The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1896 it was confidently asserted that those who believe in the gold standard would form a platform and nominate and elect a candi- aate, and they had good reason for the assertion. Because there is scarcely a State here to-day asking for a gold stan- dard that is not within the absolute con- trol of the Republican party. Mr. Mec- Kinley was nominated at St. Louis on a platform which declares for the mainte- nance of the gold standard until it shall | I be changed into bimetallism by interna- | tional agreement. Mr. McKinley was the most popular man among the Repub- licans, and three months ago eve}'ybud_y in the Republican party prophesied his election. | “How is it to-day? That man who used | to boast that he looks like Napoleon [laughter] shudders to-day when he thinks | that he was nominated on the anniver- 9 N sary of the battle of Waterlco, [Cheers.] | He can fancy that he hears in the distance the sound of the waves as they beat on the | loncly shores of St. Helena. [Cheers.] | Why this change? Ab, my friends, the | change is evident to any one who looks at the matter. It is because no private char- acter, however pure, no personal popular- ity, however great, can protect from the avenging wrath of an indignant people. | The man who would declare that he is in fayor of foisting the gold standard on this people or who is willing to surrender the right of self-government and to place legislative control in the hands of foreign potentates and powers cannot hope for an election to the Presidency of the United States. ‘We go forth,”’ said the orator, ‘confi- da nat we shell win, Why? Bacause there is not a spot of ground upon which | the advocates of the gold standard can meet us. You tell us the great cities are | in favor of the gold standard. Burndown your cities and leave our farms and your cities will grow up again. But destroy our ferms and the grass will grow in every city ot the Union, [Great cheering.] “My friends,” he continued, “we shall declare that this Nation is able to lecislate for its people upon every question without waiting for the consent of any other na- tion on earth, and upon that issue we expect to carry every State in this cono- 2 [ at cheers.] It is the issue of over again. OQurancestors, when only 3,000,000 in number, declared their inde- pendence of every nation on earth. Shall we, when grown to 70,000,000, have less courage? If they say we cannot have bi- :tallism until some other nation assists, ngiand adopt it because tbe United \tes has led the way. [Cheers.] We all answer their demand for the gold standard by saying to them: ‘You shall not press dewn upon the brow of labor s crown of thorns. v mankind upon a cross of gold.’ Tremendous cheering.] I | Then ensued perhaps the most extraor- | dinary scene ot thisextraordinary conven- | As if by the magic touch of a wand, tion sfter delegation rose in solid and gave vent to the most enthu- siastic demonstration in honor of the Ne- braska orator. Everybody stood up, even the Bastern men, who at first were dis- posed to remain in their seats. Western- shouted, waved handkerchiefs, hats, , canes, umbrellas and anything else conspicuous and portable. Deafening cheers rent the air and articies of every de- scription were thrown high above the surging sea of humanity. The staffs bear- ing the names of the States were held aloft with flags and other things on top and waved to and iro. When that pastime be- ame tootame, led by Delegate Gatewood of Texas, nearly all of the silver Statesand Territories and some gold States joined in 8 procession. bearing the State poles, and marched in trinmph around the floor. Some of the Eastern States kept their si nstaffsin their places and confined their expressions to standing up and giving a miid cheer as individuals. This furore continued for a quarter of an hour, and no efforts were made by the chairman or sergeant-at-arms to check its tempestuous progress. Away to the west and north and the south of the piatform in the multitude of spectators the demon- | stration of the delegates was repeated. Hundreds of umbrellas were opened by apoarently crazed people. Harmless mis- siles of paper and other things were hurled through the air on delegates’ heads. The remarkable feature of this wild out- break was that its spontaneity was appar- ent, and it was =0 much a personal tribute to Bryan that Eastern delegates who dif- fered from him caught the infection and joined in moderately. Nebraska’s delega- tion was the cynosure of observation, and the smooth-faced silver champion who had electrified the convention sat an- moved in his seat at the edge of the aisle opposite his opponent from New York, Senator Hill. ‘When some degree of quiet was restorad the previous question was ordered on the platform and all amendments. Mr. Hill requested a call of States on his vroposed financial plank, and at3:15 the yoting be- gan upon Mr. Hill’s proposed substitut for the free-coinage plank. It resulted: Ayes 303, noes 626, as follows: 13]a Alabama. North Dakota. Oni 3 3 egon Slvel Pennsyivania . | Rhode Island South Curolin: South Dakota. & Bok! @ Indian Territory - District of Col [LLT LT Mr. Hill said he did not desire a call of States upon his two financial amend- ments, but he did desire a vote by States on the resolution commending the admin- istration., The rollcall was begun at 3:47. The result of the rolicall on the resolu- tion indorsing the administration was an- nounced: Ayes, 357; noes, 564; not voting and absent, 9; total, 930. 