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GOLD VS.. SILVER.
FIERCE STRUGGLE BETWEEN CHAM
PIoNS OF THE TWO METALS.

fIONS Of 7E TWO ME- IAIS.
The Gold Men Again Downed-Annouce-
ment of the Vote Seating tho Silver Dele
gates From Michigan Sets the Conven-
tion Afire-Wild Scenes.
CHICAGO, July S.-After passing
through a listless morning session the
Democratic national convention wit
messed two scenes tonight which COM
pensated those whose pent.up feelings
had been given vent in the earlier
part of the day. Men and women
Joined in the demonstration for each
OF the contending factions of the Demo-
cracy. They shouted and cheered,
sang and stamped and fairly turned
the great convention hall into a pam
demonium.
At few minutes before II o'clock,
the temporary chairman called the
convention TO order and announced
that its proceedings would be opened
with prayer by the Rev. Thomas Ed
ward Green, rector of Grace church,
(EpiscopaD of Grand Rapids, Ia.
The temporary chairman announced
that the first business in order was the
report of committees, as no business
could be done except by unanimous
consent until committees reported.
He called the first committee in Or
der, the committee on credentials, and
there was no response, and after an in
terval of about 10 minutes it was an
nonunced that the committee on Gre
dentials were about to reassemble after
their long nights session.
At LIZ Senator Martin of Kansas
was recognized and moved an infor-
NAL recess of five minutes to permit
Governor Hogg of Texas to address
the convention.
The motion wasadopted, but a stray
band in the gallery beyond the reach
Of the chairman's bell, not hearing the
signals kept playing Dixie for near.
ly 10 minutes before it could be stop.
ped and the governor given a chance.
Governor Hogg's five minutes"
were stretched into half an hour, but
still there were no tidings from the
committee on credentials and amid
vociferous cries for Hill, who was not
present, the chair recognized Senator.
elect Money of Mississippi, who moved
that Senator Blackburn of Kentucky
be invited to the stand. Mr.. Black.
burn, the first pronounced candidate
to be heard, was received with tumul-
tous applause.
As Senator Blackburn sat down,
more cries were raised for Hill, with.
out response.
A motion to adjourn for half an
hour was voted down, and the band
was started up to drown the confusion
which prevailed.
Mr.. Henry of Mississippi moved that
the Hon. Mr. Bryan Of Nebraska be
invited to the stand. This was receiv-
ed with every demonstration of ap.
proval, but the chair announced that
Mr.. Bryan was not IN the hall.
Governor Altgeld of Illinois was
then called for and rising in the hall,
indicated a desire to give way to Sena.
tor Hill.
The chair stated that Governor Hill
was engaged with the committee on
resolutions and was not in the hall.
Governor David Overmeyer of
Kansas took the stand and declared
that yesterday the seat of empire was
transferred from the Atlantic States to
the Mississippi valley. The day Of the
common people had dawned and the
dollar of our daddies" would be re-
stored. This sentiment was received
with unbounded enthusiasm. The
band once mora filled up the interlude
to kill time. .
Governor Altgeld was again called
in requisition as stop gap. His swar-
thy visage, as it itappeared alongside the
chairman, was greeted with cheers, to
which he responded by saying he did
not come here to make speech, but
to assist in nominating a President
and preparing platform which
should bring hope to the people. He
was listened to with attention, as he
proceeded to discuss the cause of the
existing conditions of distress, which
he summarized as the combined &C.
ton of the moneyed interests Of the
world to make money dear and prop
erty and labor cheap.
Mr.. George Fred Williams of Mas.
sachusetts was next called upon and
was greeted with a cry of three cheers
for George Fred Williams" He com.
batted the assertion that the seat of
empire had been transferred from the
Atlantic coast to the Mississippi valley.
The seat of empire was where it ever
was in all the States of the union and
the battle now being waged was for
the restoration of the union of the
States. He begged there might be no
other word .of sectionalism heard in
this convention. The fight was not to
transfer the seat of empire from the
east to the west, but to transfer the
control Of the treasury and of your
money and mine from Lombard street
to the centres of industry in the
United States. loud cheers.)
At this point, p. m. the chair an
nounced partial report of the COM
mittee on credentials, recommending
that each of the territories and the
District of Columbia be granted six
votes. Second, after careful compari-
son of the credentials as returned by
the national committee, they found of
all them correct except from the States
of Nebraska and Michigan. In re-
gard to Nebraska they were pleased
to report that the delegates headed by
the Hon. w. j. Bryan should be ad-
mitted to seats. In regard to Michi-
gan they asked further time.
The motion to adopt the report was
declared carried by q viva yoce vote.