The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-11


r. vas AecsHessy . speetaeuisr perform
srcs 70 which ne pubic Vas treated yes
tsrdsy. In the nomination AZ caiesxo OF
william yenninss Trysn for presscszf Of
the Unfsed States. II would have been .
matter Of great surprise. had there ossn
any capacity IN any o 70 - surprised
af eny setsan vhtsh the peculiarly chaotic
A-sscsuDsAxs - chsozxo might ssks-
A yoanx man. barely within the sons1-
fusfonel Limitation - TO age vhoas ocay
calm 70 national recognition sss thas he
served : term IN congress ard was oeafsn
ewe years aso On his csnsass Tor re-etec-
tics: xhoss absence OF p4rfy feaity sAs
Shown By sbs Tact that he. tn his extreme
b xsors political career. had already made
. record a. . better. who wzs locked Ca
~sthaa ! comparatively brief period. -
. convert 70 Pepugsna. al Of TIE doctrines
81 which ne fs4s openly szpozsse. sac
whose name was never spaken Of ssrs-
ensly In connection Nth the n~ontnxtsoa
unsii after tho convention waS actually
tn sessson. has s8eceetst Ia securing the
sofnsns don for president Of The Unstsd
states from enc Of The great peistinAl par
ssss Of he cosutry. after . cAnyaa which
iass<d. from start 20 nn1sh. little more
shaA s~wsnsy-fos- hounL
White al tkss. on ths surface. locks -
though there was someshins mary~icas
afcgt q. ths explznauon 10 . thoroughly
ssmpis ere. When the ~ecnvsasloa met.
sEs vast majority % e. members were
pledged 10 the asopfion Of . platform on
he aeu-& question. which nearly every
recognised leader OF ths party felt ho<azd.
N common honesty. 20 oppose Tbs con-
zeassor ~rspaas4ssa those leaders. n an
nounoed from The start that 10 man not
81 sascr a free silver should recs.ss the
nonsnafssn ~ ~ hands.
TIE choice VA narrowed Down. prao-
tieasly. 90 two men. nsithsr Of whom ccuid
command &ay particular sashusszxn Ger
AEnassif personally. and neither Of whon
was possessed Of mers tran average aofl-
~. Practically the question seemed 70
BE bcsvesr Bland ard Bosss. Tbs fcrner
bad acquired = spes.es OF national stand
fbx or notortefy Tor having, Curing his
services = congress some years since. per-
skste1sly 1esnsr6e1 tho free coinage Of
silver. hat whose voice hAd never been
heard On any eth.r grra, question before
cpngreas - nuuch . man Of ore idea that
be was proud Of the nickname silver
Dick" Applied 70 tsn ceTsssvs;y. but so-
espted seriously By himself ard friends
Roses. tho eth-r possible candidate. rode
tafo fame or an antl-prohibation move
snans. which ~ one time lost tho controi
Of TIE state sos rowa TO the Republican
party. Boses. hsvtnG opportunsly desert.
81 ths Republican party. Was seized On
By tbs Democrats as an asaslabls can
dtaAfe FOR savevnor. and eiso,et. The
fact OF his having carried such = pro-
bounced Republican stats az Iowa. not
w~lshstanssng II was ga = gsrelv local issue.
had the effect Of bringing oat his name
as = remote presidential possibility. As
soon as II became apparent that the free
silver MEN were likely 70 coasFol tbs con-
vension. Beies for the first time announced
himself -uneausvccaiiy as an oas-&ns-ous
free silver man
Win p~Faeteafy no e&nasdass bsfcrs X.
except these tive men. thu convention.
which was running ITSELF" MAS in =
fair condition 20 hs ~stampeded IN favor
of any dsrx herss who might Be suddenly
sprung upon ~ The opportunity cane TO
Bryan In his speech OF Tharsiay s. reply
20 usll. lie Is beyond question a brilliant
ig superficial. speaker. has 3 hanasens
presence. a magnetic manner. and a coed
voice n speech he delivered was with
on, doubt one az the ahlest and certainly
the saruwdest effort OK his life II was
precisely In accord with the sentiment %
the dominating elsFnsnt IN the convention.
and naturally aroused In them the great
est enthusiasm. On the wave OF that en-
thusiaNm his nomination was noaset. and
ali the efforts Of the managers OF Hand
could only eessy sat could not prevent the
nomination which followed n most
giraffe national convention which has az
serhlsa in "a. las, generation. Wan esa-
sssfent IA making The most giraffe norni-
nation ever nsssss uater the mes, srratss
circumstances