The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-10

i4dt q SOOu, NCii IlOuulaUcQ voice, DlfL
as he proceeded he pitched it in a key
SO shrill that it grated like file. He
was characteristic from the beginning.
lie realized that so far as the CALLER
les were concerned he faced an audi
ence which he felt was largely hostile.
He introduced himself TO them 'bv say
ing that he came before them, as he
was not as 'the lying newspapers had
represented him to be-" A round of
applause from the pit greeted this
announcement, but it was drowned in
the storm of Kisses from the galleries
which were increased to a perfect
whirlwind of sibilant sounds as he
said: Il came from a State which
was the home of secession"
Senator Tillman Fmned detiantly and
fiercely surveyed the vast congrega-
tion who were kissing him. Then,
with contemptuous toss of his head.
he looked down at the silver delegates
before him, his eyes blazing, and said
with a sneer: There are only three
things that hiss" said he with a curl
OF his thin lips, "a goose, a serpent
and a man."
Raising his head and addressing the
galleries, he shouted that the man
who Missed South Carolina forgot the
history of the Revolution when that
State kept alive the fires of libersy.
This provoked a wild demonstration
from the silver men. south Caro-
lima in 1S60,' he said, led the fight
IN the Democratic party which dis
rupted it. 'Disruptjon." he said. while
the galleries Kissed, brought about 4he
war and the war emancipated the
black slaves. Now" he added. sweep
ing his arm through the air above his
head, ''we are leading the fight to
emancipate the white slaves. This time
the silver men had their innings. but
they did not applaud very Justify
when he declared that with conditions
reversed he was willing to again see
the Democratic party disrupted. Re
pea,edly as he proceeded, the galleries
Missed and several times the sergeant
at-arms threatened to clear the CALLER
les.
"16 TO 1 OR BUST"
The silver men had a chance to
shout their approval when he declared
that they were adopting a new De-
claration of Independence; 80 to 1 or
bust" The storm of Kisses issued
from them again when he repudiated
the denial that this was a sectional
contest. Il say it is a sectional is
sue" he cried, ''and it will prevail"
After these pyrotechnical express
sions, SO characteristic of the man, he
drifted into statistics to show the
bondage of the South and>West to the
East and these dry figures gave the
hostile galleries another opportunity
10 cry him down. ''Time, time" they
shouted. This aroused the Senator
again to angry resentment. He paced
the platform like an enraged lion. 81
know, / know" he cried, with arms
aloft. "You are against us. There is
not paper in this city that is not in
the power of the money influences.
They will not give us fair show.
They characterize us as bowling der
wishes and silver lunatics."
Many of the delegates crowded up
the aisles and stood at the foot of the
stage, studying intently the features
of the remarkable man before them.
Continuing, Senator Tillman declared
that the only way to avert revolution
would be to select a man whose re-
cord would fit the platform. Soon the
kissing began again at some radical
utteranGe and the South Carolinian
took occasion to say that 'four years
ago the Nw York Senator was hissed
as + amGnow."
"Where is New York now," he ask
ed, ''where is New York's leader?"
From the gallery came the cry, I'm
the SOUP" which brought down a wave
of cheers for Hill, topped with foam
of Kisses.
Tillman stood waiting for the noise
to subside and then using his hand
before his mouth for a speaking trum-
pet, called like a fog horn his de-
fiance: "You can just as well under
stand that / am going to have my say
if I stand here until sundown. He
was permitted to go on, with compara-
tive quiet, after the chairman had
pleaded with the audience and threat
ened to clear the galleries and then
he surprised his hearers anew by an
attack on Senator Hill, because the
Senator from New York had refused
to make the first speech on the plat
form and give the South Carolina man
the reply.
PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO GROVER.
Incidentally he said of Hill, "He des-
pissed the President of the United
States in 1892; since then he has had
cause TO more than despise him." and
scored Hill for assuming the role of
apologist for the administration.
but as Grover Cleveland stands for
gold" he began, whereupon "Hur- |
rah for Cleveland" was shouted, which |
drew a quite hearty response from the |
galleries. The attack on the President |
which followed did not find any mar |
<ed demonstration Of approval. "Now |
want you all to listen" Tillman |
shouted, and then he read the sub
stitute resolution, which was as fol
oWS:
1--WE denounce the administration OF
President Cleveland as un-Democratic
ratio and tyrannical, and as a depar-
ture from its principles which are
cherished by all liberty-loving Ameri-
,ans. The veto power has been used
o thwart the Will~of the people as
by their representatives in
Congress-. The appontive power has