'This announce- You shall not | (o ment accounted for all the delegates snd was greeted with applause aad hisses. In detail the vote on the Cleveland resolution was as follows: Maine . Maryland ... . Massachusetts Mississipp! Missouri. Montana ebraska. vada T ™ e GERERN i South Dakota Tennessee Washington. West Virginia . Wiscops'n. Wyomin A ask: A 5 8 6 Indian Terriior: 6 357/564 Totals. s YT not YotiDE: - North Dakota—One not vouing. _west Virginia—One not otiug. Absent or ot voting, 9. Mr. Hill's two financial amendments were then voted down viva voce. Mr. Tillman rose to ask the parliamentary status of his amendment condemning the administration. The chair replied that it was still pending if the gentieman desired to press it, Mr. Tillman replied thatas the failure to indorse was equivalent to a vote of censure he withdrew his amend- ment. At 4:37 ». M. the roll of States was called on the adoption of the platform as reported by the committee on resolutions. The result was announced: Ayes, 628; noes, 301; absent, 1. Total, 930, as follows: Rhode Island South Carolina. Oklahoma. . Indian Terril Totals... #Absent one. B 30; = The official declarations of Georgia and Louisiana in favor of Bryan for the nom- ination caused rumors galore, and reports fairly flew about that other States would fall into the Bryan column. Illinois was mentioned as ‘one of these. Governor Altgeld denied the rumor, however, say- ing: *It is absolutely untrue. Illinois has alreauy declared in favor ot Mr. Blana.” The friends of Mr. Bryan left the con- vention hall at recess confident of nom- inating their man, and if appearances count for anything they were certainly justified in their enthusiasm for him. P\pioston waes AT THE EVENING SESSION. Statesmen GroGoquent In Plac- ing the Various Candidates in Nomination. CHICAGO, Iy, July 9.—The masses of spectators at this evening's session were, if possible, denser and the excitement more intense than at any previous session of the convention, because the crisis of the nominating speeches and the balloting for Presidential candidates had arrived. There was not a vacant seat outside of the sec- tions for delegates and alternates at 8 o’clock, the hour to which the recess ex- tended, and still the crowds kept pouring in as though the supply of tickets was in- exhaustible and tbe capacity of the spa- cious and magnificent hall could not be put to too severe a test. The illumination by electric lamps was perfect but the heat stifling. The New York delegation held a caucus before coming to the convention hall and discussed the best steps to take in this evening’s programme. It was decided to come to the hall and take their seats, but not to take part in the balloting. They also decided not to bolt the convention. The convention was called to order at 8:30 ». M. by its presiding officer, Senator White of California, who immediately handea over the gavel to Representative Richardson of Tennessee, who acted as president pro tem. this evening as well as during the morning session. It took the sergeant-at-arms and his assistants fully ten minutes to allay the uproar and confusion and to obtain even a tolerable degree of order, and even that lasted for only a very brief interval, for every moment, on one pretense or another, the crowds broke out with cheering. The chairman informed the convention that the roll of States would now be called 80 the nominations of the candidates for the Presidency could be made. By ar agreement entered into by the friends of the several candidates, the chairman added, the nominating and seconding speeches would be confined to thirty minutes in length, which time might be used either when the nominations were made or when the State of the speaker was called. Senator Vest of Missouri was the first delegate to ascend the platform, even be- fore the call of States had got further in the alphabetical list than the Btate of Arkansas. Mr. Vest spoke as follows: Resolutions do not begin with the rich and prosperous. They represent the protest of those who are suffering from political condi- tions and whose demands for relief sre de- nounced by the beneficiaries of unjust and op- pressive-legislation. When a profound sense of wrong, evolved Dr. Milliniux and His Oregon Friends Shouting for ex-Governor Sylvester Pennoyer. from years of distress, fastens upon the public mind in a free country, and the people are de- termined to have redress,a leader is always found who is a platform in himself and to whom they instinctively turn as the logical expouent of their hopes. The people are not iconoclasts nor faise to their convictions. They followed Jefferson when he assailed the