The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 7, 1904, Page 1

Forecast made cisco for thirty midnight, July 7, Cloudy, unsettled ‘weather Thursday, possibly sprinkles in the momning; Mght south winds, | changing to fresh westerly. | A. G. McADIE, ! District Forecaster. at San Fran- hours emding 1904: San Francisco and vicinity—. \ to-day. Alcazar—“One Summer's Day” Matinec to-day. Central— Wedded and Parted.” Grand—“Barbara Frietohie.” Orpheum—Vaudeville. Matines Tivoll—“Robin Hood.” | <& TWENTY PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1904.—PAGES 1 TO 10. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEMOCRATS CHEER CLEVELAND'S NAME PRESSE SE.: i T 185! ly 6.—Unless the rad S proceed f candidates to-morrow for oth ing away and scrambling aboard the Parker band-wagon. , regardless of the wishes uf the editor. g Ind are being boomed for the Vice Presidency. i # - S MR AN R S Gty 7 | The outlook late to-night is that Parker will win on the first ballot. This means that the delegation will switch its vote to The honor 'will go to the man designated hy David B. Hill. Parker, probably The rout of the opposition is complete. at the end of the first rollcall. AND HISS THE FOLLOWERS OF BRYAN icals make an extended fight against the majority reports of the committees on credentials and resolutions, thus causing a protracted session, it is probable that the Democratic convention will Even some of the delegations instructed The California delegation—representatives of Hearst’s own State—will stand by its candidate only until his defeat is assured. when it Stevenson of Illinois and Tag- | 7 SCENE IN THE CONVENTION HALL AT ST. LOUIS DURING THE DEMONS 'RATION FOLLOWING THE MENTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. VICTORY FOR PARKER Sufficient Votes Are Pledged and an Attempt | Will Be Made to Nominate To-Day. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOUIS, July 6.—Judge ST. Parker , will be ted for President to-| mOorrow he session is not consumed in the debate on credentials and plat- form. Time is the only intervening ele- ment. The Parker managers have the votes and can nominate on the first ballot nation to-morrow, so as to have a night conference over second place on the ticket. They cannot make definite plans, because they cannot control the debate, if there shouid be minority re- ports on credentials and platform The Bryan men are determined to make minority reports from both com- mittees and discuss these on the floor of the convention. There is no way to prevent this last-ditch struggle, if they continue to hold to their plans to-mor- row. Senator J. W. Bailey of Texas and | nomination Representative Champ Clark of Mis- souri to-night declined to accept the permanent chairmanship of the Demo- crative National Convention. When the committee on permanent organiza- tion met Balley and Clark were put in nomination and the former was elected by a vote of 18 to 16. The com- mittee then unanimously elected They desire to make the nomi- | Charles Walsh of Iowa, secretary of the National Committee, as permanent secretary of the convention. All other officers of the temporary organization were made permanent and the commit- tee adjourned under the impression that its labors were ended. When Senator Bailey was informed of his election he announced at once | that he could not accept as he desired to be on the floor when the platform was under discussion. He is expected | to combat any attempt from the Bryan ‘lnrv-»! to inject into the platform | Planks which do not meet the approval | of the committee. { Senator Bailey argued that the chair- | manship should be given to Clark and |8 committee called upon Clark at the ; Southern Hotel and made the tender. | Clark answered that he was engaged to | put the name of Senator Cockrell in for the Presidency and therefore would have to be on the floor during the convention. He was urged to reconsider and finally agreed to send a telegram to Senator Cockrell. If Senator Cockrell makes no objection he will accept. It is believed that Cockrell will' ask that his name be withdrawn. Continued un Page 4, Column 7; IS FORMER PRESIDENT Demonstration Following Mention of the “Sage of Princeton” in Marked Contrast to Snub Accorded Party’s Late Rulers. ST. LOUIS, July 6.