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The Omaha Sunday Bee. , PART I. PAGES 1 TO 10. Jl ESTABLISHED. JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1904 THIRTY-SEC PAGES, SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. ISSUES ARE PLEN TIFUL Westminster Gazette Viewt the Campaign in the United States. GIVES HIGH PRAISE TO ROOSEVELT Man Himself furnishes Material Successful Campaign. for PERSONALITY NOT TO BE IGNORED Calls His Administration of Government a Masterful Eegime. MAY NOT EXACTLY SUIT THE POLITICIAN r.l. Whack Sbonld Mako Him Strong with the Eloetorato Wkei November () i Aroond. LONDON, July 8. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The Westminster Oaiette lays. "If Mr. Roosevelt should tail to feoure his re-election as president ot tba United Btatei next November, be may have to trmoe that misfortune to the sober una nimity with which the republican conven tion has made him Its ohampion. Politics, as a national entertainment, are looked ta for oertaln Qualities of oolor and melo drama, and the politician around whom nervoua electricity make no play Is liable to have the popular disappointment visited upon hi prospects. All reports make the proceae of putting Mr. Roosey.aU In nomi nation for the presidency a humdrum ae a pageant of thl nlnd could weU be. Every thing has been so 'dead sure' that eoarocly a pulae oould be made to stir itself In the course of the three days' ceremonial. No other candidate was possible, and nothing of any Importance oould be done except In the fashion which Mr. Roosevelt desired and the fulfilment of a conge d'ellre was not more of a foregone conclusion than the 'business done' by the delegates at Chi cago. "Luckily for the republican party, which has to 'get the steam up' somehow be tween now and November, It has a con siderable accumulation of compressed fuel in the popularity earned before and during Its leader's administration. "Mr. Roosevelt has never yet had to make that draught upon the goodwill of bis fellow countrymen which Is demanded by the exigencies of a presidential contest. He was chosen as vice president four jeers ago by men who wanted to keep bis radioactive-personality out of the public view, that office being recognised as the most ef fective of all political extinguishers. . "When the assassination of Mr. McKln ley turned the counsel of the wise to foolishness, the Individuality of the new president came into play again, and for threo years 'he has bad untrammelled op portunities of enjoying public Interest and confirming public admiration. He goes Into the eleotton, therefore, with a treasury of unexhausted capital and a record in which bis admirers ci.n pick and choose from a variety -of unhackneyed eulogies. Those vWh'o are not magnetised by the Rough Rider may take their text from the honest president, and supporters who have their doubts about the Imperialist may back the ruler who has got his eye upon the trusts, It seems to be assumed that Mr. Roosevelt has. In one form or another, sufficient credit with the American people to ensure his suooesa, and that, , however little the professional wirepullers of the republican party relish the renewal of his masterful regime at the White House, they will have no choice but to use all their technical re sources for the purpose of securing M. They must acoept the Colossus, walk under Ma huge legs and peep about,' for at least an other four years, after whlcu the conven tional rule against a third Vsrm may be trusted to ensure them a mora complaisant master." PLANS FOR A WELSH MUSEUM Go vera meat Hot Prepared to Promise Financial Assistance at Present. LONDON, July . (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) A deputation- of Welsh peers, members of the House of Commons and delegates from tha Welsh county councils, Welsh universities and university colleges, waited) upon , tha chancellor of the ex chequer this week to submit a scheme, unanimously, agreed upon at the recent conference, for tha establishment of a na tional museum and library on tha lines of those now in axlstenoa In Ireland and Scotland. The chancellor of tha exchequer replied that he did not consider that the schema waa framed upon an extravagant scale, and It was oertalnly of a definite nature. He alluded to the- efforts which had been made to conform with Mr. Hayes-Fisher's sug gestions when the matter waa last raised before tka