centralizing and mon- archical doctrines of the old Federalists and was denounced as a communist and leveler by the wealth and culture of New England and New York. They followed Jackson when he took the United States Bank by the throat and was proclaimed a tyrant and ruffian by the usurers and money kings. They followed Lin- coln when be attacked the slave powerand de- clared that this country could not exist “hall slave and half free.” The great movement for bimetallism—the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at & ratio of 16 to 1—and the restoration of sil- ver to its constitutional status is ‘‘no sapling chance-sown by the fountain, blooming at springtime, in winter to fade.” It bas come to stay. It is a protest against the wrong and outrage of 1873, when, without debate and with the knowledge of only a few men in Congress, the silver dollar was stricken from the coinage and the red despot of gold made supreme as to all values. It is a declara- tion by the free men of America that the United States must withdraw from the con- spiracy which was formed to destroy one-half the metallic money of the world, in order to establish the slavery of greed and usury, more degrading than the tyranny of armed forces. Itis the stern demand from unrequited toil, bankrupt enterprise and ruined homes, for & change in the money system which lor years has brought disaster and desolation. In this crisisof our country and party we must take no step backward in platiorm nor candidate. We want no uncertain nor doubt- ful leader. “No laggard in peace or dastard in war.” No latter-day silver saint, buta griz- zled and scarred veteran who has borne the heat and burthen of the day and whose breast is marked from edge of sword and point of lance on & hundred flelds. Twenty years ago the battle for silver was begun in the halls of Congress by a modest, unpretending, brave man, not an iridescent or'meteoric statesman, but of the people and from the people, who has never faltered for an instant in the greatstrug- gle. Others doubted and wavered, some yielded to blandishment and paironage, and are now holding office under the gold power; others misrepresented their constituents and have been provided for in the Natianal in- firmary of the present administration, but Richard Parks Bland stands now where he stood then, the living, breathing embodiment of the silver cause. He struck with steel point the golden shield of the money monopolists as did Ivanhoe that of the proud templar in tne lists at Ashby, and has neither asked nor given quarter. Noris he a narrow, one-idea man. For twenty years in Congress he fought in the front ranks for Democratic prineiples and policies as taught by Jefferson. He stood by the side of Randall and risked health and life to defeat the first force bill. He opposed ably and earnestly that crowning teriff infamy, the McKinley act, and was again among the foremost opponents of the last force bill, which passed the House but was defeated in the Senate. He introduced the first free-coinage measure in Congress and was the author of the seigniorage bill, which passed both nouses and was vewoed by President Cleveland. If this be an obscure record, where can be found the career of any public servant which deserves the plaudits of his country- men? The Democrats of Missouri, who have passed through the fiery furnace of Republican pro- scription seven times heated, and whose State flag has always been placed beneath the great oriflamme of the National Democracy, make no apology nor excuse when offering such a can- didate for the Presidency. If it is “whence comes our candidate?”’ we answer: “Not from the usuer’s den. nor temple of Mammon, where the clink of gold drowns the voice of patriotism, but from the farm, the workshop, the mine—from the hearts and homes of the people.” To reject him is to put & brand upon rugged honesty and undaunted courage and to chill the hearts and hopes of those who during all these years have waited for this hour of triumoh. To nominate him is to make our party agaih that of the people, and to insure success Give us Stiver Dick and silver quick, And we will make McKinley sick In the ides of next November. The voice of the Missouri Senator, never at any time very robust, was quite lost in the vastness of the hall. His mention of Bland's name was followed by only a very slight demonstration of applause not half so loud as the clamor of the delegates fignting their way inio the convention. Mr. Comstock of Rhode Island com- plained to the chair that he had been almost *‘torn to pieces” in forcing his way in through the force of police. A similar complaint was made by delegates from New York, and instructions were given to the sergeant-at-arms to remedy the evil. The chairman and the sergeant-at-arms appeared to be utterly unable to cope with the sitnation, and Mr. Vest went on with his speech nominating Mr. Bland. The only part of his speech that stirred the crowd was the closing rhyme: Give us Silver Dick And silver quick. And we will make McKinley sick. This brought down the house and hats and flags were waved amid a great