The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-10
DEBATE ON TIE PLATFORM.

rents-bryhntSpttch the triumph
ofthe eDay-Ruueiis Funeral Grafton.
CHICAGO, July 9.-As the doors 20
the mammoth Coliseum In Jackson park
were thrown open this morning aud the
black streams OF people wellel up
through the entrance and broke like u
cascade over the galleries. the band
struck up "Massa's In the Cold. Cold
Ground" Yesterday there was enough
fighting TO surteIt the cravings OF the
crowds. but only the pickets were drlv-
en- In, only the outposts were captured.
To-day, which many believed would be
the last day OF the convention, the
main citadel was to be stormed. The
champion gladIators were 20 meet in
the arena. The declaration OF prlncl-
pies was to be made and the candidates
were TO be selected. The ultra silver
cohorts jubIlant and confident were in
control. The heroic minority doomed
ID defeat as certainly us that brave
band OF Texans who fought and fell TO
the last man at Alamo, came with their
loIns Ilrded FOR the death struggle. Re-
bellIOn hung like pail above the con-
Ven,lOn and twenty thousand people
ranged the sloplng hills that overlook
ed the arena 10 watch the battle OF the
wrestling giants. The silver leaders
entered with light and buoy1nt stop.
The faces OF the gold leaders were grim
and grave. In some cases they were
defiant. The managers OF the several
candidates were marshalllnG their
forces. Bland got the first demons;ra-
ton with Il band attlre head OF several
hundred OF his boomers clrcled the gal
leries. The band played succession OF
stirring airs as the clans and the crowds
gathered. \ descriptive piece, THE
Worlds Fair" created much amuse-
ment.
The preliminary scenes were largely
n repetition OF those OF the two pre-
cedIng days. There were one or two
rows at the entrance and several OF the
spectators who were making themselves
obnoxious were rejected. BEFORE the
convention was called TO order. rumors
OF men who had bolted and others who
would bolt were tiyinHs about. IL was
known that Mr.. TClevelands eN-poSt-
master general. Mr.. Wilson S. BlsSell.
OF Buffalo, had gone home. It was also
said thGt Perry Belmont and the ad-
mlnlstratlOn's spokesman on the floor
OF the last Congress. General Tracey, Of
Albany. would quietly relInQuish their
seats to alternatcs. Delaney Slcoll. of
New York, McDermott. OF New Jersey,
and several New England delegates
were other rumored boilers.
Senator White. the permanent chair
man, appeared on the stage al 1910. He
wore pink shirt and gay blue string
tie. He was 80 hoarse. however. TINT
he could hardly speak above whisper.
An effort TO produce Boles demonstra-
ton when the Iowa delegation entered
with huge B0les banner. was fall
ure. At l0:ja Chairman White dropped
the gavel. The indescribablc buzz OF
thousands OF voices gradually subsidized
and the delegates took their seats.
While vacant spaces In the black pit
marked of with almost definite nccur-
acy the location OF the New England
delegations which had not. with the eX-
ceptlOn OF few stragglers, as yet ar
rived. The New York delegation. how
ever. headed by whitney and Hill. were
In their places. The bulky form OF Bis
sell, Of Buffalo, was. however. absent.
At five minutes before eleven Rsv.
DR.. Green, OF Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the
EpiscopaIIan clergyman who had made
the opening prayer on yesterday, again
rose for the same Office. lie prayed that
the choice Of the convention might be n
man whose work would rebound 70 the
glory OF his country and his God.
Senator White handed the gnrel over
10 Congressman Richardson. OF TenncS-
see. tall. slender man with black NOUS
tache and scholarly stOop OF the shoul-
tiers, who announced that the committee
on resolutions was ready 10 report and
called to the platform Senator Jones, OF
Arkansas, to make the committees re-
mort. Senator Jones, who has made the
silver fight since the forcrunnGrS OF the
convention began TO assemble In Chi
cago. Is 4 familiar figure to this con-
ventinn. He looks like Il soldier, and
but for the fact that lie was soldier OF
the late conlcdcracy might be strong
presidential possibility lie Is strong
faced man with fierce sllvcry inoua-
ta0hc and chin whlslScrs and white hair
which fails to cover all OF the top OF his
head. He adjusted n pair OF gold bowed
spectaclcs and began to read the nnan-
cIai plank OF the fplnttorm, which Col
Charles II. SmitliSthc 81. Louis Jour-
nalIst, had written The effect OF the
reading would have been greater had
the southerner controlled stronger
voice. The silver ranks raised Il cheer
when some OF them heard the words
"We demand the free and unlimited
coinage OF both gold and silver" and one
enthusiast demanded that the passage
he rrrcnd, which was done. Senator
Jones declared that he was hoarse and
indeed his voice broke two or three
times and nearly failed him. Al tho
delegates could mt hear much of the
platform most OF It's points fell I'M
checrcd, hut the dcnunciation of gov
crnment by Injunction, which is taken
ns nm indirect approval OF Governor Alt
geld's course during the Chicago strike
mot with recognition.
When the plank expressed sympathy
with Cuba had been read flag OF the
new republic appeared In the aisle In
front OF the delegates chnirs and was
carried along the aisle. II did not
arouse the demonstration which the par
tlsanB OF Cuba had hoped for, indeed the
applause was very moderate. ind Mr..
Richardson raped on the dosk and cried
Put down that flag" 80 II quickly sunk
from sight, II waS evidently tired
convention. The strain OF the two pre-
cedlng days Of convention work and tho
earlier days OF candidate making hnd
worn out the rank and file ms well as the
generals. 1t accme1 TO be Impossible Ia
stir the cOncOurse 10 enthusiasm. The
platform was concluded without any
marked applause.
Tho Platform.
We. the Democrats of the United
Stntca, IN national convention assem-
blGd. do rpafllrm our allegiance 10 those
great essential principles OF Justice and
liberty upon which our institutions arc
founded. and which tho Democratic pnr-
ty has advocated from Jcfrcrson's time