The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-09

Hear, hear ny
~ speak" he said, "in behal, of tho
honest capital Of New England, in be.
nal1 OF the American capital, the man
who earned the capital, who bv honeat
Toll and In behalf OF the millions whosa
spindles are now silent. Our customera
have been ruined" he declared. and
this new portrayal OF the silver issue
was received with marked approval.
"Ihe farmers OF the West and South 10
follow New England sold her goods, the
railroads in which she invested her
honest money were bankrupt"
The seat of the empire was to be kept
In the lum Der camps of Maine, the PLAN
elons OF Louisiana, the wheat fields
OF the West and the mining camps of
the Rockies by the restoration OF a
nnancial system under which:prosperity
would return.
when he closed with the statement
that the seat of power was to be re-.
moved from "the control of Lombard
snn' from London to -" the end of
his sentence was buried beneath the
vocal tumult. The demonstration that
followed was::s dramatic one. A Sena-
tor with the face oflast century stepped
forward to seize the young Puritan's
hands with words Of strong approval,
Whlle Blackburn, in his more off.hand
blue Grass style, said: you did Il
splendidly, Fred"
The committee on credentia having
az lass agreed upon partial report, the
chairman, Mr.. Atwood, of Kansas. waa
presented. 1t seated a ailver aeIega-
tion headed by w. ]. Bryan. This an
nouncement wss greeted with a storm
OF cheers. The committee asked for
further time to decide the Michigan
contest. T. j. Mahony. one OF the gold
delegates from Nebraska, made q brief
speech OF protest. He and his colleagues.
ne SAID, we'll understood that they were
10 ps thrown out, and at the head of
the delegation they marched out.
Inc report of the committee was
ADOPTED by viva voce vote. Ex-Goy-
ernor Russell, of Massachusetts, At
nrss demanded roll call, but subss-
quently Withdrew 1t. The band re-
geieo the convention with more music,
anu the crowd was kept in good
numor while the walt for q decision in
the Michigan case occurred. While
the strains of "Just Tell Them That
You Saw Me" were floating over the
convention, the Nebraska silver deles
CATION came marching in. bearing on
tnelr shoulders their champion, will
liam j. Bryan. The Nebrssksn was
given q great ovation.
Atter lull OF some minutes the
chairman announced that Gov. Altgeld
moved that the convention take @ reeess
VII o'clock. No one had heard the
motion on account OF the hustle. The
oe!egates were eager for work, their
enthusiasm had been stirred and there
were cries of mo"
Senator White explained that the
committee on credentials had reported
tnat ~ could not finish its work for
snree hours and that the convention
could not adopt platform without the
titles to seats settled. So although
Finley, Of Ohio, moved to proceed, an
adJoufnment was made at 1886 ., M
until p. m.
NIGHT SESSION.
The crowd for the second session of
the day was larger than the first. An
hour before O'clock the hundreds be.
gan streaming in.
At $50 the committee on resolutions
filed in. In the van was the stslwart
form OF Senator Hill. AS the delegates
and crowds caught sight OF him they
arose to their feet and wildly cheered
the New York leader. Again and again
they cried his name, but the Senator
quietly took his seat and conferred in
subdued tones with those about him as
II utterly unconscious OF the tumrlt.
Two minutes later Chairman Daniel
called the convention to order and al.
nounced that the committee on cre-
dentials was ready to report. When the
reading clerk read the report seating
four silver district delegates from Mich
igan, which changed the com plexion of
the delegation under the unit rule from