The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-09
ACCEPTS THE SILVER GROWN
NOTIFIED OF HIS NOMfN1-
 TI0N BY WHITE METAL PARTY.

The Scene Suggests Motif for Comic
 Opera-Big Crowd Witnesses the Cere-
 mony-George A. Grout of Ohio Delivers
 Notification Address Bryan Responds
 Between the Two They Tear the Pluto
 crats, syndicates, Corporations, Trusts,
 Foreign Bankers, Gold Bugs and Every
 thing Else, Except the Common People,
 Into Shreds.
 Lincoln, Neb,, Sept S-The national silver party, through its regularly ap- pointed committee, tonight formally notified William Jennings Bryan of his nomination by its convention at St. Louis. To-night's function took place in the open air on the plaza and lawn in front of the state capitol building. With the exception of those seated in a few score chairs on the speakers plat form and directly in front of 1t all the audience were standing.
 MT. Bryan, in answer to the informa- tion formally given, made speech without the aid of notes, and was ire quently applauded. Before the pro- ceedlngs there was a parade. It was g o'clock before the first of the flaring flambeaus heading the candidates es- cort were spied by those at the capitol as their bearers turned into the thor oughfare leading to the stand. Twen- ty minutes later MT. Bryan appeared on the platform and the crowd cheered him repeatedly. The space in front of the stand for several hundred feet back was black with people. Norris Humph- rey of Lincoln called the assemblage to order, and in a few words presented George A. Grout of Ohio. chairman of the committee appointed by the con- vention to notify MT. Bryan He said:
 MT. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle men-From April 2, 1792, to February F, 1873, every person had the right in this country to have gold and silver coined into money free of charge and without limit as to quantity at the rates established by law.
 On February 12, 1873 the congress de- solver coined into units of money, since which time the hints have been open to the free coinage of gold only at the rate established by law.
 That the people at the time that law was passed did not know that they had been deprived of that right no one will dispute. That they have never fully understood the force and effect of that law there can be no doubt
 That the motive which actuated those who secured it's passage was bad no- body at the present day will deny.
 Those who secured the passage of that law have not yet proclaimed to the world that they are proud of thier ef- forts in that behalf Since the passage of that law there has been an ever in- creasing demand for its repeal and the restoration to the peoie of the right that was taken from them by 1t.
 Circumstances and conditions have been such since its passage as to ap
  were in favor of its repeal futile, These persons in our country who have un- derstood the evil effects of that act have for years supplicated and implor- ed the republican and democratic par ties alike to restore to the people the right which was by that law taken from them behind their backs and without their knowledge and consent, but their appeals have been in vain.
 They have sought in season and out of season, to secure a restoration of that right to the people, have been ma ligned and traduced and spurned with contempt by the money owners and bondholders, their agents and servants, in the most outrageous manner Thank God, their efforts have not been in vain, for they are about to be crowned with success.
 The democratic and republican par ties have over and over again declared in favor of the free coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to l, but those who were elected to office by those par ties repudiated the platforms on which they were elected and used every ef- fort to defeat every attempt to secure legislation upon the subject. Such dec- larations were made to catch votes merely, and not to be acted upon by those in authority.
 The national silver party proposes to assist in destroying the gold trust, and we appeal to all those who are inter- ested in humanity, who are interested In good government, who believe that men are more important than proper ty, who believe that the interests of those who create wealth are para mount to those who are merely con- sumers, to assist in this great strug- gle
 That we shall succeed there can be no question, because this is fight in fa- vor of the many against the few It is a fight between the producers of wealth and aggregated capital. It is a fight between those who do the work of the world and those who live with out work It is a fight between dem ocracy and plutocracy. In such a fight in such a struggle, can there be any doubt as to the issue?
 It was 10 o'clock before MT Groot concluded, and MT. Bryan then said:
 MT. Chairman and Gentlemen-I beg to reply at this time without the for mality of a letter. The platform adopted by the silver convention con- tains but one plank, and that plank, the plank upon the money question, is upon the silver question and is identi-