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As for the galleries, they are wild with de- Mght and the whole house is on its feet and 20,000 voices are shouting “Hill.” The audience finally quiets down, not be- cause they are tired of applauding Hill, but because he started to talk and they want to hear him. “I am a democrat, but not a revolution- ist,” is the first audfble sentence Senator Hill utters. “My mission 1s to build up, not to destroy. To plan for victory and not to plot for defeat,” he continues. As Senator Hill proceeded with his anti- silver speech the audierce, although a ma- jority are undoubtedly opposed to the views he advances, give him the most re- spectful attention. So quiet are the 20,000 People tn the great building that his voice, Pitehed In a moderate tone, reaches to every part of the hall. As Senator Hill concludes, he is given a hearty ovation by the gold men, but its scantiness only serves to accentuate the &reeting which was tendered to Hill, the man and democrat, by the whole audience when he mounted the platform. Senator Vilas of Wisconsin 1s, introduced to the audience, and his delegation starts a hurrah for him which does not excite the audience to any great degree. He advo- cates the minority report and starts out in @ complalaingstone against the silver ma- jority. He speaks in rather a labored man- ner, and +s not holding the attention of the audience. N. O. M. PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL. Events in the Democratic National Conventio CHICAGO, July 9—As the doors to the mammoth Coliseum in Jackson Park were thrown open this morning and the black streams of people welled up through the entrances and broke Mke a cascade over the galleries, the band struck up “Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground.” Yesterday there was enough fighting to surfeit the cravings of the crowds, but only the pick- ets were driven in; only the outposts were captured. Today, which many believed would be the last day of the convention, the main citadel was to be stormed. The champion gladiators were to meet in the arena. The deciaration of principles was to be made and the candidates were to be selected. The sflve- leaders entered with light and buoyant step. The faces of the gold lead- ers were grim and grave. In some cases they were defiant. The managers of the several candidates were marshaling their forces. Bland got the first demonstration with a band at the head of several hun- dred of his boomers circling the galleries. The band played a succession of stirring airs as the clans and the crowds gathered. A descriptive plece, “The World's Fair,” created much amusement. The preliminary scenes were largely a repetition of those of the two preceding days. There were one or two rows at the entrances, and several of the spectators who were making themselves obnoxious were ejected. Bofore the convention was called to order rumors of men who had bolted and others who would bolt were fly- ing about. Convention Opened. Senator White, the permanent chairman, appeared on the stage at 10:40. He wore a pink shirt and a gay blue string tie. He Was so, hoarse, however, that he could herdly Speak above a whisper. An effort to produce a Boies demonstration when the Icwa delegation entered with a hug> Boles “banner was a failure. At 10:57 Chairman White dropped the gavel. The indescribable buzz of thousands of voices gradually subsided, and the delegates took their seats. While vacant spaces in th= black pit marked off with almost defini: accuracy the location of the New England €elegations, which had not, with the ex- ception of a few stragglers, as yet arrived, the New York delegation, however, headed by Whitney and Hill, wero in their places. The bulky form of Bissell of Buffalo was, how > absent. At five minutes before 11 Rev. Dr. Green of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Episcopalian clergyman who had made the opening Prayer on yesterday, again rose for the Same office. He prayed that the choice of the convention might be a man whose work would redound to the glory of his country and his God. He prayed: ‘We thank Thee, Almighty od, ssing of another day that yu hast given At its very beginning that we may be true to its re- ilities and brave for its duties. Es- grant Thy blessing to these, Thy . who face this day the great re- ities and duties of this convention. -y shall make their declaration of princkples. may they set forth those truths that shall be founded upon the etern principles of truth and justice, and tha’ tray redound for the benefit of all the peo- ple and the uplifting of humanity. And as they shall designate him who shall be their candidate for the chief magistracy of this great nation, guide Thou their minds and their voices. May they choose a man of clean hands and a pure heart, whose alms shall be his country, his God, and who nay live that mankind, by his virtues, may be lifted nearer to heaven, and so may the angels of peace and prosperity bless this land, and may Thy kingdom come in all our hearts through the blessed Gospel of Jesus Christ, to whom, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be ascribed all glory for now and forever more, amen.” Beading the Platform. + White handed the gayel over to Congressman Richardson ef Tennessee, a tall, slender man, with black mustache and a scholarly stoop of the shoulders, who announced that the committee on reso- lutions was ready to report, and called to the platform Senator Jones of Arkansas to make the committee's report. nator Jones, who has been in the thick- est of the silver fight since the forerunners of the convention began to assemble in Chicago, is a familiar figure to this con- vention. He looks like a soldier, and but for the fact that he was a soldier of the late confederacy might be a strong presi- dential possibility. He is a strong-faced man, with a fierce silvery mustache ani chin whiskers and white hair, which fails to cover all the top of his head. He ad- justed a pair of goid-bowed spectacles an began to read the financial plank of the platform, which Col. Charles H. Jones, the St. Louis journalist, had written. The effect of the reading would have been greater had the southern Senator controlled agstronger vi ‘The silver ranks raised ageheer when some of them heard the words “We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver,” and one enthusiast demanded that the passage be reread, which was done. ator Jones declared that he was and indeed his voice broke two or ‘Sand nearly failed him. As the GeleZates could not hear much of the plat- form, most