The progressive farmer., 1900-07-10
BRYAN AND STEVENSON.


This is ihe ticket named by the Ma
tional Democratic Convention at
Kansas City last week. Mr.. Bryan s
nomination was, of course, a fore
gone conclusion. So fully has he re
tained the confidence and admiration
of his party that for two years few
have doubted his denomination.
AS to the Vice Presidency, the Con-
vention was at first no less at sea
than was the Republican Convention
upon assembling at Philadelphia,
June 18th. A week ago Stevenson s
name was not mentioned in connec-
ton with the Vice Presidency, or if
mentioned at all, by no means prom
inently. But the Stevenson boom
started, and by Friday his nomina-
ton was considered certain. Friday
afternoon the balloting began. Adlai
E. Stevenson of Illinois, David B.
Hill of New York, Charles A. TOwne
Of Minnesota, Julian S. Carr of North
Carolina, and j. Walter Smith of
MARYLAND were placed in nomination.
Hill begged that his name be with
drawn, earnestly protesting that un
der no circumstances could he make
the race, but he nevertheless received
200 votes on the first ballot. The
other candidates received as follows
Stevenson, 5591%; TOwne, 69%
Carr, "a; Smith, II. The nomina-
ton of Stevenson was then made
unanimous.
The fight over the platform was
quite spirited. A large number of
the delegates favored a reaffirmatiOn
of the Chicago platform, without
specific endorsement of the 16 to
idea in the new platform. This sen
timent Mr. Bryan fought earnestly,
even declaring, we believe, that he
could not run on such a platform.
He had his way, but by very small
majority. On motion to substitute
the silver plank given elsewhere for
a reaffirmation of the Chicago plat
form the vote was as follows:
Yeas-Alabama, Arkansas, Colo
RADIO, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachu-
setts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, North Dakota, Or
egon, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Vermont, Washington, Wyoming,
Arizona, Oklahoma, Indian Terrific
ry, New Mexico, Hawaii-26.
California, Connecticut, Flo
rida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Lou
isiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Mississippi, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, South Dako-
ta, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, Wisconsin, Alaska-24-
Montana and District of Columbia
did not vote.
The silver plank, while clear
and bold, was placed in the back
ground, and Imperialism declared to
be the leading issue. That silver
was so boldly championed, however,
was victory for Bryan land the Gold
Democrats, (whose strength, by the
way, was strikingly exhibited in the
vote for Hill, who had hoped and
worked for a simple reaffirmation of
the Chicago platform are feeling
quite sore over the result. Some of
them assert that Bryan dominates
the Democratic party even more com |
pletely than Mark Hanna the Repub-
lican. The Richmond Times, gold
Democratic, says:
1.-The wishes of William J. Bryan
controlled that Convention, and the
delegates bowed down before him
No Senate of degenerate Rome ever
more obediently recorded the rescript |
of Caligula than did this Convention
of Americans accept the doctrine of
their peerless leader The motto
seemed to be, The voice of Bryan is
the voice of the Convention. }"
Whether or not The Times Is cor
rect, certain it is that in tempera-
ment and general characteristics,
President Mckinley and Col. Bryan
differ widely, in these points Roose-
velt and Bryan being much alike, !
while Stevenson and Mckinley have |
much in common. Mr. Mckinley
believes a President or candidate for
President should serve his party
Mr.. Bryan believes that he should /
lead and dominate If Nh.