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July fourth one thousand
nine hundred eight was

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a day of celebration and promise in Denver
the new Civic Auditorium was dedicated

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by Mayor spear as the first guests arrived
for the following week's Democratic

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National Convention in Denver good now
show the nation that it had arrived as

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a modern exciting and influential city
banners flags and bunting hung everywhere

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and twenty thousand residents were button
saying I'm from Denver asked me. Visitors

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read to attain with marching bands summer
snowball fights in American Indians

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street cleaning crews worked through the
night while bars and bordellos thrived and

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electric light sparkled from Union Station
to Broadway local papers touted all

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things Colorado even warning of the effects
of consuming alcohol at high altitude

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when the convention convened overflow
crowds lined the walls even though the

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nominee was already selected William Jennings
Bryan would begin his third and final

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losing campaign for the presidency at the
Denver podium the auditorium was open for

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business and boosters wasted no time promoting
Denver as the cleanest best lighted

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best policed and most ably
managed city in America.