The Progress., 1896-08-06
o., Che gulo tvtrltlscA. I tell you Ehl

great cities ress 'ilxn those broad and
fet lie prairlcs. Burn down your
cites and leave Our farms, and your
cities will spring up again as if by
magic. But destroy our farms and
gr,sS viii grow in the streets of every
city IN this country. Loud applause.
BY friends, we shall declare the na-
tic" able to legislate for its own peo-
pie on every question without waiting
to' the aid or consent Of any nation on
ea:':h (applauso), and upon that,issue
W" expect 10 carry every single state
in The union. Applause. | shal:
| nos SANDER the fam state OF Massa~
cIlaSctts nor state Of New York by
| saving that when its citizens are con-
lro'itcd with the proposition, is this
| na-lon able to attend to its own BUSH
nc's. | will not SANDER either bv
saring the people Of these states will
derlare our helpless impotency as a
nS.lOn to attend to our own business.
1t gives the issue of 1916 over AGAIN.
Or ancestors. when aggrcgating only
). JO0. 900, had courage to declare
tEslr political independence OF every
0'4lcr nation on earth. Shall We, their
descendants, when we have grown to
10000, 900, declare we are less indie
pendent than our fOrefathers? No,
iny friends, it will never be the jude-
Ment Of the people. Therefore we caro-
lot on what lines the battle is fought.
Il they say bimetalism is good but We
Cannot have it until some nation helps
us, we reply instead of having the
gold standard because England |
has, We shall restore bi-
mctallism and then let them
have bimctallism because the United |
States has it. Applause. If they
dare to come out and openly defend the
gold standard as a good thing we shall
fight them to the uttermost. You shall
not cruelty mankind upon q cross
OF gold. Great applause.
The conclusion of Mr.. B,yan's
speech was marked by the most enthu-
slastic demonstration of the convention
up to that time. The whole conven-
tlOn sprang to its feet and 10000
threats roared, while 10000 arms
waved frantically. Handkerchiefs and
flags flew wildly, hats were hurled
aloft, umbrellas We're waved. Men
shouted like maniacs. From every a
vuarter of the hall came the hoarse
roar. Suddenly member of the Texas
delegation uprootcd the banner of
the Lone Star and carried it
TO where stood the standard of Ne |
oraska. Above these roars arose pier I
'lng shrieks which sounded like a vol 4
ey OF siege guns above the continuous s
attic OF 10000 small arms. Other t
delegates grasped the stats of their b
delegations and pushed their way to q
he Nebraska delegation. Soon the c
he Stats of twO-thirds of the states
we're grouped about the purple stand
lrd of Bryans state. !
Meantime the awful uproar from the
galleries continued. Tho band played,
tut the music could not be heard above Il
he Niagara tumult of sound. Like an
ngry ocean it swept on, breaking at
asst, receding, falling back, only to u
Use again. Delegates fairly Jumped t'
Or joy. Some Of them tool. possession !,
1 the alsles and marched.
Suddenly the state standards clnst-
red at Nebraska were borne away in h
lngle file through the aisle of the pit.
liter fifteen minutes Of this turbulence II
ne delegates and crowds sank back ex- X
austed. When all We're seated Dele.
ate Salisbury OF Delaware climbed
ack on his chair. He and his three S,
liver colleagues in that state gave
1ree cheers for Bryan, which was an
Wered with shout from the gallery I
''What's the matter with Bryan for
RESIDENT"
The recipient Of all this honor made m
IS way with difficulty from the stage. -
or ten minutes his friends had fairly
him with congratulations.