The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-10
IN SOLID LINE TO
BATTLE FOR SILVER
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| him from the platform was submerged
beneath the storm of cheer. that greet
| ed the appearance on the stage OF Nh.
ID. BRYAN, of Nebraska THE boy ora
| tor or the Platte who's" star Hs 10
| Presidential possibility had for t~fh.
| tv-four hours burned brightly on the
| conycntions horizon, bryan had brep
called for more from the beginning ~
| The convention than any other NAN
with the solitary exception of HI
| BRYAN seemed to hold more admirers
| i'm the official and unofficial ranks tban
| any other man except Hill The
| ovation they gave him was second
| only 10 the one bestowed upon the
| New York Senator Nose than half
| the men were standing, aud the aisle
was fun OF newspapers and hats.
-Four times the cheers seemed tO
| have spent itself and each time ii rose
again with the roll OF an advancing
| wave Bryan stood with a smila play
| ing on his face and an uplibcd arm
| waiting for silence. While he stood
| there waiting hundreds had their first
view Of a man whose political life In
| Congress and afterWard has been
| identified with uhe movement for free
| silver. He was in face and figure
| Roman on the stage-tae likeness OF
ONE stepped from the tragic stage.
| lie had a clean cut, firm mouth,
| strong Roman nose and black hair
| brushed back from his forehead and
| falling over his collar in short curtis.
| His appearance was that Of a plain
| Westerner-a short alpaca jcltet, low
| cut vest, a white lawn tie.
The attention given TO Tillman and
| Hill did not equal the broathless ca
| geTnesS with which the thousands peer
| ed forward to catch the first sentence
| Of this young man whom many West
| erneTs appraise as their foremost ora
| Tor. They We're not disappointed.
| He spoke depreciatingly OF himself
But" he added the humblest citi-
zen in the land when clad in the armor
| of righteousness is stronger than all
Fhe hosts of error" This struck a kew
note which sounded to the rafters and
| thereafter the silyerites sent up yell
after yell of the deepest delight after
| every striking period.
TAe caase of silyeE, he declared, was
| the cause Of liberty, OF humanity,
| therefore he deprecated any denuncia-
| ton of President Cleveland because
| the issse WAS not to be brought down
- the level of personality TO the
| complaints of the past that the silver
| men would not discuss the question.
he replied 6hais the convention was as
| sembied merely 10 reader y indoe-
| ment, ordered by the plain people
Bat aae greatest OF All was tbe entbu-
siasm stirred Av his eojnnarison of
business men. culminatspo with the
| comparison of a business man who
vent down a thousand feet into a mine.
and him who ia n baol< noon, Co,ne,.a.I
| tire money of the world
I'VE are agbt.no in defense ,.r ou,
| homes. gsr fresides 3nd or, f,w,irios ;,
proceeded BRYAN rs me as.@T,, IA =, ~,
| rose for another Wild ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ssOur Detitiors f,av. baen eoorna1 9,t,t
now we have no petitions TO offer for
| we are strorn in cur mi.At and 10
| defy them. They 80 ms n = Poba.
| SDafre will arise M inste,d ~ tt.+
| tho people need am Andrew .Iaalrson
| TO do as jackson did In ,as.et,ncr ,.,,
cr@stohnents aoafnar the neonIa
Turning TO the income tav ona.tfoo
Mr. BRYAN declared Aha. h a,as nat
unson4,itntionaI that a i,,loo c.t,a',,l-1,,l
| his mind and tbat the oraat es.o,,rS,,;,,
srisciple of am income ta~. co1ld 49,
| rest uion the ahanua oP NH - -,
| ole iudpe.
Tie sneaker na,,sea fo, +, ,,,<n,,,. !.
if 10 close. when from ali - $50 90
shouts of $50 on" 500 on" Tho Re-
pubheaIS have nominated at st. Louis
VIM Mckinney, Of Ohio. Mr. Bryan
proceeded; Inc IS the man who used
to noast that he looked like Napoleon.
Ihere was half minute of derisive
laughter and then the speaker con-
tlIued' es, they nominated him
on the anniversary of the battle of
Waterloo, and already we can hear
with distfnctness the beating OF the
wave on the shores of st. Helena"
Great applause.)
The American nation was able to
legislate on every question without
the aid or advice of any other nation
on the globe. On such an issue made
in this platform the Democratic party
would carry any siRgle State in this
Union. He would not, he said, SLAM
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