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Demonstration Lasts Hour and
Nineteen Minutes
GORE SETS DELEGATES WILD
Semarkable Demonstration at
Democratic Convention
OUTBURST BREAKS ALL RECORDS
ifoise Ceases in Hour and Twenty six
fAinutes All States but Six Join
Vlarch to Platform Guffey Loses
Control in Pennsylvania
Willi cheers from 10000 throats
Trith the swell of political oratory and
lae inspiring spectacle of a vast mul
titude of people the Democratic na
tional convention began its delibera
tions in the Auditorium at Denver
Tuesday The session lasting a little
oxer two hours was notable more for
its impressive magnitude and spectac
ular effects than for the business ac
complished It gave however the op
portunity for the awakening echoes of
enthusiasm the keynote speech of
Theodore A Bell temporary officer a
ifeated skirmish in the Pennsylvania
delegation and a tribute of homage
and respect to the memory of the late
Grover Cleveland But the enthusiasm
af the opening session was compara
tively brief intermittent and tempest
aous without that long sustained and
irenzied clamor which is still reserved
ior the future
The initial outburst of enthusiasm
same just as the session was opening
a silken banner bearing the por
trait of Bryan was displayed The
appearance of the temporary
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THEODORE A BELL
ing officer Bell of California was another-
signal for enthusiastic outburst
In strong far carrying voice and easy
gesture he delivered the opening ad
dress a full hour long with resound
ing passages on the righting of public
srongs punctuated with yells as some
jhrase tickled the fancy of the throng
It was noticeable that great applause
eame from the delegates at Bells im
passioned declaration that the writ of
injunction shall not he turned into an
instrument of oppression Again there
was uproarious applause as he ar
raigned Republican campaign contri
butions without a cash register
After referring to Taft as a bisect
ed candidate and demanding but
one man in the White House at a
time he adroitly turned his speech
into a panegyric for Mr Bryan the
reference to the Nebraska leader
bringing forth a tumultuous demon
stration
Nebraska at the Front
Immediate1 in front and under the
presiding officers eye were ranged
the Nebraska delegation bronzed sons
of the west headed by the cowboy
mayor Dahlman the personal spokes
man of Bryan Well in front were the
New York cohorts with C F Murphy
cold and impenetrable and Judge
Parker rather serious faced Farther
back Colonel Guffey was the smiling
center of his Pennsylvania adherents
and near him James Kerr who is
struggling to displace Guffey and take
ap the leadership Illinois was to the
left center with the rotund Roger
Sullivan to the fore Farther back
Tom Johnson the fighting mayor of
GQiaveland moved among his ad
herents until the gavel sent him to
faiSs glace among the distinguished
guests upon the platform Near him
there sat a notable group the vener
able Senator Daniel of Virginia a
type of the old time southerner with
Tane the vice presidential candi
date and orator and the tall blonde
congressman Sulzer of New
Tork With the Virginians could be
seen Governor Swanson with Nevada
Governor Dickerson and Senator New-
Sands with Kentucky Senator
with Missouri Senator Stone
nndlaccasionally ex Governor Dockery
and tine redoubtable Champ Clark
vim Idaho former Senators Dubois
and Heitfeld Minnesota with the
Johnson lieutenants was poorly
glaced in the rear while Delaware
the Gray forces were better off
m the right foreground Off to the
left the presidents daughter Mrs
Slice Longworth in fetching gown
satE hat with flowing plume smiled
ffeonr one of the boxes and from an
other box looked out the daughter of
the Nebraska leader Mrs Ruth
beaming as she awaited
the naming of her father for the
presidency On the platform too were
manj representatives of foreign coun
tries young Viscount de Chambrun of
Franre M Krupensky of Russia Hon
II F Charteres of England and the
ministers of Argentina Greece Bel
gium and Chile
Second Days Proceedings
The convention is marking time
so far as the nomination of candidates
and the adoption of a platform is con
cerned and is passing through the
stages of organization and the throes
of frenzied demonstration Two ses
sions were held Wednesday the
first at noon producing a Bryan dem
onstration breaking all records in
duration the second at 8 p m
bringing the culmination of the strug
gle over the credentials of the Penn
sylvania delegation and the supremacy
of the Pennsylvania leader Colonel
Guffey who has been denounced by
Mr Bryan
At the night session of the conven
tion after an hour of speech making
the committee on credentials reported
on the Pennsylvania and other con
tested delegations A minority re
port on the Pennsylvania case result
ed in an hours acrimonious debate
after which the convention rejected
the minority report favorable to the
Guffey faction by a decisive vote of
Clo to 387
Bryan Demonstration
The early meeting of the conven
tion was productive of little practical
progress as the principal committees
were not ready to report but it gave
the opportunity for the explosion of
long pent up Bryan enthusiasm which
took the signal from Senator Gores
