The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

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tne's uAs majority Of q ia favor Il
the prop.osiison. the vote o. the ce.e-
rAiion VAS cas-; for the proDO.iiior,
scc the a1;is emerged from the con.
test with . majority % 10. This
GSte sbe cef~a; o. sewzil and the
rozi1ation oi Popz.ss. for vice
president; certain.
After thai. the ooufsrence Of the
JON, committee Of the two eonver.
tons cDuld co.ne 10 nothing. aDd the
silver coovsr,ton prom pity nomi mated
Bryan ard s<~al and adjourned size
die
The anii-Brysn men. although ,hey
press minority platform. de-
Esrdirg an irreceenabie "a per eur.
reney and crowded with bitter ocunn.
eis.ion OF the Democratic and Kepub-
liesn parties. did no; attempt TO press
- after their ric,ory. The majority
report which IL moderate. contains Q
few rsdieai proportions, such as .
cenard for the gradual assEn ion by
the gorer1ment Of the ownership %
the railways aud for direct legislation
through the initiative and refsren-
durn- IL was adopted vi,boE. civ,S
Ion and The minority repor, laid on the
table
The Democratic managers consulted
after IL became evident fhs. Sewall
could not ce nominated, and Mr.. Bry.
an was communicated witn by tele-
graph They decided that Mr. Bryan
could not be osloyal 70 his running
mate. and worc was sen. TO the lead.
ing Bryan manager in the cJnvention
that the ''silver Knight OF the West"
would not accept nomination unless
bewa'l was also nominated
The convention for five hours last
nigh, listened TO nominating speeches
In profound ignorance Of this fact.
Tom Watson of Georgia. Congressman
Skinner OF North Carolina, Mimms o!
Tennessee. Burkeit o. Mississippi and
Mann Page of Virginia wen noni-
mated. About Il O'Clock the Bryan
men decided 10 spring the sensation.
Senator Stewart OF Seyada was Sc.
IN n hn
coupled with . plea for uniting the
silver forces. but the anti Sewall
crowd was In the saddle. " howled
down the venerable senator aud, after
a hurried consultation, the leaders
decided not TO permit the announce
ment TO be made a, ths, time.
Tom Patterson of Colorado. who
had possession Of the kilograms an.
nouncing Bryan's position. at md.
night still declined TO make thcm
public.
The Platform.
The convention bad little or no
trouble in agreeing upon platform.
Several amendments were offered to
the report by the resolutions commit
tee, bu. they were whirled out Of
sight by practically unanimous vote,
and the report went through in all Of
Its middle-of-the-rosd glory. Dele.
gate J. II. vallctte of Rhode Island,
presented tho Declaration OF Inde.
peudence, with just enough change in
Its wording to include the Populist
Idea OF finance, as minority re-.
port 1t was partially read. when,
by an overwhelming vote. further
reading was dispensed with. But this
did not suit Vsllette. He mourted
the speakers stand and demanded the
further reading Of his creed. Chair.
man Allen argued with him for
while without avail, and then ordered
him offAhe platform. lie refused TO
20. lieutenant Of the city police
aid = hand ~ tho ohs,~s n.rous iels,
Hsts ands requested him 20 20 down
from tho stand. He refused again,
and struggle followed between the
two men.
Put Out by the Polics.
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