Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-11
NEBRASKA POPULISTS.
Candidate Watson's Humorous SLAM
at the Democrats.

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at the Democrats.
A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb. last night
says: Thomas E. Watson and Thomas II.
Tibbles opened the populist campaign here
this afternoon, when the state convention
met to nominate candidates. The Oliver
Theater was filled, the anti-Parker element
predominating strongly. Mr.. Watson said
this was the first part he had taken. in
politics in eight years, but that the fires
of populism still burned fiercely within
him. He said true popuists would not be
swayed from principle by mere results at
the ballot box, and after summarizing the
tenets of his party he declared:
such creed can never die
Mr.. Watson scored both the old parties
and ridicued the republican national con-
venton a cut-and-dried affair. OF the
democratic convention he said:
1T made its appeal to the Deity through
megaphone and drafted its platform by
telegraph"
His speech. which occupied nearly two
and a half hours. was an indirect appeal
against fusion, and he was frequently ap-
plauded. AT its conclusion permanent or
ganization was effected by the election of
former Senator w. V. Allen as chairman.
Committees were appointed and an ad-
journment taken until $50 in the evening
At the night session the poopulists voted
to select Watson and Tibbles electors re-
CARELESS Of any action taken by the demo-
Gratis. The question of fusion on the state
ticket was then taken up and provoked a
long, and, at times, bitter debate.
At the conclusion of the debate the mo-
ton to fuse on the state ticket was adopted
by vote of 40 to 2S4.
The popuiist platform reiterates the ma
tional platform and pledges support to the
national candidates. Most Of the planks
refer to state issues.
Democrats Waited Upon Populists.
The of ba
ton, which was called for o'clock this
afternoon, was delayed two hours to give
the delegates an opportunity to hear the
address of Thomas E. Watson, at the, popu-
list convention, and to permit conferences
with populist leaders concerning fusion OF
the two parties.
1t was admitted early in the day that
fusion along the lines suggested by the pop
uliStS, the substitution of Watson and lib
bles electors for those of Parker and Davis,
and an equal division of the state offices
would never be conceded by the democrats,
who insisted on fusion alone on the state
ticket, each party supporting its presiden-
tial nominee.
1t was late when the night session was
called to order. A committee on rules and
procedure, which in reality was commit
tee on conference with the populsts, was
appointed, and motion mac de to take a re-
cess pending its report. This was voted
down, and the convention proceeded to
select Parker and Davis electors. John A.
Lynch of Boyd county and r. O. AID ans OF
Hall were chosen electors -at-large. AT
1916 pm. recess was taken
Fused on Congressman.
Hugh Lohmaster was nominated for Con-
gress by the democrats and populsts of the
first Nebraska district. w. B. Price,
democrat, who was the leading candidate,
was not acceptable to the populists. He
started a democratic weekly here few
days ago and some of the editorials favor
ing Judge Parker did not please the popu-
lists.
At Seward Neb., democrats and popu-
lists of the fourth Nebraska fused and
nominated Charles Gilbert of York for
Congress.