The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-10

over the hall. The attempts OF the chair
man 20 Ssh the tumult were unavailnss
and although most OF the delegates resufn-
cd their seats after several minutes OF
cheering. the galleries would not be quiet
and yelled and shouted with hearty good
VIII. All this time the object OF the dem
onstfatlon stood calm and cool. racing
MS enthusiastic friends he showed no
feeling and glanced straight ahead Then
sradualiy the tumult ended and finally
silence reigned.
AIr. Hill began in slow and distinct
tones saving that fOllOWing the course
OF the Senator from South Carolina Re
would introduce himself by saying; Il
am a democrat, but i am not a revolu-
ZIONIST Cheers. Without intending 10
especially reply 10 the remarks Of the dis
tinguished senator from South Carolina,
he would only say that IL was waste OF
time for him TO assume that We We're 50
ignorant as not TO know that IL was South
Carolina, that in 1900. attempted to de-
stroy the union. His (Alr. HNls) mission
here to-day was TO build up, not TO de-
strOy. He knew he addressed "a convention
that did not agree with all the views ne
held. but he knew they would hear him
for his cause. New York made no apology
to South Carolina. Cheers. She did not
need ii. Need he remind this great con-
vention that IL was New York city whose
wealth had been so decrieQ. that had
always been the Gibraltar of Democracy.
He asserted this proposition, that the
democratic party stood to-day in favor OF
gold and silver as the money OF the con-
stitution, and not for either gold or silver
alone. but differed as to the means that
should be employed to attain their
end. One side favored the
cooperation of other nations. 1t was not
a question of courage. The majority re-
port treated IL as IL we were not brave
enough TO undertake this alone. II was
a question Of business, --ucestiO or
economy. He believed IL vas wise to seek
the corporation of other nations. He did
not assail the honesty Of those who Dill
fered with him. He had always treated
the free coinage men respectfully ana
would DO so to-day. He did not believe
they could ignore the financial system. II
hattered American pride to say this coun-
try was big enough - stand alone. But
If we carried this out to its legitimate
with all international commercial trea-
ties. He thought it was unwise to de-
pend upon a single ratio. The platform
should have stopped at demanding the re-
monetizatiOn of silver. Instead of that,
the platform made the test of democratic
loyalty hang upon the single ratio of 10
TO /. He saw before him distinguished
bills advocating other ratios.
The platform said the gold policy was
the policy of England. 1t forgot to say
that there was a French policy also, a
German policy, a Spanish policy-that in
fact, it was the policy of the world as rep
resented by the states of the Latin union.
He took It for granted that this conven-
ton was in favor of the maintenance OF
a silver dollar on parity with every dol
lar. But the platform said not word about
this. Everything was risked on free coin
age. Could the American people. no matter
how brave they might be, make copper or
lead the equal of gold? 1t was a question