The herald., 1896-07-26
BRYAN WAS NOMINATED
Continued from First Page.
The Texas delegation charged the plat
form in mass.

"By God. we won't stand it," yelled
B. II. Noles.
Don't it require two-thirds vote to
carry that motion?" shouted an irate
Arkansas delegate.
The chairman replied that 1t did not.
A California delegate screamed that
such a proceeding was unprecedented.
He thought the delegation should have
chance to place in nomination whom
they choose. The quintessence of Pop
ulism. he said, was fair play.
A QUESTION DECIDED.
The chair held when the roll was called
| the delegates could vote for Bryan or
anyone else. This ruling provoked an
| other storm of protests, confounding the
confusion. Some one got on the platform
and read above the din a telegram to
Henry D. Lloyd of Chicago, from Eu-
| gen V. Debs, declining to permit the use
of his name.
At last, as the only way of restoring
order, Gen. Field withdrew his nomina-
tion, and the call of the states for nom
nations was continued.
SECONDING SPEECHES.
Gator of California was the first speak
er of a series seconding the nomination
| of Bryan. Gator said he always stood
| against fusion, but the circumstances
at present were peculiar. The Populist
party was a young party, and it could
not afford to hold its place in the middle
of the road with an express train bearing
| down upon it. Gator was heard with
manifest interest. He added that the
fact that Bryan was opposed to that
"den of infamy, Wall street." was suf-
ficent to convince him that Bryan was
entirely acceptable to the Populists.
Tracy of Texas sought the opportun-
ity to ask question, but Gator declined
| to respond, and there were cries of gag
| law"
Delegate Waybright of California
arose to protest against Gators inter-
probation of the sentiment of California,
which state, he said. was opposed to
the crucifixion of Populism on the cross
of Democracy"
]. K. Hines of Georgia expressed an
opinion in his speech that Bryan would
accept the nomination on the Populist
platform, and predicted glorious vic
tory for the party with Bryan and Wat
son as joint standard bearers.
H. Claggett of Idaho also seconded
Bryan's nomination. 1t was not, he
said, question of standing in the mid
die of the road, but collecting all the
friends of humanity together in a COM
mon cause.
Claggett asserted that the selection of
Mckinley would mean the continuous
Kin Kinleys hsice success an 'effort to enact 'te
Force bill would be revived.
1T means an increase of the standing
army and ending in a bloody revolu-
ton," he said.
Time was called and Claggett retired
to give place to Taubeneck of 1llinbis OF
the national committee.
Taubeneck said, IL case of Bryan's
nomination, he felt he could pledge him
every Populist vote in Illinois at the
election next November.
The chairman of the Indiana delega
ton also seconded Bryans nomination.
When Iowa was called her time was
yielded to Governor Kolb of Alabama,
who appealed to the convention to sink
prejudice and passion in the canse of sill
YER and nominate that peerless states
man, William j. Bryan"
Jerry Simpson responded for Kansas
He paid high tribute to Thomas Wat
son, also to Bryan. While Simpson was
talking the Texas delegation withdrew
in a body, and absolute quiet prevailed
for the first time today
Louisiana yielded it's time to Mrs. Mi
nerva Roberts of Colorado, who sec
onded Bryan's nomination.
The lady, with face aglow and great
dark eyes flashing, came forward to the
stage. Her first sentence, delivered in
a clear, musical, sympathetic voice,
aroused the convention to cheers. Her
speech was one of the most eloquent de-
livered in the convention. Mrs. Roberts
spoke as follows:
"Hailing from a state lying beneath
the shadow of the Rocky mountains
where men have the chivalry and cour-
age to grant women the rights they de-
mand for themselves (applause), have
, been accorded the distinguished honor
by the southern state of Louisiana tc
take up their time. Gentlemen, thank
+ you, in the name of the women of the
United States. (Applause.) For the first
, time in the history of political conven.
, tions, woman has had an opportunity
of raising her voice to second the nom.
, ination of man who stands for the peo'
pie who have made America what She
is today, and where the parasites of op
preston shall not live.
ooh, I thank you.
"By our city flows the Platte river
from whence the Boy Orator of Nebras
. ka' halls, and we of Colorado secont
u his nomination.
,, "On one side is arrayed Mckinley ant
= on the other Bryan. There is no 'middl
: of the road tremendous cheering)
" "Our factories are idle, our lands un
worked and our people in poverty, AM
YOU can do nothing at this convention
= but accept this ticket in the interest
= of the people of this great nation-in tn
k interests of the wives and mothers AM
children-that we may preserve Americ
as an independent nation.
"I will take no more of your time. Yo
have already a surfeit of oratory-to
{ much of it, indeed-so l will simply stat
. I have the extreme honor to second tn
t nomination of William Jennings Brya
d of Nebraska"
). There was an indescribable scene tha
!. followed Mrs. Roberts address. He
voice towards the end of the speec
choked little and tears streamed dow