of its points fel! uncheered, but the denunciation of government by in- junction, which is taken as an indirect ap- proval of doy. Altgeld’s course during the Chicago strike, met with recognition. A Premature Demonstration. When the plank expressing sympathy with Cuba had been read a flag of the new Tepublic, with blue and white stripes and a single star on a red field. appeared in the aisle in front’ of the delegates’ chairs and was carried along the aisle. It did not arouse the demonstration which the parti- sans of Cuba had hoped for, indeed the applause was very moderate, and Mr. Rich- ardson rapped on the desk and erled, “Put down that flag,” so it quickly sunk from sight. It was evidently a tired convention. The strain of the two preceding days of con- vention work and the earlier work of can- didate making had worn out the rank and file as well as the generals. It seemed to be impossible to stir the concourse to en- thusiasm. The platform was concluded marked applause. en the report for the minority was read by J. H. Wade of Ohio, 2 formes read. ing clerk of the House of Representatives. The gold people rose and cheered, but after their outbreaks on yesterday these efforts were faint. The indorsement of the demo- cratic administraticn, which Senator Hill had le a losing fight for in the coramit- tee on resolutions, brought down a yell from the galleries. Several New York del- gates stood and waved their hats, but they did not include Hill, Whitney nor Flower. Over on the far right the stalwart frame of Senator Gray of Delaware stood alone, and silence pervaded most of the deiega- tions. Senator Tillman Opens. The issue wag drawn. Senator Ben. Till- man of South Carolina mounted the stage to open the great debate in behalf of free coinage. A striking figure he was, as he faced his audience. With no pretensions Senat without any to dress, shabby-coated, wearing a heavy silver chain across his breast, he instantly drew the eyes of the 20,000 present. turned toward bim as if he were an an- tagonist. His thick-set, commanding form was full of deflance. His head, thrown back, was round and compact. The fea- tures, strong and powerful, were cast in a classical mold. The nose was straight, the ips thin and jcoenpeesaad: the jaw square and pugnacious, but the cavity which marked his left eye gave to his face a sinister expression. It was a face once seen never to be forgotten. On one lapel of his coat he wore a Cuban flag, on the other a pitchfork. One’ mo- ment the 20,000 ple held their breat! E ‘hen they broke forth. Cheers, mingled with biases, rent the air. Mr. Richardson, who was wielding the gavel, with the aid of the assistant ser- geants-at-arms quickly suppressed the demonstration. His first sentence showed that he had a good, well-modulated voice, but as he proceeded he pitched it in a key so shrill that it grated like a file. He was characteristic from the be; He realized that so far as the galleries were concerned, he faced an audience which he felt was largely hostile. He introduced himself to the convention by saying that he came before them not as “the lying news- papers had represented him to be.”” A round of applause from the pit greeted this announcement, but it was drowned in the storm of hisses from the galleries, which were increased to a perféct whirl- wind of sibilant sound as he added: “I came from a state which was the home of secession.” . Tillman Hissed. Senator Tillman turned defiantly and flercely surveyed the vast congregation who were hissing him. Then, with a con- temptuous toss of his head, he looked down at the silver delegates before him, his eyes blazing, end said, with a sneer: “There are only three things that hiss,” with a curl of his thin lips, “a goose, a serpent and a man.” Raising his head and addressing the gal- leries, he shouted that the man who hissei South Carolina forgot the history of the revolution. ‘This provoked a wild demonstration from the silver men. “Scuth Carolina tn 1860,” he said, “led the fight in the dethocratic party which disrupted it. Disruption,” he ‘continued, while the galleries hissed, “brought about the war, and the war emancipated the black slaves. Now,” he said, sweeping his arms through the air above his head, “we are leading the fight to emancipate the white slaves.”* This time the silver men had their in- nings, but they did not applaud very lusti- ly when he declared that with conditions reversed he was willing to again see the democratic party disrupted. Repeatedly, as he proceeded, the galleries hissed, and several times the sergeant-at- arms threatened to clear the gallesles. The silver men had a chance to shout their approval when he declared that they were adopting a new declaration of inde- pendence at 16 to 1 or bust. The storm of hisses issued forth again when he repudiated the denial that there was a sectional contest. “I say it is a sectional issue,” he cried, “and it will pre- vail.” After these pyrotechnic expressions, so cheracteristic of the man, he drifted into statistics to show the bondage of south and west to the east, and these dry figures gave the hostile galleries another cpportunity to cry him down. “Time,” “Time” they shouted This aroused the Senafor again to angry resentment. He paced the platform like an enraged lion. “I know, I kpew,” he cried with arms aloft, “you are ’Against us. ‘There is not a paper in this city that 1s not in the power of the money influences. They will not give us a fair show. They characterize us as howling dervishes and silver luna- ties.”* Many of the delegates crowded up the aisles and stood at the foot of the stage, ing intently the features of the re- markable man before them. Continuing, Senaior Tiliman declared that the only way to avert a revolution would be to se- a man whose record would fit the platform. Soon the hissing began again radical utterance, and the South Carolinian took occasion to say that “Four years ago the New York Senator was hi as I am nu York today?" he asked. “Where is New York's leader?” and from the gallery came in the cry, “In the soup,” which brought down a wave of cheers for Hill, topped with a foam of hisses. Tillman stood waiting for the noise to subside, and then, using his hand before his mouth as a speaking trumpet, called like a fog horn his defiance: “You can just as well understand that I am going to have my say, if I stand here till sundown.” He was permitted to go on with com- parative quiet after the chairman had pleaded with the auditors and threatened to clear the galleries, and then he surprised his hearers anew by an attack on Senator Hill, because