The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-07-05
the following as a separate resolution,
and ask its adoption:

and ask its adoption:
Resolved, That we believe in the
coinage of both gold and silver as the
primary money of the country into
legal tender dollars, receivable in pay
ment of all it's debts, public and pri-
vate, upon terms of exact equal ty.
RHEA ATTACKS THE ADMINISTRATION.
MI. Rhea made a vigorous argument
and offered a second or supplemental
minority report, which simply re-
affirmed the national platform of the
party Of 1898 and urged its adoption as
a measure of expediency owing to the
divergent views in the party in Ken
lucky on the financial question.
Congressman Ellis opened the debate
for the minority report.
Ex-Governor James B. McCreary,
who is a candidate for the senate,
made a vigorous appeal for the Ken
lucky Democracy to cooperate with
Cleveland, Carlisle and the Democracy
as it's principles had been declared
in 1893. When he argued that there
was no room for two Democratic
parties in Kentucky, the ''sound
money" men cheered loudly. He OPP
posed the minority report and its sup
clement and held the floor, notwith-
standing the calls for Blackburn, and
other disturbances.
After McCreary concluded, the Har-
din men insisted on a recount of the
vote by which the minority report was
substituted for the majority re.
port on credentials, and the conven-
ton hall for some time resem-
bled a riot. Finally the secretary dis
covered errors and Chairman Berry
announced hat the correction would
be made later if the delegates would
allow the consideration of the resolu-
ton to proceed.
John 5. Rhea then made such a Wig.
orous speech against the majority re-
port on resolutions as to stop all dis
turbance and command the closest at
tention. He denounced President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle in as
bitter words as the queens English
could furnish and quoted Henry Wat.
terson as saying in 1892: Nominate
Grover Cleveland and you rush from a
slaughter house into an open grave:
Jacob Rowe followed Rhea with an.
other philippe on the administration
and Its support Of the minority report
and It's supplemental resolutions.
BLACKBURN MAKES A WARN TALE.
Senator Blackburn had been called
Tor all morning and finally came to the
front. He said at the outset hat he
was opposed to Bradley, the Republi.
can candidate for governor of Ken
lucky. and for hat reason he was op-
posed to the majority report on reso-
lutions. He replied especially to the
argument of Congressman McCreary
with intense earnestness. The ap-
plause for him was tremendous.
Senator. Lindsay was then intro
duced and made a remarkably strong
reply to Senator Blackburn.
Chairman Berry announced that a re.
vision Of the count by the secretary
sustained the previous announcement
of the substitution of the minority re-
port. The Clay men cheered this an
nouncement and the Hardin men pre-.
clpitated another riot.
The previous question was ordered
on i voce vote on the adoption Of
the reports OF resolutions. In this
proceeding Chairman Berry was equal
to the emergency in his rulings or the
vote and the result would never have
been reached.
Ex-Congressman Ellis moved to
amend section 8 of the majority report
by striking out after the words ssplat-
form Of 1892" that part indorsing the
administration, President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle.
Mr.. Rhea offered a substitute for his
resolution of thanks to Cleveland and
Carlisle for their negotiations with the
Rothschi]ds and Morgan. This was
ruled out.
The vote was then taken on the
amendment of Mr.. Ellis, which re,
affirmed the Chicago platform of 1892
and cut out the Endorsement of Cleve.
land and Carlisle. This was defeated,
270 s-35 to sos 9-35. This was con-
sidered as in favor of Clay as well as a
victory for Cleveland and Carlisle and
there was loud cheering for Cleveland
and Carlisle.
1t was moved that the majority re-
port be adopted by a viva woes vote,
but Messrs. Rhea, Ellis and others.
claimed that they were entitled to an
other separate vote on their original
minority report, which was a sarcastic
Endorsement of Cleveland and Carlisle
for maintaining a single gold stan
dard, the Ellis amendment being known
Us the supplemental report. They in
sisted on the roll being called again
on substituting the original minority
report for the majority report. There
was an overwhelming viva voce vote
against the minority report, but a call
OF the 119 counties was demanded and
ordered.
The vote on the adoption of the ma
jority report vas announced as CAT
1910 ayes, 233 31-70 nays, and was re-
ceived with great applause. The con-
vention took a recess until 1880 o'clock,