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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 1U, 1596. gerald, Leake, Dwyer, Metzger, m, Maier, Trippett, Choreh. 2 Fisher—Foote, Maguire, Dozier, Lane,’ Caminetti, Burke. y In this contest was an element not seen” on the surface. Weagock has made a firm fight in Michigan against the A«P. A. The members of that organizasion in this convention banded against him. Mr. Foote, who was willing to walk to Sacra- mento o blow out a dark lantern. is the toast in the lodges of intolerance to-day throughout Michigan. Interest in the convention asa siaughter- house ceased with this rollcall. There will be furious scenes over the personality of candidates, but public interest lags. When an assassin wounds his victim with the first shot thereis an excited rush to the rescue, but when his work is finished Do one tries to keep him from firifag into the corpse, for be cannot hurt it. The z v then takes an interest only in his punishment. The platform will be discussed to-day. The msjority has refused in the commit- tee as it will in the convention to protect existing contracts. The money plank pro- vides for the repudiationof 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 repudiatiug past contracts it might as well be applied ex-post-facto to the rights of persons and devote to penal servitude | the men who made the contracts which it | reaches backward to destroy. It also at- s life tenure in office which thbe con-| n grants to Judges of the Federal and which is one of the prime| rds against anarchy. It is said this ok was drawn by Del The minority report on the money plank was presented and Tillman opened the de- bate. He was coldly received. In ten minutes he lost control of the convention and andience and then lost his voice, his head and everything but his venom. ‘When he abused Cleveland and Carlisle, the hisses sounded like stesm escaping | from a thousand boilers. When he boasted | that South Carolina broke up the Demo- cratic party in 1860 on a sectional issue and that the silver issue is sectional, his less frank ex-Confederate comrades were uneasy. When he closed, poor old Jones of Arkansas had to get out his vocal neeale and thread, and patch the tatters Tillman had torn with his fangs. Jones wept that any one should have mentioned sectional- ism. Asior him he was willing to dieas often as necessary for silver. After the moist Jones had been wiped off the stage, Senator Hili 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 hats and handkerchiefs, stamped and stormea. The chairman, Richardson of Tennessee, was mad of course and tried to stop it, but the more | he tried the more it wouldn't stop. The | 8 0ld Isham Harris put bis rubber tobacco sack between his toothless gums in mis- take for tobacco a2nd chewed it, i the thunder rose and roared and rolled. The old Democracy quit when it got ready | and Hill's first sentence rang 1o the rafiers | of the great place: *I am a Democrat,” said he, “but not a I That stated the case and liowed left this majority | of reds and L.adgarts not a leg to siand | on. Vilas Russell foliowed in sup- port of the minority, and then Mr. Bryan | of Nebr Bryaned. With the rolleall { the convention had been to the litter of Presidential ns which have been mewling and 1g in their nurses’ arms for a week. Wkat follows to the end is not im- portant. The party may go into the hands of a receiver, but the country won't. To-night people are leaving. The third- rate crators of the convention are picked out to make specches for the third-rate candidates and the fourth-rate orators to second the sime. 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. The advice of Stewart, Jones of Nevada, Dubois, Martin, Carter, Debs, Herr Most and Herr Altgeld is more to Joseph’s rank Kentucky taste than that of Democrats. Joux P. Ipmsa. TO NOTIFY NOMINEES. Members of the Various Delega~- tions Who Will Act in That Pleasant -Capacity. CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, 1., July 9.—The committee to ngiify the can- ditates of their nomination is composed of the following delegates. | | Vice- Srare | Pamsmmst. | p NITRL 4. 3. Willest ... |J. A. Rountree Paul Jones .. C. R.('olllhl __|J. W. Church eil son Lynde Harris ortird Kruoger| . Elliott Danforth D, Beckwith Geo. 8. Cowell.. | 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 pamed will call upon the Presidential and the second upon the Vice-Presidential nominee. it —_— McKinley’s Complacency. , CANTON, O=mro, 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 ;amplmm by the Republican candi- ate. There were a large number of callers at the McKinley residence to-day, among thém Francesco Guardabassi, the Italian painter. —_——— Cleveland Goes Fishing. BUZZARDS BAY, Mass., july 9.—The President spent very little time to-dsy reading bulletins from Chicago, but en- joyed the fishing. The P t has R0t expres bimself on the dsiiberations ar. DEMAGOGUE TILLAN, Vented His Venom on Men of the New York Delegation. