Nebraska Newspapers

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lf’ O’NEILL, NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
The State Fair commence* in August.
‘Get ready for It.
Havelock, near Lincoln, la putting in
a water work* syatem.
The oat crop in Dodge county !■ not
panning out very liberally.
A curfew ordinance has been passed
. by the Tecumseh city council. ■
V Got. Holcomb was a sight-seer at the
8t Louis populist convention.
The Long Pine Chsutauqua opened
vnder most favorable auspicea
A Plattsmouth gambling house was
raided by the police and closed up.
The Methodist church at Hastings is
again is use after being extensively re
modeled.
' Bill Ashley, an Omaha bad boy, will
do a-term in the reform school for gen
eral eussednesa
Miss Eva Neilson, the twenty-sixth
victim of the Logan disaster, died at
Omaha last week.
Omaha is reaching out for the annual
meeting of the Baptist Young Peoples’
Union of America in 1898.
Hon. G. W. Post of York has been
Selected as chairman of the state re
publican central committee
Subscriptions are being received in
Omaha and South Omaha for the 1898
Trans-Mississippi exposition.
There is expected to be 300 delegates
: in attendance at the State Sunday
8ebool convention in Omaha .
Buy home made goods and build up
home industrlee is a good policy. Far
rell’s Fire Extinguisher, made by Far
f ■ rail A ca, Omaha
A farm house owned by William
Horner of Lexington was struck by
lightning and burned. Loss, 91,200,
yr covered by insurance.
.John G Watson, president of the
, senate, was acting governor a few days
Gov. Holcomb was in 8t
Lieut.-Gov. Moore ie in
last week.
Louis and
Europe.
W. B. Sinclair, of Omaha, for the
next two years will become familiar
with the management of the state
Cm, having been sent there for steal
g lead pipe.
Depositors of the German savings
bank of Omaha, which recently closed
Its doors, are assured that’ they will
get all of their money in the course of
human events
The Sherman county irrigation ditch,
which was damaged to the extent of
9400, will be repaired by August 1 and
put in good operating condition through
Its entire length.
Maud Eadus, of Wymore, died the
ether day from the effects of a dose of
poison, supposed to be administered by
her own hand. She was about 32 years
old and lived with her parents
The new church at Alda, erected by
the Method|sts, was dedicated last Sun
day. The church is a handsome frame
structure, 10x06 feet, with a basement,
sad cost 91,100. The church debt re
aaaining unpaid of 9350 was raised.
Mrs. Amanda McBride, widow of the
lata William McBride, of Nebraska
City, died in Kansas City and her re
' mains were brought back for burial.
. She was an old resident of Nebraeka
r City and leaves many friends sad re
latives.
The Johnson County Old Settlers’ as
;sedation will commence the erection of
:f : • leg cabin on the Johnson county fair
5 grounds to be used Old Settlers’ day at
> Urn coming fair. It will be eighteen
•feet long, sixteen feet wide and seven
feat to the eaves
Word was received at Wahoo that
i Johnathan Chollettee of that place had'
V died in Denver. Mr. Chollettee had
; gone weet a few weeks ago for the
• benefit of his health, which had been
;: poor tor several years Heart failure
seamed to be the principal cause of
death.
' Deputy Markaal Boehms brought to
i Oasaha James Blackbird, an Omaha In
dian, and George Myers of Homer; both
are charged with selling liquor to In
dians They were bound over to the
federal grand jury in the sum of 9600
• each, ana falling to furnish the bond,
fr.\ will languish In the county jail.
I1 Burglars broke into the hardware
store of L. M. Rothrock at Reynolds
and took raaora, pocket knives and
shea res worth 95(X The drug store of
jiff- Walker A Rothwell was also entered.
}•:■ Jewelry and some small change left in
the money drawer was token. The'
leas to the drug store is over 8300.
