New-York tribune., 1908-04-04
" POPS" NAME WATSON
BRYAN FACTION BOLTS.
Cornered and McOntinently Defeated
after Storing Session.

St Louis April 3-The Peoples party con- =
vention nominated national ticket day after
two stormy sessions, in which the Nebraska and
Minnesota delegations boted because they could
not procure a postponemcnt Of the convention
until after nominations had been made by the
Democratic National Convention, so that the
Peoples party might nominate William j. Bryan
for President if he defeated at the Demo-
cratic convention. The ticket is as follows:
For President of the United States-THOMAS E WAT
For Vice President of the United states-sAMUEL
WILLIAMS, Of Indiana.
The Nebraska men fought desperately to the
last and when Jay ". Forrest. of Albany,
mounted the platform to place Watson in nom
ination they withdrew from the convention.
followed by the Minnesota delegation. which
consisted of one man. T. j. Weghan. If Bryan
is nominated at Denver the men who walked
out of to-day's convention say that they and the
Populists of Nebraska will support him to a
man.
After adopting a platform the convention
finally adjourned.
At the morning session the Nebraska men
fIibustered so cleverly that several times they
threw the convention into fearful snarls. They
fought long and hard to have the temporary
chairman Jacob S. Coxey, of Ohio, made per-
manent chairman, not because of any affection
that they could tangle him and stand off the
nominations They were defeated, however, and
George A. Honnecker, of Jersey City, was made
permanent chairman.
Honnecker not in sympathy with the
BRYAN supporters. He talked back in vigorous
style to the Nebraska men when they attacked
him The tartest dialogue of the convention
took place at the close OF the morning session
between Honnecker and T II. TibbIes the
Nal,r r.1C1r.l dale
Tibbles was speaking a question connected
with the adoption of the platform. The chair
man declared that he could not exactly under
stand whether Tibbles speaking on motion
or on a substitute for motion
'If some people can't understand things.
can't help" snapped Tibbles.
The Chair cannot furnish you with the Eng
Iish to explain yourself" retorted the chairman.
Nor can furnish you with brains to run the
convention stormed Tibbles.
The Chair is fully aware that the gentleman
cannot furnish brains.'' roared Honnecker, and
the conversation ceased because both men were
so angry, they could do nothing but breathe hard
and glare at Zach other. Then Tibbles went to
the rostrum to read part of the platform. and
he and Honnecker shook hands and were recon-
ciled.
The downfall of Nebraska came swiftly in the
afternoon and into a pit they themselves had
digged the delegates from Nebraska tumbled.
They were filibustering In cheerful fashion, when
! A. Parker, of Louisville asked permission to
ask "a couple of questions of Nebraska
Parker desired to know whether the Nebras-
kans were working for the nomination of Bryan
They said they not. He then read from
Mr. Rryan's paper plank from the platform OF
the Nebraska Populist State Convention in
dorsing Bryan. and wanted to know whether
they stood by it. The Nebraskans were in a cor
nor They parried the question, but Parker in
eistad on a categorical answer. One delegate in
sisted that "a reporter on Bryans paper had
made a mistake. just like reporters are always
doing The Nebraska delegates finally admit
ted that they favored Bryan. From that in
slant Bryan's cause in the convention was lost.
and ii was only a few minutes before the dele
gates from his state had bolted the convention.
Mr Watson did not attend the convention.
but Mr. williams returned thanks To the con-
yention in a brief speech in which he promised
to do all things possible for the success of the
ticket, and urged his hearers to do everything