The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-24

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" nivaso when MIR bryan was nominatc
=, ms.ea abont eighteen minutes. All,
/. order was restored, Delegate Williams {
=, Sa,uornia climbed to the stage
y we have made a square hght.' I,
S"ou,eu we have been fairly beaten an
|. m ~ We interest OF peace and harmony.
. iTr'hanent chairman be made unanimous
rs motion was carried with a hurral
. ~ ,icr' Were ionu cries OF dissent 4
ton. S'"' 'e'es'
:, ON Mr. pcnce's motion a committee con
, s s.an OF himself, Cyclone" paws an
! senator Allen to the platform.
me committee was cut hut a shor, time
, !. yViohe' Davis made II speech IN Hhicl
ne saiu some nco things about tie perma
heni chairman.
Senator Allen spoke at length, helm,
nstened to with a great deal OF interest
ne mas u reputation as a speaker. Dur
,ns the debate In the senate on the repea
OF the sherman law, he caiked niieci
hours AGAINST tine. He Ia large maj
with "A smooth shavcn face and command
Ing presence. lie always begins speak
ing In low, Well -moduaicd tone, whci
ip To- a moment subjected him 10 Tho usua
v.,rn al lonusr AS he prosressed ~
IN impassuncd tones HE spoke extern
lorantously. not having time to prepare
himseit In the senate he never reads a
speech, ana tonight ms utterarcos flowed
,r.sN iie VAS frequently interrupted
with applause.
IN presenting h'm to the convention
Cyclone Davis said
NOW iay fellow citizens, wan; TO
assure you that for more than four long
days end long nights have done every
| honorable thing | could TO elect a middle
of she road man. but have never done
one dishorornmc thing AGAINST any man
| ,ApNlause) Whom the popnllsi commit
| tee aud tho populist ccnv6n had chosen
| ,hr DISTINGUISHED senator from the West
ern plateau and | had been selected With
odt my knowlednr TO notify MIN of the
! ! now rlach out from The Suuth up 10
| the Mississippi valley nn1 give YOU your
char man. Senator Alien ,rrolougel APP
plansc)
senator Alien then apokn as follows
Mr.. President and Gentlemen OF tho
Conventional desire t. rotutn 20 his eun-
Neni'on my sincere ahauNs for thls DIS
tinci mark of your confidence ana es-
tenm. | assure You that when | came to
ms convention and up Ia within a few
minutes ago comparAiveiy apcaking. J
mad mo- the slightest purpose Of du.ns
hnNiiiinE else lhhn pertprniu-. my duty
rs "A nj. mhur oi IN. cetccation from the
State of Nebraska. wouii greatly have
preferred 10 have discharged the humble
commonwealth OF NcbrinkI ihan to ur-
cupy thas position. as honorable ~ a. Is |
bni II was Thought proper by y portion |
Of the delegates that my name shoun |
be presented - you as your permanent
presiding oiicct. nnI perhaps IN an cv!l |
moment consented that H. might be used. |,
~ Slihil w tllf III iNt ulstIafb' pl nhil'S I
incumbent upon M as Soar presiding Of |
Seer - SATISFY ypli ia wen and digcnsrse
the du"cs IA 'mimilally ard cemplet ly
as your temporary chairman did, / .iail
h" Satisfied WITH WNscil and ! feel cnnh-
don't ma got VIII lac reneonibly well
satisfied with ms; lApplause,)
irniemen of Tho convention, an occa-
sicns of tins KIND il is sometimes sup
posed that the prcndng uficcr VIII out
line 10 some extent his views, II not the
views OF the party He rcpfesvnla. aa to
moi Int t..t a
sue. and usptiN a speech Of acceptance
OF paDtoin Hike This has been prepared
~ s-.hiy week or twr 81 ad'anct. and
then Occasionally IL ia spoken tu iie car.