•The Dodge County Veterans’ asaocia*
‘V: tlon will hold its fifth annual reunion
H In North Bend, August 4, 6 and 0. Gov
Vainer - Holcomb, Senator Alien, De
portment Commander Culver, Past
' Deputy Commander Adams, General
Cowin, Chnrch Howe and Captain Hen
ry are among thoee who are excreted
• - to- be preeent and participate in the
py. exercises
a iw sccraent occurred on Sunday
afternoon tl the fern house of C. R.
Mese, e short disteuee from Spencer.
The family had been absent during the
day, and upon their return the little
ana, » years old, went to the cupboard
isr something to cat, where he found a
loaded revolver. In a joking manner
ha told hie aiater, 10years old, that he
would shoot her, and pointed the pistol
at her The revolver being self-acting,
exploded, the hall entering the brain
O# the little girl, causing instant death.
I* 1 Bonddy, who was arrested at
Xfckote City for a burglary at F. Cl
StlaaaaV store, was brought before
Jndjre Byes for a hearing. He plead
ed rallty and was placed under bonds
of 1600 for hia appearance at district
aoart, which ha failed to give and went
tajalL
Mho Emily Lorenson of Omaha wants
•M,MO frees B. G WUkios for breach
ofproaaleu. She la la a delicate oondi
Mem
A little rain in some portions of the
State would be acceptable at this writ
ing, though in most sections then is
mnlt ■niihin
m
THE POPULIST PRESIDEN
TIAL CANDIDATES, g
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TEXAS WALKS OUT.
WEAVERS STIRRING AP
PEAL FOR UNION.
A Bean* of Tomnlraont Kothaalnam
Follow* HI* CIom—Mr*. Roberta of
Colorado aid Mr*. LtMa of Bon*
aaa Also Make Dtronc B*o
ondlnc Bpeeehea—End of
Um Coavoatloa.
St. Lock, July 47. — At 4 o'clock
(his afternoon the Populist notional
convention completed the ticket
which it began last night with Tom
Watson of G<-« for second place
by nominating **. J. Bryan of ^Ne
braska for President. This it did,
though it had been plainly told that
Mr. Bryan would not accept the nomi
nation without Arthur Sewall. What
the Populists and the nominee will do
remains to be seen, but it is reasona
ble to suppose that Mr. Bryan will de
cline the offered position.
Texas Delegates Walk Oat.
The Texans did not await the as
sured result of the convention to de
cide upon their course. A majority
of them bolted in advance. They
were headed by Delegates-at-Large
JeremieC. Koarbyand M. M.Williams.
The iirst named is easily the leader of
the Populists in Texas and it is con»
ceded by all that he will be the party’s
nominee for governor. He left the
convention declaring^ that he would
not return and said that Texas would
never acoept Bryan. Delegate* at
Large Williams said that he would
rather vote for McKinley than the
Nebraskan.
About fifty-five members of the Tex
as delegation cast their lots at once
with the bolters, Stump Ashby among
them. The otherj remained, in pur
suance of an agreement made in cau
cus to support the nomination of Nor
ton of Illinois, as the expression of the
anti-Bryan strength. The Texans
were very frank in the announcement
of their, purposes: “We will make re
port of our action to the state Populist
convention to be held August S at Gal
veston,"said Delegate-at-Large Jermie
Kearby, “and that convention will un
doubtedly sustain us.
8t. Louis, Mo, July 47.—The Popu
list national convention was tardy in
assembling this morning and the
weary, wornout patriots who had
struggled and wrangled since last
Wednesday had a very tired look, bnt
that there was plenty of fight left in
them was developed beyond a perad
venture when two or mote People's
party delegates got together, for there
was sure to be an argument, and
sometimes a wrangle, and often noisy
contentions All these were noticea
able on every side as the delegates
came together to finish the work of
the convention.
Some of W. J. Bryan’s enthusiastic
admirers declared before the conven
tion was called to order that they
would nominate htm regardless of his
wishes lorn Patterson of Colorado
and ex-Governor Lewelling of Kansas,
however, said that this would not do.
