Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10

STATES IncSe lnclIdeQ iGeneral Gordon
Of Georgia, Senator Lindsay Of Ken
tncky, exc Congressman Bynum Of In
diana, ext Congressman Cultivate of
Ohio and others. But, strongest Of all,
on the platform of Democratic con-
vention were the little coterie Of silver
senators who bolted the convention at
st. Louis. At present without a party
they seek entrance to the Democratic
party on condition that it select
Mr.. Teller for President.
General John B. Weaver and other
Populists, and silverites like Senator
Stewart were also there, all watching
closely the results Of the deliberations
of the convention. Although many
well known faces were missing it was
q distinguished gathering.
The invocation of the boyish chaplain,
Dr. Stires, an Episcopal divine, with it's
appeal for peace, had hardly assembled
to the throne of grace before the con-
tending hosts met in the shock Of bat
tie. The gold men carried out their
programme Of presenting Senator Hill
for temporary chairman, but the silver
leaders also held to their resolution and
Immediately antagonized him with
Senator Daniel For two hours the ora
torical gladiators Of the opposing forces
fought it out upon the platform. Alex
McDermott Of New Jersey, John I.
Waller of Connecticut, John r. Fellows
Of New York and General St. Clair of
West Virginia -
Championed Mr.. Hills Cause, ,..
and g. S. Thomas Of Colorado, M. r.
Tarpey of California, G. F. Ladd of
Illinois, Delegate Marston u Louisiana
and National Committeeman Clayton
of Alabama insisted upon his over
throw. Colonel Fellows appealed for
mercy. He pleaded with the majority
to do generous thing and show that it
did not place too much reliance OH the
form of numbers but III the righteous
ness of their cause Mr.. McDermott
was even driven to threats. General
st. Clair, who is silver man, opposed
the defeat of Hill, whom he had sup
ported four years ago and for whose de-
feat then he expressed his profound re-
gret. But the silver men, most Of
whom had been for Hill in '92 and who
recalled the fact with evident pride,
and who
: y Expressed Great Regret
at the necessity which compelled them
to take this course, co,ltended that the
election Of a temporary chairman i'll
harmony with the majority was Of vital
importance. The temper Of the dele
gates was plainly apparent from the
salvos with which they greeted these
firm utterances. It Was noticeable that
neither side put it's giants forward.
When the vote came to be taken, w. J.
Stackhouse, one Of the administration
federal officials in Iowa, i'll order to
faunt the divisions in the Boies delega-
ton, challenged the vote Of the state
and uncovered seven gold votes. Mr..
Haldeman did the same thing in Black
burns Kentucky delegation, and Mr..
Mcknight, q silver Michigan delegate,
showed IL silver votes in his delegation
which were ~ ~"
Locked Up by the Unit Rule. -.
The result of the roll call showed 55G
votes for Daniel and $40 votes for Hill,
the strength of the two
sides. Although this did not show a
two-t thirds majority the silver leaders
display no anxiety OH this score, as the
Nebraska gold delegation Of 26 will be
unseated and the representation from
the territories will be increased from
two to six each. Senator Daniel, who
assumed the duties of presiding officer,
is all impressive figure and a most elo-
quent orator of the old school. He
sounded the keynote for silver in ring
ing speech, but the fact that he spoke
from notes was rather disappointing to
his friends. The silver leaders in con-
troll carried through the remainder of
the programme, and the several COM
mittees are in session with silver every
where in control D. r. ~ H. '.'