The herald., 1896-07-24
BRYAN MEN ARE JUB|LAN1
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mony, / move that the election OF Mr..
Allen as permanent chairman be made
unanimous"
His motion was carried with hurrah,
| but there were loud cries of dissent
| from the direction of the Lone Star del
egation.
On Mr.. Pence's motion, a committee
consisting of himself, Cyclone" Da-
Wis and Ignatus Donnelly, were ap-
! pointed to escort Senator Allen to the
| platform.
The committee was out but a short
| time. Cyclone" Davis made a speech
| in which he said some nice things of
| the permanent chairman.
Senator Allen spoke at some length.
| being listened to with a great deal of
! interest. He has a reputation as
| speaker.
! At the debate on the repeal of the
| Sherman law he talked fifteen hours
| against time. He is a large man with
smooth shaven face and of commanding
presence. He always begins speaking
in low, we'll modulated tone, which for
a moment subjected him to the usual
cries of Louder. AS he progresses he
! NdIllS up anu SPtahS ipQuiy anu NiNe''i y
and in an impassioned tone. Senator AL
| len spoke extemporaneously. not having
had time to prepare himself. In the sem
ate he never reads speech. He was fire.
quently interrupted with applause.
In introducing him to tn convention
"Cyclone" Davis said:
Now, my fellow citizens, l want to
assure you that for more than four days
and four nights have done every honor
able thing could to elect middle of the
road man. and have never done dis
honorable thing against any man." Cap
plause).
when the Populst committee and the
Populist convention had chosen the dis
tingushed senator from the western
plateau, and having been selected with
out knowledge until my name was called
to notify him of the fact, bowed to that
special committee. l reach out from the
south of the Mississippi valley and give
you your chairman from the plateau,
Senator Allen" prolonged applause).
CHAIRMAN ALIENS SPEECH
Senator Allen. after thanking the con-
Nention for its distinguished mark of
confidence and esteem, and after compli
mentng Senator Butler on the faithful
discharge of his duties as temporary
chairman. spoke as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Conventions: on oc-
casions of this kind it is sometimes sup
posed the presiding officer will outline
to some extent his views, if not the
views of the party he represents as to
its principles and the policy it should
pursue, and usually a speech of accept
ance of a position like this has been pre-
pared, possibly a week or two in ad-
vance. and then occasionally it is spok
en- TO the convention as though it were
impromptu. If you had notified me a
week or ten days ago that it was your
purpose to make me your Temporary or
your permanent chairman I assure you
| would have had a reasonably fair i'm
promptu speech prepared for the occa-
Sion Laughter).
But You were not kind enough to do
that. and l am compelled to rely upon
the moment and the mere occasion for
the promptinSs of what | may say to
you. Let it be understood that we are
all Populists. (Applause) If any del
egate in this great convention has across
his mind a suspicion that the great ma
jority of delegates here are not true
Populists. let him in a spirit of charity
and in vindication of the truth dissipate
ann relinquish a suspicion of that kind
| read in one of the local papers. think
it was on yesterday-it would be invid-
ious for me to call the name, but it was
evidently a Mckinley paper-a state
ment that the Populst convention in
this great metropolis of the Mississippi
valley was preparing to die. l have not
the slightest doubt but that the ex-
preston was prompted by desire upon
the part of the gold power and their rep
resentatives upon the Republican ticket
that the Populist party would perish
from the face of the earth, but if the
editor of the paper is in this convention
tonight; if he has witnessed these ex-
tremes of enthusiasm. these soul-stir-
ring scenes of patriotism, l beg him to
materially change his opinion respecting
this great party. (Applause) In the
Popuiist party we know no section;
we know no north, no south, no east,
no west. APPLAUSE and cheers.)
The man who lives upon the Gulf of
Mexico or in Florida is as sacred to us
as the man who lives on the border of
the British possessions, or up near the
line of Canada. The man who dwels
upon the Atlantic ocean is loved by the
Populists, if he is a true mana nd
true patriot, as much as the patriotic
citizen who dwells upon the shores of the
Pacific ocean. (Applause.)
l thank God it was one of the great
missions of this great party of the peo-
pie to destroy sectionalism (applause),
and as a citizen of northern birth and
raising, I say in this great presence |
have as profound a respect for the
rights, the citizenship, of theman who
dwells in the south as 1 have for my
own or my neighbors'.
The old political parties have been
gradually dropping sectionalism in this
country and dividing north and south of
Mason & Dixon's line Dur fellow citi-
zens north We're told that all that was
required for the destruction of the union
was to cause their brethren of toll south
of the Mason ID Dixon line to come into
possession of this union. The same
thing in substance was repeated in other
sections of the country. And all this
time, while we were following the ban
ner of the Republican party on the one
hand and the banner of the Bourbon
Democracy on the other. the gold power