The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-18


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from the pit to the last tiers of the gal
leries had climbed upon their chairs
As Teller and Cannon stepped into the
aisle a dozen silver colleagues rose and
on each side of this aisle the dele
gates were facing it. all standing on
their chairs AS the file of stern faced
men marched along the long pathway
TO the door a yell went up before Whlen
every other outbreak OF the day paled
into silence
1t was a nondescript yell. a shout. in
which admiration, defiance, der1slon
and rage were joined The band IN
the highest gallery broke into the tu-
multi, but its brazen clangOr made 10
impression on the vocal storm and was
Finally, when the shout had some
what subsided, the noise OF the band
asserted itself by degrees in the shape
oil the melody Columbia, the Gem OF
the Ocean" Twice and three times
the strain was repeated. and then a
voice took up the words, Three Cheers
for the Red, White and Blue and then
by degrees the whole assembly took up
the chorus with a magnificent burst
and sang, THE army and navy forever,
three cheers for the red, white and
blue"
Two stanzas were sung by this che
rus of 10000 and the band, firing Of its
work, dropped out of the song.
Meantime the file of silver men had
before the main entrance.
But still the crowd stood in their
chairs and sang. The desertiOn Of the
band failed to lessen their ardor and
they sang the verses over without the
accompaniment except the waving of
their spread umbrellas and flags.
At length the band men regained their
wind and Joined again but the chorus
had swelIed to such a tempest that the
instruments We're unheard twenty feet
away.
The Army and Navy Forever, Three
Cheers for the Red. White and Blue,
We're sung again and again, perhaps a
score of times, for men had lost the
count of time and We're waving their
arms and embracing their neighDors
and fighting for something to swing
above their heads as though they had
gone stark crazy. 1t was only pure
physical exhaustion that finally
brought the house by degrees back to
their chairs.
While the tumult of applause was at
it's highest and the echo of the refrain
+Elurrah for the red, white and blue,
was still echOing, a strong faced man
stood upon q chair in the middle Of the
little desert of delegates seats just pre-
empted by the delegates who had walk
ed out.
The chairman's gavel banged for or
der, and i'm a brief lul said, This con-
business with Again the applause
broke forth and still the delegate stood
upon the chair waiting for a chance to
speak. In a few moments the chair
found a lulling place in the applause to
say. "A gentleman from Montana who
did not go out wants to address you. "
Again the hats, the flags and umbrel-
las waved. again the chorus of thou
sands of threats sent forth paeans and
the delegate with white face waited.
He was Lee Mantle of Montana. When
he could be heard he said that he had,
with those Who retired, a personal OBJ
lection to the gold plank but that while
his people objected to it and reserved
the right with their constituents to en-
ter a protest, still he did not believe it
was necessary to leave at this juno
ture.
There We're other great issues that
the Republican party should carry out
and he would stand by it to that ex-
tent He would refer the convention
platform to the people Of Montana for
q decision.
An attempt was made by Henderson
of Iowa. to interrupt him, but was
cried down by the delegates and spec
tators and he was allowed to speak to
the finish
Win he had finished Chairman
Thurston recognized Senator Brown of
Utah. Senator Brown said that While
he joined his silver colleagues in their
protest against the reading of silver
out Of the party still he believed that
there were greater issues than even the
financial supremacy of the country, the
tariff, our merchant marine and many
other things, talked about in the party.
He then moved that the convention al
low three alternates from the state of
Utah to sit i'm the convention during the
remainder of the session in place of
the three regular delegates who had
walked out.
This was carried with a viva voce
vote amid applause.
Senator Brown was followed by "A. r.
Burleigh of the state of Washington,
who said that his state looked upon the
issues Of Mckinley and protection as
greater questions than the simple one
of a fiat standard. The regular order
of business was then demanded and
the chair called for the naming of state
delegation chairmen