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ASSAILED. People Leave the Coliseum Rather Than Listen to His Outcry. BLUSTER AND INSULT HIS ‘WEAPONS. | His Speech Worked a Great Injury to the Cause He Desired to Further. Tas CaLv's HEADQUARTERS, Great NosTHERN HoTEL, } Cxrrcaso, fiL, July 9. Pitchfork Tillman of South Carolina became to-day the evil eye of the Demo- cratic party. He placed upon it a hoodoo from which it will take many years to re- cover. He has become the tagathi, the bad medicine man, the evil-omened totem, casting a shadow upon the once brilliant prospects of that bistoric party which lost its power and its prestige when its ablest leaders were turned down by loud- mouthed iconoclasts. Tillman’s speech to-day was & rare speci- men of demagogism. He some time ago achieved some reputation by a violent, virulent, ungentlemanly and unstates- manlike attack in the Senate of the United States upon the Democratic party, and has'made since then several otber speeches of an incendiary tenor. His language was of such grossness that the ears of the groundlings were tickled, and he became very popular with the corner- grocery | loafer element of the Democratic party in the South. Tillman is not in any sense a man of large caliber. He is simply a demagogus. He is a trimmer, whose harsh, high voice | echoes the execrations of thediscontented, |and whose ageressive and unintellectual countenance is seen in the van of every lawless mob. Much was expected of him to-day when he appeared upon the platiorm for the purpose of advocating the adoption of the silver 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 the scene of battie and with nothing but the cold type before them could read at their leisure, digest and approve. It was expected aiso that in Senator Tillman the Sunny South, the land of chivalry, the home of gallant men end fair women, would find an advocate worthy alike of her people, ber clime and her glorious history. But what a disappointment it was. Instead of the utterances of & well-bred, high-minded gentleman, & scholar, a statesman, a poet, such as the South in ber palmy days used to honor, the 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 cross-roads grogzery. 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 sct. The greater partof his speech was a coarse and uncalled-for attack upon his colleagues from New York, who through rain and shine, through vpeace 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, likea ward-heeler, crowed exultingly over their defeat. Then, with the note of a dema- gogue, he committed the unpardonable, impolitic, unstatesmanlike and ungentle- manly act of assailing in a National Demoeratic Convention the ~President whom the Democracy cf the United States placed at the bead of the Natior. 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, remerked 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 barmony in the party, the other to insultand hamiliation, Senator Tillman, with the instincts of a political ruffian, took the road that led to insuit. Every word uttered by this fiery demagogue served as a wedge to split the Democratic party wide open. After Tillman had been speaking about thirty minutes he was hissed by the mag- nanimous men of the North, the noble- hearted men of the West, the chivalric men of the South,and ignored by the men of the East with that silent contempt which is ever the shieid 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 their inattention. They turned and con- versed with one anotber in loud tones. Many left the hall, preferring a bite of even a Chicago sandwich to remaining and listening to the Tillman flow of words. In fact this inattention was so marked and the hubbub of coaversation 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 it nut a respectful hearing. The star of Tillman set behind the hoti- zon to-day with his final bow. With his closing sentence the idol of Carolina lay broken, humiliatea and disgraced in the eves of all honest Democrats, at the foot of the flimsy pedestal on which it had been reared. His remarks concerning the New York delegation 1n particular and the New York Democracy in general were resented by every man in the convention who knew and respected tbe patriotism, the party 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 have ceased to be even a memory. Tbere is a feeling of justice and magnanimity sleep- ing at the base of every man's heari, whether he be savage or civilized, and this feeling was stirred into tife by the rancor- ous words of Tiliman of the evil eye. ‘When the gallant David Bennett Hill of New York appeared upon the platform, he was greeted with & round of cheers and | Stevenson was not named by Illinois. His boom, however, is growing and his name will be presented later, if the East accepts him as a compromise candidate. i 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, | bowever, and its plan of campaign is withheld from the public. with s spontaneous outburst of enthusi- asm, which must have cut deeply into the pride of the South Carolinan who had abused him. This outburstof applause was intended and interpreted as a well- merited rebuke to demagogy, unman- liness and abuse, but the programme of Boss Altgeld bad to be followed to its logi- cal termination, and the speech of Tillman went along with the hide and borns. 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 isof them is a charred stick. . I was very much disappointed in Sena- tor Tillman. I had thought he was & sin- cere patriot suffering in secret for tne wrongs of his people and manly enough to stand up in the Senate and denounce political corruption, even though it reeked 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, glorify secession and the firing upon the flag at Fort Sumter, I saw at once that ke was playing for popu- larity with the very lowes: and most dis- loyal element of tbe South. To-day ends Tillman’s career as statesman and poli- tician. His speech was that of a ward heeler, and it will not be long before he will occupy a niche which he fits so well —that of a successful police court lawyer, Jory Pauw CosGRAvE. DEMOCRACYS GREAT NATIONAL CICUS [Continued from First Pae.