the Senator from New York had refused to make the first speech on the platform, and give South Carolina the reply. Incidentally, he said that Hill despised the President of the United States In 1892; since then he has had cause to more than despise him. He scorned him for assuming the role of apologist for the administration. Denouncing the President. “But, as Grover Cleveland stands for gold,” he began, whereupon a hurrah for Cleveland was shouted, which drew quite a hearty response from the galleries. The at- tack on the President, which followed, dit not find any marked demonstration of ap- proval. “Now, I want you all to listen,” Tillman shouted, and then he read the substitute resolution, which follows: “We denounce the administration of Pre: ident Cleveiand as undemocratic and ty- rannical, and as a departure from those pwnciples which are cherished by all lib- erty loving Americans. The veto power has been used to thwart the will of the people a3 expressed by their representa- tives in Congress. The appointive power has been used to subsidize the press, to de- bauch Congress and overawe and control citizens in the free exercise of their con- stitutional rights as voters. A plutocrat! despotism is thus sought to be establish: on the ruins of the republic. We repudia the construction placed on the financial plank of the last democratic national con- vention by President Cleveland and Secre- tary Carlisle as contrary to the plain meaning of English words, and as being an act of bad faith, deserving the sever- est censure. The fssve of bonds in time of peace, with which to buy gold to redeem obligations payable in silver or gold at the option of the government, ahd the use of the proceeds to defray the ordi- nary expenses of the government, are beth unlawful and usurpaticns of authority de- serving impeachment.” The first sentence was a firebrand, which ignited a great blaze of hisses and a coun- ter flame of cheers, which could not equal the hisses, and the entire reading of the resolution was fiercely hissed. He closed with a warning to the delegates that they must unite their jealcusies and rivalries of silver forces or victory for democracy would be impossible. “You're no democrat,” shouted some one in the gallery, while Delegate Marsden of Louisiana, who distinguished himself on the first day of the convention by develop- ing a remarkable case of stage fright, and at the same time an unusual thirst, ‘tried to ask*a question,but he was howled down. Senator Tillman ccncluded by pledging the solid vote of the south to any good straight silver candidate. Senator Jones Replies. As he descended from the stage the gal- leries set up a great shout for Hill. But suddenly the commanding figure of Sen- ator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the resolutions committee, mounted the stage. He held his hand out for silence. The noise fell away before his strong presence. In clear tones he apologized for appearing be- fore Senator Hill. He had not intended to say a word, he said, but he could not allow the charge of Mr. Tillman that this was a sectional {issue to pass unchallenged. The conservative silver men, who had been plainly depressed by some of Mr. Till- man’s radical utterances, gave this state- ment an earnest volley of applause. “I am a southern man,” continued Sen- ator Jones, “I carried a southern musket during the war, but I repudiate the sugges- tion that this question knows any section.” Flying flags and handkerchiefs and the approving roar of 15,000 throats answered. Even the New York and Massachusetts and other eastern delegations joined hearti- = — Postage on The Star. The rate of postage on The Evening Star is one cent for 12 pages, two cents for from 14 to 26 pages. ly in this rejection of the extreme Tillman sentiment. y is = great cause,” he went on to say, “and those who feel as I do know it is Bot sectional—it is confined neither to either or ojime—it ts the cause of the brillant George Fred Williams of Masse: chusetts,” he said, “cannot be sectional.” After this repudiation of Mr. Tillman’s assertion Mr. Jones left the platform. Oheers for Hill. Senator Hill ascended the platform amid @ perfect storm of applause. He went to the platform, shook the hand of the pre- siding officer, and then, with a smile bowed his acknowledgments to the shouting, ges- ticulating crowd. Men were on their chairs waving handkerchiefs, flags and tossing hats in the air. The vast volume of sound obbed and flowed, and would no sooner die away than it would be again taken up and re-echved until the great, big building rang. “Three cheers for Hill,” came from the mass of delegates, half of them on chairs, and it was given with a will, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the vast assemblage joining in the demonstration. When at last order was partially restor- ed, Mr. Hill began calmly, but with a voice that readily reached to the galleries. He to the Senator from South Carolina, ‘I want to say to him that I am a demo- crat, but not a gold bug.” Again the demonstration broke forth and ree o minute: yu ‘arolina with all its power, pro- ceeded Mr. Hill, could not drive him Pout of the democratic party. He came here on a mission to unite, not to divide; build up, not to destroy; to plan for victories, not to plot for defeat. New York mad_ no apologies to South Carolina. ‘The great empire state has stood for years as the Gibraltar of democracy. Mr. Hill said he deprecated attacks on those who believed in silver at 16 to 1. He had always treated men of this opinion with respect, and he would do the same to- day. To him the question was one on which men fairly differ: He believed th best course for this convention to pursue ¥as to take the first great step toward in- ternational bimetallism. The United States cculd not safely ignore the monetary sys- tems of other great nations. And yet the majority platform contained no word fa- voring this desirable end. It contained no suggestion of what should be done if par- ity could not be maintained on the experi- ment of 16 to 1. All was risk and experi- ment. The fact cannot be ignored of the great production of silver in this country. Could the American people, inspired by the spirit of "76, make copper the equal of gold? Could they shut their eyes to the question of production of the metals? Mr. Hill's Warning. “I believe,” declared Mr. Hill, “that the course for us to take 1s to declare for in- ternational bimetallism, and step aside from this silver question. What was the advantage, he asked, of placing in the platform an imped pledge for the issue of per