HLLLE | LLY “ | i | | | 1 | i | P. GRAY ME Democratic State Ticket FOR CONGRESSMEN-AT-LARGE. JOHN M. BRADEN, Washington county. BENJAMIN C. POTTS, Delaware county. FOR ELECTORS-AT-LARGE. WILLIAM M. SINGERLY, Philadelphia. JAMES DENTON, HANCOCK, Venango. | A. H. COFFROTH, | Somerset. . | GEORGE W. GUTHRIE, Pittsburg. | FOR DISTRICT ELECTORS. | Samuel Dickson, John M. Carroll, | Albert M. Hicks, Chas. J. Reilly, John M. Campbell, J. P. Hoffar, i James J. Ryan, Lucien Banks, | “John Hagen, A. J. Brady, | | | John H. Hickson, George W. Rhine, John B. Storm, John C. Patton, Thos. A. Haak, William Weihe, Chas. F. Reninger, Judson J. Brooks, Chas. H. Schadt, John J. McFarland, Thomas R. Philips, C. H. Aikens, Charles F. King, Seymour S. Hackett, John K. Royal, Harry Alvin Hall. William Stahler. Democratic County Ticket. FOR CONGRESS, | J. L. SPANGLER. Subject to the decision of the district conference. ( JAS. SCHOFIELD, { ROBERT M. FOSTER. For Skeriff—W. M. CRONISTER. For Treasurer—C. A. WEAVER. For Recorder—J. C. HARPER. For Register—GEO. W. RUMBERGER. x i, lp MEYER, ForConunissioners— i DANIEL HECKMAN. | . :; {FBANK HESS, For: Auditors— 3 3yF. RISTER. For County Surveyor—J. H. WETZEL. For Coroner—W. U. IRVIN. For Assembly— People Were Not Moved hy Arguments Henry George Explains Why the Silver | of Courtesy to Senator Hill. ! | CHICAGO, July 7th.—The first skirmish between the opposing factions of the Demo- cratic party has been won by the silver men, or in the phrase that the Kansas man who came out of the convention with me put it, “In the first battle between Bland | and the Rothschilds the money kings are downed.” The crowd began to gather around the convention hall before 10 o'clock, but though it comprised men of national weight and influence and spectators who had paid from $10 to $20 apiece for their tickets, not a door was open to delegates or néwspaper men until nearly 12. Itis a greater and | finer hall than that in which the St convention met, probably at presdnt the most commodious of halls, and as the eye swept beyond the central space reservid to the contestants in the great political ba the graceful tiers of circling thousands su; gested the Flavian amphitheaters, as in the Roman twilight the imagination repeoples its broken arches with the life of imperial people. The band played national tunes, but there was little recognition for the dele- cates of states and territories as they march- ed in their alphabetically arranged places. The tall and handsome form of Whitney, | the generalissimo of the opposition forces, who abandoned his trip to Europe to i.ke personal charge of Democratic action in Chicago, stood out prominently in New | York ranks ; Hill was on his left, Fellows, Sheenan and Coudert on his right. Expectation was tense during the long | delay that seemed to be caused by confer- | ences between national committeemen and | the gold leaders, for it was not generally | known whether the silver men had suec- | ceeded in marshaling their forces to make | an issue on the appointment of a temporary | chairman, or whether the pleas of the gold | ngen for adherence to precedent and for | personal consideration for Mr. Hill had been successful in breaking the line in some of the silver states. But when at length the chairman of the national com- mittee struck the gavel and ordered the aisles to be cleared, and after a prayer by | an - Episcopal clergyman for guidance in perplexity and the consideration of honesty, announced David B. Hill as the temporary chairman, selected by the committee, all doubt as to where the first struggle would take place came to an end in the present case by Clayton, of Arkansas, of a minority report, naming Daniel, of Virginia, for temporary chairman. The cheers that fol- lowed from the ranks of the silver states showed that the silver strength was intact. In the debate opened by McDermitt, of New Jersey, the burden of the plea of the supporters of the majority report was that which during the last few days has been persistently and adroitly urged by the gold men upon the silver men who were thought susceptible of it ; that it would be a viola- tion of custom not to accept the temporary chairman named by the national commit- tee ; that to refuse this empty honor to Mr. Hill would be to put a personal digni- ty upon a fine man and a peculiarly good Democrat, while toconcede this courtesy would do no harm to the majority or lessen their power to name a permanent chairman and to frame such a platform as they pleased. Waller, of Connecticut, who made the second Hill speech, dropped toward its close the tone of consideration for Hill and cour- tesy to the minority with which he began, and that really seemed to be proving effec- ~ tive, to make the threat that if Hill was re- jected by the convention the old men would fight. This threat roused the con- vention at once, and the shouts of joy and derision that broke from the silver ranks | showed that if there had been any doubt before, the determination of the silver men was now fixed. Fellows, of New