The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-07-09

Immediately On the assembling O
the convention day the platform, de
claring unqualifiedly for free coinag
and an income tax was reported b,
Senator Jones OF Arkansas who sup
ports 1t with fervant speech, followed
by great. cheers, delegates standing or
chairs when Hill presents the minor
ity report and as he ascends the plat
form there is great cheering, renewed
again and again. He stands calmly
while the demonstration goes on.
1890 p. m. Hill trying to be heard.
Hill says it he is to follow South
Carolina he would say he is Demo.
crat bnt am not Mugwump.
Aeks need he defend New York and
her citizens.
Says New York is the Gibraltar Of
Democracy.
II :55 p. IN. Says in view of great
production of silver at small expense
might as well say copper is equal to
gold.
Hill is pointing out danger to bust
ness and to party il platform is en-
dorsed on financial question.
Hill also denouncing plank favoring
preme court of your country. Cheers.
question in platform and asks what it
MEANS ''Is it repudiation. Cheers.
Hill arks what condition the country
would be in to-day If it hadn't been
for issue of bonds.
Says platform is full of absurd prop
sitions and calculated to the injury Of
party.
Hill appealing to convention not to
put eastern men in position where
their hands will be tied.
Says it may make it more calamitous
to west and south as it may prevent
them from winning the fight. Hill
finished. Great cheering and demon
stration.
Gen. Villas ascends platform.
Much confusion and many delegates
on their feet.
Villas begins his speech in favor of
minority report but is interrupted by
cheers.
He says majority have conceded
right to minority of presenting their
case and no more.
Confusion and cries in time
Says proposed action will be follow
ed by universal distress.
Asks them not to launch grand Dem
ocratic party on this wild career
Russell of Massachusetts takes plat
form.
Russell ia given three cheers and
says he is painfully conscious that the
minds Of this convention are not open
to argument, therefore will say but lit
tie that appeal will fall on deaf ears
Will not listen to appeal: will ii lis-
ten to protest? Refers to sacrifice Mas
sachusetts made for liberty and pa
triotism above individual and above
party.
that invites tpeople to disaster and in
his opinion to Democratic party.
He soys he can see nothing but de
feat and disaster in the moqemeht.
PIP p. m. Bryan of Nebraska takes
the platform and receives an ovation.
2.15 p. m. Ovation to Bryan con
tinues and he is trying to vuiet audi
ence.
Bryan begins speech in favor of ma
jority report.
He says motion will be made to
lay on the table resolution in favor of
and against administration.
He says we are here under solemn
and binding instructions TO support
the will of the majority of the people
in this matter of money
2.24 p. m. He says to the minority,
you have already disturbed our bust
ness man, who works for wages as
much as his employe
2.37 p. m. He says he favors an
income tax. Drawing comparison be
tween Jefferson and Hill prefers to
stand with the former.
2.54 p. m. Bryan finished amid LOUD |
applause. Cries of nominate him
2.59 p. m. Many of the states have |
pulled up their state guidons and are
swinging them over their heads.
3.04 p. m. The band can't be heard
playing. Guidons carried over to Ne
,raska delegation. Cheering increas-
ng. States marching around the hall
With guidons swinging. They again
enter at Nebraska delegation.
Delegates begin resuming seats under
igorous pounding of chairman.