The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-09

mlttee, II constituted to represent that
sentiment, would have resulted in favor
of the Hon. j. w. Daniel of Virginia.
(Applause.)
My friend asks what Republicans will
say of our action. Democrats who have
fought them for twenty-five years have
long ago become Indifferent to what Re
publicans say. Great applause.l
Il desire to repel the charge that the
Democrats of the United States desire
to intlict indignity and disgrace upon the
senior senator of New York. (Applause.)
Nothing can be further from cur inten-
ton. | say with my whole heart, God
bless him. Cries of amen.) | hope to
see him in this campaign with us. If
we are to judge his future by his past,
his utterances upon the great question
which now confronts us warm the hearts
of the believers in free coinage of the
country. loud applause)
Nov, my fellow citizens, why did we
take this action? We took it because we
have been told in the public prints of
this and other cities, where we have no
voice and through which we can not be
heard, where everything we do seems to
be misrepresented, for the purpose, pre-
sumo, of creating improper impressions,
we were told that your purpose was to
assume control of this convention, if pos
sible, and we made up our minds that if
the battle must come, the sooner the bet
ter (applause), and if, as matter of fact,
we are acting within the line of Demo-
cratic precedent, so far as majorities are
concerned, then | submit to the calm
and deliberate judgment of this ,conven-
ton whether they and they alone are to
determine who shall be their presiding
officer? l appeal to you, fellow dele
gates, to stand by the minority report.
(Applause) Let it not be said that in
the first skirmish the pickets you your
selves threw out were driven back into
the lines"
Mr.. Waller of Alabama II came here
twelve years ago fighting as hard as L
could for the gentleman that is now pro-
posed for temporary chairman of this
convention, and did not take very pleas
ant medicine when one of New York's
honored sons was nominated over him.
| stand here now to say we have nothing
but the highest regard and respect for
him. We have the highest regard and
respect for all of the eastern Democrats
of our party. We have given them every
important nomination for the last TWEEN
ty-ive years. Have not the western and
the southern Democrats stood squarely
by you? Now, then, | want to know
why the main features of the Democratic
the great executive committee recognize
ing the great voice of the majority of the
people, did not recognize it i'll its re-
port? loud applause) l want to I'M
derstand how the creature came above
the master? | want to know why the
gentlemen did not do like we do when we
find we have lost a battle, and let the
majority have all the management of
the campaign, its form and its nominal
ton?"
Mr.. Tarpie of California; finan-
cial question has become and is the only
question that the Democrats feel an all
absorbing interest in today. The Demo
cratic party has been losing their adher-
ents because the Democratic party has
failed through it's candidates., to keep
faith with the voter. (Cheers.)
"Knowing this fact and desiring to see
the Democratic banner in the ascend
ancy in November, feeling and knowing
that every delegation sent here is
pledged for silver and has a constitu-
ency at home looking to this convention,
! if this convention placed as temporary
chairman in this chair q man who rep
| resents the other side there would be
lukewarmness that we can not afford to
have"
John r. Fellows-I have yet to hear
on the part of the two gentlemen who
have addressed you any expression of
argument, any logical statement as to
| why you should trample under foot the
| inimemorial usages of your party, why
you should violate all of its precendents
and adopt hitherto unheard of modes
of procedure. What is the reason for
it? What is concealed behind it? What
purposes developed in the fact itself are
| to be accomplished by its cOnsummation.
You tell me this is not a personal affrOnt;
| this is not n thrust at any individual or
section. Then if this convention de-
sires to follow a policy suggested by the
gentlemen from California, why is it
| you propose to accept all the rest of the
report of the majority (applause), and
select for your temporary officers all the
people they have named other than the
| ilustrious citizen of New York! cloud
applause). You are willing they shall be
opposed in sentiment to you, but you
| decline the gentleman from New York.
You can not evade the consequence of
| the suspicion and discomfort it will
arouse. | trust it will create no per-
manent breach, but | can not under
stand why it is that you strike down a
| temporary officer, singing him out from
| the entire list for the rude effect of your
blows. | can not understand it unless
there be some latent and undisclosed
| reason for it. You single him out for
humiliation and sacrifice, and you pre-
sent in it's stead gentleman we love
| and honor, and yet he fought four years
ago upon the platform of national
Democratic convention and he fought,
| by the utteranccs of the most elegant
| speeches to which ! ever listened for
David B. Hill as the rightful-Uoud
| applause interrupted the speaker and
| broke the continuity of his sentcncc). /