Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-07-30
SILVER CONVENTION.
Nominated Bryan and Sewail
at St. Louis.
Waited Nearly a Week to See What the
Populists Would Do


ing all the week in the hope OF securing
united action by the Popuilst eohseA
ton. the silver delegates patience sa's
out today, and this afternoon TIE oii
party convention nominateu Bryan
Sevau nv reclamation as its candlda'es
for the presidency and the vlce-presloel-
cy, respectively. cn ,,.rfv or
as it was subsequently chrlsteneu ~ ~
Frank Powell of La Crosse. VS. +;tle
was ratified by the convenlonI: Wa va.
called to order in Music hall in this CITY
| shortly after noon on wednesday, :1uls
| %. j. J. Mott. the national comn1ltaee
| chairman took charge OF the prel,illiln;i
ries and introduced Congressman ~ +o'nnns
rary chairman He delivered an ADDRESS
out1ining the position Of t4.e convention.
| incidentally paying high tribute TO WI
liam ! Bryan. the Democratic pres1den-
tial nominee After the appointing o. d
committee to confer with the Popuilsts
and the selection of the usual committees
preliminary to permanent or2anlzation'
| the convention took recess unth even
| ing; o,.4 bod ,no desire TO rush
| business. The fact of the matter was
| that the Democrats having declared TOR
/
| OF the Populists to do likewise. had left
them little to do as compared with the
| time two years ago when they had es-
poused the white metal cause ana both
of the great parties of the country were
arrayed solidly against them. in le
wished now to await the acton OIL inc
Populists and hence an adjournment was
readily agreed to-
In the evening William 2. St. John,
the New York man who gave up his po-
sition as president of a bank because ne
did not feel that he could conscientiously
act with board of directors whose
members were "gold'' men. assumed the
permanent craftsmanship. He delivered
a speech giving his views of the tinan-
cial situa ton, and after some other mem
bers of the convention had been heard
adjournment was taken until morning.
The Second Day.
On the second day, Thursday, July "A,
there was disposition on the part OF
some of the delegates who thought that
it was not necessary to consult the
Populists before a platform was built
and candidates put on 1T to go ahead
with the regular order But they were
in the minority, as was shown when
a motion was made to the effect that
when the convention adjourn it be until
10 o'clock the following morning. This
was lost-151 to 146 The convention
! might almost as well have adjourned,
though, for not much was accomplished
| The committee on resolutions was ready
Il report but for some reason the re-
port was held back. BY way OF diver
sion q roll call of the states was made
to ascertain the previous political affilia-
tons of the. delegates. 1t had the
following result:
IL; Proabitionists 8; Nationalist. /. =
A number Of prominent speakers held
session and the time did not pass un-
pleasantly. Mrs. Helen Cougar Of Indi-
ana was among the number and she
pleaded for the incorporation of a prohi-
bition plank in the platform. Dele
gate Rublee A. Cole of Wisconsin later
ing it unwise to make such move.
The convention adjourned until 10
| o'clock the next morning.
The Third Day.
When the convention was called to
order on the third day, Friday, July "a,
! it was decided not to go ahead with
| the platform and nominations until $50
in the afternoon, when it was expected
! that the conference committee would be
able 70 report the result of it's session
! with the like committee from the Popu-
| lists. Senator Stewart of Nevada took
| up the time until noon with descrip-
| ton OF the situation as viewed in the
West. The most sensational utterance
of the whole convention came from
| Judge Scott of Omaha, who followed
| Senator Stewart on the stand. Among
| other things he said: 30 God. send
| pestience and disease and vermin and
war and famine among us if you will,
but in Thy good providence, o God.
deliver us from another four years of
oppression under Grover Cleveland"
| In the afternoon the conference com
mittee reported that it had met the Pop
ulists and that their views, while prac-
tically united regarding silver, were so
| different regarding other matters that it
was doubtful whether any joint plat
form could be agreed upon. The silver
convention .thereupon decided to go
ahead with it's own work and it speedily
adopted the platform recommended by
the resolutions committee. 1t was d
plain declaration in favor of the free
coinage Of silver at the ratio of l6 to 1
ana without consulting o;ner nations. 1t
| did not take up the other reform mat
ters which were Incorporated in the Pop
ulist platform. Nominations for Presi-
dent were then declared in order. but the
| convention listened to but one speech
that advocating the candidacy of Viii
liam j. Bryan of Nebraska, the Demo
cratic nominee. AS soon as seconds had
been made Mr.. Bryan was nominated
/ by reclamation.
Mr.. Baker of California then moved
that the convention proceed to the nom
nation of yice-president. Mr. Troup CT
Connecticut placed the name of Arthur.
Sewall of Maine before the convention
He made no speech. II. T. Niles Of
Ohio seconded the nomination. He had
known Mr.. Sewall for years and his IA
ther before him, and there could be no
! hitter man than he for the place r.
was moved that Mr.. Sewall be declared
the yice-presidential nominee by accla-
nation. and the motion prevailed. When
quiet was restored Mr.. Baker of Cali
lorna moved that each delegation select
q member of the committee to notify Tho
/ nominees. The motion was agreed to.
/ Col. Pace of Nebraska offered resoln-
ton declaring it to be the sense of the
had arranged to notify Bryan and Sew
| all in New York the silver party notify
them in Bryan's home at Lincoln. There
| upon the convention adjourned sine die.
CHICAGO ADDS HEP MITE.