The new North-west., 1896-07-31
THE SPEECH NOMINATING BRYAN
General Weaver Made One of the
Efforts of His Life

General Weaver Made One of the
Efforts of His Life.
General Weaver was greeted with ao-
plause and said: "Mr. Chairman: | rise
before you this morning in my judgment
feeling this to be the most critical perion
chat has ever occurred in the pooulisl
party. l know I have in my heart bui
one aspiration lingering intertion--to
10 nothing in this convention or to say
one word in this presence thae would
initiate against the growth AMI strength
and security and purpose of the populist
party. i may say l have Two aspirations
in connection with that party. The FIRST
is incorporated with my life work, 1t is
20 preserve, untarnshed, and unhsDken,
-hep rincip1es we have cor,.oElGled for the
last 20 years. (Applause.) Gentlemen, l
40 not want any one charge that my
second purpose is to preserve th. organ
ization for present and future usefulness
in every part of this Union. You nave
All read the papers this morning. You
have read the manly dispatch from, the
democratic nominee for president. Hon.
William j. Bryan. (Applause.> No man
could have done less and be a man Hts
manly attitude concerning the action Of
this convent ton we must all respect alil
every member of it and every person
who reads the proceedings of This cou-
Tentl6n must do the same. But, my ial-
low citizens, this question has reached 6;
point where neither Mr. Bryan
2lor his personal friends have
any right whatever to say anything
IN regard to what the action of This cou-
yention shall be. This is a greater tli,cs-
7ion than the personality OF its cf,adl-
dates, and ! individual tell you
that is the fact. Last night. aftec l ra
read the kilograms from Mr. Bryan, I
utterly refused. and l here aud aow ut
terly refuse to confer either with Mr..
Bryan or MIR. Jones as 10 who .;aall Dc
the nominee Of this convention. cloud
applause.) That is matter that we
have a right to determine for ourselves.
1t ) the relief of l0.000,Q00 people that IS
At stake. Now, then. l am hn:a to d.;
but one thing and to ask the consdnr.l-
tion and attention of this convention 10
Shat one thing. know, If l know any
thing, that l am proceeding on tho right
lines. You know how long | tous;nt in
that behalf Listen, now, to what | have
IN say. ! have borne your standard flnd
4 know I was undeserving) first 16 years
aso, in 1880, and II years afterWartl, ljn-
solicited you made me your sGantl;;c,
bearer in 1882. I did my best: | lii all |
could do with the means at my command
TO support your principles among the
people. Now l stand here n tnis iuncture
of our partS's history and l malt pro-
ceed to deliver my convictions dcliberute-
ly upon the condition of affll.s and !
ask that you will pardon me, although,
extemporaneous speaker for more
than 40 years, and permit me to read
int hat T
The Nominating speech.
IN that midnight discussion between
Brutus and Cassius concerning the con-
tempated battle, at Phillippi, Rrutus urg-
ed that their cause was rife the legions
I1rmfull at the height and ready to de-
cline. Said he:
There IS a tide in the affairs Of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to for
tune;
Omitted, all the voyages OF their life
Is bound in shadows and miseries.
And then, in dramatic climax he exclaim-
ed:
On such full sea are we now af1oat and
we must
Take the current when it serves.
Or lose our ventures"
For 20 years we nave been pleading with
the people to espouse the sacred cause
which is at stake in this campaign. We
have constantly urged through good and
through evil report that our principles
We're more important than party associa-
tions; We're above all considerations of
private fortune or the petty and feverish
ambitions of men. We have thus far
suited our action to words made
through five presidential campaigns,
stretching from 1876 to 1892. You correctly
estimated the purpose of old party mana
gers, and events have sustained every
specification in your Indictment against
them Millions of honest men within Old
party ranks were deceived, lured into am
bush and betrayed. But not a single one
of your pickets has been caught mapping
or been taken by surprise. To your de-
voted efforts is largely due the revival of
economic learning in this country, which
has enabled the democratic party to as
sumo the present admirable attitude.
Your work now promises much to man
kind and is about to break forth in COM
plete victory for the Industrial masses.
Though oft repulsed by the multitude
whom we would have liberated, though
cruci1ed in return for our Kindness, yet
through it all we have steadily conf1ded
in the righteousness OF our cause and the
final good sense of the people. We still
believe that this nation has mission to
perform which bad men will not be per-
nitted to destroy, and recent events in