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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 1J
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Tho prosldont has sont to tho son
ato tho name of David J. Hill to bo
' embassador to Gormany. It is un-
dorstood that thoro is no longer any
objection to him by tho Gorman em
peror. Mr. Bryan ontortainod at dinner
, on tho ovoning oC March 31, tho dem
ocratic editors o Nebraska. Mr. G.
F. Itinohart, editor of tho Dos Moines
(la.) Domocrat-Chroniclo, was pres
ent and in tho aftornoon addressed
tho Nobraska newspaper men.
'Two hundred and fifty thousand
coal minors wont on a strike March
31. Thoy aro waiting for a wage
settlement between tho members of
tho United Wine Workers of America
and tho coal operators in the va
rious flolds.
into applause and derisive laughter
at the expense of tho democrats. "I
think it would bo a good thing,"
shouted Mr. Sulzer of New York, "to
add that tho democrats can have
nothing to say." "They never have
had anv." a Voice was hoard. "Will
tho minority have the usual twenty
minutes to discuss this rule?" Mr.
Williams inquired. "Thoy will not,"
curtly replied Mr. Dalzell. "I just
wanted the house and the country to
imnw thnt fftfit ." Mr. Williams re
marked. "Wo know it, we know it,"
somo ono on the republican side re
marked. Mr. Dalzell then reiterated
his statement made yesterday that
the purpose of the rule was to ex
pedite business, "to release the house
from the grasp of this idiotic filibus
ter inaugurated by the gentleman
from Mississippi."
In its issuo of Wednesday, April
1, tho Buffalo (N. Y.) Times said:
"Tho unanimous endorsement of tho
Hon. William Jennings Bryan as de
mocracy's candidate for president
was tho foaturo of tho nine assembly
'district conventions hold by tho dem
ocrats of Buffalo and Erie .county
.today. Resolutions ondorsing Mr.
Bryan were presented at each of the
"conventions and wore adopted by
thorn unanimously and amid applause
from delogates."
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ways been more or less of an active
participant in politics. Ho was at
one time a democratic member of
the Indiana legislature, but has been
identified with, the populist party
sinco its creation. He is gray-haired
and gray-bearded, about five feet,
two inches tall, lean and of a nervous
temperament.
At a meeting tonight of the new
national committee James H. Ferris,
of Joliet, 111., was re-elected chair
man and Jay W. Forrest of Albany,
N. Y., was chosen vice chairman.
Tho Platform
The following is the populist plat
form:
The people's party of the United
States in convention assembled, at
St. Louis, Mo., this second day of
April, 1908, with increased confi
dence in its contentions, reaffirms
the declaration made by the national
convention a't Omaha.
"The admonitions of Washington's
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The followlnz resolutions, endors
ing "William J. Bryan as tho demo
cratic candidate for president of the
Unitod States, woro adopted at the
various Now York assembly district
conventions April 1: "Whereas, At
a mooting of tho democratic general
committeo of Brio county, hold Jan
uary 16, 1908, a resolution was un
animously adopted ondorsing .tho
Hon. William J. Bryan of Nobraska
as tho choice of tho democratic party
for tho nomination of president of
the United States; therefore and pur
suant to said resolutions, It Is hereby
; Resolved, That tho delegates choson
toi represent this assombly district
to th'o domocratic state convention to
bo held at New York City on April
14, 1908, bo and aro hereby in
structed to vote for a resolution for
an instructed delegation to represent
this stato at tho national convention,
to bo hold at Donvor, Colo., July 7,
1908, ondorsing the said nomination
of tho Hon, William J. Bryan for
prosldont."
The democratic central committee
for the District of Columbia hold a
mooting March 31 and unanimously
adopted resolutions endorsing Mr.
Bryan for the presidency.
A republican majority In the house
of representatives, In order to defeat
tho democrats In their efforts to force
reform legislation, adopted a rule
wnerooy house bills with senate
amendment shall be sont to confer
ence without any fntervonlng motion
of any kind on either of tho two prop
ositions. It was also provided that
for the balance of this session a mo
tion to- take a recess shall be privi
leged and have precedence over a mo
tion to a'djourn, the question to b'o
decided without debate or amend
ment. A further provision of tho
order was that during the remaindor
of the session it shall bo In order to
close debate by motion In the house,
before going Into committee of tho
whole, which motion shall not bo
subject to amendment or dobato.
When tho reading of the, rule was
concluded the republicans broke out
POPULIST NATIONAL CONVEN
TION The populist national convention
was in session for several days at
St. Louis and on April 3 nominated
this ticket:
For president, Thomas E. Watson,
of Georgia.
For vice president, Samuel W.
Williams, of Indiana.
The Nebraska delegation and the
Minnesota delegation, the latter state
being represented by one man, with
drew from the convention
After the convention the Nebraska
delegation made the following state
ment:
"The meeting of certain members
of tho populist national committee
in St. Louis, November 26, 1907, at
which time it was decided to "call
this convention, was irregular be
cause members of the national com
mittee from several states were never
notified of such a meeting and were
not represented. The appointment of
delegates made by this so-called com
mlttee, to the national convention,
was so made as to practically dis
franchise the populist states and
place the control of the convention in
tho hands of men from the eastern
states, in many of which a nonullst
vote was never cast. This 'so-called 1 Iffl&al niiiMato
committee also invited other organ i- "W"1 UlimdlB
gates to the convention, among whom
was tho monetary league, and tho
national provisional committee, tlie
latter casting a vote in the conven
tion, in excess of those states that
had conventions and had regularly
accredited populist delegates present.
We feel, therefore, that we are not
bound by the action of a committee
composed of men, who are not ac
credited populist delegates; and we
feol In no way bound to support the
ticket nominated today by this convention.
"A further reason why wo are not
bound by the convention, men were
allowed to represent states In which
they do not reside, and have not
lived for years. We took no part
in tho nomination of Mr. Watson or
Mr. Williams and are under no obli
gations to support them. We do not
hesitate to say that if Mr. Bryan is
nominated at Denver by tho demo
crats tho populists of Nebraska will
support him to a man."
The Associated Press says:
Thomas B. Watson, the presiden
tial nominee, Is well known through
out the country and his political life
is familiar history,
Samuel W. Williams, the candi
date for vice president, is a resident
of Vincennes, Ind., where he has
practiced law for many years. He
is sixty-two years of age and has al-
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