Arizona republican., 1896-07-09

senator I1llmdn OI OOulu CdIOllud, Owen of Indiana, Senator David B. Hill of New York, John B. Russell of Massachusetts, and Senator Gray of Delaware, were reporting the platform agreed to the full committee on reso- lutions.
 There was even a greater degree of enthusiasm than had been shown the day before. The marching clubs as they filed through the great door added noise that was promptly repeated with in the structure by the thousands who favored the cause that the banners in dicated.
 The committee on credentials was not ready to report. There had been an exciting time over the seating of the delegations from Michigan and Ne braska. Despite the calls from the convention hall settlement could not be reached, and so the convention was compelled to turn to oratory to pass away the time.
 Governor Hogg of Texas, a member of the Lone Star delegation, was called upon to address the convention. He 1 is a very giant, with a voice like a lions roar and his words were clearly i heard. His speech was one of the strongest yet known to the convention. ! It began as the band finished a bar of i 'Dixie," and, as though prompted by the southern melody, sought harmony
 as prerequisite to success in Novem- i Der. The speaker soon warmed and
 roundly denounced the Republican l platform as a tumble of generalities
 that mean little and yet have been l dictated by the money barons whose i hope lies in gold for the further en-
 slavement of the millions The gen
 eral practice of protection he declared
 was solely in the interest of the wealthy, though ostensibly for the
 poor. The free coinage of silver he averred to be panacea that the Dem
 ocratic party should at once apply for
 the benefit of the masses. He read from former Republican National plat forms to show that the Republican party is shifting on this issue at the command of capital and in the interest of foreign nations and declared that
 the states of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
 are already being entered by Republi-
 can agents laden with corruption funds.
 He closed amid applause in a spirited
 demand that all private piques be left
 aside and that the party close ranks
 for action
 ' On suggestion of Money of Missis- sippi, Blackburn of Kentucky next was
 called to the platform. He received a
 Whirlwind of ovation. His speech was
 short and mainly directed against class legislation, which he said the Ameri-
 can people expected this convention to
 terminate. The platform should be such that no human ingenuity can con- strue to mean anything save the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. The National debt should not be perpetrated for the ben eft of capital nor should National
 banks be pandered to. He concluded by asserting that Christ drove from t the temple a better set of men than those who now direct the business af-
 fairs of the Nation.
 There were loud calls for Bryan, l Hill and Altgeld The two first
 named were not in the hall, so the governor of Illinois took the platform. } Altgeld's speech was a fiery one and worked up the convention to a mar
 velous degree
 His gestures came quick and ve- = hement, and before he proceeded far , the convention was swayed as by a
 cyclone by his oratory When he de . clared that hungry men and children s were looking to this convention for
 relief there was a great demonstration
 Adroitly he worked up to his climax e He declared the toll and blood and l sweat of millions are being doubled by
 the shrinking standard of values Then
 he paused, and finging his arms out l before him, asked: twill you let them Q continue it?" No, never." came in 8
 laundering chorus from 15,OOO throats Altgeld moved an adjournment in = closing till 5 o'clock, to then receive the report of the credentials committee
 The motion was temporarily with g drawn on the announcement the com e mittee on credentials was prepared tt ; render a partial report.
 '' Chairman Atwood of the credentials f committee ascended the platform to n report that the committee found the
 temporary roll correct save as to Ne $ braska and Michigan. AS to Nebraska s majority of the committee had de d cided to seat the Bryan contestants N representing the silver element
 e The announcement was received witt g tremendous applause and the Brya1 delegation at once marched up tht aisle to take the seats occupied by theil k opponents. Mahoney of the gold del r egation made a short protest agains
 the action of the committee and the1
 the gold Nebraskans arose ant If marched from the floor
 O The report as far as pre- @1,a It the credentials committee again re
 tired to consider the Michigan muddle
 Then at 1:37 the adjournment mo