The Portland daily press., 1896-07-10

| ilSus OuJ III SHOulu no Carefully PiO-
Vlded by law at the same time that any
change In the money standard should not
apply to existing contracts"
| Second. 'Our advocacy of the tnde-
| pendent free coinage of silver being based
on the belief that such coinage will effect
and maintain parity, between gold and
silver at ratio of 16 to /, we declare as
| coinage Shall fall to effect such parity
| within one year from its enactment by
law, such coinage shall thereupon be sus-
| pended -
The chairman then announced that
Senator Tillman of South Carolina
would now offer an amendment and
would pe heard for fifty minutes At
form amid much applause. He said he
would begin by introducing himself to
representatives of the Democracy of the
| United States, 'as am, and not as the
I lying newspapers have taught you to
think me-" (Chaers.) He hoped they
would carry away from the convention a
| different idea of the pitohfork man of
now held. He came from the land OF
| secession, from South Carolina. "a hiss.
''Ah!" said Mr.. Tillman, turning in
the direction from which this came,
there are but three things in the world
that hiss, ths goose, the serpent, aud the
man" (Cheers and laughter He did
not know whether he could say that he
was representative of all the Southern
States. (ShoutB of yes and MOI. He had
gone through fourteen Southern states
since April last announcing new
declaration of Independence, free sill
yer at 16 to /. (Cheers.) Since the war
the South had been Democratic and the
last election il wns solIdly Democratic.
While the South thanked the Democracy
Of Mnxv V0Tk {1onnocfiauf
Jersey for it's assistance and cooperation
in the past, for its protection, the South
had realized, long since, that its people
were but hewers of wood and drawers of
water for the North and East, to which
they were tied in bondage, and were
having their substance eaten out
1t had been asserted yesterday by q
delegate from Massachusetts, Mr.. George
Fred Williams, that this was no5 q sec
bional issue, but he, Mr.. TilIman, as
serted that it was. (Shouts of mol noD.
| Up to this time Senator Tillman had
| failed to stir UP any sympathy or enthu-
siasm jim his audience and the latter be-
gan to give evidence of 1mpatience and
| disappointment by shouts of "Time,
time" although be had only occupied
twenty out OF his fifty minutes.
This demonstration plainly irritated
him, but his anger was still more aroused
when band in the vestibule began to
play popular air. The sergeant. alarms
shouted out TO some OF his subordinates
''stop that band, but the music went on
in spite OF these orders.
| Whom Tillman succeeded in getting an
other spell OF hearing, he spoke OF the
newspaper denunoiation of himself and
| his silver friends as q 'slot of bowling
devishes and silver lunatics," and the
audience showed its approval OF that
opinion.
''Oh, boil 1t down." came as an inter
ruption from one of the audience, and
the whole audience took up the idea and
shouted too, So that Mr.. Tllman was
forced to be silent for some minutes. The
| sergeant-at-arIns threatened to clear the
galleries unless ordsr was preserved, but
| the threat was not of the slightest avail,
the fact being that much of the uproar
and opposition came from the section
where delegates sat.
| Proceeding, Mr. Tillman said he was
| aware this speech had no connaotion with
the platform, hut as Grover Cleveland
stood for gold naOnometalhsin and this
convention had denounced that, for them
to bs now asked TO endorse Grover Cleye-
land was TO ask them TO write themselves
down as assss and liars. (Laughter and
cheers.) They were asked to endorse his
| honesty. To this he opposed the fact of
| Clsveland's signing secret contract
with his partner as witness, which gave
tan million dollars to syndicate.
Cleveland's courage had consisted in
overriding the constitution which made
gold and silver tho money of the country.
ID is fidelity was similarly ridiculous
Mr. Hill, he said, now appears here as
| Mr.. CleYeland'E sponsor and apologfst.
The people of the South and Vest Mr..
Tillman continued, are beingEimpeveriShe
by the financial system. They can't buy
| the products of the Northern factories,
and the conseq uenees are that these fac
tories are idle. and the home markets
which the Republican party has always
| clamored for are partly or wholly de-
| stroSed. The farmers Of the North and
East are just as Impoverished as we are
and ready to join the army of emanoipa-
tion. (Some applauSe.)
Senator Tillinan read the following
resolution:
We denounoe tho administration of
President Cleveland as Democratic
and tyTannical and as departure from
the principles cherished by all liberty
loving Americans. The veto power has
been used to thwart the will of the
paople as expressed by their representa-
lives in Con gress. The aDpointive power
has been used to subsidize the press, to
debauch Congress ana overawe and con-
troll citizens and the free exercise of their
constitutional rights as voters. A pluto
cratic despotism is thus sought TO be
establiAhea Oh the ruins of the republic.
We repudiate the construction placed on
the financial plank OF the last Democratic
National convention by President Glove
land and Secretary Carlisle, as contrary
to the plain meaning of the English
words, as being an aot Of bad faith, de-
serving the seyerest oensure. The issue
of bonds in time of peace with which to
buy gold TO redeem coin obligations pay
able In silver or geld at the option of the
government and the use of the proceeds
to defray the ordinary expenses OF gov
eFnment are unlawful and usuHpstions OF
authority deserving impeaobmsnt."
Cheers and Misses lnterapersed the read
Ing. Mr.. TillIaan said:
"One WORD more and I will relieve