York, afterward joined in the same plea for courtesy to the minority, respect to the national committee and the avoidance of Louis |, indignity to such a good Democrat as Hill, | but this produced no effect. The burden of the speeches made hy | Thomas of Colorado, White of California, | Marsden of Louisiana, Duncan of Texas, | Ladd of Illinois, and, closing the debate, | by Clayton of Alabama, was, that while they had the best possible opinion of Mr. Hill, it was a violation of not merely custom, but of Democratic principle, that a national committee sho propose as a temporary chairman a man who was not in sympathy with the majority of the conven- tion, and when finally the roll call’ began and the votes of Towa were cast solidly, the issue of the first battle was settled. HENRY GEORGE. LVRS VICTORY In the National Convention ot the Democratic Party. DEFEAT OF SENATOR HILL, | The Convention Selects Daniel for Temporary Chairman, | PERMANENT CHAIRMAN WHITE The Delegates Override the Selection of the National Committee, and Choose the Man Who Nominated Hill for the Presi. dency Four Years Ago—The Temporary Chairman’s Ringing Silver Speech—Sena- tor James K. Jones, of Arkansas, Se- lected so Head the Committee on Reso- lutions—The Platform, While Not Name. ing President Cleveland, “Condemns Traf- ficking with Banking Syndicates,” Favors Independent Free Coinage, Denounces Federal Interference in Local Affairs, and Favors a Constitutional Amendment Providing for an Income Tax—Creden- tials Committee Seats the Michigan Sil- ver Delegates—Gold Men Talking of a Bolt. CrIcAGO, July 8.—In the magnificent | and capacious Coliseum in Jackson Park, beneath clear skies, with a cool, invigorat- ing breeze snapping at the flags and trap- pings and the blue waters of Lake Michi- gan stretching away to the north, the Democratic national convention met yes- terday. After a brief but decisive battle in the arena the silver men indicated their | supremacy. They wrested from the hands , of the gold phalanxes the control of the | convention and gathered the reins of i power into their own hands. There was a reminiscence of that other great Coliseum whose fall marked the de- struction of an empire, where men were butchered to make a Roman holiday. THE CHICAGO COLISEUM. about it all. A champion who has so often entered the lists to do battle in Democ- racy’s cauge, amid the ringing shouts and the wild acclaim of his party, was put to the sword that silver might be supreme. It was with reluctance that many of the friends of Senator David Bennett Hill turned their thumbs downward, as the ar- rogant patricians of the empire that ruled the world did when the populace cried for ercy. But, like the gladiators who en- red the arena to the blare of the trumpet ang the clang of steel, the silver men beat their sympathies and hardened their that the issue might be squarely drawn®and decided, even though it in- volved the doom of one whom they had delighted to honor in the past. By one of those strange, fateful coinci- dences it was Senator John W. Daniel, who four years ago, at the Wigwam, nom- inated Mr. Hill for the presidency, who was selected to give the fatal blow to the man whom he would have exalted to the first place in the republic. No more elo- quent commentary on the revolution which has divided the party and made this convention so memorable could be needed. It was not without a wail of agony, however, that some of the specta- tors who could not fathom the mysteries of political maneuvering and the necessity of grinding men beneath the heel saw the : old champion, whose slogan and proudest boast was ‘‘I am a Democrat,” go down. Even after Senator Daniel had reached | the platform and assumed the gavel they J called loudly for the defeated leader, but the experienced general. who has tasted the bitterness of defeat before, as well as the sweetness of . victory, only smiled imly. if y An Inspiring Sight. The convention itself was an inspiring sight. Never before since the present sys- tem of national conventions was inaugu- rated by the old National Republican party in Baltimore, in 1831, has a conven- tion met in such a capacious and admira- bly adapted structure. On the north side, where the platform and the president's chair are situated, the galleries rise one above the other, while in front from all sides of the railed inclosure where the del- egates sit, each state marked by the neat- est of staffs, slope away the wilderness of seats in gentle terraces to the most remote limits of the Coliscum, which are almost 400 feet in direct line from the chairman’s table. The hands of the big clock oppo- site the platform cannot be discerned, yet the acoustic properties of the building are so perfect that every word could be dis- tinctly heard. The decorationsare simple, but effective. From the lofty girders which hold up the arched roof flutter gay trappings. The galleries in front are entwined with na- tional colors, while at regular intervals large crayon portraits of the patron saints of the party, Jefferson, Jackson and