vehton as though # wus i,npronptu. II
you had notified me a week ago that II
Was your purpose 10 make me your PER
lnNn md reasonably fair impromptu
speech prepared FOR The Occasion. n-auili.
err Fat as you were not kind enough
% do that am compelled TO rely on In, |
moment ana the occasion for tho prompt |,
ngsi Let II thon hc UNDERSTOOD that va .
re an i,opnlefs Wherrs) If any dele -
ate IN THIS Convention las i.t cross his
ilind u auslheion that the great majority | =
Il tho Delegates bore were not pouuiists "a
II him. IN u spirit of charity and In yin. /.
icailcn of tho truth. disAipalc and rein | i,
tHi'h a suspicion Of that KIND 1 read tn Id
ne or the lochl papers mink ynatrr. I,
',y II would be- inydioup for me 10 cnll n
ne na'nc. bat II WAS eyid,utly a Mckinley u
ap"f--i stnameut mat The pupulsi run | 1,
enli"n ~ This Rr~at metropolis OF the a
iisslssipIN valley was prcplt-pr 10 DO 2
have not the si..a'"si donhi uint The h
; PRE- sslon vas prompted hy ii desiir uion a
l' rirt OF the British gpld power ana .
htdr representative" IN The republican y
ohrt mat tho poriiiats would perish y
litor of ma, paper is IN ths convention y
might. If hc witnessed these extremes of "'
libusnsnL thes" soui-sfirring scenes OF ~
iirloiism I beg OF him 10 ma sraliy W
'anec ms opinion respectiIg this great III Il
tr'y. tAppinuSc -,
IA the popnlist party we know no sec III
on no North. no South no East. no i'e
est oAprIauee and chcera) The man an
no ives ON the Gnlf OF Mexico or ir v
lorlda is as sacred TO us as the man OF
h" lives ON the border Of the British IN
up rear the lint OF canhdD
lie man who dwols upou the Atlantic m
nan Is loved by popullstH. II he ne A pt
ne man and a true Patriot. az much az 81
.9reF 81 inc 1'ncliie ocean. tAppiuusc.) W
thank God that IT vas one Of The mis-, bu
ms ol .l'is rroni party Of the people TO
eiroy SO 'tlonalism. tAnplausrj And az at
citzcn OF The North by hrth. | lSy IN II,
Is great presence thn' I have nFF mo ~
md a rcspeot for Tho nights Of c,tiApn- rs
10 of a man who dwclls IN The south as wi
ave for my own and my reighbors. thu
he old rplih cal I,an.ies have beer gridu- tu
y dropping secti9nolisrn in THIS cour- be
and dividing north and south Of tho in,
rs Forth Were told that ali that was re- sp,
,rcd for re he, d,sa,racton Of The Union II
s'n and Dixon's Enc 10 come into pos ui'
sion Of this Union The same thing ~,
substance WAS repeated In the other e. ,,.',
lions Of our country. And All fiis time. ~
lie We were following the banner Of III,
repui lIcan party on the one hand and en-
banner. Of The Bourbon democracy on an
Other, the gold power OF IEurope. repre- tx
ted by lis agents in the United States ter
! fastening. ouch chairs Of Industrial des
,ery upon III" people l,.t y W. ID ,,ifs pro
nst sonsratlon 70 strike on. GAP. an
lsa) u was part or tho mlsson nf | her
lpopulsts 10 free the peopie from the II.
Iionni pretndice with which they had con
imbued Now. we can meet IN n nh,
II convention Ike this represented BY ber
q sixteen hundred delegates from for rec
we states In the Union and the vari- MI
Territories. struggling and conteniIns r w"
the mastery among our slaves and ,rI,
I. the majority has spoken its will We , w'
fc that VIII with determination 10 oa as
Y y in''o execution al the polls (Ap- ass'
&C., " any man has come 10 .his con. On
Ion or, occll pies these galleries who con
ects thS, there Will BE- q bolt. as mar
12n. let me snY 70 him that he Il u,Ia. | LIST