The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-08
SILVER'S WHITE
BANNER WAVES
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4 demand Tor rO1l-cau the SllVerlleS
cheered loudly. Whitney, Sheehan and
/ Fellows, sitting in the New York dele
cation, had evidently thought them
! selves defeated, for they chatted and
smiled.
/ Delegate c. S. Thomas of Colorado
seconded the demand for roll-call
/ Harrity replied firmly to the cries
I for a vote with the statement that as
long as he continued to preside over
/ the convention the deliberations would
be orderly He recognized Delegate
Waller of Connecticut when order was
restored.
with the consent of the convention,
/ will give way to the gentleman from
New jersey" said Waller, and Mr..
McDermott, heavily man with
a white waistcoat. made his way to
the platform and began to say some
thing which merely brought upon him
cries of louder Raising his voice
McDermott spoke of New Jersey as the
only state north of the Mason and
Dixon line which always cast the cleo
toral vote for the nominee of the Dem
4 ocratic convention. II pay tribute to
/ Hon. John W. Daniel" he declared,
and then went on to praise the service
of a man who knew no faith except,
81 am a Democrat
Z DdTIlSdQS
a shrill cry.
Democracy believed in the rule of
/ the majorities," McDermott continued,
''but we are here in response to prece-
dent" and he begged Democracy not
! to begin by violating the traditions;
''if it had a giants strength to save 1t
/ for November"
Ex-Governor Waller stepped to the
front of the platform when McDer-
mott sat down. His first word quoted
the delegates but he very soon inspired
shout by the declaration that the
names of Daniel and Hill should be
/ cheered together. He advised the cleo
ton of Hill as temporary chairman
and Daniel as permanent chairman.
YOU. BET!
Are there other arrangements
made?'' he asked, sarcastically.
YES, sir" shouted Congressman
Money from Mississippi, waving a
! broad brimmed straw hat from the
block of seats directly below the plat
! form.
Whitney and his fellow delegates
from New York applauded the declar-
alton that Hill and Daniel should be
honored together
There was an attempt at demonstra-
would be the last man to bolt, but the
silver men were very chary of giving
any applause at the conciliatory ad
vances of the gold men,, When Wal
Ter asked if the convention was going
! to turn down David B. Hill, after an
other tribute to Hill, there were laugh
ing and cries,
I'VE AREi WE AREr'
Adroitly he worked up to the climax
I of his speech when he asked who it
was that proposed TO turn him dOwn-a
! man who had fought all his life for
/ Democracy. Turn down David B.
HIP" he asked, lin Gods name, is
this Democratic convention?
He tried to appease the silver men
by intimating that Senator Hill would
not be oppressive, but when he asked,
"Will you turn him DOWN." there
were cries Of I'VE willp'
THE ULTIMATUM.
Very WELL" he shouted, defiantly,
turn him down and we will fight you
here and elsewhere"
This unmasking of the position of
the gold men was met with a storm Of
| Kisses and one of the silver men
shouted, One vote for Mckinley"
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majority not to use brute force.
c. S. Thomas. national committee
man from Colorado, was introduced,
amid the plaudits Of the silver men.
Mr.. Thomas said:
Il would say nothing but for the speech
| OF the distinguished gentleman who has
| just taken his seat You are told the
majority of this convention, overriding
/ precedent and disturbing tradition, pro-
| poses by revolutionary methods to force
| upon this convention an unheard-of pro-
cedure. / desire to call your attention to
| the fact that although in the past his
tory OF Democratic national conventions
| there have been no minority reports,
nevertheless it is a fact that that which
! the committee does is simply recon-
! mendation to be adopted or rejected as
| the convention declares itself. And a
I convention which has the power to adopt,
necessarily, if it sees tit TO exercise it,
/ has the power to reject (Applause) We
! have no desire whatever
TO EXTINGUISH DISCUSSION
or to suppress debate, but l will say to
my friend from Connecticut that when he,
/ in connection with other distinguished
! easternerS by the papers, through the
] Associated Press, declared that their pur-
! pose was TO come TO this convention and
capture it without yielding an inch to
anyone (applause) We felt that u duty was
! consequently imposed upon the members
I
far as possible what we conceded to be
the wish OF the assembled majority of the
/ delegates Of the Democracy Of the Union
/ ICheerS)
I'VE knew that the committee if con-
| Stituted to represent that sentiment would
/ have reported in favor of Hon. John w
Daniel of Nirginia. Cloud applause.)
My friends ask what Republicans will
say of our action. Democrats who have
! fought in the west as l have, for twenty
! five years, have long ago become inditfer-
/ ent to what Republicans say. Great APP
plause.) But we DO know that if prece-
dence were necessary they furnished US
! one by their own action in this magnit-
cent city in 1880. (Cheers.) And those
| who are so
FEARFUL OF REPUBLICAN PUBLIC
OPINION
ought to pay some Difference to Republi.
can precedent. (Applause) l desire tc
/ repel the charge that the Democrats OF
the United States desire to inf1ict indignity
| and disgrace upon the senior senator OF
/ New York. (Applause.)
Nothing can be further from our inten.
ton. l say with my whole heart. Coo
J bless him. Cries OF "Amen.D l hope
to see him in this campaign with us. II
! we are to judge his future by his past
his utterances upon the great question
| which now confronts US, warm the hearts
/ OF the free coinage hosts of the country
! (Applause.) Now, my fellow citizens, why
/ did we take this action? We took it be
cause we have been told in the public
prints of this and other cities, where
we have no voice, and through which W.
cannot be heard, where everything thai
| we do seems to be unsupported, for the
purpose L presume, of creating improper
impressions-we are told that your pur
pose was to assume control of this con
vention, If possible. and we made up oul
minds that If the battle must come, thu
sooner it came the better, and if, as
matter of fact, we are acting within The
line of Democratic precedent, so far a:
| majorities are concerned, then / submit
/ - a. DIV, and 5a1:Tnara 10 il1dpuaapt ~