New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-10
BRYAN STRUCK THE CHORD.


hercely surveyed the vast congregation wnicn
were Kissing him. Then, with contemptuous
toss of his head. he looked down at the silver
delegates before him, his eye blazing, and SAID
with sneer There are only three things that
hiss" with curl of his thin lips, " goose q
serpent and man." Raising his head and ad-
dressing the galleries. he shouted that the man
who Kissed South Carolina forgot the history
of the Revolution. when that State kept alive the
fires of liberty. This provoked wild Demon
stration from the silver men. South Carohha
in 1860" he said, lied the fight In the Demo-
cratic party which disrupted 1t. Disruption,
ne continued, while the galleries Kissed.
drought about the war; and the war emanci-
pated the black slaves Now" he added
sweeping his arm through the air above MS
head, I'VE are leading the fight to emancipate
the white slaves" This time the silver men
shouted, but they did not applaud very Justify
when he declared that with conditions reversed
he was willing again to see the Democratic
party disrupted.
SAYS THE ISSUE IS SECTIONAL.
Senator Tilman then proceeded to describe
the West as in a state of bondage to the East
ern money lender You have appealed to US
of the South to aid you" he added. "and we have
come to your aid. People have said that this
Is not a sectional issue I say 1t Is sectional
issue" This evoked another storm OF Misses
Mr. Tillman then read TO the Convention statls-
tics which he thought proved that the Eastern
money lender Is In position to squeeze the
farmers of the West and South, to whom ne mas
loaned money. An industrial revolution, as
consequence. in progress. Il know.
know" he cried, with arms aloft, and looking
toward the New-York delegation. you are
against us. There Is not a paper In this city
that is not in the power Of the money influence
They will not give US a fair show. They charac-
terize us as bowling dervishes and silver luna
tics" Continuing. Senator Tillman declared
that the only way to avert revolution would
be to select man whose record would fit the
platform.
MAKES FILINGS AT HILL
Soon the kissing began again at some radical
utterance concerning the money power, and
the South Carolinian took occasion to say:
-Four years ago the New-York Senator was
Kissed as I am now. Where is New-York now?'
he asked Where is NETWORKS LEADER" And
from the gallery came the cry, I'm the SOUP
which brought down wave Of cheers for Hill,
topped with foam Of Kisses. Senator Tillman
seemed especially In rage with Senator Hill.
'Mr HILL" he said, appears as the apologist
of the East We begged him not to force this
issue of the Administration upon u.s. We IN
South Carolina have repudiated President Cleve-
lard, ard believe other States are In the same
humor You dare not indorse Mr.. Cleve.ands
administration for you know that II you DO
YOU will be beaten. You must repudiate him."
FIERCELY AssAII.S THE PRESIDENT.
a
Cleveland men. Tlman. not daunted. read a
resolution fiercely denouncing the Cleveland Ad-
ministration and evoked other Kisses from the
Cleveland men present among the delegates or
in the audience Finally, Tillman wound up his
long TRADE by saying dehantly: I'VE came here
70 have a platform which meant what 1t said
and said what 1t meant. Adopt 1t and we Will
support whatever man for President you may
nominate"
Tilman's cry that the free-coinage canvass
was "a sectional issue" dspleased some OF the
silver leaders Senator JONES' of Arkansas. per-
shaded Senator Hill to surrender 1--WE minutes
OF his time to him, and he went on the platform
to DENY the truth of Senator Tillman's state
rnent II am a Southerner," said Senator Jones'
"but declare to you that this is not sectional
issue. How can 1t be when such noble man
as Arthur Sewall, of Maine. has come out Tor
free coinage and George Frederick Williams has
Joined hm?'
HILLS ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING.
David B. Hill now took the platform. For ten
minutes he was unable TO address the Conven-
ton so great was the applause. He paid his re-
spects to Senator Tillman at once. I'm reply to
Senator Tillman," he SAID II would state that
am Democrat and not revolutionist great
applause). and my mission here to-day Is to
unite and not to divide; to plan for victory. not
TO plot for defeat" This brought forth another
round Of applause. "New-York." he added
docs not apologize to South Carolina"
Mr. Hill then argued that his bmetalic plank
ought to be adopted. This plank does not pro-
vide for bimetallism" he said. but for mono-
metallism" He argued that the Democratic
party had always stood for the double standard.
never for a single standard. The silver plat
form meant simply silver alone to be used as
currency In his judgment the United States
could not safely alone undertake the free COIN
age Of silver at ratio of ID to l. He found
nothing In the platform about keeping gold and
silver coins at a parity. The very policy con-
demned In the platform had kept greenbacks,
silver and gold at parity. The fact was ig-
nored that silver could be mined at one-half Its
former cost at a profit. II bravery were all
that were needed to create metallic currency
lead might we'll be selected as the metal for 1t
was a plentiful article.
A REVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMME.
Nearly every plank of the Democratic plat
form was criticised by Mr. Hill. What was the
necessity. ne asked Of reopening the 6reenhack
controversy? 1t was an attempt to commit the
Democratic party to the suicidal policy of Is
suing paper money. The Democratic party was
a hard money party. This was new departure
for It to favor the Issue Of paper money In
times Of peace. Then take the reference to the
Supreme Court and the income tax case decision.