Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-05-10
The Great Leader Of the Demo-
cratic Party'the Nominee
for President.
TOM PATTERSON CHAIRMAN
Platform Condemns Adminlstra-
tlon's Course In Puerto Rico
and Philippines.
ANTI-FUsIONS NAME BARKER

Sioux Fails. S. D.. May 10-The ma
tional populist convention met at 9:45.
The committee on credentials pre-
sented a report declaring that there
were no contests of delegations. The
committee on permanent organization
reported Thomas M. Patterson, of
Colorado for permanent chairman; T..
H. Curran, of Kansas, Leo Vincent, of
Colorado, and E, M. Deisher of Penn
sylvania permanent secretaries.
Patterson was greeted with voci-
ffrous cheering.
"The school of Hamilton, the school
of doubt, of the ability of the people
to govern themselves" said Patter-
son, completely dominated the
councils of, both the democratic and
republican parties. The peoples par
ty was constituted to restore the land
marks of our fathers, take up the
struggle where the democratic party
had left off, prove that the people are
capable of self government and the
laws should be made for the people
and by the people and protect the
rights which the mere existence Of the
individual conferred upon him. We
never surrendered our rights as
party" he declared, "by nominating
Bryan
"The peoples party must and shall
live, for it is the pioneer of every
political reform that by the concensus
of American opinion, is essential to an
American free government We will
go before the country as we went be-
fore, with the principles we have al
ways professed and under the leader
ship of William J. Bryan" (Cheers)
Rounds of applause greeted the
speakers denunciation of Imperialism
and the heavy increase of the standing
army, following wars of conquest"
and his comparison of the republican,
democratic and populist platforms,
brought many delegates to their feet
so dominant has the spirit of popu-
lism become in the democratic party.
said the speaker, that the party does
not take issue with a single principle
advanced by the Omaha or St. Louis
platforms. The republican party
takes issue with every question in
the populist platform"
Patterson then entered upon an ex-
tensive eulogy of Mr.. Bryan as man,
statesman and a soldier. The
speaker predicted triumph for Bryan
in November and the rights of the
people would be advanced to a higher
level than ever before. Long and
continued applause greeted the chair
man as he sat down.
Sioux Falls, May 10-The platform
as finally adopted contains preamble
and long set of resolutions reaffirm-
ing the old tenets of the party and
condemning in severe terms, the adj
ministration's course in respect to the
Philippines and Puerto Rico; de
nouncing trusts and condemning the
financial legislation of congress.
Sioux Falls, May 1O-The chairman
of the state delegations, in conference
failed to agree in regard to the ques-
tion of dominating a candidate for
the vice-presidency. Chairman Pat
terson bitterly opposed nominating,
Senator Butler advocated making a
nomination.
Bplletin- Sioux Falls. s. D.. May
10 Senator William V. Allen placed
in domination William Jennings
Bryan for the presidency.
Bsyan was nominated by aeclama-
ttion.