The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-08
KEYNOTE SOUNDED.
Silver Offered as the Panacea for All
go Evils.

Evils.
as the temporary presiding officer of this
convention. beg leave to express a sentiment
which, l am sure, is unanimous, that no
naIional convention was ever presided over
with more ability or with more fairness
than by yourself. Cheers and cries Of 'Har-
r1ty, Harrity.) can express no better wish
for myself than that may be able in some
feeble way to model my conduct by. your
model and to practice by your example
slCheers.) The high position, gentlemen to
which you have chosen me- involves both a
great personal honor and keen RESPONSE
bility. For the honor, thank you. The re-
sponsibility would be wholly inadequate to
bear did l depend upon myself, but your
gracious aid will make 1t easy and its bur-
den light. That aid | confidently invoke from
you for the sake Of the great cause under
whose banner we have fought SO many bat
ties and which now demands of us such
staunch devotion and such loyal service.
b Il regret that my name should have been
brought in even the most courteous compIi-
cation with that of my distinguished friend.
the great senator from New York. ZAP
plause.) But the very fact that l have per-
mitted 1t to be done refutes the suggestion
that has been improyidently made on this
floor. that either I or those whom l have
the honor to represent would ever heap in
dignity upon that brave and illustrious head.
Great applause.) No candid, no dispassion-
ate judgment. gentlemen, can ever misinter-
pref your meaning. The senator from New
York himself knows, and I know, and as
you know, that there is no personality in
the preferment which has been given to me.
He must know, and the great country that
watches these proceedings must know, that
1t is solely due to the principle that this
great. majority Of Democrats stands for, and
that they know I stand with them. ZAP
plause.l And that 1t is given In the spirit
of the instructions received by these represen-
tatives Of the people, from the people whom
all Democrats will ever bow to as the purest
and original source of all power. The birth
of the Democratic party was co-evil with the
birth of the sovereignty of the people. 1t
can never die until the declaration of
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
is forgotten and that sovereignty is crushed
out. Great applause)
81 am happy, gentlemen to know that the
majority in this convention is not personal,
neither in any sense is 1t sectional. 1t blends
the palmetto and the pines of Maine and
South Carolina. 1t begins with the sunrise
in Maryland and spreads into sunburst in
Louisiana and Texas. (Applause.) 1t stretches
in unbroken column across the Ameri-
can continent from the Atlantic shores Of
the Old Dominion and Georgia, and 1t sheds
it's silVery beams over the golden gates of
California. (Applause.) 1t sends forth its
pioneers from Plymouth Rock and waves
over the golden wheat fields OF Dakota IL
has its strongholds in Alabama and Mis-
sissippi and its outposts in Minnesota, Flor
ida and Oregon. (Applause.) 1t sticks like
a tar-heel (applause) down In the Old Noren
State and It writes 16 to 1 on the saddle
bags of the Arkansas traveller. cloud ap-
plause.)
ssIt pours down its riyulets from the noun
tains of West Virginia and makes a great
lake in New Mexico Arizona Wyoming, Ina
no. Utah, Nevada Montana and Colorado IL
stands guard around the national capitol In
the District of Columbia (cheers1. and Il
camps on the frontiers of Oklahoma. 1t
sweeps like q prairie fire over Iowa and
Kansas, and puts up red light on the con-
fines of Nebraska 1t marshals its massive
battalions in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Mis-
souri,. Last, but by far not least, when I
see this grand array and think of the Brit
ish gold standard that WIS recently unfurled
over the ruins of Republican promises at st.
Louis and / think too, of the battle OF
New Orleans, of which it was sad:
There stood John Bull in martial pomp,
but there was also Kentucky (Applause.)
Brethren of the East, there Is no South,
there is no North there is no East or West
in this uprising Of the people for American
emancipation from the conspiracy of Euro
pean kings, led on by Great Britain, which
seeks to destroy one-half Of the money Of
the world and to make American manufact-
urers merchants, farmers and mechanics
mere hewers of wood and drawers OF water.
There is one thing golden, which, per-
init me- in the same good humOr which has
characterized your conduct, to commend to
you here. 1t is the golden rule, to do unto
others you would have them do unto
you. Forget not that an absolute acquies-
cence In the will Of the majority is the vital
principle of the republic. Democrats as you
have been, Democrats as l trust you will
ever be. acquiesce gracefully in the
WILL OF THE MAJORITY
of your fellow Democrats and only ask to go
with them as they have often gone with
you. Applause.) Do not forget gentlemen,
that for thirty years we have supported the
men that you have named for president
Seymour, Greeley. Tilden. Hancock and twice
Grover Cleveland. Do not forget that we
have submitted cheerfully to your compro-
missed platform, and to your repeated pledges
If hirHa y
repeated disappointments as to their full
fllment. Do not forget that at the last ma
tional convention of the Democratic party
in 1892. you proclaimed yourselves to be in
favor of the use OF both gold and silver as
standard money of the country, for the
coinage Of both gold and silver without dis