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

money blanks used as filling In" to the cardinal
declarations OF the platform on the money ques-
tion The income tax life tenure OF Office ana
bond issue paragraphs were made the basis OF a
seemingly violent but really harmless phiiippic
against the follies of the Southern and western
platform makers while to the end the ATTITUDE
Of the New-York leader on the vital issue OF the
free coinage of silver by the United state alone
was left in calculated vagueness
That his differences Of opinion with the west
ern party managers on the silver question were
grave enough to drive him into any practical
opposition to their programme could not be IN
ferred from anything he said from the plat
form. On the other hand, he was willing 10
lend himself to the open and formal reputation
Of the financial policy Of the Cleveland Admin
istration, and open the way to a practical CEN
sure of his client in the White House. by pressing
upon the Convention a resolution indorsing the
performance of Mr.. Clevelands second term.
The committee on resolutions had generously
omitted to pass direct censure on the fresioeh'
and his advisers; but through Mr.. Hilrs urgency
the party was put on record to-day as expiici'iy
refusing to recognize the second Cleveland Ad-
ministration as deserving even the poor comph-
ment of a perfunctory and guarded resolution
OF praise.
BRYANs FITNESS.
Mr. Rryan. of Nebraska. the Boy Orator OF
the Platte" is not a public man OF note or tram
ing. or a speaker OF more than average accom-
plishments vet so barren has this Convention
shown itself in men Of genuine force and IN
spiration that his unexpected and captivating
outburst Of eoquence to-day easily raised MIN 10
the front ranks among the chiefs OF the Till
manized and Altgeldized Democracy Young
enthusiastic, crude and visionary yet apparent
ly sincere and gifted with an engaging now OF
natural eloquence. the young Nebraskan Is
logical leader of tho forces of ignorance preJu-
dice and unrest which have seized the cohtroi
of the Democratic organization In MIN tie
majority of the Convention saw the interPre'e'
and mouthpiece whose coming 1t mas 'hpa-
tiently awaited for two days. and satislactio"
at his arrival vented itself in one OF the 'nos'
remarka BILE demonstrations OF this curious po'iu-
cal gathering Up to the appearance OK MI
BRYAN upon the platform, the silver iiiaJof'y
had saemed TO distrus. its strength somewhat,
ard m lack buoyancy and confidence; from the
Conclusion OF his speech, more sahsuiIie
and expansive spirit had plainly entered 'he
free-coinage forces and the crusade 1or nnah-
cial and political revolution about 10 DE oesu"
on the adoption Of the Jones' -Aitseid-lilih'aii
platform took on a new air of herceness anu ue-
termination
Had a ballot for the Presidential nomination
bear taken Immediately at the close OF MI
Bryan's speech he might have been CHOSEN os
| aoo,.uation so great was the impression which
his eloquence seemed to make on the more Vo'a-
tile elements in the Convention. Dut tpe noui
for the nomination had not strucF ana al'er the
n,ot,orr, was adopted! the leaders succeeded in
h..
chance TO recover their more calculating equa-
nimity -
THE CONVENTIONS DISCOVERY
! The emotional frenzy Of the Convention II the
afternoon when IL suddenly seemed 20 nave u's-
covered In the person of windy ana thea'Tic"i
orato. frcn, the plains Of Nebraska worthy
successor to jefferson. Jackson ana lhoeA hau
in no perceptible degree abated upon the reos-
sembling at o'clock in the evening The hnowi-
edge that nominating speeches would be the or
der of business and that a nomination upon 'he
first ballot was not altogether improbable. DIRE"
TO the Coliseum unusually large ana poiS'er-
ous crowd Those who remembered the disorder
" scenes Of the night session four years ago
which ended at the dawn of morning in the nom'-
ratior of Grover Cleveland, were scarcely pre-
,orad bovever to see these scenes re-enacted
o,d surnassed For a time it seemed as If the
galleries would succeed in preventing the trans
octirs of onv business The nominating speeches;
ware rarely heard by the spectators, but that did
| rot Seem to matter; they were patiently waiting
for the first ballot for President
Senator Vest Of Missouri, nominated Richard
D Rland for President while there was such n
| roar NJ talk among the spectators that his able
snaech could not be heard ten feet away from
| tho sneakers desk Governor Claude Matthew's
| of Indiana was nominated in another ,naudlDie
| noach by Senator Turpie Ex-Congressman
| Ersder,ck White In a lamboyant speech OF a
| commonplace nature. nominated Horace boies'
u, Iowa The theatrical orator, William J.
| Rrvan. Of Nebraska. was nominated by hal l.
| Iewis of Georgia. In speech or such dramatic
| intensity that the excitement over Bryan
| aroused skilfully in the afternoon by the candl-
| date himself. was once more revived
The speech nominating Horace Boles mad
| hardly been completed before there occurred
one ,of those Incidents which are so common
during that period Of frenzy known as the
| rom,natory hours" There was an outburst of
| onnlause and a young woman began to wave
| her handkerchief frantically. She was dressed
| IN white. and stood in conspicuous place on
| tho slope of seats the south side of the hall.
Tho opure was instantly visible against the
hockgroun6 CT black-garbed men. and her tre-
r,endous efforts TO excite enthusiasm for Boies
| attracted the attention OF the entire body of
| de,epates and the 1900 spectetors.
WAS SHE AN IMITAToR?
Newspaper correspondents who remembered
| tho hoom for Blaine started by Mrs. Carson
Lake at the Minneapolis Convention four years
ago by similar tactics. suspected that the Iowa
| maiden had read about Mrs. Lakes success and
wss desirous of attaining similar triumph four
| vears later The Iowa delegation waved their
handkerchiefs In response TO the Iowa girls sig
nal and soon the entire body Of delegations had
| arisen TO their feet and turned about In the
direction Of the figure in white standing in the
southern part OF the hall waving desperately a
handkerchief and then flag.
Z. r,aa noised about that the "bOOmer' was q