eloquent reference to the Nebraska
leader and burst into a whirlwind of
enthusiastic tribute lasting one hour
and nineteen minutes with seven min
utes more of the expiring echoes of
clamor establishing the convention
record of one hour and twenty six
minutes or full thirty nine minutes in
excess of the Roosevelt demonstration
at Chicago which held the record pre
viously It was a decisive exhibition
of the over mastering strength of the
Bryan column and one of the most
dramatic convention pictures ever
presented as the standards of the
states were torn from their moorings
and borne through the hall until they
stood together on the platform like
an army of banners proclaiming their
united allegiance to Bryan A mighty
storm of Bryan demonstration when
the six standards of New York New
Jersey Delaware Georgia Minnesota
and Connecticut stood rooted in their
places the rallying points of little
groups unmoved by the frenzied
scenes about them Throughout the
hour and nineteen minutes the deafen
ing roar continued ebbing and flow
ing in intensity women joining with
the men in bearing the Bryan stand
ards aloft while the whole assem
blage of 12000 people joined in the
tumultuous demonstration
Outside of the convention the com
mittees have proceeded with the seri
ous work of preparing the way for
convention action The credentials
committee unseated eight of Colonel
Guffeys anti Bryan Pennsylvania
delegates thus reversing the com
plexion of the Pennsylvania delega
tion from anti Bryan to Bryan and
precipitating the intense controversy
which was fought before the night
session of the convention
Final Touches on Platform
The platform is still in an incom
plete condition but its essential feat
ures are agreed upon and little re
mains but the details of phraseology
The subcommittee on resolutions
spent the first half of the day in dis
cussing suggestions made by Mr Bry
an and others relative to planks in
the platform but later decided that in
order to make progress it would be
necessary to sub divide the work and
consequently subcommittees ot the
subcommittee were appointed on vari
ous subjects including injunction
trusts railroads resources of the
country tariff etc There were how
ever some questions upon which the
full subcommittee found it possible
to pass and these included the public
ity of campaign contributions rela
tive to which a strong plank was
adopted The committee also adopted
various other suggestions among
them being planks demanding the en
actment of an income tax law provid
ing for the restriction of Oriental im
migration denouncing what the com
mittee termed President Roosevelts
perpetuation of his dynasty etc
Preamble for Platform
The full subcommittee adopted the
preamble of the Nebraska platform
It reads as follows
We the representatives of the
Democracy of the United States in
national convention assembled re
affirm our faith in and pledge our loy
alty to the principles of our party
We rejoice at the increasing signs
of an awakening throughout the coun
try The various investigations have
traced graft and political corruption to
the representatives of predatory
wealth and laid bare the unscrupulous
methods by which they have de
bauched elections and preyed upon the
defenseless public through the sub
servient officials whom they have
raised to place and power The con
science of the nation is now aroused
and must be appealed to free the gov
ernment from the grip of those who
have made it a business asset of the
favor seeking corporations it must
become again a peoples government
and be administered in all its depart
ments according to the Jeffersonian
maxim Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none Shall the people
rule is the overshadowing issue at
this time it manifests itself in all the
questions now under discussion and
demands immediate consideration
A number of planks from the Ne
braska state platform were accepted
athWfimf irowiaBiimW
practt Mlly as they appeared In that
document Among them were thoso
embodying Approval of the anti
pass and anti rebate laws prohibiting
corporations from making campaign
contributions the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people recommending a constitu
tional amendment permitting an in
come tax the enlargement of the
powers of railroad commissions state
and national favoring postal savings
banks the eight hour day the ad
justment of disputes between labor
and capital urging an employers lia
bility bill applicable to both public
and private employers and recom
mending the admission of Arizona
and New Mexico as separate states
Tariff Recommendation
Following is the text of the sub
committees tariff recommendation
We welcome the belated promise
of tariff reform now oifered by the
Republican party as a tardy recog
nition of the righteousness of the
Democratic position on this question
but the people cannot safely entrust
the execution of this important work
to a party which is so obligated to
the highly protected interests that it
postpones relief until after the elec
tion And we call attention to the
significant fact that the promise now
made is wholly vitiated by the use
of the qualifying words under which
the present tariff iniquities have been
fostered and developed
