Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-04-04
Delegates Vote Down Motion to
Postpone Nominations.
WATSON NAMED FOR PRESIDENT
Samuel W. Williams of Indiana is
Selected for Tail of Ticket.
MINNESOTA JOINS BoLTERs
One Lone Delegate from Gopher state
Follows NebrRskRns fron the
HRII-PIRtfOrm Denounces
All Fusion Deals.

For President OF the United States
Thomas E. watson OF Georgia.
For Vice President OF the United states
Samuel w. williams of Indiana.
! ST LOUIS, April 3.-The above ticket was
nominated today by the Peoples party con-
venton after two stormy sessions through
out which the Nebraska and Minnesota
delegations, working in the interest of VIII
| lam }. Bryan, strove desperately to bring
about an adjournment of the convention
until after nominations had been made by
the democratic and republican parties
Hopelessly outnumbered and without any
chance whatever OF gaining their object, the
Nebraska men founght desperately to the
last, and when Jay w. Forrest of Albany
N. Y, mounted the platform to place Wat
son in nomination they withdrew from the
convention, attended by the Minnesota
| delegation which consisted however, OF
only one mani J. Weighan. II Bryan is
nominated at Denver the men who walked
out of todays convention will support him
| and they declare that the populists of Ne
braska will do so to a man.
At the morning session the Nebraska men
made decided headway They filibustered
| cleverly and with knowledge of parlla-
mentary procedure that several times threw
the convention into fearful snarls They
fought long and hard to have Temporary
Chairman Jacob S. Coxey of Ohio made
permanent chairman, not because of any
affection they bore him, but because they
believed that they could tangle him up anG
in that way stand off the nominations
CoNey, who is a genial easy going presid,
ing officer, begged them to allow him TO
withdraw, but they fought for him against
his will. They were beaten, however, and
George A, Honnecker of Jersey City was
made permanent chairman.
TIbbIes Is Called Down.
Honnecker was not in sympathy with the
Bryan element and he was not a chairman
of the Coxey brand. He is a big man with
a bigger voice. and he fights. His rulings
were fair but he would not Oe biuffed or
buled and he talked back" in vigorous
style to the Nebraska men when they at
tackled him.
The tartest dialogue of the convention
took place at the close of the morning scs-
sion between Honnecker and r. II. Tibbles.
the white haired dean OF the Nebraska
delegation The latter was speaking upon
a question connected with the adoption of
the platform. The chairman declared that
he could not exactly understand whether
Tibbles was speaking upon a motion or a
substitute to a motion.
"If some people cant understand things,
l can't help it," snapped Tibbles
THE chair cannot furnish you with the
English to express yourself" retortcd the
chairman.
Nor can / furnish you with brains to
run the convention" stormed Tibbles
THE chair Is fully aware that the gen
tleman cannot furnish brains roarod Hon
necker, and the conversation ceased be-
cause botoh men were so angry they could
do nothing but breathe hard and glare
at eeach otoher. Later they shook hands
and were reconcIled.
Downfall of Nebraska,
The downfall of Nebraska came swiftly,
i'm the afternoon, and into a pit they them
selves had dlgged, the delegation from
Nebraska tumbled.
Tney were filibustering along in cheerful
fashion when Joe Parker of Louisville
begged leave to TASK couple Of questions
of Nebraska.
lie desired to know II they were WORKING
for the nomination OF Bryan. They said
they were not. He then read from Mr.
Bryans paper plank from the Nebraskn
populist state convention endorsing Bryan
and wanted to know II they stood by It
or by their statement Just made. The Nc
braska men werc backed into a corner.
They could fight, but they could not escape.
Parker insisted upon categorical answer.
which Nebraska would not give one dele
gate insisted that "A reporter on Bryan's
paper had made mistake, just like re-
porters are always doing" but the convcn-
tion jeered at his attack upon Journalists
accuracy and preferred to believe "the re-
porter on Bryans paper" From that in
stant Bryan's cause in the convention was
lost, and il was only few minutes before
the delegates from his state had boIted the
convention.
Tho debate on the proposition to postpone
the convention and the discussion OF the
phrascology Of the money plank of the
platform consumed the greater part of the
day
It seemed as though every delegate had
money plank of his own and a large
assortment Of critical expressions about an
the other planks. Tho discussion was long.
but all the oratory went for naught aud
the plank adopted was that recommended
by the resolutions committee at the OPEN
ing Of the debate.
Text of the Platform.
The following is the popullst platform:
The peoples party of the United states,
in convention assembled at st. Louis No
this third day OF April, 1905 with Increased
confidence in its contentious rcaffirms the
declaration made by the national conVen-
ton at Omaha.
The admonitions of Washington's fare
Wen address the state papers OF Jeffer-
son and the words ~ Lincoln are the
teeachings of our greatest apostles Of hu-
man rights and political liberty. There
mas been departure from the teachings
OF those great patriots during recent ad-
mlnistTations. The government has been
controlled so as 10 place the rights ot
property abov- the rights OF humanitv
and has brought the country to "A condi-
ton That Is fuil OF danger 10 our national
well-bting Financial combinations have
had TOO much power over cOngres sand too
much influence with the COMMUNICATION OF
the government. PrerOgativ OF govern
mont have been unwisely, and often cor
ruptlN surrendered TO corporate monopoly
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