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William Jennings Bryan Is again tho candidate (or president of the Demo crats, Populists and Free Silver Repub licans, as In 1806, and Is confronted by the same opponent as he had that year. Mr. Bryan came before the people four years ago comparatively unknown; today his name is common wherever civilised men gather to road and discuss the topics of the hour. That the past four years have made him stronger as a candidate and have wrought a change of opinion of him In the minds of thousands of his fellow cltlr.ens, there can bo no doubt. No longer can the cartoonist and the word-picture painter inflame and pre judice the public against Democracy's leader by portraying him as an anar chist, a confiscator, a law-deflar and a man who espouses un-American and unconstitutional doctrines. For four years William Jennings Bryan has stood as severe a test as any American in private life has ever been anbjected to. Mis every word, act, and, In fact, his thoughts, have been watched by relent less and vigilant powers, from within ■nd without bis party, and not once during that terrible ordeal has ho been found to be anything but the pure, honest and true American which those who knew him well four years ago claimed him to be. By a slight deviation from his prin ciples, Bryan today could command the support of almost every Democrat who left the party and opposed him in 1890. Were he more of a politician and loss statesman he would have succumbed to the lurid inducements of unquestioned Victory which influential men held out to htm this week. But Bryan Is not tho man who will sacrifice principle, even In so Immaterial a document as a political platform, and as a result of his devotion to the inter ests of the whole people on the financial question, the battle of 1900 will be fought as In 18% —with the classes and their wealth and their dupes arranged against ths masses. The hopes of the country lie with Democracy, and the hopes of Democracy for the present, at least, are bound to Bryan. Ha is tho one logical leader and director who can bs trusted to lead America and Amorlcans hack to the safe and just ways of government through which the nation grew and prospered for a century. That thero has been extravagance as well as stoaling In the Cuban postal service was practically acknowledged by Vourth Assistant Postmaster Ueneral Brlstow, who hat just returned from Cuba, when he said that he had made reductions in postal salaries while thero that aggregated SIOO,OOO a yonr, and he clinched that acknowledgement when he added: "No clerks hare resigned since the reduction, because of being 111-paid, and I am satisfied that they are now paid all the work Is worth. If any of them should resign, there would be ao difficulty In filling their places at the same salaries." The Democracy Is lh only complete national party lo the country; there is no etate In which there Is not a vigorous Democratic organization, and In which William J. Bryan will not receive a ■ubstantlal popular vote. The Re publican party remains a sectional organization, as It always has been. In some states there are hardly enough reepectable Republicans to fill the electoral ticket. But the Democracy Is still, as It was In the time of Joflerson, M broad as the constitution it defends. BRYAN JSNAMED Great Demonstration Follows Oldham's Speech. 16 TO 1 WINS THE DAY. Reported by Committee After a Hot Fight. y * IMPERIALISM CHIEF ISSUE. Bo tho Platform Declares— I Text of the Reaolntlona—Hill Maken Speech Seconding Bryan's Name-Webster Davis Announces His Withdrawal Prom the Republican Party—Boer Plank Evokes Enthusiasm. Kansas City, July (s.—William Jen nings Bryan of Nebraska was Inst night unanimously placed in nomination as the Democratic candidate for president of the United States on a platform opposing imperialism, militarism and trusts and specifically declaring for the free coinage of silver ot the ratio of 16 to 1. The nom ination came as the culmination of u fren zied demonstration in honor of the party leader lasting 27 minutes and giving ut terance to all the pent up emotions of the vast multitude. It followed also a uerce struggle throughout the last 36 hours concerning the platform declaration oo silver and on the relative position whlrh the silver question is to maintain to the other great issues of the day. It was late in the afternoon when the convention was at last face to face with tbe presidential nomination. Earlier in the day there had been tedious delays due to tbo inability of the platform commit tee to reconcile their