The sun., 1896-09-23

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN"
Then the old familiar question camo rolling
down from the galleries:
Whats the matter with Flower2" And with
tremendous gusto came the roassurinG reply:
Hes all right"
Having thus exchanged vlews as to Mr.. Flow
er's soundhess the audience let him talk. ii,
took advantage of this in very brief speech, ii
| which he said:
| I'VE are here tonight to ratify the platform
| OF the indianapolis Convention. We are Demo
Gratis. lArplause and cries os Yes."l We are
| not Populists. tApplause.1 We believe In liberty
regulated by law. We are not revOlu utionists
We believe in maintaining our Government in
tact. the legislative to make our laws. the judi.
cial to expound them, and the executive to
execute them. We are for law and order. LAD.
plause.l
we believe In dollars measured by thei.
actual value In the markets OF the world. Zap
plause.l We are not ifty-cent Democrats.
tGreat cheerlngl We are for tariff for
revenue only. and for economy In every depart
ment OF the Government We endorse the Ad-
ministration of President Cleveland"
CLEvELASD's NAME EvoKEs ENTHUSIASM.
At the mention OF the Presidents name the
audience rose to It's feet for q full minute, end
ing up by giving three cheers for Cleveland.
He pointed the way to stability in Govern
ment," continued the speaker. Ito prosperity,
and not to panic Let us take no step back
ward but stand In n solid phaanx for tho honor
of the Democracy. placing our standard in the
hands OF our trusted candidates, Palmer and
Buckner. lGrcat and prolonged cheering.l l
now have the honor to introduce tho tall hickory
of the Wabash. William d. Bynum."
In the natural course OF matters e1-Gov,
Flowers speech would have taken about three
minutes to deliver, but SO broken up WAS IL by
the applause which followed almost every SEN
tence that more than twice that time elapsed
between his rising up and his sitting down. A
very tall hickory Chairman Bynum of the Ma
tonal Committee of the National Democracy
looked as he stepped to the platform. Before
he had spoken two sentences cries of Louder" y"
came from all parts Of the house.
WILLIAM ID. BYNuM's SPEECH
"If you'll only be patient one moment I'll be
heard all over the hail." said the speaker
when have anything to say worth hearing
you'll hear 1t plain enough. tApplause.l III
talked ut the top OF my voice now shouldn't
last FIVE minutes.
After thirty years OF earnest and continu-
Gus service for the Denocratic candidates and
platform find myself unable to give my sup
port to the platform and ticket of the so-called
Democratic Convention at Chicago. I can't
vote for the candidates because don't believe
that they are Democrats and / am unable
to endorse the platform because I know
it Is not Democratic. There was no diff
fculty about hearing the speaker now except
for the applause that frequently interrupted
him. II there is one principle that | thor
oughly believe in 1t is the principle of sound
money. 1t is the great. the vital question in
this campaign. tCheers.I We insist that our
money shall circulate not only all over our own
county, but all over the world. on q parity with
gold"
The speaker then entered upon somewhat
technical discussion OF tho currency question,
during which he held the attention of his audi
ence closely. losing it only once. when the en-
trance Of John II. Fellows raised n cheer.
want the poor mans dollar to be as good
the rich mans dollar" continued the speaker,
after finishing his technical argument. is
there any one in this audience who wants moro
silver than we now have?"
I'VE want more contldencel We don't want
more silver" shouted u brass. throated man in
n second-tier box.
Yes. we want more confidence" agreed the
speaker but there are a great many Western
ers who think they want more silver. / have
one remedy TO propose TO cure all the free-siiver
lunatics in the country.
"lt s'this: to call In all 81, So, and So
bills and compel them TO take silver in place of
these bills. Our whole structure OF business and
finance rests on gold standard. Take away
that standard and you involve the structure In
ruin"
EAGER TO SEE THE CANDIDATES.
by this time MIR. Bynum had been speaking
more than half an hour. and his powerful voice
was beginning to weaken and break under the
great strain. No sign of the candidates had
impatient, a fact which did not escape the
speaker.
good-humoredly. but I'm going to talk until
He was cheered heartily for his pluck. Re.
lief came In avery few minutes. IL was about
tve minutes ute before when when cheer WAS heard
audience WAS in state of tension. Two min
utcs later. Just ns Mr.. Bynum finished his
neI. minute the entire audience rose ts
as 'G Cen Palmer appeared ~eIkins toward ohe tine
front OF ihs platform p nv Nth Charles s. f8irchiId,
Wit Ware asa ohn hs ,Rs s
TWO old Romans took their seats. ex-Gov
Flower relieving Gen. Palmer of his coat. hat,
Cheer followed cheer in one continuous
chorus OF welcome. until the strains OF
above that clamor There was deeper
patriotism and enthusiasm in the silence
which Iell until the national song was finished
than in the tumuit OF a moment previous. But
the cheering broke out again as the tune
changed to Dixie" In honor OF the Con onfederate
veteran, Buckner.
CHEERS FOR THE BLrE AND THE GRAY.
Three cheers for John NJ Palmer" called
a voice as soon rs any individual voice could bo
heard, and after the cheers were given three
more were given for Gen. Buck ner. then three
for the ticket,
"Three cheers for the hlus and the gray"
shouted somebody, and shril above the cheer
ine from tile far end Of the Garden came the
fierce, indcscribable rebel yell, so seldom heard
in New York. 50 stirring to every Soutnerner.
Gen. Buckner heard II and looked up quickly
Tho cheering ontinued. Men were waving
handkrrChiefs. umbrellas. canes, and hats
as they shouted. Ex-Gov. Flower stood
up and said something; nobody knew what
unless perhaps the official stcnOgrap hers, who
wers leaning toward him with their fingers in
their ears, turned away from him.
Hut II was evident that he had been introduce
ing the candidate for the Presidency, when n
later, Gen. Palmer arose and stood at
the little speakers desk. Then the cheers be-
came yclls again.
GES. PALMER's STURDY FIGURE.
Five minutes OF righteousness had rasped
throats dry and sore when Cen. Palmer mo-
toned for silence. In AN instant a storm OF
Kisses quieted u fow obstrepernus Gheercrs and
he vast audience was silent scanning with in
terest the figure before them.