The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-18
ECHOES OF THE CHICAGO CONVENTION

" Now when fair orient in heav'n appear'd"
Up sprsug the Popocratic Democrats delegates sli,
And the convention hall in the Occidental City
The silver trumpet sounded.
Twas eleven O'Clock q. M
Then with look composed Demetrius Bryan,
Not uninvited that; and with magic wand in hand,
Swaying STOOD before the turnultuous multitude
And begged for silence in the hall.
"And the band played on"
soon there upon the mighty throng
solemn hush save ardently revcrent fellow
lie clamored on for more "Jerssy Lightning"
He repaired again to the free lunch counter,
And then the speech began.
Which thou Alright beev'st main to our success,
bring. Which OF us behods tho bright surface
OF this terrestrial ball vhereon we stand?
This continent Of spacious heavn
Adorned with golden rod and silver mines?
Whose eye specifically surveys
These things, 's not to mind from whom they grow
Deep under ground, the MATERIAL dark and crude,
Still untouched with heavens rays.
These in their dark nativity SHALL yield
Us Doodle. Oh you rich men of Columbia,
Get of the earth.''
Twas the silver toned voice of Demetrius Bryan
That spoke The mighty, the majestic, the sublime
Demetrius, the Nebraskaan; andsthe spell
Pandemonium spell. Some were IN q social mood
Others not 80 inclined. Some cracked jokes;
Some the party whip. few danced In the aisles;
While the great majority shouted the frenzied ye
OF Blue Monday and Black Friday.
And the band played on
Silence again restored, and, like funeral scene,
" When the dead, osr'd by the dumb,
Floated upward on the food"
great and holy hush fell upon the multitude
Again the silvery voice heard,
Like the bubbling notes Of the Platte,
Which meanders sixteen hundred miles
In such deeps as can be measured W ith
Eighteen Inch yard stick the boy
The greater chief arose, and advancing
To the footlights, cried out with voice
Which sounded like and tumble
or many waters: ''Sence in the hall, !" he said,
4" Will the band please sing?" which they did.
This is it:
Hazzle, dazzle,
Razzle, dazzle,
The masses and the classes
Make tine silver jingle.
Bonn, Bom."
Again up sprang the silver-tongued orator,
And again up sprang the "rebel YELL" .
And the skies looked blue outside
But now 1t is a matter
or constitutional dollars.
" The dollars of our daddies."
The mine millionaire clamors for
The copper cent the Bungtowp,
The Mexican quarter, the Spanish half
Spellbound and entrancsd stood the refuIgcnt host
OF golden dollars, paralyzed, hypnotized,
Soon banded. Others looked round,
And from the rocky hills scouts
Each light armor'd Democrat
10 dscry the distant 1oe-(at flymoutn hock)-
In the Republic camp-(at Appomattox)-
Yet undiscovered. Where lodged? CAT Canton.)
Or WHITTIER hed9 Or II for fght9 cat washington.)
In motion or in halt? (Him soon they metz
4" Arm, warriors! Arm for fight The foe at hand,
Whom fed thought, this day fear not his flight,
So thick cloud he comes And settled
In his face see sad resolution
For If conjecture aught, no drizzling shower
OF golden doars but a rafting storm
OF ffty-cent syndicate mine dollars
Wen TO him right and left,
And then we'll have free soup galore"
So warned he them.
" And the band played on"
Up and up again
The majestic Demetrius arose to
Address the mighty host. "For," said he,
" The Supreme Court Of the United States
Is my way. dub Ii a nuisance.
Things not coming my way.
You dear tyranized people want
Free trade, free silver, free riot, free soup.
40 do /; does everybody.
" Turn down the Supreme Court, and we are there,
All in the SOUP Hallelujahl we are there!
A chance Il beg OF you They need It,
Give the silver fellow chance to
Dump his silver. Give the poor,
Half starved mine millionaires opportunity
To disgorge their devlish glut OF silver bullion,
81 beg Of YOU Vanguard, to right
And left the front unfold,
That all may how meek we are;
Peace and composure upon our brow
And stand ready to receive your votes
With open breast" SO scofhng
IN ambiguous words he scarce
Had ended, when to the right and left
The Grand Old Party split asunder,
Which 10 eyes discovered
Seemed neither strange
And all but a small halt OF the people there
shouted ''Great is Diana of tn, Americans"
" And the band played on."