Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-09

curiosity existed to see him. Some Of the
delegates crowded to the front Of the stage,
not because his voice was weak, as his
hclear tones reached out to the furthermost
limits of the hall. but to get a closer view
Of the man. With great deliherati0n he
opened with the statement that he did not
come here to make n speech, but to assist
in the nomination Of the next president OF
the United states and the formulation Of a
declaration OF principles that would again
offer hope to the party of the people. This
opening sentiment warmed up the audience
and soon the pale, almost haEgard, face Of
the Illinois governor grew flushed. His
gestures zane quick and vehement and be-
fore he had proceeded far the convention
was swayed as by a cyclone by his Cratory.
When he declared that hungry men and
children were looking to this convention for
relief there was a great demonstration
Adroitly he worked on to his climax. He
declared the toll and blood and sweat Of
the millions was being doubled by the
shrinking standard Of values. Then he
paused, and. ntnging his arms out before
him, asked: VIII you let them con-
tiGue it?'
mo, no, never came in laundering
chorus from 10000 Threats. Later, referring
to the great struggle against slavery, he
pointed to an American nag at his back AMI
secuted the idea OF compromise. Did the
men, he asked, who gave up their lives
to preserve that flag talk Of compromise?
mere COulu De none. lncTe can DE- none.
SPOKE FOR NEW ENGLAND.
After the interlude of the band, New Eng
land had her inning, when George Fred
Williams, the stalwart, fashionably attirCd
Dlondc-mustached, sCholarly-lCoking young
eX-congressman from Massachusetts,. whose
conversion to free silver was recently an
nounced. was called to the platform amid
great enthusiasm. He spoke in a new vein
for the FREQ silver men Of New England and
his speech was by far the most striking in
cident of the day. He made an impassioned
plea against sectionalism and made 1t in
such %forcible, clear-cut, ringing sentences
that every one shot to the mark like a bullet.
His first sentence, This is not a sectional
convention brought the silver men to their
feet like a regimen answering to the word
of command, and when he declared that
This is a battle for the restoration of the
union of the states the shout made the roof
rattle. This Is no transfer of the seat of
power from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, :"
he continued. Cries went up Of Hear.
hear.'O Il speak" he said. "in behalf
OF honest capitalists of New Eng
land, of the real capitalists, who earned
the capital the controlled by honest toll, and
In behalf of the millions of spindles now
silent. Our customers have been ruined. 4"
he declared, and this new portrayal OF the
silver issue was received with marked
approval. THE farmers of the west and
south to whom New England sold her goods,
the railroads in which she invested her
honest earnings were bankrupt" he said,
and now we have finally come down on
our knees with you. The seat of empire
was to be kept in the lumber camps of
Maine, the plantations of Louisiana, the
wheat fields of the west and the mining
camps of the Rockies by the restoration of
a financial system under which prosperity
would RETURN When he closed with the
statement that the seat of power was to be
removed from the control of Lombard
street in London. to the end of his
sentence was unheard in the noise of an
plause that followed.
The ovation which followed his perora
tion was a dramatic one. The Virginia
senator, with the face of q last century
statesman, stepped forward to seize the
young Puritan by both hands with words of
strong approval, while Blackburn in his
off-hand, blue grass style. said: you did
it splendidly, Fred Passing down to his
seat with the Massachusetts delegation in
the row directly before the platform he
was surrounded by approving silver men
and one delegate from his own state ex-
tended a concentrating hand.
NEBRASKA WALKS OUT.
The committee on credentials having at
last agreed on a partial report the chair
man, Mr.. Atwood of Kansas, was intro
duccd, and presented the report.
The report was as follows:
to present the following: First-it is re.
sbectfully recommended that the national
democratic convention take action to the
end OF granting. to each of the territories
and to the District of Columbia six votes a.
representation in this body. CApplause) This
conclusion was arrived at after considera
bic discussion, but the great majority OF
your committee deem it proper to embody
this recommendation in this their partia
report.
S~ccond-After a careful and painstakine
comparison of the original and the otIlcia
sTtsrnmtas o with phab 5h red 5iI st. Of I'D delegatss an[
the national executive committee, your com
mlttee begS leave to report that ii finds it,
roster or roll of names correct with the eX
Ceptlon or those names appearing thereon "A.
delegates and alternates from the states O.
Nebraska and Michigan. Great appIaus.
and cheerinp) Relative to the contests from
Nebraska, your committee begs leave 10 re
port mat after a careful examination O.
and after a full hearing from the rcspectiv,
parties and a careful consideration of tn,
ana begs leave to report that the delegate:
ana a~lternates headed by the Hon. W ]
hryan OF Nebraska great APPLAUSE arc en-
titled to seats in the convention as dele
gates and alternates. (ArpluuscO In re
eard to the contest from the state of Mich
igan your committee is not ready To- rer,r
and asks further time for the con;idaratin,
of the same.
Mr.. Atwood moved the adoption of thi
partial report.
T. j. Mahoney, one of the golt
delegates from Nebraska, made a brie
speech of protest. He and his colleagues
he said, will understand that they wer,
not to be thrown out and at the head O
the delegation they marched out. The re
port OF the committee was adopted by
viva voce vote.
Governor Russell of Massachusetts, at frs
demanded a roll call, but subsequently, with
drew it. The band varied the occasion will
more music and the crowd was kept in
good humor while the wait for a decision
in the Michigan case occurred.
Just Tell Them You Saw Me- was bein,
played as the Bryan delegation marched in
\ big banner accompanied the delegation
The Nebraskan was given a great ovation
The huge royal purple banner of the w. j
Bryan club was finally carried to the plat
form and planted in full view of the au
dience.
After a lull of some minutes Mr.. Mars
ton of Louisiana moved that Senator Till
man of South Carolina be requested to ad
dress the convention. After 10 minutes tn
chairman announced that Governor Altgel'
moves that the convention take a rcces
until 5 o'clock. No one had heard the mo
tion on account of the hustle. The dele
gates were eager for work and there wer,
cries of mo, no, no." Senator White ex
planned that the committee on credential
had reported that II could not finish it
work for three hours, and that the con
v~ention could not adopt a platform with