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geraid, Leake, Dwyer,. Metz^er, Ragan,
Maier, Trippett, Church.
Fisher— Foote, Btaguire, Dozier, Lane,
Caminetti. Burke.
In this contest was an element not seea
on the surface, Wea^ockhas made a linn
figut in Michigan against tbe A.' P. A.
The members of that organization in this
convention banded against hiu. Mr.
Foote, who was willing to walk to Sacra
mento to blow out a dark lantern, is the
toast in the lodges of intolerance to-day
throughout Michigan.
Interest in the convention as a slaughter
house ceased with this rollcall. There
will be furious scenes over tbe personality
of candidates, but public interest lags.
When an assassin wound 3 his victim with
the first shot there is an excited rush to
the rescue, Dut wben his work is hnished
no one tries to keep him from firing into
the corpse, for he cannot hurt it. The
community then takes an interest only in
his punishment.
The platform will be discussed to-day.
The majority has refused in tbe commit
tee as it will in the convention to protect
existing contract-. The money plank pro
vides for the repudiation of every existing
contract payable in gold, and demands
that the making of specific contracts in
the future be made a felony. As the plan
is retroactive upon the rights of property
by repudiating pas: contracts it might as
well be applied ex-post-facto to the rights
of persons and devote to penal servitude i
the men wno made the contracts which it
reaches backward to destroy. It aiso at
tacks life tenure in office which tbe con- i
sdtution grants to Judges of the Federal
courts, and which is one of the prime
safeguards against anarchy. It is said this
plank was drawn by Debs.
The minority report on the money plank
was presented and Tillman opened the de
bate. He was coldly received. In ten
minutes he iost control of the convention
and audience and then lost his voice, his
head and everything but his venom.
When he abused Cleveland and Carlisle,
tbe hisses sounded like steam escaping
from a thousand boilers. When he boasted
that South Carolina broke up the Demo
cratic party in 1860 on a sectional issue
and tbat the siiver i?bue is sectional, his
Jess frank ex-Confederate comrades were
uneasy. Wben he closed, poor old Jones
of Arkansas had to get out his vocal needle
and thread, and patch the tatters Tiilman
had torn with his fangs. Jones wept that
any one should hav<s mentioned sectional
ism. As for him he was willing to die as
often as necessary for silver.
After the moist Jones had been wiped
iff the stage, Senator Hiii appeared to
speak for the minority report. Here was
the last chance for the old Democracy.
For twenty minutes 15.000 people cheered,
stood up, waved bars and handkerchiefs,
stamped and stormed. The chairman, '
Richardson cf Tennessee, was mad of I
course and trie! to atop it, but the more !
he tried the more it wouidn't stop. The
Southern delegations scowled and swore.
OM Isham Harris pu; his rubber tobacco
sack between his toothless gums In mis- •
take for tobacco and chewed it, but still ■
the thunder rose and roared and rolled, j
The old Democracy quit when it got ready i
and Hill's first sentence rang to the rafters i
of the great place:
"I am a Democrat," said he. "but not a
revolution!.-:." That s'.atea the case and
"the speec:; t; v: ioiiowed lett this majority
of reds and L.cjea-ts not a leg to
on. Yilas aad Russell followed in sup
port of the minority, and then Mr. Bryan
of Nebraska Bryaced. With the roifcall
the work of tne convention bad been
| ed" dowa to the litter of Presidential
.:ons wh'.eh have been mewiing and
g in tnt»ir nurses' arms for a week.
What follows to the end is not im
portant. Tfce party may go into the
hands of a receiver, but the country won't.
To-night people are leaving. The third
rate orators of the convention are picked
out to make spe ches for the third-rate
candidates and tbe fourtn-rate orators to
second the same. California gets in the
last list by Foote's second ot Joe Black
burn. Joseph, by the way, is unduly ex
cited by my presence here and thinks it
improper. Tbe advice of Stewart, Jones
of Nevada. Dubois. Martin. Carter, Debs,
Herr Most ar.d He.-r Altgeld is more to
Joseph's rank Kentucky ta^te than that of
Democrats. Joh.v P. leibh.
TO NOTIFY NOMINEES.
Members of the Various Delega-
tions Who Will Act in That
Pleasant Capacity.
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, 111.,
July 9.— The committee to notify the caa
ditates of their nomination is composed of
the following delegates.
In this committee, where but one repre
sentative of a State or Territory is given,
the first delegate named wiil visit both
candidates; where two are given, the first
named wiil call upon the Presidential and
the second upon the Vice-Presidential
nominee.
McKlniey's Compiaeincy.
, CANTON, Ohio, July 9.— The proceed
ings of the Chicago convention, which
come by special wire to Major McKinley's
residence, seem to be viewed with much
complacency by the Republican candi
date.
There were a large number of callers at
the McKinley residence to-day, among
them Francesco Guardabaasi, the Italian
painter.
C.c veidtiij Qom Fiihing.
