The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-08
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great cities resi- "n3n those broad and
i"i'ilo pra,rl~-. tirIrn down YOUR
'ib"S and leave or farms. and your
cl'srS Will spring up again rs if by
maric. But destroy or farms aud
Gl"ss viii grow in til" streets Of every
city III this country. Loud applause. |
Ely friends, We shall declare the ma
To" able TO lcgislatc for its own poo
PIC Oh every question without waiting
lo' the AM or consent Of any nation on
earth tappausc), and upon that issue
we expect to carry every sin@io state
IN the union AppIHuSr shat!
| l!d' SI"ndrr tho fair state OF Nassa.
| chNScttS nor state Of New York hv
saving that when its citizens arc con
Ircttcd with the proposition, is this
| naiIOn abb" 10 attend 10 it's own buci-
! n"'S Will not SIandor either bv
sar'ng the people OF these states will
d"Ilale our he pIcss impotcnry rs Il
navlon 10 attend to our own business.
IL H.,
var ancestors, when aggrcgatin~ only
!. Joe, 600. had rouragr ,o drrlH,,
th"W political Independence Of every
0'h"r nation on earth. Shall we, their
Sr'ndan'~, when we hHvc grown 10
$1,000, 900. drcIar" We are less indie
pendent than our for,tathrr,? so.
lny friends. it will never be the Judo
hl"nt OF tho people. Therefore "" caro
Uot on what lines The battle is fuu"ht,
n they say blm"taIIism is Good but Wo
cannot have it until som" nation hclps
us, We reply instead Of having tho
Fold standard because England
mas, We shall restore BIZ |
mctalIl~n and then lot them
have bimctaIism because the United |
states has it. Applause. If ;hcy
dar" TO come ont and openly drfcnd' tho
gold standard rs rood thing we Shall
fight thcni TO TIE uttcrmoet. You shall
not cruelty mankind upon \ cross
OF gold. treat applause,
Tho conclusion of Mr.. Eryan's
speech was marked by the most cnthlI-
slaStlc demonstration Of thr convention
up to that time. Tho whole convcn-
tlon Spraug 70 IFS feet and 20 900
t'lroa'S roarcd. whi|o 10000 arms
waved frantically. lIanjkCrrhicfs and
flags few wildly, hats were hurled
aiolt, umbrellas w"rc waved. Men
shouted like maniacs. From every
VUartcr OF the hall came the hoarse
roar. Suddenly member Of the Texas
delegation uprootrd the banner of
the Lone Star and carried it
TO where stood The standard Of Ne.
oraska. Above these rours arose picr-
ing shrieks which sounded like u vol
cy OK siege guns above tic continuous
attic of 10000 small arms. Other
delegates grasped the staffs Of their
allegations and pushed thar way to
ho Nebraska delegation. Soon tho
he stats Of two-thirds Of ,hc states
we're grouped about the purple stand
lrd Of Bryan's state.
Meantime the awful uproar from the
Galleries continued. Tho band PLAYED,
nut the music could not b. heard above
he iiagara tumult Of sound. Like an
ngiN ocean it swept on. breaking at
asst, recoding, falling back, only to
Use again. Delegates fairly Jumped
Or Joy. Some OF them tool, possession
i the aislcs and marched.
Suddenly the state standards clust-
red at Nebraska were bor1e away in
lngle file through the aisle Of the pit.
after fifteen minutes Of this turbnlrnre
he delegates and crowds sank back cX-
ansfed. When all were seated Dele
ate Salisbury Of Delaware climbed
ark on his chair. lie anu his three
liver colleagues in that state cave
lrcc cheers for Bryan. which wa. an :
Wcred with shout from the gallery O
'Whats the matter with Bryan for \
residcnt?n Il
The recipient of al this honor made Il
is way with difficulty iron the stage. II
or ten minutes his friends had fairly Il
bothered him with CONGRATULATIONS o.