The Butler weekly times., 1896-07-23

tn 'Ae people OF tho,.
States Will declare our helples. 8
potency as nation to attend i, 8
own business. 1t is the issna !.
lIIt over again, when cur an.,..
3,ooo,coo had the courage to a..,.'
their independence of eyerv :,
nation upon earth. Shall Wa ~
descendants when We have sro,.
to 70,000,0o0, declare that w.
less independent than our forei.,l, |
ers' No my friends, it will psvs,,
the Judgment Of the people. Th.,.
fore, We care not upon what line. n
battle is fought. If they say him.
'a!lism is good but We can not h,n
it till some nation helps US, We ,sn,.
that instead of having a gold st.na
ard because England has it, We .h.n
restore bimetallism and them :.
shcu t4
England have bimetallism hee.n..
the United States has it, (Applsu.,
Ii they dare to come out aud in Il.
open defend the gold standard !.
good thing we shall fight them i
the uttermost, having behind US II.
producing masses of this nation ,,a
the world, Having behind M II. ]
commercial interests and the Iabo,
ing interests and all the toilinp ma.
ses, we shall answer their demand.
for a gold standard by saying d
them, you shall not press down un.
on the brow of labor this crown d
thorns. You shall not crucifv MAJ,
kind upon cross of gold. ((,r,,l
applause.)
BRYAN MADE A GREAT HIT.
The conclusion of Mr.. BRYAN,
speech was marked by the most e..
thusiastic demonstration of the con
vention, up to that time. The vhol,
convention sprang to its feet, and
10000 throats roared, while tx;r
twenty thousand arms waved fraoti
cally. Handkerchiefs and flags Aex
wildly. Hats were hurled aloft
Umbrellas were waved. Men shout.
ed like maniacs. From every qurl
Ell of the hall came the hoarse roar
Suddenly a member of the TeYu
delegation uprooted the banner d
the Lone Star State and carried il
to where stood the standard OF NJ.
braska. Above the roar rose piere.
ing shrieks, which sounded like i
volley Of siege guns above the con
tinuous rattle OF 10000 small arms
Other delegates grasped the staff
OF their delegations aud pushed Their
way to the Nebraska delegatioa
Soon the staffs OF two.thirds Of tkf.
States were grouped about the puFsl
pie standard of Bryan's State. Orlyi
the standards of Connecticut, Del1.8
ware, Massachusetts, Maine, Mime
sofa, New York, New Jersey, Nes1
Hampshire, Vermont, South Dakota,
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania vess
left standing when the demonsin
ton was at its height. Meantine
the awful roar from the galleries
continued. The band played, but
the music could not be heard aboEsI
the Niagara-like tumult of sound
Like an angry ocean it swept oa
breaking, at last receding, falling
back, only to rise again.
Delegates fairly jumped for iu
Some of them took possession OF Tie
aisles and marched. Suddenly The
State standards clustered at Nebrif
ka were borne away in single fh
through the aisles of the pit Alta
fifteen minutes of this disturbanet
the delegates and crowds sank bscE
exhausted. When all were seated
Delegate Salisbury OF DeIaSait
climbed back on his chair. He and
his three silver colleagues in ths'
State gave three cheers for Bfyas'
which were answed with q shoss
from the gallery Of What's the me-
ter with Bryan for President"
| The recipient Of all this hone
made his way with difficulty fron
the stage For ten minutes y
friends had fairly smothered hs
with congratulations. When at e
| he reached his chair on the floor y
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