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass., Julj 9.— The
President spent very little time to-aay
reading bulletins from Chicago, but en
joyed the day fishing. The Pre«ident has
not expressed himself on tbe deliberations
♦*»us far.
DEMAGOGUE
TILLMAN.
Vented His Venom on Men
of the New York
Delegation.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
ASSAILED.
People Leave the Coliseum
Rather Than Listen to
His Outcry.
BLTJSTEB AND LNSULT HIS
WEAPONS.
His Speech Worked a Great Injury to
the Cause He Desired to
Further.
The Call's Headquabtebb, 1
Geeat Nobthers Hotel, V
Chicago, liL, Jaly 9. J
Pitchfork Tiilman of South Carolina
became to-day the evil eye of the Demo
critic party. He placed upon it a hoodoo
from which it will take many years to re
cover. He has become the tagatbi, the
bad medicine man, the evil-omened totem,
casting a shadow upon tbe once brilliant
prospects of that historic party which iost
its power and its prestige wben its ablest
leaders were turned down by loud
mouthed iconoclasts.
Tillman's speech to-day was a rare speci
men of deoiagogism. He some time ago
achieved some reputation by a violent,
virulent, ungentlemaniy and unstates
manlike attack in the Senate of the United
States upon the Democratic party, and
has "made since then several other speeches
of an incendiary tenor. His language was
of such grossness tbat the ears of tbe
groundhogs were tickled, and he became
very popular with the corner- giocery
loafer element of the Democratic party in
the South.
Tillman is not in any sense a man of
large caliber. He is simply a demagogue.
He is a trimmer, whose harsh, high voice
echoes the execrations of the discontented,
and whose aggressive and unintellectual
countenance is seen in tbe van of every
lawless mob.
Much was expected of him to-day when
he appeared upon the platform for tbe
purpose of advocating tbe adoption of the
siiver plank, and he was greeted with en
thusiastic cheers from the West and South
as the champion, for the time being at
least, of the cause of the white metal.
It was expected that his address, forcible
and characteristic of an impulsive man,
vibrating with a certain overwhelming
energy, would be something which the
people away from tbe Ecene of battle and
witn nothing bet the cold type before
them could read at their leisure, digest
and approve. It was expected also tbat
in Senator Tiilman the Sunny South, the
land of chivalry, the home of gallant men
and fair women, would find an advocate
worthy alike of her people, her clime and
her glorious historr.
But what a disappointment it was.
Instead of the utterances of a well-bred,
high-minded gentleman, a scholar, a
statesman, a poet, such as the South in
her palmy days used to honor, tne con
vention was treated to a stump speech by
a man whose ideas might well be voiced
from the top of a flour barrel in front ot a
crops- roads grog£err.
Magnanimity is of the statesman. No
brave soldier will strike the fallen foe.
But magnanimity was not Tillman's. He
not only struck the prostrate foe, but
gloried in the act. The greater part of
his speech was a coarse and uncalled-for
attack upon bis colleagues from New
York, who through rain and shine,
through peace and war, through victory
and defeat have stood shoulder to shoulder
with him and his, fighting manfully, for
what they considered to be the glorious
cause of Democracy. Instead of soothing
the lacerated feelings of a minority, sin
cere in their political belief; instead of
extending to them the hand of brother
hood, he spoke such words to and concern
ing them as were calculated to repel them
from the counsels of the party. He jeered
coarsely at the men from New York,
spoke slightingly of their political his
tory, of the sacrifices and heroic efforts
they had made in the past, and, like a
ward heeler, crowed exultingly over their
defeat. Then, with the note of a dema
gogue, he committed the unpardonable,
impolitic, nnstatesmanlike and ungentle
manly act of assailing in a National
Democratic Convention the President
whom the Democracy cf the United States
placed at the head of the Nation.
Here his boorishness became so appar
ent that he was hissed even by the South
ern delegates, and when be, plagiarizing
from Colonel John P. Irish, remarked
smartly that there were only three things
in the world that hissed, viz. : the goose,
the serpent and the man, he was hissed
again. The egotism of the man was ap
parent in every sentence that he uttered.
Whenever there were two roads, one lead
ing to reconciliation and harmony in tbe
party, the other to insult and humiliation,
Senator Tillman, with the instincts of a
political ruffian, took the road that led to
insult. Every word uttered by this fiery
demagogue served as a wed^e to split t;>e
Democratic party wide open.
After Tillman had been speaking about
thirty minutes be was hissed by the mag
nanimous men of the North, tbe noble
hearted men of the West, the cbivalric
men of he South, and ignored by the men
of the East with that silent contempt
which is ever the shield against that which
is beneath reply. Nevertheless, he pro
ceeded with his vituperation.
The respectable element of the conven
tion, which numbers more than two-thirds
of that body, ceased to pay any attention
to him; their disgust was exhibited by
th«!ir inattention. They turned and con
versed with one another in loud tones.
