In 1908, the Dem convention went West

5/11/2008 - 12:45pm
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The 2008 Democratic National Convention choices remain hotly contested, but a century ago William Jennings Bryan — the great champion of Western mining and agricultural interests — had clinched the nomination early, writes historian Tom Noel in a reflection on the 1908 convention in Denver.


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