The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-25

ST. LOUIS, July 24.-Thomas E.
Watson of Georgia, who was a mem
Der of the Fifty-first congress and who
in the Fifty-second and F'ifty-third
congresses unsuccessfully contested
Colonel Blacks seat, was nominated
for vice-president. by the Populist con-
vention on the first ballot, shortly after
midnight. There were five other candi-
dates-Sewall, Mann Page of Virginia,
A. L. Mimms of Tennessee, Congress-
man Skinner of North Carolina and
Colonel Burkett of Mississippi. The
nomination was made unanimous be-
fore the result of the roll call was an
nounced.
Mr.. Bryan sent word to his suppoWs,
ers that he would not accept a nominal
ton at the hands of the convention
under these circumstances. He will
stand loyalty by his running mate
The opposition to Sewan in the Pop
ullst convention practically swamped
the Bryan forces at the day session OF
the convention by making it impossi-
bic to prevent division OF the Chicago
ticket.
The leaders were powerless to check
the strong feeling against the Bath
ship-builder and banker.
They had carried the day in the com
mittee on resolutions in framing a com
paratively moderate platform, which
they afterwards got through the con-
vention with ease. Their strategy was
skillfUIy displayed at other points.
But the intense undercurrent of feel
ing against Sewall was fatal to them.
1t was a sunken ditch, unmarked upon
its muddy fingers at the wheels of his
artillery, bore down Napoleon and his
eagles at Waterloo.
Today the ditch was in open view.
From the beginning it has CAPPED like
chasm athwart the path of the BRYAN
managers. In vain they attempted to
bridge it. Moreover. today for the first
time the middle of the road element
DISPLAYED GENERALSHIP
worthy of the name. Recognizing the
TACT that all hope of defeating Bryan's
nomination was lost, they concentrated
ali their efforts against Sewall. Thev
did more, they devised a cunning
scheme by which the convention was
forced to nominate the vice president
before the president. 1t was an UMPIRE
cedenred thing, but it served to mass
the votes in favor of a Populist candi-
them in advance in the fear that If
Bryan were first nominated the enthu-
slsSm might break down the opposi-
ton to SeWeu and stampede a major
lty OF the votes for the Nebra stan'e
running mate. When the proposition
was made to change the regular order
OF the nominations, the Bryan men
strained every nerve to prevent If.
Tney even pleaded Jerry Simpson, on
behalf of Kansas, went so far as 10
intimate that the vote of the Sunhower
state would be
CAST FOR A SOUTHERN MAN
for vice-president if the regular order
was not reversed. When the roll was
catied, they rallied every vote at their
command. Senator Butler, of North
Carolina, was powerful ally with the
80 votes of the old north state behind
him, and Congressman Skinner. the
chairman of the delegation. cast tbe
solid vote of the state against the
change. When the vote was figured I'D.
however, and he ascertained that there
was majority cf rs in favor of the
proposition, under his direction. after
very pretty theatrical exhibition from
Mr.. Skinner, the vote of the delegation
was cast for the proposition, and the
ants emerged from the contest with a
majority of ITO. This made the defeat
of Sewajl and the nomination of a
Populist for vice-president certain.
After that, the conference of the joint
committee OF the two conventions
could come to nothing, and the silver
convention promptly nominated Bryan
and Sewall. and adjourned sine die.
The anti-Bryan men. although they
presented a minority platform, de-
handing am irredeemable paper cur
rency and
CROWDED WITH BITTER DENUNs
CATION
of the Democratic and Republican par
ties, did not attempt to press it after
their victory. The majority report.