The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-18
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS MEET.
w. j. BRYAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY.

Populists Meet at Same Hour, De-
nOunce Anarchy and CzoIgosz ana
Nominated Judge of Supreme
COurt-DemOcraticC Convention De-
clares Its UnfaItering Allegiance
TO Kansas City PLATFORM.
Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 17.-Chair-
man Hall of the State Central
Committee called the Democratic Con-
vention to order. He introduced w. H.
Thompson as temporary chairman. Mr..
Thompson paid tribute to President
Mckinley and denounced anarchy
w. ]. Bryan was called to the plat
form and spoke for few minutes. He
paid a tribute to President Mckinley
and declared that every loyal Demo-
crat condemned the assassination. He
urged the Democrats to remain firm
in the faith and victory would yet
come to them. The defeat of the fusion
forces in Nebraska last fall, he said,
was a matter of more regret to him
than defeat in the nation
The convention took a recess until
1880.
The Populists at the same hour in
the Lincoln Auditorium were called to
order by State Chairman Edmiston.
Out of the 1924 delegates provided for
in the call between 400 and 500 only
were present. e. e. Thomas of Oma-
ha was selected as temporary chair
convention by a vive voce vote de-
clared it's adherence and humiliation
a6 the assassination of President Nc
Kinley; bespoke it's sympathy with the
Borrowing wife and relatives; de-
nounced the crime of the anarchist,
Czolgosz, and demanded the enact
ment of laws defining anarchy, and
providing adequate punishment.
1T was I o'clock when the convention
resumed session. Nominations for
justice of the Supreme Court being in
order Z. o. Kretzinger was selected
on the second ballot and declared the
nominee of the convention, conditional,
however, on ratification by the Demo
Gratis.
The evening session of the Democrats
was held in Representative Hall at the
state capitol. Judge Hollenbeck of FIRE.
ballot. The committee on conference
announced that the Populists had
named E. O. Kretzinger as it's candi-
date for judge. Without action the
convention called for the report of the
platform committee. The Democratic
platform so far as it deals with nation
al issues says:
1--WE declare out unfaltering allegi-
ance to and belief in the principles of
the Democratic party as enunciated by
our great leaders from Jefferson to
Bryan. and as explicitly set forth in
the platform adopted by the National
Convention in Kansas City in 1900.
While we believe now as in the past
that the United States should continue
to be an asylum for the oppressed of
all European nations who come here
with the honest purpose of becoming
citizens and to share in the blessings
of a government based on the consent
of the governed, yet we demand more
stringent immigration laws, so devised
and executed as to exclude anarchists
of all countries from entering Ameri-
can territory, and we demand such
legislation, both state and national as
will suppress anarchy in this country"
At 10 O'Clock balloting was resumed
on Supreme Court judge, each conven-
ton holding out for its respective NOM
inee.
The Populist platform, which is very
long, renews allegiance to the brinci-
pies contained in former platforms on
the question of finance. 1t says:
THE immense coinage of silver and
issue of great amount of paper
money through the banks under the
Republican, administration, together
with the increased output of
gold, making large additions
to the qauntity of money
in circulation. adopts in the main the
principles which the Peoples Independ-
ent Party has always advocated and
the results are a demonstration of the
correctness of those principles. We
congratulate the Republican party for
adopting and putting into execution, so
far as it has done, Populist theories of
finance. but we look for further dis
asters from the excessive amount of
redeemable money issued by the
banks"
The platform opposes trusts, and
there is a declaration against anarchy,
but no specific mention is made of the
assassination of President Mckinley
From 10 o'clock until after midnight
little was done in either convention.