Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-07-09
WEAVER GETS IT.
Nominated on First Ballot.-J. G.
 Fled Gets Second Place.

OMAHA. Neb., July 5.-After the COT
 vention had finally disposed of the plat
 form the roll of states was called fo
 the presentation of candidates for tn presidency. When Alabama was cslle'
 Delegate ManDirg plac d in nominat ol
 Gen. James B. Weaver of Iowa, sayirg
 "He IS man tEe mention Of wtos name creates such enthusiasm as Wa
 never ard in cur sta G." Callforuli
 was called and au enthusiastic delegat'
 said that the state was divided, bu
 would vote for Weaver.
 Colorado yielded. to :. F. Norton O
 Illinois. who placed Senator Kyle o South Dakota ia nomination. NortOI
 began bycalliGg attention to POstmas ter General Wanamakar's refusal to per
 init the transmission through the mai'' of one of the new reform books. Il 1 that little book could not go through the malls there are a thousand reform papers that could not go through the
 mails and there IS platform that conlC
 not go through. The man he should
 name had already.won hIs spurs in the 1 brainesJ assembly in the United States l The man he should name stood there
 as giant. One part of his strength consisted in the fact that he was 6
 member of no faction. He was man
 so great that no big white hat of an an,
 cestor could hide nIm from the public
 gaze. H. pledged support to whoever the candidate might be, for no man 1 could be so great ss platform, principles
 or party. It was not impossible or i'm ! probRb.e that they might place the man l hn Tsrh ar- HnnEn that grand, magnificent man, James II. Kyle of South Dakota. Cheeringl A connecticut delegate declared he wuuld present one who came from the State which gave us Wash yton and Jefferson Gen. James Fieid of Virginia. Applause.
 Wlmberiy of Georgia seconded the nomination of Senator Kyle. Stephen H. Bsshor of Illinois nominated Senator of Van Wyck O. NebTasks. The men ton of Va0 Wyck's name aroused some of the hylest cheering of the evening.
 The principal speech for Weaver was made by Morris l.. Wheat of Iowa. He said n part:
 The common people of this country at least have reSovled Jo taKe the reins of thus Government into their own hands We are to place in nomination a candi- date for the Presidency, not a pliant bireling of Wall street, but one who SD ipee from the great plain people of the country; one thoroughly Tn sym pathy with their wants; one who touch es elbows with the tCilers of the shop and tlier of the field. He must be a man whJ wall guide us in the middle of the road. who will carry the banner boldly and skillfuily in the foremost of the battle, who taught and will teach equal rights to al men and special priv ileg9s to none.
 1 am proud of the honor to nominate as our candidate for the Presidency one who ''stands four square to all winds that intrepid advocate of the common people, splendid captain of the "old guard" Gen. James B. Weaver.
 The withdrawal of one candidate, Van Wyck, of Nebraska, varied the pro ceedlrgs. Vandevoort; in forcible and eloquent beech, stated that Nebraska had no candidate to offer. Incidental- ly hs alluded to Van Wyck and asserted that Nebraska woald have given him a hearty support had he allowed hs name to go before the convention. The chairman of the Indiana delegation an that the solid vote of the H osier state would be cast for the Iowa delegate. The Virginia delega- ton also withdrew the name of thelr favorite SOD, and declared unanimously for Weaver. c. B. Hanna, of Washing ington, sec onded VI eaver, and West VIr- giuia announced 1t would cast it's solid vote for him. The New York delega- tIOn announced that they a9r. ed with New England to remain neutral and al low the south and west to select the candidate 2nd they would vote for the man selected. New York hoped Weav- CTS nomlnation would be made unan- nous and would vote solidly for him. and Georgia al.o swung into the weaver l:ne.
 Just b. fore the ballot Cyclone" Davis endeavored to secure a suspen- sion of the rules to make WeaVer's no> minatIOn unanimous, but there Was so much opposition that he withdrew his motion.
 From the very beginning of the roll l call Weav CT led, and so overwhelming | was the vote cast for him that his mo- nination was practically assured before | he ballot was half completed, The l Weaver people grew wildly enthusiastic | he culminatiOn coming when the re- ,ult was announced, Weaver being no | minated on the first ballot.
 J. F. Field, of Virginia was nomin | lted for vlce president cn first ballot.