| tion were named by noted orators and the | usual demonstrations held. Bland was cheered to the echo,and a scene of the wildest enthusiasm ensuned when Senator Vest mentioned his name at the end of his nominating speach. Bryan, suddeunly injected inio the list of probable candidates by bis speech of the morning, was put before the 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 pi , and equal to the demonstration for Blana was that which Tollowed the Georgia delegate’s address. A girl in white, frantic in her enthusiasm for Horace Boies, leaped to a chair in the gellery and waved a Boies banner with frenzied vebemence, and nearly every man in the vast hall, whetter from gallantry or actual sympathy, rose and cheered with a right good wiil. And when the pretty young woman, swaying, jumping, clapping ber hands and giving vent to her 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 her enthusiam and shouted approvel 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. s ELOQUENCE AND UPROAR. Tillman, H!ll and Bryan Among Those to Attract the Greatest Attention. CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, TrL. July 9.—The delegates were slow in reach- ing Convention Hall this morning, and it was nearly 11 o’clock before the fail of the | gavel announced that another day’s ses- sion of the National Democratic Conven- tion had.begun. There were at that time many empty seats in the part of the hall reserved for the delegates, but the seats of the spectators were all 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 the A. P, A.,and de- claring that every citizen of the United States is entitled to civil and religious liberty. There was considerabie discussion, too, as to the 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 deliberations of this convention. We will return home silently, will hold an early State Convention, and will there decide what we shali do.” Although the platform had been almost completed yesterday the committee on resolutions went into session shortly be- fore 10 o'clock this morning to put the fin ishing touches to it. Neither Senator Hill, ex-Governor Russell nor any of the promi- uent gold leaders on the committee were at the meeting when it was called to order. About two-thirds of the members were present. Benator Hill entered the com- mittee-room at 10 o’clock. 1t was just 10:52 when the chairman called the convention to order. Senator White of California, permanent chairman, called the assembly to order. Prayer was offered by Rev. Thomas E. Green, who offered prayer yesterday. Rep- resentative Richardson of Tennessee was then cailed to the chair. Senator Jones of Arkansas pfesented the report of the committee on platform and the various points in the tiorm were enthusiastically cheered as they were read. When the ban plank was some one in the front aisle unfurled the x‘nvfi it. ;,tuhh effort “d thuglx. e Was prom; suppressed b; e chairman, who nppd, sharply and {eom- manded the sergeant-at-arms to “Haul down that " which was immediately done and the t was brought to an 0m10! fiho E;tlann issubstantially as prepared Benator Hill presented & minority report Farmer Bland Yet Leads. “THE CALL'S” HEA]}):%EARTEBS. inate him under the two-thirds rule. o | CHICAGO, ILL., JULY 10, 1:30 A. M. 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'cloek this morning the cool and calculating heads saw no change in the situation, save the wonderfu! strength of Bryan of Nebraska. They realized, however, that his streagth was with the galleries, not with the delegations. Bryan hynotized the convention by his magnificent oratorical display of ye-ter- day afterncon during the debate on the platform. The indescribable demonstration that foliowed his outburst of passion and invective was greater than the ovation that areeted the reception of his being placed in nomination at the later sesdion. Will Bryan succeed? is a question that the delegates are sleeping on to-night. Bland will have a Jarge majority on the first ballot to-day, but not sufficient to nom- GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, % | The night session of the convention was picturesque and demonstrative. Delegates and visitors seem exhansted 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. Fraxx McGurre. from the committee on resolutions, which condemns free coinage of silver, and de- mands that ail money be kepton a parity with gold. Another plank indorses the administration of Cleveland. Both these planks were enthusiastically cheered, es- pecially the latter. Many of the delezates and the larger part of the audience sprang 10 their feet ana waved hats and handker- chiefs, while the cheering and applause | showea that Cleveland bad not yet lost all his popularity. Two amendments were then read by Senator Hill as follows: First amendment: *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 the 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 frce coinage shall faul 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 “iying” newapapers had misrepre- sented him when they called him the “pitchfork man” from South Carolina, | 2nd said that he came from the Secession. He denounced these siatements as an in- sult to South Carolina. They were there, he said, to inaugurate a war to liverate the white slaves. He did not know hether he could be looked on as the rep- resentative of the whole South. His listeners seemed to bave the same doubt, for there were many cries of *“No, no,” and much confusion. Tillman resumed: “We bave 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 & sectional issue.” | The speaker was here interrupted by | cheers and Lisses, the hisses predomi- | nating. The speaker stood until silence bad heen restored and then eaid that the facts would never be changed by hissing. He asked if New York and Peansylvania 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 the speaker was interrupted by im- patient sbouts from the galleries of “Time,” “Time,” but he went on without paying attention to them. He said that the sectionalism was between the people and the great money oligarchy of the East and asked, “Where is tie New York leader now ?”’ This question again excited the galleries and was greeted with laughter, cheers and nisses. Then one man cailed out, as an answer, “In the scup!” Another called for Herr Most. And then there were cries throughout the audience for Hill, and for a while confusion reigned. Tiliman be- came angry as the confusion increased, and said that he would have his say it he had to stand there until sundown. Finally, when quiet was restored, he said that the New York Semator would bave his turn on the platform. Hill had forced the present issue and would have a chance to explain his reasons. To indorse the aaministration of Presi- dent Cleveland would be to write them- | selves asses and liars. He spoke of the | bond syndicate and denounced Cleveland for overriding his oath and invading ibe | 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, & resolution whick read as follows: ““We denounce the administration of Pres- 1dent Cleveland as un-Democratic and tyrannical and as s departure from those prineiples prized by all liberty-loving Americans; the veto power used to thwart the 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 the free exercise ot their constitutional rights as voters, and the plutocratic despotism thus sought to be established on the ruins of the Republic. “We repudiate the construction placed on the financial plank ot the 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; the 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 the 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 be was fol- lowed by 8enator Jones of Arkansas, who, of course, spoke in favor of the majority | report. This was not, he said, a question ‘of section. He loved the whole of this great country and would lay down his life for it. He loved it beyond all guestion of sectionalism. They were now engaged in an effort to restore the libertiesof their fathers. His reference to the John Sherman and Cleveland republicanism was greeted with lsughter and cheers. He said that they had repudiated sin in the piatform, but had not mentioned the sinner. He de- nounced Cleveland as un-Democratic and tyrannical, and offered an amendment to the platiorm to that effect. He , moreover, the issue of bonds in time of hu 4 usurpation of authority desery- 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 platiorm to speak for the substitute plank and a scene that approached in enthusiasm that of last night, when New York cast her sev- enty-two votes for the minority report of the credentials committee, began. Dele- Rates stood on chairs and waved hats, fans and bandkerchiefs. Mr. Whitney rose with the rest and the sight of his erect figure brought many to their feet. The galleries seemed to rise as s 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 his enthusiastic friends, He showed no feeling in facial expression, and glanced straight ahead. I Then gradually the tumult ended and finally silence reigned. Mr. Hill began in slow and distinct tones, saying that, fol- lowing the course of the Senator from South Carolina, he would introduce him- self by saying, “I am a Democrat, but Iam not a revolutionist.” [Cheers.] ‘Without intending to especially reply to the remarks of the distinguished Senator from South Carolina, he 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 be xnew they would hear him for his cause. New York made no apology 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 asgerted this propasition: 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 glone, but differed as to the means that should be employed to atfain their end. Cne side favored the co-operation of other nations. It was not a question of courage. It was & 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-dsy. He did not believe they could ignore the financial system. It flattered American pride to say this issue was big enongh to stand alone. But if we carried this out to its legitimate conclusion we might as well do away with all international commer- cial treaties. He further thought it une wise to depend upon a single ratio. The platform should have stopped at demand- ing the remonetization of silver. Instead of that, the plaitform made the test of Democratic loyalty hang upon the sing! ratio of 16 to 1. He saw before him di: tinguished free-coinage Senators who had introduced biils advoeating other ratios. The platform said the gold policy was the policy of England. It forgot to say that there was a French policy also, a German policy, a Spanish policy—that in fact it was the policy of the world as represented by the States of the Latin Union. He took it for granted that this conven- tion was in favor of maintaining the silver dollar on a parity with every other dollar, but the platform said not a word about 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 wasa ques- tion, as he had seid, of economics, and therefore in the- opinion of the minority tbe safest course was to advocate inter- national monometalism and stop there. Thecriticism 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 Republi- ban planks. He did not like many of the planks in the