Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-25
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At 6.35 z. ri. the convention was
called TO order by Senator Allen. Dele
I gate Pollock Of Mississippi a member
/ of the silver convention, was intro
/ duced and read the platform adoptcd
| by that body.
/ When he reached the conclusion and
| stated that Mr.. Bryan had been nomi
| mated for the Presidency there was an
/ uutburst If applause, drowning the
| further announcement Of the nominal
! ton Of Mr. Sewall for the Vice Presi-
dency.
The call of states for the nominal
| tions for Vice President was resumed
Mr.. Baumann Of Alabama. named for
Vice President. Representative Skin
ner, the populist congressman from
North Carolina
Representative Howard of Alabama.
placed in nomination Hon. Thomas +.
watson, the late Populist congress
man from Georgia.
Mr. Watson's nomination was Sec
Jnded by several states Colorado be-
ing called. yielded To LATE Pence, now
Il New York, formerly a congressman
of Colorado, who began by saying:
MI President in order to draw the
poison quickly and have it out. let me
say my purpose is To give some rea-
son or try to give some reason why we
should nominate Mr. Arthur Sewall of
Maine for Vice President The an
nouncement was received with consid-
cradle applause.
Delegate Bateman of Maine respond
ed when his State was called. and pro-
tested. solemnly, against the nominal
ton Of Mr.. Sewall for Vice President.
The statement that Mr., Sewal was
formerly Greenbacker he denounced
as absolutely false. Mr.. Sewall had
not one particle of sympathy with the
Peoples party except as to the item Of
silvcr-Which was least among the
Populists' demands.
Mr.. Sewall had been president of the
Maine Central Road and in the last
year Of his administration the wages
IF the employees were cut 10 per cent.
a comparison of Sewan with Peter
Cooper was an insult to the immortal
dead. tie appealed To the convention
not to force that bitter chalice to the
lips of the Populists of Maine Mr..
of Major Page of Virginia. president
of the National Farmers Alliance.
saying it was nomination which
would thrill the pride of every South
ern heart
Frank Fogg of Michigan, formerly
of Maine attempted to defend Mr..
Scwall. stating that he (fogg) had run
fur Congress on tho Grccnback ticket
his expenses. AS he progressed dis
satisfaction with his remarks grew in
tense and he was booted into silence.
Al the candidates were seconded.
Many delegates attacked Sewall as a
millionaire. banker and railroad presi
dent. The voting for Vice President
began at 1905 4. NJ. The call of the
ron was completed at I'D Then Mr..
Burkitt of Mississippi. Withdrew his
name Mr. Minis of Tennessee, next
asked mis- friends to cast their votes
for Watson. Then changing of votes
began. ana delegates almost tumhled
over each other to change their votes
To Watson. who soon had votes enough
to insure his nomination.
\ motion was made to suspend the
rules ana make Mr. Watson the
unanimous choice of the convention.
As soon as this had been done the
lights went out. The hall remained in
almost total darkness except for the
cables the reporters supplied. The SER
geant -at-arms imp!orcd the great au-
dience not to be Stampeded a horri
Bile din rose out of the darkness At
lG minutes of /. the electric lights gave
out a feeble glimmer again which slowly
increased. The Chair announced that
Mr.. Watson had been declared the
unanimous nominee for Vice President
General Weaver tried TO get the con-
Vcntion to adjourn hut was cried down.
The chairman announced that the next
order of business WAS the selection of a
national committee. Thr convention re-
fused to accept that. The chair there
upon put the motion to adjourn and de-
ctred ii carried At 12.5o A. NJ. the CON
Ncntion adjourned until ., tomorrow
morning.