The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
NORTON NOMINATED.

Mr.. Call. of New York, occupied the
time of Maine and placed in nominal
ton Col. S. NJ. Norton, of Illinois. Ed
ward s. Greece seconded Bryan and
Donnelly seconded the nomination of
the Nebraska man on behalf of Min
neSOta He said:
l rise here to second the nomination of
William ]. Bryan. (Applause-) 1t is we'll
known, my friends. that have been of
those who thought that we could best serve
the interest and the perpetuity of the Peo-
pies party by making cur own Independent
nomination. But, my friends, there are
tidal waves in the affairs CT men to which
we must yield The voice of the people is in
the last the voice of God, and the voice of
the people demands the nomination OF W.
]. Bryan by this convention. (Applause.) l
yield to that demand. There is some talk here
that we must force Mr.. Bryan to q distinct
declaration or acceptance Of nomination.
We can readily see that it will place him in
a very embarrassing position to be forced to
choose between Mr. Sewall and Mr.. Watson.
l think If we are going to nominate Mr..
Bryan and seek to elect him, that we ought to
be generous to him. applause and cries of
That's right'.) We ought not to force him
into such an embarrassing dilemma Cheers
and appiause) Neither do l think that we
ought to call upon him to indGrse our plat
form. Great applause.) Our principles do
not exist by the sufferance of William J.
Bryan or any other man On earth. ZAP
pies party of the United States into the Dem
ocratic party, and therefore there is no neces-
sity for absolute identity of opinion. (Ap-
plauSe and cries of Not at all'1
We stand upon the Peoples party platform.
We stand upon our principles but we are
ready for the cause of suffering humanity
to transfer our millions of votes to this
standard bearer of another party lest we may
divide, and lest the gold power of the world
may tramp our liberty in the dust My
friends we stand on our own basis let us
make cur own nominations; let the bugle
sound along the whole line, and let us al
ways remember that while we have been
willing to go thus far. we have not aban-
doned our party Here it stands like an en-
trenched camp with all our guns blazing.
If Democracy fails in the confidence we have
given, we will here assemble and life up the
banner OF mankind and fight the battle. 1t
looks to be as if this is a solution of this
question. We bow to no man. to no power.
We do this great and magnanimous act to
unity the people of the United States and
we propose to take this course for the good
OF the world. Great applaEse)
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease, of Kan
sas, made a strong speech in the same
cause. THE spirit of rs is abroad in
the land" she concluded. 1--WE will
unite and will elect William j. Bryan
president of the United States"
Delegate Livingston, chairman Of the
Missouri delegation nominated Igna-
titus Donnelly, but when Donnelly de-
cllned the use of his name, he placed in
nomination General Jacob S. Coxey, of
Ohio, and the Industrial army.
delegate, Smith, of Montana, said if
the Peoples party would join the allies
the Republican Napoleon would meet
his Waterloo. AT this critical juncture,
the Peoples party would. be yelling
toms Butcher and turn the tide of bat
tie. Delegate J. Weller Long, of Ne
vada, prtested that Missouri did not
want Coxey.
The flood of oratory was continued
by speeches by Judge Green, of Ne
braska, Capt. Kitchens, Of North Car
DINA, ]. r. Buchanan. of New Jersey,
John Slitz, of Ohio, Judge Plowman,
of South Dakota, Mcdowell, of Ten
nessee, the sergeant-at-arms and ICY
clone" Davis. Davis made a strong
middle Of the road speech and in
dorsed the nomination of Norton
Just before the nominations closed
Delegate Vallette, of Rhode Island who
created disturbance on the plat
form and was elected, suffered a
repetition of that experience. The NOM
nations were then declared closed.
George III. Abbott, of Nebraska, moved
that the national committee be given
plenary powers in all things connected
with the party after the adjournment
of the convention. There was some
dissent but Chairman Allen quickly
declared the motion carried. The nom
mating speeches had occupied exactly
six hours.
BRYAN NOMINATED.
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