The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-11
Bryan and Victory.
slLvER,s opEAr TRIUMPH.

SILVER'S GREAT TRIUMPH.
CmcAeo, July l0.-Ten acres of
people on the sloping eide Of the Col
iseum yesterday saw the silver he'll
meted gladiators in Che arena over
power the gold phalanN and plant the
banner of silver upon the ramparts of
Democracy. They saw what may
prove disruption of % great polit-
ical part amid scenes OF enthusiasm
such as perhaps never before occurred
in n national convention They saw
10000 people, with imagination in
famed by the burning words Of pas
sionate oratory, swayed like wind
swept fields; they heard the awful
roar Of 20. 900 voices burst like vol
cano against the reyerberating dome
overhead; they saw man carried
upon the shoulders OF others intoxi-
Gated with enthusiasm. Amid the tu-
multi and turbulence, they listened to
appeals, 90 threats, 10 cries for mercy,
and finally they Witnessed the victory
OF the jubilant majority by a vote that
was overwh lining.
The battle for supremacy OF Demo-
cratic principles was fought in ses-
sion that lasted from o'clock In the
morning until shortly before 3 o'clock
i'm the afternoon Each side sent ITS
champions TO the forum Senator
Tillman of South Carolina, Senator
Jones OF Arkansas, eN-Congressman
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska,
crossed swords with Senator Hin Of
New York, Senator Villas of Wisconsin
and Ex-Governor Russell OF Massa-
chusetts.
The sinister looking Senator from
the state of Calhoun. with eyes blaz.
ing defiance at an audience which
manifested its unfriendliness by a
storm of Kisses, opened the debate
with wildly passionate speech,
ina which he affirmed that the battle
Of the restoration of silver was a
war for the emancipation Of the
white slaves, as the war Of 1850 had
been one for the emancipation Of the
black slaves Disruption OF Democ-
racy had brought one, and he invited
another disruption if il would result
in this other emancipation. lie went
TO the extreme of gloryiug in the sug-
gcstlon presented, that the issue vaS
sec tional one, declaration which
aroused the resentment Of senator
Jones. and he repudiated IL i'm brief
speech which aroused the first demon
strution OF the day. Even the gold
delegates joined heartily in this dem
onstration against sectlonalism.
Demonstration After Demonstration.
Senator Villas, who was postmaster
general under CleWland's first admin
istratiou bitterly denounced what he
termed an attempt to launch the party
on career so wild that the world
stood aghast With a wave OF his
arm that was full of impressive por-
tent, he sounded his warming:
"Somewhere in this country, said
| he. there may be some Marat, some
Danton, some Robespierre, but the
people will not follow them into a
French revolution.
Ex-Governor Russell, the keen Mas
sgchusetts statesman, who has thrice
carried the standard of Democracy TO
victory IN the old Bay State, pleaded
/ for a word Cf concession, of conciliu-
| tiou. aud concluded with a solemn
warming that the country, If not the
convention, would listen.
Demonstration followed demonetra-
! tion at frequent intervals throughout
/ the speeches, but IL was Senator Hin
who aroused the gold forces 90 their
widest enthusiasm, and Bryan "the
! boy orator of the Platte, who set the
silver men aname The demoustra.
! tion for Hin who, with close logic and
treuchant blade, sought the very
| heart Of the contention as he bitterly
assailed as un-Democratlc the new
creed which the majority was To- pro.
claim, lasted about eighteen mimi cs
! Although more protracted than that
/ which greeted Bryan, IL was Of "a diff
] ferent nature The latter was tho
! spontaneous outburst Of an enthusiasm
! l,indled by the touch OF magnetic
! eloquen1e The star of the brilliant
young orator from the plains of Ne
! braska has burned brightly ON the
! horizon Of the convention for tive
days There were several demon,tia.
tons In his behalf Wednesday bul
this was the first opportunity he had
! had 90 show himself His audicuc,
/ had been warmed up aud was fuil ot
pent-up enthusiasm.
Bryans Great Tit
The powder magazine needed bul
the spark, and Bryan applied it with
the skin of genius. Ills very appear
unce captured the audience. Dressed
like "a plain Westerner, in black suit
Of alpaca, he stood with smile play
ing over 6is handsome, mobile, clear,
cut face, while, with uplifted hand d,
quicted tho waitipg thousands. u
has face whose lines might hav,
been chiseled from alabaster by some
master sculptor His mouth is firm
his eyes bright, his nose Roman, his
raven hair is brushed back from his
forehead, aud falls to his collar With
well modulated voice, which grad
ually rose in pitch until IL penetrated
the furthermost limits Of the hall, he
wove the spell upon his audience.
His speech was a masterpiece oi
tervid oratory; with consummate elo
| quence he stated the case of silver
and parried the arguments of the golC
men. Mare Anthony never applied Tho
match more effectively The conyen'
tion took fire with enthusiasm. Il
cracked as boy the war Of flames. iii
was forgotten; an else was forgotten
far tlne laQsuent Cheers swelie9 Z,
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