—The Democratic National Convention met to-day and listened to an extended speech from Representative John Sharp Williams, its temporary chairman, appointed the committees necessary to perfect a permanent organization and ad- journed. In a session lasting two hours and fifty minutes one striking incident overshadowed all other proceedings. That was the enthusiastic and pro- longed cheering which greeted the name of Grover Cleveland. While the outburst which greeted the mention | of the former Democratic President before its last syllable had fallen from the lips of the temporary chairman was noteworthy in itself, it was mag- nified by contrast’ with the greeting accorded the actual persons of men who stood for all that had been op- posed by Cleveland within the party during the last eight years. - - James K. Jones of Arkansas, chair- 'm upon the platform and took his seat unnoticed. Practically no greeting was given him when he faced the con- vention with gavel in hand. There were other stalwart lieutenants of the Nebraskan who entered the hall un- acclaimed, and last Bryan himself, who for the first time during two na- tional conventions was greeted with si- lence. Eight minutes after the gavel fell the twice-named candidate of his party passed in at the main entrance and sought his seat unheralded and unheeded. A few moments later he arose and pushed his way to a seat nearer the main aisle, where, stand- ing a moment to give greeting to his friends, he was caught sight of and applauded. But the measure of ap- plause was but a ripple when com- pared to the storm called forth by Cleveland’s name. HISSES FOR THE BRYANITES. Listening. attentively to the Demo- erence was made to the record of for- mer President Cleveland. All the shack- led party interest which had laid dor- mant through two national conventions was released as by the touch of a trig- ger. The name of Cleveland was echoed from thousands of throats. Hats, handkerchiefs, fans and arms waved, delegates and spectators stood on their chairs and the last semblance of order was turned into confusion which convention officials were power- less to subdue. ‘While the outburst was at its height Bryan's following attempted to con- vert the demonstration into applauce for its leader. The name of\Bryan was yelled lustily, but in vain. The shout- ‘ing of “Grover” and “Cleveland” was renewed, and the Bryan following was ' The greatest significance was at- tached to the showing made by the con- servatives. Their absolute control of ‘I'the convention is no longer doubted, o T L MR bl e o after struggling with a mass of pro- posed planks for the platform, delegat- ed the task of drawing up the resolu- tions to a sub-committee and sought needed rest. The sub-committee will report to-morrow morning. DRAFTS ARE SUBMITTED. The committee met in a room con- nected with the convention hall im- mediately after the adjournment of the convention, and, after effecting an organization and transacting consider- able preliminary work, adjourned to meet at 7 o'clock. The meeting was called to order by ex-Senator Hill of New York, and on his motion Senator Daniel of Virginia was elected chair- man of the committee and given au- thority to appoint a secretary and a sub-committee of eleven to consider the various drafts of platform and re- port. Upon taking the chair Senator Dan- fel extended his thanks for the honor ‘bestowed upon him and especially men- tioned the fact that it had been done at the instance of Senator Hill. He expressed the hope that the commit- tee would take advantage of its great opportunity to .adopt a platform of a 'PLATFORM BUILDERS IN SEARCH OF ISSUES Wrestling With a Varied Assortment of Planks Presented by the Party’s Big Men. ST. LOUIS, June 6.—At a late hour | to-night the committee on resolutions, | the suffrage of the people and, in turn, bring relief to the entire country in the shapé of Democratic administra- tion, which would be in great contrast to the uncertainty of the present ad- ministration. His remarks were re- ceived with cheers. The suggestion having been made that the committee should take a re- cess until 7 o'clock, Bryan suggested that if there were any members of the committee who had drafted platforms which they desired to present they should submit copies to the members of the full committee in order that they might have time to consider them be- {ore coming together again. “If,”. said Chairman Daniel, “the gentleman from Nebraska has a plat- form 1 should be very glad indeed to have a copy of it.” Bryan replied that he had none. At this juncture a number of mem- bers said that they had formulated various resélutions which they desired to submit, among them being Willlams of Mississippi, Newlands of Nevada Daniel, Tiliman of South Carolina and Poe of Maryland, the latter saying that the views of Senator Gorman were embodied In his draft. 3 The Poe draf, in its declaration on imperialism, says: B e " character which would be sure to winl Continued on Page 6, Column 3, |