uproar which lasted for some minutes. The band came to the help of the crowd, striking up “The Battle-cry of Kreedom.” All the silver delegates rose to their feet, cheered and indulged in all the usual manifesta- tions of popular enthusiasm, so that what at first was but a faint wave of applause grew into a tumultnous storm in the thick of which a Blund banner was carried through the hall with the motto: :BILVER DICK—THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE. A band of music at either end of the hall added to the uproar, while the official band struck up amid great applause ““The Red, ‘White and Blue,” putting the rival mnsi- cians to silence. By this time there were three handsome silver Bland banners un- rolied and carried about with a likeness of the candidate and the motto, "Fx\m Bilver, Free People,”” *“One God, One Country, Onpe Bland,” “Bland—S8ilver’s Invincible, Irrepressible, Irreproachable Champion.’” Meantime several of the silver delegates got into the aisles and jumped erratically in time with the music. This scene lasted for fully twelve minutes. The nomination of Mr. Bland was sec- onded by David Overmyer of Kansas, who spoke of him as ‘‘an illustrious statesman and a peeriess Gracchus—'Silyer Dick’ Bland.” Helauded Mr. Bland asa man who knew that money which was made from either of the precious metals was sound money, as tested by the experience and wisdom of all the sages of the party; an American who knew that the money of the constitution was honest money; that the money which 'was good enough to pay private debts was good enough to pay every public debt, and that the money which was good enough to pay George Washington when fighting the battles of liberty was good enough to pay Ickelheimer, Morgan or any other man. [Cheers and laughter.] Mr. Bland was & man who knew the short and simple annals of the poor, who plowed his own fields, turned the stub- born glebe and stirred the fertile soil of his farm. |[Applause.] “Fellow citizens,” Mr. Overmyer contin- ued, “the eyes of the world are upon you. The great heart of humanity beats in anx- ious expectation of the issue of this the greatest convention ever held on the American continent. By the ashes of your ancesto:s, by the heroic memories of all the glorious and immortal dead, I ap- peal to you to solve this great issue aright. There is one name which itself is a soiu- tion. Bland, Bland, Biand.” [Cheers.] Hon. J. 8. Williams of Illinois also sec- onded the nomination of Bland, speaking of him asa man who had done more than any other American for the restoration of silver. He spoke of having served with Bland six years in Congress and his dem- onstrated intelligence and statesmanship, It was true be had not tie eloguence of ‘Webster, but his statements ot public questions were always clear and able, and his twenty years in Congress had given him experience which few men had. Ob- viously hitting at Vice-President Steven- | son of his own State he said this conven- tion could not afford to nominate a candi- daft whose breathless silence on the sub- ject of silver would cast suspicion on their case. Take Bland and there would not be asked how long he had been a Democrat and what were his views on silver. Nomi- ate Bland and no Republican words of his against Democracy would rise up in this campaign to chill enthusiasm. It had been said they must nominate a man who could get Republican votes. He said first of all nominate a man who could get Dem- ocratic votes. [Cheers.] Nominate Bland and $400,00C,000 issued under the Bland act would rise up before the people and appeal for bis election. [Cheers.] Under the call of States when the name of Calilornia was reactred Chairman Foote announced that Senator White of that State had refused to allow his name to be presented to the convention, ‘When the State ‘of Georgia was called H. T. Lewis of that State came to the platform and put .in nomination William | J. Bryan of Nebraska, saying that if pub- lic office was a reward for public service no man merited such reward more than he. In the late political contests Mr. Bryan stood among his peers like Saul among the fsraelites, head and shoulders above all the rest. “Honor him with the nomination,” he said, “and you will do credit to the party and earn for yourselves the plaudits of your constituents and the thanks of*pos- terity.” A scene which was almost a duplication of that which attended the nomination of Mr. Bland was enacted when Mr, Bryan’s name was proposed to the convention. The delegates from Georgia, Louisiana, Nebraska, Michigan, South Dakota and Mississippi rallied about the spear-shaped guidons which bear the names of their States and indicate their position on the floor. All the silver delegates arose and joined in vociferous shouting and waving of hats, bandkerchiefs, newspapers and every wavable object upon which they could lay their hands. The scene was uprdari- ous for about fourteen minutes, Theodore F. Kiutz of North Carolina seconded the nomination of Mr, Bryan. He spoke of him as the younz giant of the West; that friend of the people; that champion of the