The Springfield herald., 1908-04-10
P0PuLIS1S
NAME WATSON
GEORGIA MAN NOMINATED FOR
PRESIDENT BY PEOPLES
CONVENTION.
SESSION WAS STORMY
NEBRASKA DELEGATION, WHICH
= WAS FOR BRYAN, WALK OUT
OF THE HALL.

st. Louis.-For President of the
United States, Thomas e. Watson OF
Georgia; for Vice President, Samuel
w. Williams of Indiana.
This ticket was nominated Friday
by the Peoples party convention, after
two stormy sessions, throughout which
the, Nebraska and Minnesota delega-
tions, working in the interest of Will
lam ]. Bryan, strove desperately to
bring about an adjournment until after
nominations had been made by the
Democratic and Republican parties.
Outnumbered, and without any chance
Of gaining their object. the Nebraska
men fought desperately to the last, and
when Jay w. Forrest of Albany, New
York, mounted the platform to place
Watson in nomination they withdrew
from the convention. attended by the
Minnesota delegation, which consisted,
however, of only 3ne mani. j.
If Bryan Is nomnateN at Denver, the
men who walked out of Fridays con-
ention will support him, and they de-
clare the Populists of Nebraska Will
do so to man.
At the morning session the Ne
braska men made decided headway.
They filibustered cleverly, and several
times threw the convention into fear
full snarls. They fought long and hard
to have Temporary Chairman Jacob s.
Coxy of Ohio made permanent chair
man, not because of any affection they
bore him, but because they believed
they could tangle him up and In that
way stand off the nominations. They
were beaten, however. and George A.
Honnecker of Jersey City was made
permanent chairman. Honnecker was
not in sympathy with the Bryan ele-
ment, and was not a chairman of the
Coxey brand.
The downfall of Nebraska came in
the afternoon.
They were filibustering along in
cheerful fashion, when 10 A. Parker of
Louisville begged leave to ask "a cou-
pie of questions" of Nebraska. He
wanted to know if they We're working
for the nomination of Bryan. They
said they were not. He then read from
Bryan's paper a plank from the Ne
braska Populist state convention, in
dorsing Bryan. and wanted to know
of they stood by it or by their state
ment just made. The Nebraska men
were backed into a corner. They
could fight, but they could not escape.
Parker insisted upon categorical
answer, which Nebraska would not
give. One delegate insisted that ire
porter on Bryans paper had made a
mistake. just like reporters are always
doing" but the convention jeered him,
From that instant Bryan's cause in the
convention was lost, and 1t was only a
few minutes before the delegates from
his state had bolted.
Thomas T.. Watson, the presidential
nominee, is we'll known throughout the
country, and his political life is famil-
lar history.
Samuel w. Williams, the candidate
for Vice President, is resident of
Vincennes, Indiana, where he has prac-
ticed law for many years. He is sixty
two years old, and has always been
more or less an active participant in
politics. He was at one time Demo-
cratic member of the Indiana Legisla-
ture, but has been identified with the
Populist party since its creation. He
Is gray-haired and gray-bearded, about
six feet two inches tall. lean and of a
nervous temperament.