differences and pre sent a report. Until this was ready the convention managers beguiled the time by putting forward speakers of more or lass prominence to keep the vast audience rrom becoming too restless. The first session, beginning at 10 in the morning, was entirely fruitless of results, I NOH J BO" AN. and it was not until late in the afternoon, when the second session had begun, that the platform committee was at lust able to report an agreement. Already its main featorcs, embodying the 16 to 1 principle, had become known to the delegates, and there was little delay in giving it unan imous approval. This removed the last chance for an open rupture on questions of principle and left the MVJV clear for the supreme event of the day—tin* nomina tion of the presidential candidate. The vast auditorium was filled to its utmost capacity when the moment arrived for the nomination to be made. Sot only were the IIMUU! facilities afforded by tick' ets taxed to their utmost, but the door keepers were given liberal instructions under which the aisles and areas and all available spaces were packed to their fullest limit. When the call of states began for the purpose of placingvcandidates in nomi nation, Alabama yielded its place at the bend of the list to Nebraska, and Q. IT. Oldham of that state made his way to the platform for the initial speech placing Mr. Bryan in nomination foe llic presi dency. Oldham'* Speech. Mr. Oldham's speech was as follows: Mr. Chairman—More than 100 years ago the Continental 4ngrem ot America adopted a decla ration which had been drafted by the founder of the Democratic* party, and the joyous tones of the old liberty bell which greeted tiie 1 announced to a wailing world that a nation had I><m# born. With hearts nnehtlW bj the selfish sentl of cold commercialism yea hare responded pa triotically to each sentiment Attained In De mocracy's first platform as it *ai to you at the opening of this convention, and la tf the radical departure which the party io povyvg has made from the principles set forth in th* historic document it is meet that we, true be lievers In the republic of old, should, wb*n choosing a field and forming our lines for tb* bloodless battle of ballots now impending, say In the language of one of tbe loved patriots of long ago, "Read this Declaration at the head of the army, and every sword shall be draws #r/n its scabbard and a solemn vow taken to maintain At or to perish on the bed of honor." Much of the history of this republic Shall be either made or marred by the action of this con vention. You, as representatives of the only party which is coexistent with the nation itself, the only party which ever had within its own ranks sufficient constructive statesmanship to cre ate a nation in which each citizen baronies a sovereign, hare, true to the traditions you bear, in your platform set nut In simple language* with a decided American Accent, a plan for the people's redemption from each sacrilege and schism taught by the Republican party. The plan contains nothing hut the approved precepts of the elders and doctors of your faitb. if on * platform you place a randtdatc whoso devoted and unblemlrfied life shall stand as a pledge to the plain people that he in good faith will carry out the solemn covenants made therein, then the hour of our ultimate triumph is at hand. No (irvster Honor, Thwc is no greater honor reserved for a citizen of these I'nitcd Btstes than to become the stand ard bearer of the Democratic party. It at once enroll* his name cm the scroll of the "immortals who aye not bom to die" and encircles him with • halo of the glory of all the illustrious achieve menu which that unconquered and unconquerable organization has emblazoned on every page of our nation's history. It intrusts to his keeping the fsana of that long line of statesmen and patrloU wbn bow knelt for a blessing at Democracy's •brim: "Ok, bright art the names of those heroes and sages That thine Uke stars through the dimmest §t afes, __ . . . Whose deeds arc Inscribed on the pages of story. Forever to live in the sunlight of glory!" This high distinction must not he unworthily bestowed. It must follow as a regard for noble actions bravely done, for unrequited, tireless toil, for sacrifices made and strength displayed, fot trusts discharged and pledges kept. We must seek a leader whose public and private life most nearly exemplifies his party's highest ideals, who Stands unqualifiedly pledged to every issue we de flare, who will carry the standard we place in his hands, even as the Black Douglas carried the sacred casket that