The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-10

thrown back, was round and compact.
The features, strong and powerful, were
cast In classical mold. The nose was
straight the lips thin and compressed,
the Jaw square and pugnacious. but the
srnken GivIty which marked his left
eye gave TO his face sinister EXPRESS
lon. II wnS face once SEN never for
gotten. On one lapel OF his coat he
wOreia Cuban flag. on the other q pitch
fork. One moment the 10000 people held
their breath as they gazed. Then they
broke forth. Cheers. mingled with
hlsssS, rent the air. Mr.. Richardson,
who was welding the gavel with the
assistance of the assistant sergeant-at-
arms. quickly suppressed the demon
stration. Ills first sentence showed that
he had 4 good. well modulated voice, but
as he proceeded. he pitched IL In a key SO
Shrlll that II grated like file. lie was
characteristic from the beginning. He
realized that 40 far us the galleries were
concerned, he faced an audience which
he felt was largely hostile. lie intro
duced himself 10 them by saying that
he came before them ns he was not "as
the lying newspapers had represented
him to be-" A round OF applause from
the pit greeted this announcement, but
II was drowned In the storm OF Kisses
to n perfect whirlwInd OF sibllant sound
us he added: Il came from state
which was the home OF secession"
Senator Tillman turned detiantly and
flercely surveyed the vast congregation
who were Kissing him. Then with n
'cOntemptuods toss OF his head he looked
down at the silver delegates before him.
his eye blazing. and said with Il sheer:
There are only three things that hiss"
said he with curl OF his thin lips. "a
goose, Il serpent and Il man." Raising
his head and addressing the galleries
he shouted that the man who hissed
South Carolina forgot the history OF the
revolution when that state kept alive
tn. fires OF liberty. This provoked i
Wild demonstration from the silver men.
South CurolIru In $780," he said, lied
the fight In the Democratic party which
disrupted 1t. Disruption. "he continued
while the galleries hlss-d, brought
about the war and the war emancipated
the black slaves. Now" he added.
sweeping his arms through the air above
his head. I'VE are leading the fight 10
cmanClpate the white slaves" This
time the silver men had their innings,
but they did not applaud very Justify
when he declared that with conditions
reversed he was willing 10 again see the
Democratic party disrupted. Repeated
ly, as he proceeded. the galleries hissed
and several times the Serge0nt-at-arms
threatened TO clear the galleries. The
silver men had chance tu shout their
approval when he declared that they
were adopting new declaration OF in
dependence: "l6-l or bust" The storm
OF Kisses Issued forth again when he re-
pudiated the denial that this was Sec
L., ~ rnt
issue" he cried. land II will prevail"
After these pyrotechnical expressions.
SO characteristic of the man. he drifted
into statistics TO show the bondage OF
the south and west TO the east and these
dry figures give the hostile galleries an-
other opportunity TO cry him down.
"Tlme, Tlme!" they shouted This
aroused the senator again to angry re-
sentiment. He paced the platform like
an enrnge1 lion. 81 know, l Know" he
cried with arms aluft. You are against
us. There Is not n paper In this city
that Is not In the power OF the money In
fucnceS. They will not give us fair
show. They characterize us as bowling
dervlSheS and silver lunatlcs." Many OF
the delegates crowded up the a!sles and
stood at the foot OF the stage. studying
intensely the features OF the remarkable
man before them.
Continuing, Senator TIllman declared
that the only way to avert revolution
would be TO select man whose record
would fire the platform. Soon the hiss
Ing began again at some radical utter
ancc and the South Carolinian took oc-
caslon TO say that -four years ago the
New York senator was hissed as l am
now."
"Whcrc Is New York now?" he asked:
"wherc Is New York's LEADER" and
from the gallery came in the cry 'In
the SOUP" which brought down wave
OF cheers for Hill, topped with a foam
Of Kisses.
Tillman stood waiting for the noise to
subslde and then using his hand before
his mouth for n speaking trumpet, call
cd like foghorn his defiance: You
can Just as we'll understand that I am
going to have my say lf l stand here I'LL
sunloWn,"