oppressed; that apostle and prophet of this great crusade for finan- cial reform. He can poll, he added, every Democratic vote in every section of this great country that any other man can, and more than that, he can poll more votes from persons of different political persua- sions and do more to unite the friends of free silver than all of them put together. [Cheers.] Mr. Bryan's nomination was also sec. onded by G. Fred Williams of Massachu- setts, who spoke of crowning a leader in the great agricultural movement that was giving hope to the country and life to the Democracy. “We want,” he said, “a young man to wield the sword of an indignant people. ‘We want in this desperate contesta young giant out of the loins of a giant republic. We want no Napoleon [cheers] who marched toa throne under the mantle of liberty. What I present to you is a new Cicero to meet the new Catalines of to- day.” [Applause.] Hisspeech in full fol- low The State of Georgia has requested me to add voice to its wish in this convention. As we are about to crown a leader of the great agri- cultural movement which hssgiven new life and hope to the Democracy, let me offer as a new sign and token the golden sheaf of Ne- braska’s waving grain. We want the strength of youth for the hardship of a new cause, & heart which can burn with the fire of pur- pose, & young man to wield the mighty sword of an indignant people; new sympathy for new woes; unfailing vigor in a desperate con- test; & young giant out of the loins of a giant republic. We want no Napoleon to rise to & despotic throne under the mantle of liberty, but & new Cicero against the Catalinesof to- day. Without his knowledge, against his wish, Ipresent the name of William J. Bryan of Ne- braska. Thomas J. Kernan of Louisiana also made a seconding speech in favor of Mr. Bryan. ““We have this day,” he said, “‘unlike our Republican brethren, declared that we will no longer worship the golden calf which England has set up. We have re- fused to permit this idol to command usin the words of the Deity, ‘T am thy Lord,thy God; thou shalt have no other gods before me.’ We have- declared that hence- forth both gold and silver shall rule equal sovereigns in the wotld of finance. This is not a resolution. It 1s a restoration. It determines not that gold shall be despoiled of any of her just” powers, but onty that silver shall *have herown again.” [Cheers.] Signs of impatience at the length of Mr. Kernaun’s address interrupted him, to which be replied: “I note with pleasure that I am receiving the respectful atten- tion of those on this floor and for the jeers of the gallery I care no more than for the jeers of the Republicans.” Mr. Kernan was so long before he named whom he was supporting that lond cries of “Whois it?"’ were raised and a great uproar prevailed. He finally named Mr. Bryan and sat down. Senator David Turpie of Indiana rose to nominate Governor Matthews of that State, but was so indistinctly heard that cries of ‘‘louder” were raised, and the chairman explained that the Senator’s voice was weak and asked indulgence. He spoke ¥s follows: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Conven tion: The choice of a candidate for the Presi- dency by the National Democratic Convention, of one who is to be the Chief Magistrate of this country for the next official term, of a suc- cessor 1o the many illustrious statesmen of our political faith who have served in that exalted position, so easily becomes the subject of glowing zealand fancy, that the act and duty of selection are prone tobe obscured by the glamor of the theme. Yet we ought 1o realize that the result is a plain guestion of arith- metic, depending upon & simple count of numbers, and that for many other reasons our action herein should be determined only by the most rigid scrutiny, and by the most care- ful caleulation. & We ask, then, as practical men where shonld this nomination be placed? Indiana has long been known as the arena of the most severe and closely fought political contests. It is a member of the great Democratic phalanx of the North, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, but strangely isolated it has stood alone. Upon the east and west and upon the north we have ordinarily hostile borders of intense spirit and activity, and even upon the south the migration to us across the waters of the Ohio, which occurs regularly in the Presidential year, is usually of such complexion as only to give aid and comfort to the enemy. In a State so nearly balanced that for years there has not been, in & Presidential election, a majority either way 0of 10,000 in a total vote of 400,000 or 500,000, the condi- tions require that our Democracy stand always embattled, whether awaiting victory or de- feat, always prepared. We submit to the delegations from the great States of Tennessee, of Georgia, of Mississippi and others more centrally situated as to their political life and progress what would you give, what would you notgive, to make this State as certain as yqur own? How and when shall you helpus to send you the message in November next of victory? This