currency? Demo- cratic wadition had always favored fair money. The Senator frem Arkansas had remarked that the platform said what it meant, and meant what It said. He chal- lenged some one to explain what this plank meant. He denounced a declaration of a policy for the issue of paper money as sul- cidal. he income tax plank he scathingly criticised. He stood amazed, he said, that the followers uf Samuel J. Tilden, who all his life hafl opposed it, should now seek to commit their party to this ridiculous scheme, and who, when they did so, were forced to condemn the Supreme Court of the United States. His keen sarcasm cut Ike a knife, and his followers fell to cheering at every thrust of his keen blade. “I will,” he said, “refuse to follow any such revolutionary step as that. When has devotion to an income tax become the test of democracy?" At this time, he proceeded suggestively, he would not go further into this platform, which raised questions for democracy, questions on which the party was divided, and made them the test of democracy. He eared nothing for the section from which a democrat came. So long as he w: democrat he could take him by the id Why, then, keep out the party democrats who had grown gral in its service to make room for those who had lost their posttion in the republican party. He gave grave warning just before his conclusion. “If this convention, after declaring for free silver,” he said, “nominates any candidate but one, your populist friends will nomt- nate a ticket, and your free silver friends will join hands with them.” “No, no,” shouted a delegate. With an inclination of his head toward a little coterie of free silver bolters from the St. Louts convention, grouped on the plat- form, he said: “I sce on this platform a number of distinguished gentlemen who He concluded with a of the party. “We want to build up the democratic party,” he said, “not to tear it down. We love and honor the principles of Jefferson and Jackson, who were for hard money. If we are true to the old faith, if we stand by the traditional policy of the democratic saints of the past, we can win; if we put them aside we are lost.” The gold delegates climbed upon their chairs and joined the galleries in the dem- onstration in honor of their champion as he descended from the platform and re- svi J his seat in the New York delegation. Senator Vilas Talks. Senator W. F. Vilas of Wisconsin, who had served in the first Cleveland cabinet as Pcstmaster General, stepped to the plat- fcrm when the Hill enthusiasm had begun te wane. The Senator is familiar to Wash- ington as one of the spokesmen and de- fenders of President Cleveland. He looks Ike a college professor, with an iron gray beard and glasses, and he wore today a formal black frock coat, and carried out the likeness. It was to protest against a proposed revo- luton in party faith that he spoke for the minority, he said, and as a democrat who had always maintained reasonable obedience to party mandate, and for a state of unfal- tering party fidelity. ‘“Ardor will redress no wrongs, fury will rage vainly against principles of finance,” was one aphorism with which he strove to stem the silver current. Tillman and Hill had held the assembly quiet except for the intervals when the crowd vented it: entiments.. Now that these had played their parts, delegates and epectators began to swarm about. Their attention was caught when he demanded “When did robbery come to be democratic dcctrine?” 1:68—Vilas finished. He is again cheered. Russell Speaks. 1:50—Russell of Massachusetts takes the platform. 2:10.—He says that he can see nothing but defeat and disaster in this movement. He concludes. plea for the integrity —__.__ FOR LOVE OF EUGENE FIELD. A Campaign for a Monument and °“For Other Purposes. People who knew Eugene Field, elther Personally or through his writirgs, will not be likely to forget him. Some of them are unwilling to imagine that he shall ever be forgotten. They loved him and his works, and they propose to testify to their affeo- tion in a fashion which is at once practi- cal and sentimental. They furthermoré propose to give all the admirers of ’Gene Field's genius an opportunity to contribute toward the success of an attractive plan. They have issued a special edition of some of Field's most popular poems and have called it “Field Flowers.” Thirty of the country’s famous artists contributed the illustrations. A more delightful souvenir may not eastty be imagined, and every copy that is scld—at a dollar each—will add to the Eu- gene Field monument fund; the proceeds of which will be equally divided between the fumtly of the dead genius and the fund with which the carved memorial is to be purchased. The committee having this mattér in charge is composed of the fol- Icwing named Chicagoans: Melville FB. Stone, general manager Associated Press: Jeseph Medill, editor Chicago Tribune: ‘Wm. Penn Nixon, editor Chicago Inter- Ocean; H. Kohlsaat, editor Chicago Times-Herald and Chicago Evening Post; Victor F. Lawson, editor Chicago Morning Record and Chicago Evening News; Slason Thompson, editor Chicago Evening Journal; H. W. Seymour, proprietor Chicago Chron- fcle, and Marcus Pollasky, editor Chicago Evening Press; with Henry W. Tiernan and Albert L. Swift as secretaries. An exhibit of the original drawings con- tributed to this memorial volume’ and of the original MSS. will be opened to the ae at the Regent Hotel, 15th street and nnzylvania avenue, during the present week. EAGER FOR THE END Bland People Anxious to Reach a omination. DETERMINED ) FORCE THE FIGHTING Questions aes Parliamentary Usage illed Forth. THE CAUSE, NOT THE MAN Special From a Staff Correspondent. CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, July 9.