Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
BRYAN'S SPEECH.

submerged beneath a storm of cheers
that greeted the advance OF William j.
Bryan, the boy orator of the Platte
whose star as presidential possibility
had for "a hours burned brightly on the
conventions horizon. The ovation given
him was second only to the one bestow-
ed upon the New York senator. More
than a thousand men were standing and
the air was full of papers and hats. Four
times the cheers spent themselves, and
rose again with the roll of an advancing
wave.
Bryan stood with a smile playing on
his face and upifted arm motionng for
silence. Even the attention given to
Tillman and Hin was not oquaied by the
breathe ss eagerness with which the
thousands peered forward to catch sem
fences of this young man who. many
westerners consider, is their foremost
orator. They were not disappointed. He
spoke deprecatngly of himself.
The humblest citizen in the lanl
when clad in the armor OF righteousness
is stronger than all the hosts of error.
TITS struck the key note. VIII ch sounded
to the rafters. Thereafter the silverites
sent up yell after yell, after every strk-
ing period. The cause of silver, he de-
clared. was the cause of liberty, of hu-
mainly and therefore he deprecated any
denunciation of President Cleveland, be-
down to the level of personality. To the
complaint of the east that the silver
men would not discuss the question, he
replied that the convention was assem-
bled merely to render a Judgment on an
order of the plain people.
But the greatest of all was the enthu-
siasm stirred by his comparisons of a
business man down a thousand feet in
a mine. and him who, in "A back room,
cornered the money of TIE world.
We are lighting in tn defense of our
homes, our firesdes and our families.
proceeded Bryan. as the assemblage rose
FOR another wild demonstration. our
petitions have been sco"ned. But now
We have no petitions to offer, for we are
strong in our right. ard will defend
them. They ask if a Eopespierre will
arise. No, instead of that the people need
an Andrew Jackson. to do as Jackson
did in resisting encroa- hments against
the people"
Turning his attention to the income
tax, Bryan declared that 1t was not UNI
constitutional until one judge had chang
ed his mind and the great economic prin-
clples OF the income tax could not rest
upon a change of mind of any single
Judge.
Concerning the banks. he said they
| claimed the government should go out
of the banking bus ness, but he an
should go out of the government bust
ness. Thes peaker paused Il moment, as
If to close, when all sides shouted GO
on. go on"
The republicans nominated at St
Louis William Mckinley of Ohio, Bryan
continued; he is the man who used to
| boast that he looked Ike Napoleon. -
There was half minute of laughter.
The speaker continued: Yes. they nom
| mated him on the anniversary of the bat
| Tie OF Waterloo, and already we can hear
| with distinctness the beating of the
| waves on the shores of St Helena.
| Great applauseD
| The American nation was able to legis
| late on every question without the aid
| of any other nation. on such an issue
made in this platform the democratic
party could carry any state in this
Union. He would not ne said. SANDER
| Massachusetts, or New York by saying
| that on such an issue they would de-
clare the helpless impotence of the Am
erican nation to attend to its own bust
| ness.
The speaker added, But l warn them
that they shall not cruelty the democrat
lie party on the cross of old,
BryanS speech was marked by the
most enthusiastic demonstration of the
convention up to that time. The whole
| convention sprang to its feet, and 20OoO
| Threats roared, while twice 10000 arms
frantically waved handkerchiefs. Hats
We're hurled aloft, umbrellas We're waved.
men shouted like manaes and from
every quarter of the hall came a hoarse
roar.
Suddenly the Texas delegat ton up
rooted the banner of the Lone Star state,
and carried ii to where stood the stand
ard of Nebraska. Above the roar arose
| piercing shrleks which sounded like a vol
| ley of siege guns above the continuous
rattle of 10000 small arms Other dele
gates grasped the STATS of their dele
cations and pushed their way to the Ne
braska delegation. Soon the STATS of
two-thirds of the states were grouped
about the purple standard of Bryan
| state. The standards of Connecticut
/ Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine. Mime
sofa. New York. New Jersey, New Hamp-
shire. Vermont, South Dakota Rhode Isl
and and Pennsylvania We're left standing
| when the demonstration was at its
| height.
The awful roar from the galleries con-
| tinued. The band played. but the mu-
sic could not be heard above the Niagara
like tumult of sound Like an angry
ocean it swept on, breaking and falling
/ back only to rise again. The delegates
! jumped for joy. Some took possession
of the aisles, and suddenly the state
standards, clustered near Nebraska. were
| borne away in single file through the
aisles. After 10 minutes of this disturb.
ance the delegates and crowds sank back
exhausted. When all were seated. Dele
| gate Salisbury of Delaware climbed or
his chair. He and his three silver col
leagues from that state gave three cheer.
| for Bryan, which were answered with q
shout from the gallery of whats the
matter with Bryan for PRESIDENT"
WAS SHOT BECAUSE HE OBJECTED