THE NORTHWESTERN OKO. C. BINMUOTH, Mttoe * LOOP CITY, -i- H1BRA8KA. NEBRASKA NEWS. Cedar Rapid* young men bare organ ised a foot ball club The Long Fine Chautauqua waa well patronized this year. The Salvation army liaa established a camp at Tecumsch. Congressman llaincr opened the cam paign in Thayer county. Evangelist Redding Is holding re ligious meetings st Talmage. People in the vicinity of Laurel are much annoyed by petty thieves. Farmers abont Cedar Rapids are dis appointed as to yield of the oat crop tine Loose more of Nebraska city was In ths criminal court for besting his wife. The Thayer county fair is set for September V-ll and is booked to be a bummer. Salaries of all ths school teachers in Stromsburg hay# been ent from •& to •10 a month. The State Hrick Makers’ association will hold a convention In Lincoln Jan uary 18, IV and V\ 1*V7. Johnathan Cbollstte, of Wahoo, died last week in Colorado, where he had gone to recuperate hie health. V U. C. Wall, of Adorns county, who was taken to the aeyium at Lincoln last epring, died there a few days ago. There was a good rain last wsek in the vicinity of Cozed, coming very timely, as it bad become quite dry in that section. The Commercial Law League of America met in Omaha last week. Delegates were present from all over the country. Omaha may have an exposition in 1HV8, but it looks now as if it will be long after that before the union depot materializes. Ituy Dome made gooos ana nuua up borne Industries, Is a good policy. Far rell's Fire Extinguisher, wade by Far rell A co., Omaha The Presbyteriaus of York now wor ship in a SKI,000 church. From a con l*rl hM 9TOWn - The 22-year-old daughter of James K. North, collector of internal revenue, died in Omaha last week. Interment took place at Columbua Mrs. W. J. iiryan is helping her hus band take care of the large corres pondence that has come to them since the Chicago convention. The O. A. K. reunion at Falls City was well attended. Politics was not discussed from the platform, but it was the chief topic of conversation among the crowds The hardware store of Pilsbury A Veazie at Fremont was entered by breaking the glass in the back door and revolvers and cutlery taken to the amount of about 9100. James Hall, of South Omaha, ft years old, was drowned in the Missouri river last week while with some other boys he was bathing. His playmatea were not large enough to render him assist ance. Miss Emma Lorensen of Omaha wants 920,000 from "Bert" Wilkins for breach of promise of marriage. Worst of all, Miss Lorensen is in that condition which should belong to married women only. Mra M. J. Hlbley, of Nebraska City, has received word of the birth of an other granddaughter in China, where her son Horace and his wife are mis sionaries, under the care of the China inland mission. The 2-year-old son of George Me Cullom, living seven miles east of Has tings, was drowned in a water trough. The little one tumbled in when no one was looking and was not discovered until life was extinct The oUlcers of the Gage County Agri cultural society are putting forth every possible effort to make a signal success of the annual fair, to be held Septem ber 1ft to 18, and the prospects are de cided encouraging therefor. The city council of Tecumseh has passed a curfew ordinance and all children under 10 years of age are re quired to go from the public streets to their houses at i) o'clock each evening, unless attended by parent or guardian. A stranger hired a team of F. C. Bryant's livery barn in Yutan, saying he wanted to go to Cedar Bluffs and would be back Sunday morning, lie had to have the best team and buggy. A reward of 92ft is now offered by Mr. Bryant. frank Dawson and one McKinzie were arrested at Harvard for breaking into a saloon on the night of July A part of the stolen property was found in their possession. They were put under boude for appearance at dis trict court The teachers' institute of Dawes county is in session fur two weeks The attendance this year is very large, as the institute promises to be oue of the most successful ever held. A Hum tier of leading educator* of the stale w ere present 'lbs Valparaiso roller mills are ex pecting to start up about the middle of August, after running only part of the time for several mouths local mer chants report business holdiug up ea eeedkugly well for the season and look for a lively trade when crops begin to move The two soldiers* homes in Nebraska have just been inspected by a t»raud Army eotamitle* e- unsung of i'r n h Spaulding of thnaba« aev, I*. II. Kigbmy of Hoag l*m* sad tt It Heebe of Mmden. Asaietaat Adjutant lieu eral J It t ted from the railway mad **r *t» * to a position ta the oitee of the second a*«-slant postmaster at ttaeb tug taut THE POPULIST PRESIDEN TIAL CANDIDATES. TEXAS WALKS