is the place, the time is now to write that message. You can write that‘message to-day ready for transmis- sion if your favor shall make the man of our choice the nominee of - this convention. Sur- vey the field, examine its various positions, throw the searchlight of inspection upon the status of the different candidates, you will fina that Indiana is the strategic point and pivot of this conflict. The prestige, the power, the honor of this nomination are great, but not too great to be used as & means of assured suc- cess. = Letus not be misled by the fervid predica- tions of overconfidence, by the contagious and stirring enthusiasm of the passing hour. Re- member, gentiemen, that the returns of the election are not yet received, they will not be- gin to arrive until many months hence. We must overcome ah enemy strong foriressed against attack, re-enforced by influence,to-day unmanned, unknown, flushed with the shout of recent triumph. We may make an error which shall cost us the whole stake, an error irretrievable. The opportunity for success is here, but also that of defeat, Let every man €0 act that he may not have to say hereafter, “Ah, I had not thought of that,” as has been done more than once before, We may court defeat and disaster, as a lover wooes his bride, by failing to put the right man in the right place. Let us then consult reason. Let us calmly weigh probabilities and compute the chances at such a ratio as shall include and cover all contingencies. Let us dispose of the aid of their prestige of nomination where it will be most highly appreciated, where it will be most effective, where it is most needed and where it must win. Our candidate had the good fortune to be born in one of the old Kentucky homes, as near to mansions in the skies as any habita- tions on this planet. He was educated and graduated at Center College, Danville, in its palmiest days of yore, from the doors of which came McCreary, Vest, Blackburn, Stevenson and others, men of National distinction and Tenown. He belongs by birth and lineage to the South. The South has no worthier or more novle son, He married early in life the daugh- ter of one wall known in the history of our State, Governor and Senator Whitcomb. He commenced life as a farmer in one of the most fertile sections of the valley of the Wabash. Prosperity, well pleased and just!y earned, has waited upon his footsteps. Protection he needed not, save that of his pure heart and stalwart arm. He is now and always has been a farmer. He has walked for years in the fur- row; he has stepped off the “lands’’; he is not only a hearer but & doer of the word. He that by the plow would thrive Himself must either hold or drive. Our candidate belongs to the largest, the most ancient and honorable business associa- tion of the world. Much is now said about the business and the business interests of this country. The business of a country is that vocation in which the larger numberof its inhabitants are engaged. Agriculture in the United States employs a greater number of workmen than any other calling—hardly less than that of all others combined. We ask the delegates of this convention deliberately to consider whether it may not be well worth the while to make & choice ol one who is in the closest natural alliance with this most nu- merous and influential body of our fellow- citizens—one who has been all his life a mem- ber of this grand confraternity of the field and e la fttyfive: yosra sinve a fasmer appesred at the east front of the Capitol to take the oath as President upon inauguration day. The in- auguration and seryice of Indiana's choice would be & reminder of the earlier—the ideal— days of this Republic, when, as tradition re- lates, Jefferson left his farm at Monticello, waveled on horseback to the seat of govern- ment without ceremony, took the constitu- tional obligation and was inducted into office. Our candidate is and has been from his youth up to this hour,aiter the straitest sect of our political school, & Democrat—an intel- ligent, able, earnest and most diligent worker in the cause. His first publie service was that of a member of the General Assembly, to which he had been chosen by his friends and neighbors in and near the county of his resi- dence. In 1890 he was elected Secretary of State of the State of Indiana. After a very exciting and laborious canvass, in 1892 he was chosen Governor of Indians, the office he now holds, and in which he has shown those rare qualities of wise administration, executive skill and genius and unwearied and conscien- tinus discharge of duty in such manner as to have challenged alike the admiration and ap- proval of men of all parties in our common- wealth, In this friena of ours, for whom not for his sake but for our own we solicit your favor and support, you will find the best attainments of the scholar and statesman fitly joined to- gether and & most intimate acquaintance with the wants and interests of the many upon whose suffrages the success of these must de- pend. The person whose name we shall pre- sent here has never been beaten in a popular election in