Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-07-10

Danlel and Hill should De cheered To-
gether. He advised the election of Hill
as temporary chairman and Daniel as
permanent chairman
care there any other arrangements
NADER" he asked sarcastically.
Eyes, sir" shouted Congressman
Money from Mississippi, waving a broad
brimmed straw hat from the block Of
seats directly below the platform.
Whitney and his fellow delegates from
New York applauded the declaration
that Hill and Daniel should be honored
together
There was ar attempt at a demonstra
ton when Waler-shouted that he would
be the last man to bolt, but the silver
men were very chary Of giving any APP
plause at the conciliatory advances of
the gold meil When Waller asked If
the convention was going to turn down
David B. Hill, after another tribute 70
Hill, there were laughing and cries.
"We arew 1--WE arew Adroitly ne work
ed UP to the climax of mis- speech when
he asked who it was proposed to turn
him down-a man who had fought all
his life for democracy. "Turn down
David B. Hip" he asked, ain Gods
name is this democratic conventions"
He tried to appease the silver men by
intimating that Senator Hill would not
be oppressive; but when he asked, "Wil
you turn him down" there were cries
OF ave willW
"Veey WELL" he shouted defantly,
"turn him down and we will fight you
here and elsewhere"
This unmasking of the position of the
gold men was met with storm of Kisses
and one of the silver men shouted,
zone vote for Mckinley"
William F. Tarpie of California fol-
lowed in favor of the minority report;
"The money question is the only ques-
tion," he said, "in which the democracy
of the country has an interest in this
campaign. We want the temporary
chairman of this convention to sound
the keynote of the situation and go to-
the country as a declaration of our
views. We are determined the keynote
shall be silver speech in harmony with
the views of this convention"
A volley of cheers greeted this brief
and out,poken Characterization of the
issue On which this fight on Hill was
made. After the California member
concluded the galleries arose to peer
over into the pit to discover the mean
ing of cheers that began, suffering like
fire-crackers They saw short man
with a red, chubby face and curly gray
hair, pushing his way out from the
group of New York delegates in the
corner where Whitney. Hill, Tracy,
Grant and Sheehan sat. He was Colonel
John R. Fellows, a war horse whose
customary reception at conventions of
the past had been friendly and not linn
tied to faction. The reception to Eel
lows was tame Cheers were started
when he flung out the taunt that the
majority proposed to begin the conven- !
ton by adopting Republican prece-
dent, disowned and dishopored by Dem
ocrats everywhere. "Four years ago."
Fellows said, 1--WE from the East and |
some other sections of the United |
States met here to oppose the candidacy |
of the present president" He said the
New Workers doubted whether two
thirds of the convention four years ago
had been for Grover Cleveland The |
first direct mention of the name of Gro
yer Cleveland brought on an outbreak
of enthusiasm which, however, was
confined to the galleries. Then with
flash of his old fire Fellows said: "Col-
orado, Alabama, California, let it ring
like coronal hymn that although you
gave us a candidate, New York gave
you the only Democratic president the
has had in thirty years.
make no threats. | shall make none.
We are Democrats. We desire to
march with our party and do what we
IAN to make it perpetual and successful.
But we do not want you to inaict this
on us. If you must select
'ictim to drag to the altar, at least do
lot sdlect one so hallowe and so loved
W the Democracy"
The motion to substitute Daniels for
Hill was carried. When Virginia was
cached, Daniels voted no. Hill re-
ra;nad from, .0ffnu xvhon Nevy Work | \
vas called.
The vote resulted in favor of substi- t
utinp Daniels for Hill. 20 against 343 I