others, lcok down upon the sucecssors to their faith. A larce portrait of Mr. Cleveland is off to one side, the only one displayed of a living Democrat. With the vast space filled, almost to the outermost walls, with a forest of people, an unusually large number of whom were ladies, the scene was a brilliant one. There was no demonstra- tion during the day for any of the candi- dates, but manyfof the leaders, like Hill and Whitney of New York, Blackburn of Kentucky, ex-Governor Busrell of Massa- chusetts, Dunicls of Virginia and Harrity of Pennsylvania, were the recipients of individual ovations The followers of both sides took every opportunity te cheer on their champions. On the platforin were tte: members of the national committee. Among the dis- tinguished guests seated in their rear were a number of gold lewders who have been conspicuous in previous conventions, but who were swept aside by the silver cohorts in their states. lhe ce included General Gordon of Georgii. Senator Lindsay of Kentucky, ex-Congressman Bynum of Indiana, ex-Congressman Outhwaite of Ohio] and others. But strangest of allon | the platform of a Democratic convention were the little coterie of silver senators who bolted the convention at St. Louis. | At present without a party, they seek en- trance to the Democratic party on condi- tion that it select Mr. Teller. General John B. Weaver and other Populists and silverites, like Senator Stewart, were also there, all watching closely the results of the deliberations of the convention. Al- though many well known faces were miss ing, it was a distinguished gathering. The invocation of the boyish chaplain, Dr. Stires, an Episcopal divine, with its appeal for peace, had hardly ascended to the throne of grace before the contending hosts met in the shock of battle. The gold men carried out their program of pre- senting Senator Hill for temporary chair- man, but the silver leaders also held to their resolution and immediately antag- onized him with Senator Daniel. For two hours the oratorical gladiators of the op- posing forces fought it out upon the plat- form. Allan McDermott of New Jersey, John I. Waller of Connecticut, John R. Fellows of New York and General St. Clair of West Virginia championed Mr. Hill's cause, and C. S. Thomas of Cclo- rado, M. F. Tarpey of California, C. A. Ladd of Illinois, Pelegate Marston of Louisiana and National Committeeman Clayton of Alabama insisted upon his overthrow. Colonel Fellows appealed for mercy. He pleaded with the majority to do a generous thing and show that it did not place too much reliance on the force of numbers, but in the righteousness of their cause. Mr. McDermott was even driven to threats. General St. Clair, who is a silver man, opposed the defeat of Hill, whom he had supported four years ago, and whose defeat then he expressed his profound regret for. But the silver men, most of whom had also been for Hill in 1892, and who re- | called the fact with evident pride and | With expressed great regret at the neces- sity which compelled them to take this course, contended that the ‘election of a! temporary chairman in harmony with the majority was of vital importance. The temper of the delegates was plainly appar- ent from the salvos with which they | It was no- | greeted these firm utterances. ticeable that neither side put its giants forward, When the vote came to be taken W. J. Stackhouse, one of the administration’s federal officials in Towa, in order to flaunt the divisions in the Boies delegation, chal- lenged the vote of the statcand uncovered | Mr. Haldeman did the | same thing in Blackburn's Kentucky dele- | seven gold votes. gation, and Mr. McKnight, a silver Mich- igan delegate, showed twelve silver votes in his delegation which were locked up by | the unit rule. The result of the roll call showed 556 votes for Danicl and 349 for Hill, practically the strength of the two | . sides. Although this did not show a two-thirds majority, the silver leaders displayed no anxiety on this score, as the Nebraska | gold delegation of twenty-six will be un- seated and the rcépresentation from the territories will be increased from two to six each. Senator Daniel’s Speech. Senator Daniel, who assumed the duties of presiding officer, is an impressive figure and a most eloqudut orator of the old school. He sounded ver in a ringing speech, he spoke from notes was ra ing to his friends. follows: er disappoint- He spoke in part as In receiving from your hands this gavel as | the temporary presiding officer of this conven- tion I beg leave to express a sentiment, which I am sure is unanimous, that no national con- vention was ever presided over with more abil- ity or with more fairness than by yourself. I | trust that I may be able in some fechle way to | model my conduct by your model and to prac- tice by your example. This position, gentle men, to which you have chosen me involves both a great personal honor and a keen re- sponsibility. For the honor I thank you, and by your gracious aid will make it casy and its burden light. I regret