The record-union., 1896-07-09
not sent you here to quarrel among

not sent you here to quarrel among
yourselves
Let US take no action that is not tenn
pered with the fullest measure of fair
ness Let us declare to the world that
Whlcn we approve and that which we
dlsapprove Let us promulgate a plat
form which neither human nor devilish
ingenuity can subject TO more than one
construction; let us declare that we are
here to promulgate a platform that shall
be in line with the oft repeated dec
laratlon of our party, and that shall not
obscure or defect public attention from
the one main issue upon which this con-
test turns Let us declare what we ap-
prove and what we disapprove. Let US
declare that we want to unlock the doors
OF the American mint and that we mean
to put silver back where it was before.
(Cheers.) That we mean the unre
stricted. the unlimited free coinage of
both gold and silver on even terms,
without discrimination and without
the slightest regard to the action of any
other power on this earth. (Cheers)
Let Us declare further that the DEM
ocratic party does not approve the issue
of coin bonds in a time of profound
peace. Let US declare that we do not
approve of giving the right of options
to the men who hold obligations or the
men who hold than. Let us declare
that we do not approve but condemn
the greenbacks and treasury notes. Let
us declare further that we are not i'll
favor of perpetuating either a national
debt or a national banking system.
You cannot persuade the American
people to believe that the depressed con-
dition of their industries is not the re-
suit of vicious legislation. You cannot
make them believe that the fires have
gone out in their furnaces, that the
spindles have ceased to hum in their
factories that the farmer is no longer
able to get the best Of prices for his
products, and that a million unem-
ployed laborers are to-day tramping the
highways of the country, while the laws
under which they live are equitable and
fair. They know better.
1T seems to me, my cOuntrymen
that the correction of these evils is the
duty which devolves upon this great
Democratic nation. The eyes of the
country, the eyes of the world, rest fixed
and centered on this hall of assembled
Democrats. (Cheers.) If prosperity is
to be brought back to take the place OF
poverty; if happiness is to be given once
more to the American people; ii free
institutions are to be safe picketed and
anchored in the hearts of our people, 1t
will only be when the banner under
which you gather here floats out once
more in proud triumph from the dome of
our country's Capitol
''It is in your hands to give this boon
to the American people. Be temper
ate; be conservative, but be manly and
be brave. Do not fail to gather the
fruits Of the splendid victory which you
have already inaugurated. You have
carried the outer trenches, but the inner
citadel is to be contended for in No
vember. Let us do nothing except with
an honest effort to sustain the senti-
ment of the people behind US.
'I appeal to every Observation-Disclosures
he be with the majority or with the mi
nority, whether he be for a single
standard or for double standard-to
remember, in Gods name, that he is
Democrat still. (Applause.) 1 pin my
faith to the principles and loyalty of
my party Remember, my countrymen,
the asIlt, ussawed by power, stubbornly
contesting every inch Of ground, and
now we are on the eve of the fruition of
our hopes. we read without doubt or
uncertainty the restoration of the Dem
ocratic party to power By all the sa-
cred traditions that gather about our
party, by all the hopes that nerve us
for the future, appealing to your loyal
ty, appealing to your patriotism, ap-
pealing to your courage and to your
love Of country, / beg of you, fellow
Democrats, to make a platform that
shall tell the truth and rally as one
man to vindicate its fairness" Gap
plause)
AS Senator Blackburn sat down more
cries were raised for Hill without re-
sponse A motion to adjourn for half
an hour was voted down, and the band
was started up to drown the confusion
which prevailed.
Henry of Mississippi moved that Bry-
an of Nebraska be invited to the stand.
This was received with every demon
stration of approval, but the Chair an
nounced that Bryan was not in the hall.
Governor Altgeld of Illinois was then
called for. and rising in the body Of the
hail, indicated desire to give way to
Senator Hill.
The Chair stated that Hill was en-
agged with the Committee on Resolu-
tions, and was not in the hall.
Overmeyer of Kansas took the stand
and declared that the seat of empire
was transferred from the Atlantic
States to the Mississippi Valley. The
day of the common people had dawned
and the dollar of our daddies" would
be restored.
This sentiment was received with un-
bounded enthusiasm.
The band once more filled up the
interlude to kill time
GOVERNOR ALTGELD.
Governor Altgeld was again called on
as requisitiOn to stop the gap His
swarthy visage as 1t appeared along
side the Chairman was greeted with
cheers, to which he responded by say
ing that he did not come here to make
speech. but to assist IN nominating a
President and forming platform
which should bring hope to the people
He was listened to with attention as
he proceeded to discuss the cause of the
existing condition of distress which he
summarized as the combined ACTON of
the moneyed interests OF the world to
make money dear and property and la
Dor cheap. The first step in this plan
was to strike down silver. This doubled
the work of gold and doubled its pur-
chasing power. The consequence was
that prices were only half as high as
when we had both metals and it took
all the farmer could raise to pay his
fixed charges-hs interest and his