treasury. He thought that what had been done slnoe tha matter waa last raised wss a real effort, sensibly con ducted, toward making real progress with a scheme which It bad been for so long a time their ambition to realise and which had been encoursged and sympathetically treated by the government. As regards the question of finance It fell to his lot to provide, under'clrcufnstancea of great dif ficulty and In a time of quite exceptional strain, any fund which might be neces sary, and ha could not definitely promise at this period of the year to Include pro vision for auch a scheme In next year's budget They asked for a considerable ex penditure 90,000 capita) expenditure and a recurrent annual expenditure of 10,000. He must reserve his consideration of the mat ter until he oame to consider the estimates In ths autumn In the light of the then financial situation. He thought that any assistance from tha government should be given to stimulate ' and not to supplant voluntary contributions from the locality. VALUABLE ARABIC PAPYRI Over TkoausS Docs meats Presented to Llbs-nry of Heidelberg I'nl varsity. BERLIN, July . (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The president of Heidelberg chamber of commerce, Herr Frtedrloh Sobott, has Just presented to the library of Heidelberg university a valuable and ex tensive oolleottoa of Arablo papyri from Egypt. The collection oontalns over a thou sand documents, Inoludlng a splendidly pre served set' of deeds of high Arab govern, nient officials of tha first century of Mo hammed rule. Many of tba rolls throw new llgbt on the history of Christianity UJf the first five hundred yeare of laUm la Egypt, A biography, of Muhammad la eg SsHwilal lates a . CRITICi'' ..o ,-- to Some HU' V',vVr LONDON. July The Bee.) Canon .u . t.HD n ram aw . - ok., jll.r IncnilaVissA author of "Tha EntClopaedla BlbUca, dressed the Churchman's union at West minster on "The Discovery of New Facts and Justification of a More Searching Biblical Criticism." Contending for a free and untrammelled criticism In the cause of progress. Canon Cheyne held that the national church was not merely a hospital for the morally sick, but a union of .men devoted to the highest Ideals and to nlstorto truth. He said It oould be shown easily that soma of tha narratives In the Old Testament were colored by tha Oriental mythology. The earlier chapters of Oenesls, containing the cosmogony and the deluge and such stories as Jonah In tha big fish, were semi-myth loal and Oriental' In origin, showing the In fiuenoe of Babylonia, Certain elements In tha Bible were borrowed from a oulture older and richer than the Jewish. "I have no Intention of giving any shock." said Canon Cheyne, "In touching upon the virgin birth of the Redeemer." But be claimed that the new facts brought to light showed that the Jewish narrator had derived It from a non-Jewish source, and thst waa the mythology of Babylonia and Egypt , Tha use of the word "virgin arose out of a misunderstanding of the meaning of tha original word, which re ferred to the Divine generation of -certain favored persons. As a historian he could not refuse to recognise the possibility of this origin of the story. After showing how many names of peo ple and places In the. Old Testament were wrong, he said .there were two great works remaining to be done. One was to find out what meanings the last editors of tha Old Testament put upon the books when they had suffered much corruption i the other was to complete an Improved textual criti cism. OBJECTS TO NAME IN NOVEL French " Official Brlags Salt Against Author to Restrain Publica tion. PARIS, July . (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) That old question of names used by novelists has come up again. M. Michel Corday's novel, "Lee Freres Jelldon," has been advertised recently as nearly ready for publication. The notice of the forth oomlng story set forth that It would be of most absorbing and piquant interest, there were In it types of character taken from actual contemporary life. Hardly had the advertisement appeared when the au thor received a letter from Mr. JelMnn' who ''Is a court official at tha Tribunal of the Seine. M. Jelldon courteously re quested M. Corday to give the "brothers" In his romance another name. The author was plunged Into a state of anguish and desolation. The printers were busy with his manuscript and a good deal of it waa already