OUT. WEAVERS STIRRING AP PEAL FOR UNION. A l(M« of Temalteou* Bolhuslssm rollow* HI* Close- Mrs. Holier’* of Colorado aad Mr*. lease of Kan* *s< alao Mak* strong lee ondlng Speech**—Bad of the Coa rent Ion. St. Louis, July *7. — At ♦ o’clock this afternoon the Populist notional convention completed the ticket which It began la*t night with Tom WaUon of Georgia for aeoond place by nominating W. J. Hryan of Ne braska for President. This It did, though it had been plainly told that Mr. flrysn would not accept the nomi nation without Arthur Hewall. What the i’oriulists and the nominee will do remains to bs seen, but it Is reasona ble to suppose that Mr. liryau 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. Kearby and M. M. Williams. Tt»« a»»t named is easily the leader of the Populists in Texas and it la 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 accept llryan. Delegate-at Large Willisma said that he would rather vote for McKinley than the Nebraskan. About fifty-five members of the Tex as delegation east their lota at once with the bolters, Htump Ashby among them. The others 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-llryan strength. The Texans were very frank m the announcement of their purposes: "We will make re port of our action to the atate Populist convention to be held August 5 at (lal vaaton,”sald Deiegate-at-Large Jermie Kearby, "and that convention will un doubtedly sustain us. 8t. Louis, Mo, duly U7.—The Popu list nationsl 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, but 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 aide as the delegates came together to finish the work of the convention. Some of W. .f liryan's enthusiastic admirers declared before the conven tion was called to order that they would nominate him regardless of his wishes, loin Patterson of Colorado and ex-iiovernur Lewelllng of Kansas, however, said that this would not do. They counseled an indorsement of llryan instead of a nomination, point ing out that an indorsement which did not require au acceptance was the way out of the tangle. Senator Joues. chairman of the Democratic national committee, was much sought by llrvau leaders who were anxious to know if lie had re etas i sk It If i It f a »*••»! la I i. tti fniiii Me lirvau indicating that he would recon sider the decision made yesterday that he could not accept the nomination for President miles* Sewnll was also named Mr Jones did not expect any raconsl IcratUm and *o Informed all llrysii men who culled upon i -is ••Cyclone' Darla and other radicals Insisted tha' Hrynn could not refuse and. If he did. the responsibility of disaster it the (mil* would rest on tba ! Democracy, not toe Populists. I ailed •«* llrd.r \t hrii Senator Allen called the con vention to order at H i - o'clock the hall had not t>ee« put in order, and «ue delegate, who had probably re ■uaiuad in the haH oil night, was slumlwring peatetu’lv. stretched out on the Am>r in a remote portion of the hell After the Invocation a t oanectient deiegats arose to proleal against ) further display of lung p* war that , had iharacivrWed tha Aral three days of the convention, lie thought it u bo III lime I he convention e serviced • little "horse see** ' IIis statement vra* given a round o' applause > Hftrmnn Allen unuouneusl thut the •rat thing in order ua* the selection of m> tuber* of the national commit!## ( an l the esiiumitW* to notify the can j didst** for President and Vice Pruai Aenb Ignetlu* Donnelly got on a vhaif ami announced that hi* private land ) plank dm n> t appanr Ih the printed I' plat form lie wanted Ike convention [« understate! that it h*4 bean adopted Muveml reacinto-n* were presented pad referred without reeding or de | hat#, eau then th# man with the lug horn voice, who stood on a chuir at the side of Senator Allen repeating the 'alter’* word* to the convention, created some amusement by annotinr Ing that one of the delegates had lost hi* return tlcKei, and unless it was all middle ground arid opened the road to a formidable organ r alliance. They not only made union possible, thank heaven, but they rendered it Inevi table. Hrjso Flare,j |„ Nomination. The chairman then railed for nom ination * for candidate* for president, and Judge Oreen of Nebraska took the stage to piece Mr. Hryan in nomi nation. He seld the convention was here to neme the next president of the republic. The convention hed already selected for vice president that noble eon of the South. Thomas E Watson, ((beer*). Judge Green had not named bin can didate. however, before a Texas dele gate Interrupted with the point of order that the state* mutt be celled In alphabetical order for nomination*. He was driven oft the stag* by the Texan's point of order, but the con vention resented It, ana on the motion of an