The age-herald., 1900-05-11
Silver Champions NOmi- mated by Reclamation. SCENE OF ENTHUSIASM Hard Struggle for Conference as
 to Vice President. FIGHT LASTED SEVERAL HOURS A Motion to the Effect That Committee Go to Kansas City to Confer With
 Democrats Defeated
 492 to 26S
FIGHT LASTED SEVERAL HOURS

Sioux Falls May 10.-The national popu- list convention concluded its session at 10 o'clock this morning and adjourned sine die after nominating w. J. Bryan for president and Charles A. Towne for vice. president. The nomination of MT. Towne was only accomplished after a struggle of several hours duration in which an eff fort was made to have the nomination of a vice-presidential candidate referred to a committee to confer with the democrats and silver republican parties in their na- tional conventions A motion to this eff feet was defeated by a vote of 26S to 492
 Both candidates were nominated by ac- clamation but before the result was reached various candidates were placed in nomination and their names successively Withdrawn. Both nominations were ac- complished amid scenes of enthusiasm.
 MT. Bryan's nomination was made by ac- clamation and was accomplished with ex- petition. There were not to exceed half dozen speeches in his behalf. All these were brief and pointed and were full of praise for the candidate.
 Ghe a form
 The committee on platform concluded it's
 
 port to the convention when it re-assem- bles at o'clock. The platform consists of preamble and a long series of resolu- tons. The preamble congratuates the people party on the marvellous growth of its principles during the last four years among people of all political parties This condition the platform continues, gives renewed hope and courage for the future In the efforts of the party to avert the l subversion of free institutions by corpor- 1 ate power And to resist the evident pur- pose or the republican party to establish | a strongly centralized imperial govern | ment The resolutions on imperialism and | militarism deplore the conduct of the ad- ministration in the Spanish-American war, l and denounce it's conduct in connection | with the Philippines. Referring to the lat | ter matter they say it is in conflict with | all the precedents of our national life at war with the constitution and without req sonable excuse. Demand is made for the l cessation of this war. With reference to 1 this connection at Porto Rico it is declar- | ed that the declaration of independence, the constitution and the American flag are | one and inseparabe. It is also declared in | this connection that the island of Porto i Rico is a part of the territory of the 1 United States, made so by our promises and the consent of the Porto Ricans them- | selves.
 
 l denounced as wholly unwarranted by the | conditions of the country, and it is assert ed this tendency will inevitably result in an unnecessary burden on the tax payers. Sympathy for Boers
 There is a strong resolution of sympa- thy for the BoerS, declaration against the monopolizing of public land for specu- lative purposes, a demand for return to the original homestead policy, declara- tion for the placing of all goods con- trolled by the trusts upon the free tariff list, condemnation for the governor of Idaho and the federal government in con- nection with the Occur D'Alene troubles, and the usual demand for the initiative and referendum. Trusts are denounced and the populistic method for the control of public utilities such as the railroads and the telegraphic systems and of the issuance of money is recommended as the proper remedy to cope with the trust evil. It is said the people must act directly without intervention of representatives who may be controlled and influenced, hence they demand direct legislation, giv- ing to the people the 1awmaking and veto power under the initiative and referen- dunn.
 majority of the people, they sS-ert, can never be cofruPtly influenced.
 The importance of Japanese labor under contracts Is denounced as the notorious and fragrant violation of the laws and the resolution pledges the party to promote a stringent exclusion law against eiI kinds of Mongolian and Malayan immigra- ton.
 Gold Standard Act Denounced
 The gold standard act of the present con- gross is denounced in strong terms and il is asserted that while barring out the money of the constitution, this law opens the printing hints of the treasury to the free coinage of paper money to enrich the few and impoverish the many"
 The party is pledged anew never to cease agitation until the financial conspiracy is plotted from the statute books the Lincoln greenback restored and the bonds all paid and all corporation money forever retired" "
 "The system of issuing injunctions in cases of disputes between employers and employees is under certain circumstances de- nounced as an evil, and to remedy it legis- lation is demanded The election of presi- dent, vice president and United States sen ators by direct vote of the people is also urged, as is also the governmental owner ship of railroad and telegraph lines, home rule in the territories, the employment of idle labor on public works in time of de- pression and the payment of just pensions to disabled soldiers and the establishment of postal savings banks fair ballot is also demanded, and 'the wholesale system of disfranchisement by coercion and intimi- dation" in some states Is condemned as un- republican and undemocratic. To remedy this defect it is declared to be the duty of the several state legislatures to take such (Continued From Second rage.)