set up in type. He accordingly In formed M. Jelldon that the name would have to stand In his book. Tha court offi cer then took his case before a Judge In chambers, to whom ha stated that it was for him a matter of great importance that his family name should not be put before the public In a book of fiction or romance. The Judge In chambers said that ha had as Jurisdiction In the matter, so M. Jetldrm was directed to take his case to the civil court, where there are precedents for deal ing with It HAGGERTY TO SWIM CHANNEL Chosen Oat of Three Thosissd Coin petltore to' Mnkn the Attempt. LONDON, July . (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) J. Haggerty, who has been se lected by the Weekly Dispatch out of over 8,000 applicants to swim the English ohannel, will commence a course of two months training Immediately. Haggerty, who lives In Stalybridge, Is already famous as a swimmer. He Is 41 years of age, and since he commenced his natatory career thirty-two years ago, has won over ISO prises and medals. As a boy of 10 he won the boy's championship of Stalybridge (his native town), and fifteen years later he retired champion of England after he had met the best men of which the country could boast Hag gerty has no doubt as to his stamina, and la very oonfldent of success, providing that tha tides and the weather are in his favor. For the first month or so be will train at Blackpool, where bis work will principally consist of land work running and walk ingand some swimming practice. Subse quently he trill come south to complete the necessary bourse. HOT SHOT FOR THE CLERGYMEN Mario Oorellt Breaks Oat 1st of tier Charaeterlstlo Roasts. Oao LONDON, July a (Special Cablegram to The Bee.)-Arohdeacon Sinclair's descrip tion of London as "pagan" has evoked a characteristic reply from Miss Marie Co relll, who In this week's Bystander at tacks the clergy with much bitterness. "What," she asks, "If one spoke of pagaa clergy 7 What of oertaln eoclesiastlca who do not believe one word of the oread they profess, ahd who daily play the part At Judas Iscariot over again In taking money for a new betrayal of Christ T What of the surpllced hypocrites who preach to other what they never even try to praotloeT "What of the' countless vicious and worldly clerical bonvlvante who may be met with everywhere In the houses of wealthy and titled persons, 'clothed In- One linen and faring sumptuously every day,' talking unsavory society aoandal with as much easy gUbness as any dissolute lay' decadent that ever ooserled another man's wife away from the path ot home In the tricky disguise of a souir " PRINCE IS A GOOD SWIMMER Sta4 Son of Bnseret William Dlattagmlshee Hiss sol. y m ' BERLIN, July (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The kaiser's second son, Prtnoe Eltel Friedrloh, who la studying at Bona university, accomplished a feat the other day that won him tha admiration of all German sportsmen. Acoompanled by one oompanlon and an old boatmso tha prtnoe went to Qronau, where tha current of tha Rhine la very strong, and swam clear across the river to the opposite shore, lie then rowed back to Bonn, mounted a borao awaiting him and took a king rid JUSTIFIES BIBLE SENATOR BAILEY of Texas. Copyrighted, 1904, by Tha North American Co., Phils. Used, by Courtesy TAKES LIVES OF TWO HU "W. Zeller Kills Wife and Her Aged Father, W, B. Bnrkamp. ENRAGED AND SAID TO BE DRUNK AT TIME Slays Woman with Knife' and Eia lather h-Law with Crowbar, ' ESCAPES WITH POLICE IN HOT PURSUIT Msmbera of Family Deolare Tragedy Wat Unprovoked and Deliberate. MURDERER ALWAYS SAID TO BE BAD MAN Has Own Children, Sf other-la-Law and Others Tell of His Crnel Treat ment of Family and Bfs Dissipated Habits, Crased with drink and frensled with anger, Michael W. Zeller, a gardener, yes terday morning committed a double mur der, stabbing to death his wife and slay ing her father, William R. Burkamp, who ran to the assistance of bis daughter. With his two victims bleeding and dying, Zeller coolly turned from tha scene of his crime and walked, up the hill with his knife still In his hand and dripping with the Ufa blood of father and daughter. Zeller dls appeared, and, although seen a short time after tha killing, has thus far evaded cap ture. . Tha tragedy was enacted at .the -very doorstep of tha Burkamp residence, at Forty-second and Redlck avenue, at 11:80 Saturday morning. There was but one wit