—Thia convention is rapidly forgetting that November follows July. Like men who are sitting around sparkling wine, they feel the wealth of all the Indies. They are losing sight of the fact that this is only a nomination convention, and does not elect the President. They are intoxicated with the idea that the election of a silver man in a foregone conclusion, and this spirit may, in the end, dictate their nomination. ‘The convention opened this morning with a determination to force the fighting all along the line. The Bland people are par- ticularly anxious to reach a nomination as scon as possible. The point suggested in these dispatches Tuesday that a failure of the gold men to act with the convention, thus reducing the number necessary for two-thirds, is not causing muoh attention. New York men claim they will not vote at all on the cardidates, and though they should be counted as a part of the conven- tion, it ts generally understood now that two-thirds of those voting, provided a quo- rum votes, will be held to be enough to nominate. The fear of the gold men being able to hold the convention in a deadlock would of itself force this. Since this “pol- icy of silence” was announced tremendous efforts have been made to break it down. ‘The Bland people are pleased to have the gold men out of the fight, and they have shown in many ways that they would not grieve if the eastern contingent wer. driven from the convention. The friends of other candidates are alarmed, but say tha: they have tried to induce the gold men to take a different course. A very interesting situation will arise if the gold delegations udhere to the policy of silence. In each delegation there are some silver delegates. ‘These men say that they will vote whether the rest do or not, and that they will cast the vote of the whole delegation if the majority of the delegation dces not vote. The question would then arise whether a minority of a delegation, there being no opposing vote, can act. The question of quorum Is involved, and with it that of counting a quorum of those Present and nbt voting. Under the rules ot the Hcuse, hie’ govern the proceeding» of this convention, a method ts prov age for counting’® ‘quorum. The chair wofld not be apt tohesftate about applying this rule should tle exigency arise. ‘This would lead to the entire vote of all those gold delegations Which refrained from voting Leing cast fot’a sfver candidate. It would also lead to @ row, and, in all probability, to a direct Bolt. ‘The threat of the silver men to follow sue a course may, howev. prevent the Orgahization plan of silex trom being curried out. The opinion, prevails that the convention muy be in session all tonight, and that the nomination fs apt to be made tomorrow night. But thera 'is a great possibility of gelay. The consideration of the report of the committee of resolutions is going to take several hours. After that when the rominations come in order much time will be taken up in nominating speeches. The first ballot is not expected to result in a nomination, and the many polls of states which will p-obably be demanded on each bellot will take time. If the experience of yesterday were to be repeated it would be impossible to get through if they sat until daylight. Chairman White is going to see if it is not possible to preserve order to- day, ana will adopt drastic methods to accomplish it. There is little change in the general situa- tion. Some of the delegations heretofore not committed have located themselves, and Bland has got somewhat the best of it, so that his position is apparently stronger than it was yesterday. Everything is cleared for action. The three elements of the contest are these: A thorough organization and well-arranged plans, directed by shrewd men, on one side; a large number of votes, on the other side; and a lot of uncertain delegates yet to deal with. The Cause, Not the Man. Bland is the only candidate around whom there’is any great amount of shouting. His followers are vociferous. The delegates as a rule do not seem to be enthused much over any individual. They: go wild at the mention of free silver. The picture or the name of a man does not excite them. A banner was in the hall witha picture of Bland on one side and the opponents on the ‘other. That part of the assemblage toward which the free silver. side was turned cheered, while those whb saw the other were comparatively silent. The applause shifted from one section of the convention to the other, as the banner was turned. This did not appear to be on account of any lack of regard for Bland. A man with the large following he has in this convention cannot be counted unpopular. It was “imply a manifestation of the most striking. characteristic of the conventton— the lifting of the cause above the individual. Both Bland and Bryan are very popular among: the silver delegates, yet the display of their, banners in the convention yester- day failed to excite the delegates. When a picturesof Bland was carried into the con- vention:‘hall with a band of music, and when the leader,of the newly seated Bryan delegation, from Nebraska went through the aisle-with @)silken Bryan banner, all silver and blue, uyon his back, the thoughts of the convéhtio# ‘naturally turned to a comparison bétween this falling effort to excite enthugiaam and that wonderful scene at:the Minueapolis convention, when @ portrait’ of Bighd was carried through the aisles. |). A one Assemblage. ‘This convendion is making a very critical study of its men. The assemblage ts that of a new lot ‘bf people together. The lead- ers are not if tough with the rank and file. The rank and file do not know the leaders, and are somewhht distrustful of them. Nor are the great majority of the leaders acquainted with’j,each other. Many of them are mem who have not appeared in national polities at all before, and have not traveled and become acquainted with other men. Thosé from one section are ignorant of the character of those from another. They know how far they can depend on their own neighbors, and they believe in their own local leaders. They do not know how far men from other sections are to be taken into their. confidence, and they are doubtful of the leaders from “parts un- known.” ‘The less experienced among them unite in @ distrust of all men who have figured prominently ia national politios during past years. They are suspicious of a Senator or @ member of the House, whom they hava not known as a neighbor. The spectacle of the Altgeldites making the acquaintance of the Tillmanites is in- teresting. The slow and cautious fraternis- ing of the long-whiskered man from the west with the man from the south is a delicate comedy. The southern people have heard all sorts of things about Altgeld not calculated to givé him a good reputa- ton. The western delegates think equally ob- Jectionable things of Tillman. Each was Prepared to say, “We can stand our dema- gogue, but we won’t have yours.” An- tagonism was shown at once. They began to measure each other up, like two boys before a fight. Gradually the Altgeldites, the Blandites and all the rest of the west- ernites have begun to say, “Pitchfork Ben seems a good deal of a man, after all.” The Tillmanttes are saying all the while that Altgeld is a bigger man than they thought. This is the way they are measuring up and making friends with the leaders of all classes on all sides. It is lack of arquaint- ance with each other that has made It so difficult all