Evening star., 1896-07-09
The Platform Being Considered
by the Democratic Con-
Venton at Chicago,

He adds that he wants the delegates to
carry away a different opinion of him.
Il come from South Carolina, the homo
| CT secession" he cries.
Not q cheer. but a storm of Kisses greet
| this.
There are only three things that can
bliss" says Tillman, "a goose. a serpent and
| man. The man who Kisses the name Of
South Carolina shows ignorance Of the
| events OF the revolutionary war"
| Il don't know whether I am the repre-
| sentative OF the whole south or not" be
suggests.
mo. no." comes the vociferous answer
from the galleries. He then gets OF his 70.
| vorite expression Of '16 to / or bust" but
| 1t falls fiat.
Senator 1illman now switches of upon
the subject Of the "downtrodden people,
| bound out In bondage. as hewers Of wood
and drawers OF water" The sentiment
| does not receive a murmur of response.
1T has been said the silver question To
| not q sectional issue. / maintain that it
| is a sectional ISSUE"
The Kisses that greeted this remark seem.
| ed to stagger him for a moment Then he
| switched eff UPON some figures from the
| census. He is apparently putting out feel
ers to ge; the gauge Of his audience.
They don't like figures either, and they
| shuttle their feet and raise a buzz of small
| talk throughout the hall. His figures ara
read to show the gain in wealth of New
| York.
Did you gain it nonestly?" he asks.
| A gentle chorus Of jeers lis the only re-
sponse. He pauses to refer to his notes.
| and loud cries of Time. Time" go I'd
| throughout the hall.
Just at this point a band starts to enter
| the hall, playing as they come.
Put that band out" commands Chair
| man Richardson.
| Don't you touch EN-" yells the Ohio
delegation, that's an Ohio band"
| But the band is put out, nevertheless.
| 1t must be remembered that Congress-
| man Richardson has presided over the
| committee of the whole in a democratic
| House of Representatives, and such a Job
| as handling a national convention comes
easy to him.
The democratic and republican party
machines of the east have used mony to
stifie The sentiment of the people upon the
money question:" says Senator Tillman.
| Right right!' cries voice in the gal
leries. Encouraged by this late, but well
come evidence of approval, he proceeds.
Inc audience has grown tired of Senator
IiAman They Interrupt him with cries
for Hill. Chairman Richardson puts down
| the disorder with an effort.
m going to have my say if 1 stand here
all day." cries Senator Tillman
The galleries cry him down again. and
Richardson threatens to clear the galleries.
! This amt the United States Senate"
| shouts a man from the galleries. "and YOU
can't put US out"
His first reference to Grover Cleveland
Is met with a response, 'Hurrah for
| Cleveland, and substantial cheer In the
galleries. Senator Tillman evens up, how
ever, in another moment. He attacks the
bond syndicate deals This meets the
approval of the crowd. He loses his ad-
vantage immediately. His reference TO
the use of United States troops at the
Chicago strike falls fiat Not even Gov
ernor Altgeld's friends in the Illinois dele
| CATION applaud him.
1t really seems as if the audience is pref
udiced against Senator Tillman. He has
said that which uttered by other men in
this convention would have been vocifer-
ously applauded time and again, and the
house keeps silent or disapproves his ut
| terances.
| A glance over the house at this point
shows the presence of a mighty audience.
| There are no vacant seats and people are
| standing thick in the aisles. The great
est convention hall In the United States is
being taxed to its capacity
| Senator Tlllman now reads his proposed
amendment to the platform. He de-
nounces President Cleveland's administra-
ton as 'undemocratic and tyrannical"
| Cheers and hisses)
| A shout Of derlsive laughter, many hiss
es and few expressions of applause greet
the closing of his reading of his proposed
amendment
| Senator Tillman closes his speech and
gets down from the stage. His retirement
is hardly noticed by the audience.
Senator Jones of Arkansas comes to the
front to reply to Senator Tillman. He
| denounces his remark that the silver ques-
ticn Is a sectional one
| Il am an ex-confederate soldier" saws
| Jones, but 1 do not believe in sectional
| ism. 1 love every section of this coun-
| try"
For the first time the delegates them
selves join in the expressions of approval
The New York delegation jumped upon
| their chairs to shout and were followed by
| the whole body Of delegates
AS Senator Jones takes his seat the ap-
plause which pervades suddenly swells into
a cyclone of vociferous greeting
Enthusfasm for HILL
| Senator Hill advances to the platform
| For two days the house has called for him
| at intervals Of about every ten minutes
| Now they have got him. Three-fourths Of
| the silver delegations as well as all Of the
| sound money people climb upon their
chairs to wave their hats and handker-
] chiefs and howl at the top OF their voices