Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-10
PoPuLlSIS. :. -: =: 80. !.
NAME WATSON
GEORGIA MAN NoNAiNAvso soR
PRESIDENT ~ seosle's'
CONVENTION, - -
SESSION WAS STORMY
NEBRASKA DELEGATION. WHICH
WAS FOR BRYAN. Walk OUT
OF the NALL.

81, t-Ouis--for President OF the
United States. Thomas y Watson Of
Gsorsias for Nice i'T-sia-nt, Samuel
". Williams OF Indiana.
This Iieh~t Aas nominated Friday
by tbs Peoples PARTY convention, after
t~o stormy srssions. throughout which
the Nebraska and Minnesota d-i-sa'
tions. WORKING la the Interest IT Mill
lam ], bpan. stToS- desperately Ia
bEins ah0u, an adjournment until after
nominations had be-n mad. by IN.
iisfnoeTaIis and Republican parties
outnnnlsefrsi. and 9iihou, any ehanc.
Of gaining their object, the Nebraska
men fought desperately la the last. and
YORK. mounted III. platform to place
watson In notainatiOn ih-y withdrew
from the rony-ntiun. attended 10y Tho
Minnesota delegation. which consisted.
however. Of only oh- man-T. J.
w~ishan.
II bryan II nominated al Drawer. tho
men ~ha walked out of Fridays CON
-ntion will sHpIpor him. and they de
eiar- the PUpuiists Of Nebraska will
do so To a man.
A. the morning session tho Ne
bfasia men made decided h-ad~ay.
They fiiibus;-E-d ei-y-Tiy. and several
times ihr-~ the convention into fear
ful hnsris. They fought lunk and hard
In have Temporary Chairman Jacob =.
coxy OF Ohio mad" p-Tman.n, chair
man. not because OF any affection they
bore him. bu, because they believed
they could tsnsi~ him up and in that
way stand on the nominations. They
~cr- beaten, however. and George 4.
Honn-ck-r ut Jersey CiIy Was made
s.sss sfttr Hs,fsN 81 LssF "A n
not Ia SYMPATHY with IN. Bryan -i"'
m~nt and was no, chairman OF the
cox-y brand.
The downfall Of Nebraska came IN
the afternoon.
They were hiibnst"rinE along In
cheerful fashion. when 10 4. Paskcr of
lIouiEyiiic begged leave to ark "A cou.
pie O. questions" of Nebraska. lir
wanted to know II they were working
for the nomination of Bryan. They
said they were not. lie then read from
Bryan'H paper n plank from tn. Ne
braska Populist stat. convention. In
dotHinE Bryan. and wanted Ia know
Of they stood by I, or by their state
mcnt JUS; made. The Nebraska men
were backed into corner. They
could fight. hut they could NOT escape.
Parker insisted upon q categorical
give. One delegate insisted that u ''rc.
porter on Brynn's paper had made u
mistake. Just like reporters are always
doing" but the convention jrctcd him.
From that instant Bryab's cause In the
convention was lost. and II was only u
few minutes before the delegates from
his state Ind boltcd.
Thomas +. Watson. the presidential
nominee. In well known throughout tho
country. and his political life is famii'
lar history.
Samuel ". Williams. the candidate
for Vice President. is a resident Of
vinccnncs. Indiana. where he has prac'
ticcd law for many years. He liz sixty.
two years old. and has always been
more or less an active participant In
politics. He was at one time n Demo.
cratic member OF the Indiana I.cgisla-
turc. but has been identified with the
Populist party since It's creation. He
is gray.haired and gray.beardcd. abou:
six feet two inches tall. lean and OF n
nervous temperament.