the while for the delegates to get together. They are not acquainted with each other's leaders, and do not know whose advice to take. Nor havo most of them the eaperience and capacity to make comparison between men. Many of them do not see why their little local man ts not as good a man as the President. They say, “He is the biggest man we have. We don’t believe any other has a bigger.” Tellers Chances. The Tellcr men say that if Bland is not nominated after the third baHot ts taken, and they get an adjournment, Teller’s nom- ination will be assured. The delegations that are nearly for Tel- ler will then, they say, desert Bland, and when the voting for Teller begins he will be nominated with a rush. This is all contingent upon their being able to prevent Bland from being nominat- ed at the jump. ‘The drift this afternoon has turned pret- ty strongly toward the nomination of Bland. The band wagon argument is hav- ing its effeet. It is difficult for those who would do so to hold votes to candidates whose nomination at the outset is known to be impossible ’ Bland’s lead is very attractive to dele- gates. The Bland men, seeing this opportunity, are forcing the fighting, and are claiming the nomination on the second or third bal- lot. Many western delegates who do not act- ually want the nomination of Bland” are going to vote for him, because, they say, they do not know how to avoid it. Fight on in Earnest. The fight Is on now in earnest. Each side straining every nerve. The plan of the anti-Bland people is, if they can prevent Bland’s nomination on the first three bal- lots, to secure an adjournment. If it goes that far the test will be on the question of adjournment, the Bland people being in favor of soing ahead. If an adjournment is secured after two or three ballots it may destroy Bland. It will at least be vary dangerous to him. The Bland strength may seem greater than it fs as the test comes closer. It is surely strong enough to make their Gp- ponents uneasy. It is now sald that the Tammany pegge will not consent to New York adopting The policy of silence. A vote is being strongly insisted upon. With the gold men voting, Bland’s pros- pects are not as good as otherwise, but they are pretty good, even on a heavy vote. The fight against Bland ts being con- ducted with more aggressive vigor than heretofore. Coolness and consummate skil! mark its every step. It is a masked bat- tery that is turned on the Missourian, while he Is out in the open and subjected to @ cross-fire. The menace to all their plans is the at- tractiveness of strength. Many delegates went to be on the Bland band wagon if that Is where the band is to be, and in order to be sure of it, they give him the benefit of the doubt and decide to take a yeat with the promise to go elsewhere if the band does not come. me of the southern delegates, who are secretly committed against Bland, find that they must vote once for him on the first ballot. The result of this is that his vote may be so large on the first ballot that they canot desert him without subjecting them- selves to the charge of treachery. The friends of Teller do not admit that their plans are in danger of defeat, but it is evident that they are in serious dan- ger. J.P. M. LAWRENCE GARDNER CHOSEN. Will Represent the District on the National Committee. Special From a Staff Correspondent. CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, IL, July 9.—The District of Columbia delega- tion today elected Mr. Lawrence Gardner as the District's member of the national committee. On the first ballot the vote was three for Gardner, two for Jordan and oné for Norris. On the second bailot it was four for Gardner, one for Norris and one for Jordan. Frank Morgan changed his vote to Gard- ner and he was declured elected. The District delegation is responsible for the home rule plank in the democratic plat- form. They went before the committee on resolutions and made a strong fight for it. N. O. M. THE FRED WILLIAMS BOOM. Movement Begun to Pat Him on the Ticket. Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, July 9—The George Fred. Williams vice presidential boom is rapidly taking shape, and it is asserted that Texas, Kansas and Arkansas will cast their votes for him. Senator Jones of Arkansas Is sald to warmly favor the plan, as do many leaders. Altgeld is reported to have said that there was a great deal in that youth from Massachusetts, and that he had bet- ter be cultivated. Nor is Williams himself a reluctant witness of his own growing popularity. Among the silver men here the opinion prevails that with 4Villiams on the ticket Harvard College anti Beacon street would come out for free silver. They think he carries the vote of the Massa- chusetts independents in “his pocket, and have no doubt of his assertion that Massa- chusetts fs hopeful ground for the ticket. The Massachusetts delegation declare that such @ nomination would be preposterous; that his own state would rise in convention to protest. N. 0. M. COMMITTER ON RESOLUTIONS. Attempts to Amend the Platform Adopted Yesterday, CHICAGO, July 9.—The committee on resolutions is holding a session at the con- vention hall for the purpose of amending the platform adopted by the full committee yesterday. The session is not& very pleas- All About Washington. Everything you want to know about Washington is contained in The Evening Star Almanac, A ready and useful reference book of over 400 closely printed pages. For sale at The Even- ing Star office, 11th street and Pennsylvania avenue and at news stands, or mailed for cents. Every Endeavorer should should have one. ant one. A vote has just been taken upon the amendment offered by Bailey of Texas changing the financial plank so that it can- not be construed as a declaration against state banks. The amendment has just been voted upon by the committee. The Batley ent was offered as a substitute for a portion of the financial plank, and Tillman promptly moved to lay it on the table. The first vote stood 12 and 12, Another vote was ordered, and there were 10 yeas and 32 nays. The point of no quorum was mafe, the gold men of the committe> having refused to vote. Tillman made a protest against the mi- nority of the committee delaying business. Hill eatd that the action of the minority members was a matter for each to deter- mine for himself. A has been added reiterating the Prorouncements in previous platforms guaranteeing civil and religious liberty. The committee agreed upon amendments. to the platform, the most im- portant of which was the. followiag sub- stitution for the plank on bank issues: “Congress