ness to the awful crime, Mrs. Stromberg, tha wife of a farmer living near Forest Lawn cemetery. William Burkamp was the sexton of the Pleasant Hill Jewish cemetery and his res idence was Just adjoining and on Redlck avenue. Mrs. Stromberg witnessed the stabbing of Mrs. Zeller only,- fleeing from the scene In a buggy. She declares that Zeller made for her after stabbing his wife, evidently mistaking her for Mrs Naugle, a sister of tha dead woman. , Deliberately Planned Mnrder. The story of tha horror Is not without its pathos. Zeller planned his murder, with deliberation and' cunning and made good his alleged Inhuman, threat, oft-repeated and of eighteen years' standing. He first fatally stabbed his wife. Burkamp, who was St years of age, heard the screams of Ns daughter and hastened to her aid, only to be struck down and sent to his death. Tba police In numbers spent all yester day afternoon scou ring tha country and olty round about In search of tha double murderer, who Is In hiding and probably armed with a rifle. Mrs. Zeller and three of her four chil dren spent the night at the borne of her parents. Zeller, erased with drink, had fired two shots at his son, William, and driven his family from their home at Thirty-eighth and Idaho streets. The po lice were telephoned and an officer sent to tha Zeller home. All was quiet when be arrived and ho refused to arrest Zeller without a warrant Mrs. Zeller and her children sought refuge under her father's roof. Wife's Death Wot at Oaoo Known. The fact that Mr. Zeller bad been killed, although she was stabbed before the attack upon bar father, was not known until two hours later. Her body was found by searchers In a cornfield about sixty-five feet from tha house. It waa to here she had probably staggered to escape the mur- darer and had dropped down to die. .She was stabbed behind the left arm. Burkamp died In a chair with his bead In his wife's arms. Death probably re sulted from a crushing blow on tha- bead from a crowbar wielded by the murderer. After bo had fallen Zeller reached over and poaUuued on Third Page.) J REGRET FOR DELEGATE BORDER Reselatlons Passed b; North Dakota Representatives at Demoeratto Convention in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, July .-A resolution ex pressing regret and sympathy at the death of Delegare Jacob E. Border of North Da kota In ttje train .wreck at Litchfield, July t, waa offered by the North Dakota dele gation and agreed to. Mr. Russell' -of Alabama was on his feet at once and remarked that on account of tha sad news oonveyed In tha resolution and lo allow the members of the North Dakota delegation to ' meet to con far, ha moved that a recess be taken un til 6:20 o'clock. Cries of No, no," were heard from all sides, but Chairman Clark put the motion, when a protest was made that there had been no second. "Is the mo tion amended," asked Mr. Clark, and amid another general cry of "No, no" and a vigorous protest from all over the hall ha put the question. The vote was overwhelm ingly against tha recess, but Mr. Clark de clared with a snap and a bump of bis gavel that It waa carried, and at 1:10 tha convention waa declared In recess for two hours. ' CALLS OH PARKER. TALK Brooklyn Eagles Desires Unequivocal Expression on Money Qaestlon. . BROOKLYN, N. T., July . (Special Tel egramsThe Brooklyn Eagle, the first newspaper advocate of Parker's nomina tion, serves notloe on the candidate that he must satisfy the conservatives on the money Isaua-It says editorially! "As tha measure, the basts and the stand ard of money, tha American people are for gold. The American democracy are tha servants and should be the exponents of the American people on that fact The platform of tba American democracy should say this and does not It does not say tha reverse. It does not say anything on this head. Something, the right' thing, tha true thing on this head representing both tha American democracy . and ' the American people should be said.' Alton B. Parker has been selected to be the one man to speak to the Amerloan people for the American democracy. 