Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-09-17
pREsENT LIEUTENANT COVER
MoR,s is THE ONLY NAME PRE-
sENTED TO THE CONVENTION
AT ToDAY's SESSION.
PLATFORM GIVES
PRAISE TO BRYAN
MERRAskAN is LIKENED TO JET
FERsoN BY HIS FORMER EN-
Em,Es-McARREN DELEGATES
SEATED.

poobester N. Y. Sept. 16.-Lewts
Stuyyesant Chanler, the present ~"
tenant governor of the state was honi.
mated by acclamation Ior soSeftio. etn,,
hy the state convention TINS altet,
noon Chanlers was the only hal,ie s
presented to the convention.
platform adopted praises Bryan pro,
fnsal and likens him to Jefferson aiiu
Iaoison in the fights he has carried oil
end the enemies he has maue' W
~ tba features Of the convention way
tha yictcrv won by Patrick II. McCal'
rem the Brooklyn leader, "hose usa.
oates were seated ly the coiSehnion ~.
in the interests of harmony
nt,,er state officers nominated were:
lieutenant go~ernor-John A: Dlho'i
caoretarv of state-John S. Whaleu'
romntroller-. tin b. GlShh.
St.ta treasurer-Julius Hauser.
Rreak in Harmony Program.
George M. Palmer was nomlnateu
ee attorney general. There cahle - :,
.a,+ in the celerity with which the
leo of the leaders was being pue
.hro,eh when the office of state ehst-
uaa,. ana surveyor was reached; w neli
.l,e conference candidate, Pnlnp
"A ssay,.T oof Kings county was p.acea =, =
a,,,nation Queens county oHere'i
Yaonard q. l.. Smith in opposit,oll,
Senator McCarren arose as he saiu -
.asant an insult. He protested Vlsol'
a,,s1p AGAINST Farleys nomination say ,
,aaNtbe Kings county organlzation Wv Wv
~ ,,ont him and had 10 candldale loi
~ off,ce McCarren closed WIN Sc So
5;ne the nomination of Smltn. fai
,ar vas nominated, 321 to ~ A.,
r,a convention adjourned sine uie
.4an senator Gore of Oklahoma maui
q brief address.
pe,ay in COW :,ins Today
rochester. N. Y, Sept. 10. = N ns
aro+ic state convention reassein
ia at II o'clock this morning, the oe
W., N converting being due to the lae
~ +ha resolutions commlttee "aS
a4 .n .ble to report The chairman y
W. credentials committee repofle.
49, there would be no contes1s 10 "
.,,hn,itted to the convention an.
ehaars followed the announcement
1,,doe Alton B. Parker, the pernaileh
ohsirman was introduced anna eA'iiu
siastic cheers. ,o,,da,
parl,er was limberally applauoe'
.,,ro,,g ghont his speech, at the cohciu
To-, of which the committee on resoiu
sia,s ranorted On the call OF the roi
a. Gov the nomination for governor W
III, name placed before the conVep
t;n1 was that Of Lieutenant GoVerho
lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. -,
The nlatform as presented by IN
resolutions committee was adopte
without a dissenting vote 1t Is lnte'
astine, in the praise 1t gives Bryan
s,,aw If the earnest attempts the NeN
yorl, Democracy made to defeat br!
an at Denver
The Platform Praises Bryan.
The nlatform heartily endorses tn
,,1atform and candidates nominated b
The national convention and pleds
bofb the hearty and enthusiastic SUI
mort or the candidate it says:
$ "Rrvan has been for years conspl
rous in the public eye and against n
character. motives or private life, Il
eusnicion of any kind has ever arisel
with no army of public officials read
at his heck and call to control the pa
~ machinery, with no governme1
departments organized so as to coerc
corporations and financial irteres
into contributing to his campaign run
his nomination has come as a spo
taneous response to the wish of tt
great mass of his party and he re
resents the aspirations and hopes
the rank and file of Democrat
throughout the nation.
Bryan Llkened to Early Leade
Like Thomas Jefferson and Andre
Jackson. the great leaders of the Del
ocratic party in the early days, h
policies and political motives ha7
been bitterly assailed by the pri'
legged interests whose supremacy
dangerous to the institutions OF o
country Like Jefferson and Jackst
ne has repelled all attacks made upt
him, is stronger today than ever /
Il fore In the affections and confden
a of the people.
bryan does not stand for an alta
apon honestly acquired wealth H
nJootion will rostnrn the admin c r,