Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-07-15

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the vanquished stalk sullenly forth into
the daylight The battle for supremacy
of Democratic principles was fought in
a session that lasted from ii O'Clock in
the morning until shortly before 3
O'Clock in the afternoon.
Each side sent it's champions to the
forum. Senator Tillman. Of South
Carolina; Senator Jones, of Arkansas;
Congressman Bryan, of Nebraska,
crossed swords with Senator Hill, of
New York; Senator Villas, of Wiscon-
sin, and Ex-Governor Russell, Of Mas
sachusetts.
The sinister. looking senator from
the state of Calhoun (Tillman), with
his eye blazing defiance which mani
tested it's unfriendlinesss by storm Of
Kisses, opened the debate with a wildly
passionate speech, in which he affirmed
that the battle for the restoration of
silver was a war for the emancipation
of the white slaves, as the war Of 1860
had been for the emancipation of the
black slaves. Disruption Of the
Democracy had brought one, and he in
vited another disruption if it would re-
suit in this other emancipation.
He went TO the extreme of glorying
in the suggestion presented. that the
issue was sectional one, declaration
which aroused the resentment Of Sena.
tor Jones, and he repudiated it In a
brief speech which aroused the first
demonstration of the day. Even the
gold delegates joined heartily in this
demonstration against sectjonalism.
Senator Villas bitterly denounced
what he termed an attempt to launch
the party in career so wild that the
world stood sghast. With a wave Of
his arm, that was full of impressive
portent, he sounded his warning.
Ex-Governor Russell, the keen Mas
sachusetts statesman, who has thrice
carried the standard of Democracy to
victory in the Old Bay state, pleaded
for word of concession, of ooncilia-
ton, and concluded with a solemn
warning that the country, II not the
convention, would listen.
Demonstrations followed at frequent
intervals throughout the speeches, but
it was Senator Hill who aroused the
gold forces to their widest enthusiasm,
and Bryan, the "boy orator of the
Platte" who set the sileyr men afiame.
4 The demonstration for Hill, who
with close logic and trenchant blade
sought the very heart of the conven.
ton as he bitterly assailed as undemo
cratic the new creed which the ma.
jority was to proclaim, lasted about
l8 minutes Although more pro
tracted than that which greeted
Bryan, it was Of different nature.
The latter was the spontaneous ont
burst Of an enthusiasm kindled by tn,
touch Of magnetic eloquence. Tn,
star of the brilliant young orator from
the plains OF Nebraska has burned
brightly ON the horizon of the conyen
tion for two days There were seyera
demonstrations in his behalf the da,
before, but this was the first oppor
tunity he had to show himself. Th,
audience had been warmed mp, ant
was full Of pent-up enthusiasm. Th
powder magazine needed but the spark
and Bryan applied it with the skill o
genius His very appearance capture,
the audience. Dressed like plaii
Westerner, in black suit Of alpaca
he stood with smile playing over hi
handsome, mobile, clear-cut face
while with uplifted hand he invites
the waiting thousands.
J He has face whose lines nigh
have been ohiseled from alsbaster b.
some master sculptor. His mouth 1