The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-03
TRUE DEM0CRACY'S CREED
IT IS HANDICAPPED AT THE INDIAN
 APOLIS CONTENTION.

The Work of the Chicago Convention Con-
 demned in Burning Words-Senator Caffery's Speech an Eloquent and Force full Effort-He Says That the Priests Desc
 crated Democracy's Altars and Profaned Its Temples - Calls the Popocratic Faith an Ishmail of Plntforms-s24 Delegates Present-Unbounded dEnthusiasm-Nom- Will Represent the Middle West and south-Connecticut's Delegation. Indianapolis, Sept. 2.-At the national gold democratic convention, convened
 here to-day, when the name of Cleve-
 tion with the names of Jefferson and
 Jackson the members of the convention rose and cheered and applauded loud
 and long, The next business in order was declared to be the call of states, in
 order to ascertain who were present,
 The responses to the call included the following:
 Connecticut-"A solid delegation"
 Malne-"A full delegation Massa-
 chusetts - Full delegation" New
 Hampshire-"Full delegation" New
 York-No response In words, but 6 ris- ing of the seventy-two delegates from that state, amid cheers Ohio-No
 answer in words, but a general upris- ing of all the delegates from that state. Rhode Island-"Present with seven members Vermont - Eight dele gates"
 | The secretary reported that the com- pete roll showed fl states had re- sponded to the call. There was no re- sponse from Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, To the call of territories | Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico re- sponded. Oklahoma and Indian Terri | tory were not represented. There were
 in all S24 delegates present. When the
 call was complete Senator Palmer call l ed for report from the national com
 mittee This was read by MT. Brennan
 of Wisconsin.
 | It recommended that until otherwise
 ordered the rules of the last democratic national convention which was held in 1892 should govern the deliberations of
 this convention, and that all resolutions
 be referred to the appropriate commit l tee without reading. It also recom-
 mended the following temporary otti< cers:
 Chairman, ex-Governor R. P. Flower
 of New York3 secretary, J. R. Wilson of | Indianapolis; sergeant-at- w. P. ! K nSS1lr nf
 of this report was interrupted by ire
 quent applause, particularly that pass
 age which recommended that the rules
 of the last national democratic conven-
 tion held in 1892" be adopted as the rules
 Senator Palmer designated Governor l Jones of Alabama and George Foster | Peabody to conduct ex- Governor Flow
 CT to the chair, and then MT, Palmer | surrendered to him the gavel, and Gov l ernor Flower addressed the conyen l tion.
 | When MT. Flower alluded in a com plimentary manner to MT. Cleveland there was an outburst of applause, all
 the members rising, cheering and wav- | ing hats and fans. Then a cry rang
 out from one of the galleries, "What's l the matter with Cleveland?" This was followed by more cheering. The allu- l sion to the two populistic conventions
 was followed by cheers and laughter.
 The prayer that God might prevent the
 incendiary's (Bryans) work was also applauded
 l At the close of MT. Flowers address | the states were called for the selection l f,f ,I<,,,r, ~r II, IA.
 dentials, rules and resolutions and also vice presidents
 l The convention at 2:10 took a recess.
 The convention reassembled at 430 with full attendance of delegates and
 the galleries packed with spectators. a large proportion of whom were ladies.
 In the Minnesota delegation was a man | who voted for Martin Van Buren for 1 the presidency. The chairman of the credentials committee reported that
 there were SPA delegates present, repre-
 senting forty-one states and three ter | ritories, and recommending that those
 present be entitled to cast the full votes of their states and territories. As to l the contest with reference to the dele | gation from Connecticut the commit | tee recommended that the action of the
 national committee in seating the dele gates returned by the state convention
 be confirmed. The report was agreed 1 to.
 | Dr. Everett of Massachusetts was in- | troduced to fill up the time with l speech. He addressed the convention as fellow patriots and said Massachu- | setts had sent her delegation, nearly l sixty strong, to aid in repelling the in- | vasion which had risen up against the
 ancient honor and credit of the whole | country. (Cheers.) Massachusetts was l for gold. (Cheers.) Talk about an in- | ternational af reement for bimetallsm. | Why, had we not now all the nations of the world whose name was worth
 anything for the gold standard? (Ap- | plause.) Massachusetts, he said, is i here against all class distinctions. | Massachusetts democracy knows no | distinction between classes, between | rich and poor, between the man who
 raises wheat and the man who takes it | to market. And above all, the democ-
 racy of our state, the sound men of our state, will not stand any insult against that man who has protected the credit I and honor of America. We stand to-
 night by MT. Cleveland.
 | Here the convention rose to a man and there was great enthusiasm. Del ] egates cheered and shouted and waved i hats, fans. handkerchiefs and flags, and