1 The right thing on this vital matter of sanity, of honesty and of act ahould be said for that democracy. "Judge Parker's nomination la bl author isation to say it and constitutes his duty to say It He. certainly ought to say it He oertalnly ahould say It, If ha would Justify tha confidence and meet tha warrant and measure tha obligation so honorably' and unanimously put upon him. Wo will have utterly ' misestimated - him If he , does not so, and do his duty, seise his opportunity, measure and meet his obligation on this head as wa have bare not hesitated frankly and promptly to set forth. Wa neither pre scribe nor even suggest terms of expres sion. Wa profoundly realise the need of the expression Itself. That realised, the term can be left to the nominee. He may be sura they will not bo dissented -from. The mind and heart of a great party find In their oonfldanoe In him, in his wisdom. In his Intellectuality, in his oommon sense. In his sentient political Instinct their JuatnV oatlon In knowing that ha recognises be should a peak, and their conviction that he will apeak on matters wanting In tba plat form or erroneously or Imperfectly treated ttlere, concerning which wise expression and judicious Interpretation are vitally re quired. " HsCMlaa Cwna-rnteUatea. NOW TORK. July a Mayor McClellan, when ha received from St Louis that Judga Parker had been nominated for president by the demoeratto national convention, sent the following telegram of congratulation; J Alton B. Parker, Esopus. New Tork. All democrats will work enthusiastically for the election of a candidate In whom tbey have auch confidence. Accept my sin cere and hearty congratulations. O BXJ ROE) B. M'CLELLAN. To a reporter Mayor MoCiellan said today! All democrats will work errtbuslaetioaJly for the election of Judge Parker. I have the greatset admiration for him as a man and as a democrat. I have the fullest ounfldenoe In his shinty and his states manship. New York has bean greatly honored by this selection of one of lis oltlsnns for a protadeDtlal candidate. -The oouiury will expect New York to do all In Us power, lu view of the Importance of the Btncipiea at stake, to of tha North American. PARKER FIRES BOMB Telegraphs Convention Eia Financial Views . Are in I avor of (tola Htandara. WANTS LEADERS TO KNOW HIS SENTIMENTS Gives Convention Privilege to Hominate Substitnts if Position UUnBatiifactory, CONVENTION THROWN INTO COMMOTION Telegram Misunderstood and Taken to Mean Demand for Qold Plankv- PARKER IS NOMINATED ON FIRST BALLOT Defeats Hearst, Next Strongest Candi date, SOS to 114 and Tleo Presi dential Nominations Drtngp Thoaerhta of Homo. Davis of West Virginia nominated for vleo president on the first ballot. St Louis, July 9.-When tba convention reconvened this afternoon the startling an nouncement waa whispered around. In dif ferent circles that a sensation was, to be sprung on tha convention at tha eleventh hour. It developed that Judge Parker had tele graphed his views upon finances In which he declared for tha gold standard and sug gested that tha convention ahould know this fact, that It might be given an op portunity to select soma one else for the party's nominee should his view not bo In accord with those of the delegates, . When this surprising Information circu lated around the convention hall, William J. Bryan was absent, being at his . hotel sick, eeveral senators Immediately im portuned Mr. Shoehan not to read the tele gram before the convention. Tha telegram follows: I regard tha gold standard as firmly and Irrevocably established and I shall act ac cordingly If the action of the convention today Is ratified by tha people. Inasmuch as the platform is silent on the subject, I deem It necessary to make this communi cation -to tha convention for its consider ation, as I should feel it my duty to de cline the nomination except with that un derstanding. Senator mil now has In his possession a copy of tha gold plank whloh was re ported by the committee' to the full com mittee and rejeoted by tha latter committee. Tha knowledge of tha receipt of the dis patch soon became general throughout the hall and naturally oreated a commotion. W1U Fight Gold Flask. It was appreciated that, 'ahould an at tempt be made to Inject a gold plank Into tha platform, a bitter fight on the floor would bo precipitated and prolong tha ses sion. Those opposed 'to a gold plank In tha platform ware greatly disturbed by the absence of Mr. Bryan, whose vigorous fight before the oommlttee on resolutions resulted In tha elimination of the plank obnoxious to them. Hurried conferences were held In different quarters of tha hall, and tha Parker dls pa ton overshadowed la Interest tha nomination of a vice presi dent It waa believed that tba financial