The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-24
ALTGELD And SILVER
Illinois Democrats Declare Against Sold
and RenOminate Present Governor
A WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC SESSION
Efforts TO Boom Bland Met by Coun-
SER Effort of Bofes Men and tho Re.
suis Wasa aStandOf-SEc Debate
and Considerable Confusion Mark.
cd the Deliberations of the Body.

Peoria, ILL.,, June 23.-In the commodious
wooden structure on Hamilton avenue,
which was dedicated to political purposes
by Major Mckinley on the occasion OF his
visit here during the memorable Congress
sionai campaign of 1892, the representa-
tres of the Democracy of the Prairie State
assembled to-day TO select a State ticket
and to name the delegates who will repre-
sent II at the National Convention in
chicago three weeks hence An hour be-
lore the time set by the official call fully
5000 people were packed within the build
ing and couple of thousand more were
unable TO obtain admittance. AS the lead
ing spirits of the gathering entered to the
strains of music they were greeted with
honored were Gov. Altgeld, eX-Congress-
men Fithian. Foreman and Donning, Hon.
Lsmbert Tree eT-Minister to Belgium.
anu Garter III. Harrison, Jr., son and
nainesake of Chicngo's murdered Mayor
Al l2;l5 Secretary of State w. II. Henrick-
son, by virtue OF his position as Chairman
convention sto order, and introduced as
temporary chairman Alexander Hamilton
Bell Of Corlnville; He was given hearty
reception and spoke at length
When the temporary chairman asked
VINO should lead the people out OF bondage
there, there We're great shouts of .'Boles." fol-
yelled Teller ond there was n babel OF
cheers, foot-stamp,nG and cries of mo-
But the greatest demonstration came when
he proceeded TO express the hope that
God would forgive them for their share in
the last election of Grover Cleveland 4
hurricane of cheers came from every
times renewed. When IL subsidized there
We're yelis of Say 1t over again"
hit hlm again, Tell thereportcrs to put
that down., followed by another round of
applause. Altogether the demonstration
of antagonism to the President lasted for
several moments. AT a later stage of the
address, when reference was made to Gov
Aitgeld, there was an enthusiastic burst
OF applause. a portion OF the audience ris-
ing and waving hats and canes.
IN his concluding paragraphs, Chairna n
Bell said
We are told by some of our friends that
we must have harmony in the party. and
that Tor harmony's sake we must compro-
mise, we must conciliate, we must strad-
die. There will be no straddling in this
campaign We cannot compromise with
error. We cannot daily with sin without
pollution. There is no swerving from a
right line that may lead us eternally
astray. This great question must be SET
tied this year but II will be settled The
duty 10 act fCarlessly is upon us; the re-
suit is with the Great God of nations. who
docth all things we'll
The great agricultural States of the
West ana South are to lie arrayed against
the bondholding manufacturing East 1t
Is the people against the plutocracy The
common people against the unfeellng ava
rice OF organized wealth. 1t Is the golden
fields of Illinois against the golden fetters
with which the eastern bondholders would
enslave us.
This great question cannot be avoided or
tied.
While the call of districts for members
OF the committee was in progress the con-
Vention got into terrible disorder as n re-
SUIT OF outsiders crowding a hundred or
more OF the Delegates from their seats
A. S. Trude, of Chicago, vigorously de-
manded that the char exercise his au-
.h9rlty by causing the expulsion Of the in
terlopcrs, but without result, and num-
ber OF delegates, failing to get their seats
left the place in disgust.
More uproar and confusion resulted
upon motion that the convention remain
In continuous session until all its business
was completed. Half dozen heated
speeches were made on either SIDE with
the result that the convention at 80 took
On the early morning train from the
SCUM thls morning was delegation of
eight Mtssour.ans. whose eleventh hour
mission was TO champion the presidential
ambition of Congressman Bland After
breakfast they were introduced 10 Gov
Aitgeld who greeted them warmly. and
while speaking in the highest terms of
their candidate, held out no hope to them
that the convention would adopt any reso-
luton in his interest
AS the delegates were assembling AT tbe
Tabernacle. 1t was noticeable that an ex-
tremely large number displayed Boies
BADGES while those distributed by the
evidence. Delegates and visitors alike
also wore one or more badges with vary
ing Inscriptions, such as .'i6 to -, "We
want silver" Give us the nconle, a
money, honest finance and an honest
admihlstration, We must have silver as
we'll as gold" Fair play in finance
The Committee on Resolutions appoint
ca committee OF six to prepare a plat
form ana to report at 3 p. m. Five plnnks
on me financial question We're handed in
Following is the financial plank of the
platform iinally adopted after the assem-
bling of the convention:
We favor the soundest and safesty mon.
ey Known to man and as experience hos
shown that this consists of both gold and
SILVER. we demand the repeal OF that Re-
public ana plutocratic5 legislation which
demonetlZed silver and reduced IL TO the
basis of token money, destroying by one
half the stock of real money and by doub-
ing The work to be done by gold doubled
us purchasing power so that the farmers
and producers had to give twice as much
work TO get dollar as they formerly had
tereSt. taxes and fixed charges which were
not lowered.
Following is the State ticket: Governor
John p. Altgeld; Lieutenant q Goyernor
Monroe {. Crawford: State Treasurer Ed
ward G. Pace; Attorney-General, George
a. Trude. 0's
Bitter denuncatIon of the gold standard
element OF the East. filings innumerable
at President Cleveland, and feryent decla-
rations that the time had arrived when
me west was. prepared to combine against
the pllitocracy of that section Of the co,In-
Try lying east of the Alleghan.es. were the
most remarkable features of the largest
ana most enthusiastic convention i'm the
history OF the State Democracy of Illi-