that my name should have been brought in even the most courteous and seri- ous complication with that of my distinguished friend, the great senator from New York. But the very fact that I have permitted it to be done refutes the suggestion that has been im- proviaently made on this floor that either I or those whon: I have the honor to represent | would ever Leap indignity upon that brave and illustrious head. The senator from New York himself knows, as you know and as I know, that there is no personality in the pre- ferment which has been given to me. He must | know, und the whole country that watches these proceedings must know, that itis only due to the principle that this creat majority | of Democrats stand for and that they know that I stand for with them. There is one thing golden. which, permit me, in the same good humor which has character- ized your conduct, to commend to you here. It is the golden rule to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Democrats as you have been, Democrats as I trust you will ever be, acquiesce gracefully in the will of the great majority of your fellow Democrats, and only ask to go with them, as they have often gone with you. Do not forget, gentlemen, that for thirty years we have supported the men that you have named for president—Seymour, Greely. Tilden, Hancock and twice Grover Cleveland. Do not forget that we have sub- mitted cheerfully to your compromised plat- form, and to your repeated pledges of bimetal- lism, and have patiently borne repeated disap- pointments as to their fulfillment. get that just four years ago, in a Democratic convention in this city, the New York delega- tion stood here solidly and immovably fora candidate committed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1. The active business men of thi conutry, its manufacturers, merchants, far» »s, sons of toil in counting room, factory, nea and mine, know that contraction ef the currency sweeps away with the silent and resistless force of gravitation the annual profits of their enter- prise and investments. They know, too, that the gold standard means contraction and the organization of disaster. What hope is there for the country anc what hope for the Democ- racy unless the views of the majority here shall be adopted? Do not the peonle know that it was not silver legislation, Int legistation die- tated by the advocates of the gold standard, that has caused and now continues the finan- cial depression? The people do not forget when Democracy came to power, in 1803, it inherited from its Republican predecessor the tax system and the currency system of which the McKinley law and the Sherman law were the culminating features. It came to power amidst a panic which fitly followed upon their cnactment with | strikes, lockouts, riots and civic commotions, while the scenes of peaceful industry in Penn- sylvania had become military camps. Besides manifold oppressive features, the McKinley law had thrown away $50,000,000 of revenue de- rived from sugar under the sceptral plea of a free breakfast table and had substituted boun- | ties to sugar planters, decreasing revenue and increasing expenditure, thus burning the can- dle at both ends and mdking the people pay at least for the alleged free breakfast. So far as revenue to support the government is concerned the Demagratic party, with but a slender majority in the senate, was not long providing it, and had not the supreme court of the United States reversed its settled doctrine of one hundred years the income tax incorpo- rated in i bill would long since have abundantly Supplied it. The Republican party has now renounced the creed of its platform and of our national pledges, and presented to the country the issue of higher taxes, more bonds“and less money. It has proclaimed =+ last, throwing away the disguises, the British gold standard. We can oifly expect, should they succeed, my country. e keynote for sil- | Do not for- | HRELE | men, a specimen of panic and along protracted | period of depression. Do not ask us, then, to join them in any of their propositions. Least of all ask us not to join them upon the money question and fight a sham battle over settled tariff, for the money question is the paramount issue before the American people, and it in- volves true Americanism more than any eco- nomic issue that ever was presented to a presi- dent at a presidential election. No authority has ever been conferred by congress for the issue of any bonds payable in gold, but distinctly rcfused. The specie re- sumption of 1875 gave the surplus revenue in the treasury, not gold only, the money of re- demption. Provision mado by the Bland act of 1878 added to our circulation some $350,000,000 of standard silver money, or paper based upon it, and all that mass of silver money is tained at a parity with gold by nothing what- ever on earth but the silver in it and the legal tender functions imparted to it by law. We have no outstanding obligations in the United States except the small sum of $44,000,000 of gold certificatqs which are