The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-09
WATSON IS P0pguN
CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT
SamuelW. Williams. lawyer. -
vincennes. Ind. + Names
for vics President.
st. Louis, April u
For President of the United
States-Thomas L. watson,
of Georgia.
For Vice President - Samuel
w. Williams. Of Indiana.

This ticket was nominated by tho
peoples party national convention.
after two stormy sessions, throughout
which the Nebraska and Minnesota del
egations. working In the interest OF
William j. Bryan, strove desperately
to bring about an adjournment ofaSthe
convention until after nominations had
peen made by the democratic and re-
publican parties.
The debate on the pronosition to post
pone the convention and the discussion
OF the phraseology of the money plank
OF the platform consumed the grea ter
part OF h day. It seemed as though
every delegate had q money plank of
his own and a large assortment Of criti-
cal expression about all the other
planks- The discussion was long hut
al the oratory went for naught and
Ine plank adopted vas that recon-
mended by the resolutions COMMITTEES ~
n opening OF the debate.
Statement by Nebraskan.
After the convention the Nebraska
made the following state
n meeting OF certain members of
me populist national committee III ST.
Louis November 26. 1907, at which
time 1T v a decided to call this con-
ventlon, was Irregular, because mem-
pers or the national COMMITTEES from
several states We're never notified AZ
ouSil q xIlCcllIlR An0 MARC VI nnk Me ,----Hg
sented. -
The ap~portionment of delegates bv
TINS so-called committed to the ma
llonai convention was so made as TO,
practically disfranchise the ponIiist
sla.ss ana place the controi of the
the eastern states, In many Of whirh
a popui1st vote was never cast. TINS
so-called committee also invited other.
organizations not populistic to send
usiegate TO he convention, among
which was the Monetary league and ths.
national provisional committee. the lat
yer castlng a vote In the convention. IN.
eAcess OF those states tina had con-
Yentlons and had regularly %accredited
popullst delegates present. We feel
LIT, tnat we are not bound by he
aStioh or a committee Of ,nan
VINO are not accredited ~populisf dala-
gates, and we feel in no way bo,,nd ~
support the ticket nominated TO-DAY Nv
this convention. "
A further reason why we ara MT
bound by the convention is that 49,
We're allowed to represent sfatas In
which they do not reside and have NOT
lived for years. n".
we took no part In the nominations
= WI. watson or Mr.. Williams, and
them. suPport
We do not hesitate to saw that -
NJ. sryan is nominated at Denver Nv
"a us,locrats the popuiists of Nebras-
ma VIII support him to a man"
Thomas Z. Watson, the p~resider,ta,
nominee. is well known throughou TIE
country, and his political life is farailo
lar history. ami
Williams a Lawyer.
Samuel w. Williams, the, cand,d...
Tor NC president. is a resident of Win
eeIhes, ma, where he has practiced law
Tor many years. He is So wears NJ 800
and has always been more or less an
active participant in politics. He was
iong time a democratic member or tha
lnalana legislature. but has been iden-
tlned with the populist party since Ira
creation. He is gray haired and prav
bearded, about s feet 2 inches tail, lean
ahc or a nervous temperament.
Al a meeting Of the new national
committee James H. Ferris, Of Joliet.
~, was reelected chairman and law
w. Forrest. Of Albany, N. Y vas
chosen vice chairman.