The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-10
SILVER PLHTF0RM
ADOPTED IN FULL.

for a word Of concession, Of concilia-
tion and concluded with a solemn
warning that the country. II not the
convention, would listen. Demonstra-
ton followed demonstration at fire.
quent intervals throughout the
speeches, but it was Senator Hill who
aroused the gold forces to their wild
est enthusiasm, and Bryan, the "Boy
Orator Of the Platte" who set the sill
yer men afiame. The demonstration
for Hill, who with close logic and tren-
chant blade sought the very heart Of
the convention. as he bitterly assailed
as undemocratic the new creed, which
majority was to proclaim, lasted about
18 minutes. Although more protracted
than that which greeted Bryan, it was
of a different nature. The latter was
the
SPONTANEOUS OUTBURST
of an enthusiasm, kindled by the touch
of magnetic eloquence.
The star of the brilliant young
orator from the plains of Nebraska,
has burned brightly on the horizon of
the convention for two days. There
were several demonstrations in his be-
half yesterday, but this was the first
opportunity he has had to show him
self. His audience had been warmed
up, and was full of pent UP enthusiasm.
The powder magizine needed but this
spark and Bryan applied it with the
skill of genius. His very appearance
captured the audience. Dressed like
plain Westerner, in a black suit of
alpaca, he stood with q smile playing
over his handsome, mobile, clearcut
face, while, with uplifted hand, he
quieted the waiting thousands. He has
face whose lines might have been
chiselled from alabaster, by some mas
ter sculptor. His mouth Is firm; his
eyes bright; his nose Roman, his raven
hair is brushed back from his forehead
and falls to his collar. With well
modulated voice, which gradually rose
in pitch until it penetrated the farther
most limits of the hall, his speech was
masterpiece of oratory. With con-
summate eloquence he stated the case
of silver and parried the arguments of
the gold men. Marc Antony never ap-
piled the match more effectively The
convention took fire with enthusiasm.
1t cracked as by the war Of flames.
Hill was forgotten, all else was for
gotten for the moment. Cheers swelled
to yells, yells became screams. Every
chair in the valley of the Coliseum and
every chair in the vast wilderness on
frantic men and women were wildly
waving handkerchiefs, canes, hats and
umbrellas anything movable.
Some; like madmen diveSted them
selves of their coats and flung them
high in the air. A Texas delegate up
rooted the purple standard of his state
and bore it frantically to the place
where rose the standard Of Nebraska
In a twinkling, others followed the
TVxrn ir6c Of -+ak - ff-
were torn from their sockets and car
ried as trophies to Nebraska, where
they danced in mid-air. A dozen dele
gates rushed upon the stage and shoul-
dered the half-dazed orator and bore
him in triumph down the aisle. Loud
er and louder shrieked the thousands,
until the volume Of sound broke like
gigantic wave and fell only to rise
and break again. For almost fifteen
minutes this maddened tumult con-
ttnued, while the delegates with the
state standards paraded the enclosure.
Old political generals were stupefied.
If the ballot for the nomination had
been taken then 1t would have been
stampede.
When 1t was all over the votes were
taken, first on the minority substitute
for the platform offered by Senator
Hill, which was defeated 626-3O3; then
on the resolution to indorse the admin
istration which was beaten 357 to 564,
and lastly on the adoption of the plat
form, which was carried 62S to 301.
Senator Tillman, after the rejection
of the resolution to indorse the admin
istration, withdrew his resolution to
censure the administration. 'The ad-
ministration stands condemned by that
vote" was his comment. "a brave
man never strikes a fallen foe"
NIGHT SESSION
At the night session, in the presence
of fully $4,000 people, the nominating
speeches were made and there was a
repetition of the exciting scenes of the