San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-18

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have representation IN congress OF the
United States, 10 the end that Deedful
legislation may be la;clllgen,.y attended
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TEMPERANCE.
We sympathize with all wise and legiti-
mate efforts to lessen AID prevent the
evils Of intemperance aud promote NOR
ality.
RIGHTS OF WOMAN.
The republican party Is heedful Of the
rights and interests OF woman Protection
OF American industries includes equal OPP
~porluuities, equal pay for equal work and
protection 10 the home. We call for their
admission TO wider sphere OF usefulness
and welcome their cooperation as desira-
BILE in Tescuing the country from demo-
cratic and populistic mi~smanagement and
misrule.
Such are the principles and policies we
will put into execution. We ask for them
the cousiderate judgment Of the Ameri-
can people. Confident alike In the history
of our great party and the justice OF our
cause, We place L platform and our
that the election will bring success to the
republican party and prosperity TO the
people OF the United States.
The audience and delegates follow
ed the reading with intense interest.
The reference to the administration of
Benjamin Harrison evoked the first
demonstration, but louder still came
the roar when the words of platform
pledged the party again to the doc
trine of protection in the interest of
American labor and American indus
try. Reference to the policy of reel
procity as the twin brother of protec-
ton also came in for n round of APP
plause. Protection to sugar industry
aroused the Louisiana delegation to
cheers. and the merchant marine
plank brought Maine, Maryland and
Massachusetts to their feet with three
cheers. The first sentence of the
platform pledging the party to"Sound
Money started n great uproar a.
mong the delegates on the floor but
the galleries did not participate until
the unalterable opposition to the free
coinage of silver was read. Then
the delegates led by Senator Lodge.
and by Col. A. w. Stone, of Pennsyl-
vania. arose en- masse, and fans,
canes and hats waved wildly until the
pit looked like a hurricane tossed
sea and the galleries roared their APP
prevail. For two minutes the tumult
continued. The mention of the Gold
Standard while IL was received hys-
terically by the Maine, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, and New York delega-
tions. did not arouse such great en-
.I. Hawaii and thn Monroe
doctrine were applauded, but the en-
thusiasm over the Cuban plank was a
general disappointment.
A very interesting incident occur
red. however. in this connection. As
the plank was read Col. Fred. Grant,
who sat on the platform with the dis
| tinguished guests, arose and wildly
waved about his head the flag OF the
Cuban revolutionists. The nag was
| that presented by the Cuban Junta to
James Creelman, the American cor
respondent. when he was eXiled by
General Weyler. There was some
thing particularly appropriate In Col.
| Grants action. as it was largely owing
to the efforts of his father, General
Grant, that Spain was compelled to
make peace with the rev~olutionists in
the ten years war.
The invitation to the women of the
country to help the Republican party
to redeem 1t from Democracy and
Populism, was given good natured
cheers and the motion which Senator
Foraker made to adopt the platform
was also cheered. One of the criti-
cal moments of the convention is at
hand. The chairman announced that
he would recognize, to move the sub
stitute for the majority report, the
gentleman from Colorado, Mr.. Teller.
The name of Teller set the western
ers wild.
In little scattering squads and hand
fuls the delegates who had been sit
ting under the banners of Colorado,
Idaho. Utah. Nevada, California and
| Montana, and some of those from Tep-
nessee and other western and SOUTH
ern states, were on their feet waving
hats, flags, umbrellas, fans, handker-
chiefs and shrieking like madmen.
The fire spread to the galleries and
swept across them until they seemed
to be almost unanimously carrying
the cheers. 1t was an unusual eXhi-
bition of enthusiasm. Down in the
arena were little patches of vocal fire.
blazing in small spots here and there
from the broad, dead, level, calm field
of silence. For two OF three minutes
the uprOar continued. Finally there
fell over the house a deep, profound
calm, for history was to be made The
political allegiance of a half dozen
states hung on the moment and the
whole assembly recognized it. People
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