The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-15
Senator Daniels Speech.
What the Temporary Chair
man Said When He
Took the Chair.

Chicago, July THE following
lie brief outline of the speech deilv'
cred by Senator Daniels of Virginia.
when he took the chair as temporary
chairman
Senator Daniel brought down the
convention on taking the chairman's
gavel by saying no convention had
ever been presided over with more
dignity and ability and fairness than
had been shown by Mr. Harfity, aud
he only hoped that he nigh. be able
to discharge the duties conferred
upon him with some approaching
degree ofabiiity
The senator expressed profound
gratitude for the honor conferred upon
him, and his regret that his name
should have been brought in even
the most courteous competition with
his distinguished friend Senator Hill
would readily recognize the fact
however, that there was no person
atty in the matter
It was solely due to the principle
which the great majority of Demo
Gratis stood for, be(Mr Diniel) stand
ing with them As the majority of
the convention was not personal in
its aims, neither was it sectional
It began with the sunrise in Maine.
aud spread into sunburst in Louis,
ana aud Texas 1t stretched in one
unbroken line across the continent,
from Virginia and Georgia to Cali
fornia 1t swept like a prairie fire
over Iowa and Kansas aud it lighted
up the horizon in Nebraska
When he saw that grand array
and thought of the British gold
standard that was recently pnfurl
ed over the ruins Of the Republican
premises at st. Louis, he thought
oe ehe battle of New Orleans. of
which it has been said:
.s.There stood John Bull in martial
pomp, but there was old Ken
tucky.'
(Gheers.)
SECTIONAL LINES ABOLISHED,
There was no north, south, east
or west in the uprising of the people
for American emancipation from the
conspiracy Of European kings led by
Great Britain, which sought to de-.
stroy one half of the money of the
world and to make American man.
nfacturers, merchants, farmers and
mechanics. hewers of wood and
drawers of water. lie appealed to
Democrats to scquiesce in the in
will of the great majority of their fel
low Democrats and to go with them,
as they had often'imes gone with
those to whom he had appealed
...Do not forget that in the last ma
tional convention Of 1892 you pro-
claimed yourselves to be in favor of
both gold and silver as the standard
money of the country and the coin
age Of both gold and silver without
discrimination against either metal
or charge and the only question left
open was the ratio between the
metals
ssDo not forget that just four years
ago in that same covention, the New
York delegation stood here solid and
irnmovable for candidate committed
TO the free and unlimited coinage of
siver and gold at a ratio of IS to I,
and that if we are for it still it
is il some measure from your teach.
ings
"That we owe you much is read.
ily and gratefully acknowledged,
but are not our debts mu
tual to each other and net one
sided ?"
.sAs this majority of Democrats
lis not sectional neither is it for any
privilege or for cla>s legislation.
The active business men of this
country, its manufacturers. it's mer
chants, it's farmers, its sons of toll
in counting room, factory, field and
mine, know that contraction of the
currency sweeps away with the
silent and relentless force of gravi.
tation, the annual profits of their
enterprise and investment-and
they know, too, that the gold stan
dard means contraction and the Or
ganization of disaster (Applause)
"What hope is there for the coun-
try what hope for Democracy unless
the views of the majority here is
adopted? The Republican party has
now renounced the creed of its plat
forms and of our statutes. 1t has
presented to the country the issue of
higher taxes, more bonds, and less
money. and has proclaimed for the
British gold standard
eve can only expect, should they