Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-14

= os n-xeiu. % tn,nTA k<Qff4 .iae ~ \
desire TO give way to s{ofA ~
The chair stated that SNM$rsfs engaged
not in the hail
GOV David Oyermeyer. OF Kqnss4 took the
stand ard declared that Tuesday the seat of
Empire was transferred from the Atlantic
States to the Mississippi Talev The day of
the common people hdtSSawESl ami the dol
lar Of our daddies" would be restored This
sentiment was received with unbounded en-
thusiasm.
The band once more naled up she interluie
to kill time:
g2y Aiissld was asain eellss u reSuigitIoa
as stopsan aiaiHathg ysssss, sss y Sp<
with cheers, q which he lssEoi5ed 81 saying
he did not come here to make speech, but to
assist In nominating president and prepar-
ing platform which should bring hope to the
people He was listenad 10 win attention as
he proceeded to diseuss the cause oil
the existing conditions OF distress which
he SUMMARIZED as the sou.bined action
Of the moreyed interests of the
word to make money dear and property
and labor cheap The first step in this plan
was to strike down silver This doubled tho
work OF gold and doubled its purchasing
power The consequence was that prices
were only half as high as when we had the
raise TO pay his fxed charRes-his interes'
and his taxes The farmer was Frustrated
the merchants and railroads did less business,
and the laborer was out OF employment Shall
we continue this system, be sked. or 60 bacl
TO where we were before. and o loud cheer o.
mo" Shall we go on, he added paying inter
est on two hundred cent dollars or go bacl
and pay in one hundred cent dollsrsp Tina
was the great question before the convention
He characterized the republican convention
as Mr.. Mark Hannas trust" At that con.
vention Mr.. Hanna nominated man with one
idea, and that idea wrong daughter ant
cheers) That convention adopted q single
gold standard and the English money lenders
approved it. Englishmen were always delight
ed with anything that tended to get more
blood and more sweat out Of the American
rranis trarAUe1 laughter ana oloeis). Inc
same men were here trying TO put the halter
upon us. Are YOU going to stand itp he asked
and again the response was a vigorous mo y
Another point loudly cheered was when he de-
clared: I'VE will have no straddling on plat
form and no straddllng on candidates Those
gentlemen who have to consult the tin roosters
when they get up in the morning in order &c
see what their opinions are for the day, have
no show in this convention.
The hand OF compromise, he said, never YET
ran up the flag OF freedom. No compromise
army ever fought the battle of liberty.
As he retired from the stand he was greeted
with loud cheers 1r
Mr.. George Fred Williams. OF Msssachu-
sets, was next called upon and was greeted
with q cry OF Three cheers for George Fred
Williams" He combated the assertion thai
the seat OF the Empire had been transferred
from the Atlantic states to the Mississippi
valley. F. .#
At one p. N. the chair announced a partia
report OF the committee on credentials, recon-
mending that each OF the territories and Dis
trrt COlnmhia D0 granted Sill
votes. Second, =, after careful COM
mittee comparison of the credentials
as returned by the national committee they
found all OF them correct except those from
the states OF Nebraska ana Michigan. In re-
gard 20 Nebraska. they we're pleased 60 re.
port that +he delegates headed by w. ]. Bry-
an should oe admitted to seats In regard q
Michigan they asked further time. =
Mr. Manoney. OF Nebraska, rose In the bod
Of the hall and gracefully offered to vacate the
seats now occupied by the sitting members
for the benefit of their successful contest
ants. 'tiH'H'' ..