Arkansas delegate the rules were suspended and Judge Green was recalled to the stage. He did not place Mr. Hryan 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 lirst and in jected a speech about joining the cot ton Held* of the Houth with the wheat Held* iij the West. W*av*r >|M>ak* for Hryan. At the convlunion of his remark* General Weaver came forward and was greeted with applause and be gan to speak as follows: "Mr. Chair man, 1 arise before you this morning In my judgement faoing the most crit ical period that has ever occurred in the I’opullst perty. I know that I have in my heart not one aspiration or lingering Intention to do anything to this convention, or to say one word In this piesence thst would militate against the growth and strength snd security snd purposes of the Populist party 1 may say thst 1 have hut two aspirations in connection with thst party. The first is incorporated with my life work. It is to preserve un tarnished and unbroken to the Amer ican people the great prlnceplea 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 sil read the papers this morning, you have alt read the manly dispatch from the Democratic nomi nee for the Presidency, the lion. Will iam .1. liryan (applause). No man could have done less snd be s man. Ills insnly attitude concerning the ac tion of this convention we must sli respect, and every member of it, and every person who reads the proceed ings of this convention must do the same. "Hut, my fellow citizens, this ques tion has reached a point where nei ther Mr. liryan nor his personal friends have tiny right whatever to say in regard to what the action of this convention abatl be (cheers.) This Is a greater question than tbe personality of its candidates snd I as an individual tell you that this is s fact. After your action last night, after I had read tbs telegrams from Mr. Hryan 1 utterly refused, and I here and now utterly reftise to confer either with Mr. Ilrvan 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 nnu the attention ol this conven tion to that one i hing. I know, if I know anything, that I am proceeding upon right lines. You know how long I have fought in that behalf; listen, now to wliat I have to say. I have borne your standard (and 1 know I was undeserving), first, sixteen years ago, in 1**0, and twelve years afterwards, unsolicited, you made me your stumlarif' bearer in 1802. I did my best. 1 did all I could do with the means at tny command, to sup port your principles among the peo file. Now, I stand here In the crucial uncture of our oarty's history, and 1 shall proceed to deliver my convic tions deliberately upon tbs condition of affairs, and 1 ask thst you will par don me, although an extemporaueoua ■ printer mr mure MINU loriy yean, and permit me to read front iinnu acrlpt what 1 have to aay.” Plead* Karueatlr for Principle (ieueral weaver then delivered hi* •at apeech aa follow*: "In that mid night dlaeUMtojt between lirutu* and Caaaiu* concerning the contemplated battle at t'hillpi i, lirutu* urged that their i-ttuite wat> rife, their leglcm brimful, at the height, and ready to decline Paid lie: "'There I* a tide In the affair* of men, which, taken at the flood, lead* ou to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life i* bound In ahalluw* and In mtkerie*' "And then in dramatic cllma* he eaulaitneii: " 'On kueh a full «ca are w* now afloat, and we mart take the current . whvn U *erve* or io*e our venture* ' "I'm twenty year* wre hay* (man pleading with the people to rvpoUMI the *a> red can** which I* at ataka in i thi* campaign We Day* constantly urged through food aad through evil report that our principle* were more liuporiaat than party a*aorlattua*. w*r« above ail coa*olerattuh* uf pri vate fortune or the petty aad f**art»h ambition* of men W* kava time far aaite*l uur actum to oar word* | Through five prtatdeuliet campaign*, i *treicatng from l*'a to t*t».‘ y„u gug. I recti) e» I like led the pufpuae* of old ' party manager* and event* have »u* i tamed every >,«- ii>wti»e ia yuav la dietm* mi *g*oi*t tham "Miiiam* of h>»aeat ate* veUbta old party ran** were deeaived. lured tala ambuvh aad Ueliaied Mai not a am ple one of pi*i picket* ha* ever heap ! eaugiii napping or been tak*a by var imIh to your devoted • gun* it I largely due the reviyal at e*>-e*>m*v tearaiag la tkia ♦•mnlry which ha* ea ahted ike It-nowrat»* party in «u*m , It* pveaant ad a* »ehle attitude Year worn aow promt*#* mack to uaaktad and i* euont to hrvab forth ia com plete victory for the iadhatrtal tavaea | • 1'hough uftea repataad by tkv mut titnde whom we woald have liberated, though crucified in return for onr kindness, vet 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 perfi rin which bad men will not be permitted to destroy, and recent events indicate that the nineteenth centurv is not. after all, to close with the /riends of freedom despondent in the Western hemisphere. for One Silver Ticket •'From the very beginning our or ganisation baa 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 proff.