ques tion bad been fought to a eonoluslon In tha tommittee on resolutions and that a satisfactory oompromise had been affected and tha delegates were wholly unprepared for tba Parker dispatch, and tha appre hension that Senator Hill might at this lata hour, make an attempt to secure tha adoption of tha gold plank. For an hour tha subject of Judga Park er's telegram, the original of which had bean privately shown to a few of tha lead ers, was tha toplo of excited conversation In small groups throughout tha building. In a conference between Senator Hill and Ben. at or Daniel tha latter soldi "I say most positively that ,the ooromitteo on resolu tions cannot meet again. Wo have finished our work." Several other Busbars of tha .oommlttee Joined In echoing this sentiment Tha action of Judge Parker waa taken to Continued, on Second Pegej THE BEEBULLETIN. . Fore east for Nebraska Generally Pal and Warmer, Page. 1 English Paper Praises Rertse-rett. Marders Wife and Her Father. Parker May Decline to IXmm. Bryan Now a Deposed Leader. 8 Sews from Nebraska Towns. 8 Gives Advice to Colored Men. Elevators Sore to Bo Boll. Q Past Week In Omaha Society, 1 T Sporting Eventa of the Day. 9 Broomstick Makes a Record Ren. 11 Kansas Rivers Are Falling Now, Rassla Blames Other Nations. Loral Democrats Are Pleased. 13 Amnsementa nad Masle. IS Weekly Review of sporting; Eventa 14 Editorial. 18 Duties of Campaign Are Knar tins. McTnae (salts Caterer's "Frost. 15 Financial and Commercial. SO Proarreea of Vaoatlon Contest. XI to 8 The Illustrated Bee. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Dec Ronr. Ilea. 8 a. sn ut 1 p. ns Ml 6 a. a oo S d, m Ml T a. at Uft 8 p. nt H4 S a. -ns UT 4 p. m 4 9a.ni Tl 5 p. ni Mfi 10 a. m Tft 6 p. m Ml 11 a. m TT T p. nt e4 IS m T DEMOCRATS IN A SAD PLIGHT Leaders and Rank and File Aro Dls- gmsted with tha Action of Parker. (From a Staff Correspondent.) CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS, July 9. (Special Telegram.) Not in the political history Is there a parallel to the position the democracy of the nation accuples at this moment, and all due to a telegram which the nominee for president sent W. P. Sheehan of the New Tork delegation. When the rumor waa circulated among the delegates that Parker wanted a gold plank In tha platform, otherwise he would not acoept tha nomination, constornotlon reigned. The recollection of the oldest politician could not go back to a similar occurrence, when the nominee, presumably having largely Instrumental In Its making through his friends, should refuse to run on a platform unless certain additions were madoe. Delegates, wheen they heard of the bold stand ' taken by Parker as to tha platform, were completely dazed. They were dumb with amazoment that Parker's lieutenants ahould not have known what the wishes of the candidate ware as to the resolutions. ' ' Makes a Mess of It. The fact was; the convention was knocked senseleee; then came the reaction and loud and angry words were heard that Parker was a go old man and would fix the gold standard Irrevocably upon the coun try ahould he be elected. C. J. Smyth, the chairman of the Nebraska delegation, h-aid, speaking ot the telegram: i The sphinx has spoken and you see what a fearful botch he has made of It" "What would you suggest as , the most satisfactory way out?" - VWelU". said Mr. Smyth, , "1 would move to reconsider the action of the convention and nominate someone elae" "Tha platform Is good enough for any democrat I Imagine the fact Is that the newspaper press of New York has been so bitter In opposition to the platform that Parker became scared and spoke out. This shows me the futility of nominating a man whose position on the great questions of the day is not known." Others of the Nebraska delegation did not oouch their words so carefully. They swore big, round oaths; they were mad all over and with them were the delega tions from Minnesota, Mississippi, Wiscon sin, ready to turn Parker out and put some one else in. It is recalled that Cleveland In his letter of acceptance In went outside the platform and made a platform for himself, but never has there been JUHt a similar position as Judge Parker placed his friends In today by being, as John Sharp Williams said. "Over-sensitive as to his position on the money question." But when tha telegram from Parker to Sheehan was read and when the telegram Ingeniously prepared in reply as coming