Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-01
the POPS NOMINATE BRYAN
Make Him Their Candidate in
Spite of Defamation.
Tom Watson of Georgia the Mar
for Vice President,
The Democratic Nominee Bns n
Walknway for First Place on
the Peoples Party Ticket
WAS Named on tho
First Ballo..

First Bailo..
st. louis, Mo, July 25.--Bullctln, 1855
y. m. bryan is nominated.
st. Louis, July 25.-Populist conven-
ton was called to order by the perma-
nent chairman. Senator Allen, at $40.
After prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Kent of
Washington, the chairman repeated his
ruling of last night that the amend
ment adopted by the convention giving
the nomination of a vice president the
preference over the nomination of presi-
dent, made the selection of national
committeeman the next order of bust
ness. J. *. Burnett of California pro
tested that this was rot So and con-
tended that the convention simply
transposed the nomination of vice presi-
dent and president. The chairman re-
piled that the gentl@man's statement of
fact was entirely mistaken, and went on
with the naming of national committee
men. When this VAS completed he
called next Cor the committee on notitl-
cation.
The chair announced hat the next or
der of business was nominations for
president.
Mr.. Green Of Nebraska got on the
platform to make "A motion and a
speech. The latter was to the effect that
this was one Of the most important con-
vcntions that ever assembled on Ameri-
can soil. as 1t was to name a man Who
was not only TO head the ticket, but who
was to be elected. At this point the
speech was interrupted by points of or
der, which irritated Mr.. Green to the
extent of making him leave the stand.
He was. however, induced to come
back. and the rules were suspended to
enable him to go on. He declared, how
ever, that his self respect would pre-
vent him saying anything, and he re-
tired for good.
Alabama being called, George Gather
of that state, addressing his brothers
and sisters Of the convention" yielded
to James b. Weaver, who said he would
name the man who would be the run
ming mate of Tom Watson and run the
gold bugs out of existence.
Weaver Nominates Bryan.
Mr.. Weaver came forward and was
presented by the chairman.
Mr.. Weaver opened his speech with
the remark that the condition of the
| people 8 party inns HlpIn1iiB was iipSb
critical" He had but two aspira-
tlons-one was to preserve untarnished
and unbroken the great principles of
the party, and the other was to preserve
the party organization "for present and
future uses in every portion of the u
try"
He assumed that all delegates had
read in the papers this morning the tele-
gram from Mr.. Bryan declining to &C.
cept the nomination Of the peoples par
ty d~isassociated from Mr.. Sewall. mo
man." said Mr.. Weaver, could have
lone less and be a man. Mr.. Bryan's at
titude challenges the respect of every
delegate present and of every man who
reads the proceedings of this conven
ton
But" he continued, this is a greater
question than the personality of our
candidate. After / read Mr.. Bryan's
telegram J utterly rcfused-and | now
utterly refuse-to concur with the de- |
\ - S5nc 49, as 80 eS Sr rs ssasnsSsos
this convention"
The rest of. Mr.. Viewers speech was
read from a typewriter copy and is as
follows:
General Weaver said: In that mid
night discussion between Brutus and
Cassius concerning the contemplated
battle at Phillippi, Brutus urged that
their cause was ripe, their eglon brlm-
full, at the height n ready to decline.
Said he:
There Is a tide in the affairs Of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to for
tune;
Omitted, all the voyage Of their life
Is bound in shadows and in miseries.'
And then, in dramatic climax, he ex-
claimed:
"On such a full sea are we now afioat,
And we must take the current when ii
serves
Or lose our ventures"
For twenty years we have been plead
ing with the people to esrouse TIE sacred
cause which is at stake in this cam
paign. We have constantly urged
through good and through evil report
that our principles were more important
than party associations, were above all
considerations Of private fortune or the
petty and feverish ambitions Of men.
We have thus far suited our action to
our words. Through five presidential
campaigns, stretching from 1876 TO 1892,
o correctly stimate the purposes of
old party managers and Ven have
sustained every specification in your in
dictment against them. Millions of hon.
est men within old party ranks were de-
ceived, lured into ambush and betrayed.
But not q Single one Oh your Ilck2tS mas
ever been caugh mapping or been taken
by surprise. To your devoted efforts is
largely due the revival of economic
learning in this country which has en-
abled the democratic party TO assume It's
present admirable attitude. Your work
now promises much to mankind and is
about to break forth in complete victory
for the industrial masses. Though oft
repulsed by the multitude whom We
would have liberated. though crucified
In return for our kindness, yet through
II all we have steadily confided in the
righteousness Of our cause and thef final
good sense of the people. We still be-
lieve that this nation has a mission to
perform which bad men will not be per-
mitted to destroy, and recent events in
dictate that the nineteenth century Is not
after all to close with the friends of free
dom Respondent in the western hemi-
sphere.
This country has recently witnessed a
new pentacost-a and -rsceived another
baptism Of fire. The recent convention
at Chicago sounded a bugle call for
Union which can neither be misunder-
stood nor go UNDECIDED. In its patriotic
u~tterances and action 1t swept away all
middle ground and opened the road to a
f 'midable organic alliance. They no
Oily made union possible; thank heaven.
they have rendered 1t inevitable.
iiNhi thC NNiy pCehiiih'S " o'oaih
zatlon has made party fealty subordi-
nate to principle. We will no here re-
verse ourselves and refuse to accept vic
tory, o so easily within our reach.
We will not refuse the proffered assist
ance Of at least 5000 900 free silver dem
ocrats and not less than 1000. 900 free
silver republicans simply because they
have shown the good sense to come with
an organized army fully equipped n
manned for battle. Let them have their
own divisions and army corps. Let
them manifest their own esprit de corps.
The field Of glory Is open to all compet-
itors who are fighting for the same prin-
ciples.
The populists a already shown
their prowess In man. engagements
during twenty years OF struggle. II our
allies can strike sturdler blows at plu-
tocracy than can we; II they can scale
the battlements of the gold tower more
calamity than our old veterans. and are
able to plant their colors one foot nearer
the citadel Of the enemy than we can
ourselves. let every populist cheer and
support them in their heroic work. We
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