The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-16

Nnsn New urk voted her - ,.fsA
/ ia -ayor of the gold delegate. tu-
mul:ucus wAE~ 81 cheering hrok- over
the assembly. The first Efforts Of ,hr
cha rmAn To repr, - he Rlanii station
! by he us+. o. his -sy~l were met ty
! coautsr-de e fmc,l straEion ou the part ,f
the gold delegates, Who, rising 4u!
turnsug tAeir backs - The cha --man
( aud their faces ~ the immense crowds
in the galleries, waved hats End harc-
/ EerchIefs and stood on their chairs
and gesticulaied. lne galleries, -yl-
| IDENTIFY strongly anti silver in senti-
ment, were not slow 20 respond and
unearthly sounds from l5,uOo rhroa:S
filed even tn. vast space Of th- great
hall.
The Iammauy yell was plainly
heard in every temporary luli. The
band tried in vain To compete Riih
the baoel OF noise. Every rap ~ the
chairman's gavel also seemed tn start
| it again As il began 10 quiet down.
Shouts for Hill, cat-call, and 7nrlll
whisile added u the confusion. lh"n
the silver men began L. hiss ana
stauli, their feet. and this made mat
ters infinitely worse. senator Daniels
pow eriul voice, much worn with IL.
service yesterday. called The TeNt
State, North Carolina"
North Carolina declines 10 vote Til
she can he heard replied the chair
man ui the delegation.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The committee on permanent organ
izatiou reported Senator stephen NJ.
White, of California, for permanent
chairman, and Thos. j. Hogan, Of Ohio.
for permanent secretary. senator
White made a brief speech. aud then
the convention ad iourrcd until Thurs
day.
The "une day convention of the sill
yer men was getting To W very long
day.
| Thursday.
Thursday proved to be platform and
nominating day. The platform above
was adopted by vote of G2S to 30l.
The gold men made an effort To sub
stitute an anti-silver plank for the sill
yer plank. The substitute was offered
by MIR. Hill in behalf of a minority of
the platform committee, and was as
follows:
"We declare that our belief that the
. experiment on the part Of the United
States alone of free silver coinage and
a change of the existing standard Of
, value independently of the action of
other great nations, would not only
imperii our finances, but would retlrd
, or entirely prevent the ablishmeIt
/ of international bimetallism, to which
the efforts of the government should
be steadily directed. 1t would place
this country at once upon silver
basis. impair contracts, disturb bust
ness, diminish the purchasing power
OF the wages Of labor and intiict ire
: parable evils upon our nations com
J merce and industry.
} Until international corporation
among the leading nations for the free
. coinage of silver can be secured we
: favor The rigid maintenance of the eX-
listing gold standard as essential to
| the preservation of our national cred
it, the redemption of our public
pledges and the keeping inviolate0 of our
: country's honor. We trust that all our
paper and silver currency shall be
kept absolutely at parity with gold
1 The Democratic party is the party Of
= hard money, and is opposed TO legal
: tender paper money as part of our
? permanent financial system, and We
, therefore favor the gradual retirement
and cancellation of all United States
notes ard Treasury notes, under such
e Legislative provision as will prevent
undue contraction. We demand that
D the national credit shall be resoluteIy
= maintained at all times and under all
circumstances"
| Senator Hill also offered the follow
ing amendments to the platform and
moved their adoption:
"But it should be carefully provided
S by law at the same time that any
h change in the monetary standard
l.. should not apply to existing contracts
4 Our advocacy of the independent
e free coinage OF silver being based or
r belief that such coinage will effect
t and maintain parity betwe en- golC
e and silver at the ratio OF l6 to !, W.
e declare as pledge of our sincerity
S that if such free coinage shall fail t,
: effect such parity within one year o
e its enactment by law, such coinag,
n shall thereupon be suspended.'
t The substitute and amendment
e were opposed by the silver men unde
n the leadership Of Senator Tillman an,
g w. }. Bryan. They were supported b,
r Senator Hill, Senator Villas and ex
n Gov. Russell. Mr.. Bryan's speech i
% reported to have been marvel of elo
e quence and oratOry. 1t aroused tn
t. convention to the highest pitch of en-
Is thusiasm and practically stampede,
l. the convention in his favor as tn
lie presidential nominee.
IS Hills substitute and amendment
e were voted down by p vote of 62G t
303.
n One amendment offered by Mr. Hi
Of was as follows:
-e Eve recommend the honesty, econc
)r my, courage, and fidelity of the pres
ID ent Democratic administrations"
It. Senator Tillman offered as a subst
IS tute for this the following:
of 1--WE denOunCe the administration {
s. President Cleveland as un-Demt
IN cratic and ryrannical. and as a de
parture from those principles whic
" are cherished by all liberty -lovin
ne Americans. The veto power has bee
Mt used to thWart the will of the peopl
j. as expressed by their Representative,
of in Congress The appointive powe
has been used to subsidize the pres
to debauch Congress, and to overaW
d. and control citizens in the free exc
n, else of their constitutional rights
mt voters. A plutocratic despotism
,i- thus sought to be established on Il
he ruins of the republic. We repudia
en- the construction placed on the final
d. cial plank of the last Democratic n
'e- tiOnal convention by President Clev
ly land and Secretary Carlisle as contral
no to the plain meaning of Engli:
by words. and as being an act of bs
it faith, deserving the severest censur
lat The issue of bonds in time of peac
,se with which to buy gold to redee
of coin obligations payable in silver
gold at the option Of the governmer
To- and the use of the proceeds to defr.
il the ordinary expenses of the COVER
10 ment, are both unlawful and usurp
on tions of authority deserving impeac
by ment."
Senator Hills amendment was d
on feated by vote of 564 to 3t7.
t." Senator Tillman got on chair al
Ill withdrew his resolution of censul
to "The vote just TAKEN" said he {
in equivalent to vote CT censure. Wbe