They counseled an indorsement of
Bryan instead of a nomination, point
ing out that an indorsement which
did not require an acceptance was the
way out of the tangle.
Senator Jones, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, was
muoh sought by Bryan leaders who
were anxious to know if he had re
ceived any information from Mr.
Bryan indicating that he would recon-:
aider the decision made yesterday that,
he could not accept the nomination
for President unless Sewall was also
named. Mr. Jones did not expect any
reconsideration and so informed all
Bryan men who called upon him.
“Cyclone” Davis and other radicals
insisted that Bryan could not refuse
and, if he did, the responsibility of
disaster at the polls would rest on the
Democracy, not the Populists.
Called to Order.
nnen Manor Alien ceiled tbe con
vention to order et 9:35 o'clock tbe
hell bed not been put in order, end
one delegate, who bed probably re
mained in the hell ell night, wee
clambering peace fully, stretched out
on the floor in e remote portion of the
hell.
After the invocation e Connecticut
delegate arose to protest against
farther display of lnng power the*
had characterised the first three days
of the convention. He thought it
aboat time the convention exercised a
little “horse sense.’’ His statement
was given a round of applause.
Chairman Allen announced that the
first thing in order was the selection
of members of the national committee
and the committee to notify the can*
didates for President and Vice Presi
dent.
Ignatius Donnelly got on a chair
and announced that his private land
plank did not appear in the printed
platform. He wanted the convention
to understand that it had been
, adopted.
1 Several resolutions were presented
and referred without reading or de*
, bate, and then tbe m»n with the fog*
born voice, who stood on a chair at
the side of Senator Alien repeating
the latter’s words to the convention,
created some amusement by announc
ing that one of the delegates had lost
his return ticket, and unless it was
all middle ground and opened the road
to a formidable organic alliance. Thev
not only made union possible, thank
heaven, but they rendered it inevi
table. .
Brjren Placed In Nomlaatlon
The chairman then called for nom
inations for candidates for president,
and Judge Green of Nebraska took
the stage to place Mr. Bryan in nomi
nation. He said the convention was
here to name the next president of
the republic. The convention had.
already selected for vice president,
mat nooie son oi tne south, Thomas
E. Watson. (Cheers).
Judge Green had not named his can
didate, hovrerer, before a Texas dele
gate interrupted with the point of
order that the states murt be called
in alphabetical order for nominations.'
He was driven off the stage by the
Texan’s point of order, but the con
vention resented It, and on the motion
of an Arkansas delegate the rules
were suspended and Judge Green was
recalled to the stage. He did. not
place Mr. Bryan in nomination, how
ever.
When Alabama was called Governor
Kolb yielded to General Weaver of
Iowa, but Colonel Gaither of Ala
bama got to the platform first and in
jected a speech about joining the cot
ton fields of the South with the wheat
fields of the West.
Weaver Speaks tor Bryan,
At the conclusion of his remarks
General Weaver came forward and
was greeted with applause and be
gan to speak as follows: “Mr. Chair
man, I arise, before you this morning
in my judgement facing the most crit
ical period that haB ever occurred in
the Populist party. I know that I
have in my heart notone aspiration or
lingering intention to do anytning to
this convention, or to say one word ■
in this pieaence that would militate
against the growth and strength and
security and purposes of the Populist
party I may say that 1 have but two
aspirations in connection with that
party. The first is incorporated with
my life work. It is to preserve un
tarnished and unbroken to the Amer
ican people the great princeples that
we have contended for for the last
twenty years (Applause.) Gentle
men. I do not want any cheering. My
second purpose is to preserve the or
ganization for present add future use
fulness in every part of this Union.
“You have all read the papers this
morning, you have all read the manly
dispatch from the Democratic nomi
nee for the Presidency, the Hon. Will
iam J. Bryan (applause). No man
could have done less and be a man.
His manly.attitude concerning the ac
tion of this convention we must all
respect, and every member of it, and
every person who reads the proceed
ings of this convention must do the
same.
