The Progress., 1896-07-30

"it'"s and leave our farms, and youI
'lttrS VIII SPRING up again a, il by
magic. bUj destroy oar farms aul
grass will grow in the streets OF every
city IN thiS country, Loud applause.
My friends, We shall dcrtarr the ma,
tlon able to IcgiSiatc for its own PEG.
pie on every question without waiting
for the aid or consent Of any nation on
earth lapplan.cl, and upon that issue
we expect TO carry every single state
III. the union Applause. | shal:
NOT aIahdrr tho fair state Of Massa-
chNsctts nor state Of New York by
saying that when its citizens arc con-
fronted with the proposition, is this
nation able to attend TO its own BUSH
ness. | will not SANDER either by
saying the people of these states will
declare our helpless impotency as q
nation TO attend to our own business.
| 1t gives the issue of 1776 over AGAIN.
Our ancestors when aggrcgating only
5000, 600, had courage to declare
their political independence OF every
other nation on earth. Shall We, their
descendants. when we have grown to-
~, COo, 600, declare we are less indie
| pendent than our forcfathers? No.
| my friends, it will never be the iude-
| ment OF the people. Therefore we care
| not on what lines the battle is fought
II hey say bimetallism is good but we
cannot have it until some nation helps
US, We reply instead of having the
gold standard because England
has, We shall restore bi-
metallism and then let them
have bimetallism because the United
States has it. Applause. If they
dare TO come out and openly defend the
gold standard as a good thing we shall
fight them to the uttermost. You shall
not cruelty mankind upon q cross
OF gold. Great applause.
The conclusion of Mr.. Bryan's
speech was marked by the most cnthu-
slastlc demonstration Of the convention
up to that time. The whole conyen-
ton sprang to its feet and 10000
threats roared, while 10000 arms
waved frantically. Handkerchiefs and
flags flew wildly, hats were hurled
alo[t, umbrellas were waved. Men
shouted like maniacs. From every
vnarter Of the hall came the hoarse
roar. Suddenly a member of the Texas
delegation uprooted the banner of
the Lone Star and carried it
to where stood the standard of Ne
braska. Above these roars arose pier
cling shrieks which sounded like a vol
ley OF siege guns above the continuous
rattle Of 10000 small arms. Other
delegates grasped the stats of their
delegations and pushed their way to |
the Nebraska delegation. Soon the |
the stats of two-thiras of the states
were grouped about the purple stand
ard of Bryans state.
Meantime the awful uproar from the
galleries continued. Tho band played,
but the music could not be heard above
the Niagara tumult of sound. Like an
angry ocean it swept on, breaking at
last, receding, falling back, only to
rise again. Delegates fairly jumped
tor Joy. Some OF them tool. possession
OF the aisles and marched.
Suddenly the state standards clnst-
cred at Nebraska were bOrre away in
single file through the aisle of the pit.
After fifteen minutes Of this turbulence
The delegates and crowds sank back cy-
hausted. When all were seated Dele
gate Salisbury of Delaware climbed
back on his chair. He and his three
silver colleagues in that state gave
three cheers for Bryan, which was an
'wered with a shout from the gallery
Of "What's the matter with Bryan for
oresident?n
The recipient of all this honor made
us way with difficulty fro,n the stage.
For ten minutes his friends had fairly
him with congratulations.
"A bear being raised en- North Island.
al, disappeared. The whole island
vas beat over for him, when the tired
'arty found him asleep in a bedcham-
'er OF residence, where he had played
smash and gone to sleep on a pillow be-
Heath the bed
Malaga, Huelva, Cadz, Tarragona,
nd other maritime provinces of Spain
re trying to emulate the exam.
lie OF Seville and Barcelona and to
ollect money to buy warship each to I
'resent to the government in order
o have a powerful Spanish feet as
Don as possible.
The Oldest love letter in the world
5 in the British museum. It is a pro.
osal OF marriage for the hand of an
Egyptian princess. and it was made
900 years ago. 1t is in the form OF
n inscribed brick, and is therefore NOT
My the Oldest, but the most substan.
lal love letter in existence.
The Hawaiian congress has recert}v
assed an act by which every taxpayer
the islands is compelled to register
lmself at the tax office, and, in addi-
on to the usual entries according to
Re Bertllon system of Identification,
hall leave in the registrars book the
IMPRINT Of his right thumb.