The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-07-29

sSn, anu run The eel bugs cut Of existence
AS weaver came forward and was pressntaa
oy the Chairman. The srcpeater'' nlsaded -
siienee on the ground that Mr Weayer,s voie.
was under toned this morning. Yea rsn,t
oe quiet, he Insisted; Absolutely euiet Ia
oEusf that he may be heart Don't even whi,-
per While he is talking"
In CRITICAL CONDITION
Ar. Weaver opened his speech Win the r..
mara mat the condition Of the PEOPLES marty
sn's morning was most critical He had bnt
WV sspiratlons-one was to preserve un-
.arnlSned and unoroken the great PRINCIPLES Of
- party ana tue other was to prese We the
o'sAulAatlon Ter present and future
Uses In every portion oi the eouatry.n
He assumed that all delegates had read IN
the papers this morn ing the tslerram rso,s
Mr. Bryan declining TO accept che nemlnatia1
OF the peoples party distssociated from NJ
SewaiL NO maa," said Mr. Weaver could
nave done less and be a man. Mr..
Bryan's attitude challenges the respeet
Oh every delegate present, and Ct every man
VINO reads the proceedings OF this convention
| bal, ne continued, this Is a greater aue,-
Won thaa the personality Of our candidate.
Aiter read Mr. Bryan's telegram utterly re-
lusei-ahd | nov utterly rcfuSe-to concur
WILD the desire either OF MIR Bryan or OF sena-
tor Jones as to Who shall be the nominee Of
this Convention
HE MAS Prepared IN ADVANCE
The rest OF Weayers speech was read irsu
AVpewrltten copy and was as follows:
Gen. Weaver's Speech
In that midnight discussion betweent Brutus
and Cassius concerning the contemplated bat
Tie AT Phillippi brutus urged that their cause
| was ripe, their leyiOns brim full, at the height
and ready % decline. He said;
There Is tide In the affairs OF men,
which taken at the flood, leads on 10 fortune
Omltted, all the voyage OF their life,
Is bound In shadows and in mlserics
And then In dramatic climax, re-exclaimedi
On such full sea are we now aloat,
Ana we must take the current when II serves
Or lose our ventures,
For twenty years We have been pleading
with the people to espouse the sacred cause
which Is at stake IN this campaign We have
constantly urged, through good ana through
evil report, that our principles were more iui-
portant than party associations. were above
Oil considerably jns OF private fortune or the
petty aud fcyerish ambitions OF meu. We have
thus far suited our action 10 our words
Through five presidential campaigns stretching
from 1878 To l@2, yua correctly esti-
mated the purposes VI old party managers, and
events hays sustained every specification in
your Indictment against them. Millions Of
| h'htoN h'h NAAulu Nlu party lhuhh were ht-
ceivel, lured into ambush aud betrayed. hut
not single one OF your piekets has ever been
caught mapping or been taken by surprise 10
your devoted efforts is largely due the revival
of ecohomtc learning In this country
which has enabled the democratic
party to assume It's present admira-
BILE attitude. Your work now promises
much to mankind aud is about to break forth
In complete victory for the industrial masses
Though oft repulscd by the multitude whom
I Wf,t kata al "a
return for our kindness, yet through IL all We
have steadily connded In the righteousness OF
our cause and the final good sense OF the peo-
. pie, We still believe that this nation has a
mission to perform which bad men will not be
permitted to destroy, and recent events in
dlcate that the nineteenth century is not after
all. TO close with the friends OF freedom
despondent In the western hemisphere,
This country has recently witnessed new
Pentacost and received another baptism Of
IRE The recent convention at Chicago sound
ed bngIe call for union which can neither b'
, misunderstood nor unheeded. In It's patriotic
uttcrdnces and action 1t swept away all midi
, ground and opened TO formidable organic al
, lance. They not only made union possible
thank Heaven, they have rendered 1t ineYlsa
BILE.
7 We can not be mistaken concerning the rea
issue involved In the struggle OF the presen
year. 1t is between the gold standard. gol'
, | bonds aud bank currency on the one mana, an
. the blmetalic standard, no bonds ana govern
. ment currency on the other. The people ar
, | asked TO choose between enforced idle
| ness, destltutlOn, debt, bankruptcy ant
despair on the one side, and an opel
: door OF opportunity, under Just law law
and normal conditions, on the other
The situation presents the mghtiest civil
question that ever CONFUSED civilized ma
| ton. The conflict can neither be postponed
. nor avoided. In the name OF the suffering peo
pie affirm that this Is no time Tor dissension
b OF party divisions lhe supreme nour Q
), n tson has arrived II you would be Yctorlou
i we must make common cause with the herol
:. men who dominated the Chicago eonventior
a
4 II you allow the present happy iuncture :
4 pass all the heroic work OF ~ years VIII y
y thrown to the wind. Our guiding mana WI
y dlsnppear In the momentum conflict Just whe
: Il should be stretched forth to steady the ar
il OF our covenant We would prove TO the worl
= that we are devoid Of capacity to grasp grea
A opportunities, and lacking IN strength 10 graz
!, pie with prOdiRiOus emergencies +. a.
The people have gallant champion IA IN
field who h leading revolt against the plutu
cracy of ChrlstendOm. Every OPP ressor ever ~
plutocrat in two hemispheres, has turned NJ
guns upon him The subsidized orgari nay
openly procla that he must DC srusne1 =
any means and at whatever cost. inc eohl9u
Grated monopoles have lain aside their paf,it
and their politics and are marching IN II.
haste against him. Let us signal TO nun
Mold tne roIlJ'n"' LOTT,
nsrSep Tbepetore. 10 in obedience to my highest cor
ccptIons oi duty, with solemn conviction th'
am rignt, plnrg, p',,aa ~ S,ntes a distinguishe
deney OF The uhltgq a, he s'T,gS remembsred has
sseadv been three times lndorsed by the pop
iist Sartv Of his own slate-oneo TO, repr,
sentative in congress, once for United S.a,' S.nu
senator and only last week toT .nc q, ~ neopl
name that ma,enloSsrna y, cnrnnrape greed, tn
.nht In5,d ih'rvp yprng G statesman. William j. Brya
spsaaro splsenaaia lou"s ''"'''
Vi i''O'"'"n nrcv,vrn WITH CHEERS
NJ prvan,s name was received with a.
pla9se' sb ahe ."vinS "vT, bnts, A gigantic woodt
thairs ana whvl"s =, na Golden crown. thus r
cross, surlou"upU ~, p,van,s NJ famous epgram, wi
versius I' w. All rarried around the hall II
brought !, az" anu states were raised and voc
eanne's lam mt nj msds to raise enthusiasm, b
liz a marked absence Of spontanelty' Apo
WIN VIII, ~ Rryan was displayed and numero
trait Oh nlyan a ,ro,nd the hall Some OF u
to ues,.eS en.stn,,ons were as follows:
ID NM ,,,.f.an , nd more Congressmen."
n "B.yap ,E,,g ponnie anI "v, sneak"
ep .. inO nlt,ot. Middle Road for Bryan.