Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-10

| fifty Joined together and a most intimate
acquaintance with the wants and inter-
! ests of the many, upon whose suffrage
| the success of these must depend.
! The person whose name we shall pre-
| sent here has never been beaten in a pop
ular election In HIS own state. Our state,
! the state which by every sort of accent
| and emphasis is pushed at this Juncture
| to the front, where the men in the gap of
| this great controversy abide, this state
which danger hauntS, which doubt has
| known and marked, this state we offer
| while we ask the man whose name we
| sail announce for your considera ton.
| He comes not as guest or sojourner to
| this great national council. He comes as
a member and inmate of the family to his
house and home, wherein he has gained
the right of domicile by lifelong fealty
to the cause of American democracy.
Upon the issue of the tariff, of the fed
eral election laws, of the liberty of the
citizen, of the disposition of the public
domain to actual settlers only, in oppo-
sition to all subsidies to private corpora
tions, in favor of the rights and priv
ileges of organized labor and of still
further legislation toward that beneficent
end, our candidate has stood with us and
for us through many years of heated
quarrel and debate, and upon that ques-
ton, now so conspicuous, his opinions
have long been known and have often,
both In his own state and elsewhere, been
the subject of the most public and ex-
plicit declaration.
Our candidate believes in the imme-
date restoration of silver to the full fran
chise of the mint, that the standard sill
yer dollar should be coined without re-
striction at the same ratio Of 16 to 1, as
was formerly by law established, and
when so coined that 1t shall be legal
tender for all debt.
He Is not in favor of awaiting the &C.
ton of European nations upon this sub
ject, and perceives no reason for defer
ring or postponing the reconciliation
of silver to suit the convenience, assent
or agreement of other governments.
Ardently sympathizing with the re-
public Of Cuba, he is as strongly at
tached to the doctrine of Monroe.
An American in every fiber, he would
resist foreign aggression in any form.
He heartily denounces as un-American
the republican platform adopted not
long since at st. Louis, which would
maintain and continue in this country
that alien rule of foreign policy, the
English standard of gold, and which
purposes at this time to reduce the gov
eminent and people of the United States
financially to their ancient condition as
a colonial possession of the British
crown. He thinks the freedom and indie
pendence of the mint and coinage of the
United States are as necessary to our ma
tional prosperity as any other of our
lost from whatever causes, must and
shall be reganed.
Thus the state the man and the cause,
merged at last into one, appeal to your
wisdom, to your serious judgment, to
your most discreet discernment.
And | know, therefore, in pursuance of
the instructions of the united democracy
of our state, expressed In convention,
and of the unanimous action of the del
egates here present, do in all confidence
place in nomination as a candidate for
the presidency the name Of Claude Mat
thews of Indiana.
Greeted With Irreverence-The Second.
While the senator was reading his re-
marks there was constant passing or
people to and fro along the aisles, whis-
Ties cat calls from the galleries and great
confusion. A voice shouted: II nomi-
nate Cleveland" and cheers for Cleve-
land were called for and given.
The senator read on undismayed.
though his voice was inaudible ten feet
away from where he stood.
Finally, however, the disorder became
so great that Mr. Turpie appealed to the
chair and sufficient silence was secured
to enable him to name Claude Matthews,
and there was a slight demonstration of
applause, which was confined to the In
diana delegation.
Hon. Oscar Trippett of California was
next presented TO second the nomination
of Governor Matthews.
At 1920, soon after Mr.. Trippett took
the platform, the uproar was so great
that a delegate from Indiana suggested
an adjournment.
An attempt was made to restore order
and the sergeant-at- arms, who is quite
a character in his way and who delights
in making speeches from the stand, ad-
dressed the audience, saying:
Ladies and Gentlemen; want your
attention for a few moments. want to
say that the chairman of this conven-
ton desires that I shall announce to you
that unless there is perfect order deers)
the convention tomorrow will be held
without any guests. The delegations
will be protected by the police and the
audience will not be permitted to come
into the hall. Now, keep order" Shouts
of laughter)
The chairman added to the speech of
the sergeant-at-arms a notification to
the galleries that unless order was re-
stored no one would be admitted to the
hall tomorrow except delegates and al
ternates. Derisive shouts of "good.'O
"Order," the chairman commanded,
and he lectured the spectators, reminding
them that they were the guests of the
convention and should keep quiet so that
the business of the convention might be
transacted quietly.