his own State. Our State, the State which by every sort of accent and emphasis is ‘pushed at this juncture to the front, where the men in the gap of this great controversy abide—this State which danger haunts, which doubt has known and marked; this State we offer while we ask the man. He whose name we shall announce for your consideration comes not as a guest or a sojourner to this great National council. He comes as a mem- ber aud inmate of the family to his house and home, wherein he has gained the right of domicile by lifelong fealty to the cause of American Democracy. Upon the issue of the tariff, of Federal elec- tion laws, of theliberty of the citizen, of the disposition of the public domain to actual set- tlers on!r.o‘jn opposition to all subsidies to pri- vate corpdrations, in favor of the rights and priyileges of organized labor, and of still tur- ther legislation toward that beneficent end, our candidate has stood with us and for us through many years of heatea quarrel and de- bate, and upon that question now so conspicu- ous his opinions have long been known and have often, both in his own State and else- where, been the subject of the most public and most explicit declaration. Our candidate believes in the immediate restoration of silver to the full franchise of the mint; that the standerd silver dollars should be coined without restriction at the same ratio of 16 to 1 as was formerly by law established, and when 5o coined that it shall be a legal ten- der for all debt. Heis not in favor of awsiting the action of European nations upon this subject, and per- ceives no reason for deferring or postponing the remonetization of silver to suit the con- venience, assent or agreement of other Gov- ernments. Ardently sympathizing with the Republic of Cuba, he is strongly attached to the doctrine of Monroe. An American in every fiber, he would resist foreign eggression in any form. He heartily denounces as un- American the Republican platform adopted not long since at St. Louis which would maintain, and continue in this country, that alien rule of foreign volicy, the English single standard of gold, and which purposes at this time to reduce the Government and the people of the United States, financially, to their ancient condition as a colonial possession to the British crown. He thinks the freedom and independence of the mint and coinage of the United States are as necessary to our National prosperity as any other of our liberties—these rights once ours now lost, from whatever causecs, must and shall be regained. - Thus the State, the man and the cause merged at last into one, appeal to your wis- dom, to your serious judgment, to your most discreet discernment. And I now, therefore, in pursuance of the instructions of the united Democracy of our State expressed in convention, and of the unanimous action of the delegates here pres- ent, do in all confidence place in nomination as a candidate for the Presidency the name of Claude Matthews of Inajana. While the Senator was making his re- marks there was a constant passage of people to and fro along the aisles, whistles, catcalls from the galleries and great con- fusion. A voice in the north gallery shouted, *“I nominate Cleveland,” and cheers for Cleveland were called for and given. The Senator resumed undismayed, though his voice was inaudible ten feet away from where he stood. Finally, however, the disorder became so grear that Mr. Turpie appealed to the chair and sufficient silence was, secured to enable him to nominate Matthews, and there was a slight demonstration of ap- plause, which was confined to the Indiana delegation. Hon. Oscar Trippett of California was next presented to second the nomination of Governor Matthews. He said: Gentlemen of the Convention: Caltfornia is the greatest producing State in the Union, but notwithstanding this and the ad- vantage she would gain by reason of & singlo gold standard she is not jealous of her silver- producing sister States, and joins with the de- mand of the people for a free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16to1. In recognition of the wishes of her people the Republican party of that State sent to the 3t. Louis convention a delegation instructed in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver. That delegation returned to their homes in defeat and disgrace, ‘wearing the gold badges dictated by Wall street and the money sharks of Europe. The Democracy of California recently as- sembled in thelargest and most enthusiastic convention ever held within the State, and that convention also unanimously instructed its delegares to this convention to vote as a unit for the free and unlimited coinage of sil- ver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The delegates to this conyention will return to their homes flushed with victory to receive the plaudits.of the people. At St. Louis was heard the voice of Wall street, at which England rejoices. To-day is heard the voice of the people of America and John Bull will groan. How often have we heard from the Republican platform the de- nunciation of the Democratic party for a