specifically payable in gold, ard they, of course, should be so paid. As we have $20,000,000,000 of public and ‘private debt, it would take more than three times all the gold in this country to pay even one year's interest upon it. ‘We pray you, no more makeshifts and strad- dles. Vex not the country with your proph- ecies of smooth things to come from the Brit- ish-Republican propaganda. The fact that the Eyropean nations are going to the gold stan- dard renders it all the moreimpracticable that we should do so, for the limited stock of gold in the world would have longer division and a smaller share for each nation. Instead of increasing wages, this policy has further decreased them. Instead of multiply- ing opportunities for employment, this policy has multiplied idlers. Instead of increasing the prices of our produce, this policy has low- ered them, and it is estimated at about 15 per cent. in three years. Instead of reviving confi- dence, this policy has banished confidence. In- stead of bringing relief it has brought years of misery, and for this reason, it has contracted the currency of the United States $4 a head for every man, woman and child since Nov. 1, 1893. The public revenues have fallen, wages of labor have fallen and everything on the face of the | earth has fallen except taxes and debts, which | have grown in burden, while on the other hand | the means of their liquidation has been dimin- ished. ; But the people now do well know that the | conspiracy of European monarchs, led by Great Britain, has for its purpose a war upon Amer- ican silver money. With their credit they seek to enhance the purchasing power of thousands and millions which is owed to them all over the world and which you owe to them. They draw upon the United States of America for their food supplies and raw material, and they seek to get it for the least money. No nation calls itself free and independent | that is not great enough to establish and main- tain a financial system of its own. The pretense that this, the foremost, richest and most power- ful nation of the world cannot coin its own money without suing for an international agreement at the courts of European autoerats | who have none but primary interests to sub- serve, has for many years been held out at every presidential election. To wait longer upon them is to ignore the interests of our own people and degrade our national dignity and to | our folly. The majority of this convention maintain that this great American nation,with a natural base of fixed empire, the greatest ever estal- lished by man, with more territory and more productive energy than Great Britain, France and Germany combined, without dependence upon European nations for anything that they | produce, and with European nations dependent upon much that we produce, is fully capable of | restoring this constitutional money system of gold and silver at equality with each other. And as our fathers in 1776 declared our na- tional independence of all the world, so today | has the great Democratic party appeared here in Chicago to declare the financial independence | of the United States of all other nations. THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. It Declares for Free Silver and the In- come Tax. CHICAGO, July 8.—The committee on platform met immediately after the ad- journment of the resolutions committee, and were at work until long after mid- ‘night. The platform as finally agreed ‘upon by the majority is in substance as follows: Recognizing that the money question is paramount to all others at this time, we ‘invite attention to the fact that the fed- eral constitution names silver and gold to- | gether as the money metals of the United ' States, and that the first coinage law passed by congress under the constitution made the silver dollar the unit of value, and admitted gold to free coinage at a ra- ' tio measured by the silver dollar unit. ‘We declare that the act of 1873 demone- tizing silver without the knowledge or ap- proval of the American people has re- sulted in the appreciation of gold and a corresponding fall in the prices of com- modities produced by the people; a heavy increase in the burden of taxation and of all debts, public and private; the. enrich- ment of the money lending classesat home and abroad; paralysis of industry and im- poverishment of the people. ‘We are unalterably opposed to the single gold standard which has locked fast the prosperity of an industrious people in the paralysis of hard times. Gold monometal- lism is a British policy founded upon Brit- ish greed for gain and power, and its gen- eral adoption has brought other nations into financial servitude to London. It is not only un-American butanti-American, | and it can be fastened upon the United States only by the stifling of that indom- itable spirit and love of liberty which pro- claimed our political independence in 1776 | and won it in the war of the revolution. We demand the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver ut the present