The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-03

CONVENTION HALL, indianapolis,
Sept. 2.-The first days session of the
National Democratic convention called
by the advocates of Sound money. -
and the opponents of the Chicago plat
form, to meet in indianapolis today.
was marked by unanimous action and
favorable surroundings of wind,
weather and enthusiasm. Eight hun
dred and twenty-foUr delegates were
present These represented forty-two
States and three territories. In many
instances the delegates were supple
mented by full sets of alternateS, SO
that the attendance was equal to- and
almost surpassed the seating capacity
of the hail. AS a body the delegates
presented the appearance Of substan-
aal business men, well dressed, well
hammered and exceedingly courteous
some Of them so unhccustomed to the
ways of political conventions that they
had to be instructed as to the simple
maf,begs of procedure To heaven this
lump Of political innocence there was
quite a sufficient admixture of vete-
ram politicians, odd wheel horses of the
Democracy, i'm fact, including three
United States senafoTs-Palmer, Calf
cry and Vilns-four of five governors
and ex-governors of states-Jones of
Alabama, Stockridge of Delaware,
Buckner of Kentucky and Flower of
New York, besides several prominent
ex-congressmen, among them D. E.
Everett of Massachusetts, and Perry
Belmont of New York. The convention
went TO work with celebrity, effected
both a temporary and permanent or
ganizaddon and got down in one day
to that important point in its order of
business where its platform comes in.
SENATOR PALMER
of Illinois, chairman of the committee
which issued the call, raped the con-
vention to order Ex-Governor Flower
was made temporary chairman and
read very long address, many points
of which Were cheered. He was sue
ceeded, as the permanent chairman, by
Senator Caffery of Louisiana, whose
speech was much shorter than the tenn
poTaTy chairman's, but was equally in
cisive.
The oratoricai effects of the day were
secured by D. E. Everett of Massachu-
setts, and Mr.. John P. Irish of Cali
forTia. DR.. Everett boldly declared
that Massa cilusetts was for gold and
not for bfmet al1Snl by International
agreement, asserting that every ma
tion whose views were worth having
had adopted the standard. He also re-
pudiated any alliance with the McKin-
ley protectionists, and proclaimed reg
ulaT-ity'' for the present convention,
which ne believed would be the pre-
CURSOR of a long line of regular Demo-
cratic cow entions. The Chicago con-
vention and platform were ignored as
Democratic institutions by the speak
ers and by the convention. Mr. Irish
was very aggressive in his remarks
He spoke of McKinley's protection and
BFyam's free silver Populism as twin
sisters Of the horse leech,'' working in
concert, each to produce
A DEPRESSION OF PRICES,
for which free trade or free silver was
TO be the remedy. He opposed an in
come tax and called upon all true Dem
ocgatS to protect the United States SUI
preme court from the degradation
which would be thrust upon 1T by the
''puppet of the silver syndicate All
these remarks were vigorously cheer
ed. Yet the most noticea Bile feature of
which met Mr.. Cleveiand's name.
greeted with an uprising demonstra-
ton of applause, the heartiness and
sincerity Of which seemed beyond
question The convention adjourned
until IL O'clock tomorrow, when the
committee on resolutions are ready the
platform will be adopted.