The age-herald., 1900-08-15
NEITHER BRYAN
 NOR M M'K|NLEY National Party Convention Holds
 First Session. OPPOSE BOTH OLD PARTIES 
Nash Says Mckinley Went Back on His Promises, and He Don't Like Bryan for the Com-
 pany He Keeps.

Indianapolis, Ind, August 1.-The first days session of the National or third party convention was devoted entirely to ad- dresses, no formal action being taken be- yondi the appointment of a committee of three to confer with the ant-imperiaists, whose convention opens tomorrow morn- ing. The sentiment among the "idepend- ents" was strong against the candidates of both Mckinley and Bryan, and seemed to indicate that a third ticket would De the outcome of their convention although there is also a desire to combine with the anti-imperialists if possible and there is scarcely a possibility of the anti-imper- ialists nominating ticket.
 The convention of the independents was called to order in the Commercial Club rooms by Thomas M. Orborne of Au- burn, N. Y. The number of delegates was net large, but enthusiasm was plentiful
 Mir. Osborne said the committee calling
 the convention was appointed in New
 York in July
 We have ehosen," he said, ito be known, temporarily at least, by the name
 of the National party. Both the old
 parties have grown corrupt and selfish. We are asked to compromise not only in mat
 ters of judgment but in matters of con-
 science. In place of Lincoln and Sumner
 and Chase We have Mckinley and Platt and Hanna; in place of Tilden and Cleve- land and Russell we have Bryan and Alt geld and Tillman. We favor a platform containing anti-imperialism, sound money and civil service reform. With much of the movement of the anti-imperialists or liberty congress" which meets here to-
 morrow we are in sympathy but at the
 same tiiae we want it understood that we are entirely distinct and separate from l them"
 ehr ch Made Temporary Chairman Louis R. Enrich, of Colorado Springs, Colo was presented as temporary chair man of the convention.
 E. " Abbott, of New York, after being
 elected secretary, read the official call of
 the convention. A resolution was then
 adopted reciting that .tamong the anti-im-
 perialists who meet here tomorrow there will be found many who seek not only to counteract the evils of the present admin istration, but also the evils produced in
 our public life by the press and candidates ! of the Democratic party; therefore it is : resolved that a committee of three be ap- i pointed to communicate with the Liberty 1 Congress statement of the purpose of | this convention"
 Prof. Francis Philip Nash, of Geneva, l N. r., brought forth the greatest enthusi- i asm of the session by short address -Four years ago." he said "the plat
 form of Bryan was more dangerous and the record of Mckinley less objectionable.
 This year the candidates of both parties l are morally ineligible. It is charged that
 Mir Bryan procured the ratification of the l treaty of Porto Rico with Spain simply for 1 the purpose of embarrassing the adminis- 1 tration. If he did that, the only name that i can properly be applied to him is the name
 of traitor. But we have too much belief
 in his high character and integrity to think
 that those were his motives. It may be . that we object to MT. Bryan chiefly on ac-
 count of the company he keeps
 l Crime of ,.cKlnley
 "Mr Mckinley, after telling the world
 what would be criminal aggression, pro-
 ceeded himself to consumate that crime.
 The President of the United States has l robbed this people of their good name and l their honorable standing among the na- | tions yet we are told to re-elect him be- l cause we are told he will be more conserva- l tive his second term. We are told he keeps his ear to tn ground and in that way learns l the rightful policy. An ear turned to the ground Is deaf to the voice of the con- l science and the voice of God
 l s"As to the Vice Presidential candidates | I have little to say. Of one of them l shall | say nothing. As to the other, melodramatic i hero, with the adhesive hat many now l refuse to thing of him or speak of him. A | few years ago he promised much, but we | who were his admirers now disappoint- | ed and grieved at his actions. We owe these | candidates to machine politics, and the l voice of the bosses, and we will not have
 better things until the bosses and machine l politics are terminated"
 John Jay Chapman of New York, being l called on for a speech, said that McKin- ley would be reelected because Bryan is