lezal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or con- sent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent the de- monetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contract. ‘We are opposed to the issue of interest bearing bonds of the Uniwed States in times of peace,and condemn the trafficking with banking syndicates which, in ex- { change for bonds and at an enormous | profit to themselves,.supply the federal | treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometallism. Congress alo... has the power to coin and issue money, and President Jackson declared that this power could not be dele- gated to corporations or individuals. We therefore demand that the power to issue notes be taken from the banks, and that all paper money shall be issued directly by the treasury department. There would have been no deficit in fed- eral revenue during the last two years but for the annulment by the supreme court of the income tax law placed upon the statute books by a Democratic congress. The obstruction to an income tux which the supreme court discovercy in the con- stitution after it had lain hidden for a hundred years must be removed. to the end that accumulated wealth may be made to bear its just share of the burdens of the government. We therefore favor an amendment to the federal constitution that will permit the levy of an income tax. We hold that tariff duties should be levied solely for purposes of revenue, and that taxation should be limited by the needs of the government, honestly and } economically administered. We denounce | advertise to all mankind our impotence and | | as disturbing to business the Republican threat to restore the McKinley law, which has been twice condemned by the people in national elections, and which, enacted under the false plea of protection to home industry, proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies, enriched the few at the expense of the many, restricted trade and deprived the producers of the great American staples of access to their natural markets. ‘We denounce the profligate waste of the money wrung from the people by oppres- sive taxation and the lavish appropria- tions of recent Republican congresses, which have kept taxes high while the la- bor that pays them is unemployed and the products of the people's toil are depressed in pricestill they no longer repay the cost of production. x We denounce arbitrary interference by federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the constitution of the United States and. a crime against {ree institu- tions, and we especially object to govern- ment by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which federal judges, in contempt of the laws of the states and the rightsof citizens, be- come at once legislator, judge and execu- tioner. The platform further opposes life tenure in public service, and declares that no man should be eligible for a third term as presi- dent. It is likely that a Cuban resolution will be added by the general committee A minorif report will be presented. PERMANENT CHAIRMAN WHITE. Hill Receives Six Votes in the Committee on Organization. CHICAGO, July 8.-—The committee on permanent organization met in the Col- iseum immediately after the adjournment of the convention. ‘General E. B. Finley, of Ohio, was made chairman and J. P. Brown, of Georgia, secretary. A recess was then taken and the silver men retired and held a caucus, at which the perma- nent organization was fully agreed upon. The committee then adjourned until 8 o'clock, when it reconvened at the Sher- man House. In the evening the silver slate went through as follows: Permanent chairman, Stephen M. White of California; sergeant-at-arms. John I. Martin of Mis- | souri; secretary, Thomas J. Cogan of Cin- cinnati; assistant secretary; Lcuis D. Hersheimer cf Chicago ;- reading clerk, E. B. Wade of Tennessee. The name of Senator Hill, of New York, was presented by the gold men for perma- nent chairman, and he received six votes to thirty-three for Senator White. Tha re- mainder of the organization as preseited by the silver people went through Ly ac- clamation, the gold men making no nom- | inations. Judze Prentiss, of Illincis, was he chairman of the silver caucus. There ig little chance in the situation as to candidates. Bland still ha ‘rong lead, but the possibility of 2il sorts of complications whi®h™ may blociide his way to the coveted prize have innde his followers anxious, and the talk of abrogat- ing the two-thirds rule in his interest has been revived. There is, of course, the natural disposition to crowd on to the band wagon. but the calmest observers cannot yet figure out how he can win. They still look for Boies or a dark horse. The use which the gold contingent will make of their votes complicates the situa- tion, and many believe that, in the present disorganized condition of the silver men as to a candidate, the gold men can force a compromise. Stevenson is most promi- nently spoken of in this connection. To Senat plans in this regard theo {«miich murstery. the silver men intend to huld a caucus as soon as a deadlock develops. The gold men held a meeting last nicht and adopted a resolution that exch dele- gate select a man to return to his state, get the views of his party. and report back | to the chairman of the meeting, Senator Gray. This may mean a bolt. There were 150 delegates at the meeting. Every sug- gestion of a bolt was received with ap- plause. THE RLUSOLUTIONS COMMITTEE. Six United States Senators Assist in Con- es structing the Platform. . CHicaGo, July 8.