-red assistance of at least 3,000, 000 free silver democrats and not less than 1,000,000 free silver Kepublicutis simply because they have shown the good sense to come with an organized army fully equipped and armed for battle. I,et them have their own di visions and army corps. I et 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 during twenty years of struggle. If our allies can strike sturdier blows at plutocracy than can we, if they can scale the battlements of the gold power more gallantly than our old veteians, and are able to plapt their colors one foot nearer the citadel of the enemy than we can ourselves, let every Populist cbesr and support them In their 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. "The silver Democrats have lined up as an organization. Now let the Pop ulists, free silver Republicans and the A marina n Ullwae .1 •> AliDautlsw Form an embattled square Impene trable to the assaults of the confeder ated gold power. "After due consideration in which J bars fully canvassed every possible phase of the subject, I have failed to find a single good reaeon to justify us in piecing a third ticket in the field. The exigencies of the hour impera tively demand that there shall be but one. 1 would not indorse the distin guished gentlemen named et the Chi cago convention. I would nominate them outright and make them our own end then share justly and right fully in their election. The situation 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 wli»n it should be stretched forth to stei ■ / the ark of our covenant. We wou.d prove to the world that we are de roid of capacity to grasp great opportunities, and lacking in strength to grapple with prodigious emergen cies Brfsa ■ Gallant Champion. "The people have a gallant cham pion in the field, who le leading a re volt agalnet the plutocracy of Christ endom. Every oppressor, every plu tocrat, in two hemispheres has turned hie 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 inarch ing in hot haste against him. Let ui signal to him to hold the fort—that we are coming—and then hasten tc hie relief. Hentlemeu, I want tc say to you in all earnestness that as sailed as is this gallant knight by the sleuth-hounds of the money power ol the world, you may deliberate here as long as you 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 ail re straints und go themselves, leaders or no leaders, and may Hod bless them for so doing. "Therefore, in obedieuce of my highest conceptions Ui duty, with a solemn conviction that 1 am right, 1 place in nomination for the Piesl dency of the United States a distin guished gentleman, who, let it be re membered, iias already been three times indorsed by the Populist party of his own state once for representa tive in Congress, once for United Stales senator, and uuly last week for the Presidency. I name that match less champion of the |ieople, that in lirilld hi llir i hi j'ui bv»: l rru, llini aplen Hi! young >latr*man, William J. lirvitn of Nebraska.” BRYAN DEMONSTRATION Tretuemluu* t'prner r-.ll.-e. m«>nl WHor1) >|»»k When Weaver concluded by naming llryan. the eon vent ion broke lima*. Cheer followed cheer. The delegate! jumped to their chair* and Mag*, baud keichief*, hat* and *tate guidon* war* waved iu wild coufuaiou. Through oua one of the tide an trance* four men. heeded by C. J. Keppier of Nevada, carried a big yel low eriM*. *a» I eel iu*i«e. auriaoualed by a crown of thum* Ha it were in acribed tb* word* wnb wbicb Itryaa *lo**d hi* brilliant *p*ech at t bteagu "You (ball a d in*** a crown ul tboru* upon tb# brow of labor, you •hell not crucify inenbiad upon a •rut* of gold " A large crayon |«..ir»it of tba N# ! braana aiat**iwan wa» aiao carried lato tb# hall » • '»' banner* and • tat* guhlon* were catrie-t frantically about the pit. I bee. with Ike vroe* leading they were carried t« tb* •let* where for h«e uiiaute* tnev dau-ed m eonfwaion while the dele gate* howie*t with delight hr. K*p Kler of Nevada who Uire the eroee, nelly pleated It at the edge of th« 1 etag* end the bearer* of the beeaei* end Mag* descended to the pit end continued their d*w«#»treUo* there Ac tbe pr«NWM»-a pee*ed the Teae* Aelegallun wen vtrugg *d to bar th* 1 peaeeg* bat the way wae (nelly ♦tearad t llever*! wee fought uvev the piwee* •let ef the Mieeoavt *ta*d*rd It •»■ broken into bit*, but < ' > w < ‘ r vt-ig Bryan man carried it t» • of i* »«• the platfo while the siro *1 «-,nt anta were separated b. b • p ..i u The Texas ami AiU.in-.is p.la * alone were kept close to the tn d It** of the-road banner. around v.