The San Francisco call., 1896-07-25
DETERMINED AND DEFIANT.
Sunburned. Horny-Handed Texans
Lead the Battle Against Demo-
cratic Control.

cratic Control.
CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS,
Mo-, July 24.-Representatives of brave
old Texas, sunburned, horny-handed and
bearded, the rugged sunshine State where
honest poverty is not looked upon as
crime, and where some of the noblest
types OF American manhood can be found,
came into the convention hall this morn
ing 103 strong determined and defiant
after the defeat of the day before. With
a breezy valor characteristic of the roman
tic Southwest the delegation expressed its
contempt of the Bryan-Democratic dele
gates, causing to be hung over the gallery
rail 8 life-sized crayon drawing of man
split up to the neck with one foot on
stool labeled "Populist platform" and the
other on a stool labeled Democratic plat
FORM"
The middle the-road banner was
planted in the center of the delegation
and the standard of the Lone Star State
was fastened to its staff. The 103 and
others looked upon the split PopuIist in
gallery with q grin. and his grin grew
more aggravating when they saw the fat
face and gold spectacles of Chairman Allen
beaming upon it, at first in wonderment
and then in horror. A considerate Demo-
crat in the gallery. fearing that the chair
man would collapse, took up the alle-
gorical picture, but 1t was shortly after
ward taken possession of by a stalwart
Texan and placed alongside the standard.
There was only quiet bit of humor with
a spice of malice in it.
The open defiance came later, and in the
20 hor,
called upon to name her choice OF COM
mitteeman to confer with a committee Sc
lected by the Silver convention. Milton
Parks, finely built six-footer with a
manly, resonant voice, walked up the
aisle to within ten feet of the chairman s
desk and hurled his defiance into the
teeth of the Bryan Democrats.
Texas is proud to say that she never
treats with an enemy in battle and we
therefore have no man to put upon the
committee"
The -Populists howled and
groaned and missed, and the bold cham
pion who had thus slapped the face of the
convention surveyed them with a curl of
contempt upon his lips. Three wild
cheers, followed by the characteristic
coyote yelp, rose from the delegation and
drowned the groans and hisses. Chair
man Aliens face flushed as though it had
been smitten with rough hand and then
turned a corpse-like pallor. 1t was evil
dent that the insult had reached his heart.
The sturdy delegation made itself heard
again when Tom Patterson of Colorado
was begging the convention not to strike
SewalI off the ticket, but to swallow him
and Bryan both, for a Democratic head
must needs have Democratic tail, other
wise there would be a lack of that beaut1-
full harmony which is so essential in prac-
tical politics.
One of the Texans sarcastically asked
the chair whether, as Mr.. Bryan's friend
from Colorado was given a hearing, an
equal opportunity would be afforded to
some friend of Major Mckinley to speak
in favor of the Endorsement of the major.
He thought that the Republicans should
have an equal chance with the Democrats.
Another opportunity was afforded the
Lone Star State to display some sarcasm
when Democrat in the gallery loudly ap-
plauded Mr.. Patterson's euIogy of Bryan
and Sewall A brown-eyed Texan stood
up and pointing his finger at the man in
the gallery, shouted: "Come down here,
you Democrat; you have as much right
to seat on the floor as delegate as that
man who is now talking Democracy on
the platform"
Ihere was another whoop and another
yell and FIVE minutes passed before the
chairman could restore order for the per-