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FREELAND, PA., JULY 6, 1900.
Democracy's Leader.
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.
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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,