The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
Evening Session.

Iotlng for presidential candidates hau arrived.
II took the serreant-at-arms and his assist
ants fully IS minutes more TO allay the uproar
and confusion. and 20 obtain even to!erable
degree OF order and even that lasted for only
a very brief interval for every moment on one
pretense or another, the crowds broke out
with cheering
The chairman informed the convention that
the roll Of states would now be called SO that
OF candidates for The presidency |
should be made by an agreement entered |
into bv the friends Of the several candidates.
the chairman added the nominating ana sec
ondinc speeches would be confined TO 80 min
ltes in length which time might be used
either when the nominations were made or
when the state OF the speaker was called.
senator vest OF Missouri, was the first dele
gate to ascend the platform. even before the
can Of states had got further in the alpabeti-
cal list than the state 81 Arkansas.
The chairman and the sergeant at-arms APP
reared 10 be utterly unable 10 cope with the
situation. and Mr.. Vest went on with his
speech nominating Mr.. Bland. Tho only part
OF his : eech that stirred the crowd was the
closing rhyme:
GIVE US Silver Dick
And silver quick
And we will make Mckinley sick
This brought down the house and hats and
flags were waved and great uproar made which
lasted for some minutes. The uand came 10
tho help OF the crowd. striking up The Battle
Cry OF Freedom. All the silver delegates
rose TO their feet. cheered and INDUCED IN all
the usual manifestations OF popular enthusi-
asm so that what at first was a faint wave OF
applause grew into q tumuituous storm. IN the
thick OF which "a bland banner was carried
through the hall, with the motto "Silver DICK.
the peoplcs choice" a band OF music AT
either end OF the hall added TO the uproar,
while the Official band struck up. amid great
applause "The Red. White and Blue putting
the rival musicians to silence.
lyy this time there we're three handsome
Bland banners unrolled and carried about
with likeness OF the candidate. and the mot
toes Free silver. Free People" "One God;
ono Country; one Band" Bland. silver ; In
yinciDle. irrepressible champion"
| Meantime several OF the silver delegates got
into the aislcs and pumped erratically In time
with the music. This scene lasted for fully u
minutes.
The nomination OF Mr. Bland was seconded
by Mr. David Ovcrmeycr, OF kansas who
spoke OF him as "an illustrious statesman and
a peerless Gracchus-Siivcr Dick Bland lie
Landed Bland as man who knew that the
money Of the constitution was honest money,
| that the money which was good enough 10 pay
| private debts was good enough TO pay every
| public debt. ana that the money which was
! good enough 70 pay George Washington Wheh
| fighting the battles OF liberty was good enough
Cheers and laughter Mr. Bland was man
Non. J. r. Williams 81 Illinois, also Sec
| ontcd TIE nomination OF Bland, speaking OF
him as a man who had done more than dny
| other American Tor the restoration OF silver.
When the state OF Georgia was called Mr.
H. n. Lewis, Of that state. came 10 the plat
form and put in nomination Mr.. william j
BRYAN. Of Nebraska. saying that u public once
was Il reward for public service. no man mcr
tied such reward more than he In the iai'
political contests Mr.. Bryan stood among NJ
peers ike saul among the Israclitcs, hea'
| ana shoulders above all the rest Honor hin
with the nomination, he said ana you VII
do credit TO the party and earn for yourselve
the plaudits Of your constituents and tn
thanks Of posterity
A scene which was almost n duplication o
that which attended the nomination OF MI
Bland was enacted when Mr. Bryans nam
was proposed to the convention. The delega
tions from Georgia. North Carolina, Louisiana
Nebraska Michigan, South Dakota ana Mis-
! sissippi rallied around the spear shape
. ruidons which bear the names of their state
!, and Indicate their position on the floor.
the silver delegates arose and Joined in vocifer
Gus shouting and waving OF hats, handker
chiefs. newspapers and every waveable obJet
! upon which they could lay their hands. IN
scene was uproarious for about hf'eeh MIR
y utes.
. Mr. Theodore H. Klutz, OF North Carolin'
seconded the nomination OF Mr.. Bryan II
spoke OF him as that young giant OF the wes
!. that friend OF the people. that champion
h the oppressed; that apostle and prophet I
= this great crusade for financial reform
: Mr.. Bryans nomination was also seconde
by Mr. George Fred Williams, OF Massach'
Is sets who spoke Of GROWING leader In u
@ great agricultural movement that was givir
h hope to the country and life to the democrac
s. we want" he said. "a young man to vie
g the sword OF an indignant people. We want,
J. this desperate contest, young giant, out
a the loins OF giant republic. We want
ir Napoleon Ichecrs who marched To throl
A under the mantle OF liberty What prese
N to YOU Is a new Cicero, to meet the new Cat
3 lines OF to-day. Applause
Mr. Thomas j. Herman, OF Louisiana, al
g. made n scconding speech IN favor Of Mr. Br
N an 1--WE have this day, he said. unlike o
D. republican brethren declared that we Will
nt longer worship the golden cali which Englal
ty has set up. We have refused 70 permit "
idol TO command Us. in The words OF the diet
nj ~ am the Lord, thy Cod thou shalt have
n Other gods before me- We have declared u
4 day, that henceforth both gold and silver Shit
n rule equal sovereigns in the world OF hnan'
A. Senator David Turpie. Of Indiana. rose
nominate Gov. Matthews OF that state. but W
D. SO indistinctly heard that cries OF louder we
raised and the chairman explained that
r. senator's voice was weak and asked ind
OF renee After n lengthy and glowing desert
n tion OF Indiana's favorite son he said
a. Hon. Oscar Trippctt. OF California, was ne
presented TO second the nomination OF ~
he Matthews.
n AZ 1880, soon after Mr.. Trippett took
in platform, the uproar was SO great that de