The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-23
bryan DECLINES
A. WATKINS NAMED
GREAT COMMONER" REFUSES
TO DESERT DEMOCRATICS
HE ANNOUNCES

| LINCOLN, Neb., Thursday Night
I-(By A. P.)-Ohio got its thirc
presidential candidate for the 1926
campaign when the prohibition ma
tional convention nominated Aaron
S. Watkins of Germantown. Ohio
after learning from W. j. Bryan that
he would not accept the nomination
voted him yesterday. Mr.. Watkins
won on the second ballot after he and
R. H. Patton had each received IS
votes on the first.
The second ballot was:
Aaron S. Watkins, 1O8.
r. H. Patton, IA.
D. A. Polling, "a.
C. A. Randoll, 2.
1t took 105 votes to nominate.
D. Leigh Colvin of New York, an
author, was nominated for the vice
presidency on the first ballot. He
was born in Ohio. The convention
then permanently adjourned.
Mr.. Watkins is a professor of liter
ature in a Germantown military
academy. He was professor in Ada
college, Ohio, for several years and
was vice presidential candidate on the
prohibition ticket in 1908 and 1912.
He was born on farm near Rush
sylvania, Ohio, and is So years old.
He preached II years in the Metho
dist church and was nominated for
governor of Ohio on the prohibition
ticket in 1904 and 1908 and for vice
president in 1908 and 1872 In ac-
cepting Mr.. Watkins said his cam
paign plans were up to the national
committee but he knew it 'would be
an active campaign"
Lucy Page CASTOR, anti-cigarette
leader, announced from the floor that
she would urge her republican party
to support Mr.. Watkins"
Bryan Still Democrat.
BOHEMIAN, Mont. VIM. J. Bryan
yesterday afternoon announced pos
lively that he would not accept the
nomination for president rendered
1im by the prohibition national con-
yention at Lincoln, Neb.
The first intimation of his nOmina-
ion was received by him at o'clock
his afternoon at Madison lake upon
lis return from a forenoon of fishing
vhen he read an Associated Press
lispatch giving the text of the tele-
,ram sent to him by the convention
It Lincoln. He was forty miles from
my telegraph office at the time but
s soon as he reached Norris, Mont,
e telegraphed a reply declining the
omination.
The text of his telegram was:
"Please deliver the following mes
age to the chairwoman of the pro-
ibition national convention now in
ession in Lincoln: T.
Having been away from the rail
Dads and telegraphic facilities for
he past "a hours have not received
our telegram notifying me of the
omination rendered me by the pro-
ibition party convention. But read
1g copy Of it in the Bozeman
hronicle, | hasten to reply. pro-
)undly appreciate the honor done me s
/ rendering this nomination and I !
lily share in the conventions inter :
st in prohibition as the permanent
olicy of our country and in the strict
1forcement of the Volstead act with {
ut weakening of it's provisions. l ).
Iso share the conventions disap- {
ointment at the failure of the demo-
-atic and republican parties to !.
ledge their candidates to such pol
y, but | cannot in justice to the pro- );
ibition party nor to myself accept :
le nomination. +
"My connection with other reforms ;:
ould make it impossible for me to =
'cus my attention upon the prohibi- ,
on question alone and besides | am
1t willing to sever my connection
ith the democratic party which has
signally honored me in years past.
"I have not decided yet how | shall
,te this fall, but whatever l may r;
el it my duty to do in this cam a
lign, expect to continue as MEM b
r of the democratic party and to h
rye my country through it." II
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