The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-09
SILVERITES AGAIN.
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If they had any, and came trooping back
to make themselves at home and while
away the time with newspapers and sand
wiches An hour before . O'clock the hun
drods began streaming in.
The Resolutions Committees Report.
At $50 the committee on resolutions
dled into the inclosure. In the van was
the stulwart form of senator Hill As the
delegates and crowds caught sight Of him
they arose TO their feet and wildly cheered
the New York leader Again and again
they cried his name, but the senator
Senator Grady coolly paced the platform
with hands IN his trousers pockets wh)e
the band plnyed, and when he could mako
himself heard remarked that he never had
been able TO speak in a convention with
out starting fight. His exit set the hall
| to crying vote, vote once more
/ quietly took his seat and conferred in sub
/ dued tones with those about him, as If ut
teFly unconscious of the tumult Ten
minutes later Chairman Daniel called the
! convention TO order and announced that
the committee on credentials was ready
to report. When the reading clerk read
the report seating four silver district dele
gates from Michigan, which changed the
| complexion of the delegation, under the
unit rule, from gold to silver, there was
! considerable applause among the silver
men on the floor.
Ex-C Congressman John G. Crosby, Of
Massachusetts, on behalf Of the minority
Of the COMMITTEES, took the stage and earn
estly protested against the decision OF the
majority. John II. Brennan of Wiscon-
sin, Johh T. Salisbury of Delaware, Eliot
| G. Stevenson Of Michigan and ex-Iieuten-
ant Governor Sheehan of New Yock also
spoke against the majority report which
was defended by Delegate Taylor of Ar
kansas, Governor McLaurin Of Mississippi,
Delegate Blake of Texas and Delegate Nc
Knight of Michigan
Thcrp were many other debates on either
side Of the question, but this Michigan de-
bate was becoming so wearisome that
when Delegate Bruckner, "A smooth faced
young man from that state, began to thAk
the people began TO cry for a vote Mr..
Brucllner, however, stirred them TO yell
by declaring that while he had always
been free silver man he believed the sill
verites had enough delegates TO elect a
free silver president on free silver plat
form without committing highway rob
berry Charles ;. Thomas, the Colorado
member of the national committee, also
aroused enthusiasm by speaking in "A sim
liar strain
An Inciplent Row.
State Senator Thomas O'Grady, Of New
York, was just beginning to be listened to
when the thread of his argument was
harshly interrupted by the first fight of
the convention. 1t started over in front OF
the press seats to the left of the platform,
where a stalwart policeman, through MIS-
taken diligence pOunced upon delegate
from Illinois who was attempting to enter
the section allotted to the delegates. People
climbed 60 their chairs everywhere, and "A
small riot seemed on hand until the chair
man pressed the button which signalled
the band to play.
At the conclusion Of a speech from Del
egate O'Donneu Of Colorado Chairman
Daniel put the question first on the sub
stitutiOn of the minority report for the
majority report to confirm the sit
ting delegates in their title to the seats.
! The roll was called. Alabama, the first
state called started revolt against the
majority. Although a solid silver delega-
tion, challenge of her vote developed the
feet that seven votes in the delegation fa-
vored the gold delegates But under the
, unit rule Alabama's p votes were cast
! against the minority report. The gold
men got II out Of CALIFORNIA; Is silver
9 votes, two Of which We're cast by Senator
White and Congressman Mcguire.
Indiana silver delegation furnished s
of their 80 votes for the gold delegates
Delegate Haldeman, of the Kentucky del
r egation, by challenge, uncovered , al
. firmative votes in that delegation. There
r were votes in the Massachusetts Golega
j. tion for seating the silver delegates. and
in Maryland Mr.. Stevenson, of Michigan
cast the 26 votes of his state, in whicf
there were IL silver votes, in favorof keep
9 ing the gold men in their seats.
a There was wild cheering when ex-Cioy
Q ernor Flower cast the seventy-two votes o
e New York for the minority report. ltcon
y tinued for full minute, when the cheering
suddenly swelled into a roar. The golt
delegates mounted their chairs and wavet
their handkerchiefs, while the gallerie
= grew perfectly frantic with enthusiasm
9 They shouted, whistled, stamped thei
10 feet flung their hats aloft and turned th
l, convention into pandemonium. The zen
y thusiasm rose and fell only to rise agail
. like the oncoming tides of the ocean, u
10 to that time 1t was unquestiOnably tn
! most enthusiastic scene of the convention
B. Chairman Daniel tried TO secure orde
D with his gavel, but the raps were swa
10 lowed up in the awful din as the the Crao
s of Il toy pistol would be by q volley Of
: hundred guns.
n The band broke in with the strains {
% one of Sousa's popular marches but it ha
10 no effect on the 10000 people who wei
D. yelling like mad. When the music cease
p the demonstration grew fierce The silv'
III men were lnfuriated. They were evidentl
z convinced that the galleries were packe
'' Temporary Chairman Daniel POweriess
= Chairman Daniel held up his hand f'
order, but he was not needed. He ordert
the clerk to call the roll, but that official
voice could not penetrate four feet in
the whirlwind of sound. The silver me
In the galleries hissed. The silver leade
on the floor were manitestly disturbe
a Governor Sto ne, of Missouri, moved has
~ ily up to the stage to consult with Chai
g man Daniel senator Coclrell work.
=, his way around to where sat the IllinC
"a delegation. Others moved hither al
ch thither 1t looked almost as if the sily
We men had been stricken with panic, Su
he denlv Governor Altgeld rot upon his chs