Many left the hall, preferring a bite of even
a Chicago sandwich to remaining and
listening to the Tiilman flow of words. In
fact tbis inattention was so marked and
the hubbub of conversation became so
loud that both the sergeant-at-arms and
Acting Chairman Richardson felt obliged
to show the speaker the courtesy of rap
ping their gavels and imploring the con
vention to give the cheap South Carolinan
a silent if not a respectful hearing.
The star of Tillm&n set behind the horl
THE SAX FBAXCISCO CALL, FBIDAY, JLLV 10, i»s*e.
zon to-day with his final bow. With his
closing sentence tbe idol of Carolina lay
broken, humiliated and disgraced in the
eyes of all honest Democrats, at the foot of
the flimsy pedestal on which it had been
reared. His remarks concerning the New
York delegation in particular and the New
York Democracy in general were resented
by every man in the convention who knew
and respected the patriotism, the ptrty
loyalty and the ability of such magnificent
men as Senator Hill and his colleagues,
whose names will go down in political his
tory long after that of Tillman shall hare
ceased to be even a memory. Tnere is a
feeling of justice and magnanimity sleep
ing at the base of every man's heart,
whether he be savage or civilized, and this
feeling was stirred into life by the rancor
ous words of Tillman of the evil eye.
When the gallant David Bennett Hill of
New York appeared upon the platform,
he wts greeted with a round of cheers and
with a spontaneous outburst of enthusi
asm, which must have cut deeply into tbe
pride of the South Carolinan who had
abused him. This outburst of applause was
intended and interpreted as a well
merited rebuke to demagogy, unman
liness and abuse, but the programme of
Boss Altgeld had to be followed to its logi
cal termination, and the speech of Tillman
went along with the hide and horns.
It was remarked to-day in conversation
by a delegate from the West that any
politician who gets up in a public, respect
able place and uses language unfit for a
gentleman) to utter will become famous for
a certain period among a certain class of
people. But such boors only run a very
short course; lire the rocket, they may be
brilliant when going up, but when coming
down, all that there is of them is a charred
stick.
I was very much disappointed in Sena- j
tor Tillman. I bad thought he was a sin- j
cere patriot suffering in secret for tne !
wrongß of bis people and manly enough to !
stand up in the Senate and denounce .
political corruption, even though it reeked j
on the threshold of the White House. But [
when I heard him to-day resurrect the
bloody shirt, attempt to reopen the old
wounds of the war, glonfy secession and
the firing upon tbe flag at Fort Sumter, I j
saw at once that he was playing for popu- ;
larity with the very lowest and most dis- '■■
loyal element of tLe South. To-day ends '■
Tillman's career as statesman and poli- j
tician. His speech was that of a ward
heeler, and it wiil not be long before he
will occupy a niche which he fits so well
— that of a successful police court lawyer.
Johs Paul Cosgbav*.
DEMOCRACY'S GREAT
NATIONAL CIRCUS
{ Continued front first Pag*, j
tion were named by noted orators and the
usual demonstrations held.
Bland was cheered to the echo, and a
scene of the wildest enthusiasm ensued
when Senator Vest mentioned his name at
the end of his nominating speech.
Bryan, suddenly injected into the list of
probable candidates by bis speech of the
morning, was put before tbe convention in
the maiden effort of Delegate H. T. Lewis
of Georgia, who established a reputation for
natural oratory in the few brief moments
he took for the purpose, and eg lai to tbe
demonstration for Bland was that which
followed tne Georgia delegate's address.
A girl in white, frantic in her enthusiasm
for Horace Boies, leaped to a chair in the
gallery and waved a Boies banner with
frenzied vehemence, and nearly every man
in tbe vast hall, whether from gallantry or
actual sympathy, rose and cheered with
a right good wilL
And when the pretty young woman,
swaying, jumping, clapping her hands
and giving vent to ncr emotion in divers
other ways, marched through delegates
and spectators with the Boies standard
borne above her head, the audience caught
the full spirit of hex enthusiam and
shouted approval with might and main.
Until late in the night these stirring
scenes continued and the thousands gath
ered under the vast expanse of iron can
opy never seemed to tire of using their
lungs.
ELOQUENCE AND UPROAR.
Tillman, Hill and Bryan Among:
Those to Attract the Greatest
Attention.
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, 111.
July 9. — The delegates were clow in reach
ing Convention Hall this morninf, and it
was nearly 11 o'clock before the fail of the
gavel announced that another days ses
sion of tbe National Democratic Conven
tion had begun. There were at that time
mauy empty seats in tne part of the hall
reserved for the delegates, but the seats of
the spectators were ail occupied.
Before tbe convention was called to or
der the principal subject of interest was
the announcement that the committee on
platform had added to the platform a
strong plank against tb* A. P. A., and de
claring that every citizen of the United
States is entitled to civil and religious
liberty.
There was considerable discussion, too,
as to tbe probability of a bolt, for it was
recognized that if a bolt was to come it
would come to-day.
