The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-25

| ing for portion of the delegation, sec onded the nomination of Watson. Kentucky yielded to Captain Burnam of Tennessee. one Of the grandest men
 in the state he said. Illinois, which ] Miller, seconded the nomination of Mir | Mimms, but delegate challenged the right of the speaker.
 | Louisiana seconded Tom Watson. A. A. Gunby, who spoke for Louisiana, l said neither of the old parties had tried | since the war to put a southern man | on the ticket, but it was reserved to | this party to take this step. He could not understand the policy which had put forward bank president to put | dowo national banks. corporationist | to put down corporations and a railroad magnate to- put down railroads and monopolies. Cheers and laughter) | Delegate Bateman of Maine respond | ed when his state was called and pro- | tested, solemnly, against the nomina-
 tion Of MT. Sewall for vice president | The statement that MT. Sewall was | formerly a greenbacker he denounced | as absolutely false. MT Sewall had l not one particle of sympathy with the peoples party except as to the one item of silver which was the least among
 the populist demands
 MT. Sewall had been president of the Maine Central railroad and in the last
 railroad men of that company were cut
 down ten per cent. A comparison of | Sewall with po4o~ Cooper was an in
 suit to the immortal dead. He ap- peo'-- to the convention not to force | that bitter chalice to the lips of the populists of Maine Mir Bateman nom-
 mated Mann Paige of Virginia.
 R. B. Taylor of Michigan spoke in fla
 vor of the nomination of Mir. Watson. Deputy Walton of Georgia seconded
 the nomination of Watson. He de-
 clared that the populist party of Geor-
 gia was to-day to the negroes of Geor- | gia and of the south what the republi =
 can party was to them thirty years
 ago.
 Ignatius Donnelly seconded the nomi-
 nation of Watson. The peoples party
 could not sustain Sewall's candidacy.
 If he were to go home and tell his peo- pie that this convention had nominat-
 ed for vice president a man worth six
 millions, the president of national | bank, an officer of railroad and inter-
 ested in half Of the railroads of New l England, the populsts of Minnesota
 would say that rather than vote for | such a man they would see all the dem ocrats in the country 800 miles below l the lowest pit of he'll (Shouts of l Iaughter.)
 c. P Gore, 'the blind orator of Mis- l sissippi," seconded the nomination of | Burkitt.
 Missouri announced that it was | against the man from Maine. James | Donovan of Montana supported the nomination of Sewall. Nevada was rep
 resented by MT. Rodgers of California who seconded the nomination of MT l Skinner.
 | Rev. Dr. Kent of Washington, D. C., l said he had come here for the purpose
 of casting the vote of the District of l Columbia for Bryan and Sewall (Ap-
 plause and counter demonstrations) 1 It seemed to him that time had come when the door of opportunity had open-
 ed and when the populists could realize l in the government of the nation their fundamental principles. He said he
 was for practical politics He thought l the convention would have done wiser
 if it had endorsed the democratic plat form.
 The chairman shortly before midnight
 was inclined to bring the speeches to a l close, but delegates with an obvious leaning toward the Friday superstition | ;o@ too offo oc l to throw the roll call into the early
 hours of Saturday. At this point Gen.
 eral Weaver, with knowledge of the
 telegrams which had passed between
 Senator Jones and Mr. Bryan, ascend ed the platform and in earnest tones stated that the gravity of the situation was such as to require that each dele
 gation should have an opportunity to l consult.
 This suggestion was received with 1 loud cries of mo-" Then General Weaver made another proposition that | one vote be taken and the convention
 then adjourn. This was also howled down. The chairman said the leaders of the party had been driven away Il from that platform tonight and he | dSheQ IL tHeTe was eIOuSll pdlIlOllSIti
 and decency in the gentlemen on the floor and in the galleries to accord a
 respectful hearing to any one. l The audience then quieted down. The
 voting for vice president began at 2:05 The call of the roll was completed at | 1925
 Then MT. Burkitt of Mississippi with
 drew his name. Mir. Mills of Tennes-
 seen next asked his friends to cast | their votes for Watson. Then chang ing of votes began and delegates al- most tumbled over one another to
 change their votes to Watson, who l soon had enough votes to ensure his nomination.
 1 A motion was made to suspend the rules and make MT. Watson the unani- nous choice. As soon as this had been done the lights went out. This threw a | damper on the usual circus parade, i which had been arranged The hall re- | mained in almost total darkness ex- | vept for candles which the reporters
 supplied. The band struck up and the
 sergeant-at-arms implored the great
 audience not to be stampeded A hor-
 rible din rose out of the darkness and
 the repeater" vainly shouted "come to
 order"
 At 16 minutes to l the electric lights
 gave out feeble glimmer again, which slowly increased. The chair announced
 that MT. Watson had been declared the