The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-10
FREE SILVER.
The Peoples Money is Tri-
umphant.
A Platform Against the PlutOcratS-
Free Silver at 16 to 1, and
Tariff for Revenue Only.
No Nominations Yet-Bland Leads the
Van, But it May Be Boies or
Bryan-The oddities From
the East Die Hard.

Inc eyes OF the country nave been
turned toward Chicago this week,
and the hope of the people is in the
Democratic party. Before last
week closed the leaders were gath
cred there, by the hundreds; then
their lieutenants came and swelled
their numbers into the thousands,
and when the convention hour
arrived last Tuesday the great
metropolis of the West was crowded
to its utmost capacity.
There was certainly hurrying to
and fro and great deal of hustle,
and to the uninitiated or panicky,
chaotic confusion. But to the init
ated, to the cool, deliberate thinker,
the outcome in the main was not
difficult to read.
Mr.. Whitney, Senator Hill, Gov.
Flower, Col. Fellows and their
Eastern gold-bug contingent with a
great flourish, made-in their minds
"a furious onslaught upon the sill
yer hosts, and all but routed them.
But it was in their minds only. The
only trouble in the way of the silver
leaders was how to run over the
goldites with the least possible dam
age to their feelings or their clothes.
The gold-bug organs had scare
head lines telling of the terrible
anathemas of a windy gentleman
from New York, one Ex-Governor
Flower. They told also of the part
ing tears and doleful prophecies of
Col. Orotorical Fellows. And of
how the wizard Whitney would
mesmerize the whole convention,
and of how the mighty Hill (made
famous by knitting Cleveland eight
years ago. was now the idol of the
hour. With these and sundry satel-
lites to draw from, the sensational
reporter was in his glory.
Then the Tellerites would talk
awhile. And to hear them tell it.
Harris and Stone and the whole lay
out of Democratic leaders were for
their good man from the West.
And the gold-bug organs would fan
these silly rumors as long as they
would flare.
Then the Populists would prance
to the forefront and lay bare their
Authorizations through windy mani
festos. And in this galaxy ofstates-
men such back numbers and politi-
cal disgraces as Jehazy Mcdowell
would occasionally rise to the sur
face.
But all the while the old guard Of
Democracy clustered around their
Tennessee chief, and consulted fol
their country's good. The little
brigade of bushwhachers barking al
their doors, neither frightened mol
Disconnected them. With patriotic
purpose, with statesman-like ability
. with honesty as, their watch-worC
and hope as their beacon light, they
inscribed upon their banner the
7 immortal principles of Democracy
and placing it in the hands ofleader;
. without reproach or fear, sent i
e forth to the patriots of the country
: There was never a doubt, after
they met, that they would do in tn,
Main as they did. There wer,
differences of opinion as to tn,
availability of candidates, and there
were personal preferences as be
!, tween men; but the underlying ant
controlling force of the convention
was the fixed purpose and strong
determination among the delegate!
to make a clear ringing silver pro
nouncement in their platform ant
put a pronounced silver Democra
on it. That is what they were sen
for; it is what they went for, and
is what they did.
Tennessee.
The Tennessee delegation me
Monday and organized by selectin
{ for Chairman of the Delegation
i Senator w. B. Bate; National Com
= mitteeman, J. M. Head; COMMITTEE
: on Platform and Resolutions, ALDER
3 II. McNeal; Rules, ]. D. Richardson
= Credentials, II. NJ. Mcconnell
c Permanent Organization, E. W
Carmack; Notification of Nominees
John X. Shields. A poll of the dele
cation at this time showeda tie vot
as between Bland and Boies fo
y President.
"a Temporary Organization.
J. For reasons best known to them
n selves, the gold men concluded t
Z force the fighting at the start. The.
n had the majority of the Nationa
1t Committee, and over the protests c
d the minority of the committee an
y with the overwhelming majority i
q the convention against them, the
ID persisted in naming Senator Hill 70
q ov,,,orapt chairman The SilVe