The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-08
PUSHES THE BUTTON
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN DANIEL
SETS THINGS GOING.

He Does the PoliteBess Toward National
Chairman Harrity, and Extends Duly
Courteous Notice TO Hill, the Van
quished-Then He Attacks the Gold
Position in a Lengthy Argument, Tells
the Gold Men What to Expect and Ad-
monishes Them That Turn About is
Fair Play-The East is Defied.
Chicago, July 7-Uupon taking the
<avel from the hands of National Chair
man Harrity today, Senator Daniel Of
Virginia, temporary chairman of the
Democratic national convention, spoke
as follows:
Mr.. Chairman Of the Democratic ma
tioual committee: In receiving from
your hands this gavel as the temper
airy presiding officer % this convention
/ beg leave 10 express the sentiment
which 1 am sure is unanimous, that no
national convention was ever presided
pver with more ability or with more
fairness than by yourself. CCheers AMI
cries of "Harrfty, Harrity.'D / can ex-
nress no better wish for myself than
that may be able in some feeble way
20 model my conduct by your model
end 10 practice by your example.
1Cheers) The high position, gentle
men. to which you have CHOSEN me sn-
wolves both Il great personal honor and
a keen responsibility. For the honor,
thank you. The responsibility I would
be wholly inadequate to bear did / de-
pend upon myself, but your gracious
aid will make it easy and It's burden
light That aid I cOnfidentially invoke
from you for the sake Of the great cause
under whose banner We have fought so
many battles and which now demands
of us such staunch devotion and such
loyal service.
POIITENESS TO HILL.
'T regret that my name should have
been brought in eventhe most court
eous and serious complication with that
Of nv distinguished friend, the great
senator from New York. (Applaus)
''But the very fact that I have per-
mitted Il to be done refutes the sugges-
ton that has been improvidently
made on this floor that either or thOss
whom I have the honor 10 represent
would ever heap indignation upon that
brave and illustrlous head. Great ap-
plause)
mo judgment, no dispassionate judg-
ment, gentlemen, can ever misintrepTet
your meaning. The senator from New
York himself knows, as know, as you
know, that there IS no personality in
the prefer1nent which has been given
me- You must know, and the whole
country that watches these proceed
fngs must know that IL IS solely due to
this principle that this great majority
OF Democrats stands for, and they know
stand with them (Applause) and that
It is given in the spirit of the instruc-
tons received by these repres natives
of the people, from the people, whom all
Democrats will ever bow to as the
purest and original source of all pow
er. The birth of the Democratic party
was coeYal with the birth of the SOW
xrelgnty of the people It can never
die until the declaration of American
independence Is forgotten and that SOW
ereignty is crushed out Great ap-
plauSe)
ORATORY DEMOCRATIC.
IT am happy, gentlemen, 60 know
that the majority fnithIs convention IS
not personal. neither In any sense is 4
sectional. It blends the palmettos and
pines In Maine and South Carolina It
begins with the sunrise in Maryland and
spreads into a sunburst In Louisiana
and Texas. 1t steps in one unbroken
column across The American continent
from the Atlantic shores Of the Old Do
minion and Georgia and 1t sheds its
silvery beams over the Golden Gate OF
California Applause) It sends forth
its pioneers from Plymouth Rock and
waves over the golden wheat fields OF
Dakota. It has It's strongholds in Ala
hama and Mississippi and its outposts
In Minnesota. Florida and Oregon. CAP
plause) 1t sticks like a tar heel zap
plause) down in the Old North State
and 81 writes sixteen 20 one on the sad
dlebags of the Arkansas sisraveler.
cloud applause) It pours down its
rivulets from the mountains of West
Virginia and makes a great lake IL
New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, idaho,
Utah, Nevada, Montana and Colorado.
IL stands guard around the national
cap4tol in the District of Columbia
(Cheers) and 1t camps on the frontiers
Of Oklahoma. 1t sweeps like prairie
fire over Iowa and Kansas and puts I'D
q red light on the confines of Nebraska.
It marshals its massive battaliOns in
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
Last, but by far from least, when I see
this grand array and think of the Brit
ish gold standard that was recently IN
furled over the ruins of Republican
promises at st. Louis I think. too. OF
the battle of New Orleans Of which 1t
was said: There stood John Bull in
martial pomp. but there was old Ken
lucky (ApplauSe)
THE GOLDEN RULE.
Brethren Of the east, there Is no
south, there is no north, there IS no
east nor west in this uprising OF the
people for American emancipation from
the conspiracy Of European kings led
on by Great Britain which seeks to de-
stroy one of the moneys Of the world
and TO make the manufacturers. mer-
chants, farmers and mechanics mere
hewe-s OF wood and drawers of water.
There is one thing golden, which.
permit me. in the same good humor
which has characterized your conducs,
10 commend to you here. 1t IS the gold
en- rule TO do unto others as YOU would
have them do unto you. Forget not the
greed Of devils and that an absolute
Rcquescence in the viii Of the majority
Is the vital principle Of the republic.
Democrats as you have been, Democrats
as I trust you viii ever be, acQuiesce
gracefully IN the VIII of this great ma
sority OF your acknowledgements and
Only ask 10 go with them. a they have
often gone with YOU (ApplauseD
TURN ABOUT, FAIR PLAY.
do not forget gentlemen. that for
thirty years we have supported the men
that you have named for president.
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- VOTING