian Chief Attends Convention in Oklahoma
Mary Tiger a Creeks chief from Oklahoma the Creek nation of 17000 people aged 65 worth 100000 attended a convention with Tate Brady of Tulsa guiding him in a motor car. It was his first convention and delegates watched him closely as he spoke little in English saying Ugh cheap talk Much noise.
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Mary Tiger
Oklahoma
Eng
Denver Delegates and Delights at Bryan Nomination Period
The Denver convention featured grand spending and sharp social moments. Delegates clamored for money tips while officials bartered favors amid hearty endorsements of Bryan. A poetically inclined Indiana chairman stirred crowds as Burns-like verses drifted through the hall.
Thirty Six Feet of Francis Boys in Family Joke
Former Gov. Francis and playwright Augustus Thomas meet in the Savoy hotel lobby. They banter about appearances and family, with Thomas boasting of having 36 feet of Francis boys, six sons each six feet tall, as Francis notes he does nothing.
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Gov. Francis
Augustus Thomas
Savoy Hotel
Dave
Mr. Thomas
Gus
Fran
Cis
Mr. Francis
Sancis
Francis
Kangaroo Court at Convention Draws Crowd in Lobby
The Kangaroo Court, a feature organized by Alfalfa Bill Murray of Oklahoma, operated in the Brown Palace lobby with bench seats in the rotunda. Delegates were forced to subscribe to Bryan and Bryan Democracy as five judges shouted at prisoners during rapid interrogations about their fitness to be delegates.
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Johnson
New York
Minnesota
Bill” Murray
Oklahoma
Brown Palace
Honorable Court
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Campau
D. J. Campau
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Chicago
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Pittsburg
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Harry B. Insley
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Col
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Col. Barton
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Tom Taggart
Tom
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Louisiana
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William Bryan, Jr
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