Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09

ernor OF New York for four years and who
is considered one OF the past grand masters
Of politics. He. too, protested against I'M
seating the gold delegates. Ills intimate
knowledge Of the political presidents en-
abled him to make a strong argument
against the regularity Of the oontestins dele
gates. Mr.. Sheehdn declared that the pur.
pose Of the silver men Of the convention
was to secure a majority Of tie Michigan
delegation in order to vote them as a unit
for silver and thus increase their majority
to the requisite twu-thirds to nom,rata.
You fear" said he, with a sweep Of his
hand, you fear that you may be Obliged TO
abrogate the time-honored two-thirds rule
If you do not do this. | appeal to you, many
OF whom stood side by side with me four
years ago. to stay your hand. This conycn-
tion was begun in revolution; IN Gods name
do not end it in revolution"
with this parting shot Mr.. Sheehan re-
tired amid the plaudjts OF the gallery, His
place was taken by j. w. Blake of Texas.
Who made a violent speech in favor Of seat
ing the silver men. lie charged that 1t was
notorious that the Michigan convention had
been packed and manipulated by federal Of
fCchUldCrs.
TT whole Internal delegation should, in
my opinion. be turned out he. said ear
nestly, and many of the silver delegates or
the floor seemed to agree with him from
the manncr in which they received his SEN
timCnt, He repealed the insinuatlon of Mr..
Shoehan and affirmed that as a silver man
If he could not control the convention with
out robbing a state of its votes he was ready
20 surrender.
Delegate Mcknight. one Of the Michigan
/ silver delegates, replied to Mr.. Stevenson.
He said that II was notorious that the silver
men elected a majority of 200 to the Mich
igan convention. LAS soon as the admins
tration at Washington asCertained this he
| continued, mir, Stevenson was hastily sum
moned to Washington for a conference With
the great chief"
ITS a lie!' yelled Mr.. Stevenson, mount
ing a chair and facing the delegates. There
Is not one word of truth in the statement
Mr.. Mcknight insisted on his statement
and proceeded to describe the methods by
which the convention had been wrested from
item. In conclusion. he predicted that Mich
igan would give %. 900 majority IL n free
silver platform is ndopted.
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10 erect a Tree silver president on Il Tree
silver platform without committing highway
lonpcr!.
ihen the gold men were Tousen TO greater
enthusiasm by charles 8 lhonias, the COLO
RADIO member of the national committee. who
spoke in a similar strain, saying that If the
convention could commit a greater wrong
than to nominate a candidate who did not
represent the wishes of the majority, such
a wrong would be to o%verturn the Officially
expressed wishes of a sovereign state. Mr..
Thomas thought that virtue which discov-
cred SO late that it had been outraged should
be looked upon with suspicion and was at
n loss to understand how the fraud charged
affected only four delegates.
Judge Powers of Utah followed. He did
not want any delegates because It was neces-
sary to make a two-thirds majority, for we
have that already" but because their cause
was Just.
Senator Grady of New York, a picturesque
red-faced gentleman. with a red moustache
and wearing a rather short Jacket, punctu-
ated a speech for the gold delegates with
violent gestures. which did not avail to
secure him close attention.
Senator Grady was lust beginning to be
listened to when the thread OF his argument
was interrupted by the first fight OF the
convention. II started over in front of tho
press seats. to the left of the platform
where a policeman. through mistaken dili.
gence. bounced upon a delegate from Iii-
nois who was attempting TO enter the sec
ton allotted to the delegates. People climbed
10 their chairs everywhere. and n small
riot seemed on hand until the chairman
pressed the button which signaled the band
to play. Senator Grady coolly paced the
platform with his hands in his pockets while
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