Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-07-18

ehe told Standard Men on Every Point. All 1at the imagination pictures Of Demosthenes and Cicero, dL that loe haUe heGrd of the great orators Of the English tongue, qpas realized.
 HENRY GEORGE.
 The delegdtes sat ds # enchanted. It tCds display of eloquence pure and at1l- defled. Henry Clay himself could not hUUe erected so great q furore
 AMOS J. CUMMINGS.
 Bryan's speech aedS the finest Ihdpe eUer listened to. JOHN p. ALTGEED.
 Here is the speech by W. J. Bry- an in the national convention at Chicago that made him famous and that nominated him for the presi- dency:
 MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
 CoNyENFoN
 would be presumptuous indeed to present myself against the distinguished gentleman to whom you have listened if this were but measuring of ability, but this is not a contest among persons. The humblest citizen in all the land when clad ill tho arlnor of a righteous cause is stronger than all the whole hosts of error that they can bring. I come to speak to yoa in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty-the cause ef humanity
 When this debate is concluded, mo- ton will be made to lay upon the table the resolution offered i'll commendation of the administration, and also the res olution in condemnation of the admin istration. shall ohlect to bringing this question down to q level of persons. The individual is an atom-he Is born, he acts, he dies-but principles are eter- nal, and this has been contest of prin- ciple.
 Never before in the history of this country has there been witnessed such 8 contest as that through which we have passed. Never before in the history of American politics has great issue been fought out as this issue has been by the voters themselves. On the 4th of March, 1895, few Democrats, most of them members of congress, issued an address to the Democrats of the nation asserting that the money question was the para mount issue of the hour, asserting also the right of q majority of the Demo cratic party to control the position of the party on this paramount issue, con- cluding with the request that all believ- CTS in free coinage of silver in the Dem- ocratic party should organize and take charge of and control the policy of the Democratic party.
 Three months later, at Memphis, an organization was perfected and the sil- yer Democrats went forth openly and boldly and courageously proclaiming their belief and declaring that if success. sal they would crystalline in platform the declaration which they had made, and then began the conflict with zeal approaching the zeal which inspired the crusaders who followed Peter the Her init. Our silver Democrats went forth from victory unto victory until they are assembled now, not to discuss, not to debate, but to enter the judgment rem dered by the plain people of this coun- try.
 In this contest brother has been ar rayed against brother and father against son. The warmest ties of love and acquaintance and association have been disregarded. Old leaders have been cast aside when they refused to give express sion to the sentiments of those whom they would lead, and new leaders have sprung mp to give direction to this cause of truth
 Thus has the COT test been waged. and we have assembled here under as bind ing and solemn instructions as were ever fastened upon the representatives of people. We do not come as iudivid- uals Why. as individuals we might have been glad to compliment the gen. lleman from New York Senator Hill. But we knew that the people for whom we speak would never be willing to put him in position where he could thwart the will of the Democratic party. say it was not question of persons; it was question of principle, and it is not with gladness, my friends. that we find ourselves brought into conflict with those who are now arrayed on the other side.
 The gentleman who inst preceded