We favor an immediate revitli of
the tariff by the reduction oi iort
duties Articles entering into compe
tition with articles controlled by
trusts should be placed upon the free
list material reductions should be
made in the tariff upon the necessi
ties of life especially on articles com
peting with such American manufact
ures as are sold abroad cheaper than
at home and graduated reductions
should be made in such other sched
ules as may be necessary to restore
the tariff to a revenue basis
Every consideration of public pol
icy suggests tire conservation of our
woodlands and the removal of those
import duties which put a premium
upon the destruction of our forests
Existing duties have given to paper
manufacturers a shelter behind which
they have organized combinations to
raise the price of pulp and of paper
and to impose a tax upon knowledge
We therefore demand the imme
diate repeal of the tariff on wood
pulp print paper lumber logs wood
and timber placing the same on the
free list
Agree Upon Injunction Plank
The subcommittee to draft an in
junction plank reported through Mr
Williams its chairman that the three
members himself Judge Parker and
Mr Sullivan have reached a com
plete agreement He also made the
announcement that the plank had
been scrutinized by the officers of
the Federation of Labor and was ac
ceptable to them The plank as thus
recommended takes a position favor
able to the placing of labor disputes
on a level with other disputes and
against the courts regarding laborers
differently from other classes of citi
zens There is no requirement for
notice previous to an injunction pro
ceeding because Mr Gompers had
said that none would be demanded
providing there could be a cessation of
discrimination against the labor ele
ment
The committee reached the conclu
sion that it would not insert any
declaration on the question of the
rights of negroes Mr Bryan had
made a tentative suggestion against
discrimination on account of race but
the southern members of the subcom
mittee expressed the opinion that the
declaration of principles would be
more acceptable in the southern
states if there should be no intima
tion of the partys attitude on this
subject During the discussion some
of the members of the committee said
there would be no objection to Mr
Bryans announcing his own personal
views on this subject in his letter of
acceptance in case he should be nomi
nated
Bryan Wave Cortinuss to Rice
The tide of Bryan sentiment sweeps
on gathering force as it proceed and
the chorus of B an Bryan- io well
nigh universal With
is a teadii
growing undercurrent lor the nomina
tion of George Gray of Delaware as
vice president and this movement at
first intangible has now assiuieu a
defmiteness v- ich inomises to mcro
it soon with tle sornlniy everwheh
ing current moving toward Brjau
The opponents o Br si are still secu
ing to unite tfcair strength ajainsi
him with the ho e of ultimately ac
complishing his defeat
Gossip over the carcluicics for virc
president Lss been tor yletjly over
shadowed by the events ci the da
and there is litiio chuiso ii the st
uation There are nearly a inniJrcu
men in the fied Such lenders as
found time to give attention to the
vice presidential situation however
seemed to think that the Bryan Gitffuy
contest having Jecone a national con
vention issue that there is little hope
left ol the nomination of a conserva
tive eastern Democrat on the ticket
with Mr Bryan The feeling was that
there is such grave danger of the
alienation of the conservative wing of
the party that no man representing
that wing would consent to being
named
Boost Atwcod for Campaign Chief
A strongly supported movement
having the backing of a number of
the most intimate personal friends of
W J Bryan including several mem
bers of the national committee was
launched in Denver in the interest of
John H Atwood of Leavenworth
Kan member of the Democratic na
tional committee from that state for
the chairmanship of the new national
committee
JULY RACES WERE SUCCESSFUL
The McCook Driving Park Association Has Fine Weather
Good Crowds and Satisfactory Races
The July races of the McCook Driv
ing Park association opened auspicious
ly last Friday afternoon with n large
attendance and fine weather and pulled
off three special race events with sever
al on-the-sides
Tho 230 pace was the first race up
There were eight entries in this race
Una Wright John Harrison owner
Jack Denton W F Evcrist owner
Stella Boy Milton Clark owner Miss
Carr William Jeffries owner Shes
Wright John Thomas owner Webster
S W R Starr owner Tom Emmett
J P Larimore owner Rightaway Joe
McGuire owner Rightaway won in
three straight heats with Shes Wright
second Tom Emmett third Una
Wright fourth The purse was 820000
Time 227 226 22G
The second was a free-for-all trot
This concluded the program of the
opening day
Saturdays races were marked by an
attendance considerably larger than
the opening and was notable for one of
tho fastest free-for-all paces ever seen in
this part of the statq 213
The 230 trot was tho opening event
of tho day and it went to Laura M
owned by Fred Egan in three straight
heats Nick Wright J P Larimore
owner took second Flower Girl D S
Ough owner third Alma Roberts J
C Marshall owner fourth Purse
8200 Time 236 237 232
