The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-10
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Senator Hill made losing fight for il
the committee on resolutions. brough
down a yell from the galleries. Severa
New York delegates stood and wavet
their hats, but they did not include Hill
Whitney and Flower. over on the IA
right the stalwart frame of Senate
Gray of Delaware stood alone am
silence pervaded most OF the deGega
lions. The issue was drawn.
TILLAfAN UNDER FIRE
Senator Ben TIllnan of South Caro-
lima mounted the stage to open tbs
great debate in behalf of free coinage
A striking figure he was, as he faced
his audience With no pretenslons II
dress, shabbily coated, he Instantly
drew the eyes Of 10000 people. They
turned toward him as if he were an an
tagordst. His thick-set, commanding
form was full Of defiance. His head
thrown back. was round and compact
The features, strong and powerful,
were cast in a classic mould. The nose
was straight, the lips thin and COM
pressed, the jaw square and pugnaci-
Gus, but the sunken cavity which mark
ed his left eye, gave his face a sinister
expression. Tt was a face, once seen,
never to be forgotten. On one lapel of
his coat he wore a Cuban flag, on the
other a pitchfork One moment the 90
900 people held their breath as they
gazed Then they broke forth. Cheers
mingled with Kisses rent the air. Mr..
Richardson who was welding the CAV
ell, with the aid of the assistant SER
gsant-at-arn1s, quickly suppressed the
demonstrations.
GALLERIES HOSTILE
His first senences showed that he
had a good, well modulated voice. but
Is he proceeded he pitched it in a key
so shrill that it grated like a file. He
was characteristic from the beginning.
He realized that so far as the galleries
wera concerned he faced an audience
entirely hostile He introduced him
self to them by saying that he came be-
fore them as mot as the lying news
papers had represented him TO be" A
round of applause from the pit greeted
this announcement, and il was drowned
N the storm of Kisses from the galleries
which We're increased to a perfect
Rthrilwind of sound. Il came from
state which was the home of secession"
Senator TIllmsn turned defantly and
iercely surveyed the vast cOngrega-
ZION which was Kissing Then, with a
sontemptuOus toss OF his head, he look
ID down at the silver delegates before
him, his eye blazing and said with a
sneer: There are only three things
that hlss--a goose, a serpent and a
man"
HE APPEALS TO REASON.
Raising his head and addressing tha
galleries. he shouted, that the men who
Kissed South Carolinaoforgot the history
Of the revolution when that state kept
alive the fires Of liberty. This provoked
a wild demonstration from the silver
men.
South Carolina, in $780," he said,
Ted the fight in the Democratic party
which disrupted it. Disruption" he
continued, while the galleries Kissed,
Drought about the war and the war
smancipated the black slaves
Now" he added, sweeping his arms
through the air above his head, I'VE are
leading the fight to emancipate the
white slaves"
This time the silver men had their in
nfngs, but they did not applaud very
Justify when he declared that with con-
ditions reversed. he was wiling to
again see the Democratic party dis
rupted. Repeatedly, as he proceeded,
the galleries Kissed, and several times
the sergeant-at-arms threa tened to
clear the galleries.
SIXTEEN TO ONE OR BUST.
The silver men had a chance to shout
their approval when he declared they
were adopting new Declaration of In
dependence 10 to l or bust" The storm
Of Misses issued forth again when he
repudlated the denial that this was a
sectional contest. Il say ii is sectional
issue" he cried, "and it Will prevail"
After these pyrotecnnical express
sions, so characteristic Of the man, ne
drifted into statistics 10 show the bond
age of the south and west TO the east,
which gave the galleries another oppor-
tunity to cry him down.
Time, time" they shouted This
aroused the senator again TO angry
resentment. He paced the platform
like an eRraged lion.
81 know. 1 know" he cried with arms
aloft, you are against us. There is
not a paper in this city that is not in
the power of the money influences. |
They will not.give us a fair show. They !
characterize rs as bowling dervishes
and silver lunatics.'" Many of the
delegates came u the aisles and stood |
at the foot Of the stage studying in |
tently the features of the remarkable |
man before them.
WIT FROM THE GALLERIES.
Continuing, Senator Tillman declar- |
ed that the only way 10 avert revolu- |
ton would be 10 select a man whose |
record would IL the platform. Soon the |
Kissing began again at some radical ut |
terance, and the South Carolinan took
occasion 70 say: -Four years ago the |
New York senator was hissed as 1 am |
now"
Where IS New York now?'' he asked.
Where is New York's leaders? And |
from the gallery came the cry: I'm the /
SOUP" which brought down a wave of |
chez for Hill, topped with a foam OF
hiss
Ttlman stood waiting for the noise
to subs-de and then using his hand be-
tore MS mouth for speaking trumpet.
:alled like a fog horn his defiance.
You can just as well understand il
now. that ! am going 10 have nv saw II
BITTER ATTACK ON HILL.
He was permitted TO go on with com
parative ease, after the chairman had
pleaded with the audience and threat
ened 10 clear the galleris and then he
surprised his hearers anew by an at
tack upon Senator Hin. because the
senator from New York had refused TO
make the first speech on the platform
and give the South Carolina man the
reply. Incidsntly he said Of HTl.
He despnsed the president OF the Unit
Cd States in 1892; since then he has had
cause 10 more than despise him. and
be scored Hin for using the role of
spologist for the administration.
But as Cleveland stands for gold +"
he began, whereupon a hurrah for
Cleveland was shouted, which drew a
hearty response from the galleries. The
attack on the president which followed
did not find any marked 6aroar,Sr -, So, |