Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-04
WATSON NOMINATED BY POPU.

The peop'e's party convention q. ~.
L,uls, yesterday, dominated Thomas F
Watson, of 0eOrgis, for president ano
Samuel Williams, Of Indiana, for vice
president, sitter two stormy sessions,
during which the Nebraska and tbs
Minnesota delegations bolted because
they could not procure postponemeut Of
the convention unil after the nOmDs
tions bad been made BY the democratic
convention, so that The peoples party
might nominate w. j. Bryan forpresi-
dent if he we're defeated at the demo.
cratic convention.
The Nebraska men fought desperately
to the last, and when Jay W. Fofrts',
Of Albany, N. Y, mounted the plstform
to place Watson in nomination, they
Withdrew fcom the convention, followed
oy the Mionesots delegation, which con-
sisted of one man, ]. T. Weigban. II
Wm. J. Bryan is nominated at Denver,
the men who walked out of yesierday's
convention say that they and the popu-
lists OF Nebraska will support him los
nau.
At the morning session the Nebraska
men fibustered so cleverly that several
times they threw the convention into
f sriul snsrls. They fought long and
hard to have Temporary Chairman Jacob
s. Coxey, OF Ohio. made permanent
chairman, not because OF affection they
sore him, but becsuse they believed
that they could tspgle him snd stsud
IF the nominations. They were de-
feAled, however, and George A. Hon.
necker, OF jersey City. WAS made per-
msnent chairman.
Mr.. Honuecker attacked the courts oi
the country, under wh Sc ruling, he &c
cIsred, many gross injustiCes ha6 beer
commuied. De attacked the demo-
ers'ic party for the conduct Of Presdeo'
Cleveland in the rsilroad strike OF 1894
aud the republican party for the seodIuk
OF troops to ldshp during the miners
strike. He deprecated the industriaI
situation of the c'.uniry, declared the
OPP riuue time fra revolution was tht
preseO', and as cried that it only needs
'the genius OF p RJbespierre and the
eloQneuce Of q DintoD, TO set the coun-
try q blz,"
The platform adopted res firms the dec
lsrstiODs made by the national conveB-
ton at Omaha. "rhe sdmoni;ions OF
Wsshington's farewell; The State papers
If J fersOp, and the w.rds Of Lincoln
ue the teachings Of our greatest apostles
# human rights and political llbrrty;
declares that the government should
issue money; opposes special privilege;
upboldr rsdes unions and isvLrs public
gorks. Ia closing The platform pro-
claims feslty to populism and ayers that
the. party will 10 future not be drawn up.
on "Ihe trescherous rocks Of fusion"
+ Thomss E. Watson spent yesterday 10
Jacksonville, Fls., and the first news
1l his nomination as the poTplist candi-
date for the presidency was carried to
him by correspondent. When asked
il be would accspi the nomination, Mr..
Watson said:
"Not having been officially advised
of the action of the couve ton. think |
it would be rather premature Tor me- 10 |
say that / will accept the termination. |
have read the outline OF he platform
adopted this morning aud | will not |
make any positive statement as TO sc-
ceptsnce rptil | reach my home at
Thomson, Ca, for which place leave
tonight"
Mr.. Watson then went on to explain |
his advocacy of Gov Hoke Smith, of |
Georgia, during the accent gubeInstioDAl
campaign in that State. De said that
he Joined with Mr.. Smith in bis effort |
TO eliminate the negro from poliucs snd
Informed the governor that bis work was
sorely for that purpose.
al do not believe that the negro
should have any more political rigiis
than the Indian or the Ohinams 10
this country" he ssid. "With the ne
gro eliminated from politics the State of |
the South will sgain be in a position |
where their wishes will have 10 be re-
spected aud catered TO by the dominant |
political parties"