The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-03

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Mr.. Lewis is a plain man of the people, ;"
and does not have a very distinguished
bearing, but his words seemed to burn into
the hearts of his hearers. and the pit rose
at him" Delegates waved handkerchiefs
stood on their seats and shouted their APP
proval, and some of the most enthusiastic
shook hands with one another as a mark
of the hearty approval with which the
words were received.
strained to remark that the executive COM
mittee had made an effort to have the best
from a host of good speakers there to rep
resent the different sections of the Union;
OF course that excludes your president,
he added. He is here simply to introduce
the orators" The c~hairman's remark was
greeted with laughter.
Ovation after ovation was given to the
different speakers last night. The first oc-
Cured when John r. Fellows was intro
duced. He stood calmly waiting for the
great applause to die down. He spoke in a
shreds the Bryanic party and its dishonest
platform of national dishonor and repudia-
ton. AT frequent intervals his remarks
were received with loud applause, inter
spersed with much aughte Mr. Fellows
was about to cut his address short. after
ne mad spoken for twenty minutes, but
was compelled to continue by loud cries Of
Go on" His announcement that it is his
purpose TO go into very many of the States
was received with loud cries from the del
egates, who shouted Good, good" He
in a way that caught the audience. IF [
am to be butchered.' he said. Il care but
little for the establishment of the instru-
- "HA
crucfded between these twin thieves" Mr..
FeloWs was interrupted by loud and pro-
c~rucified between the twin thieves of sec
tionalism and reputation" he continued.
There was a great deal of disappoint-
ment when Louis r. Enrich. of Colorado,
announced, after speaking for a few mo-
ments, that he could not continue. as his
voice was in bad condition. lie explained
that he came to the convention against the
advice of his friends. who feared that he
might again become i'll. However, his full
speech Is printed in the Journal from his
manuscript.
David w. Lawler. of Minnesota. made a
snort but vigorous speech, denouncing in
stirring epithets the Chicago platform and
the Chicago candidates..
E. H.. Farrar, of Louisiana. after an in
PRODUCTION by Chairman Fellows. turned
to the ladies and gentleman on the stage
ana told them that as he was a plain
lawyer and not an orator he must ask
their indulgence in his manuscript address.
He made a forcible speech which was in
terrqpted towards its end on account of
the late hour, by a few impolite calls for
breckenridge. The great mass OF his audi
tors, however. replied to this by shouts of
incentive line than some of the others that
particular attention to the embarrassing
position the country would be in among
the nations of the earth if it undertook to
take care of the silver of the world.
After the address of Mr.. Farrar was
finished Colonel Fellows made the an
failure to speak. 1t was then IL o'clock,
but there were many exclamations of dis
appointment over the house at this an
nouneelnent and the audience seemed loath
TO leave. A remarkable feature of the
meeting. was the presidency with which
dred people left until the last word was
uttered. and those who did go only left
after they had become too tired from
standing on their feet to remain longer.
In the absence Of w. D. Bynurn, who
could not be present owing to the illness of
q member of his family, j. McNeal Trim
ball. of Missouri, called the meeting to
order.
ADDRESS OF COLONEL FELLOWS.
The chairman was ex-Congressnan John
r. Fellows, of New York, and the speakers
billed We're: Hon. Louis F. Enrich, of Col
orado; Daniel w. Lawler, of Mime
sofa, and Edgar II. Farrar, of Louis
lana. Colonel Fellows, in his Introductory
speech, was in his customary eloquent vein,
and was frequently cheered. The enthusi
asm throughout his speech and the rest
of the meeting was loud-voiced and fire.
quent in expression.
Ladies and Gentlemen. Fellow-Demo-
said Colonel Fellows, as he faced the
immense audience, the splendid enthusi-
asm which characterizes this gathering to-
night is but the visible expression of the
sentiment which is surging in the breasts
of hundreds of thousands of Democrats all
over this Republic. (Cheers.) We are
called upon to confront a peril, which, by
the action of the Chicago convention, was
cryStall1zed into a declaration and purpose
constituting a menace which seriously i'm
peT1lS lnQlV1dual happiness ana the pros
perity OF our beloved country. We have
assembled in convention to declare that
that peril shall never become "a reality.
(Cheers.) Our justification for assembling
here is that we are Democrats, and TO sus- |
tain the action OF the Chicago convention
is treason to Democracy. l deny the right
of any asesmb.age of men to declare TO
me what is Democracy, or to prescribe for
me new forms and new teachings of De-
Democracy was born before ma
tional conventions, and would survive if
conventions were never held.
= N nnnC \ nliA that y nfn i |
more than q name, and | say let
them carry away the flag, but leave to
built, and 1 remain a Democrat ana they
the Populists. (Cheers)
When This convention shall have ae-
to go into very many of the States of this
Union and repeat that l repudiate abso-
lute1y in all it's parts, in it's detail and in
the entirety Of its hideousness, the plat
form and the candidates of The Chicago
convention. Tremendous cheers, the
crowd rising while cheering.) If that was
then all my lire L have been
deceived, and ] an not willing now in my
old age to confess that / have gone wrong
through the enthusiasm OF my young lie
and the mature judgment of ripper years,
and kneel now on a penitent knee declar-
ing 'mea culpa in the presence OF AItgeld
and Tillman.'
The meeting wildly cheered this state
ment and il was some little time before
sufficient quiet was restored to permit
Colonel Fellows to proceed. Continuing he
said: 4 am not willing that the party ami
it's principles should be murdered upon any
of scaffold. daughter and applause.)
l am not so esthetic in my tastes as the
from Nebraska CBryan), and if
/ am 10 be butchered l care but little for
the embellishments of the instrument
the slaughter takes place. (Cheers
and Iaughter) L believe that it COMFORTS
more with my somewhat ariSto-
cratic tastes, if / am killed at all, to have
it done upon a cross of gold, rather than
one of cheaper and baSer metal. laugh
ter and cheers.) But it is the fact of cru
cinxion at all of my party against which l
stand here TO protest. L am unwilling to
be crucified between these twin thieves of
sectionalism and Reputation. CTrernen-
dous cheers.) The Democratic party was
many years ago, and l have
looked at it as a fixed star, knowing that
it was secure in it's place and that 1t
and now / am told that the will of the
majority. which may proclaim the free
coinage of silver to-day and denounce it
in a. succeeding convention, is to fix for
me the principles of Democracy by which
my political life is to be guided and gov
erned. / deny that right on the part of
any convention, and If the convention as
senbled at Chicago repudiated the prin-
cIples of the fathers and departed from the
old teachings of Democracy, it can right
fully claim your allegiance and mine no
longer. tCheerS.) We remain where our
fathers placed us, constant to the party.
II believe it is a historic fact that Bene-
dict Arnold conducted all the preliminary
negotiations for the surrender of West
Point while wearing the official title and
the uniform of an American general.
and laughter) A mere array of