The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1908-04-10
It GOES TO WATSON
Georgia Man Nominated For
President by POpuIiStS
NEBRASKANS FALL INTO PIT
Bolt the Convention After Answering
"CoupIe OF Question:" Concern
ing Bryan-Minnssota Delegation"
of One Man Follows Suit

For President of the United States
Thomas e. Watson Of Georgia; for vice
president Of the United States, Samuel
Williams Of Indiana.
The foregoing ticket was nominated
by the Peoples party convention after
two stormy sessions, during which the
Nebraska and Minnesota delegations
bolted because they could not bring
about a postponement Of the conven-
ton until after nominations had been
made By, the Democratic national con-
vention, so that the Peoples party
might nominate William j. Bryan for
president, should he be defeated at the
Democratic convention.
The Nebraska men fought desperate
ly to the last, and when Jay w. Forrest
of Albany mounted the platform to
place Watson In nomination, they with
drew from the convention, followed by
the Minnesota delegation, which con-
sisted Of one man. If Bryan is nomi-
mated at Denver, the men who walked
out of Fridays convention say that
they and the Populists of Nebraska will
support him to man. After adopting
a platform, the convention finally ad-
journed.
AT the morning session the Nebraska
men filibustered so cleverly that sew
eral times they had the convention
much tangled up They fought long
and hard to have Temporary Chair
man Coxey of Ohio made permanent
chairman, because they believed that
they could confuse him and stave off
the nominations. They were defeated,
however, and George A. Hennecker of
Jersey City was made permanent chair
man. Hennecker was not in sympathy
with the Bryan supporters. He vigor-
ously answered the Nebraskans when
they attacked him.
The downfall of Nebraska came sud
denly in the afternoon and into a pit
they themselves had digged the dele
gates from Nebraska tumbled They
were filbustering in a cheerful fashion
when j. w. Parker of Louisville begged
leave to ask couple Of questions" of
Nebraska.
Parker desired to know If the Nebras-
kans were working for the nomination
of Bryan. They said they were not
He then read from Bryan's paper a
plank from the platform OF the Ne
braska Populist state convention, en-
dorsing Bryan, and wanted to know
whether they stood by it. The Ne
-bsraskans were. in q corner. They par
ried the question. but Parker insisted
on a categorical answer. One delegate
insisted that a reporter on Bryan's pa
per had made a mistake, just like re-
porters are always doing"
The Nebraska delegates finally ad-
mitted that they favored Bryan. From
that instant Bryan's cause in the con-
ventlon was lost and it was only few
minutes until the delegates from his
state had bolted the convention.
Debate on the proposal to postpone
the convention and the discussion of
tie phraseOlogy of the money plank in
the platform consumed the greater part
of the day. The discussion Of the money
plank was long. but all the oratory
went for naught, because the plank
adopted was that recommended by the
resolutions committee at the opening OF
the debate.
Mr.. Watson did not attend the con-
vention, but Williams returned thanks
IN the convention I'm a brief speech