State Senator Grady of New York, after
taking his seat among the New York dele
gates, said to a representative of the
United Press: "It is practically agreed
among the New York delegates to express
no decided opinion as a body upon the J
deliberations of this convention. We will ;
return home silently, will hold an early
Bute Convention, and will tnere decide
what we shall do."
Although tbe platform had been almost i
completed yesterday the committee on !
resolutions went into session shortly be- j
fore 10 o'clock this morning to put the fin j
ißhin* touches to it. Neither Senator Hill, j
ex-Governor Russell nor any of the pronii- I
vent gold leaders on tbe committee were !
at the meeting when it was called to order. ■
About two-ihirds of the members were
present. Senator Hill entered the com
mittee-room at 10 o'clock.
It was just 10:52 when the chairman
called tbe convention to order.
Senator White of California, permanent '
chairman, called the assembly to order.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Thorn at E. J
Green, who offered prayer yesterday. Rep- '
resentative Richardson of Tennessee was
then called to the chair.
Senator Jones of Arkansas presented the
report of the committee on platform «nd i
tbe various points in the platform were !
enthusiastically cheered as they were read. ■
When the Cubun plank was reached i
some one in tbe front aisle unfurled tbe !
flag and waved it Tbis effort at theatri- i
cal effect was promptly suppressed by the !
chairman, who rapped" sharply and com- i
manded the sergeant at-arms to "Haul |
down tnat flag." which was immediately
done and the incident was brought to an '
ignominious close.
The platform is substantially as prepared !
yesterday. j
Senator Hill presented a minority report j
Farmer Bland Yet Leads.
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Bland is still in the lead for the Presidential nomination at this hour. When
the history-making convention of the National Democracy adjourned at 12-30 o'clock
last night until 10 o'clock tbis morning the cool and calculating beads saw no change
in the situation, save the wonderful strength of Bryan of Nebraska. They realized,
however, that his strength was with the galleries, not with the delegations.
Bryan hynotized the convention by his magnificent oratorical display of veter
day afternoon during the debate on the platform. The indescribable demonstration
that followed his outburst of passion and invective was greater than the ovation that
greeted the reception of his being placed in nomination at the later session.
Will Bryan succeed? is a question that the delegates are sleeping on to-night.
Bland will have a large majority on the first ballot to-day, but not sufficient to nom
inate him under the two-thirds rule. *
Stevenson was not named by Illinois. His boom, however, i 3 growing and his
name will be presented later, if the East accepts him as a compromise candidate.
The New York delegation dined with Whitney at the Washington Park Club
house, which is within a few blocks of the Coliseum, during the recess of the conven
tion last night It was decided not to bolt. A steering committee was appointed,
however, and its plan of campaign is withheld from tbe public
The night session of the convention was picturesque and demonstrative.
Delegates and visitors seem exhausted after the labors and excitement of the day
and are now seeking their couches in the big hotels.
Balloting for candidates for Presidential nomination will begin immediately on
the reassembling of the convention this morning. Fra>-k McGciee.
from the committee on resolutions, which
condemns free coinage of silver, and de
mands that ail money be kept on a parity
with gold. Another plank indorses the
administrarion of Cleveland. Both these
planks were enthusiastically cheered, es
pecially the latter. Many of the delegates
and the larger part of the audience sprang
to their feet ana waved bats and handker
chiefs, while the cheenne and applause
showed that Cleveland bad not yet lost all
his popularity.
T wo amendments were then read by
Senator Hill as follows:
First amendrrent: "But it should be
carefully provided by law that any change
in the monetary standard should not ap
ply to existing contracts."
Second amendment: "Our advocacy of
the independent and free coinage of silver
being based on tbe belief that such coin
age will affect and maintain a parity be
tween gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to
1, we declare and pledge our sincerity that
if such frie coinage shall fail to effect such
parity within one year from its enactment
by law, such coinage shall thereupon be
suspended."
Senator Tillman of South Carolina was
the first speaker in favor of the majority
report. When he ascended the platform
he was greeted with cheers and hisses. He
began by referring to the way in which
the "lying" newspapers bad misrepre
sented him when they called him the
"pitchfork man" from South Carolina,
and said that he came from the Secession.
He denounced these statements as an in
sult to South Carolina. They were there,
he said, to inaugurate a war to liberate
the white slaves. He did not know
"whether he could be looked on as the rep
resentative of the whole South.
His listeners seamed to have the same
doubt, for there were many cries of "No,
no," and much confusion.
Tillman resumed: "We have been the
hewers of wood and drawers of water in
bondage to the States of New York, Con
necticut and New Jersey. This is purely
a sectional issue."
The speaker was here interrupted by
cheers and titses, the hisses predomi
nating. The speaker stood until silence
bad been restored and then said that the
facts would never be changed by hissing.
He asked if New York and Pennsylvania
had got their great increase of wealth in
the last decade honestly — an increase
greater than that of twenty-five of the
Western and Southern States in the same
period of time. The South has no angry
feelings of resentment for the wrongs it
has endured.
