The San Francisco call., 1896-07-24

spoken its will, when 1t should have
named the next President OF the United
States lcheersl those creatures who
prowled like iackals around graveyard
would slip away without any fruit of
victory on their part. He had noticed in
the hall banners with the device. keep
In the middle of the road" He said
amen" to that. He not only wanted
to keep in the middle of the road, but he
wanted the Populists to take the whole OF
the road. tCheers and laughter.]
We never want" he said, ''to get in
tnat stupid attitude where we stand SO
closely in the middle of the road that the
procession would pass Us. ILaughter.l
Let US put our men in the middle of the
ROAD. Let US put them on either side of
the road, and let US grow SO strong, so
powerful, so numerous, that we will force
the two old parties into the field outside of
the road" GCheers and laughter.
Allen paid his compliments TO the Re-
publican candidate for the Presidency,
speaking of him as ''the modern Napoleon,
whose sole resemblance to the genuine
bonaparte was the fact that he wears hat
OF the vintage of 120 years ago." laugh
ter. The great Napoleon had made mis-
takes in his Spanish and Russian cam
palgns, and had gone down at Waterloo
before Wellington, who was not then ia
nous as general, but was known after
ward as the Iron Duke.
What he asked, sis to become of this
simulated Napoleon, this Napoleon of
Canton, OHIO? [Laughter.] He has MADE
two mistakes also-one when lie declared
that hannfnooo I'D of -
the people by doubling the tax on i'm
ported articles. According to the logic of
our modern Napoleon. when you are car
rying burden of 200 pounds the way to
lessen that burden is to increase it to 400
pounds, and where you are paying an
average tax of 81 head, the way to lessen
that burden is to increase it to 81. The
genuine Napoleon made mistake when
he met Wellington and the allied forces at
Waterloo.
Somewhere in this broad land" Sem
ator Allen continued, ''either in the East
or In the South. or in the North or in the
great plains of the Northwest, is to be
found Wellington who will overthrow
this modern Napoleon in November
next" [Cheers.l
Senator Allen said the party was now at
the most critical point in its history. 1t
would prepare platform tomorrow night
and men would be nominated who would
stand upon that platform. ICheers.1
Before he left Washington people in
official life there had asked him to use his
influence to keep the PopuIists in the
middle of the road. How did they become
interested in Populists7 Laughter and
cheers.] What did they want the Popu-
lists to do2 To promulgate wild plat
form which would be the subject OF
ridlcule.
"They want you," he continued, "to
place upon that platform as candidate
for President man who is willing to run
for the empty honor of running with cer-
tain defest staring him in the face. Yes,
that is the way they want you Ito keep in
the middle of the road Confusion and
some indications of dissent.]
Mr.. Allen referred to "boodlsrs" with
Mark Hanna's money in their pocket
hanging around the convention, and ex-
pressed his belief that this convention
would place in nomination candidate for
President and Vice-President who would
not be an adjunct to the success of the
single gold standard upon either the Re-
publican or Democratic ticket. He begged
them to make no mistake. st
'sDo you want Mckinley p he asked,
and loud cries of mo" were raised. "Do
you want more of Grover Cleveland {?
"No.''l Do you want $685. 0O0, 900 more of
gold bonds in time of peace? IA voice
'No. nor silver. either.''] Do you want
Grover Cleveland and Mckinley to be
Il - = i
power?" MIXED cries of Eyes" and
"No."1
1t was little suspicious, in his opinion,
when Carlisle and John Sherman came
.together-a little suspicious when he saw
the great and good Deacon Dana and Herr
Most together. Laughter and cheers.
A little suspicious when his Excellency,
Mr.. Cleveland, said that upon the result OF
this convention might depend whether he
would or not become a candidate for a
third term. Continuing his catechism be
asked:
do you want an income tax? ["Yes." +"
NO" and confusion.] DO you want men
in executive offices to appoint few NOR q
Shirases upon the Supreme bench? Loud
cries of mort Do you want men in favor
of Government ownership of railroads
["Yes," and loud cheers.] If you had to
take your choice between this and man
opposed to all these which would you take t?
[Cries of "Bryan" and many expressions
of dissent. one delegate shouting, eve
don't want DemocratP'l
II am not advocating" Senator Allen
! continued, "any choice for you to make.
If by putting third ticket in the field you
would defeat free coinage, defeat the with
drawal of National bank notes. defeat Gov
ernment ownership of railroads and tele-
graphs, defeat the income tax and fasten
on the people gold monometaliism and
high taxes for ten years to come, would
you do it? [Cries of "Bryanp1 1t is your
choice to make, not mine. When
go back to Nebraska l want to be
able to say that all of those great
doctrines which we have preached
for years are now made possible by your
action. [Applausel do not want tc
have Tn sav that the Ponutist Darfv wa