The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-13
THE CHICAGO
CONVENTION.
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only part of his speech that stirred the
crowd was the closing rhyme;
'Gve us Silver Dick
And silver quick
And we will make Mckinley sick"
This brought down the house and hats
and flags were waved and great uproar
made which lasted for some minutes. The
bard came to the help of the crowd. strik-
ING I'M "'Tlie I;attle Crv of Freedom" All
the silver delegates rose to their feet,
cheered ard iuiuicea I'm all the usual
manifestations OF popular enthuSli"hl-so
that what at first was but faint wave
of applause grew into n tunultuous storm
I'm th,. thick of which a Bland banner was
carried through the hail with the motto
"Silver Dick the Peoples Choice.
A banl of music at either end or the
hall added to the uproar while the official
band struck up amid great applause, the
Red. White and Blue" putting the rival
musicians to silence.
BY this time there were three handsome
silver Bland banrers uuroled and carried
about with u likeness of the candidate,
and the notices: Free Silver, Free Peo-
pie" zone God. one Country, one Bland.
''Bland. Silver's Invincible. Irrepressible. lr-
reproachable Champion Meantime sew
eraI Of the silver delegates got into the
aisles and jumped erratically in time with
the music This scene lasted fully twelve
MINUTES.
Seconding the Nomination.
The nomination Of Mr.. Bland was second
ed by Mr.. David Overmeyer of Kansas.
VINO spoke of him as IAN illuStrious states
man and Il peerless Gracchus-Silver Dick
Bland"
Hon. j. r. Williams. OF Illinois. also
seconded the nomination of Bland. speaking
of MIN rs a man who had done more than
any other American for the restoration of
silver
Georgia dominates Bryan.
When the state of Georgia was called Mr..
IT, Il. Lewis, of that state. came u the
platform and put in nomination MIR. w
J. Bryan. of Nebraska, saying that II
public ofiice q reward Tor public ser
vices no man merited such reward more
than he In the late political contests Mr..
Bryan stood among his peers. like Saul
among the ISTaclItes, head ana shoulders
above all the rest. Honor him with the
nomination." he said. "and you viii do
credit to the party and earn for yourselves
the plaudits OF your constituents and the
thanks of posterty."
scene which WAS almost a duplication
OF that which attended the nomination OF
MIR. Bland was enacted when Mr. Bry ans
name, name was proposed to ne contep ,l1l
The delcgat ions from Georgia. North Caro-
lima, louisiana Nebraska, Michigan, SCUM
Dakota and Mississippi rallied around The
Spear-Shapcd guidOaS which bear the
names of their states and indicate their
position on the floor. All the silver dele
gates arose and joined in vOcifcrouS shout
ing and waving of hats. handkoreh.efs.
newspapers and every available object upon
which they could lay their hands. Inc
scene was ubroarious for about fourteen
minutes
Mr.. 7. r. Kiutz. Of North Carolina. sec
onded the nomination of Mr.. Bryan. Mr..
Bryan'S nomination was also seconded by
MIR. George Fred Williams of MaSSachu-
setts who spoke of browning a leader in
the great agricultural move that was CIV
ing hope to the country and life to the
democracy. we want he said, - Young
man 10 WELD the sword of an indignant
people. We want, in this desperate con
test, a young giant. with tn" loins OF
giant. What present to YOU IS a new
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