Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-04
THE BOLTERS' WORK.
NOMINEES AND PLATFORM OF IN
DIASAPOLIs CONVENTION.
PALMER And BUCKNER THE TICKET.
speecb of w. c. Il. Breckinridge's
which Is AppIauded to the Echo
southnlI, of Virginia, Seconds Nom-
tpution of the IIIinoisan.

this morning. Al III ciOch, lhc nouT 10
which the convention had adjourned,
there were not fifty delegates present, but
the galleries were being fast filed
When Senator Palmer, of Illinois, en-
tered the hall and took his seat on the
platform. he was complimented with a
round Of applause.
Soon after II o'clock. the delegates, with
the exception Of those on the Committee
on Resolutions, began TO crowd in,
coming I'm solid delegations; and the
space assigned TO them was in short
time fully occupied. The arrival OF each
State delegation was indicated by the
musicians, who played the air most ap-
propriate TO the location-"Ya Yankee
Doodle" for a New England State;
Maryland. Ny Maryland" for the dele
CATION from that state; "Old Kentucky
Home" Dixie" etc. As is usual, the
popular acclaim was in favor Of Dixie"
and Maryland"
About this time Mr. Buckner, Of Ken
tucky. entered the hail. and was greeted
with cheers. Then Mr.. Breckenridge. Of
Kentucky. came in with his delegation,
and "Hurrah for Breckinridge," was
shouted from scores of throats.
The shouts for breckenridge were kept
up from the galleries, as If it were ex-
pected that he would deliver the speech
which he failed 10 make at the mass
meeting last night. lie took no notice
OF the shouts however, but engaged in
conversation with Governor Buckner, who
sat by his side.
At li:l0. Senator Caffery, OF Louisiana.
as chairman Of the convention, rose and
said: THE Chair desires to announce TO
the convention that the opening Of the
convention will be delayed for few
moments. to ascertain whether or not the
Committee on Resolutions is ready to 70.
port. The Chair Is informed that the
committee will report shortly. 1 beg
you. therefore. to be patient for few
moments. 10 see whether that committee
Is ready.
That was the signal for a renewal Of the
shouts for Brecknridge. which finally be-
came overwhelming. though few Kisses
were heard intermingled with them.
BRECKINRIDGES SPEECH.
Mr.. Breckinridge, advancing 10 the plat
form was received with great cheering.
He delivered a speech of great power and
eloquence. and of considerable length,
which was listened to with profound
silence and attention, except when broken
in upon by bursts Of applause. Some ex-
tracts from his speech follow:
There has not been the ghost OF a
chance to elect a Democratic President
since 1894, because Of free silver. There
fore. when they charge us with trying 10
elect Mckinley, i charge back that they
have done that job for us much more
skilfuly. applause and laughter) What
we do intend to DO is 20 pre-
vent the election Of the Chicago
ticket, under the pretence that II
Is a Democratic ticket / voted for
Horace Greeley. / am not ashamed Of It.
1T was not a very delightful dose at the
time Qaughter), but the memory OF IL
has become more palatable in hve and
twenty years. But did not vote for him
as a Democrat. standing on Democratic
platform, and / shall not vote for Popu-
listic candidate on Populistc platform"
(Cheers)
After stating that the Chicago conven-
tion had obeyed instructions, and. there
fore. Democrats were absOlved from fol-
lowing it, Mr.. Breckenridge proceeded:
BRYAN's SPEECHES.
'I have nothing TO say about the young
gentleman who is now enlightening the
people on the policy that ought TO control
the settlement of the financial question,
but | have read his speeches with great
care Has ANYBODY gathered anything
from them but the sad lesson that life
comes unequal with man; that to some
come prosperous days, and 10 some ad-
yersitv: that TO some comes plenty, and
to some comes want, and that as a corol-
larry from that. those with whom life has
gone hard ought TO unite 10 destroy those
with whom life has been prosperous?
Is there anything else in his speeches,
stripped Of their verbage, but this? Here
is a great country; here is the Hudson
with its handsome residences Of rich men;
here are the syndicates controlling great
sums Of money. and here are you. Labor
is not given its Just share of profits. There
is the ballot-box; there Is the booty; there
is the weapon; you are the soldier. What
is the lesson? Be frugal. be law-obedient,
be patient. be statesmanlke, and study
the question Is that il? No. Use the
ballot-box 10 equaliZe that which life has
made unequal.
IL protest that that Is not Democracy.
loud cheeringD The government shall
not support the people. The people must
support the government (Applause.) The
ballot-box is not weapon OF hostility,
is not a menace. II takes the place Of the
strikes. no bombs. no Anarchists. no or
ganizations TO commit violence. The bal
lot is not TO make discord. but to bring
about harmony; not to produce dissen-
sions but TO produce that equalization Of
law under which all men stand equal
THE TICKET.
"What are we going to do here to-day?
Nominate a ticket. of course. No one
came here with any other idea No one
came here with the idea OF firing in the
air. of going through a dress parade,
OF formulating tenets without-havng the
obiect-lesson Of -wo men standing on a
good platform (cheers); men who are
exemplars. I care not who they are.
care not whether our candidate for
President be some gentleman who. after
n long life In the service of the country.
i'm peace and I'm war talluding to Senator
palmeD. would like 10 leave OF the
armor which we would put upon him In
making him leader. loud cheers for
Palmer). | could follow cheerfully and
enthusiastically that most excellent, self
controlled gentleman in his temper. who
commanded the iron brigade In the war
(alIuding 10 General Bragg Of Wiscon-
sim (cheers) or / could follow cheer
fully that farmer-statesman, with whom
I served in Congress-the fair Flower,
of New York. daughter and applause).
| do not want the question before US to
be obscured by any other question. DO
not let us make any nomination that
will obscure the question. Do not let us
open any door that will offer to the
enemy a chance TO raise any new issue
upon us.
TARIFF AND MONEY.
I'VE are that Democracy which stands
for "a tariff for revenue only and FOR
that honest dollar which measures the
oo,nad v.lue OF the .Workman's labor