“But, my fellow citizens, this ques
tion has reached a point where nei
ther Mr. Bryan nor his personal
friends have any right whatever to,
say in regard to what the action of
this convention shall be (cheers.)
This is a greater question than the
personality of its candidates and I as
an individual tell you that this is a
fact. After your action last night,
after I had read the telegrams from
Mr. Bryan I utteriy refused, and I
here and now utterly refuse to confer
either with Mr. Bryan or Mr. Jones as
to who shall be the nominee of this
convention (loud applause.) That is a
matter that we have a right to deter
mine for ourselves. It is the relief of
70,000,000 of people that is at stake.
“Now, then, I am here to do but
one thing, and to ask the considera
tion an ' the attention of this conven
tion to that one thing. I know, if I
know anything, that I am proceeding
upon right lines. You know how
long I have fourht in that behalf;
listen, now to what I have to say. I
have borne your standard (and I know
I was undeserving), first, sixteen
years ago, in IsSo, and twelve >eara
afterwards, unsolicited, yon made me
your standard bearer in 1893. I did
my best. 1 did all I could do with
the means at my command, to sup
port your principles among the peo
ple. Now, I stand here in the crucial
juncture of our party’s history, and I
shall proceed to deliver my convic
tions deliberately upon the condition
of affairs, and I ask that you will par
don me, although an extemporaneous
speaker for more than forty years,
and permit me to read from manu
script what 1 have to say. ”
Pleads Earnestly for Principle
General weaver then delivered hla
aet speech as follows: "In that mid
night discussion between Brutus and
Cassius concerning the contemplated
battle at Philippi, Brutus urged that
their cause was rife, their legions
brimful, at the height, and ready to
decline. Said he:
“ ‘There is a tide in the affairs of
men, which, taken at the flood, leads
on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage'
of their life is bound in shallows and
in miseries’
“And then in dramatio climax he
exclaimed:
" ‘Dn such a full sea are we now
afloat, and we must take the current
when it serves or lose our ventures.'
“For twenty years we have been
pleading' with the people to espouse
the sacred cause which is at stake in
this campaign. We have constantly
I urged through good and through evil
| report that our principles were more
important than party associations;
were above all considerations of pri
vate fortune or the petty and feverish
ambitions or men. We have thus far
suited our action to our words.
| Through five presidential campaigns,
; stretching from 1870 to 1892, you oor
rectiy estimated the purposes of old
party managers, and events have sus
tained every specification in your in
dictment against them.
“Millions of honest men within old
psrt.v ranks were deceived, lured into
ambush and betrayed. But not a sin
I gle one of ,vour pickets has ever been
| caught napping or been taken by sur
prise. To your devoted efforts is
| largely due the revival of economic
learning in this country which has en
; abled the Democratic psrty to assume
.its present admirable attitude. Your
work now promises much to mankind
and is about to br»ak forth in com
plete victory for the indhstrial
masses
I “Though often repulsed by tbe mul
titude whom we woald have liberated,
though crucified in return for onr
kindness, yet through it all we have
steadily confided in the righteousness
of our cause and the final good sense
of the people. We still believe that
this nation has a mission to perform
which bad men will not be permitted
to destroy, and recent events indicate
that the nineteenth century is not,
after all, to close with the friends of
freedom despondent in the Vfestern
hemisphere.
For One Silver Ticket
‘•Prom the very beginning onr or
ganization has made party fealty sub
ordinate to principle. We will not
here reverse ourselves and refuse to
accept victory now so easily within
our reach. We will not refuse the
proffrred assistance of at least 3,000,
000 free silver Democrats and not less
than 1,000,000 free silver Republicans
simply because they have shown the
good sense to come with an organized
army fully equipped and armed for
batfle. Let them have their own di
visions and army corps. Lot them
manifest their own esprit de corps.
The field of glory is open to all com
petitors who are fighting for the same
principle.
