The herald., 1896-09-03

1t. He said there was something ap-
propriate about the selection OF India
napolis for this convention, and here in
the days of the war Democracy assem-
bled under the threat of shotguns and
declared their faith. They were now
threatened with something worse than
physical determination. Their name had
been filched and their principles de-
bauched by those who had replaced that
code with a creed to which the Demo-
cratic party had been opposed ever since
there had been a division of parties in
the country. He paid his respects both
to Mckinley and Bryan, both of whom,
he said, were preaching the gospel Of
high prices, the former by an artifice
known as protection, the latter by
cheapening the purchasing power of
money.
1--WE stand" he continued, where JEFF
ferson, Jackson and Cleveland stood.
We say to these daughters Of the horse
leech. "a plague upon you BOTH"
His Characterization of Mr.. Bryan
the commercial traveller of the million
aire mine owners. touring the country
for business, raised a laugh which ended
in a round Of applause when he declared
that the general public should not be
made the tool of this pupil of syn
dicates. He concluded with a glowing
peroration in these words:
when this contest is over, 1t will be
found. if we have not vanquished one
of ha ,, ut
least left her without sister"
Immediately after Mr.. Irishs speech
the committee adjourned until tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock.
PLATFORM PROBABILITIES.
The committee on resolutions met soon
after appointment. 1t is understood that
a financial plank has been drawn by Sec-
retary Carlisle and is before the COM
mittee on resolutions, which declares
distinctly for single gold standard and
makes no apology whatever for the bond
issues.
There is no question about the adop-
ton of a plank indorsing the administra-
tion, and the heartiness Of the language
will be limited only by a desire for good
taste in the expression of APPROVAL.
1t was finally determined to refer the
platform to a subcommittee Of ten,
which was composed as follows: Will
lam F. Villas, Wisconsin; c. vey Holman,
Maine; c. P.Lewis, New Jersey; v. P.
Kline, Ohio; James H. Eckels, Illinois,
Edmund Cooper Tennessee; T. G. Jones,
Alabama; J. P. Irish, California; H. w.
Lamb, Massachusetts,, and Albert Wat
kins, Nebraska
The full committee adjourned and the
subcommittee went into session on the
promise that it would have draft of
committee by ii o'clock. The other men,
bers of the committee promised to be on
hand, and to remain all night in an
effort to report to the convention to-
morrow.
At II o'clock, when the committee on
resolutions reassembled, they were in
formed that the subcommittee would
not be able to report until o'clock, and
the committee then adjourned until that
hour. The subcommittee continues it's
work. It was the object of the commit
tee to make the platform very short,
and all declarations terse. While de-
claring for the retirement of green
backs to be replaced with banks of is
sue. it is not the intentio nto prescribe
the form Of the legislation and the
planks heretofore offered on this SUBJ
ject will be modified to meet the re-
quirements. The currency plank is be-
ing drafted by Senator Villas and Comp
troller Eckels, and the tariff plank by
Messrs. Holman Of Maine, Watkins of
Nebraska and Irish of California.