inclosed the heart of Bruoe. He must not declare for free trade with Porto Kicc and then at the persuasive suggestion of the augai and tobacco trust sign a bill for a tariff on the products of that island. lie must not denounce a policy as one of "crim inal nggression" and then at the demand of a power behind the throne pursue the policy he has #o denounced. He must not, while professing opposition to combines and conspiracies against trade, send hie emissaries to the tTust baron castles to beg, likt Lazarus, at Dives' gates for subscriptions to his campaign; he must not lend tho moral support ol his administration to a monarchy in its efforts to destroy a republic, but lie must ever sympathize with a people struggling for the right of self government. Free folnnge, Instead of the Republican policy of monometal lism he must offer the free and unlimited coinugc of the money metals w>f the constitution, the gold that polished the winged sandals of Ilennei and the silver that glitters in the bow of Diana. Instead of a panic breeding, credit currency controlled by the bonk trust he must offer gov ernment paper controlled by the people. He must be able to distinguish between Demo cratic expansion and Republican imperialism. The first is a natural growth by the addition ol Contiguous American territory, into every foot ol which is carried the constitution, the flag and the decalogue, and over the shoulders of every in habitant of the added territory is thrown a pur ple robe of sovereign citizenship. It is a growth that has added 18 stars to the field of blue in the "Banner of the Free" to symbolize the states that have been carved from territory annexed to the domain of this nation by the wisdom and states manship of the Democratic party. This is an ex pansion that is hounded on the north by the con stitution of the United States, on the east by the Monroe doctrine, on the south by the Declaration of Independence and on the west by the Ten Commandments. How different this from the bandit policy of the Republican imperialism, with its standing army and bayonet rule of conquered provinces, its gov ernment of sullen subjects against their will hy force and fraud, its denial to them of the protec tion of either the constitution or the command which aays, "Thou shalt not steal," a policy that would send our Uncle Sam off his American range with a cowboy hut. a rope und a branding iron, to rustle and brand over all the loose Islands of the orient, while hypocritically chanting the long meter Doxology! Democratic skies are tinged with a rosier hue today than when we met in convention four years ago. Then a financial cataclysm had spread over the country, and, although its every inducing cause was easily traced to the errors and follies of the ltepuhliean party, yet we were in power when it came and were wrongly held responsible for the wreck of shattered fortunes which fol lowed in its wake. Torn asunder by dissensions within and disasters without, our party faced a gloomy and foreboding future which seemed to augur its dissolution. The problem then was to select a standard bearer bold enougb to cover the rear of a retreat and save the party from de struction, if not from defeat. The Man Found. While discord with her flaming Srrb confused the counsels there from out the sunset realm u champion came and bade defiance to the oncom ing host. With the strength of youth and the wisdom of age. with knightly mien and matchless speech, he towered above his peers, and all who saw him then with one accord did hail him "Chief" and gave our party's banner to his hand. Slowly despair gave way to hope; eonfldence took the place where timorous fear bad been; th broken, shattered columns formed again, ami be hind him, singing, came 0,500,000 valiant men to that unequal fight. And the story of how well he fought, how fear lessly he fell and how dearly the enemy's victory was bought has all gone out into history now. Hark from his "first battle" he came a baffled but unconquered hero of the rights of man. Con scious of the rectitude of Ilia purpose and cheered by the belief "that no issue is ever settled until it is settled right" he cheerfully acquiesced in the result of that campaign and girded his loins fot the next great eontest between the dollar and the For four years he has waged an unceasing war fare against the people's enemy; for four years he haa held up the party's standard, and Ihs voice has cheered the hosts of Democracy in every state and territory. When the trusts began to increase under the protection of a Republican administra tion, he was the first to point out the danger and prescribe a remedy. When the alarums of a war for humanity roused the heroic spirit of our land, he offered his sword to his country's cause on the day that war was declared. When later ht saw the administration departing tfoin the ancient landmarks of our institutions in its cM-h#nted dream of empire and militarism, he was the Aft* fu raise a warning voice, and, re signing his commlsoqip on the day the treaty ot peace was signed, la* hjrpsclf into the con test for the rescue of the rei'iiblM'.