Evening star., 1896-07-09
ly IN this rejection Of the extreme Tillman

sentiment.
This 10 = great cause" he went on to
say, land those who feel a. do know 1t is
not ssctionaLt Is confined neither to either
section. country or climeit Is the cause OF
mankind" Cheer followed cheer. THE
cause that has its champion in the mag
niacsat Arthur sewen Of Maine and the
brilliant George Fred Williams of Massa-
chusstts." he said. cannot be sectional
After this Reputation Of Mr.. T1ilman's
assertion Mr.. Jones left the platform.
Cheers for Hill.
Senator Hill ascended the platform amid
perfect storm Of applause. He went to
the platform. shook the hand Of tho pre-
siding officer. aud then. with q smile bowed
his Acknowledgements to the shouting. ses-
ticulating crowd. Men were on their chairs
waving handkerchief, flags and tossing
hats In the air. The vast volume Of sound
ebbed and flowed. and would no sooner die
away than 1t would be again taken up and
re-echoed until the great. big building rang.
Three cheers for HILL" came from the
mass OF delegates. half Of them on chairs,
aad 1t was given with a WILL New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the vast
assemblage Joining in the demonstration.
When at last order was partially restor-
eo. Mr.. Hin began calmly, but with a voice
that readily reached to the galleries. He
said to the Senator from South Carolina,
1 want to say to him that am a demo-
crat. but not gold bug"
Again the demonstration broke forth and
lasted half a minute.
south Carolina with all its power, pro-
ceeded Mr Hill. could not drive him out
OF the democratic party.
o.. ne came mere on mission to unite. not
10 divide; build up, not to destroy: to plan
Ior victories. not to plot for defeat New
1ork mad no apologies to South Carolina.
me great empire state has stood for years
as the Gibraltar Of democracy
Mr.. Hill said he deprecated attacks on
nose who believed in silver at 10 to l.
He had always treated men Of this opinion
Win respect. and he would do the same to-
Witch mem far5 iRe deesd Hs Was
best course for this convention to pursue
as to take the first great step toward in
ternational bimetallism. The United States
TENS Of other great nations. And yet the
majority platform contained no word IA
Eor1ng this desirable end. 1t contained no
suggestion Of what should be done II par
Eent OF 10 to 1. All was risk and expert
ment. The fact cannot be ignored Of the
great production of silver in this country.
Could the american people. inspired by. the
spirit OF 76. make copper the equal of
gold? Could they shut their eyes to the
question Of production of the metals?
Mr.. Hfll's Warning.
Il believe" declared Mr. Hill, that the
course for US to take is to declare for in
ternational bimetallism. and step aside
from this silver question"
What was the advantage. he asked, Of
placing in the platform an implied pledge
for the issue OF paper currency? Demo-
cratic tradition had always favored fair
money. The Senator from Arkansas had
remarked that the platform said what 1t
meant. and meant what it said. He chal-
lenged some one to explain what this plank
meant He denounced declaration of a
policy for the issue of paper money as sui
a ha frN fov ,lcr, has HI rotrlN
criticised He stood amazed, he said. that
the followers of Samuel ]. Tilden, who all
his life had opposed 1t, should now seek
to commit their party to this ridiculous
scheme. and who. when they did so, were
forced to condemn the Supreme Court of
the United States.
His keen sarcasm cut like knife and
his followers fell to cheering at every
thrust of his keen blade.
I WILL" he said, refuse to follow any
such revolutionary step as that. When has
devotion to an income tax become the test
of democracy"
At this time he proceeded suggeStiVely
he would not go further into this platform,
which raised questions for democracy,
questions on which the party was divided,
and made them the test Of democracy. He
cared nothing for the section from which
a democrat came. So long as he was
democrat he could take him by the hand
Why, then. keep out the party democrats
who had grown gray in its service to make
room for those who had lost their position
N the republican party. He ga /, grave
warning just before his conclusion. of
this convention, after declaring for free
silver" he said, "nominateS any candidate
but one. your populist friends will nomi-
nate ticket and your free silver friends
will join hands with them"
No, no." shouted delegate
With an inclination of his head toward a
little cotsrie of free silver boilers from the
st. Louis convention. grouped on the plat
form. ne said: ! see on this platform
number of distinguished gentlemen who
are counselling this policy. They never
voted the democratic ticket in their lives"
He concluded with plea for the integrity
Of the party
I'VE want to build up the democratic
party he said. not to tear it down We
love and honor the principles of Jefferson
and Jackson who were fer hard money
II we are true to the old faith If 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 dem
onstration in honor of their champion as
he descended from the platform and re-
sum his seat in the New York delegation
Senator Villas Talks.
Senator w. F. Villas of Wisconsin. who
had served in the first Cleveland cabinet as
Postmaster General. stepped to the plat
fern when the Hill enthusiasm had begun
tC Wdnc. Inc senator IS 1dmlIlar 10 w ash
ington as one Of the spokesmen and de-
tenders Of President Cleveland. He looks
Ike college professor, with an iron gray
lie ard and glasses. and he wore today
formal black frock coat and carried out
the likeness.
1t was to protest against proposed revo-
luton in party faith that he spoke for the
minority, he said, and a democrat who
had always maintained reasonable obedience
to party mandate, and for a state Of unfal-
tering party fidelity. "Ardor will redress
no wrongs. fury will rage vainly against
principles Of finance" was one aphorism
with which he strove to stem the silver
current.
Tillman and Hill had held the assembly
quiet except for the intervals when the
crowd vented its sentiments. Now that
these had played their parts, delegates and
spectators began to swarm about. Their
attention was caught when he demanded
when did robbery come to be democratic
dcctrine?'
1:5S-Vilas finished. He is again che.red.
Russell Speaks.
1:59-Russell Of Massachusetts, takes the
platform.
2:1O.-He says that he can see nothing but
defeat and disaster in this movement. He
concludes