The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-09

very loud. Congressman Charles Tracey
said he would not go back as ana also
Gen. Frederick Bartlett Ex-Governor
Flower called the meeting 10 9rder ana
senator Hill took the floor. lie SAID
ynrv littlp hut il was pointed. He be-
licycd the platform violated the cSiap-
Iisbpd priuciplp- Of Democracy.
10 supugrt Candintc on such plat
farm wCrild mean virtual agreement with
il, He did not believe il was poIlcy To
give M endorsement His remarks were
received with applause,
Tie was followed by John X. Fellows,
who was bitter in his remarks. mere
is not one iOta Of Democracy III such a
plotfOrm." he declared. ut is tissue OF
Populistic and anarchistic IDEAS compiled
bv men who have no clam 10 rccoGhl-
tion MS statesmen or even politicians, but
who are frcnzied fanatics. | can not see
how | can support such n platform or
any person placed upon it,
Mr.. William G. Whitney said he had
visited several delegations of the gold
states and had found their temper such
that they would follow New Iorks lead.
He was personally not avcrse to leaving
tbc convention. but he would not like to
have it said that New York led such Il
holt. He was in favor of remaining IN
the convention, but taking no part III the
selection Of candidate.
Congressman Sulzcr then arose; re
advocated that the delegation should
STAY in the convention and take part in
its proceedings. He believed that the
majority rule had always been looked
nm TO in the party and it should not now
be disrcgardcd.
At this juncturc somebody asked
.Do YOU mean that we should vote for
this silver platform" :, =,
yes" said Sulzcr "and work for it. .,
"Shame. shame" were the cries and
the speaker was cried down.
Judge Cute of Albany, an alternate
showed decided silver proclivitics and he
also was shown no sympathy.
Senator Thomas O'Grady was almost
violent in his dcnunciation of what he
described as the outrage perpetratcd on
the convention and on Democrats by the
silver men. He said that he was very
much in favor of rcpudiating them.
Mr.. Nicholl of New York ended brief
but bitter talk with these words: 81 am
n Democrat. but ! can not support such
II platform and will not vote for can
ddatc placed upon it,
Governor Flower made the warmcst
speech of the meeting and Hill and WHIT
ncy had all they could do to prevent II
bolt at once
He said the platform was a crazy quilt
of anarchy and the outcome OF incompe-
tent and brainlcss fools. He denounced
men of the Altgcld and Tillman stamp
as "mschief breeders and schemcrs to
ruin the Democracy" and then closed
by saying:
81 will never cast my vote for such
n ticket or its representative. | am n
Democrat and this platform is not Dem
Ocratic."
Governor Flower then read a telegram
from the Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.) of to-
night advocating a bolt Part of it read
as follows and was received with shouts
of applause:
"We have no fear that the sound
money Democrats will acquiesce i'll a
free silver platform. Il ticket of rcpudi-
alton and of anarchy and the trampling
of the rights Of the sound money dele
gates in the convention. A bolt is in
evitable. A Democratic ticket for which
Democrats can vote is becoming neces-
sary. 1t will be supplied. The anar-
chists, the Populists, the communists
and the nihlists who are controlling this
convention will never control this coun-
try: they will never control the Demo
cratic party"
Senator Hill offered this resolution:
"That committee of six be appointed
to visit other state delegations instruct
cd for gold and urge upon them the ne
cessity of refraining from action and
that the committee act both in the con
vcntion and hereafter for the New York
delegation"
1t was adopted and the chair appoint
ed Senator Hill, w. G. Whitney, J. G.
II lnt ip1y