The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-12

We saw man who had no voice pleading
FOR him, nor hlare of trumpcts 10 an
nounce his candidacy. but standing here
hY tir simple force OF his magniil 'cnt
presence he swept THIS convention OFT is
feet and wo Tor The first time IN many
Years saw q representative. convention
nominate a mnn who WIS NOT slated rs
the leaders We were in tina presence pi
a scene that riyalled the gathering I'm the
Coliseum IN the days of the Roman tn
umph and the only incident in the history
of the world which equals 1T Is that when
Napoleon rI,nrncd from Eibn and Nth
out str KING blow or firing Il muskot
took an emplre ~ N" magic of ms uam'
And the people Of this country hive
nominated n man from the loins OF iho
people NOW you hay" given Ia" Scu'h
and me Nca; me platform W. noml-
nate a man from massachusetts, who has
the courage of his conviciions. vino came
on, for silver In a country where hny
out of hfy-one hnukers can not ifll You
what lG To | means and eNnrylodv N,.st
OF the Mississippi ana sou;h of the Mason
ana l'Non me can tell you that Geuiie-
mon tho war is over VI you wait 20 an
sw"r TINT sullea delegation from Ncw
York which SITS there. and If you want
TO prove 10 the Nation that YOU turned
down the llUstrio ~ ieadcr OF that ,statr
he'"iis" lie represented gold ma not the
last, Won viii come 10 the East fur
your and date. Genilomer, viii noni-
nate n man who was once gold nun
but who saw Nh" error of his way, !
propose to you my friends "a have nr.nn
ioin hands win ocean, to have TIE man
from the what fields of Neprn ska phore
i've the prodncers JON hands win the
plain people of my state, where tnry go
IN the gray aaw1 of morning hy the
sweat of their brow MS God Almighty
fold them tho consumers. who hny yonr
wheat and who Will vote for silver 10 give
you far price for that whcat In order
that yon may hny clothes and cloth from
them have the honor and pleasure 10
name for vice pres dem of T.. limited
States and THIS Republic a man whose
"A . cd 4 l.a
corporations George Fred Williams Of
Massachusetts. tChetrs) Will tell Won
WY the delegation from Massachusetts
* divided on this Issue. Two years ago
in that grand old commonwealth under
the ldod dome of tho Stnte house across
the corr. Of which Hos. III. si'ndow of
fathers OF Concord ana LcxinR on. George
Fred Williams opposed tho greedy
schemes Of the west end The pre- s.dent
OF the west end. Henry G. whitney, Tho
mates of the Standard on company. anl
whose brother here SITS silent and does
not vote went into our organiza'ion anl
used his influence against GEORGE Fred
Williams. We do not want n man with "A
"barrel," We arc going 20 inaugurate
revolution. peaceful revolution, and
dimes and half dollars of The people and
we viii appeal for "A popular snbscrip-
tion which VIII come from our friends
homes. which lie all the way from Texas
TO the grcat lakes of the North md
from ocean e ocean ocean
arose. cries Of Water, Water were
heard in din s...n pnrts Of he hall and
as as he marched 70 the platform. Wnen
he arrived there Mr.. Waite, the presid-
ing officer. handed him glass OF water.
Mr. Marsion- ,a,, ,,l, Of the conven;;
a dror Of water this morning fChsei,mg