Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-09

ALTGELD TALKS TO THE DELEGATES
to he the Lord. All the earth doth wor-
ship Thee, the Father everlasting" 1t is
a curious coincidence that both the chap
lains so far have been connected with
Grace churches. Temporary Chairman
Daniel then asked for committee reports
and waited for reply while the band
played
Gov. HOgg, of Texas, Speaks.
A Bland club marched in and shortly
afterward took the opportunity TO sing the
convention n Bland song, the refrain Of
which was BLAND, Bland, Bland" Gov
ernor Hogg, of Texas, was then, on mo-
ton invited to address the meeting while
waiting for the credentials committee,
which was busy reconsidering it's action of
Tuesday night seating the silver men in
| the Michigan delegation. Hogg's speech
| was q vigorous presentation Of the we'll
| known arguments for free silver and a
general denunciation of the Republican
party, which he called q great dissembler
| and deceiver.
| And Hill He "Dont Say Nothing"
This speech was made in a recess of the
convention and there was a wild scene at
| its close, the convention loudly calling for
| Hill, of New York, who. however, did not
make his appearance During these calls
Senator White. permanent chairman,
| came forward and after obtaining some
thing like silence declared the convention
In session again and on motion Black
burn, of Kentucky, was invited to speak,
| the convention meanwhile calling for
| Hill, who came not. He made II free sill
yer speech also. Chairman White was
| oh II he,s f.r ard
renewed cries for Hill, who never came,
although Governor Altgeld Joined in the
request that Hill address the convention.
| Gov. Altgeld Helps XIII Time.
1t was explained that Hill was not in
the hall; that he was on the resolutions
committees Then after another speech the
cries went up for Altgeld and finally
reached the proportions of a roar, and tho
governor responded. He said in part:
"During the decade which followed the
civil war we became the great debtor peo-
pie of the earth. Everything from tho
government down to the sewing machine
of the seamstress was mOrtgaged. The
interest on this great Indebtedness had to
be paid every year out of the toll of our
people, but under tho conditions as they
then existed we met those payments and
our people had a surplus"
The Conspiracy Of the Year IS.
He next repeated the story of the con-
spiracy to demonetize silver and destroy
half the money of the world" and the ar.
guments deduced therefrom were reit-
! Grated against the demonstration act OF
| 1873 and asked: Now, the question is
shall we continue this system or shallwe
go back to where we were?" ''No. No. &c
back"
Criticism of the Republicans.
y Referring to the St. Louis convention hi
4 gave the lions tail twist: THAT con
r vention declared in favor of the presen,
; single standard of English gold, stan
3 dard which the London newspapers hav,
I complimented. They are delighted will
q it. An Englishman always feels good
q when he sees prospect Of getting NOR
Q sweat and more blood out of the Amer
) lean people" The remainder of the speecl
was IA plea for clear plank on the silvel
= question, with numerous twists of tn,
lion tail included He was tremendous
n " cheered.
Credential Committee Reports.
= There were more speeches and fnall.
the talk was shut of by the crcdential
committee, which reported that it had de
cided the Nebraska contest in favor O
the Bryan delegation, but had not agrees
1 ON the Michigan case yet. The report wa
2 adopted. Upon motion the convention thel
took recess until p. IN.