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had T Democratic collar around his neck, and Maj. sevier's appeal to let each of them 20 svhiter his inclina- ton led him was q very happy take off
 The Major then addressed himself to national questions and said he iaVored the adoption of plank by the ChleaEo convention for the free coinage of silver, but leave the ratio to Congress. No Democratic plat form, lle declared. had ever said a word about ratio, and he thought The National Democratic Convention in July should adopt platform up- on which Ill Democrats could stand lie, the speaker. was bimetallist- favored gold and silver-and was in favor of calling in every bank bin under the denomination of ten dol lars and putting silver in it's place. He WAS not an extremist, and favored the coinage of the product Of American silver mines with a large import dnty to keep out foreign silver-at least until some of the other nations were ready to open their hints to silver
 Every candidate has his fool friends" was the next startling dec laration of the speaker, "and Dan Jones has got some fool friends abont Little Rock who ought to be sqnelchetl" This re:..;ai;.s .,f;t, ref erence to the circular issued by Chmley Collins, D W. Carroll and others urging the Democrats Of Ar kansas to bOl. the National Demo- cratic Convention, if it did not de- clare for free silver, and to meet in St. Louis the day the Populist Ma tional Convention is to he held and nominate a free silver ticket. The speaker then paid his respects to the slgners of that circular in manner that caused storm afteRstorm of ap- plause. He called attention to the Charleston convention of 1860 and the split and disastrous consequent ces thereof, and declared it his belief that there would have been no Lin- coln and no bloody civil war but for that split; and recited the speeches ana advice of Henry A. Wise of Vir- einia, and other Democratic leaders oi that time who appealed to Demo- eratS every where not to cast asi1e the last chance of controlling the government, to but stand together.
 Maj. Seyier then referred to Col. Jones remarks about war if free sii- yer was not adopted. 1t is horri- bic to hear men talk about war when we have got wives, children and homes to protect. some of the peo- pie of Arkansas have gone wild with this silver sentiment" he continued and if there is split in the National Convention it will be the heAppomattox oi the Democratic party" He then paid his respects to bolters in strong and vigorous language, and in manner that evoked round after round of applause. and declared that the word bolt'' is not in the lexicon of the Democratic party. The Den- oeratic party had given the country 423,000, ,0O0 in silver, and there was no hope for silver save and except through the Democratic party.
 He then concluded by strong ap- peal to the people for their votes and declared that if elected he would make Arkansas go to the front.
 Throughout his speech Maj Sevier was liberally and loudly applauded, and his effort proved to be the hap piest of the evening.
 nARRoD's REJoINDER.
 Mir. Harrod then had ten minutes to conclude the joint debate. He begun by reading q telegram an- nouneing that he had carried Mon- roe county. II lost 1000 votes in I.o- gan and Yell counties,' said the speaker, because l would not Lott the Democratic party, but I told Jones then that when we got among the swamp Democracy that he would not carry township. Col. Jones has rererred to me as d mer- maid, he continued, but I would rather be a mermaid than d half Democrat and half Populist. IL Jones had his way he would be in Cleyeland's lap eating pie today and would be the greatest cuckoo in all the land, for he had applied for the appointment of Assistant Attorney General of the United States. and if he had received that appointment he would now be chanting Blessed art thou, Q, Grover, instead of abusing him..
 Mir. Harrod then made final ap- peal for the support of Jefferson county, and sat down amid shouts of loud applause.
 It was II o'clock when the joint debate was concluded. but all pres ent highly enjoyed and were grea tly ediiied by the discussion.
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