Here tbe speaker was interrupted by im
patient shouts from the galleries of
"Time," "Time," but he went on without
paving attention to them. He said that
the sectionalism was between tbe people
and the great money oligarchy of the East
and asked, "Where is tLe New York leader
now?'
This question again excited the galleries
and was greeted with laughter, cheers and
nisses. Then one man called out, as an
answer. "In the toup!" Another called
for Herr Most. And then there were cries
throughout the audience for Hill, and for
a while confusion reigned. Tillman be
came angry as the confusion increased,
and said that he would have his say if he
had to stand there until sundown.
Finally, when quiet was restored, he
said that tbe New York Senator would
have bis turn on tbe platform. Hill bad
forced the present issue and would have a
chance to explain his reasons.
To indorse the administration of Presi
dent Cleveland would be to write them
selves a.->cs and liars. He spoke of the
bond syndicate and denounced Cleveland
for overriding his oath and invading tbe
State of Illinois with Government troops.
Cleveland has been the death of the Dem
ocratic party as far as he could be.
He offered a substitute to the Hill reso
lution, a resolution which read as follows:
"We denounce the administration of Pres
ident Cleveland as nn-Democraiic and
tyrannical and as a departure from those
principles prized by all liberty-loving
Americans; tbe veto power used to thwart
tbe will of the people as expressed by their
representatives in Congress; appointive
power used to subsidize press, debauch Con
gress, overawe and control citizens in tbe
free exercise ot their constitutional rights
as voters, and tbe plutocratic despotism
thus sought to be established on the ruins
of the Republic.
"We repudiate the construction placed
on the financial plank ot tbe last Demo
cratic National Convention by President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle as con
trary to the plain meaning of English
words and as being acts of bad faith de
serving the severest censure; tbe issue of
bonds in time of peace with which to buy
gold to red em the coin obligations pay
able in silver or gold, and tbe use of the
proceeds to defray the ordinary expenses
of the Government as unlawful usurpa
tions of authority deserving impeach
ment,"
When Tillman bad finished he was fol
lowed by Senator Jones of Arkansas, who,
of course, spoke in favor of the majority
report. This was not, he said, a question
of section. He loved tbe whole of this
great country and would lay down his life
for it. He loved it beyond ail question of
sectionalism. They were now engaged in
an effort to restore the liberties of their
fathers.
His reference to tbe John Sherman and
Cleveland republicanism was greeted with
laughter and cheers. He said that they
had repudiated sin in the platform, but
had not mentioned tbe sinner. He de
nounced Cleveland as un-Democratic and
tyrannical, and offered an amendment to
the platform to that effect. He denounced,
moreover, the issue of bonds in time of
peace as a usurpation of authority deserv
ing impeachment.
As he left the platform he was greeted ,
with mingled cheers and hisses, and the
convention was a scene of confusion until
Hill of New York made his appearance.
David B. Hill mounted the platform to
speak for the substitute plank and a scene
that approached in entnusiasm that of
last night, wh*n New York cast her sev
enty-two votes for the minority report of
the credentials committee, began. Dele
gates stood on chairs and waved hats,
fans and handkerchiefs. Mr. Wnitney
rose with the rest and the sight of his
erect figure brought many to their feet
The galleries seemed to rise as a man and
the waving sea of hats, newspapers and
everything at hand that could be made
conspicuous rose and fell all over the hall.
The attempts of the chair to still the
tumult were unavailing, and although
most of the delegates resumed their seats
after several minutes of cheering, the
galleries would not be quiet and yelled
and shouted with hearty good will.
At this time the object of the demon
stration stood cool, facing bis enthusiastic
friends. He showed no feeling in facial
expression, and glanced straight ahead.
Then gradually the tumult ended and
fiually silence reigned. Mr. Hill began in
slow and distinct tones, saying that, fol
lowing the course of tbe Senator from
South Carolina, he would introduce him
self by sayinp, "I am a Democrat, but I am
not a revolutionist." [Cheers.]
Without intending to especially reply to
the remarks of the distinguished Senator
from South Carolina, be would only say
that it was a waste of time for him to
assume that we were so ignorant as not to
know that it was South Carolina that in
1860 attempted to destroy the Union. His
[Hill's] mission here to-day was to build
up, not to destroy.
He knew he addressed a convention that
did not agree with all the views he held;
but he knew they would hear him for his
cause. New York made no apoloey to
South Carolina. [Cheers.] She did not
need it. Need he remind this great con
vention that it was New York City whose
wealth had been so decried that had al
ways been the Gibraltar of Democracy.
He assertAd this proposition: That the
Democratic party stood to-day in favor of
gold and silver as the money for the con
stitution, and not for gold or silver alone,
bat differed as to the means that should
be employed to attain their end. One side
favored the co-operation of other nations.
It was not a question of courage. It was
a question of business, a question of
economics. He believed it was wise to
seek the co-operation of other nations. He
did not assail the honesty of those who
differed with him. He had always treated
the free coinage men respectfully and
would do so to-day.
