Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-04

LEXINGTON, June 4.-The feature Of the
Democratic state convention, which opened
here yesterday, was its almost utter unan.
Unity for free silycr--a unanimity that
was apparent in the applause and lack of
applause of the free silver and gold stand
ard speakers. When free silver man
was up the air WAS split with the cheers
When gold standard man was speaking
there was dead silence except when he
said kind word for Cleveland or Car
Isle. when the Kisses and yells We're nerve
destroying When Bennett Young was
nominating Judge Humphrey. gold
standard man, tor temporary chairman.
the free silver dissent was 50 vocifcrous
thatonc Of thewhite metal leaders had to
appeal for fair pLy.
blackburn Makes q Rcd-IIo. Speech.
Charles j. Bronston was the free silver
candidate and his election was almost
unanimous. After the committees were
appointed there were loud calls for Black
burn, who talked for an hour in his usual
impassioned style He said that compro-
misc in the financial conflict was as i'm.
possible as I'm the civil war; but the victors
should DO magnanimous. While there
was no halfway station in the fight, there
should now be peace I'VE are either right
or wrong. The people last Saturday de.
cidcd that we are right" Indirectly he re-
piled to state Committee Chairman Long.
who had made a gold speech, saying: We
had tried your medicine over twenty
years IL had spread more ruin and mis-
cry among the people than the tornndocs
at It. Louis and other western places The
typl arsl b,- Il Tod f,r
over twenty years till the masses are i'm
poycrished
Predicts n White Metal Victory.
but the people have liberated themselves
In capturing Kentucky. They will cap
turc The country ut the Chicago convcn-
ton, when we will try TO do more for the
many and perhaps less for the few. Every
southern state and the great western en-
pre- Will join us at Chicago The solid
south was broken last year by the gold
bugs in the Democratic party. but the
solid south will be reunited at Chicago,
and the solid west will join us in the lib.
cration from the banking power" He
condemned in most severe terms the ma
tional administ ration as favoring the
money class and disrcgarding the rights of
the people. He alleged that the federal
power was usurred for the purpose of de.
Acsi'iHN tiic tltStiOu pi L nltcu states
senator, because he stood OH the platform,
OF the people and not nf the money power"
Wat Hardin CounscIs Harmony.
The convention took recess until s n. m.
and on reassembling the committee wcre
: not ready to report and the convention
was addressed by several speakers, all for
free coinage At this iuncturc General y.
Wat Hardin. the Democratic candidate for
governor last year. who had just arrived
from the wedding Of his son in Washing
ton. entered the hall. The most enthusi.
astic reception was given him. He was
almost carried upon the platform. and I'D
dressed the convention at length on tho
abuse Of the silver men in the past two
years, but counsclcd peace and harmony
for the future. At 1880 the chairman an
nounccd TINT the committees could not re-
port last night, when the convention ad.
gourned for the day.
What the Platform viii BE.
The platform committee finished its
work last night The resolutions will be
free silver, free trade, anita. p. A, anti
national bank, anti party disloyalty, anti
Bradley. They will also instruct the dele
gates to Chicago to vote for blackburn for
president of the United States. The mi
nortty will report honest money" rcsolu-
tiops-but they don't couuf