“The Populists have already shown
their prowess in many engagements
daring twenty years of struggle. If
onr ailiei can strike sturdier blows at
plutocracy than can we, if they can
scale the battlements of the gold
power more gallantly than our old
veterans, and are able to plant their
colors one foot nearer the citadel of
the enemy than we can ourselves, let
every Populist cheer and support
them in thoir heroic work. We will
march under the same flag, keep step
to the same music, face the same foe,
share In and shout over the same tri
umph.
1 he sliver Democrats have lined up
»»an organization. . Now let the Pop
ulists, free silver Republicans and the
American Silver party do likewise.
Form an embattled square impene
trable to the a»saults of the confeder
ated sold power.
“After due consideration in which I
have fully canvassed every possible
phase of the subject, I have failed to
find a single good reason to justify us
in placing a third ticket in the field.
The exigencies of the hour impera
tively demand that there shall be but'
one. I would not indorse the distin
guished gentlemen named at the Chi
cago convention. I would nominate
them outright and make them our
own aud then share justly and right
fully in their election. The Bitnation
is a striking verification of the old
adage that “The path of duty is the
path of safety.’ Take this course
and all opposition will practi
cally disappear in the Southern
and Western states, and we can
then turn our attention to other parts
of the field. Take any other and you
endanger the entire situation and
strengthen the arm of our common
adversary. If you allow the piesent
happy juncture to pass, all the heroic
work of twenty years will be thrown
to the winds. Our guiding hand will
disappear in the momentous conflict
just when if Should be stretched forth
to steady the ark of our covenant.
We would prove to the world that we
are devoid of capacity to grasp great
opportunities, and lacking in strength
to grapple with prodigious emergen
ciea
Bryan a Gallant Champion.
“The people have a gallant cham
pion in the field, who is leading a re
volt against the plutocracy of Christ
endom. Every oppressor, every plu
tocrat, in two hemispheres has turned
his guns upon him. The subsidized
organs have openly proclaimed that
he must be crushed by any means and
at whatever cost. The confederated
monopolies have, lain aside their par
ties and their politics and are march
ing in hot haste against him. Let us
signal to him to hold the fort—that
we are coming—and then hasten to
his relief. Gentlemen, 1 want to
say to you in all earnestness that as
sailed as is this gallant knight by the
sleuth-hounds of the money power of
the world, you may deliberate here as
long as yon please, but you cannot
prevent people from rushing to the
support of their recognized defender
and leader. If you will not say the
word, they will break over all re
straints and go themselves, leaders or
no leaders, and may God bless them
for so doing.
“Therefore, in obedience of my
highest conceptions to duty, with a
solemn conviction that I am right, I
place in nomination for the Piesl
deney of the United States a distin
guished gentleman, who, let it be re
membered, has already been three
times indorsed by the Populist party
of his own state—once for representa
tive in Congress, once for United
8tates senator, and only last week for
the Presidency. I name that match
less champion of the people, that in
trepid foe of the corporate greed, that
splendid young statesman, William J.
Bryan of Nebraska.’’
BRYAN DEMONSTRATION.
Tremendous Uproar Fallows General
Weaver** Speech.
When Weaver conducted by naming
Bryan, the convention broke loose.
Cheer followed cheer. The delegates
jumped.to their chairs and flags, hand
kerchiefs, hats and state guidons were
wared in wild confusion.
Through one one of the side en
trances fonr men, headed by C. J.
Keppler of Nevada, carried a big yel
low cross, sxS feet in size, surmounted
by a crown of thorns. On it were in
scribed the words with which Bryan
closed his brilliant speech at Chicago:
“You shall not press a crown of
thorns upou the brow of labor, you
shall not crucify mankind upon a
cross of gold.”
A large crayon portrait of the Ne
braska statesman was also carried
into the hall. Cross, banners and
state guidons were carried frantically
about the pit. Then, with the cross
leading, they were carried to the
stage, where for five minutes they
danced in confusion while the dele
gates howled with delight Mr. Kep
pler of Nevada, who bore the cross,
finally planted it at the edge of the
stage and the bearers of the banners
and flags descended to the pit and
continued their demonstration there.
