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against the gold ring. Mr.. Sewall himself
was actively In the fight?
at makes no difference az TO the merits
of the man. The Vice-President does not
amount to much unless the PRESIDENT ID
a consumptlve and Billy Bryan IL no con-
gumptiye. CHEERS and laughter) Mr..
Sewall stands as personally amounting to
nothing, so far as l am concerned.
never saw him, l never met him, and
never expect to meet him. IL was toi-
lowing my own heart tonight, would go
rather for Harry skinner. OF North caro-
lima, or Tom Watson. of Georgia. (Cneers'(
But / would rather see the cnance Oh
beating Mckinley and the gold standard
than see either Mr.. Skinner or Dir. at
son, or my good friend, Page, OF virginia,
Vice-President of the United States. But
~ we nominate either OF them, Mr.. Nc
Kinley viii surely be elected, and i for
one am here prompted by no other motive
than to defeat the Republicans.
at is a pity, a great pity, that we are
In this dilemma.
sEWALL AS MILLIONAIRE.
''You speak of Mr. Sewall as million
aIre. Whose picture is this turning
around and pointing TO the picture or Pc
ter Cooper? A millionaire, thank God;
millionaire who was willing to expend his
money In a righteous field. You say that
Mr.. Sewall is a banker. Confdentialiy,
none Of US are bankers; but, confidential
Iy. we would all like to be. Applause ana
laughter)
1.-THE hero whom we look upon now as a
MARTYR to his cause, William =. st. John,
OF New York. was banker till a month
ago. So these are mere pretences.'
Mr.. Pence closed his speech with the
defamation of the following:
"There are ninety and nine who live and
die
In want and hunger and cold.
That one may live i'm luxury and lie
Wrapped in it's slken fold.
The ninety and nine In their novels bare
The one in luxury rich and rare;
They toll in the fields, the ninety and nine,
For the fruits OF our mother earth.
They dig and delve in the dangerous NINE
To bring it's treasures forth.
But the wealth released by these sturdy
blows
TO the hands Of the one forever flows
SECONDS FOR WATSON.
Mr.. Murphy. Of Georgia, in seconding the
nomination of Tom Watson, spoke OF the
Peoples party in the South as being the
nrotector Of the colored man In his right
10 vote. as evidenced by the Georgians
having a "black African" IN their dele
cation.
He insisted that the Democratic party
should be as patriotic as they asked the
Ponies marty TO be, and meet them nan
way by pulling down Mr.. Sewali.
Asked by a delegate II Tom Watson
would stand on the platform adopted py
the convention. Mr.. Murphy replied, anna
laughter and cheers: Eyes, sir; TIL Il
freezes over"
conded Tom Watson.
Mr.. Weller, of Iowa. nominated FRANK
Burkitt. OF Mississippi.
Mr. Calhoun. Of the same State, on
behalf OF a majority Of the delegation
from Iowa, asserted that the gentleman
who had just spoken represented "a Vdsl
minority Of the delegation, ana diu hot
represent Iowa, which had no candidate
10 present.
Mr.. w. A. Harris, of Kansas. seconded
the nomination of Mr.. Sewall. but Judge
Frank Dosteral, OF the Kansas delesa-
ton. rose in his seat. and speaking lot
norton OF the delegation, expressed theiI
dissent and seconded the nomination OF
the "often elected and often oeIrauueu
Thomas Watson. Of Georgia
Kentucky Welded TO Captain Durham,
NJ Tennessee. who nominated A. L. Minis
M Tennessee. zone OF the grandest men
I'm the State, a profound scholar and
statesman whose heart is ever beathg
for humanity -,
Illinois. which. by request, had been
passed earlier in the evening, through
Afr O. M. Miller, seconded the nomina-
tion az MIR. Minis, Of Tennessee. but
delegate from the Sixth Illinois District
challenged the right Of Mr. Miller 10
speak for his district.
Louisiana seconded the nomination or
Tom Watson.
SOUTHERN MAN ON TICKET.
Mr.. A. A. Gunby, who spoke, said
neither OF the old parties had dared since
the war TO put a southern man on the
ticket. but it was reserved for this great
party to take this forward STEP
He could not understand, he said. the
noIicv which had put forward a bank presi-
dent 10 nut down national banks, cor
norationist to put down corporations. and
a railroad magnate TO put down railroad
CORPORATIONS and monopolles. daughter
and cheers)
The man he named could stand on the
platform with both feet, and he simply
wanted to say Of him that If the Demo-
cratic party swallowed Tom watson IL
would have more brains and more honesty
IN its stomach than It had ever had be-
fore. Cloud and continued applause)
BLAND APPEARS.
Dur,no the delivery Of this speech Mr..
RIand. of Missouri. the defeated aspirant
for the Democratic nomination, came
on the stage. and was introduced to the
chairman by Senator Stewart, and soon
afterwards he was followed by Senator
ZONES. of Nevada. who took seat De-
side him.
Delegate l.. c. Bateman, OF Maine, re-
snonded when his State was called, and
nrotested solemnly against the nominal
ton of Mr.. Sewall for Vice-President
MANN PAGE PRESENTED.
Mr.. Bateman closed with the nomina-
ton of Mann Page. Of Virginia, president
NJ the National Farmers Alliance, say
ING that II was a nomination which would
thrill the pride Of every southern heart.
watson the Nominee.
CT louis MO-, July 25.-l2:io A. NJ
Uotson had 5n votes at the end OF the
srst call Texas and Tennessee changed
Giving him 721 votes. Necessary to
choice. 500.
l2an-Just as Watson was declared nom
mated the electric light went out leaving
the han in darkness, while pandemonium
reigned. .,. .a,o,,-,aa
1910 A. M.-The convention ADJOURNED
until 9 A. NJ. tomorrow.