Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-16

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We are unalterably opposed TO monometal
ism, which has looked fast the prosperity of
an industrial peopls in the paralysis OF hard
tines Gold monometallism is a British policy
and its adoption has brought other nations
iuto financial servitude to London. Il is not
only un-American but anti American and it
can be fastened on the United States only by
the sitting of that spirit and love Of liberty
which proclaimed our political Independence
in l770 and won IL ia the wnr Of the rovolu-
ton
We demand the free and unlimited coinage
Of both gold and silver at the present legal
ratio of 10 to without waiting for the aid or
consent to any other nation. We demand that
the standard silver dollar shall be full legal
tender equally with gold for all debts, public
and private, and we favor such legislation as
will prevent for the future the demonetiza'
ton of any kind of legal tender money by pri-
vate contract
| Additions were also made declaring
for arbitration and making the labor
plank more explicit.
The platform was concluded without
any marked applause.
Then the report for the minority was
read by J. H. Wade of Ohio, former
reading clerk of the house OF represent
atives. The gold people rose and
cheered, but after their former out
! breaks these efforts were faint. The in
dorsement of the Democratic admins
tration, which Senator Hill had made a
losing fight for in the committee on reso-
lutions, brought down a yell from the
galleries.
The issue was drawn. Senator Ben
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TO the stage to open the great debate in
behalf of free coinage. A striking fig
ure he was as he faced his audience.
He introduced himself to them by say
ing that he came before them as he was,
not as 1.-The lying newspapers had repre-
Eented him to be-" A round Of applause
from the pit greeted this announcement.
but it was drowned in the storm of
Kisses from the galleries, which was in
creased to perfect whirlwind of sibil-
ant sound as he added: II came from a
state which was the home of secession, -
Senator Hill Speaks.
After this emphatic Reputation of
Mr.. Tillman's assertion, Mr. Jones left
the platform. Senator Hill assembled
the platform amid q perfect storm of
applause. He went to the platform,
shook the hand Of the presiding officer,
and then, with a smile, bowed his ac-
acknowledgements to the shouting, gestic-
ulating crowd.
When at last order was partly re-
stored, Mr.. Hill began calmly but with
a voice that readily reached to the gal
leries. He said he would not attempt
to follow or answer the senator from
South Carolina.
Aside from the silver question, Mr.
Hill went on, Why had this platform
zone into the greenback question? why
ID it gone into the question Of banks
nd boDo.? He had hoped that the
counsels of wise, calm, cool headed mer
would prevail.
Senator Hill was followed by ex-Gov.
ernor Russell Of Massachusetts,, who, as
a gold man, defended the minority re
port.
Boy Orator OF tho Platte.
The demonstration that followed
Russell from the platform was sub
merged with the storms Of cheers tina
greeted the appearance on the stage O.
William J. Bryan, the "boy orator O.
the Platte" whose star as a presidential
possibility had for "a hours burned
brightly on the convention horizon.
Mr. Bryan stood with a smile playinG
OH his face and an uplifted arm waiting
for silence. While he stood there wait
ing hundreds had their first view of {
man whose political life in congress
has been identified with the movement
for free silver He was in face and fig
ure Roman On the stage-the Likeness
Of one stepped from the tragic stage
He spoke deprecatingly of himself
But" he added, 1.-The humblest citil
1.-The cause of silver he declared wa!
the cause of liberty of humanity there
fore he deprecated any denunciation o.
President Cleveland because the ISSUE
was not to be brought down to the leve
of personality To the complaint O.
the east that the silver men would no
discuss the question, he replied that thu
convention was assembled merely tx