- Realizing that imperialism, like [he fabled Arta-ijs, wss born of earth and that contended with upon tl* selfish worldly plane of greed and gold it was of giant strength and if thrown down would rlMi again refreshed from contact with its mother element, he, like the mighty Hercules, raised it above the sordid sphere from which Mi strength was drawn, and on a plane of lofty,pa triot ism he strangled it. With the issues now clearly drawn no donht remains as to the name of our candida'te. On that question we are a reunited Democracy. Already worthy alius differing from us rather iio name than faith have should for our gallant leader again, and every stafc and territory has Instructed its delegates to this convention [0 wot# for him here, Ho it only rental*** for Nebraska to pronounce the name that has been thundered forth from the fitot ot Bunker Hil| and echoed back from Hicrra's sunset slope, and thai rever berates among the pine clad, snow rapped bills of the north and rises up from the slumbering flower scented savannas of the south, and that is tho name of William Jennings Bryan, her bast Uy/'d so if. Oryn*'* N'nmr Seta All Wild. The orator strong voiced and frpjupvtDining, yet to jvaiting dele gates #fml spectators there ,\Y ; hiit 0,10 poiot |t/> epp/M-h, and that wa th, Btirriflg closed with the nam# of Wjljiytw was the fof ot the day, and M/A great concourse jp $ t,ribvt,e gjf enthusiastic devotion to parj-y l<ead- A huge oil portrait of Bryqq WV.k tiiiwg feet across was hroitght dowq the fnatil flWe before the delegates. At the mime lime gfandnrds of the state delegations were torn from their sockets and waved on high, white of red, white and bltur, silk tNHMKM-s of ih* several suites and umuy bfHMteonnf unique trunspnrencteß were te#rw /fboßf the bqilding amid the donfeniog of 20,00t yelling, gesticulating nun ami women. All s4 /be intensity of former demostrations and *non'b piore was add e4 Ut thi* Anal tribute to jt/^e jtbA demonstration Jt* self, the Awoijjtfng tjve tion of Mr. Jirysu wer# ju order* White spoke for raiifornJ#, gfring <fye tribute of the Pnclfle roast to nu? Nebr*#- k candidate. When Colorado WHS reach ed, that state yielded to Senator Hill of New York, The audjenee had anxiously awaited the of the distil guisbed Now Yorker, mid as Jm took the platform he was accorded * splendid re ception, the entire oudienee rising ud cheering wildly with the single exception of the little group of Tammany leaders, who at silent throughout tlie cheers for Jheir New York associate. Mr. Hill was in tine voice, and hi tribute to the Ne hru ikfltt touched a aympathetic chord in the hearts of the audience. He pictured Bryan as the chnmpion of the plain peo ple nnd of the workinginnn, strong with the masses, with the farmer and with the artisan. When he declared with drn matic, emphasis that the candidate wonld have tho support of ills party—a united party—there was tremendous applause at the suggestion of Democratic unity. Aside from the brilliant eulogy of Bryan, the speech of the New York lender was chiefly significant nnd attractive in ita strong [ilea for unity. "It is a time for unity, not for divi sion," he exclaimed to the rapturous ap proval of the great multitude facing him. The eloquent Daniel of Virginia added Q Ih his plowing tribute to the candidate, while former (Jovernor Pnttisou of lVnn- R.vlvnnia spoke for his state and for the east. Governor MeMlUin of Tennessee voiced the wishes of a state which had "furnished three presidents." Hawaii, through its native delegation, John \Y. Wise, made? its first seconding speech in a Democratic national convention, and .finally a sweet voiced and pleasant faced woman alternate from Utah seconded the noiuiuation of Mr. Bryan in hehalf of the stnte of Utah. Then on me the voting. Stute after state recorded It's vote in be half of the Nebraska candidate and giv ing him the unanimous vote of all the states and territories. The convention managers had already agreed that this was sufficient work for the day, and the vice presidential nomination was allow ed