from tha convention was also read and de bated by men who have the confidence of their feilowmen. It was recognised that the convention had passed over the thin lea without breaking 1L The fact remains, however, that Hill, Sheehan, Tillman and John Sharp Williams labored for hours to ascertain a way out of the dilemma. What effect it will have upon tha country la to be seen, Bryan on the Mess. "If tha gold staudard is light, why run from it?" It was euje nure Biyaa. He was thought to no lil to attend the convention and the rumor was In circula tion that Bryan was down with pneu monia. But while Senator Tlllmau was talking Bryan came Into the hall, looking very pale. Ha was shaky in his walk and evidently he was III. Ha heard, however, of the Parker telegram and he could not resist taking a hand in tha debate. Bryan felt that he was needed and that it was his duty to be In the -battle even If It should be his last. And his presence on tha platform made a dramatic scene, and whan ha spoke of tha resolution that was contemplated to be sent to Judge Parker ha showed soma of his old fire, which was Inspiration to tha leader's followers. Bryan argued against the resolution. In sisting that It waa a mere subterfuge, and then shaking his finger In the face of the convention saldi "If the gold standard la right why run from It? Why not put It in your platform and be honest about It?" This convention, which looks now as If It will ba brought to an and In a few hours, will go Into history aa one of the most re markable conventions Wver held. Tha con vention which nominated Garfield In 1880 was one of tha most Intensely Interesting In our history, It wa full of oratory, and there were sharply defined Issues at stake It waa a history-making convention. But this democratic convention will take tha prise for dramatic situations, as well as pathetic Incidents, for oratory of a su perior class and for the appearance of an uninvited ghost, which sent cold shivers down the backs of ths delegates. It was full of ginger and "Dixie." It had been the Intention of many of the delegates from Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota to leave tot their homes tonight. Tha sudden springing of the gold question, however, by Judge Parker caused tha dele gates to make new arrangements, and their old quarters were reoccupled. A number of Nebraskans will go home to morrow, aa It now seems certain ths con vention will adjourn In an hour or two, or as soon as the orators oan get through ex plaining why the platform la silent on the money question. E. C. S. Lowers Price of Oil. PTTTSBITRO. Jtilv t Another cut of I crate In the price of all a-rades of oil was made today by tba Standard. OU couuiauy. - BRYAN NOW DEPOSED Nomination of Alton B. Parker Marks Close of the Kebraskan'i Leadership. HIS PLEA FALLS ON HEEDLESS EARS After Declaration for Oockrell Nebraska, Delegatees Do Not Follow Him. LEAVES HALL KNOWING HE HAS LOST Silver Champion Does Not Stay to Hear Betult of Balloting, ONE NEBRASKA DEMOCRAT REJOICES Reprosoatatlva of Omaha Snneeas) League Comments on Kailaro ol Convention to Reaffirm, Kansas City Itatform. (From a Staff Correspondent.) ST. LOL'IS, July .-Vpjlal Telegram.)- Tha nomination of Alton B. Parker by ao clamatlon before the first roll call waa completed was tha answer given by thsr) domocratlo convention early this morning to the pathetlo protest of William Jennings Hrjan against the selection of. any candU date who had not loyally supported the", ticket Wo the two last national campaigns. The picture of Bryan In the dim morning: light straining his husky voice In one last effort to exerdne a supreme Influence over the delegates, at first almost defiant, then entreating and pleading "till his appeals be cama truly piteous, will always remain wltM those who witnessed the memorable soene. Bryan's appearanoe was cleverly timed. When In the protracted call of states for nominating and seconding speeches Ne- . braska was named, Chairman Smyth tried to answer from the floor, but the throng persisted In calling for Bryan and would not stop till he appeared on the speaker's platform. Instead of responding then ha merely announced that Nebraska would yield to Wisconsin and answer when Wis consin should be called. This was at once ' giving notice that he had something to say and it also served to give him substantially the closing words In a debate which had teemed with