The state herald., 1908-04-10
POPUL|STS
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 H. 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 J. Bryan, strove desperately TO
bring about an adjournment until after
nominations had been made by the
Democratic and Republican parties.
Ounumbered, 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 one mani. J.
WeiEhan.
If Bryan Is nominated 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,
ful snarls. They fought long and hard
to have Temporary Chairman Jacob $.
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 on the nominations. They
were beaten, however, and George A.
Honnecker Of Jersey City was made
permanent chairman llonneckcr 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 II they were working
for the nomination OF Bryan. They
said they were not. He then read from
Byan's paper plank from the Ne
braska Populist state convention. in
dorsing Bryan. and wanted TO know
pi they stood by It or by their state.
ment Just made. The Nebraska men
were backed into n corner. They
could fight but they could not escape.
Parker insisted upon a categorical
answer, which Nebraska would not
give. One delegate insisted that q "rc.
porter on Bryan's paper had made a
mistake, just like reporters are always
doing" but the convention icercd him.
From that instant Bryan's cause In the
convention was lost, and II was only a
few minutes before the delegates from
his state had bOlted.
Thomas T. Watson, tho presidential
nominee, is well known throughout the
country. and his political life Is iamil'
lar history.
Samuel W. Williams. the candidate
for Vice President, Is a resident OF
Vincennes, Indiana, where he has prac'
ticed law for many years. He Is sixty.
two ycars 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 It's creation. Ho
Is gray.hnlred and Eray,brarded, about
six feet two Inches tall. lean and Of n
nervous temperament