to go over, The great battle of the convention has not been fought under the eyes of cheer ing thousands, but in the privacy of the closely guarded quarters of the commit tee on platform. Hero was waged through out Wednesday night and again yester day morning one of the most remarkable struggles that have ever racked this his toric party. On the one hand was the In fluence of Bryan und the absolute unity of devotion felt toward him and the cause of silver with which his ninnc is insepa rably linked. On tho other hnip) were many of the patriarchs of the party, men like Daniel of Virginia, insisting that the very life of the organization was endan gered by standing on old issues and that the duty of the hour called for new issues based on new and vital events. And out of this fierce strife the adherents of Bry an emerged victorious. Tlie Platform, The pint form is as follows; We, the representatives of th Democratic party of the United States, HSMtjiiblci} in pfmyenfjoii oq the annivernary of the adoption of tfia Declaration of Independence, do reaffirm our faith in that im mortal proclamation of the inalienable rights of gum and our allegiance to the constitution framed in harmony therewith by the fathers of the repub lic. We ho|d, with the United States supreme court, that the Declaration of independence is the spirit- of our government, of which tfie constitu tion is the form *nd letter. Wc dec tart again that all governments instituted among men derive thlf jmd powers from the consent of tlie governed; that any government not based upon the consent of the govern#d is tyranny ami that to impose upon any people a government of force is |o sub stitute the methods of Imperialism for fhoso of republic. We bold that the coiiMti(|itiuri follows the flag and denounce the doctrine ,ur*n tive or congress deriving their existence and their powers from the constitution can exercise lawful authority beyond it or in violation of It. We as (but no nation can long endure half republic and half OfnplfO, flnd we warn the American peo ple thut imperialism alqruftd wjU Jead quickly snd inevitably to despotism at home- Relieving jn these fundamental principles, wjt derumrm# fh# Ppftfl Ri*v> law epgetad by a Repub lican congress against Mm protest ami opposition of the Democratic minority a 4ujd and open violation of the nation's organic law and a fla grant breach of the nntiouai good faith, H iw poses upon the people of I'orto Rico a government without their consent nnd taxation without repre sentation. It dishonors the American people hy repudiating a solemn pledge made in their behalf by fhf commanding general of our army, which jtbe fttcjjps welcomed to a peaceful and un resisted 'occupation iff /heir land. It doomed to poverty and distress \i helplessness appeals with peculiar force Jo our j.gsji <?$ ai)fl m**fUi)/#ihy. In this, the first act of'its 'iptperj pustic the Republican pajty seeks fcq cnnimjf tie f uiAytf to f colonial pot jcy jp ijumusjeiii' .with ' repytl/cjW aqij con- W % supreme poyrf fa qurnepm# flflV We demand tin; pyppipt hopes! fulfillment of our pledges to the ('titan people and [he woflcj that the United States has no disposition poy iq jention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction „r the island of Cuba except for its imcificMom Tfa' w r mt*door.fry two years ago, profound peace fefgpa *y*c r - jIJ the island, am! sffll IP* a'bmmstrstfop keeps ffie w>fr)mpn( qf fie i>w If,if# its people, while Republican carp*/ hsg offhtgl* pbppbf if* pevenqes find explpjt ttqi colonial theory Ui tUft fijsgparp qf [he people. We condemn and denounce the I'titbppiqa Pol icy of the present administration. It has involved tii? muibllc in unnecessary war, sacrificed the Hves oj iuyflv <>f "ur noblest sons and placed the United PjrgeJpmdy known and applauded Jiroughmit wofld p* to, pjvimpion of freedom, ',41 false f"l un-America# H* pfjwhing luMMtry ,orif lhv of qur Jprnuy flic a to acliiov.e ijbepty sol/ government. The'Fili pinos cannot he cMjzcns iff t ho I j/ endangering oup civilization; they cannot be apibpo-ta without im periling our form of government, 'ga iye are pot willing bo surrender our rivilijgtjo# op tq r.ert Hie republic fnjo an empire we fa Tor an im mediate declaration of the nation's purpose to rive io the Filipinos, first, a stable form of gqv •rnrnenf; second, independence, and third, protec tion fr<>m outside interference. *mh as has been ylven for nearly a century to the republics of e'en | tral and Houtb America. The greedy commerejiUia which dictated the Philippine follcj of the Republican administra tion