He d(u'ndt baiters 'h.-j jold fenfire the
lll. uncial ivflicra." (I ilaitarod 'Axuertofta
Ptlde to say '.hi* hslls) w*As~txt*«u6u*li to
siautl alono. Hi.it if wac- tlb*iuts.fa
tU leglxirnkte :t..-),.'.i_-i..,i *vt mlicbi as well
do away rjlßntl IRlernAtlodsd rgmpje*-
Olad treallajs. Ho **ixjtlxer lhon»Rl II Un
ntie. to deiwnd' bpon i* s'innle ratio. IRA
platform should fxaTC thAppivtl ,1 da.roocd
injt th*: rtoicrje: : nt -1.-i:. instead
of tbau the fiUUiinu m.ik ;uo i»vt of
I)etiio>:ralfa loyalty hang npcti sinßlu
ratio at 16 r. l lit «aw Isefor* htrudhv
hoi i|*bod fteocoinafie Scftaxors who "li^d
introduced bud* advocatinc other ralhisa.
The TjUtiorro satto Uiu gob! pdLlry-wii tho
policy t>l England. -1L torgfot. to aaytbkt
thera was * a ranch.' policy «i|U, i German
policy. • r-psuiish .t»lic/— Bull lv iaut ti
was Xtio policy of ih ■ terM as xaproMhlsd
by the Suite, nt tins latin CnuiQ,
He took it for granted that this conven
tion was in favor of maintaining the silver
dollar od a parity with every other dollar,
but the platform said not a word aOout
this. Everything was risked on free coin
age. Could the American people, no mat
ter how brave they might be, make copper
or lead the equal of gold? It was a ques
tion, as he had said, of economics, and
therefore in the- opinion of the minority
tbe safest course was to advocate inter
national monometalism and stop there.
The criticism was made that the minority's
plank was similar to that of the Republi
can party. He did not think it much the
worse for that. The Monroe plank, the
Cuban, the pension and the civil service
planks were all equally like the Eepubli
ban planks. He did not like many of the
planks in the Democratic platform, and
he thought it' the wise counsels of the
Senator ftom Arkansas had pre
vailed it would have been different. There
lore, when that Senator said the platform
meant what it saiil and said what it means,
he would like some one to explain v.nat
was meant by the plank about the issue
of paper money in the future. Was this
an attempt at this late day to commit the
Democratic party to the suicidal policy of
issuing paper money ?
Further he did not believe it wise to
introduce new tests of Democracy. What
was the necessity of making an income
tax a test of Democratic faith ? Had it
come to this, he asked, that tbe followers
of Tliden, who all his life opposed this
iniquitous tax, were now required as a test
of their Democracy to express their belief
in tbe constitutionality of an income tax?
Was it wise, he asked, to attack the Su
preme Court of your country? [Cheers.l
"Will some one tell me," he continued,
"what that clause means in this- platform ?
If you mean what you say and say wiiat
you mean, that plank means— if it means
anything— that it is the duty of Congress
to reconstruct the Supreme Court of the
country. I will not lollow any such revo
lutionary step as that" [Cheers.]
Then he asked if they bad not trouble
enough without putting in all these un
necessary and foolish things. What more
have you done?
"You have for the first time," he said,
"assailed in a Democratic platform the
doctrine of oar father*, of A life tenure for
our Judges. How foolish to insert that
provision."
Still more foolish, he contended, was the
condemnation of tbe issue of bonds. Tbat
meant the repeal of the resumption act
and repudiation. 'Cheers.] The state
ment implied that not even Congress bad
tbe power to do this. The statement was
too broad; it must be a surprise to some
of his Democratic friends in the Senate
who had introduced bi'.is to authorize the
issue of bonds for the Nicaragua canal and
ctUer purposes, [daughter and applause.]
He summarized the results which would
have followed if the President bad not
made use of tne authority conferred -upon
him and issued bonds. Speaking of the
deficit of flfiv millions which had arisen
because a tariff bill passed by the Demo
cratic party had not 'as y?t' (as he said
with emphasis) yielded enough revenue
for the necessities of the Government.
This was a foolish issue to have raised. It
put the Democratic party on the defensive
in every >chool district in the country.
The burden imposed upon the Eastern
States by this silver plank was all they
could reasonably be expected to carry
without imposing on them all the addi
tional issues. He did not believe in driv
ing men out of tbe Democratic arty
[cheers] to make room for a lot of Re
publicans and Whigs and Populists who
have never voted the Democratic ticket in
their lives. [Load cheers.]
"I tell you," he added impressively, "no
matter who your candidate may be, with
one exception, your Populist friends will
nominate their own .ticket and your forces
will be divided.'' [Loud applause.]
A voice back in the ball cried ">"■•."
Turning in that direction Mr. Hill said
with bitter intonation: "My friend says
'No.'" Then raisin? his voice to its full
pitch, he asked: "Who is there to speak
for the Populists in a Democratic conven
tion?" [Cheers, renewed again &nd
again.] .