-h'di the I radical* formeo in a hollow square like desperate men in buttle to re pulse the charge* of the enemy. Mi** Minerva Robert* of Colorado lad the chaering In the Colorudo dele gation. While the demonstration was at it* height t housand* of copies ol a “Bryan Silver March" wee- tiling high In the air and fell on the frantic delegate*. Each of the verse* concluded with these word*: Chink, chink, chink, No crow i of thorns - r labor's brow, Chink clunk, chink. No cros of god for m* ikind now. Chink, chink, otunk, We'l not to « tingle Stan dar t bow, Chink, cii ok chink, W» vot* for fiMiimn now When quiet was restored af'er sev enteen minute* of bedlam, (ieoeral Field of Virginia, who was fleneral Weaver's running mate in Ihob bled forward on hi* crutch und after a brief speech moved to suspend the rules and make Bryan's nom nation unanimous The convention rose almost en masse and cheered, but abov* the choru* of cheer* came the •harp erica of thy Texas men. "No, No, they yelled. Chairman Allen declared the motion carried, but yielding to the protest*, decided to allow a call of Stale, on the motion. The Texa* men wildly pro tested and chairmun Allen at la .1 rec ognized Stump A»bby of the Rone Star State for a personal explan* tlon Ashby, who has been i most disturbing factor in tlie convention, spoke from the stage. He opened with a few faceclous remarks about the do cility of the Texan nature, and its world-wide conservatism and then an nounced that l'exij was ready to in dorse liryan if liryan would iudorse tiie platform adopted. He then read the following resolution: Resolved, Ry the Pi- pie's piny in national eoan iitiu.i use mb i-d that we stn d reedy to Dominate th» Hon W J liryan for p i-sido it of the United btst -s provided In- Will a eept the nomination on tn« platform we Save a looted. Re olvel further, Tha f Mr llry.ni L tlie patriot that wu think he is, tbut he w.l. rive above p .rty and be the hero of t ie b >ur >t; into lb- breach end r- *eem tin- natioo from the rule of plutocre-y George Schilling of Wiaoouain at tempted to aecure a receea until liryan could be beard from, but he waa howled down and Chairman Al len ordered the roll call to proceed. Alabama and Arkanaas were not ready, but Colorado voted forty-five for the motion to suapeod the rule* and Dominate Kryan. Men stood on chairs and bowled for recognition. Seenaa of Wild Confusion. Congressman Howard of Alabama demanded to know whether any other names could be placed in nomination. The confusion grsw so great that it was impossible to proceed. The Texas delegation charged the platform in a mass. One of them shouted: “We wilt never be quiet if you try to continue that roll call.” “Hit down; sit down,” cried the ser geant at arms, while his assistant* ploughed througli the denae crowd about tbs platform and pleaded with tbe delegates to take their seats. WbeD a semblance of quiet was re stored Congressman Howard from the stage protested against an affliction of “gitg law.” Chairman Allen stated that the question was on the motion to suo Send the rules and nominate Bryan y acclamation. "By God we won't stand it!" yelled B. H. Moles “Doesn't it require a two-thirds vote to carry that motion?'' shouted an irate Arkansas delegate. The chair replied that it did not. A California delegate screamed that such a proceeding was unprecedented. He thought the delegations should have a chance to place in nomination whom tney 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 anyone el«e. This ruling provoked another storm of protests and only confounded the confusion. Home one got on the platform and read above the din llie following: “Tkkhk Haute, lud., Juiv '.'It.—Hon. Henry D. Lloyd, Delegate People's Party Convention, Si Louis: Please 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 cull of the States for nominations was continued. Bryan Meconilt by the Scar*. When order was once more restored T. H. Cstor of l aliforois appeared to second Bryan's noininsllon. He sdded tnlit the fsct thsl Brysn was opposed to "thst deu of infamy,” YVslI street, was sulllcieut to couvinoe him that Bryan ivua entirely acceptable to the Populists. J K II iocs of Georgia ex pressed tne opinion that Mr. Brysn w ould accept I he nomination on the populist platform and predicted s glorious victory for the party wUh Brysn and VVst.no as tne joiui -tana I sru hearers IV. II. t Isggelt of 1 tsho also seconded the Hr van nnmiaalbiu. The chairman of the Indians dele gation also seconded Bryan's nomina tion. W hen Iowa was called her time, ! with the rsceptics of oae minute, was , yielded to Kolb of Alabama, who ap 1 pealed to the convention to sink ore) udu-e and passion in tha cause of sil ver aud nominate that "peerless | aiaiesmaii, William J. Bryaa " Tne reserved minute was occupied j by "taiamily Weller ta a protest i agsinst fusion with I‘emoerscy derey slmpse* CesaaW Jerry Sampson responded for Kan sas He is very p.