alone has power to coin and Is- sue money, and President Jackson declared that this power could not be delegated to corporations or to individuals. We, there- fore, denounce the issuance of notes es money for national banks as in derogation of the Constitution, and we demand that all paper which is made legal tender for pub- Mc and private debts, or which is receivable for dues to the United States shall be issued by the government of the United States, and shall be redeemable in coin.” At the suggestion of ex-Senator Walsh and Delegate Dwyer, the new committee- man from California, seconded by, Mr. Hol- man of Maine, the following was'added to the preamble: “The Constitution of the United States guarantees to every citizen the rights of civil and religious liberty. The democratic party has always been the exponent of political and religious freedom, and it re- news its obligations and reaffirms the de- votion to these fundamental principles cf the Constitution.” Additions were also made declaring for arbitration, and making the labor plank more explicit. Congressman Bryan offered the following pank, and it was adopted to form part of the platform: “We are in favor of the arbitration of dif- ferences between employers engaged in in- terstate commerce and their employes, and recommend such legislation as is necessary to carry out this principle.” —-———— THE MINORITY PLATFORM. Senator Hill Presents the Protests of the Gold Men. CHICAGO, July %.—Following is the re- port of the minority of the committee on resolutions, presented by Senator David B. Hill: “To the Democratic National Convention: Sixteen delegates, constituting the mifnor- ity of the committee on resolutions, find many declarationg in the report of the ma- jority to which they cannot give their as- ecnt. Some of these are wholly unnecss- sary. Some are ill considered and ambigu- ofSly phrased, while others are extreme, and revolutionary of the well-recognized principles of the party. ‘Fhe minority con- tent themselves with ‘this general expres- sion’ of their dissent. without going into a specific statement of these objectionable features of the report of the majority. “But upon the financial question, which ergages, at this time, thé chief share of pudlic“attention, the views of the majority differ so fundamentally from whet the minority think the vital democratic doc- trine as to demand a distinct statement of what they hold to as the only 4ust and true expression of democratic faith upon this paramount issue, as follows, which is of- fered as a substityte for the financial plank in the majority report: “We declare that our belief that the ex- periment on the part of the United States alone of free silver coinage and a change of the existing standard of value indo- pendently of the action of other great na- tions would not only imperil our finances, but would retard, or entirely prevent,the es- tablishment of international bimetallism, to ich the efforts of the government should be steadily directed. It would place this ccuntry at once upon a silver basis, im- pair contracts, disturb business, diminish the purchasing power of the wages of labor and inflict irreparable evils upon our »aiton’s commerce and jndustry. ntil Internation#i“Co-operation among the leading nations for the free coinage of silver can be secured, we favor the rigid maintenance of the existing gold standard as essential to the preservation of our na- tional credit, the redemption of our public pledges and the keeping inviolate of our -ountry’s honor. We insist that all our paper and silver currency shall be kept absolutely at a parity with gold. “The democratic party is the party of hard money, and is opposed to legal tender paper money as a part of our permanent financial system, and we therefure favor the gradual retirement and oancéllation of all United States notes and treasury notes, under such legislative provisions as will prevent undue contraction. We demand that the national credit shall be resolutely maintained at all times and under all cir- “ithe minority also feel. th “The minority also feel that the report of the majority is defective im falling to make any recognition of the honesty, econ- omy, courage and fidelity of the present democratic administration, and they there- fore offer the following declaration as an amendment to the majority report: “We commend the .hbdnesty, economy, courage and fidelity of the present demo- cratic national administration.” (Signed) David B. Hill, New York; Wm.i F. Vilas, Wisconsin; George Gray,’ Dela- Ware; John Prentiss Poe, Maryland; Irving W. Drew, New Hampshire; C. O. Holman, Maine; P. J. Farrell, Vermont; Lynde Har- rison, Connecticut; David F. Baker, Rhode Island; Thomas A. C. Weadock, Michigai James E. O’Brien, Minnesota; John E. Ru: sell, Massachusetts; Robert E. Wright, Pennsylvania; W. R. Steele, South Dakota: Allen McDermott, New Jersey; Charles D. Rodgers, Alaska, Senator Hill also offered the following amendments to the platform, and moved their adoption: “But it should be carefully provided by law at the same time that any change in the monetary standard should not apply to existing contracts. “Our advocacy of the independent free coinage of silver being based on belief that such coinage will affect and maintain a parity between gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1,’we declare as a pledge of our sincerity that if such ¥ree coinage shall fail to effect such parity within one year of its enactment by law, such coinage shall thereupon be suspende: —— The Convention’s Program. CHICAGO, July 9.—The program for the Platform 1s: After debate a motion will be made to lie on the table the minority re- port, and a separate vote on each propos!- tion by yeas and nays will be taken. An assignment for the benefit of their creditors was made today to Wm. C. Pren- tiss by the Haller and Richarde Company, said to be a West Virginia corporation en- gaged in the paperhanging business at 14th street and New York avenue. The assets are placed at $41,000 and the Nabilities at’ $23,543.23, —— Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, M4., July 9.>Flour duli_unchangea —roceipts, 3,176 -barrele; ‘shipments, 761" baneee sales, 830'varrels.. "Wheat steady spot ond ait? 601420044; August, 60%42001;; September, 66142003, pts, O0-S40" bunbela;” exports, fe bushels; sales, 42,000 lnushe wheat by sample, 55a62\; do. on grade, Corn quiet soeaoat tt 58a y. mouth abd August’ Ie 81%; September, 82 bid; steamer mixed 3u4ga30 —receipts, 56,123 bushels; exports, = Sos 227,779 bushels; sales, 71,000 bushels—southera white corn, 38%a34; do. yellow, 342344. Uate steady—No. 2 white western, 32%a22% o mixed do., 2 ports, 20,000 julet—No. fay au freights slow, unc Butter quiet, unchanged. Cheese firm, unchanged. W —— Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, ccrrespondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. aaa Bit 16 16 6.8 6.70 742 743 7300 7:33 3.; 8. Bat. 4 8. as 8.1 rs 8. 