As the procession passed the Texas
delegation men struggled to bar the
passage, but the way was finally
! cleared.
I Several men fought over the posses
sion of the Missouri standard, it was
broken into bite, but a stnlwartyoung
Bryan man carried a piece of it to the
platform while the strugglin'.' disput
ants were separated by the p'diefe.
The Texas and Arkansas standards
alone were kept close to the middle
of-the-road banner, around which the
radicals formed in a hollow square
like desperate men in battle to re
pulse the charges of the enemy.
Miss Minerva Roberts of Colorado
led the cheering in the Colorado dele
gation. __
While the demonstration was at its
height thousands of copies of a “Bryan
Silver March” were filing high in the
air and fell on the frantic delegatee
Each of the verses concluded with
these words:
Chink, chink, clunk.
No crowi of thorns ’ »r labor’d brow.
Chink chink, chink.
No cros« of gold for mankind now.
Chink, chink, chink, 4 T
We’ll not to a tingle stuqdari bow,
* Chink, chink, chink,
We vote for freedom now. ‘ V ’f
When quiet was restored after
enteen minutes of bedlam, General
Field of Virginia, who fras General
Wearer’s running mate in<18«3, hob
bled forward on his crutdhrand after
a brief speech moved to suspend the
rules and make Bryan’s nomination.
Unanimous. The convention rose
almost en masse and cheered, but
above the chorus of cheers came the
sharp cries of the Texas men. '‘No,
No,” they yelled.
Chairman Allen declared the motion
carried, but yielding to the protests,
decided to allow a call of States on the
motion. The Texas men wildly pro
tested and Chairman Allen at last rec
ognized Stump Ashby of the Lone
Star State for a personal explana
tion." Ashby, who has been a most
disturbing factor in the convention,
spoke from the stage. He opened with
a few facecious remarks about the do
cility of the Texan nature, and its
world-wide conservatism and then an
nounced that Texas was ready to in
dorse Bryan if Bryan would indorse
the platform adopted. He then read
the following resolution:
Resolved, Bytho Pipin’* pirty in national
convention ass mb ed that we ata d ready to
nominate the Hon W. J. Bryan for president
of the United Stat>e, provided ne will accept
the nomination on the platform we have
iioptod.
Be olvel, farther, Thar if Hr Bryan ii the
patriot that we think he is, that he will rise
shove party and be the hero of 110 hoar, step
into the brenoh and redeem this nation from
tin rule of plutoarary.
George Schilling of Wisconsin at
tempted to secure a recess until
Bryan could be heard from, but he
was howled down and Chairman Al
len ordered the roll call to proceed.
Alabama and Arkansas were not
ready, but Colorado voted forty-five
for the motion to suspend the rules
and nominate Bryan. Men stood on
chairs and howled for recognition.
Scenes of Wild Confusion.
Congressman Howard of Alabama
demaMed to know whether any other
names coaid be placed in nomination.
The confusion grew so great that it
was impossible to proceed.
The Texas delegation charged the
platform in a mass. One of them
shouted: “We will never be quiet if
you try to continue that roll call.”
“Sit down; ait down,” cried the ser
geant at arms. , while his assistants
ploughed through the dense crowd
about the platform and pleaded with
the delegates to take their seats.
When a semblance of quiet was re
stored Congressman Howard from the
stage protested against an affliction
of “gag law.”
Chairman Allen stated that the
question was on the motion to sus
pend the rules and nominate Bryan
by acclamation.
“By God we won't stand it!” yelled
B. H. Notes.
“Doesn’t it require a two-thirds
vote to carry that motion?” shouted
an irate Arkansas delegate.
The chair replied that it did nit.
A California delegate screamed that
such a proceeding was unprecedented.
