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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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/n HON. JAMES G. FIELD, OF VIRGINIA,Peoples Party Nominee for Vice-Presidency. him Postmaster-General and afterward Secretary ofthe Treasury, restored him to the federal bench againbefore retiring from the White House. In 1884 and1888 Judge Gresham was strongly urged as the mostavailable Republican candidate for the Presidency.Several decisions and actions in his judicial capacityaffecting the management and control of railways,notably his dealings with the Wabash system, havegiven him a great popularity with the so-called anti-monopolists. If a man of Judge Greshams recordand standing could have been induced to leave hisold party and assume the r61e of a Moses for the newmovement, there would have been a great stirring upof dry bones. The Peoples party would have carriedseveral States, and would have upset all calculationsin a number of others. The Omaha gathering wasraised to the highest pitch of expectancy by assurances
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HON. JAMES B. WEAVER, OF IOWA,Peoples Party Nominee for Presidency. from leading members of the party that the Judgewould accept a unanimous nomination. Unquestion-ably he could have had the warm support of all thedelegates. But everything was spoiled by the Judgesfinal refusal. There ensued the usual conventionstruggle, resulting in the nomination of Hon. JamesB. Weaver, of Iowa. As a matter of policy, Mr.Weavers nomination was a mistake. A new partycan only rise to streng-th by leading away masses ofmen from other parties. But the masses will notreadily flock to new standards, except under the gen-eralship of some trusted leader who goes with them.There are plenty of Republicans and Democrats whocould be brought into the third-party fold if their ownpolitical heroes should say come. But Mr. Weaverhas belonged to the group of third-party come-outers for so many years that his name is not one toconjure with in either of the old camps. He is apublic speaker of great force and ability;

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