fan- cled alliance with England, and now this same party, with a singular inconsistency, has joined heart and soul with England against the Democrats of a suffering people. f This convention having adopted a platform which declares in favor of the honest money of our forefathers, the delegation of the Empire State of the Pacific Coast desires the nomina- tion by this convention of a man in harmony with the principles announced. This great State extends her hand toward the Atlantic seaboard and asks to be met half way, and that a Western man be selected asthenominee of this convention. Without wishing to say aught in disparagement of other gentlemen whose names have been presented to this con- vention, I take great pleasure in seconding te nomination of Governor Matthews of Indiana. This is a convention of the people, and what is more proper for this convention to do than to select as its standard-bearer a man who springs from that great class of American Deople—the farmers of the United States? Like a Cincinnatus, he was called from the plow to preside over the destinies of the great State of Indiana, and so fully bas he met every expec« tation that he has sprung into National promi= nence and respect more rapidly than any man of bis generation. I think with the delegates coming here from the Pacific Slope that if this conveation will nominate this distinguished citizen of the great Middle West he will lead" to victory the Democratic cohorts in Noveme ber. TAfter 10:30, soon after Mr. Trippett took the platform, the uproar was so great that a delegate from Indiana suggested an: adjournment. An attempt was made to restore order and the sergeant-at-arms, who is guite a character in his way and who delights in{ making speeches from the stand, addressed! the audience, saying: “Ladies and gentlemen, I want your attention for a few moments. I want to. say that the chairman of this convention! desires that I shall announce to, you tnat unless there is perfect; order [jeers] the convention to- more row will be held without any guests. The delegations will be protected by the police and the audience will not be pers mitted to come into the hall. Now keep: order.” [Shouts of laughter.] \ The chairman added to the speech of: ‘the sergeant-at-arms that no one would be admitted to the hall to-morrow except: delegates and alternates. [Derisive shouts of “good.”] “Order,” the chair- man commanded, and he leciured the spectators, reminding them that they were the guests of the convention and| should keep quiet so that the business of | the convention inight be transacted quietly. Mr. Martin of Kansas indulged in some playful ridicule of the vain efforts of the chairman and sergeant-at-arms to main- tain order, and said that if the same dis- respect which was shown to Senator Tur-| pie was repeated toward other speakers he would move to adjourn the convention until to-morrow when it would be seen whether officers could protect the cone vention. Hon. Fred White of Iowa was recognized to nominate ex-Governor Boies. Cheers of a comparatively mild type greeted the announcement and the Boies banner was raised. Mr, White has a sonorous voice and a good delivery and was listened to with attention. He said: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conven- tion: I am autHorized by the Democracy of Iowa to present to this convention for the romination for the high office of President the name of Horace Boies of our State. I want to assure this convention in advance that this is not the result of any question of mere local pride, nor is it the result of any consideration of the question of mere availability. We ask you to nominate the candidate of our choice upon far broader grounds—upon the broad ground that Horace Boies is emphatically a broad man. Those of us who know him best do not hesitate either here or elsewhere to de- clare with all the confidence thata thorough knowledge of the truth can inspire that he is a man of the stanchest character, possessing a powerful personality and equipped with a combination of mental qualities that will make him, if elected, an ideal executive. Knowing as we all do that the political situation of the country is & grave and omin- ous one, this convention must not ignore or evade the responsibility this situation creates, which is to give to the American people & can- didate the mention of whose name, wherever known, will carry with it an overwhelming strength and stand in case of election as an unqualified guarantee for the entire safety in the management of all public affairs, the just settlement of every pressing question and the speedy inauguration of & vigorous reign of ex- | act justice. Neither in formulating a policy nor in the Or None There are cheap Prince Albert Suits—at the retail- ers’. They are cheap in price, like ours. They are also cheap in quality of fab- ric and workmanship and NOT like ours. Ours stand on the same plank of the same platform with the merchant tailors’ $40 to $65 Suits. That we can sell them at $18 to $30 is not so surpris- ing as it looks. 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