Democratic platform, and he thought if the wise counsels of the Senator from Arkansas (Jones) had pre- vailed it would have been different. There- fore, when that Senator said the platiorm meant whatit said and said what it means, he would like some one to explain what ‘was meant by the plank about theissue 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 the followers of Tilden, who all his iife opposed this iniquitous tax, were now required as a test of their Democracy to express their belief in the constitutionality of an income tax? ‘Was it wise, he asked, 0 attack the Su- preme Court of your country? [Cheers.] “Wili some one tell me,”” he continded, “what that clause means in this platform? If you mean what you say and say what 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 rollow any such revo- lutionary step as that.” [Cheers.] Then he asked if they had not trouble enough without putting in all these un- necessary and foolish things. What more have you done? 8 *“You have for the first time,” he said, in a Democratic platform the our Judges. How foolish to insert that ‘provision.” 8till more foolish, he contended, was the condemnation of the issue of bonds, That meant the repeal of the resumption act and repudiation. [Cheers.] The state- ment implied that not even Congress bad the 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 bitls to autborize the issue of bonds for the Nicaragua canal and other purposes. [Laughter and applause.] He summarized the results which would have followed if the President bad not made use of the authority conferred upon him and issued bonds. Speaking of the j deficit of fifty millions which had arisen because a tanff bill passed by the Demo- cratic party bad not ‘‘as yat” (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 school district in the country. The burden imposed upon the Eastern States by this silver plank was all they could reasonabdly be expected to carry without imposing on them all the addi- tional issues. He did pot believe in driv- ing men out of the 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. [Loud 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 hall cried * Turaning in that direction Mr. Hill said with bitter intonation: “My friend says ‘No.” " Then raising nis voice to its full pitch, he asked: “Who is there to speak for the Populists in a Democratic conven- uon?’ [Cheers, remewed again and again.] Senator Hili brought Lis speech to a close by a recapitulation of the defects he | 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 speazer bad been since the opening of the convention. The dem- onstration over Senator Hill was at its beight when Senator Vilas ascended the | platform to support his colleague’s argo- | 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. Vilas 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 troposed attempt at party revolution. If the majority persistea in its revolutionary methods they were sure to meet a fearful penalty. This platform would not produce bimetallism. Itwasin 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. The Act of 1834 was the real Demo- cratic measure; it was created under Democratic leadership. That was dis- tinetly a gold measure. The go!d stand- ard was now accused of responsibility for all the prevailing evils, but it was never so credited when prices rose.”’ “Would you,”” he asked, “‘stop the change «f prices, stop enterprise, prevent trans- portation? Take from the farmer the 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—one of our own people. He protested against the assump- tion that this was a nation of dishonest debtors. [Applause.] In the languags of Lincoln, “vou may fool all the people some of the time; you may fool some of the people all the time, but you cannot | fool all 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 1t should ever come about it wculd result in direct calamity. 1f that calamity ever came, let us regem- ber who were its authors. He appealed to the Southern Demoerats to desist in their attempt to bring sbout a change in civiliza- | tion at which the whole worid 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 of this issue. He was conscious, painfully conscicus, that the mind of this convention was not and bhad not been oven to conviction. He knew that the policy which jagzled down rights and invaded the sovereienty of Etates was to be rigidly enforced. But the country, if not this convention, would listen to the higher protest. [Cheers.] He spoke, and he bad a right to speax, for the Democracy of his com monwealtn. He had seen it in its darkest days following the principles of Democracy with an abia- ing faith, and they lived o see the day when for three successive years they had seen the banners of Democracy trium- phant in Massachusetts over the cohorts of Republican protection. This was on great National issues. Hedid not believe he should have lived to see the day when three great principles would be forgotten in a Democratic convention and they should be invited under new and redical leadership and a new and radical policy, at the demand of a section, on the grouna 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 Wiiliams. Hesaid: “In these debates I have heard one false note from the commonwealth of Massachusetts. I answer him not in anger but in sorrow, and T appeal to you, my fellow delegates, and ask, Do I ordo 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 sacond thought of the people, then the protest of the minority here will be held as the ark of the covenant of the Faith f{cheers], where all Democrats will be united and go