8. 850 8.50 8.1% 375 870 870 COTTON. High. Low. lose. 19 7.) Tie 1.16 te tS s8 fs 6.50 FINANCE AND TRADE The Market Still Remains Very Quiet. WANT OF CONFIDENCE IS THE RULE The Brokers Watching Things at Chicago. DISCOURAGED SPECULATORS ee een Npectal Dispatch to The Boning Star. NEW YORK, July 9.—Financial operae tions this morning presented few new feas tures, the small volume of business ertirely professional and void of character, London’s transactions were purely specu- lative, fractional advances invariably in- spiring profit taking. The net changes for the day were, for the most part, confined within narrow limits, but served to indicate want of confidence in immediate Improve- ment. The indifferent support accorded the more active issues encouraged a series of traders’ attacks, which were prevented from establishing material concessions by the occasional covering of short contracts. As it was, a slight increase in the aggres- siveness of the attack would have resulted in more substantial concessions. The day's developments at Chicago were “ot of a character to inspire either contl- dence or admiration, and consequently con: tributed Httle to the speculative situation. The-merits of the stlver cause seem des- tined to be overshadowed by the demerits of its advocates. A prolonged discussion of the subject by the anarchistic and revo- lutionary element is altogether desirabie, because of Its certainty to react against the cause itself. Degeneracy in politics cannot be expected to be indorsed by the voting majority nex! fall. While confidence in the triumph #ound money preval.s throughout conserva- Uve speculative circles, there is no serious belief in permanent improvement until af- ter the elections. Prices are relied upon to work toward a somewhat higher level in the meantime, but undertakings of suffi- cient volume to dominate an active market are not likely to be inaugurated until po litical doubts are entirely dispelled. An attack on Americen Sugar at the close of the noon hour,®resulting in a de- cline of 1% per cent, had a sympathetic in- fluence on the general list. Manhattan and the Grangers were especially conspicuous during this period, concessions being easily established under moderate transactions, The international list was sold by tradors in anticipation of sales by London tomor- row, the prominence given the proceedings at Chicago not being calculated to inspire confidence abroad. There was almost ne legitimate outside business recorded during this late period of depression, and a sharp recovery in prices would follow should the foreign demand continue. In the event of London's realizing on recent purcha: many of which reflect only smal ¢raction: profits, the outstanding local short intere est might be covered without materially improving valuggy The covering Of the short interest undeg, such circumstances would destroy the ont strong argument for @ raily in prices, establish che present low level as a Hi for continued pessimistic operations. Lone don’s attitude will in all probability a nate the immediate course of prices, will be carefully studied by the farsight element. The present satisfactory co! tion of the foreign exchange market camel not be maintained should foreign selling resumed. As the volume of euch eales creases so will the anxiety incident to Gepletion ,of the gold reserve inc Neither of these events are desirable f this juncture. ————__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ‘The foll are the opening, the hi and the lowest and the closing prices . New York stock market today, as abigail stock exc! len Moore & ley, No. 60 iway. Open. High. Low. Clos, i American Bugar........ 100% 110% 107% 10g | American Sugar, Pralc: io doug tol American T: co. 61% oF 61 1 30 10 18) H 1 18) it Den. & R. Grande, Pfa, Dis. & Cattle Feeding.. General Electric. Ullnois Central Lake Shore. Louisvilie & jashville.. Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction... tee = ichigan Central. M iri Paci issous tional Lead Co. ational Lead Co. U. 5. Leather, Prd. New Jersey Central. New York Central NY. &N. Eng. Cf N. ¥.C. & St. Louit Northern Pacific........ Northern Pacific, Pfd... North American. 1os_regular call—12 o'clock m.—United States rie Light, 5 at 106, 4 at 106, Bonds.—U. 8. 4s, registered, . 8. 48, coupon, bi U.S 4a, 1985, 1164 bid, 117 asked. US. 112% bid, 1134 asked. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year Fund. 104 bid, 3 Fund. gold Ge, 110 bid. | W Stock 190 0 bid. | Water Stock cue. rency jo bid. Fund. currency 8.658, BOS isccliancous Bonda.—Metropoltian allroad cong, . 115g bid, 132 asked. Belt Ratlrond Se, 66 asked, Faxington Rallroad 63,100 asked ame Dia Railroad @s, 118 asked. Jiington Gas Come pany, ser. A, Gs, 111 bid. Washington Gne Com pany, ser. B, 68,"111% bid. Wastington Gas Oome any conv, a, 200 id) 230 asked. Chesapeake an ptomac ‘Telephone 100 Did. A: arity and Trust Ss, F. and A. pany eaten, oe 109 bid. Washington mSieall Awsociation fx, 108 iid. 109 bid. Masonic I National Bank Stocks. Rank of Washington, 239 Md Bank of Republic, 240 bid. Metropolitas, 280 itd, 300 asked. Cntral, 270 bid. Fai Ps bid. Serond, 128 td tae 120 bid. Colainoia, 120 ns", bie West End, 107 bid, 110 a re, Lincoin, "97 bid," 107 tae 85 ‘bid. » Deposit and Trust Companies. National Safe Deposit aod Trust, 110. Md. 18 asked Washinee Americam ton Ivan and Trust, 118 bid, 122 asked Security and Trust, 138 bid, 145 asked. Ratiroad Stocks. pital “Fraction Company, @8 ced. Metropolitan, 105 bid. Col elt, 35 asked. Ecking*on, 3 oeerere 5 bid, 35 asked. ctrie Light Stocks. Washington Gea, cd. Cidited States Elects Light, 44, Lid, 4644 ask 103 Did. 107 asked. Insurance Stocks. Firemen’s, 32 Fr 28 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 60 DME Potomac, 65 bdl. Arlington, 130 bid. ered al bid. ae Union, foie Columbia, 1 asked. es, asked. Be bid Lanes Eid rae | Title Insurance Real Estate Title, 199 ef. bia Title, 5 bid, 6 aske@ fai Title, 5 prenin, tes ak’ ke ant Petopee, 0) Ug hated "Americ raph one, 5 L. Gi te, pfd., 11 asked. sidigiccae Stocks. —Mey bid, 123 asked. Lanst song Eras ie asked. Lanston asked. Washington Market, 12° bid, ‘1m eee 1 ed. 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