Arizona republican., 1896-07-26

Take any other and you endanger the entire situation and strengthen the arm of our common adversary.
 ''If you allow the present happy juncture to pass, all the heroic work of twenty years will be thrown to the winds. Our guiding hand will disap- pear in the momentous conflict just when it should be stretched forth to steady the ark of our covenant We would prove to the world that we are devoid of capacity to grasp great op-, portunities and lacking in strength to grapple with prodigious emergencies. The people have gallant champion in the field who is leading a revolt against the plutocracy of christendom. Every oppressor, every plutocrat in two hemispheres, has turned his guns upon him.
 'rhe subsidized organs have openly proclaimed that he must be crushed by any means at whatever cost. The con- federated monopolies have laid aside their parties and their politics and are
 marching in hot haste against him. Let us signal to him to hold the fort that we are coming and then hasten to his relief.
 ''Gentlemen, I want to say to you in all earnestness that, assailed as is this gallant knight by the sleuth hounds
 of the money power of the world, you
 may deliberate here as long as you
 please, but you cannot prevent the
 people from rushing to the support of
 their recognized defender and leader.
 If you will not say the word, they will
 break over all restraints and go them
 selves, leaders or no leaders, and may
 God bless them for so doing.
 Therefore, in obedience of my
 highest conceptions, to duty, with a
 solemn conviction that I am right, I
 place in nomination for the presidency
 of the United States a distinguished gentleman who, let it be remembered,
 has already been three times endorsed
 by the Populist party of his own state,
 once for representative to congress, once for United States senator, and
 only last week for the presidency.
 q name that matchless champion of
 the people; that intrepid foe of greed;
 that splendid young statesman, Will liam J. Bryan of Nebraska Upon the conclusion of General 'Weaver's speech the convention broke
 loose into wild confusion. Through
 the side entrance four men carried a
 big yellow cross four by eight in size,
 surrounded by a crown of thorns. On
 it was inscribed the eloquent words : with which Bryan closed his speech '. at Chicago. As the procession passed :, the Texas delegation a free fight oc- :, cured. Men struggled and fought to 2 bar the passage, but the way was final - lily cleared. Several men fought like , madmen over possession of the Mis- ! sOuri standard. It was broken into bits, but stalwart young Bryan man s !; carried a piece of it in triumph to the . platform, while the struggling dis | plltants were separated by the police. When quiet was restored after eleven minutes of Bedlam, General Field of
 Virginia, Weaver's running mate in u u 1892, hobbled forward on crutches and 5 after a brief speech moved to suspend | | the rules and make Bryan's nominat- l ion unanimous. The convention rose | almost en masse and cheered, but U above cheers came the sharp cries of the Texas men, 'No! Nor' Chairman Allen declared the motion carried, but T I yielded to protests and decided to al- U low the call of states on motion. The n Texas men wildly protested There Il was great confusion At last, as the p only way of restoring order, General e Field withdrew his motion and a cal t of, the states for nominations was con-
 ltinued
 g Gator of California was the first e speaker of series seconding Bryan's e nomination. Gator said he always K stood against fusion, but circumstances l. al Yr>ocQnt ,Ct mt; '- While Jerry Simpson was secondine e the nomination of Bryan the Texas n delegation withdrew and comparative l. quiet reigned.
 d Mrs. Minerva Roberts of Colorado st made most eloquent speech in the le convention in seconding the nomina le tion of Bryan
 l. The call of New York placed Col
 Norton of Illinois in nomination. Jerry J. Brown of Massachusetts, Edward s Greene of Detroit and Ignatius Don l. nelly seconded Bryan If During the call of states and whil, le each was recording its vote for Bryan n rumor entered that Chairman Allel T. had telegram from Bryan statin, IL that as he was nominated by the Dem d ocratic party on a Democratic plat De form, he could only accept the nomina 9d tion of the Populists on the Demo a. cratic platform
 m There were loud calls for the readin
 of the telegram Chairman Allen sai ID he understood that a bogus telegram D. would be sprung on the convention he and he cautioned delegates agains ,e. giving heed to anything of the kind. e. The voting proceeded and at d. o'clock the ballot was announced a a. 1,042 for Bryan, 312 against him. ed The convention then adjourned sin
 I die.