attempts to justify it with the plea that it will pay, but even this sordid and unworthy plea fails when brought to the teat of facta. The wat of criminal aggression against the Filipinos, en tailing an annual expense of many millions, ha* already coat more than any possible profit that could accnie from the entire Philippine trade fot years to come. Furthermore, when trade ia ex tended at the expense of liberty the price ia al ways too high. Expansion Vrrsns Imperialism. We are not opposed to territorial expansion When it takes in desirable territory which can Ik erected into states in the Union and whose people are willing and fit to become AmeMean ciiiinni, We favor expansion by every peaceful and legiti mate means. But we are unalterably opjsised tc the seizing or purchasing of distant islands to bs governed outside the constitution and whose peo pie ran never become citizens. We are in favor of extending the republic's in fluence among the nations, but believe that influ ence should be extended not by force and violence, but through the persuasive power of a high and honorable example. The importance of other questions now pending before the American people is in nowise diminish ed, and the Democratic party takes no hackwaro step from its position on them, but the burning issue of imperialism growing out of the Spanish war involves the very existence of the repuhlu and the destruction of our free institutions. W regard it as the paramount issue of the campaign. Private monopolies are indefensible and intoler able. They destroy competition, control the prict of all material and of the finished product, thut robbing both producer and -onttumer. They lesser, the employment of lator and arbitrarily fix tht terms and conditions thereof and deprive individ ual energy and small capital of their opportunity for betterment. They are the moat efficient means yet deviaeo for appropriating the fruits of industry to the ben eflt of the fear at the expense of the many, ann unlcw their insatiate greed is checked all wealth will he aggregated in a few hnndn and the repub lie destroyed. The dishonest paltering with thi trust evil by the Republican party in state ana national platforms is conclusive proof of the truth of the charge that trusts are the legitimate prod uct of Republican policies, that they are fostereo by Republican laws and that they are protectee by the Republican administration In return foi campaign subscriptions and political support. We pledge the Democratic party to an unceasing warfare in nation, state and city against private monopoly in every form. Existing laws against trusts must he enforced and more stringent one* must he enacted providing for publicity as to the affairs of corporations engaged in interstate com merce and rerpiiring all corporations to show lc fore doing business outside of the statja of theii origin that they have no water in their stock ano that they have not attempted and are not at tempting to monopulixe any branch of business 01 the production of any articles of merchandise, ano the whole constitutional power of congress ovei interstate commerce, the mails and all modes ol interstate cominuniestion shall he exereised by the enactment of comprehensive laws upon th subject of trusts. Tariff laws should be antendefl by putting the products of trusts upon the fret list to prevent monopoly under the plea of protec tion. We condemn the Dingley tariff law as s trust breeding measure skillfully devised to give the few favors which they do not deserve and to place Upon the many burdens which they should nui bear. Sixteen to One. We reaffirm and indorse the principles of the Democratic nutional platform adopted at t'hieagt in 18!W, and we reiterate the demand of that plat form for an American financial system made by the American people for themselves which shall restore and maintain a bimetallic price level and as part of such system the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of Iff to 1 without waiting for the consent of any other nation. We denounce the currency hill enacted at tin last session of congress aa a step forward In th Republican policy which aims to discredit tin sovereign right of the national government to is HUP all money, whether coin or paper, and to he atow upon national hanks the power to issue and control t)ie volume of paper money for their owr, benefit. A permanent national bank currency #e cured by government bonds must have a perma pent debt to rest upon, and if the bank currency la to increase with population and business thft debt must also increase. The Republican