Tho free-for-all pace was the event of
tho races and in it the best time of tho
races and one of the fastest heats ever
made on the McCook track was made
There were but three entries Tommy
Gratton owned by J F McGuire won
in three straight heats Carter G Wil
There were only three entries in this Ham Jeffries fino animal got second
class Jim Underwood owned by Earl Stranger O W R Dye owner took
Beezeley Silver Star II J Cox owner
Day Break Joe McGuire owner First
money was taken by Day Break in throe
straight heats with Silver Star second
Jim Underwood third Purse 8300
Time 223f4 220 223
Dewey L Molbring owner won half
mile dash in 53 2 with Gray Billy so
cond Gibson third Purse 63000
There were three entries in the auto
mobile race A J Markwad drove his
Ford C R Livingston drove II E
Phillippis Ford and Dallas Divine en
gineered the Maxwell owned by Dr
Townsend of Culbertson Maikwad
won the three mile race in 53G The
Maxwell did not perform well only one
cylinder working which accounted
largely for its slow speed
Dallas Divine drove his Reo roadster
an exhibition mile inl57f
The motorcycle race was won by C
R Livingston on nn Excelsior
Frank Smith road an Indian
NORMAL NOTES
Rev Edker Burton Thursday morn
ing gave the school a valuable talk
along the linea of the necessity of the
teacher having right ideals and striving
for character development as well as in
tellectual growth in her pupils
Mr Davis has aroused much interest
in mental arithmetic This subject
should be required in every school
The grades for the Junior normal ex
aminations have been reported from the
state department and they average very
well
Miss Bednars chapel talk on archi
tecture illustrated by the pictures last
Friday was very timely and instructive
The Turner Art exhibit was highly
appreciated by the normal students and
teachers Some were so enthusiastic
that they missed the Fourth of July
celebration to study art on Saturday at
the school building
Supt Thomas writes that he misses
the normal We are sure we miss him
He will return in a few days
The industrial work mat weaving
paper folding and loom work is very
popular Miss Bednar is very success
ful in all her primary methods
Concerts Thursday evening3 by the
McCook band are so popular that the
normalites cannot be induced to listen
to anything else during that evening
A couple of ladies from the far east
who had stopped off between trains
were discovered by Miss Storer who
brought them to the school building to
enjoy the art exhibit They were much
pleased at the fine up-to-date school
structure and equipments
Tuesday morning students and teach
ers were entertained by Mr Colebanks
unique presentation of the prose and
poetical works of Longfellow
Wednesday morning Mr Garrett took
the audience on a trip through the
Rockies and into the Blue mountains of
Oregon where spent some time in the
camp of a surveying party a few years
ago
Centers in Lincoln
The great national battle between
Taft and Bryan centers at Lincoln The
state fight between Sheldon and
centers at Lin
coln The anti saloon fight for county
option centers at Lincoln The fight
for guarantee of bank deposits centers
in Lincoln The fight for the direct
primary centers in Lincoln The fight
for lower freight rates centers in Lin
coln The fight for anything that
promises good to the masses of the
state centers in Lincoln Read your
state paper Nebraska State Journal
at the cut price of one dollar until after
election without Sunday Including
Sunday 6150 If you are interested in
the state university state agricultural
coliege state fair state institutions of
any kind you should be a reader of The
Journal Its a state newspaper Its
a long time until after election but one
dollar pays for it all We stop the paper
when your time is up Its not forced
on any one Send your dollar direct to
the State Journal Lincoln Neb
third place and money Purse 6300
Time 21S 213J4 215 Considering
tho track conditions the wind etc tho
second heats time is regarded by race
men as remarkable
C S Moores guideless wonder gave
an exhibition mile but on account of
unfavorable conditions failed to make a
speedy mile such as the animal is cap
able of
Automobile and motorcycle races
closed the races F A Pennell and
C R Livingston went two miles in Reo
roadsters Livingston winning in 404
Max Hare and Mr Vanderpool went the
samo distance in Reo touring cars Mr
Vanderpool winning
The same motorcycles went Satur
day that were in Fridays races Mr
Livingston engaging to go 3 miles to
Mr Smiths 3 miles He made good
Judge McCreary of Hastings was the
starter and gave complete satisfaction
to race men and patrons
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES
In the McCook public library the
Dewey system of classification is used
so far as the present stock of books will
permit Quoting from the Dewey sys
tem The field of knowledge is divid
ed into nine main classes and these are
numbered by the digits 1 to 9 Cyclo
pedias periodical etc so general in
character as to belong to no one of these
classes are marked nought and form a
tenth class The 100 class is Philoso
phy 200 Religion 300 Sociology 400
Philology 500 Natural Science 600
Useful Arts 700 Fine Arts 800 Liter
ature 900 History Biography Travels
1000 Fiction 2000 Juvenile Works
