Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-07
WEAVER FOR PRESIDENT,
Nominated by the Peoples Party
Convention at Omaha.
A Great Time at "a Fourth of July Poll
teal Gathering--In Session Until Late
Monday Night--The Platform.

Monday Night--The Platform.
OMAHA, NEB., July 4.-General
James B. Weaver of Iowa, was nomi-
mated for the Presidency on the first
ballot, to-day, by the Peoples party
national convention.
The convention was misled and almost
bodily stampeded by Gresham boom.
This was not only unauthorized, but
| Judge Gresham had, before that hour,
| repudiated the Indiana telegram on
| which it was based.
Meanwhile Senator Kyle had, with
seeming reluctance, telegraphed from
| Washington to Omaha the possibility Of
his accepting the nomination. He had
also suggested that If the election should
be thrown into Congress, free silver
men couid combine and choose their
own nominee.
PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED.
The committee on organization re-
ported for permanent chairman II. L..
Loucks of South Dakota, and for secre.
tary J. w. Hayes of New Jersey, and the
new officers at once took their places and
| Chairman Loueks delivered an address
| He called this sthe greatest and grandcst
convention in the history Of the country
or of the world" and said that the
masses of the people were waking up to
save the nation. The speaker had been
told, he said, that it would not be
safe for this convention to nominate a
| Greenbacker. 1t would have to nomi-
nate either Greenbacker or a gold.bug
| and it might take its choice.
A gavel made Of wood from the first
homestead regularly erected in the
| chairman.
recess Of % mirrtas v,s ordored
while the Omaha Fnurth If Inly no ode
| was nassinr nj 10 YO INT Inc r,.cass ,vse
| nrol6nqnd 10 non riy ~, INV
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STORM OVER RAILROAD FARES.
| Chairman Branch of the resolutions
committee, raised u storm by moving
that as the Pacific railroads, "probably
through some oversight" had charged
delegates TO this convention full fare
after delegates had gone for half fare to
other national conventions, the man
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TRIED TO FORCE VOTE.
In the afternoon the Weaver men
having gained confidence from the posi-.
tive declination of Judge Gresham tc
run, winch lie repealed to-day, and
from qualitled declination of Senator
Kyle, tried to force vote on the Presi.
dency while awaiting the report of The
platform committed
Tba affact az tbast ,,,,o,,.l;..-
- ~ Ss ~ n6S "
Hl usI III 'he iesolSttVns committee. lhey
became stampedcd ana soon filed on the
stage with platform hastily brought To
Il completion. Their appearance re.
moved the cause for the fight on the
floor and il was nermitted Is, ro bv ~
nS,,rd ~ ~ ogf;s,a,tteN y" - y wy
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"niie iholuds " Cutor Oh Calliorhia
READ lne preamble OF the unanimous re-
port OF the resolutions committee to the
platform adopted. Mr.. Gator moved
the abortion of the preamble. and II
was adopted bv unanimnIs nnrising
If delep,tos and .nronI.,ous ,,,,ia,,,e.
| t,tis.y S. ~ y =, va 'PPAuNSSS'
Delesate Dtahch o. georgia read the
platform proper. Inc strong sentences
plcturlng graphically the ruin of the
country unless there should be u reform
were well received. The reading III
nearly evarv nlanl- IF tho nIo+forn,
nr,nsr Voc r,ns;vad viii, -, ,as'o -, -
pioPet W nv, ettSu Ml'n SoLie APP
plause' ne Tree sliNet prank was en-
thuslastlcally greeted. The full text OF
the platform Is as follows:
Assembled upon the llGtb anniversary
Of the Declaration of Independence thy
People's party of America in their iiisi
national convention. invoking unon thai,
action the blessing of aImipliIv t;nd mi
forth. in the name and ON pc1nlf nj he
people of this country, the follnwine
preamble and declaration of nrinrii,les. :
The conditions which surround rs hest
Justify our co.operati0n. we meet in III,
midst of nation brought to The verge nj
moral political and material ruin' e Co r.