The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1896-07-18
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produce the wealth and pay the taxes
of the country, and, my friends, it is a.
simple question that We shall decide
| Upon which side shall the Democratic
party fight: Upon the side OF idle hol.
ders of idle c;,pital o. upon the side OF
the struggling masses: That is the
question the party must answer first
and then it must be answered by each
individual hereafter. The sympalhies
OF the Democratic party as described by
the platform are on the side of the
struggling masses. who have ever been
fOutu acting with the Democratic par
ty. ,A|p}ausel
"Thtra are two ideas of government.
There are those who believe that ii
YOU Just legi-late to make the well-to-
do prosperous their prosperity Wlt{
| leak through on those below. The
Democratic idea has been that II you
legislatc to make the masses prosper
Gus their prosperity will find it, way
up and through every class and rest
upon it. Applause, You come to US
and tell IL rreat cities rest upon those
broad and fertile prairies, burn down
YOUR cities and leave our farms ara
your cities will spring up again as |, oy
magic. Bat destroy our farms ana
grass will grow in the streets o. every
city in this country. Applause.
My friends. We shall declare the
nation atle TO ltgt~late l)r its own peo-
pie on every question without waiting
for the aid or consent Of any nation on
earth lapplau,el, and upon that is5ae
we expect to carry every single State
in the Union. jApplause). | snail not
SANDER the fair State Of Massachusetts
nor the State of New York by sa- 1g
that whcr is citizens are confrOnte(
with the proposition, is this nation not
able to attend to its own busincS5-l
will not slander either one by saying
that the people of those States will de
clare our helpless impotency as ma,
ton to attend to our own business. l.
gives the issue of 1916 over agian. Our
ancestors. when 100000 had the cour-
age to declare their political .adfper-
dence of every other nation on earth.
Shall we be less independent when we
have grown to Go,oOo,00O, and declare
that we are less independent than oul
forefather,: No, my friends, it will
never be the Judgment OF the people,
Therefore, we care rot on what lines
the battle is fought. If they sar BIZ
metallisin is good, but we cannot have
it till some nation helps Us. we rep:J,
instead Of having the gold standard be-
Cause England has, we shall restore bl-
: metallisn1, and then let US have oimet-
allism, because the United States mas
Applause.
If they dare to come out and IN the
open defend the gold standard as gooc
thing, We sht 4 light them TO the utter
; tcrmost. You shall not cruelty nan
: kind upon Il cross OF gold. lGreat APP
pIause).
The conclusion Of Mr.. Bryan'- sp"ccE
was marked b. the most enthusiastic
demonstration Of the convention up to
the present time. The whole conven-
ton sprang to its feet.
AND TWENTY THOUSAND THROATS
ROARED,
while the sergeant-at-arms waved
franticaliy. Handkerchiefs and Tags
flew wildly. hats were hurled aIoit,
umbrellas we're waved, men she lteG
like muniac-: from every quarter Of
the hall came The hoarse roar. sud-
denly member OF the Texas delegation
uprooled the banner of the Lone Star
State ard carried it to whero stood The
standard OF Nebraska.
Above the roar rose tbs piercing
shrieks. which sounded like a volie.F o.
siege guns above the continuous rattle
of I0.UN0 small arms. Other delegates
grasped the staff of their dele
cations and pushed their way to the
Neberaska delegation. Soon the stats
OF two-thirds of the States were group
ed about the purple standard of Bryan :
State. Only the standards OF Connecti-
cut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine,
New York, New Jersey, New Hamp-
shire. Vermont, South Dakota, Rhode
Island and Pennsylvania were left
standing when the demonstration was
at his height.
Meantime the awful uproar from the
galleries continued. The band played
bat the music could not be heard above
| the Niagara-like tImult of sound. Like
an angry ocean il swept on. falling
back, only to rise again.
Delegates fairly jumped for joy,
Some Of them took possession Of the
aisles and marched.
Suddenly the State standards cluster
ed at Nebraska were borne away in sin
gle file through the aisles of the pit.
After fifteen minutes of this turbulence'
the delegates and crowd sank back ey-
hausted. When all were seated. Dele
gate Salisbury. of Delaware, climbed
back on its chair
He and his three silver colleagues
in that State gave three cheers for
Bryan. which were answered with u
shout from the gallery OF wv hats the
matter with Bryan for President. The
recip pient of all this honor made his way
with dittic atty from the stage.
For ten minutes his friends had fair
ly smothercd him with congratulations.
When at last he reached his chai" or
IT, floor. he leaned back. seemingly