He thought the. delegations should
have a "bnnee to place in nomination
whom they chose. The quintessence
of Populism, he said, was fair play.
The chair held that when the roll
was called delegations could vote for
Bryan or any one else. This ruling
provoked another storm of protests
and only confounded the confusion.
Some one got on the platform and
read above the diu tiie following:
“Terre Haute. In,!., Julv 26.—Hon.
Henry D. Lloyd, Delegate People’s
Party Convention, St. Louis: Pleas*
do not permit use of my name, for
nomination.—E. V. Debs.”
At last, as the only way of restor
ing order, General Field withdrew his
motion and the call of the States for
nominations was continued. •
Bryan Seconds by the Score
When order was ones more restored
T. B. Cator of California appo»--ed to
second Bryan’s nomination. He added
that the fact that Bryan was opposed
to “that den of infamy,” Wall street,
was sufficient to convince him that
Bryan was entirely acceptable to the
Populists. J. K. llines of Georgia ex
pressed the opinion that Mr. Bryan
would accept the nomination on the
Populist platform and predicted a
glorious victory for the party with
Bryan and Watson as the joint stand
ard bearers. W. H. Claggelt of Idaho
also seconded the Bryan nomination.
The chairman of the Indiana dele
gation also seconded Bryan’s nomina
tion.
When Iowa was called her time,
with the exception of one minute, was
yielded to Kolb of Alabama, who ap
pealed to the convention to sink prej
udice and passion in the cause of sil
ver and nominate that “peerless
statesman, William J. Bryan.”
The reserved minute was occupied
by “Calamity” Wetler in a protest
against fusion with Democracy.
Jerry SI top ion Seoond.
Jerry Simpson responded for Kan
sas. He is vert popular with the del
egates and got a hearty round of
cheers as he failed the convention. He
paid a tribnto to Tom Watson, with
whom he had served in Congress, and
also to Mr. Bryan, who, he said, had
stood shoulder to shoulder with him
in the battle for the relief of the peo
ple.
While Simpson was talking the
Texas delega1 ion withdrew in a body
to caucus and absolute quiet prevailed
for the first time during the day.
J. T. Miller of Tennessee occupied
Kentucky's time with a speech in
Bryan's behalf.
Mrs Koberti anil Mrs. Lease
Louisiana yielded to Colorado and
that state sent to the platform as her
champion Mrs. Minerva Roberts, a tali,
slender young woman with face aglow
and dark eyes. As she walk? I down i
the aisle and ascended the p.utform
her dark golden hair shone in the
sunlight She wore a white shirt
waist and an attractive hat, and as
she faced the audience her face
brought the convention to its feet
Her first sentence, delivered in a clear
voice, aroused them to eheera Her
brief speech was one of the most elo
quent delivered in the convention.
Mrs. Roberts spoke as follows:
“Hailing from a state lying beneath
the shadow of -the Rocky mountains,
where men have bad the courage and
the chivalry to grant women the
rights they demand for themselves, I
have been accorded the distinguished
honor by the Southern state of Ixmisi
ana to take their time. Gentlemen,-1
thank, you in the name of the women •
of the United States. For the firftt5
time in the history of a political con-’
vention, s woman has had the oppor-".
tunity of rjnsiug.her voice to second)
1 the nomination of a man who stands -
for the .people and who made America
whatrske is to-day, -where the para
sites of oppression shall not live. Oh,
I thank you.- By our city flows
the Platte rivei'. from where the
boy orator of Nebraska hails and
we .of Colorado second his non*
jubuuu. x tv u w me ^entiemaii
whom you represent will males a
gallant fight amt do what you can to
obtain the victory. On $he one'side is'
arrrayed McKinley and on the other
Bryan. Thjere is no middle of • the
road. (Tremendous cheers) Our fac
tories are idle, our lands ara un
worked and our people in poverty,
and we can do nothing at this conven
tion but accept this ticket. In the
interest of the people of this great na
tion, in the interest of the wives aod:
the mothers and the children that we1
must preserve America as an inde
pendent nation, I will take no more of
your time. You have already a sur
feit of oratory—too much of it,indeed.