The books are arranged upon the
shelves alphabetically according to au
thors The small labels upon the backs
of the books look rather cabalistic to
the uninitiated but an understanding
of their meaning will guide the book
seeker to find the desired volumn At
the top of the label is placed the class
number as 600 or 4C0 then the authors
initial followed by his shelf number and
the initial letter of the book title In
the juvenile works and fiction the class
number is omitted For instance
B27L authors name Barrie book title
Little Minister or P22L Parker Seats
of the Mighty Therefore in looking
for a book by Clara Louise Burnham
turn to those labeled B by McCutcheon
M by Van Dyke V etc It is worth
while to become acquainted with au
thors as well as stories
In selecting summer reading do not
cherish the belief that there is nothing
of interest save upon the shelves labeled
Fiction
The class known as Standard Liter
ature contains many a book of tried
and true worth as does that of Sociol
ogy Biography Travels and the others
What better time than the summer to
learn How the Other Half Lives as
protrayed by Jacob Riis
During the past week we have re
ceived from the publishers G P Put
nams Sons three volumns of poetry
and drama with the compliments ot
the author George Lansing Raymond
Both the poems and dramas breathe
the spirit and the ideals of today and
are well worth reading Our kindly
thanks are due the author and publish- j
ers
During the month of June the library
has had 2004 visitors and has loaned
940 books
All the books have been invoiced and
a report can soon be made as to the con
tents of the library
It is a pleasure to note that the junioi
normal people are making good use of
the library finding it a quiet restful
place for reading and study
Librarian
You are invited to Epworth League
services at tho Methodist church Sun
day evening at 7 p m Subject Jesus
Teaching Singleness of Purpose in Ser
vice Mrs E M Cox leader Special
music
Hard and Soft Paper
in convenient sizes for desk use in fig
uring and making notes at the Tribune
office Very reasonable price
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liarndo and athletic grounds
pilf rnnitv the best academic
military business nnd Industrial train
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or business A c ean and nispiririB
Sl home Careful attention given
to health habits and home life of boss
Soecinl department for boys under I
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TEMPERANCE COLUMN
Conducted by the McCook W C T II
VV
The young ladies medal contest will
bo held in tho M E church the last of
this month
Dont neglect to send all the boys and
girls under sixteen to the L T L meet
ings every Tuesday afternoon at three
oclock in the basement of tho M E
church
One week from Sunday night there
will be another union temperanco meet
ing
A Chicago official of the United So
ciety of Brewers and Liquor Sellers said
tho other day Whenever church or
ganizations meddle with politics and
assume to dictate to law making bodies
they should be treated as political or
ganizations Of course But why
grow excited about it Have the sa
loon people just found out that the
church is in politics It is just the
same as it ought to be whenever an
enemy of right living and public mor
als gets into politics A ferret worth
its salt follows wherever the rats go
If the saloon had kept out of politics
tho church would not have gone in
But tho church must follow the saloon
wherever it goes because it is part of
the churchs business to exterminato
the saloon So tho church is not
merely willing to be treated as a po
litical organization in the fight against
tho saloon but insists on being so re
garded Mr Roeling will have no
trouble in putting that label on the
church But ho need not exert him
self Tho church put on that badge
herself and will not take it off until
the saloon as a political power is deader
than slavery
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christian Bible school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m C E
at 7 p m All are welcome
R M Ainswokth Pastor
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p
m Sunday school at 10 a m Al
are welcome to these services
E R Earle Rector
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
Wm J Kirwin O M I
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching service at 1100 a m Even
ing service at 800 B Y P U at 7 p m
A most cordial invitation is extended to
all to worship with us
E Bcrton Pa3tor
Congregational Sunday school at
10 a m Preaching at 11 a m and 8 pm
Junior C E at 3 pm Senior C E at
7 p m Prayer meeting every Wednes
day at 8 p m Tho public is cordially
invited to these services
G B Hawkes Pastor
Christian Science Services Sun
day at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8 p
m Meetings held in the Diamond
block Room open Wednesdays and
Saturdays from 2 to 4 p m Science
literature on sale Subject for Sunday
Sacrament
Methodist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m and S p Junior
League at 4 Epworth League at 7 led
by pastor Prayer meeting Wednesday
night at S pm Sunday school every
Sunday in South McCook at 3 p m
M B Carman Pastor
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