Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-26

of the ticket. and have we not stood Loyalty
by your"
81 did" replied Harrington, but condi-
! lions were then different"
Conditions are now different" came the
retore. You agreed to be our candidate
and we acted IN good faith In insisting on
your nomination, yet you, without consult
ing us or asking for a release from your
pledge. nave conspired with the democrats
| and withdrawn your name. You have not
acted fairly by U.S."
Ready to Name Bryan.
The moment had now arrived, with the
first rays Of the morning peeping In at the
windows, fol- senator Aliens promised coup
for Mr.. Bryan. 1t had evidently been care
fully planned. Tn FIRE was kindled by ex-
Secretary OF State Porter and famed by
Senator Allen and others who had been ad-
mitted into his counsel. Allen referred to
Bryan as the one democrat" who comes so
near being a popullst that all popullsts, as
we'll as democrats. can unite on him. The
arguments used for weeks In senator AL
lens paper were repeated and soon there
was = raging coniasration. Forgetting ali
that had been said about the necessity for
a populist at the head OF the ticket, Bryan
was hailed as a saviour with grand acclaim
aLa = was " VA ~ INV
democrats to announce his nomination for
governor by the populists, which was to
prove the immediate and happy solution.
1t was now nearly 5 a. m.
Bryan Refuses the roner
Instead OF. proving the solution the nom
nation of Bryan gave occasion for the ami
mated speech Of Bryan, in which he said
once and for all time that he would not be
o.-atAoto4 Tor a0u 0fNnn hut would dav0fa
himself to unfolding the principles to
which he was committed against the re-
organizers of his own party. The scene and
speech will be memorable to all who wit
messed II. AL talk OF Bryan Immediately
stopped. But the nomination OF Bryan by
the ~populists had already proved their own
undoing so far as their resistance to the
democrats was concerned. Having agreed
to take Bryan. a democrat, to head the
ticket they could not oppose successfully
the selection of some other democrat. In
vain they tried to retrace the fatal step.
The democrats had with quick recovery
conferred their votes on W. H. Thompson,
and most wonderful OF all, Harrington, who
only a few hours before had been the hero
OF the ~populist party. came back to retract
what he had said about the necessity Of
preserving the integrity Of the party by
nominating a populist for governor and to
plead for the acceptance Of Thompson, a
democrat.
Destruction for PopuIists.
The reaction was sudden and startling.
In a scathing speech Judge Homer NJ. Sui
Ivan of Custer county declared that all
hope Of success had already been relin-
quished. ITO nominate a democrat at the
head of our ticket he exclaimed, means
the destruction Of our party. 1t means de-
feat at the polls and II l am to go down
to certain defeat i would rather go down
with my flag flying. fighting for populist
principles behind a ticket made up OF pop
ulists. than to go down behind . democrat
forced on us by outside influences. l want
to say that no democratic candidate for
governor can poll within 25 per cent OF
the populist vote. That was seen out in
my country last year when we submitted
to Hollenbeck as the nominee for supreme
Judge. We have in Custer county 1900 pop
ulist voters. but Hollenbeck fell short TOO
OF polling their full strength. and l say
that Just as sure as we agree TO a demo-
crat at the head of the ticket this year
we will not poll 1900 votes in Custer
county" He went on further to protest
against the sacrifice OF the populist or
ganization for the purpose Of stemming for
Bryan the rising tide of the reorganizers
In the democratic party.
III you have read the reports" he added,
mot a single democratic convention in any
state east OF the Mississippi this year re-
asserted devotion to Bryan. Some Of you
talk Of Bryan for president again in 1904.
but / want to tell you that there is no GER
tsinty hat 'Bryan's friends will be In the
majority two years hence. l want to pre-
serve the populist party SO that he can
come to Il rather than to destroy the party
that Bryan may use its prestige in his own
party. on which he Is losing his grip"
, bryan TO the Breach.
The volatile character OF the convention
was illustrated by the vigorous applause
which this dissertation received, and the
rush with which the delegates sought to
throw their votes to Sullivan on the ballot
for governor that had just been ordered.
1t took Mr.. Bryan with another supply of
oil for the troubled waters to smooth out
the situation once more. In his peculiarly
convincing style he pleaded for fusion. He
| asserted over and over that the two con-
v~entions were really one except in name.
and that they must get together on one
ticket. 1--WE have fought shoulder to shoul-
der Id the past. he declared. "and We must
eight shoulder to shoulder together now.
Ay the principles we advocate am no less
a populist at heart than you are. and each
Of you rs much a democrat as /. Would you
rather by your action help elect republicans
to once before you would yield a nominal
tion to q brother democrat, or would you
not rather join the democrats to drive the
republicans out Of power under a standard
| bearer Who baliaVeR A. vou do aIthou0h ha