The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-25
WATS0N OF Georgia
MINED BY TIE POPS

said Mr.. Gunby, in conclusion, "the
son, they will have more brains in their
stomach than they have in their
heads
Prof. l.. G.. Bateman, Of Maine, NOM
mated Marion Page, of Virginia. r. B.
Taylor, of Michigan seconded WatsOn'S
nomination and Frank A. Fogg, of the
same state, spoke for Sewall. Ignatius
Donnelly, Of Minnesota, seconded
Watsons nomination in behalf Of his
state. The whole movement, he said,
was caused by an insurrection against
the money lenders, and it would be
folly to nominate man worth Sc 900, 900
and interested in half of the railroads
Of New England. The Populists of the
country he declared, rather than vote
for such a man, would see him five hum
dred miles below the lowest pit of hell
He expressed the hope that Watson's
nomination would be made unanimous
They were willing to swallow Demo-
cracy gilded with the genius of
Bryan" but they could not stomach
plutocracy in the body Of Sewall."
Speeches were also made by the gov
ernors of Georgia, seconding the nomi-
nation Of Burkitt; Donovan, of Mon
tana, seconding Sewall; Abbott, of Ne
braska, seconding Watson; and Henry
all. The convention by this time was
tired Of oratory. Crandall, of New Jer-
sey, tried to speak, but was cried down.
Mr.. Crandall began by trying to laugh
1t all down, but he grew flushed and
angry and gesticulated with his cane
after he descended to his seat. The
crowd, however, pelted him SO Justify
with paper wads and other missiles
that he at last desisted and sat back
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which the band came to the rescue.
All the evening the Bryan managers
had been comforting earnestly over the
situation. They had counselled with
Chairman Jones, who was in direct tel
egraphic communication with Candi-
date Bryan. Rumors flew about among
the knowing ones, but the convention
was in profound ignorance of what was
going on. The delegates were listening
to the nominating speeches on the
theory that they were nominating a
running mate for Mr.. Bryan When
New York was reached Mr.. Pence, on
behalf Of that state, yielded his time
to Colorado. AS Tom Patterson, who
has been one Of the most earnest and
active of Bryan'S managers arose on
his chair. the convention held its
breath A sensation Of some sort was
anticipated, but it did not occur The
action of the delegates made it unwise
to spring the sensational fact that Bry-
an would not accept the nomination on
the terms the convention proposed.
Mr.. Patterson, on behalf of Colorado,
simply cOntended for the nomination Of
Sewall. The convention hissed this
statement. Mr.. Patterson then yielded
the balance of his five minutes to SEN
ator Stewart, of Nevada. The middle
of-the-road men were in an ugly mood,
and they Kissed the suggestion. Then
the venerable patriarchal senator came
forward to the front of the platform and
in pathetic tones made his appeal for
the cause Of silver in which the best
years of his life had been enlisted
When the middle le-of-the-roaders saw
the drift Of his remarks they began to
shout Thine" Even an appeal to the
''chivalry of the South failed to quiet
them and the venerable senator retired
to the rear Of the platform Chairman
Allen expressed his regret that hear
ing could not be accorded to this dis
tinguished guest.
When the state Of North Carolina
was reached, Senator Marion Butler
deprecated the action of the convention
in refusing to hear Senator Stewart
Rev. Alexander Kent, of the District
of Columbia, made a vigorous speech
for the Endorsement of Mr. Sewall 1t
stated that there would be no more
nominating speeches. He announced
that the roll of states would be called
for a ballot
Delegate Wood Of Texas, who, in the
middle e-of-the-road caucus last night
offered resolution to bolt the conven-
tion and denounced the platform, made
brief speech seconding Mr.. Burkitt's
nomination He was followed by Gen.
Field, of Virginia, who four years ago.
was the Populist candidate for vice
president Gen. Field was received as
Nestor Of the party He urged the
nomination of Mr.. Page.
At exactly 12 o'clock, midnight. lust
as the roll call was about to begin. Gen.
Weaver, of Iowa, appeared at the front
Of the platform. He called attention
to the lateness of the hour and ad
vised nights meditation He pro-
posed that the convention take one bal
lot and then adjourn. The middle-of-
the-road men howled him down. Chair
man Allen severely rebuked the con-
vention. He severely reprimanded the
delegates, who, he said, had howled
down some of the most distinguished
men in the party and ordered the roll
call tO Drocaed