Show WATSON HAUS POPULIST TICKET y bryan men defeated in attempt to have their candidate endorsed by st louis convention neb nebraska and minnesota delegations bolt the convention and declare they will support nebraskan samuel L williams for vice president it st louis in convention here on friday the populists nominated thomas E watson of georgia for president and selected as his running mate samuel E williams of indiana this ticket was placed in the field after two stormy sessions through out which the nebraska and minne sota delegations working in the interest of william J bryan stove st ove des pera tely to bring about an adjourn ment of the convention until after nominations had been made by the democratic and republican parties hopelessly dope lessly outnumbered and without any chance whatever of gaining thell abject object the nebraska man fought dev de pera tely to the last and when jay A 4 forest of albany N Y mounted the platform and placed watson in nomi nation they withdrew from the con dention attended by the Minne minnesota sotS Je iele gatlon legation which consisted however of only one man T J deighan it if bryan Is nominated at denver the tho men who walked out of friday fridays s con coni bention will support him and they dea dare clare that the populists of nebraska will do so to a man thomas E 13 watson the presidential nominee Is well known throughout the country and his political life Is familiar history samuel W williams the candidate tor for vice president is a resident of 0 vincennes ind where he has law for many years he ile Is 62 bearc old and has always been more or less of an active participant in P politics 01 he ile was at one time a demo cratic member of the indiana legisla ture and has been identified with the populist party since its creation he is gray haired an and d gray bearded about six feet two inches tall lean and of a nervous temperament at a meeting of the new national committee james 11 II ferris of jollet joliet ill was reelected re elected chairman and jay jar W forrest of albany N Y was chosen vice chairman |