The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-25
THE NEBRASKA FIGHT
DOTH DEMOCRATS AND PoPULIsTs
To NAME GOVERNOR.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN ON HAND.
HIS EFFORTS WILL PRORARTX
BRING ABOUT FUSION.

Have First Choice of Remaining
ORices-The Platform Represents
MIR. Bryan's views-The Latter
Again Pays His Respects to the
TiIden Club and Its Banquet-The
Republican Party ArrafEned nv
Chairman Travis in His Openfnr
Address.
Grand Island. Neb.. June 24.-The
Democratic and Populist state con-
ventions met here to-day, the former
opening at 2 o'clock and the latter an
hour later. At midnight the two con-
ventions were in deadlock over the
nomination for Governor. The Demo-
Gratis are contesting for Constantine
J. Smith, former Attorney General.
and the Populists tenaciously cling to
Matthew Harrington. Notwithstand-
ing the deadlock, however, the senti-
ment appears almost universal that
fusion on the entire ticket will be
brought about before daylight Both
conventions early agreed to the report
of the conference committee, recon-
mending an equal division of offices,
the party losing the Governor to have
first choice of the remaining offices.
William j. Bryan has been on the
ground all day and his influence was
plainly visible in the action of
two bodies, and to his good
offices is due to a great extent
the harmony which has come out of
what at one time seemed to be a some
what turbulent body of delegates.
The issues in the state campaign will
be against railroads, corporations and
taxation, but the resolutions endorse
the Kansas City platform and are plain
on national issues.
Grand Island, Neb., June 24-The
Democratic state convention convened
al o'clock this afternoon with over a
thousand delegates in attendance. the
convention was called to order by State
Committee Chairman P L. Hall, who
introduced II. D. Travis of Platts-
mouth as temporary chairman. Mr..
Travis then addressed the convention.
Chairman Travis Address.
Mr. Travis said, in part:
The Republican party long since
failed to recognize the saving truths
of the Declaration of Independence.
1t has repudiated the doctrine taught
by Lincoln, and to-day the great
teachers of Republicanism in the
United States Senate laugh to scorn
O. the Nestor of the American Senate
when he says to them: For the Phil
ippine Islands you deny the Declara-
ton of Independence, and for Cuba
you affirm it.. They are deaf and can
not hear when he says: You have
got the gratitude of a free people in
Cuba and in the Philippine Islands
you have a sullen silence. They are
deaf and do not listen when he says:
From Cuba you have brought home
nothing but glory, but from the Phil
ippine Islands you have brought the
hatred of a subjected people,
Consistency is not in the Republi-
can party and cannot be. While mil
lions upon millions of acres of land
are waiting for the settler at home
and we have land capable of sup
porting three hundred millions, we
find the warrior Roosevelt, the states
man Lodge and the politician Bever-
idge eager for the conquest of the
Asiatic islands, and when two repub-
lies in South Africa stood up and
asked sympathy if not recognition.
they deny it.
THE Republican party would not
say that these two republics should
live. At their death they were not
even silent. Commercialism controls
the Republican party, and it did not
dare speak for liberty. At the very
time the Beers were laying down their
arms and their liberty, one of the
commercial co-partners of the Repub-
lican party was hobnobbing with King
Edward the VII"
Referring to state matters, Mr.. Trav
is denounced as false the charge that
any Populist or Democrat had stolen
one penny of public money, and con-
cluded by saying
weekly, the Republican press con-
signs the political corpse of Bryan to
the tomb, but straightway he Is re-
ported to be seen walking amongst
men by this same Republican press.
BRYAN is not an isue here, neither
is silver.
IF Bryan or any other Democrat
shall be the choice of this conven-
ton, rest assured, Republicans, tnat
you will not control the government
of the state of Nebraska for the next
two years"
Mr.. Travis remarks were received
with a thunder of applause. and when
the convention settled down, the tenn
porary organization was made pefllla-
nent.
After the appointment of commit
tee on resolutions the convention hsten-
ed to speeches by Ollie James ana W.
j. Bryan.
Bryan Hits at TiIden Club.
Mr.. Bryan was received with liberal
applause and delivered stirring ad-
dress. He paid his respects to the
Tilden Club, which he said had regal
ed itself with collation. in the ban
quet hall and served a buffet supper
to the rank and file in the basement.
II have but one purpose" continued
Mr. Bryan, "and that Is to help the
Democrats of the nation to write into
law the principles of Thomas Jeiterson
and Andrew Jackson"
He concluded by asking the Demo
Gratis of Nebraska to stand squarely
on the two previous platforms, ana
pledged his support to the ticket.
Following Mr.. Bryan's address, Ed
gar Howard of Columbus made mo-
ton. which prevailed. that no confer
ence committee be appointed until the
convention shall have declared It's
choice for Governor. Nominees Tor
Governor were then declared In order
and Hon Constantine ]. Smyth'
former attorney general, was nominate
ed on the first ballot. His nominal
ton was made unanimous.