So I will simply add 1 have the ex
treme honor of seconding the nomina
tion of William Jennings Bryan of
Nebraska.”
When Mrs Roberts had finished the
convention again arose and cheered
and she was besieged on all sides of
the platform with congratulations.
Mr. Kolb of Alabama stepped forward
as she came down the steps and es
corted her to her seat In the Colorado
delegation, where she was again be
sieged by delegates who offered their
congratulations.
Mr. Call of New \ork spoke in the
time of Maine. Mr. Call closed by
placing Colonel S. M. Norton of Illi
nois in nomination. He eulogized
Mr. Norton as a “philanthropist, a.
man of the people and. a pioneer in
the cause of reform.” .
Ignatius Donnelly seconded Bryan
in behalf of Minnesota.
Mrs. Mary Elllen lease of Kansas
made a strong speech in the same
cause. She was dressed in a suit of
silver gray. She talked fluently. Her
body swayed violently and her arms
were thrown passionately as she ap
pealed for a union of the silver forcea
“The spirit of ’16 is abroad in the
land,” she concluded. “We will unite,
we will elect William J. Bryan Presi
dent of the United States.”
Missouri Heard From
Delegate Livingstone, chairman of
the Missouri delegation, nominated
Ignatius Donnelly, but when Don
nelly declined the use of his name he
placed in nomination J. S. .Coxey of
Ohio and the industrial army.
. Delegate Weller Long of Missouri
protested that Missouri did net want
Coxey.
Judge Green of Nebraska said that
the choice was between McKinley and
Bryan and the People’s party should
not hesitate.
“How long have you been hatched
out?” cried an Alabama delegate.
"For over thirty years,” replied
Judge Green.
A Texas delegate mounted a chair
and insisted upon putting a question.
“We came here under instructions,”
he cried, “an4 I want you to tell me
whether Bryan will stand on the
platform we have adopted?”
“I know Mr. Bryan,” replied Judge.
Green. “I know him personally. He
is my friend and I say to von he is as
true a Populist as you or L (Cheers.)
‘•Will he accent the
Will he accept the nomination?"
further persisted the Texan.
"Sit down, sit down!” cried many
voices, but Judge Green motioned for
order and shouted fiercely: “Mr.
Bryan would’ be a fool to come here
and say he would accept a nomination
before it was offered. ‘ He has not ac
cepted the ’ Democratic nomination.
But I say to you again, I know his.
heart beats in sympathy with every
principle of our party.”
Charles B. Matthews of New York,
predicted that Mr. Bryan would
sweep New York from Niagara te
Hellgare. ■
MR. SEWALL WILL WAIT.
Tha TVannocratio Vice Presidential Nom
inee Deal In-e to Talk.
Bath, Me., .July 25.—Arthur Sewall,
Democratic candidate for Vice Presi
dent, asked to-day for an expression
of opinion on the nomination of Wat
son for Vice President- by the PopuliBt
national convention last night, re
plied: “I think it will be better to.
wait and see what the final action of
the Populist convention will be.”
MUs Mary IMckena Dead,
London, July 25.—Mary, eldest
daughter of the senior Charles Dickens,
died Thursday, following her brother
Charles after only three days.
Her ('oastaot Habit.
Herbert, ashy pale—Then it is all.
over between us!
Ameiia, with great gentleness—Yes.
Herbert. But with yonr permission
and in memory of the many pleasant.
hours we have spent together, I will
retain the ring you gave me. Such
has been my regular custom. Besides .
1 need it to completes collection. Chi*
cago Tribune.
During the civil war the Union
ordnance department served out 7.893
cannon. 4.022,000 rifles and 12,207 tons .
of powder.
Since the Mannlicher gun came into -
use the ratio is four killed to one •
wounded—just opposite to what it.
formerly was.