The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-06
WATSON NOMINATED.
POpulists Place Georgian at Head
Of Their Ticket.
TIBBLES SECOND ONE
Platform Declares Against Govern.
ment by snjuDetioa and Fayort
Organized Labor and the
Eight.HOur Work Oar.

OA tae committee OH permanent Or
ganiZation brought forth a storm of
protest from the Fusion wing Of the
convention. as the report showed that
the Midde-of-the Readers had Sc
cured all the officers OF the conven-
ton. After several speeches the re-
port OF the committee was adopted and
the following declared the permanent
Chairman, ]. A. Mallett OF Texas;
Chairman,J. A. Malett OF Texas:
secretary. Charles II. Defrance OF Ne
hraska; assistant secretary, w. c.
Champ of Kansas.
Three from each state were selected
as members Of the national commit
tee. and for those states not having a
representative in the convention 1t
was decided that the xecutive COM
mittee appoint members.
The convention got into a wrangIe
when the committee on credentials
made its report at the afternoon ses-
sion. The question was whether or
not states that had only a partial list
OF delegates should be permitted TO
cast the full vote of the state 1t was
finally decided 10 the affirmative
After reaffirming its adherence to
the basic truths OF the Omaha platform
of 1892 and OF the subsequent plat
forms of 1895 and 1900, the platform
says:
The issuing OF money is a function
OF government and should never be
delegated to corporations or individ-
uals. The constitution gives 10 con-
gress alone power to issue money and
regulate its value.
We therefore demand that all
money shall be issued ny the govern
ment in such quantities as shall main
tain stability i'm prices. every dol,ar
to be full legal tender. none Of which
| SHAH be a debt redeemablr In other
| money.
We demand that postal savings
| banks be established by the govern
ment.
We believe I'm the rter's NJ labor
| to organize for Inc beneGt and urotec-
tIon OF those who toit aud pledge the
efforts Of the Peoples patty 10 pre-
serve this right iuvioate
Capital is organized and has no
right to DENY TO labor tile privilege
which II claims itself We feel fnat
| intelligent organization Of tabor is es-
seutial that it raised the standard ~
| vorkmeu. promotes the efficiency. IN
te|ljgence ana character Of the wage
Garner. We believe with Abraham
Lincoln. that labor is prior TO capital
and not its slave. but IFS companion.
We favor the enactment Of legisla-
ton looking To the Improvement of con-
ditions for wage earnerS. the abolition
of child labor, the suppression Of
| sweatshops and or convict labor in
competition with free labor. and the
exclu~ion from American shores OF
foreign pauper labor.
We favor the shorter workdav and
declare that If eight hours constitutes
days labor In government service.
that eight hours should constitute a
days labor in factories. workshops
and mines
AS a means OF placing all public
questions directly under the control OF
provision be made under which the
people may exercise the initiative. ref
erendum and proportional representa-
tiou and direct vote for all public Of
fcers. with the right OF recall
We denounce government by In
junction and Imprisonment without the
right OF trial by jury
TO prevent unjust discrimination
and monopoly the government shonld
own and control the railroads and
those public utilities which in their
nature. are monopoIized to perfect tine
postal service. the government sho1td
own and operate the general telegra IN
and telephone system and provide a
parcels post.
AS to those trusts and monOpoiies
which are not public utilities or nat
ural monopoles We demand special
privileges which they now enjoy and
which alone enable them to exist,
should be Immediately withdrawn.
Corporations being the creatures Of
government, should be subjected 10
such governmental regulation and con-
troll as will adequately protect the pub
he. We demand the taxation of mo-
nopoly privileges"
The platform was adopted unani-
mously.
Thomas f. Watson OF Georgia for
president and Thomas II. Ttbbles Of
Nebraska. for vice president was the
ticket nominated by reclamation Tues
day by the Popuiist national eouven-
ton. The names OF william V. Alien
Of Nebraska and OF Sam w. Williams
of Indiana were placed before the con-
vention for president. but before the
list Of states had been completed IN
the roll cali their names were wt,h-
drawn and Watson was nominated By
acciamation.
There were ave nominations for wee
president: Thomas II. Tlbblss. Me-
braska: Theodore n. Rynder. Pennsyl-
vania: I. H. Weller Iowa: George F.
washburn. Massachusetts,. ard Samuel
w. williams. IHdianA- The two latter
declined and Tibhles received nearly
eli the votes on the first ballot and
was nominated By aeelamation.
After the convention adjourned
meeting % tAs national eormittes vas
held and James H. Ferris 81 Joilstt