The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-19

started an urroar among the delegates
on the floor, hut the galleries dil not
participate until ul.G.t. rable opposition
to the free coinage of silver was read
Then the delegates, led by Stlator
Lodge and Col W. 4. Stone. of Penn
sylvanla, rose cn ma~%". Fans, Rnes.
hats waved wildly, until the pit boxed
like hurricane tossed sea, and thl gal
leries roarrd their approval. Fol two
inmates the tunult continued The
mention OF the gold Standard Ehile
received enthusiastically by the Maine.
Massachusetts. Connecticut and New
York delegations, did NOT arouse such
general enthuE i:lsm.
Hawaii and the Mrnro" dCctrindwere
app auded. bu1 t." ci.1h1siasm ovG the
Cuban plank. was general diSappint-
ment. 4 very interesting incident oc-
cured. however. IN this cUnn"ctioi. As
the plank was re"d: Colonel Fred { rant,
whe sat Oh n" Platform with tEf dis
tinsuished CUD>rS. ;rOSe and Wildly
waved about his head Il flag q the
Cuban revolutionistS.
The flag was that presented b. the
Cuban junta to James Creelmai, the
American correspondent, when hd was
exiled by Gen. Weyler. There was
something particularly appropriate in
Col. Grants action, ,as it was largelt Ow-
ing to the efforts of his father, Gen.
Grant, that Spain was compelldl to
make peace with the revolutionist in
the ten years war.
Ttse invitation to the men of the
country to help the Republicans re- ieem
it from democracy and populism was
given a good-natured cheer, and the
motion which Senator Foraker MAJ {e to
adopt the platform was also cheere{
One of the crucial moments of the
convention was at hand The clair
man announced that he would reog-
nize, to move substitute for thema-
jority report, the gentleman from Col.
orado, Mr.. Teller
The name of Teller set the Western
ers wild. In little scattering uds,
the handful of delegates who had leen
sitting under the banners of Colombo,
Of Idaho, of Utah. of Nevada, California
and Montana, and some of those from
Tennessee and other Western and
Southern states, were OH their tet
waving hats, flags, fans. handkerchefs,
and shrieking like mad men. The fire
spread to the galleries and swept across
them until they seemed to be almost
unanimously carrying the cheer 1t
was an unusual division of enthusiasm.
Down in the arena We're little pat 'nes
vocal fire blazing in small spots here
and there, from broad. dead ltvel,
calm field of, silence. For twt or
three minutes, the uprOar contllhed.
Minutes in crises seem like hours,
each second beats slowly, SO the out
burst seemed to be prCtracted one.
Finally the Western delegates. stces.
sionists they perhaps might soo, be
called. tired of their work and .ank
back to their seats. Then there fell
over the house a deep, profound calm,
for history was to he made: the pdliti.
cal allegial ce of half a dozen states
hung in the moment, and the whole as
sembly recognized il. The people lis.
tened to man, whi.e the CLERK pro-
ceeded to read the sub: titute platform,
as follows:
'We, the undersigned members of the
committee on resolutions, being unable
to agree with that portion Of tn. platform
Of the majority which treats Of the sub
ject Of finance and coinage, respectfully
submit the following paragraph as a sub
stitute therefor:
"The Republican party favors the use of
both gold and silver and equal standard
money, ann pledges it's power to secure
the free, unrestricted and independent
coinage of gold and silver At our mints at
the ratio Of 16 parts of silver to l of gold.
Senator Tgller, as he stood upon the
platform to make his final proposition
to the Republican party against the
adoption Of gold standard policy, was
a striking figure. Tall, gaunt, he wore
the old fashsoned frock coat of the old
time statesmen. His face is deep
furowed with lines of thought
and no one who beheld him a.
he stood and surrendered all his
old associations for deep conviction on
single topic doubted his honesty OF
purpose. His face is thin, his eyes grey
and his forehead high His beard and
hair are iron grey, the hair brushed
straight back from his forehead and
falling backward like a cataract. He
was evidently deeply aroused by the
emotions that stirred him, and
his gestures at times were al.
most fierce, but his general
tone was one Of sadness and regret. He
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