currency Of hepu- is therefore a scheme for fastening upor flje taxpayers a perpetual and growing debt. Wo favor the continuance and strict enforce pient of the Chinese exclusion law and its appli ration to the saiqe classes of all Asiatic races. Jeffersofl said, "JVaco, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliance* with none." \Vo approve this wholesome doctrine and ear qestly profost against the Republican departure which has involved ua in so called policies, in eluding the diplomacy of Rqrone and the intrigm ami land grabbing of Asia, and we capitally con rfomn the ill concealed Republican alliance with Rngland which must mean discrimination agqinsi other friendly nations ami which has already stl fled the nation's voR-e while liberty is being atran glcd in Africa. Believing in the principles of self government and rejecting, at did our forefathers, the claim o| monarchy, we v|eq with indignation the purpose qf Rqglaqd tp overwhelm wjt|i fofif t|e Routh Af fjciiq FepqbljS. Hpeakiqg. a* jP'P do, for the eq fjrr Amorican nation except |ts Republican otfl-e holders ami for all ffea men everywhere, we ev tend our sympathies to the heroic burghers in their unequal struggle to maintain their liberty Slid independence. IVv denounce the lavish appropriations of recent Republican congresses which have kept taxes high sqd which threaten trade with perpetuation of tin oppressive war levies. We the accunuila tion qf a surplus to he squandered in such bare faced frauds upon the taxpayer! as the shipping subsidy bill, whicli under the false pretense ol pros|ering American shipbuilding would put un earned millions Into the pockets of favorite con tributors to tho Republican campaign fund. We favor tlm reduction and speedy repeal of the vai taxes ami a return to the time honored Democrat lc policy of strict economy of government expen ditures. We favor the immediate construct on, owner ship and control of the Nicaragua canal by the United States, and vre denounce the insineeritv o! the plank in the Republican platform for an isth mian cgnal jq the face of the failure of the Repub lican majority fo pure the bill pending in mo gress. We condemn tlir Hqr Pauncefote treaty as a sqr. render of Amerioiq rights find interests not to ho tfleratf*d hy the American people. The platform wns read to the ponven* tion by Senator Tillman. The n'riding was interspiTsed by cheers from start to finish, and when he declared that no na tion could long last as a republic nnd have empire, the cheering continued for several minutes. The same was true when hq |}<iuoii|ifit>d the keeping of an army in Culm Qfffi yyfreff he i|pcUrcf| that Democ racy s J nod for ifrtdpjLtiqn ainf {pdppen depce for the T|ipn Jtß rpfffj this sentcitpp: "Thp importance of ofhpr finps tjops |ptfor the people is ip t;q wise ijiiuipishefl, ajwl Itemoorntlc par, ty [tikes po backward steps froip |ts posir tion on them, bnt tltp burping issue of imperialism growing opt of the Hpanish war iuvolvPß tho very eglsfpnee of the republic niid the destiny of oqr free In stitutions. We regard it as tho paramount Ibtftif* nf tlir Cfltupnign," A Brest PemqastrstloN, YhM snptency wiih the signal for one of flip fpppt dramptle and Impressive spectn ties of the copventiop, A the speaker was speaking the words hundreds began to put in the bands of every person long handled flags about 2 by V/j feet in size, hearing the inscription: "The constitution f)|c flag are one ami inseparable now qmj fprwrpp : f fhp flag of a republic for ever; of op ppipjre ppvifr " The cheering stnrtmj hinopg fhp flpje gatpM, b"t iu a few seeonda it flad spread ufyf tfjc put Ire ha|), hut TiUmap silenced ft wjtti g tertfflc appeal tqr i|eqee ynd repeated the paragraph from the pint form, fairly screaming forth the words. M We regard it (imiwrialisin) ns the para mount losue in thin campaign." It was th signal the audience had km wafting far. It was the news that the large majority in the convention which wag opposed to shoving free silver to the front Among the Issues hAd been hoping for. The words acted like an electric shdck npon the multitude. TTp the people stood, the small flags were frantically waved until the vast hall was a stormy sea of color, while onderneatb the flood of color and nlinoHt burled from sight by It were 20,000 persons, standing on chairs and jumping up and down like mad persons and yelling their delight. The hand began to play "The Stat Spangled Banner," and with an over whelming scream of enthusiasm the crowd continued to wave the flag. A procession of the delegates around the hall began, each delegation bearing its state standard as they moved on to mans before the platform. Bome of them car ried banners hearing Inscriptions, among them being ones which read: "Forceful annexation would be crimi nal aggression."