Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-31
After a Three Days Session II ! lssa,
Sine Die.
BRYAN AND sEWALL THEIR ca
Senator Stewart, Of Idaho, IN Ive,a
a Stirring Grafton : The Pa ror.a
as Adopted by the ConveL ion :
Not Very Harmonious sessi, a.

when Chairman st. John cal.ei the
convention to order at st. Louis. Rav
l.. w. Covera led in prayer, afte.
which G. w. Baker, of Calf qnia
took the floor. He said the People,
party convention had appointeds con
ference committee, and. moved the con
yention defer action on the platform
and postpone the nomination of a
ticket until 2:30 Friday Afternoon.
The motion prevailed. A motion tbat
when the convention adjourns 4 ad-
iourns until 8 p. m. also prevailed.
Under q resolution adopted Thurs
day the roll of States was called. to
find out how many of the old soldiers
occupied seats as delegates. The poll
showed 196 Union veterans, eighteen
Confederate veterans and four Mexican
1 veterans.
During the roll call Mrs. Helen NJ.
Cougar, of Indiana, announced that
there would be meeting of women at
the Lindell hotel to organize women's
national silver league.
After a number of delegates had
spoken on the silver question Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, was called for.
He said that he went to Chicago with
little hope that free silver platform
would be adopted, and he was agree
ably disappointed.
Never was there a more patriotic
body of men on this earth than was the
$40 delegates who controlled the Chi
cago convention. Wall street was
there with a corruption fund, but it
was of no use.
I The silver delegates were not COR
ruptible. They gave the enemy no
quarter. Continuing, he told how the
platform was adopted and other incl
dents of the Democratic convention.
At length he spoke of the nomination
of W. j. Bryan, who was not a candi-
date. At the mention of Bryan's name
the delegates shouted and cheered,
fourished umbrellas and flags.
Senator Stewart then told of Bry-
ans convention speech, which, he
said, was the greatest grafton in his
tory. 81 know William Bryan, 4" the
senator went on, che believes what we
believe; he is as true to our principles
as needle to the pole"
In conclusion, Senator Stewart said
that every free silver man was an
American. Everyone of them was
against the endless gold syndicate.
Consequently everyone of them must
come to the front and vote as a unit
and elect free silver ticket. They
must do this in spite of the millions
raised by gold bugs to corrupt the
voters of the United States.
The convention then adjourned un-
til p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
The delegates came together for the
afternoon very slowly and at the hour
, fixed; $3.50, not half were In their
seats, nor we're any of the officers
present. 1t was nearly O'Clock be-
fore the attendance assumed its usual
proportic1s. Spectators we're slightly
more numerous than at previous ses-
sions. At 3:55 p. m, Chairman St.
John raped for order, and introduced
the Rev. Mr.. Haggerty, who made the
opening prayer.
At the conclusion of the invocation,
Mr.. Baker was called upon for re-
port from the conference committee.
He said that the time was too short to
reach satisfactory conclusion He
read the resolutions which we're adopt
ed at the conference.
On motion of Mr.. Turner, of Kan
sas, the report was accepted and adopt 4
ed by unanimous vote.
The report of the platform commit
tee was then made by Senator Jones,
of Nevada. AS he read the platform
he was frequently interrupted by ap-
plause.
A motion to adopt the platform was
made.
Mr.. Hess, of Illinois, objected, and
wordy wrangle followed. 1t ended
in the adoption of the platform.
Mr.. Pace, of Nebraska, moved that
the convention proceed to the nomina-
tion of presidential candidate. It
prevailed.
Gen. Warner said it would be neces-
sary to nominate a candidate rather
than endorse, in order to avoid some
OF the peculiarities of State ballot laws.
u. e. Little, of Kansas, nominated
William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska.
There was loud and vigorous applause
at the end of Mr.. Little's speech.
Col. L. @. Pace, of Nebraska, Sc.
conded the nomination of Mr.. Bryan.
A number of other speeches we're |
made and then the rules were suspend
ed on motion by p. V. Wise, of Mis-
souri,, and Mr.. Bryan was nominated /
by acclamation.
Great enthusiasm followed. The
band played "Columbia, America, "
and other stirring tzass. While The del