The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-09

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had No right to turn out delegates nldtd
by a sovereign states, that by doing 50
It would. establish Il precedent thnt
would return 10 damn II. and to these
declarations were returned crles wight
yot arc"
Tho feet TINT tho gold sentiment pre-
dominated In the audience. .nr thnt nm
3 AmArlc-n crowd II Invariably with inc
under Cog brought Mr.. Stevenson moro
applause thnn hiH prcdcccSs9rs, when hs
walled from the platform. !,
Then n bluc-eySd, Randy.hnireu Wcll
built young man mounted the stage.
AS no turned and faced tho nudiGncr,
with n cheer tho galleries rScOSnIaed
'Blue. eyed Billy" Shrchan, WHO. was
lieutenant governor Of New York !nf,
four years, mud who Is considered one NJ
the must grand masters OF politics. lie,
too, protested against unsGating. tho
gold delegates, Ills Intimate knowIcuse
Of polltica, problems enabled nun 10
make n strong argument aEnlhst the
regularity OF the contcHtihg delegates.
Mr., Shechan declared that the purpose
OF the silver men OF the convention whS
10 secure n majority OF tho Michigan
delegation IN order to vote them ns u
unit for silver md thus increase their
majority 10 tho requisite two thirds 10
nominate. s"You fear" said he, Win u
sweep OF his hand. "ynp fear that you
may he Obliged To abrngate tho time.
honorcd two-thlrdg rule II YOU do not 10
this. + appeal to you, many. or whom
stood side by side with mo four years
ago. 10 stay your hand. This conrcn-
tIon was begun In revolution; IN Gods
name do not end II In a revolution"
With this parting shot. Mr.. Shcchan
retired amh plaudIts of the galleries.
His place was taken BY Delegate j..
". Blake, OF Texas, who made n rio-
lent speech In favor OF seating the
silver men. He charged that It was q
notorious fact that tho Michigan con-
vention had been packed and manlpula-
ted by oiilce-holdcrs.
The whole Internal delegation should
In my opinion, b. turned out" he said
earnestly. and many OF the silver dele
gates on the floor seemed to agree with
him from the manner IA which they re-
ceIvel his sentiment. lilo repealed tho
insinuntl0n OF Mr.. Shechan. and at
frmed'that as n silver man II he could
not control the convention without rob-
bling n nan OF Its votes he was ready
to surrender.
Delegate Mex Knight. one OF the Mich
,gan silver. delegates. replied to AIR.
Stevenson. lie said that 1t was motor
ious that the silver men elected n ma
Jority OF 200 TO the Mlchigun conven-
ton.
"As soon as the administration Mt
Washington aScertained this fact" he
continued. mir. Stevenson was hastily
summoned to Washington for 4 con-
ference with the Great Chief"
The Lie Passed.
TITS a lIe," yelled Mr.. Stevenson.
mounting a chair and facing the dele
gates. There is not one word OF truth
In that statement"
Mr.. Mcknight insisted on his state
ment and proceeded to describe the
methods by which the control OF the
convention had been wrcstsd from him.
In conclusion he predicted that Michi-
gan would give 5000 majority II n free
silver platform was adopted.
The Michigan debate wac becoming
wearisome when Delegate trucker, Il
smooth-taced young man from that
state. began to talk the people began To
talk. aud the people began TO cry for a
vote. ISfr. Brucker, however. stirred
them to n yell by declaring that while
he had always been n free silver man.
he believed the silvcrites had enough
delegates to elect a silver President on
a free silver platform without commit
ting highway robbery.
Then the gold men were reused to
greater enthusiasm by Charles S. Thorn
as, the Colrado member OF the national
committee, who spoke In 4 similar stralQ
saying that II the convention would cGr1-
nit a greater wrong than I nominate a
candidate who did not represent the
wishes OF the majority. such 4 wrong
would be to overt,lrn the officially cx-
pressed wishes of n sovereign stntc.
State Senator Thomas O'Cirady. OF
New York, n picturesque, red faced gem
tieman with a gray muSthChe and wear
ing a rather sh0rt jacket. punctuntcd a
speech for the gold delegates with vio-
lent gestures which die not avail to
secure Close attention. Senator Grady
vas just beginning 10 be listened to
when the thread OF his argument WAS
harshly interrupted by the first fight OF
the convention. 1t started over In from.
OF the press seats to the left OF the plat
form. where a snlwart policeman
through mistaken diligence bounced
upon a delegate from Illinois who was
attempting to enter the section allotted to
the delegates. People climbed to their
chairs everywhere and a small riot
seemed on hand unit! the chairman
pressed the button which sIGnalIcd the
band TO play.
platform with hands in his trousers
pockets, while the band played and
when he could make himself heard re-
marked that he never had been able %
speak in a convention without starting
a fight. His exit set the hall TO crying
vote, vote" once more.
AS dusk fell the Coliseum became
glowing. Suddenly Mt $50 the electric
lights were turned On and the artitI-
cial daylight flooded the vast space.
There were almost 10000 people In the
ampItt-eatre by this time and the night
scene was even more brilliant and in
spring than that OF the day.
Ex-Congressman WeaGock, OF MIchI-
gan, sandy-haired man with n straw
colored mustachc and imperial. con-
cluded the debate In behalf of the mi
nority.
Delegate O'Donnell. OF Colorado. per-
formed the same office for the major
ity. Just before Mr.. O'DOnnell began
several hundred Bland boomers came
up through the north entrance and ere
ated au enthusiastic demonstration In
favor OF their candidate.
At the conclusion OF O'Donncll's
speech amid loud cries OF vote, vote"
from the impatient crowds, Chairman
Daniels put the question first on the
adoption OF the minority report to con-
firm the sitting delegates In their title
to the seats. The roll was called. Ala
bama the first state called, started n
revolt against the majority. Although
n solid silver delegation, a challenge of
her vote leyclODpl tho fart that ynyon
votes In the delegation favored the gold
delegates. But under the unit rule Al
abamn's twenty-five votes were cast
against ne minority renort. The gol:
men got eleven out OF CALIFORNIA;
eighteen votes. two OF which were cast
by Senator White and Congressman
Mcguire.