half-hidden assaults upon him and hud at the time been dramatic If not acrimonious. Mr. Bryan remounted the rostrum at ex actly 4 a. m., and the time limit of four minutes, which had ben raised against tha preceding speakers, was Immediately sus pended by unanimous consent. With a free field to go on and an audience politely at tentive, he began by excusing his poor voloe, which , however, grew perceptibly stronger and clearer aa he prooeeded. Pleads with Delesratoa. His was a plea for the doctrine of peace as against the doctrine of war, by whlchj he characterised the Rooeeveltlan policy He expressed the belief that tha republican candidate ought to be defeated, could bo defeated and would be defeated If only the democrats would follow, his advice, "Do not foroe us to choose between miUW tarlara and plutocracy," he begged, "Ne braska aaka nothing but to be permitted to fight the battles of demooracy," ha con tinued, explaining that ha had no preferred candidate. He wanted, however, a man to take the leadorshlp be was ready to lay down, who had followed bis leadership, la both his campaigns. "We have a platform on whloh we aQ oan stand. Now give ua a candidate behind whom we can all stand." But the responsive chord was not struck. One by one he threw verbal, but back hand, bouqunta at Hearst, Wall and Pat tlson and wound up by seconding thg nomination oi Cocktail ot Missouri. Ha said he knew Oickrell had fought in t&O confederate army to destroy ths anion, 9St he did not care, aa that had happened fort); years ago. , Nebraska, the one state claimed by the union veterans, whore after the war mora bayonets were turned to plowshares than In any other western commonwealth, was thus held up by Mr, Bryan as selecting for Its championship the only ex-confederate soldier before the convention. At ' that time Parker, Olney, Gray and Miles, as well as Hearst and Cockrell, had been named, but he had not a good word for any of them and tha delegates were quick to see the method of his madness and to resent his attempted dlctatlon even while he wag denying that be was a' dictator. , Bryan Leaves Hall. With a final plea that someone be found In the 6,500,000 people who had voted for him In both VM and 18u0 to merit the favor of the convention, he hastened to hla seat,' knowing from the temper of his audience -that he had played his last card and lost. He did not remain for the roll call. Ex hausted and dejected he left the hall and retired to his hotel. When Nebraska re sponded, although Mr. Bryan had claimed, to second the nomination of Cockrell oa behalf of the state, the state's vote wan divided with four each for Cockrell, Hearst and McClellan. and one each for Miles. Olney, Oray and Wall. As one woman nea me remarked Nebraska voted like an old -lady's patch quilt. ' While the changes were being recorded s on conclusion of the roll call It was an parent that Parker was nominated. Chair man Emyth and a number of Nebraska delegates slipped out of the ball la dis gust. Among the spev.ta.ors who bad stayed through was Doctor M.'pp'e. former pvn dent of the Jackuonlan "J who 3t lwu here among the Parker rooters, "s-i t It great," he shouted, "I guess wa will ia a ratification meeting on our return to Nebraska or know the reason why. Tby won't read ua success leaguers out of too party so quick as they thought tt-y would. Did you notice, too," ha added. "that tha fight on us at homo was all ovr reaffirmation, and Bryan bad the daluga- tlon Instructed by tha state convention ta Insist on reaffirmation and bs gave It up and voted for a platform against reaffirma tion. Eh, Isn't It great!" VICTOR ROSE WATER. INTEREST RAPIDLY FLAQOHVQ Long Straggle Haa Worn Oat tba Delegates. (From a Staff Correspondent) ST. LOUIS, July . (Special Telegram.) It was a hollow-eyed, listless crowd of del egates who met In convention hall at 6:10 this afternoon to nominate a running mate with Judga Parker. But the weary, oare worn men who have been laboring since Tuesday to make a democratic nominee ere In fine contrast to tha dullness and Inanition which characterised the email . crowd that filled tha convention hail oa this last day of a really memorable conven tion Flights of oratory, which last night would have roused tha frenzy of tha masses, fell on dull ears, and the applause which followed the presentation of tha . namea of the several candidates fur vt - president wag sporadic, fitful and lntenuib r