—William McKinlty. "Lincoln abolished slavery, McKinley has restored it." "Finler the flag they may buy theli freedom at the market price." After the reading was concluded Web ster Davis went upon the platform, and his appearance was greeted with cheers. Mr. Davis in a brief speech announced his withdrawal from the Republican party. * His allusions to the Boers were receiv ed with thundering applause. lie began by saying that no platform could eret have been read so intensely American as the one just read and concluded by de claring that he was a Democrat and that he would support the platform and the candidates. At the close of his address there was another paroxysm of excite ment. The Vice Presidency, Friends of Charles A. Towne declare positively that William J. Bryan will bo in Kansas City today and will appear in the convention hall. They say that this menus that Tqwno and not Adlai E. Ste venson will Is* nominated for vice presi dent, but Mr. Metealf, Mr. Bryan's rep resentative, says the candidate is not coming. The general belief, however, ia that the candidate will be A. E. Stevenson. Politicians frankly said last night that Towne's candidacy had not taken well. The candidacy of John W. Ivellet it scarcely ever mentioned. Unquestionably an attempt will be made to stampede the convention fot David B. Hill of New York. Hill in- HIM., dsta that he will not take the nomina tion. He says he lie says he it under private and personal pledges not to run for vlee president, What these pledges are he will not ex plain, but they are supposed to have reference to his desire to nominate Elliot Danforth. Hill frankly says that if he it nominated be will 1h compelled to with draw from the ticket. Hill's action In seconding the nomina tion of Bryan Jin* strengthened him io the affections of the convention. Bryan Receive* the Mews. Lincoln, Neb., July f!.—News of the nomination of William Jennings Bryan for president did not arouse the tumult of enthusiasm last night that It did four years ago, when the convention at Chica go similarly honored him. Conditions then and now are wholly dissimilar. His selec tion now as his party's standard bearer has been so long forecasted that anything short of a unanimous <Hll would have been a surprise. Added to this is the fact that about half of Lincoln's Democratic voting strength is in Kansas City. How ever, there were hearty congratulations showered upon the nominee together with an abundance of red fire and noise when the news became generally known. # At the Bryan home there was no mark ed demonstration. Mr. Bryan was re clining on a lounge in the parlor with only the family present when State Sen ator Tnlhot. in the telegraph room shore, shouted, "You're nominated, old man." Then Mr. Tallsit ranie hurriedly down stairs and as Mr. Bryan reached for the bulletin he remarked jokingly: "Tnlhot, this is terribly sudden." Nerhy neighbors cnlied t<> extend con gratulations nnd used the telephone. Late last night Mr, Bryan repeated what he has said so many times lefore. that he was unable to say whether he would go to Kansas City. State Senator Talbot, who has hitherto been a (filiated with the Republicans, gave out a statement last night saying he would vote for Bryan. BASEBALL SCORES. ftf Yf.tffdAy'a namen la the *tlMMll Urmm#, At pittiburg— Ri H. * New York..,, ooiaiooatv-:; 7 4 Pittsburg,,,, no 00 a 1000— a 0 4 H;>ltrrb>it <'urrl< k and Bower man; Ureter, Wad dell and Xlmnter, At Cincinnati-- n. JJ. n. Brooklyn,,., 00(100010 1— 2 10 0 Cincinnati.,, 00000000 0— 0 l 0 Flatteries— Sops and Parrel); Newton and Peita. At Chicago— A. H. A. Chicago 02000000 *— 2 7 I Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00—0 7 2 Uatterlea-Taylor and Donohtic; Dineen and Clemcnta. At Nt. Louis— R. n. H, Philadelphia 100010000 1— .2 10 3 •t. Louis 000000002 0— 1 0 I Batteries-Piatt and Douglass; Powell and C'ri g. BTANDINO OF TUB CLUBS. w. L. p.c ar. L. P.o. Brooklyn... 30 21 A6O Cincinnati.. 30 22 . 484 Philadel'a. . 34 23 .MR lloaton 27 X 8 . 460 Pittsburg.,, 3,6 20 .647 Ht. Louis... 2.6 33 . 481 Clie H go t: ,. ill! .824 New Yofk,, 21 Sfl ,869 Five Dead From Heat. Chicago, July o.—The temperature of iMI degrees tluit has tortured Chicago for the past two days did not vary yesterday. Last night five more deaths and 15 proa trutioua had beuu reported,
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