—The committee on resolutions met last night at the Palmer House. Senator White, of California, was | elected chairnian of the committee. Be- fore he could take the chair a committee zation called upon him and notified him of his selection for permanent chairman of the convention. Senator White accepted the permanent chairmanship, and, return- ing to the room of the committee on reso- lutions, stated that it would be impossible for him to act as permanent chairman if the convention should ratify the choice of the committee on permanent organization to serve as chairman of the committee on resolutions. Senator James K. Jones, of Arkansas, was then chosen chairman of the committee on resolutions. A sub-committee of nine was appointed to draft a platform of principles and re- port to the full comMittee today. Mr. Mec- Dermott, of New Jersey. wanted the sub- committee instructed to take no action on finance, and made a vigorous gold speech, in which he intimated that New Jersey’s d legation would bolt or refuse to support a silver candidate or platform. Senator ‘White responded hotly, saying: ‘Let the traitors secede if they want to. The ma- jority of the party is here with a fixed pur- pose, and determined to carry it out.” The following gentlemen were appointed as the sub-committee: Senators J. K. Jones of Arkansas, F. M. Cockrell of Mis- souri, J. Z. George of Mississi ppi, Ben. T. Tillman of South Carolina, D. B. Hill of New York and George Gray of Delaware; Hon. John E. Russell of Massachusetts, N. E. Worthington of Illinois and Mr- | Owen of Indian Territory. At the meeting of the-committee on cre- ‘dentials last night it was voted to seat the four contesting silver delegates from Mich- igan. As Michigan has enforced the unit rule this will make its delegation solid for silver. Convention’s Second Day. After a Long Wrangle the Majority Report of the Credential Committee was Adopted.—Many Tur- bulent Scenes.—There Were Speeches Without Number and Many Without Reason—The Bands nations yet Made. CHICAGO, Ill., July S.—After passing | through a listless morning session, the | Democratic national convention witnessed | two scenes to-night which compensated | those whose pent-up feelings had heen giv- | | en no vent in the earlier part of the day. | Men and women joined in the demonstra- | tion for each of the contending factions of | the democracy. They shouted and cheered | sang and stamped, and fairly turned the | convention hall into a pandemonium. | It was during the roll call of states on a | motion to adopt the minority report of the | committee on credentials that both demon- | strations occurred. The majority, of the | committee had submitted a report unseat- from the committee on permanent organi- | Played Frequently to Drown the Noise.—No Nomi- ing members of the Michigan gold delega- tion and providing that silver contestants should take their places. Chairman Dan- iel had put the question on the adoption of the minority reports and the voting by states was proceeding with comparative quiet and some prosiness. When New York was reached Chairman Hinckley’s large frame loomed up under the little ban- neret that indicated the loyalty of the Em- pire state Democrats. There was a silence for a brief second ; then Mr. Hinckly’s voice rang out ; ‘‘New York casts her sev- enty-two votes—aye.”’ § A great cheer went up from all parts of the hall. The delegates on the floor led the applause. Some of them rose to their feet to give better space for the display of gymnastics which their enthusiasm forced upon them. A man among the inspectors rose and waved his hat and in an instant the audience was up, seemingly en masse, and people were cheering like madmen. Things began to quiet down after a few minutes, but the playing of the band broke in as though it were intended as a signal to refiew the applause. Up again came the eastern delegates and up came the spectators. In the midst of ‘the New York seats a bearded man jumped on a chair and ‘waved his hat. He shouted something to his fellow-delegates and nearly every man among the New Yorkers leaped to his feet, many standing on their chairs and shouting like men gone wild in delirious joy. The leader of this feature of the demonstration was Hugh J. Grant, ex-mayor of New York. Swaying back and forth, one hand holding his hat in the air, the other waving colleagues and spectators to their feet, he looked the impersonation of a leader. Those tiers of men and women packed closely together in the great temporary temple of democracy immediately respond- “Up, up,” was