The Omaha Sunday Bee.
, PART I.
PAGES 1 TO 10.
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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''
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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
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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.)
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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
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