The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
Progress Of Populis S;: &c. :::: Sc;

A. Hurst, Walnut Grove; Eighth, T..
B. Parks, Collum; Ninth, G. B. Grove.
-Four of these candidates for elector
C. B. Wilson, Hicks, Galloway and
Parks-were long ago enrolled in The
Old Guard of populism.
In the Seventh district, T. w. Powell
of Cullman has been nominated for
congress and with a little help can be
elected. j. Gilbert Johnson of Orr
vile (another of the Old GuaTD will
be nominated in the Fifth district, and
he, too, has good prospects for election,
il some good speakers be put into the
field.
National Committeeman T. Guice
of Longstreet, La, writes: Il am TAX
ing steps to get out Watson and Tib-
bles electors, which will be done
through petition. AS far as I can
judge, the populist sentiment has won
derfully increased since Parker was
nominated. Thousands of democrats
will support Watson"
National Committeeman Newton
Richards of Reno. New, encloses a
clipping from the Reno Evening Ca
zette of August Is, giving an account
of the Winnemucca convention which
nominated Watson and Tibbles cleo
tors. The article says, in part: sThe
true blue silver party after walking
out Of the Parker-Newlands cut and
dried poW-woW in this. city (Winne-
mucca) Tuesday, continued it's good
work in a convention of it's own in
Silver State hall by completing its
organization, electing a full state cen
trail committee with Judge Bonnifield
chairman and Eugene Howell secre-
tary
'The convention repudiated the gold
bug candidates, Parker and Davis,
amid cheers, and resolved to stand
firmly boy the original principles of
the silver party.
Watson and Tibbles. the peoples
party candidates for president and
vice president. coming nearer the true
sentiments Of the silver party, were
endorsed as its candidates Ringing
speeches were made by different MEM
bers of the convention and much en-
thusiasm was manifested
IT was resolved to place an electoral
ticket in the field and possibly an
entries state ticket. The following were
nominated for presidential electors and
pledged. If elected. to vote for Watson
and Tibhles: u B. McCullough of
Washoe county; H. p. Beck of Vir-
GINA City; y. M. Mccormack of Reno"
A letter from State Chairman Jay
w. Forrest of Albany, N. Y, encloses
a copy of the petition which the peo-
ple's party of New York must circulate
and file with the secretary of state.
Each sheet Of the petition contains the
names of twenty petitioners. 1t con-
tains the names of the nine state of
ficers and the thirty-nine electors to
be voted for, together with the resi-
dence and the business address of each
candidate. The Liberty Bell is adopted
as the party emblem. This was the
emblem of the New York liberal demo-
cratic party, now merged into the peo-
pies party. The ticket follows:
Governor-Alfred j. Boulton, 210
Harrison street, Brooklyn.
Lieutenant governor-Chas. Spauld-
ing, 66 Maple street, Hamburg.
Secretary of state-Orsen T.. Drew.
Is Washington street north, Rochester.
Comptroller--Louis MANI, Z Grant
street, Rochester
Treasurer, Frank S. Rose, SO Wood
lawn avenue. Albany.
Attorney general-John r. Gaffney,
1879 John street, Utica.
State engineer and surveyor-Simon
@. Levy. 344 East Seventy-eighth
street, New York.
Chief judge of the court of appeals
Edward N. Heath, 531 Humboldt Park
way. Buffalo
Associate Judge Of the court OF APP
peals--Augustus Babcock. a. Oak
street, Binghamton.
The following telegram Is self-ex-
planatory: New Haven. Conn. Sept
3. i9of-chairman James VI FerrIss.
Joliet. Ill-ponulist state ticket nomI-