Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-06
SECOND EDITION. WERE HARD ID HOLD DOWN The More Rabid of the Free
 Silver Men. THEY BURNED TO "ROASTp President Cleveland Text of Their Platform. How Boss Heinrchsen Saved tt
 Affair From Disgrace.
THEY BURNED TO ROAST"

Springfield, H., June 5.-This morn- ing's trains visibly augmented the num- Der of delegates to the democratic silver convention and the prospects of it being a success were eorrespondingly in- creased.
 At one time it looked as if the country was holding back, and that the represent tation outside of the city districts would be so smaR as to seriously affect the standing of silver in the state of Illinois. All fear of this was at an end when the delegates assembled in the commodious hall of representatives in the capitol at noon today. Every delegate who valued his standing with his fellows wore on his coat a badge shaped like an inverted triangle, the apex of which was a small gold nugget and the remainder sixteen Jumps of silver Besides this each man carried a broad blue badge, telling for what he was there.
 Secretary of State Heinrichsen, by virtue of his office chairman of the dem ocratic central committee. called the meeting to order. The committee on temporary organization reported the fol- lowing recommendations, which were adopted: Chairman Monroe c. CraW- ford of Union county secretary, Arthur c. Bentle of Pike; assistants, William J. Cochran of Polk, ". P. Mcdowell of Vermillion, John D. Breclkinridge of Full ton Robert l. Hunt of Macon, William Stoeffei of McHenry and H. T. Eberein; sergeant-at-arms, T. J. Sparks of Me Donough
 Temporafy Chairman Crawford said he would not delay the proceedings of the convention by making speech. He would. however, say that the eyes or the whole country were on this convention Let its action be no uncertain one, Let tfaf fFtfaG matters. but declare either uncondition- ally for gold or for the free and unllm- ited coinage of silver at 16 to l.
 When Chairman Crawford had fin ished his brief speech delegate from one of the country towns started the movement to keep all abuse of President Cleveland or praise of Governor Altgeld out of the convention by introducing resolution that all resolutions of poiit- ical nature offered to the convention be received and referred to the committee on resolutions without being read.
 Thomas Merritt of Marion county was on his feet in an instant and strenuously objected to having what he called the gag law applied to the convention He wanted any resolutions introduced to be duly read. It was evident there was going to be a hot fight by the enemies of the administration to get in their at Jacks. The original introducer of the motion withdrew 1t and the point re- mAlneQ unSelLleu-
 The convention then adjourned until 2 o'clock to allow the various committees to prepare their reports.
 The makeup of the committee on res olutions shows an overwhelming pre- ponderance of free silver and anti-Cleve- land men. Not content with the regular selection of this committee a motion was offered to add Ex-Congressman Hunter to the committee. This was carried by exclamation. Hunter is violent anti Cleveland man and has been berating the president as a traitor to his party.
 Despite the assurances given out by the leaders last night that the convention would not undertake to condemn the national administration some of the friends of President Cleveland seemed apprehensive of coming trouble The delegates of the various congressional districts met at 10 O'clock to select dele gates to the proposed national conven- tion on the currency question. In some of these caucuses the subject of denounc- ing Cleveland and Palmer was talked over in an informal way, but the senti- ment appeared to be against that which was not conservative.
 In the case of the Seventeenth con- gressonal district, General Palmers home, a resolution was offered instruct ing the chairman of the delegation and the district member of the committee on resolutions to vote against any proposi- tion to either condemn the national ad- ministration or indorse the state admin on the subject and the general express