the cry of the New York men. ‘Up, up,’’ cried the delegates pledged to gold. *‘Up, up,’” hecame the slogan of the vast multitude and soon delegates on the floor, and many thousands who came to see and not to act were jumping, yelling, waving and doing every other thing that excited men ever do to show the trend of their feelings. Whenever there was the slightest incli- nation toward a cessation of the cheering the Tammany yell went up and the vol- ume of sound swelled to its fullest again. In that mysterious and indefinable manner | which all those who have seen a great dem- onstration of this sort can appreciate, cheer- ing suddenly decreased in volumn and | seemed to be dying away. But Hugh Grant knew ‘his subjects and through his lips came the name of David B. Hill, | shouted with all the lung power at his {ecommand. ‘‘Hill, Hill, David B. Hill,” became the cry of thousands who had a moment before shown signs of abating en- thusiasm. Up again came delegates and audience, every man and woman shouting | the name of the New York manager. So great became the volume of sound and so widespread the confusion, that Grant, Hinckley and the man who was the object of it all—David B. Hill—who had sat quietly and calmly in his chair while the tumult raged, finally appealed by voice | and gesture for quiet and order. But they | might as well have urged to attempt to subdue so many Comanche Indians and though things became quieter for an in- stant when Chairman Daniel endeavored to make a statement, the multitude seem- ed only to gain greater vehemence by their brief pause and yelled and waved with such heartiness that the demonstration went beyond its former bounds. Governor Altgeld arose to speak, but he | was shouted down and hisses commingled with the shouting. Grant and the New | York leaders used their efforts to stay the tumult, and little by little they gained their | object until such order was restored as en- | abled the chairman to make an appeal for quiet. : The second demonstration was a repeti- | tion of the first and was intended as the | counter charge of the silver men. They | found their cue in the announcement of the | vote which showed that the minority or | gold report of the credentials committee | had heen rejected and again- pandemonium | reigned. A Bland banner and a Bland band kept the enthusiasm from flagging and coats were taken off and waved wildly, newspapers and hats were thrown in the air, and a scene of wildest confusion fol- lowed the playing of ‘‘Dixie.”’ Beyond these scenes there was little of interest that occurred in the convention hall. The morning session passed in a weary wail for the committee on creden- tials to report, and an adjournment was taken until 5 o'clock. At the evening session nothing was accomplished except the adoption of the report of that committee, seating delegates from Nebraska and Michigan and giving the silver men greater control. At 9:38 it was decided not to attempt the adoption of the platform to-night and an adjournment was taken until to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock. The resolutions committee has been called to meet again to-morrow morning when further changes 1. the platform are ex- spected to be made. DELEGATES IN CONVENTION HALL DISCUS- SING PLATFORM. CHICAGO, July 9th; at 10:48 a. m.—The convention was called to order, with only part of the delegates in their seats. Sena- tor Jones, of Arkansas, presents the report of the committee on platform : the various points of which are cheered. : 10:48—the committee on platform have added an anti-A. P. A. plank and resolu- tion granting civil and religious liberty to every citizen. 11.09—A minority report of committee on resolutions will be presented by Sena- tor Hill, in which strong exception of the silver coinage plank is taken and will con- tain strong endorsement of President Cleveland. : : 11:22—Senator Jones announces that there will be one hour and twenty minutes given cach side for debate. 11:23—The clerk is reading the minority report. Senator Hill speaks to it in turn. 11.25—The minority report advocating that all money be kept at parity with gold, loudly cheered. : 11.26.—The plank endoising the present administration, loudly cheered. Many delegates and a large part of the audience on their feet. Chairman rapping for order. 11.29—Tillman, of South Carolina, of- | fering an amendment and is to speak for | 15 minutes. ! TILLMAN EXPRESSES HIMSELF. | 11 31—Tillman received with cheers and hisses which continue. 11 34—Tillman speaking in favor of | minority report. Refers to the way lying | néwspapers have misrepresented him hy {calling him “The pitchfork man from | South Carolina.’” [Cheers and laughter] | His reference that he came from the land | of secession causes hissing, which he re- | bukes as an insult to South Carolina. He | says we are to inaugurate a war to liberate | the white slaves. [Cheers]. He says he cannot say whether he is a representative of the entire South, cries of No! No ! and o——
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