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sion electoral ticket. II the Demo
crats refuse the committee will name
full list Of elecsors- The conveutioo
then adjourned.
NEBRASKA.
HAsTiNs., Neb., Aug. a-The Fopa-
lisf state Convention convened II 10
o'clock. Much enthusiasm 10 mani
Tested over Bryan and free silver. The
main question In controversy IL the
extent Of recognition that 10 To be &C.
corded the D~mocrats. a. J. Smythe
and {. II. Brown, Of Omaha. represent
ing the Democratic State Central Com
mittee, arrived last night.
The entire afternoon and up 20 mid
night Was consumed in discussi NJ
terms Of fusion.
Gov. Holcomb Vas re-nominated for
Governor by reclamation and John :.
Harris for Lieutenant Governor. Res
olutions were passed giving the central
COMMITTEES authority TO name an cleo
toral ticket in conjunction with the
Democrats At 9:p conference
committee Was appointed TO confer
with the Democrats in reference TO
giving them place on the state ticket.
LoUIsfASA.
NEw ORLEANS, Aug. Sin the Pop-
ulist Convention NJ Alexander y~st~r-
day there were seventeen parishes rep
resented. At late hour last night an
ELECTORAL ticket WAS placed in the
field. Bryan and Watson were endors-
ed. The resolutions severely arragin
the Democratic and Republican par
tits.
CALIFORNIA.
SAN Francisco, Cal, August G-Th-
Populist State Executive committee
has issued a manifesto to voters. The
nomination Of Bryan 10 endorsed, but
Sewall Is opposed and Watson 10 favor
ed for Vice President. The address
declares that il the Populists receive
honorable and cooperative treatment
in State matters by the Democrats
they would favor an honorable union
to defeat the Republican party.
VERMONT.
The platform OF the Vermont Pop-
ulist convention Endorses that OF the
Peoples Party passed n ~. Louis. The
new idea imbOdied in the state plat
form is to declare that bride giving
and bride taking should be a felony
The ticket nominated is: Joseph
Battle, Of Middlebury, for Governor
William Dexter, of Sheffield. Lieuten-
ant Governor.
The Peoples Party convention in
Tennessee placed q full electoral ticke,
in the field, but gave the State execu
tive committee plenary powers to treat
with the Democrats to arrange q Joint
electoral ticket on which Populist.
should be given representation in pro.
portion to the last vote. The plat.
form is mainly an endorsement Of the
one adopted by the national cOnven.
ton. 1t also condemned the late gu
bernatOrIal steal. The convention
nominated A. l.. Minis, of Davidson
county for Governor by reclamation
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. The delegates
to the POpulist State convention, hav.
ing perfected the organization yester.
day, and listened to Thomas f.. Wat.
sons address last night, settled dowr
to business at this mornings session.
When the chairman declared the
convention ready to undertake the
nomination of a candidate for Cover.
nor, Hon. Seaborne Wright was placed
in nomination by Judge James X
Hines. Wright was nominated by &C
clamatiOn. The nominee is 4 yOun,
man of high standing and famou
throughout the State as fOrcible ant
eloquent orator. He is possessed @
large means, and is expected to max,
an active and aggressive canvass of tn,
State.
An interesting plank of the platform
is as follows:
"CivilizatiOn, to say nothing of reli
gion, has entered up Judgment of con
demnation against barrOoms. tn,
public conscience revOlts at the Ii
cense system, which fosters the sa
loon and generates its manifold evil
in consideration of revenue that pay
less than tithe of the public burden
it entails. 1t is non-AmerIcan, monop
olistic, and essentially immoral.
I'VE therefore, declare for an anti
barrOOm law, which shall make secur
the local prohibition already obtained
abolish the beverage sale of intoxics
ting liquors, and provide for the sal
Tor other purposes under public con
troll"
The convention adopted resolution
presented by the platform committee
authorizing the State executive com
mittee at any time that Arthur Sewel
should be withdrawn from the Demo
cratic ticket to withdraw six Pop
ullst electors and place six Demo
Gratis in their stead.
| TEXAS.
Galveston, Tex, Aug. Ga Telegram
to the POpulist State convention WA
read from the Populists of Nebrask,
sending greeting and stating Nebras
ka endorsed the action of the st. Loui
convention. Jerome Kearby, of Dallas
was nominated for Governor and II. s
p. Ashby, of Smithville, Tarrant coun
ty, for Lieut.-GOvernOr.
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