The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-10
Day OF WRATH.
Continued From First rnre.

Nnu DOnuH. Ito nNW NOIeu ftnnt Tue
counsels OF wise, calm, CoOl.hcadeti men
would prevail.
What was tho advantage, he ngkcd;O
placing IN the platform M implied
pledge for tho issue OF pnpcr currency?
Decentralization had always favor
cd hard money. The senator frDm Ar
kansas had declared that tho platform
said what II meant nnd meant whit 1t
said. lie challenged some one who wnS
10 follow him to explain whit this
plank incrJit. lilo denounced u dCclnrh-
tlon Of q policy for tho lSsu0,of Il paper
money IA suicidal. The Income Tux
plank also liG Acnthlngly criticized. He
stood amazed, hc Sall, that the followers
OF Samuel j. ridden, who all his lifc op-
posed II. should now seek to commit
their party to this ridiculous scheme anu
who to do ~ were forced to condemn
the supreme court OF tho United States.
Ills keen sarcasm cut like n knife nnd
set his followers TO cheering at every
thrust Of his blade.
~ Will" no said, refuse 10 follow amy
Sich n revolutionary step ns thnt."
When has devotion to nm Income tax be-,
coinc the test OF Democracy"
lilo attacked also the plank which he
gnld for tho first time committed the
party 10 opposition to life tenure OF
Office. It was against the policy OF the
Democratic fathers, 1t was foolish nnd
unnecessary. II was Il revolutionary
step In party history.
At this time, he proceeded suggestive
~. he would go no further Into his pint
form, which raised questions foreign TO
Democracy, questions OF which the par
~ was divided, and mndc them the test
OF Democracy. lie cared nothing for
the section from which u Democrat
came, so long M he was Il Democrat, he
could take him by the hand. Why then
drive out OF the party Democrats who
had grown gray in Its service TO make
room for those who had lost their POSI-
ton in the Republican party. He gnv.
n grave warning Just before he con-
cludcd. III this convention nftcr de-
clnring for free silver" he said. MONT
mates any candidate but one your ropu-
lIstlc friends Will nominate Il ticket and
your free silver friends will join hands
with them"
mo" NO" shouted Il delegate.
4. Louis Secr>,luuisu Scored.
"Ah!" replied Mr.. lilll. quickly, who
Is there In this convention TO speak for
this wing OF the Republican party?"
This keen response set the gold men to
cheering. The demonstration was re-
rcwcd when with an inclination NJ his
head toward the little cuteric OF free SILL
yer boilers from the st. l.Oui3 cOnrcn-
tion. grouped on the platform. he said:
II ser on this platform Il number Of dis
tlnguisilcd gentlemen whU are COUNSEL
ing this policy. They never voted the
Democratic ticket In their lives" He
concluded wlth,a plea for the Integrity
~ thn fNnrtNF . s.tNfR t.nftt IN lAII1I IN tim
Democratic party" he said. mot tear II
down. We love and honor the princi-
pics OF Jefferson and jackson. who were
for hard money. II we arc true to the
old faith. II We stand by the traditional
policy OF the Democratic saints OF the
past we can win: II we put them aside
we are lost"
The gold delegates climbed upon their
chairs and Joined the galleries In the
demonstration In honor OF their cham
pIon as he descended from the platform
and rcIumed his seat In the New York
delegation.
Senator William +. Villas, OF Wlscon-
sin, who had served In the first Cleve-
land cabinet as postmaster general,
stepped TO the platform when the Hin
enthusiasm had begun to wanc. The
senator IL familiar TO Washington as
Ollt u lIlt slDhtSIlltlI sillh hElCllbACA1 OA
President Cleveland. lie looks like Il
college professor. with an iron gray
beard and glasses. md he wore to-day 4
formal black frUck coat and black
string tie which carried OUT the likeness.
II wns 10 protest against n proposed
revolution In party faith that he spoke
for the minority, he said. and as 4
Democrat who had always maintained
reasonable obedience 90 party mandate
and for n state Of unfaltcrinE party
fidelity. "Ardor will redress no wrongs,
fury will rage vainly against principles
OF finance" was nne aphorlSm with
which he .strovc to stem the silver cur
ren
The speech was crowded with allltcra-
lions. One which the senator coined
was an cxhortatIon TO purge the plat
form from an imputation OF Il purpose 10
plumber"
Tillman and Hill had held the assem-
bly, quiet except for the intervals when
the crowd vented its sentiments. Now
that they had played their parts dele
gates and spectators began to swarm
about. Their attention wa3 caught
when he demanded when did robbery
by law come to b. Democratic doctrine"
The seizure Of half the debts OF n ma
tIon for the debtors differ only In degree
from the whole. he declared. The doc
trln-s OF the platform was the beginning
ur social anarchy, he believed.
Somewhere In this country there may
he some Marat." he shouted with bitter
intensity, some Dnnton. son Robes
pl-rc, but YOU have not the people who
will follow him." and this thrust
brought inarticulatcd yclls from the
galleries.
Russell Gets M Ovation.
The Bay state delegates stood on their
chairs and sent up three ringing cheers
as Villas descended. and, there were
cries of Russell. Russell. Russell" for
the keen high strung young statesman,
three times governor OF Massachusetts,
was pushing past the knot Of aupernu-
merarlrs about the platform steps. Az
his head and shoulders came into view
New York Joined Massachusetts In the
cheers and reinforced the cheer which
the Boston men leading nm old time
Harvard yell. and which played across
the floor and up through the galleries.
No other man 30 young aE Russell, holds
30 high n place In the Democratic con-
vcntlon. few others have gained so high
a measure of popularity In the whole
party MS he has gained. Ills cut away
coat was buttoncd tightly across hIs
breast. He laid n sheet OF notes upon
the table and passed his hand across his
forehead, before beginning, like n man
who undertakes n task which he knows
TO be futile and to which he summons
little heart.
IL have but one word TO say" he be-
gan. THE time for debate II phst. |
am conscious" he said imprcssIvcly,
painfully conscious TINT the mind OF
this convention Is not and has not been
| open to argument. ] know the will OF
this great majority which has seen fit to
| az it'll. N,Hn..,.InNtt n,.1 tNa1l.- H.