The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-24

dclegates-;it. large To the Chicago conven-
ton: John Il. Altgcld and Samuel r. Nc
Connell Chicago; w. III. Hinrichson,
jacksonville, and George w. Fithian, of
Jasper county.
Soon Gov Altgcd was called for and
he stepped forward and said i'll part;
-Four years ago we swept the country
by such II majority that fidelity to Dem
ocratic principles would have ensured
supremacy Tor Il quarter of Il century.
But before the inaugural festivities had
ceased at Washington the head of the add
| ADMINISTRATION brought strange gods and
espoused alien principles. The interests
of money were placed above those of hui
manity. Organized greed was fed with
golden spoons, while the cry of the hus-
bandman was not needed and the sweat
| OF the toier brought him no bread. AS
the months rolled 10y every principle that
Is vital To Republican institutions was
violated and every creed of Jefferson and
every doctrine fundamental to Dcmoc-
racy was trampled into the earth. Since
then defeat has been followed by dis
honor, until we have lost what we for
mcrly had. But the spirit of Democracy
Is immortal To-day the Democratic
hosts are again mastering on the plains.
The first necessary for us To do i To stand
Tor something definite. Stand for those
principles upon which the hope of hui
mlnlty depends The question of IL pro
tcctiVc tariff has long been an issue in
| this country. For the first time we took
an uncquiVocal position on il four years
ago and we won. The tariff has been re
vlScd and the probabilities are that nci-
ther political parties will make any rad
| zeal changes in it, II is no longer worth
while 10 discuss the theories of the tariff.
We must maintain Il reasonable tariff
which Will not he so high as to stop all
importationS and will. therefore. supply
the Treasury with revenue But we
must look elsewhere for the cause of par
alyslS which is destroying our country
The governor then took up and dwclt
upon the decentralization of silver in this
country and in Europe, declaring that it
doubled the value of gold and with it
doubled debts, interest, taxes and other
fixed charges. He declared shat condi-
tons are growing worse daily and that
there can he no great prosperity in Eu-
rope or this country until 1.-THE wrong
that produced this distress has been
rightcd.'
AS the Democratic party represents
the great toiling and producing MASSES,
II must take the lead III undoing this
wrong. 1t will he II fierce struggle for
those unscrupulous men who by corrup-
ton and trickery fastened this system on
the world will resort, nay, are already re-
sorting. to the most desperate means to
hold their advantage
The governor then argued in favor of
free silver coinage at the ratio of l6 to |.
He called the recent st. Louis conven-
tlon MARK llanna'S trust" and declared
'hat railroad attorneys. corporation
agents, lobbyits and those who have
made millions out of the Government
and are looking for another harvest bv
Governmental aid were not only in con
troll, but filled every place from chair
man To page"
Continuing the governor said:
III the Democratic party will he true
To its mission if it will not weaken itself
with compromises or destroy its strength
by adopting Il neutral course. then the
ticket placed in nomination at St Louis
VIII hc dead long before the fro-ts of No
vcmbcr come.
If the Democratic party will declare
FOR an American policy. il it will boldly
declare that we must be true to ourselves
and look after American interests first we
will sweep the country"
When he had reached that portion of
his address where he said that he was i'm
no condtionc To make another campaign
there were loud cries of dSapproval. NO.
No, y was the cry.
'Nou must accept. We will have no
thirds of the audience was on its feet de
handing that he head the State ticket
He concluded his talk at Lao and after
fully five minutes the crowd cheered and
applauded. waved hnndkerchicfs and
threw hats in the air After the cyclone
of applause had ceased. Congressman
Champ Clark, of Missouri. who came
here with IL delegation in behalf of Rich
ard T. Bland candidacy. was called for.
lie paid 4 high tribute To Gov. Altgrld
ana said If the Democrats of the country
will display a. much enthusiasm as here
to-day the Republicans will be buried ont
of sight
The convention then proceeded to momi-
nate candidates Judge W. IL. Prcntiss.
OF Chicago, placed John u. Altgcld in
nomination for governor. He referred to
the admirable administration of Illinois
during the last four years. and compared
Gov. Altgeld 10 Thomas Jefferson At
the mention of the governors name. the
audience Checrcd enthuSiasticallV I'm
conclusion he said that Gov. Altgcld must
he the Democratic candidate With him
the party would sweep the State next
fall. Without him defeat was almost
certain. As he ended every one in the
hall arose, and for five minutes there WAS
an uproar. There was II motion that Alt
geld be nominated by ii rising vote. and
every delegate arose The audience went
wild with delight, and when the enthn.i-
astlc uproar subsidized the chairman de
clared the governor to be the nominee.
Monroe c. Crawford, of Union county.
was nominated for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE SITUATION COMPLICATED.