The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-25

tlon He also was roundly applauded
by the southern delegates.
Mr.. Foster expressed the belief that if
Mr.. Watson should be nominated Mr.
Sewall would withdraw. This senti-
ment was received with cries of
Good"
Captain Burnham, of Tennessee
nominated the Hon. A. L. Mimms, of
Tennessee. He spoke very earnestly.
They offer us Mr.. Sewall,' he said,
Mr.. Pence tells US it is no objection
to Mr.. SewaH that he is millionaire. /
don't know whether he is a millionaire
or a bankrupt, but Billy Bryan knows. y
The expression did not elicit any
approving demonstration. He declared
it 20 be
A FoREGoNE CONCLUSION
that Bryan should be nominated with
a Populist as yoke fellow. This
pleased the convention and was APP
plauded, as was the statement that
the Democratic party had become a
bankrupt with the devil as re-
ceiver.
He eulogized Mr. Mimms as a pro
found statesman and as a man whose
hear. was ever beating for humanity.
He was almost a counterpart of Will
liam J. Bryan
G. w. Miller of Illinois, seconded the
nomination of Mr. Mimms and Judge
A. A. Gunby that of Mr.. Watson. The
latter referred to Mr. Watson as the
''Plumed Knight of the Peoples party.
Mr. Gunby was loudly applauded when
he referred to Mr.. Sewall. He said he
could not see the consistency of select
ing the president of national bank to
put down national banks. If said
Mr.. Gunby, in conclusion, THE Demo-
cratic party swallows Tom Watson
they will have more brains in their
stomach than i'm their heads. p"
This sentiment took the convention
by storm. Hundreds IF delegates rose
to their feet and cheered. and almost
| before he knew what was taking place,
! or 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 han 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.
Prof. L. c. Bateman of Maine, the
/ Populist candidate for governor, nom
mated Marion Page of Virginia. presi-
dent of the Farmers alliance of that
! state. In doing so he protested in be-
half of the entire Maine delegation
against Sewall's nomination. He had
nothing against Mr. Sewall personally,
he said, but he objected to the nominal
ton of man who had not one parti-
Gle of sympathy with the principles Of
the. Peoples party, save the one minor
question of silver. The story had been
circulated that Sewall was a green
hacker, but he never was, Prof. Bate
man said. He was, however, instru-
mental in arranging a fusion of the
Democratic and Greenback forces in
Maine, and by doing so he accom-
plished the destruction of the Green
back party. The speaker declared that
the Maine Central railroad, of which
Mr.. Sewall was president, had reduced
wages. In The name of the Popu-
lists" he shouted, 81 ask you not to
press this bitter chalice to our lips"
Replying to Mr.. Pence, he said to
couple the name of Sewau and Peter
Cooper was an insult to the memory of
the noble philanthropist.
r. r. Taylor of Michigan seconded
the nomination of 1.-The grand states
man, that able soldier in the battle of
humanity, Thomas E. Watson of Geor-
gia." Michigan also yielded to S. r.
Walton, a colored te-at-large
from Georgia, who also seconded Wat
sons nomination, Gin the interest of all
the common people of his state and of
the south" He said Tom Watson had
made it possible for the black man to
vote according to his conscience in
Georgia.
Frank A. Fog of Michigan seconded
Mr. Sewalf. He brought out an avail
anche of Kisses by saying that when
he had undertaken to walk in the mid
die of the road he had been allowed to
stop in the middle of the road and that
his campaign expenses had never been
paid.
Continuing the relation of expert
ence, he said that when he was can
didate, Sewall had sent him $500 for
campaign expenses. The speech was
not at all to the liking of the conven-
ton and Mr.. Fogg left the platform
amid a storm of jeers and Kisses.
Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota elo-
quietly seconded Watsons nomination
on behalf of his state. The whole move
ment, he said. was caused by an in
surrection against the money lenders,
and it would be folly to nominate a
man worth 100000 900 and interested in
the railroads of New England The
Populists of the country, he declared,
rather than vote for such a man would
see him 500 miles in the lowest pit of
hell. He expressed hope that Watson's
nomination would be made unanimous
They were willing to swallow Democ-
racy gilded with the genius of Bryan
but they could not stomach plutocracy
in the body Of Sewall."
Thomas Gore, the blind orator of
Mississippi, seconded Burkett's nomna-
ton in well-worded speech, lauding
Burkett highly.
When Missouri was called a delegate
arose to say Missouri was content to
have it known that she was
"FORNINST THE MAN FROM
MAINE"
Mr.. Donovan of Montana seconded
Sewall. The convention did not at first
receive the name with favor, but Mr.
Donovan was loudly applauded when
he said it was essential that the silver
forces should not be divided. He lauded
Mr.. Sewall as patriot, whereupon a
delegate shouted "Hurrah for McKin-
ley"
Mr.. Reaves of Montana repudiated
Mr.. Donovan's endorsement of SewaN.
I'VE are for the nomination of w ]. !
Bryan of Nebraska" he said, because
we know he is a Populist; but the Mon
tana Populists will never accept the
nomination of a bank president on a
presidential ticket" He seconded Bur
kett's nomina. ion
George Abbott of Nebraska made a
hit in humorous speech seconding
Watson. He said that a COW with two
tails was of more utility than a COW
split wide open" He reproved the
convention for having failed to give
more attention to Ignatius Donnelly, |