The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-30

sion that Bryan should be nominated
with a populist as Il yoke fellow. This
pleased the convention. He eulogized
MIR. Mimms as a profound statesman and
as a man whose heart was ever beating
for humanity. He was almost counter.
part of VIM. ]. Bryan.
IT,. Nj. Miller of Illinois seconded the
nomination of Mimms and Judge NJ. NJ
Gunby that of Watson. The latter re-
ferred to Mr.. Watson as the ''plumed
knight of the peoples party"
MIR. Gunby was loudly applauded
when he referred to Sewall. He said he
could not see the consistency of selecting
the president of national bank to put
down national banks.
III, said Mr.. Gunby in conclusion,
the democratic party swallows Tom
watson they. will have more brains in
their stomach than they have in their
heads"
rms took the convention by storm.
Hundreds of delegates rose to their feet
ana cheered Justify and almost before
he knew what was taking place cr before
the convention realized the situation, Mr..
Gunby was caught up by four or FIVE
stalwart delegates, and large man
though he is, he was trotted around The
hall on the shoulders of his friends.
The scene appealed to the conventions
sense OF humor and the applause was.
from that time forth. literally sprinkled
with shouts of laughter.
Professor l.. c. Baker of Maine. the
candidate for governor nominated
Marion Page of Virginia, president of
the Farmers Alliance of that state. In
so dong he protested, in behalf of the
entire Maine delegation. against SewalIs
nomination. He had nothing against
Sewall personally, he said, but objected
to the nomination of a man who had not
one particle of sympathy with the prin-
ciples of the peoples party, save the
one question of silver. The story had
been lndustriouslly circulated that Sewall
was a Sreenbacker, but he never was.
Professor Baker said. He was. how
ever, instrumental in arranging ii fusion
OF democratic and greenback forces in
Name, and by doing so he ACCOMPLISHED
the destruction of the grcenback party.
The speaker declared that the Maine
Central railroad, of which Sewall was
president, had reduced wages. In the
name of the populists. he shouted. | ask
you not to press this bitter chalice to our
lips.
Replying to Mr.. Pence he said that
TO couple the name of Sewall with Peter
Cooper was! an insult to the memory of
the noble philanthropist
r. b. Taylor of Michigan seconded
the nomination of Watson.
Michigan yielded to S. L. Walton. n
colored delegate from Georgia. who
seconded Watson in the name of all the
common people of his state and of the
south.
lgnatius Donnelly of Minnesota clo-
quently seconded Watson's nomination in
behalf of his state. The whole move
ment' he said, was caused by an insur-
rectlon against the money lenders, and
IL would 40 BE De folly to nominate man
worth S60OO,0O0 and interested in half
of the railroads of New England. The
populists of the country, he declared.
rather than vote for such man, would
see him 800 miles below the low est pit of
hell. lie expressed the hope that Wat
sons nomination would be made unani-
nous. They were willing to swallow
democracy gilded with the genius of a
Bryan" but they could not stomach
plutocracy in the person of Sewall.
Thomas Il. Gore. the blind orator of
Mississippi, seconded the nomination of
Mr.: Burkett in a well-worded speech, in
which he lauded Mr.. Burkett highly.
When Missouri was called a delegate
arose to say that Missouri was content
to have it known that she was against
the man from Maine"
Mr.. Donovan of Montana seconded
SewalTs nomination. The convention
did not at first receive the name with
favor. but Mr.. Donovan was loudly ap-
plalded when he said that it was essen
tlal that the silver forces should not be
divided. He lauded Mr.. Sewall as
patriot. whercupon delegate shouted
'Hurrah for McKinley!'
Mr.. Reeves of Montana repudiated Mr.
Donoyans endorsement of Sewall. He
seconded Burkett's nomination.
George Abbott of Nebraska made
humorous speech seconding Watson. He
said that coat with two tails was of
more utility than u coat split wide open.
ne reproved the convention for having
failed to give more attention to Ignatius
Donnelly, the father of the party.
Mr.. Rogers of California spoke for
Nevada, seconding SINNERS nomination.
At this stage of the proceedings Mr..
barrow of Illinois moved that the second
ing speeches be limited to two for each
candidate. The motion was declared
out OF order, but it was made apparent
that the convention was growing tired of
oratory at last
Arthur Henry of Nor.!. Carolina occu-
pied New Hampsnire's time. He took
Drill position against Sewall, but the
was so impatient that he did
not nave an opportunity to mention his
preference, if he had one.
lhe demonstration on the part of the
audience had by this time become so pro-
nounced that it was next to impossible
to hear the names of speakers as an
nounced by the chairman. or to catch
a word they said.
Mr.. Crandall of New Jersey was cried
down. as were several others who sought
to be heard. There was Il prolonged
period of cat calls. yels, laughter and
paper throwing, but it was evident that
there could be no speaking unless the
speaker should have something 10 say
MIR: Crandall grew flushed and angry.
and gesticuated with his cane after he
had descended to his seat.
The crowd. however, pelted him so
Justify with paper wads and other mis-
sles that he at last desisted and sat
back.
All evening the out-and-out Bryan
had been comforting earnestly
over the situation. The counseled with |
Chairman Jones, who was in direct tel |
communication with Mr.. Bry-
IN. Rumors flew about among the |
ones, but the convention was |
II profound ignorance of what was go
ng on. The delegates were listening |
o the nominating speeches on the theory |
hat they were nominating a running |
nate for Bryan. When New York was
cached, Mr.. Pence, on behalf of that !
state, yielded his time to Colorado. As
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