The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-07-11

meant BY the plank about the Is
sue OF paper money Ia the future
Yves y an attempt, al this late day,
to commit tno den6erstLc party 10 tte Suicidal
policy q .issrlng rapeF inoues rdrtilsF he
az no. believe it wise to introduce new tests
Of democracy. What was the necessity Of
making an income tax test o, Democratic
taisa pad It CONS " this ae ssxed, that the
followers OF Tilden, who All his life opposed
this in.quit0us tax, were now required. as
test Of their democracy, 10 express THAR belief
In the constituti0nality of an income tax Was
It wise. he asked. to attack The supreme rourt
u your country Cheers wln some one
ten me-" he sonsinusdl what that hlaiiss
means in this platform. II you mean what
you say and say what you mean that plank
IL II means ANYTHING that it Is the duty Of
eoaeress 70 Fseanstruet thh Nirrsns ccurs vf
the country. viii not follow any sieh revo-
iu.ionary step as that. lCheers Then be
asked y they had not trouhls enotsh without
pulling In these unnecessary and foolish things
What more have you done. You have for
the first time assalled in a democratic plat
form the doctrine ot our fathers, Of a life
tenure Of our pledges. How foolish TO insert
Shat provision syn rpcre foolish he eontshj:
3D. waa the eondemnatios oI the issues u
bonds. That meant the repeal Of the rcsump-
tion act and reputation. Cheers. The state
ment implied that not even congress
had tie pOwkr 10 10 thls Thk state;
ment WAS too broad II must be suf.
prise TO some Of his democratic friends In
the senate who had introduced bills
TO authorize the issue OF bonds for the Mica
| rauga canal and other purposes. Laughter
and applauss Hs summarized the result,
| which would have followed II the president
had not made Use Oh the authority conferred
upon him and issued bonds
Speaking of the deficit 0f hftt nilliun'
which had arisen because tariff bill passed
by the democratic party had not "as yet tai
he said with emphasisI yielded enough revenue
for the necessities OF the government, thi'
was foolish issue to have raised II put thu
Democratic party on the defensive IN ever
school district In the country.
The burden imposed upon the eastern state
by this silver plank was all they could reason
ably be expected TO carry Without imposing OF
them all these additional issues. He did no
believe In driving men out OF the democrats
party cheersl to make room for lot OF repub
lieans and wings and populsts who had neyeI
voted the democratic ticket In their lives
Loud cheering. | tell you, he added, i'm
pressively, no matter who your candidate
may be, with one exception, your populls
friends will nominate their own tickets an
your forces will be divided. lCheersl. [.
voice back In the hall cried MOI
Turning In that direction Mr. Hill said wit
bitter information; my friend says no." the
raising bis voice to Its full pitch he asked
"who Is there to speak for the populists In
democratic convention Cheers rencwe
az hin and again.l
senator Hin brought his speech to close b
a capitulation OF the defect he found In th
platform, and said there was still time tc rem
edy them IN part
As he returned to his delegation he wa
cheerei as no other speaker had been slnt
the opening Of the convention.
The demonstration over Senator Hill was
It's height when Senator Villas assembled n
platform TO support hts New York COLLEAGUES
argumert
Mr. Villas was epplauaed as he was lntr'
! duccd The reasons Of the minority were PR
, seuted, he said, with recognition that the
constituted a protest against the proposed q
t tempt at y trty revolution. The question hboi
3 TO be decided was momcntous-- painfully so
4 the majority persisted In it' reyolutona
2 methods, they were sure TO meet fearf
rt penalty. This platform would not produce
metalism It would shrink, not swell o
n currency The gold stan lard was now accuse
G OF responsibility for all the prevailing evil
: but It was never 50 credited when prices ros