Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-26
WOULD HAVE IT THAT WAY.
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Norton of Chicago.
 MT. D. G. Brown of Massachusetts came to the platform to speak for hts state He said he was not only here for his party, he was here for his country. There was no party. On both sides there were two forces fighting, and there was no middle road.
 Whoever was in the middle of the road was gone down before the fighting. It was either a fight for MT. Bryan or fight for hell and damnatien in this coun- try. Cheers and laughter)
 ''Fall in Then,' He Cried, lon one side or the other, and damned will be he who first cries hold, enough.
 Choose ye this day whom ye shall serve.' In behalf of the twenty votes of Massachusetts I second the nomination of William J. Bryan" (Cheers)
 MT. Edward s. Greece of Detroit, from the Michigan delegation, seconded the nomination of MT. Bryan.
 MT. Donnelly of Minnesota spoke in favor Of the nomination of Bryan under existing circumstances, though he had heretofore opposed him. There has been some talk, he said, of forcing MT. Bryan to take distinct action on our nomination. We can readily see that tt will place him in an embarrassing posi- tion if forced to choose between MT. Sewall and MT. Watson. l think 1T we are going to nominate him we should be generous to him. We should not force him to such an embarrassing posi- ton. (Cheers) Neither do 1 think we ought to call upon him to indorse our platform Our principles do not exist by the sufferance of William J. Bryan or any man on earth.
 Mrs. Mary E. Lease was next intro duced by the chairman and was warmly cheered She made an eloquent appeal for unity. which had not one tinge of the bitterness usually associated with her speeches. On the contrary she asserted that she had never been so proud of be- ing an American as during this conVen- ton.
 "You have been equal to the great re- sponsibility placed upon you" she said. You have demonstrated your emanci- patton from the dictation of
 Party Pressure and Party Rule.
 s'I came to this convention today wear ing a Bryan badge for the first time. de- termined no matter what might be the action of the convention, that rom now until next November l would support William J. Bryan, and we will elect him the next president of the United States" (Cheers)
 Missouri being called, MT. Livingston, the chairman of the delegation said they wanted to know if MT. Bryan would ac- cept before they voted. They were not willing to go outside their party until they knew the man they voted for would stand upon the platform He closed by nominating Ignatius Donnelly of Min nesota.
 MT. Donnelly from his seat remarheu' "I decline"
 Then MT Livingston, saying that he spoke for himself and not for the dele gation, submitted the name of J. s. Coxey Daughter and applause0
 Mr Smith of Montana and MT. W. l.. Green of Nebraska seconded MT. Bryan.
 A delegate asked MT. Green if Nebras- ka would vote for Bryan and Watson.
 MT. Green replied: Nebraska will vote as she has always done-for the populist ticket. We are not bolters in Nebraska." (Cheers.)
 A Texas delegate asked whether MT. Bryan would indorse this platform.
 TO this Mr. Green responded "I an- swer you, sir, by saying l know MT. Bryan. He is my friend and l know he is as true a populist as you or l am (cheers). but William J. Bryan would be q. fool if he would come to this conven- tion and jump on this rostrum and ac- cept this platform. Why, he has not even accepted the democratic platform yet" (Cheers)
 A delegate from West Virginia, who did not give his name, rose in the body of the hall and said: T came here to prevent this convention falling into the. hands of the democratic party.
 "The gentleman is out of order said the CudlIuldu
 q retire." replied the West Virginian. and he left the hall accordingly.
 MT Kitchen of North Carolina indors- cd Bryan and then tinge of humor was imparted to the proceedings by the chairman of the New Jersey delegation, who said he had an eloquent speech pre- pared in which he brought in all the lakes and the mountains and covered the whole country. 'I have it in my pocket, but cannot speak without the band, and the band is dead. l therefore ask leave to insert 1t in the record" This sally was received with applause and laughter. Still this did not prevent the ceaseless flow of oratory. Every state when called sent at least one spokesman to the stand
 called Mrs. Ellen Johnson of that state was put forward and acclaimed for few moments, yielding the balance of her time to Miss Caldwell, "the sweet singer of Colorado" The young lady justified her title by the style in which she sang short harmonious productlon to the air of
 ssrhe Battle Cry of Freedom"
 The chorus was Free Silver, Live For ever"
 When the state of Tennessee was call ed Mir. McDowell of that state, sergeant at-arms of the convention, made short speech, declaring that the populists of Tennessee had come to St. Louis as mid de of the road populists, but still he sec onded 0hough not by authority of his delegation) the nomination of Bryan. He would say for himself that Bryan and Watson would be the next president and vice president
 "Cyclone" Davis of Texas seconded the nomination of MT. Norton of Chicago
 The call of states for nominations was finished at 3;30, and then the vote was called for.
 The vote was interfered with for sev- eral minutes, while Mir. Vallette of Rhode Island made an effort to get hearing. He was finally pulled down by officials of the convention, shouting that he had come here to protect the rights of the American people of the union.
 Plenary Power to the Committee.
 At this point the chairman informed the conventional it would be necessary to give to the national committee plenary power (of the convention) to do all the things the convention itself would do. Agreed to. This absolute and unre- strlcted authority has been conferred on the national committee over all matters in which the party is interested.
 At 4:30 the call of states was commence ed for votes on the presidential nomina- ndf tee hai TT,