The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-10

the platform as submitted by the COM
| mttec. is first sentence brought cheer
ing. He said he disagreed with the
senator from South Carolina in his
statement that this was a sectional is
| sue.
llc was southerner. but loved the
wht'le country and was willing to lay
DOWN his life for it. CWild cheering)
This question was not sectional, but
involved every part of the country. The
Democracy believed as he did-in lib
erty and union. He believed the whole
people should stand together.
When David b. Hill moved to the
L'a form to speak for the substituted
plank scene that approached enthusi-
asin Of that of last night when New
York cast her seventy-two votes for the
minority report of the credentials COM
mtee, began. Delegates stood on chairs
aHd waved hats. fans and handker-
chiefs. Mr.. Whitney rose with the rest,
and the sight of his erect figure brought
many t. their feet. The galleries SEEM
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Mr. Hill began In slow and distinct
tones, saying that following the course
of the senator from South Carolina, he
Wouiu introduce hlinseif by saying: Il
am Democrat. but 1 am not revolu-
tionist'' 'Cheers). Without intending
TO especially reply to the remarks of
the distinguished senator from South
Carolina, he would say that II was
a waste or time for him to assume that
we were 50 ignorant as not to knew
that 1t was South Carolina that in 1850
attempted to destroy the Union. Ills
lMr. Hills) mission here today was to
build up not to destroy. He knew he
addressed convention that did not
agree with all the views be held, but
ne knew they would near HIM FOR his
cause. New YORK made no apology 10
South Carolina. tCheers). she did not
need II. he need not remind the great
country that IL WAS New YORK CITY,
whose wealth had been so decried. that
had always been the Gibraltar OF the
democracy.
He asserted that the masses OF the
Democratic party today stood In favor
OF gold ana silver as the money OF the
constitution ana for either gold or sill
yer alone AS 10 the means that shouid
be employed to attain their end, one
SIDE favored the cooperation or other
nations. IL was not question or cour-
age. The majority report treated 1t as
II they We're not pfaVe enough 10 'ihuer-
take this alone. ii was question or
business, question or economy. lie
believed II was wise to seek the CO.
operation OF other nations. lie did not
assail the honesty Of those who differed
with him. He had always treated the
free coinage men respectfully ana
would 90 so TO-DAY. lie dld not belleVe
they could ignore the nnancial sys-
TEN. 1t fattered American pride to say
this country was big enough to stand
alone. But II we carried this out TO It's
legitimate concluslon we might as Wen
do away with all international COM
mercial treaties. He thought II was un-
wise to depend upon single ratio
The platform should have stopped at
demanding the RECOMMENDATION OF silver
Instead of that the platform made the
test Of Democatic loyalty hang upon
the single ratio of 10 to ]. He saw
before him distinguished free coinage
senator's who had introduced b,lis adVo-
eating other ratios.
The platform said the gold policy was
the policy of England. 1t forgot to say
that there was French policy also. a
German policy, Spanish policy-that
In fact 1t was the policy of the world as
represented by the states OF the Latin
Union. He took 1t for granted that this
convention was in favor of maintaining
the silver dollar ON parity with every
other dollar. But the platform said
not word about this. Everything was
risked on free coinage.
Could the American people, no matter
how brave they might be. make copper
or lead equal to gold? 1t was ques-
tion of economics and therefore though
in minority, he held that the safest
course was to advocate international BIZ
metallism and to stop there. He did
not like many Of the planks in the
Democratic platform and he thought it
tn, wise counsels Of the senator from
Al, mn. InpeSl had nrpyn lied If