Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-25
THEN OUT WENT THE LIGHT.
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Skinner the populist congressman from North Carolina.

Tom Watson Placed in Nomination.
 Representative Howard of Alabama placed in nomination Hon. Thomas D. Watson, the late populist congressman from Georgia.
 MT. Sovereign, master workman of the Knights of Labor, seconded the nomina- tion of MT Watson on behalf of the state of Arkansas and said that the contest was before the common people of this country and the combined force of two continents"
 MT. Watson's nomination was also sec onded by Delegate Johnson of California.
 Colorado being called, yielded to MT. Lafe Pence, now of New York, formerly a congressman from Colorado, who be- gan by saying: MT. President in order to draw the poison quickly and have it out, let me say my purpose is to give some reason, or try to give some reason, why we should nominate Mr. Arthur Se- wall of Maine for vice president"
 This announcement was received with considerable applause, followed by misses.
 When General Weaver, Major Page, Jerry Simpson or himself declined to be carried away tonight by an attack of hysteria as the democrats were carried away al Chicago, they must be necessa- lily traitors" to the cause, added Mr. Pence.
 Last month Mark Hanna had a con venton in this same hall and his will ana wish were cdffseQ lntO dCliOus Neither Mark Hanna's will or wish would be telegraphed from St. Louis to Can- ton, O., congratulating MT. Mckinley on his election being made absolutely sure because the populists had pursued a course which would divide the force against him. (Applause.)
 If we express" MT. Pence continued, "our coolest judgment MT. Mckinley is beaten sure. We are in a crisis which calls for cool judgment and not for ac- clamation, applause or noise. Do you remember that Lincoln's colleague on the ticket was a man from Maine, Han nibal Hamlin? Do you remember or do you know that long before any Of us was in this fight for reform and against the "gold ring MT. Sewall himself was actively in the fight? It makes no diff ference as to the merits of the man. The vice president does not amount to much unless the president is consumptive, and Billy Bryan is no consumptlve. l Cheers and laughter)
 MT. Sewalfs standing personally amounts to nothing, so far as l am con- cerned. I never saw him; I never met him and I never expect to meet Him. If I was following my own heart tonight l would go either for Harry Skiner of North Carolina or Tom Watson of Geor- gia (cheers), but I would rather see the chance of beating Mckinley and. the gold standard than see either MT. Skin- ner or Mir Watson, or my good friend Page of Virginia vice president of the United States. 'But if we nominate either of them Mr Mckinley would surely be elected, | and I for one am here prompted by no other motive than to defeat the repub- licans. It is pity, great pity, that we are in this dilemma You speak of MT Sewall as a millionaire. Whose picture is this Burning around and pointing to the picture of Peter Cooper? A million a!nO ,1r tod tom a ipf Nxytl n a willing to expend his money in right eous fight. You say that MT. Sewall is banker? Confidentially, none of us are bankers, but, confidentially, we would all like to be. Applause and laughter)
 "The hero whom we look upon now as a martyr to his cause, William P. St. John of New York, was banker until a month ago. So that these are mere pretences." -
 Breaks Into Poetry.
 MT. Pence closed his speech with the declama tion of the verse:
 ",rhere are ninety and nine who live and die In want and hunger and cold; That one may live in luxury and lie Wrapped in it's silken 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 mine To bring its treasures forth .s.. But the wealth released by these Stufuy blows
 To the hands of the one forever flows"
 MT. Murphy of Georgia, in seconding the nomination of Tom Watson, spoke or the populist party in the soutR as being the protectors of the colored man in his right to vote, as evidenced by the Geor- gians having a "blacl1 Africa" in their delegation. He insisted that the demo- cratic party should be as patriotic as they asked the populists to be and meet them half way by pulling down Sewau.
 Asked by a delegate if Tom Watson would stand on the platform adopted by the convention MT. Murphy replied. amid laughter and cheers "Yes, sir, till hell freezes oVer.
 MT. l.. H. Stoekwell of Indiana second- ed Tom Watson.
 Frank Burkitt Put Up.
 MT Weller of Iowa nominated Frank Buykitt of Mississippi
 Mr Calhoun of the same state, on be- half of majority of the delegates from Iowa, asserted that the gentleman who had just spoken represented vast mi nority" of the delegation and did not represent Iowa, which had no candidate I to present.
 MT. w. A. Harris of Kentucky second- | ed the nomination of MT. Sewall, but | Judge Frank Doster of the Kansas dele | gation rose in his seat and speaking for | a portion of the delegation expressed | their dissent and seconded the nominal | tion of the "often elected and often de- frauded" Thomas Watson of Georgia. Also A. l.. Mimms. Kentucky yielded to Captain Burnam of Tennessee, who nominated A. l.. Mimms of Tennessee, "one of the grand est men in the state, a profound scholar and a statesman whose heart was ever beating for humanity.
 Illinois, which by request had been passed earlier in the evening, through | MT. G. M. Miller seconded the nomina- l tion of MT. Mimms of Tennessee, but 8 l delegate from the Sixth Illinois district | challenged the right of Mr. Miller to l speak for his district.
 | Louisiana seconded Tom Watson. | MT. A. A. Gunby, who spoke for Louis | jana, said neither of the old parties had | dared since the war to put southern man on the ticket, but it was reserved to this great party to take this forward step. He could not understand, he said, the policy which had put forward bank president to put down national banks, corporationist to put down corporations | and a railroad magnate to put down rail- l road corporations and monopolies. The | man he named could stand on the plat | form with both feet, and he simply want | ed to say of him that if the democratic | party swallowed Tom Watson it would | Gave more brains and more honesty in | its ctnn, aph thaD if ever had bafOrp.