Senator Hill brought his speech to a
close by a recapitulation of the defects^l
found in the platform, and said there was
still time to remedy them in part.
As he returned to his delegation he was
cheered as no other speacer bad been since
the opening of the convention. The dem
onstration over Senator Hill was at its
height when Senator Vilas ascended the
platform to support his colleague's argu
ment, and his appearance there was lost
sight of in the general confusion. Mr.
Hill's progress to his place among the
New York delegation was a series of hand
shaking.
Even after the cheering had ceased it
was some time before order could be ob
tained.
Mr. Viias was applauded as he was in
troduced. The reasons for the minority
were presented, he said, with a recogni
tion that they constituted a protest
against the proposed attempt at party
revolution. If the majority persisted in
its revolutionary methods they were sure
to meet a fearful penalty. Tbis platform
would not produce bimetallism. It was in
direct contrast to the platform of 1892,
which proposed honest bimetallism. It
would shrink.not swell.our currency. The
silver dollar was no new thing to the
United States : the scheme of silver mono
metallism was no new thing to the United
States. Tne Act of 1834 was the real Demo
cratic measure; it was created under
Democratic leadership. That was dis
tinctly a gold measure. The gold stand
ard was now accused of responsibility for
ail the prevailing evils, but it was never so
credited when prices rose."
"Would you," he asked, "stop tbe change
< f prices, stop enterprise, prevent trans
portation ? Take from the farmer tbe
mower and reaping machine, wheat would
rise. Do such things as these and they
would soon relieve you of this curse of
civilization."
Mr. Vilas told of the changes in wages
and prices during the decade just past.
The foreign debt was pledged to be paid
in gold, and for every foreign debtor a
creditor would be injured — oue of our own
people. He protested against tbe assump
tion that this was a nation of dishonest
debtors. [Applause.] In the language of
Lincoln, "you may fool all tbe people
some of the time; you may fool some of
the people all the time, but you cannot
fool aii of the people all of the time."
[Laughter and applause.]
He solemnly protested that should this
scheme ever win it would result in uni
versal distress; if it should ever come
about it would result in direct calamity.
If that calamity ever came, let us remem
ber who were its authors. He appealed to
the Southern Democrats to desist In their
attempt to bring about a change in civiliza
tion at which the whole world stands
aghast.
Cheers for Vilas as he concluded were
intermingled with cries of "Russeli," and
the ex-Governor of Massachusetts was
given a hearty welcome as he began to
speak. The time had passed, he said, for
debate on the merits cf this issue. He
was conscious, painfully conscious, that
the mind of this convention was not and
had not been open to conviction. He
knew tbat the policy which jiggled down
rights and invaded the sovereignty of
fctates was to be rigidly enforced. But tbe
country, if not this convention, would
listen to the higher protest. [Cheers.]
He spoke, and he bad a right to speas, for
the Democracy of his com monwealtn. He
had seen it in its darkest days following
the principles of Democracy with an abid
ing faith, and they lived to see the day
when for three successive years they bad
seen the banners of Democracy trium
phant in Massachusetts over the cohorts
of Republican protection. This was on
great National issues. He did not believe
he should have lived to nee the day when
three great principles would be forgotten
in a Democratic convention and they
should be invited under new and radical
leadership and a new and radical policy,
at the demand of a section, on the ground
of expediency, to adopt a policy which he
and those who thought with him believed
meant dishonor and disaster. [Cheers and
applause.]
Then Governor Russell paid his respects
to George Fred Williams. He said: "In
these debates I have heard one false note
from the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1 answer him not in anger but in sorrow,
and I appeal to you, my fellow delegates,
and ask. Do I or do I not speak the senti
ments of my State? [Loud cries of 'Yes.']
Do I speak the sentiments of my State
when I say they and we utter our earnest
and unflinching protest against this Dem
ocratic platform ? [Cheers.] Let me, fol
lowing the example of the Senator from
South Carolina, utter a prophecy. When
this storm has subsided and the dark
clouds of passion and prejudice have worn
away and there comes a sober second
thought of the people, then the protest of
the minority here will be held as the nrk
of the covenant of the Faith [cheer?],
where all Democrats will be united and
go forth to fight for the ol I principles and
carry them to triumphal victory.
Cheer after cheer went up as Bryan of
Nebraska, tali, emooth-faced, youthful
looking, leaped up the platform steps,
two at a time, to close the debate. Ban
ners waved from the free silver delega
tions, and handkerchiefs, newspapers,
hats, fans and canes were brought into
play by tbe entbnsiaatic crowd. At one
time tne applause became deafening, and
could not be suppressei by Mr. Ricbard
son, who was still acting as temporary
cr.airraan. When quiet had been restored
Mr. Bryan began speaking clearly and de
lioerateiy. T. c beiief in the honor of a
righteous cause was stronger than the pre
dictions of disaster. He would move to
lay on tbe table the resolutions in con
demnation of the administration. [Cheers.]