forth to fight for the ol principles ana carry them to triumphal victory. Cheer after cheer went up as Bryan of Nebraska, tall, smooth-faced, youthful- looking, leaped up the platform stens, twoat a time, to close the debste. Ban- ners “‘:‘d b.o.l:‘ the free silver delega- tions, kerchiels, newspapers, hats, fans and canes were brought into doctrine of our fathers, of a life tenure for | play by the entbustastic crowd. At one i the applause became deafening, and :::l‘d not beppuup ressed by Mr. Ricbard- son, who was sfill acting as temporary chairman. When quiet had been restored Mr. Brfan began spesking clearly and de- liverately. Toe belief in the honor of a righteous cause was stronger than the pre- dictions of disaster. He would move to lay on the table the resolutions in con- demnation of the administration. [Chgern.] This was not & guestion thet permitted descent into personalities. This had been a great contest. Never before had so great an 1ssue been fought out. _Ha sketched the growth of the free silver idea in the Democratic ranks. and told of the 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; juggmemnorder_;d by the le. As individuals, he saig, lh’ou wg?n}: he represented might baye been willing to compliment the gemtie- man from New York (Mr. Hill), but they were unwilling to put him in a position where he could thwart the will of the Democratic party. -[Cheers.] He claimed for his people that they were the equals of the peorle of Massachusetts [cheers], and when the people of Massa- chusetts came to the people of Nebraska and said, “You have disturbed our busi- ness,’’ the pepple of Nebraska replied to ti.e 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 | businass man as hisemployer. [Applause.] The farmer who goes out to toil in the mormmng is as much s 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 cheering.] Mr. Bryan said those represeated were tired of submitting to the 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 wild excitement and cheering, which lasted several minutes. “What we need,” Bryan continued ‘‘is an Andrew Jackson, to stand as Andrew Jackson stood against the National banks. We are toid that our platform is made to catech votes. We reply to them that changed conditions make new issues. The principles on which Democracy rests are as everiasting as the hills, but they must be applied to new conditions as they arise. *New conditions have arisen and we are aitempting 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 fanit with us for our criticism of the Supreme Court of the United Btates. We have not criticized it. ‘We have simply called attention to it. If you want a criticism of the court mn the | matter of the income tax read the dis- senting opinions of the Judges. “They say that we passed an unconsti- tutional 1aw. 1denyit. The income tax was not unconstitutional when it went be- fore the Supreme Court for the first time. It did not become unconstitutional until one judge 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 isa just law and I am in favor of it. [Applause.] And when I find & man who is not willing to pay his share of the burdens of the Government which protects him I find 8 man who is unworthy te enjoy the blessings of a Gov- ernment like ours. [Loud cheers.] “They say that we are opposing the Na- tiona!l bank currency. Itistrue. Thomas Benton said that in searching history he could find but ons parallel to Andrew Jackson, that when Cicero destroyed the he conspiracy of Cataline ard saved Rome did for Rome what Jackson did waen he destroyed the bank conspirsey sad ‘nved America. We say in onr platiorm that the right to coin and issue money is a function of Government. We believe that that power of sovereigniy can no more with safety be dele ated 1o private corporations than the power to enact penal statutes or levy taxation. “Mr. Jefferson, who was once regarded as good Democratic authority, seems to bave had a different opinion from the Senator from New York. They tell us that the issuance of paper money isthe function of Lanks and that the Govern- ment ought to go out of the banking busi- ness. I stand with Jefferson and tell them ashe did that the irsue of money isa function of government and that the banks ought to go out of the governing business. [Cheers 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 without protecting those who have loaned money before the change is made, I want to ask bim where. in law or in morals, he can find authority for not protecting the debtors when the act of 1373 was passed. “The Benator from New York aiso asks about the consequenceof a failure to main- tain parity. My reply is that we cannot couple the platform with a doubt as toour own sincerity. He says be 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? [Appiause and laughter.] They have tried for twenty years to secure an international agreement for bimetallism and those who are waiting for it most patiently do not want itatall. [Avplause and laughter.] *“Ii they ask why it is that we say mare on the money question than on the tariff question, we reply that if protection has slain its thousands the gold standard has slain its tens of thousands. [Oheers.] If they ask us why not embody in the plat- form all4hose things that we believe, my reply is that 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 tue senti- ment of this country? Three months ago NEW TO-DAY. INFANT HEALTH SENT FREE AT book hmg:‘.l-ud that should be in every by the manufacturers oi the Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk N.'Y. 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