Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-14
SENATOR JOHN W. DANIEL. Virginia
Temporary Chairman.

1.-The noes have it." said the chairman. land
| the amendment is lost" 1t was now the sill
yer meas turn and they yelled and waved
| hats and handkerchiefs and displayed Bland
pictures and made the night hideous for
| awhile
The chairman put the question on the ma
| jority report OF the committee on credentials
| and declared it adopted.
The report Of the committee on permanent
organization was then presented by Mr. in
ley, OF Ohio. naming Senator White. OF Cali
fornia, as permanent president Of the conven-
ton. an Thomas J. Cogan, OF Ohio, as perma-
nent secretary.
A committee of three was then appointed to
escort Senator White, the permanent chair
man, to the chair, the committee consisting
OF Mr.. Finley, of Ohio, Mr. Mcconnell. Of Illi-
nois, and Senator Vest, Of Missouri
Senator White, of California on taking
the chair, spoke or the convention as an
assemblage of men from every state and ter
ritory in the union, and said that he was
prepared to extend full, equal, absolute and
impartial treatment to all Every question
before the convention should be, he said con-
sidered carefully and deliberately. and when
the voice of the convention was crystaIlized
into a judgment, that judgment should be
binding on oil true democrats (Cheers)
Mr. Clark, of Montana, rising in the body Of
the hall produced silver gavel from the
mines OF Montana, which he rendered to the
preSlulng OHcer III the name OF the ueleBaLlOn
rom that state The chairman remarked
that in the absence Of objection he would feel
compelled TO accept this handsome token from
the Montana delegation. No objection being
heard, the silver gavel was passed up to the
chairman.
Senator Jones, OF Arkansas, chairman OF the
committee on resolutions. announced that the
committee on platform and resolutions would
meet Thursday morning at $50 o'clock. This
was taken by the heated and excited audience
Gs an indication OF an immediate adjournment
and for the second time in the course OF the
day an incipient panic partially devel-
oped People in the galleries began to
move out with a rush and a corre-
spending movement was started on the
floor. The means Of exit from the building
are so utterly insufficient that trouble might
have occurred, but the sergeant-at-arms rails
ing his big voice, commanded his deputies to
stop those men When some degree of order
had been thus restored. q motion TO adjourn
until ten a. m, Thursday and at o. 80 was de-
clared carried and the second days conven-
tion ended.
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO July I0.-Sev-
eral disturbances occurred Thursday morning
while the crowds were struggling through
the aisles to reach their seats. The police ex-
ecuted their orders arbitrarily and the crowd
hooted and Kissed in evidence OF disapprovaL
At 1854 Chairman White called the conven-
ton to order. The sergeant-at-arms was di-
rected TO clear the aisles.
Prayer was offered by Rev DR.. Green, OF
Cedar Rapids. After which Senator Jones, OF
Arkansas, was recognized by the chair and
presented the report OF the committee oa reso-
lutions.
Senator White called James d Richardson.
OF Tennessee, to the chair and Senator Jones
read the platform. All references to silver
was enthusiastically applauded by the gal
leries- The free coinage plank in the platform
was drowned in cheers Ordered re-read
After the platform was reported Senator
Hill OF New York. representing the minority
gold men, submitted the following. which con.
tanned strong plank favorable to the exist
ing standard The use OF the word gold" 10
the plank is conspicuous The text OF the mi.
nority report, with the signatures attached
thereto. follows:
To the Democratic National Convention
Sixteen delegates, constituting the minority
OF the committee on resolutions. find many
declarations in the report OF the majority 20
which they can not give their assent Some
OF these are wholly unnecessary Some are
ill-consIdered aud amblguously phrased while
others are extreme and revolutionary OF the
we'll recognized principles OF the party The
minority content themselves with this
general expression of dissent without
going into specific statement
Of these object ionable features OF the report
OF the majority. But upon the financial ques-
ton which engages at this time the chief
share OF public attention. the views OF the
majority differ so fundamentally from what
the minority regard as vital democratic doc
trine as to demand distinct statement OF
what they hold TO as the only just and true
expression OF democratic faith upon this para
mount issue, as follows. which is offered as q
substitute for the financial planks 10 the ma
jority report
1--WE declare our belief that the experiment
on the part OF the United States alone of free
silver coinage and q change Of the existing
standard OF value Independently OF the action
OF the other great nations would not only I'M
peril our finances. but would retard or entire
ly prevent the establishment OF international