This was not a question tha< permitted
descent into personalities. ThU bad been
a great coo test. Never before had so
great an issue been fou*bt oat. Ha
sketched the growth of the free silver idea
in the Democratic ranks, and toid
zeal that had been injected into the party
contest. The siiver men had gone forth
to victory after victory, and were as
sembled now not to condemn, not to pro
test, but to enter up a judgment ordered
by the people. As individuals, he said,
those whom he represented might have
been willing to compliment the gentle
man from New York (Mr. Hill), but they
were unwilling to put him io a position
where he could thwart tbe will of the
Democratic party. -[Cheers.]
He claimed for his people that they were
the equals of the peo; Ie of Massachusetts
[cheers], and when the people of Massa
chusetts came to the people of Nebraska
and said, "You have disturbed our busi
ness," tbe people of Nebraska replied to
t c people of Massachusetts, 'You have
disturbed our business." [Applause.]
"We say," he continued, "you have
made too limited an application of the
definition of the word "business man.'
The man employed for wages is as much a
business man as hisemployer. [Applause.]
The farmer wno goes out to toil in the
morning is as much a business man as
the man who goes on the Board of Trade
to gamble in stocks. [Cheers.] The miner
is as much a business man as the few
financial magnates who in a back room
corner the money of the world. [Great
cbeerine. ',
Mr. Bryan said those represented were
tired of submitting to tbe burdens which
oppressed them. ''We beg no longer, we
petition no more, we defy them.'' This
denunciation uttered in Mr. Bryan's most
dramatic manner was followed by a scene
of wiid excitement and cheering, which
lasted several minutes.
"What we need," Bryan continued "is
an Andrew Jackson, to stand as Andrew
JacXßon stood against tne National bank*.
We are toid that our platform is made to
catch votes. We reply to them that
changed conditions make new issuer Tbe
principles on which Democracy rests are
as everlasting as the hills, but they must
be applied to new conditions as they arise.
"New conditions have arisen and we are
attempting to meet them. They tell us
that the income-tax question ought not
to be brought in here; that it is a new
idea. They find fault with us for our
criticism of the Supreme Court of the
United States. We have not criticized it.
We have simply called attention to it. If
you, want a criticism of tee court in the
matter of the income tax read the dis
senting opinions of the Judges.
"They say that we passed aa unconsti
tutional law. I deny it. The income tax
was not unconstitutional when it wect be
fore tbe Supreme Court for the first time.
It did not become unconstitutional until
one juuge changed his mind and we can
not be expected to know when a judge
will change his mind. [Cheers and laugh
ter.] The income tax is a just law and I
am in favor of it. [Applause.] And when
I find a man who is not willing to pay his
share of the burdens of the Government
which protects him I find a man who is
unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a Gov
ernment like ours, [ixmd cheers/
"They say that we are opposing the Na
tional bank currency. It is true. Thomas
Benton said that in searching history he
could find but one parallel to Andrew
Jackson, that when Cicero destroye :
conspiracy of Cataline and saved Rome be
did for Rome what Jackson did *ie -.
he destroyed the bank' conspiracy and
saved America. We say in onr platform
that tbe right to coin and issue money is
a function of Government. We believe
that tbat power of sovereign y can no
more with safety be dele ated to private
corporations than the power to enact
penal statutes or levy taxation.
"Mr. Jefferson, who was once regarded
as good Democratic authority, seems to
have had a different opinion from the
Senator from New York. They tell us
that tne issuance of paper money is the
function of tanks and that the Govern
ment ought to go our of the banking busi
ness. I stand with Jefferson and tell them
as he did tbat the hsue of money is a
function of government and that the
banks ought to go out of tbe governing
business. [Cneers and laughter.]
"The Senator from New York says he
will offer an amendment providing* that,
tne proposed change of law shall not affect
contracts already made. Let me inform
him that that is not the intention where
under present law contracts are made pay
able in gold. But if he means to say that
we cannot change our monetary system
witnout protecting those who have loaned
money before tbe change is made, I want
to ask him where. :n law or in morals, he
can find authority for not protecting the
debtors when the act of 1373 was passed.
"Tb* Senator from New York also aaks
about tbe consequence of a failure to main
tain parity. My reply is that we cannot
couple the platform with a doubt as to our
own sincerity. He says he wants this
country to try an international agreement.
Why does he not tell us what he is going
to do if they fail to secure it ? [Applause
and laughter.] They have tried for twenty
years to secure an international agreement
for bimetallism and those wno are waiting
for it most patiently do not want it at all.
[Applause and laughter.]
"It they ask why it is that we say more
on the money question tban on the tariff
question, we reply that if protection has
slain its thousands the gold standard has
slain its tens ol thousands. [Cheers.] If
they ask us wby not embody ia the plat
form all those things that we believe, my
reply is tbat when we have restored the
money of the constitution all other neces
sary reforms will be possible, and 'that
until that is done there is no reform that
can be accomplished. [Cheers.]
"Why is it that, within three months,
such a change has come over the senti
ment nf tnis country? Three months ago
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