Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-10
POPULAR VOICE
Meaning Session of the National
Democratic Convention Yes
terday.
sCFNES or GREAT ENTHUSIASM
THE Free Coinage Platform Was
Adopted by More Than
TwOThirds N0re.

rgIc\Go, July 9.-The preliminary
scapee of the convention were largely a
,epetition of the two preceding days
Rnno.s of boiling delegates filled the
air before the convention WAS called to
order but nothing positive could bs
harmed on that subject. 1T was eight
r,i,utes before II before Chairman
White raped for order, the opening
rrayer being by Rev. Green OF Cedar
Rapidg. Immediately after prayer Sen
ator Jones Of Arkansas took the plat
form, and in rather weak voice road
the report of the majority OF the reso-
htions committee. The reading was in
terrupted by applause whenever the
Delegates could tell what had been
read. Some of them called for a
second reading Of the financial plank
The minority report was then read by j.
II Wade of Ohio. The minority report
was signed by lG members Of the com
mittee and opposed bimetallsm, unless
II we're brought about by international
agreement, and also expressed commen-
dation of the honesty, economy, courage
and fidelity Of the present democratic Hd-
ministration. The issue being thus iald
Gown, Senator Tllman took the platform
and made characteristic speech IN sup
port Of the majority report. lie was
cheered, jeercd and hissed during the
entire epoecn and at the C,ose offered a
resolution Censuring President ClcEo-
land and intimating that he should be
impeached. He made Il savage
i attack on Hill for bis posi-
ton on public questions, especially
scorilg him for upholdng Cleveland g
administration, Immediately after Till
man came Jones, who briefly explained
that ne had been southern soldier dur
ing the war, but he repu(liatcd the sug
gcs'Ion Ihat the silver question was ii
sectional one. After a very brief state
nrut to that effect, he gave way to Sen
ator Hill, whose appearance on the
platform was the occasion Of one Of the
grnatcat OyatiOns Of the convention, wave
after wave of applause sweeping over
the audience, although the silver ue'e-
gates notlceably refralned from l"lhlhS
in He said no state, nor man, nor sci
Of men could drive hlm out OF 'he demo
cratic party He had come there in the
nope Of uniting the party ana 70
plan for victory, not TO pIo'
Tor defeat. lie he'Ic'eo 'llo H'S'
step that should now he taken was ll
move Tor international p'nle leIai''snl' li'
argued to That eno at cohsiooraple
length Tic gave inc grave waning
Just before he cohciuoed' III 'tl9 con
Ven,loh' atter ueclarlhs '"' l''' h'''o'
dominates any cahoiaale pu' one Sou'
popuHstlc friends VIII nominate l'cho
and your free HlFcf I''eh"s WI" Joi'
hands "lth lhem' NO. No' 7nou'9'
delegate, AN TepIle" lliII 'ia'chly
who ie there III inns convention Il
peak for the silver wing Of tho repub lc
an party: rms Keen response sot'lh
gold men to cheering Inc oehohS'ra
eon vas rone"e" when, Wllh an lnchht'
''"" ~ ms "o"" t'""'" '''''o 1I'''
oi free silver boIter7 from tie 81 Aou'
conYohlion' sroupe" on me pI"''ofh' n
SAID. i see On ti'H platloih hu'hpe
or distinguished gentlemen VINO al
counseilng tins r"l'cy' lhey he'e
voted the democratic uckct IN lhel
lives. lie concluded with riea ior III
tegrity of party,
Senator Villas SAID he wanted 10 pro
test against the proposed revolution II
party faith, and for that reason nc spok
for the minority ae democrat who ha
always maintained reasonable ODE
dience to the party mandates, and for
state OF unalterng party stabllty
Young ex-Gov. Russell OF Massachusetl