-pular with the del- ! egntes end got a hearty round of sheers ss he fated the eoaventton Its 1 paid s tr.boiv to I .o« Wntaon, witf j whom he hs.l served in Congress sad , also to Mr Bnau who. he said, had Stood shoulder t« shoulder with him la the battle for the relief of the peo pie While simps.-u was talhiag the Teaas delega ion withdrew In n b«di to am tens and |ia»i*lr a|niet prevailed for the irst time during the day J 1 Miller of Tennessee -e-sylnl Kentuchy's time with n speech in Itryaa s iwhaif Sn haiberte see Mrs tea.s l.- uieisna yielded In twloredoaad that state seat to the platferm as hat champion Mra Minerva Roberta, a tall, slender young woman with face aglow and dark eyes. As she walk* I down the aisle and ascended the pditform her dark golden hair ah me in the sunlight! Hiie wore a white ahirt waiat 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 ciieera Her brief speech was one of the most elo quent delivered in the convention. Mra Roberts spoke as follows; “Hailing from a state lying beneath the shadow of the Rocky mountains, where men have had the courage and the chivalry to grant women the rights they demand for themselves, I have been accorded the dlst ii golshed iionor by the Southern state of Louisi ana to take their time. Gentlemen, I thank you in the name of the women of the United states. For be first lime in the history of a political con vention, a woman lias bad the oppor tunity of raising her voice to second the nomination of a man who stands for the people and who made America what she is today, where the para sites of oppression shall not live. Oh, I thank you By our city flows the Platte river, from where the boy orator of Nebraska hails and we of Colorado second his nom ination. 1 know the gentleman whom you represent will make a gallant fight ami do what you cun to obtain the victory. On the one side Is arrrayed McKinley and on the other Hryan. There is no rnhldle of the road. (Tremendous cheers ) Our fac tories are idle, our lands ure un worked and our people In noverty, and we can do nothing at this conven tion hut uecept this ticket. In the interest of the pi ople of this greut na tion. in the interest of the wives and the mot hers and the children that we must preserve America as an inde pendent Ration, 1 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 I have the ex treme honor of seconding the nomioa tioo of William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska. " When Mra Roberts bad finished the convention again arose and cheered and she was besieged on a', 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, wiiere she was again be sieged by delegates who offered their congratulations. Air. i all of New York 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. Alary Ellen Lease of Kansas made a strong speech In the same cause. She was dressed in a suit of sliver gray. She talked fluently. Her body swayed violently and her arms were thrown pass onately as she ap pealed for a union of the silver forces "The spirit of '‘id 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 Alissouri delegation, nominated Ignatius Donnelly, but when Don nelly declined the use of his name be ' 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 aDd 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 delega'e mounted a chair and insisted upon putting a question. “We came here under instructions,” he cried, "and I want you to tell me whether Bryan will stand on the piatforin we have adopted?" "I know Mr. Bryan." replied Judge Green. "I know him personally. He la my friend and I say to you he is aa true a Populist as yon or 1. (Cheers.) "Will lie accept the nomination?” further persisted the Texan. "Sit down, sit down!" cried many voice*-, but Judge Green motioned for order and eliouted fiercely: “Mr. Bryan would be a fool to come her* and say he would accept a nomination before it w as offered. He has not ac cepted the Democratic nomination. But I anv to you again, I know his heart he.it* in sympathy with every principle of our party.” Charles B Matthews of New Y'ork, predicted tiiat Mr. Brvan would sweep New Y'ork from Niagara to Hellga r«. * MR SEWALL WILL WAIT. The I enm-riilr ties Tmldealial tun liter lieetlnrs la Talk Haim Me , Jiiu -6. — Arthur Hawaii, Itetuocruliu canilideto for Vice Presi dent. asked to-day for an expression of upiuioii uii the n i.mat ion of Wat son fur Vice Pres.d. ul by the Populist national i onvt-inioii mo ingiii, re plied "I l Innh It wilt ba better to welt amt m what the ttuat a.uni of the t‘o|>ultet eoMVvntiott will be." 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