The morning times., 1896-07-10

mind. Cheers and laughter.) The In
coine tax is aust law.
Lam In favor Of II, tapplause). and when
find mnn who rs not willing 10 pa 5
| which protects him lind a man who Is
unworthy to enjoy the blessings OF a gov
1 ernmeDt like ours. loud ciseers.)
! --tney saJ liiat We opt.,s.ng the
! national bauk currency. Itistfue. Thomas
| Benton said that IN searching history, ne
could find but one Parallel to Andrew
conspiracy OF Catiiine and saved Rome,
/ ne uid Iof honc wnat sdS kson did wlen
nc destroyed he hank conspiracy and saw
| America. We say in our platform tS<o the
| right TO coin and issue money is function
4 or government We believe that that
power Of sovereignty can no more, with
| safety, be delegated TO private corporations
| tnan une power 20 ena~t penal s,asu,es or
| 10 levy taxation.
'.Mr. Jefferson. who was once regarded
| as good Deirocrauc authority, seems 10
| have had different opinion from the Sen
ator from New York. They tell US that the
| issuance OF paper money Is the fun ction ~
| the banks ana that tie government ought
to go out of the banking business l stand
with Jefferson and tell them > as he did, /,
| that the issue of money is a function VI
government, and that tie. banks ought to
go out Of the governing business. tChcers
The Senator from New York says he
| Will offer an amendment providing that
the the proposed cnanse a,l Of law shall Lot AZ AZ
Y
mind him that that Is not the inten-
ton. where. under the present law, con
tracts are made payable in gold.
CHALLENGE TO HILL
But il ist iDeahs u say LiaI we cannot
change our monetary system wlJnout
protecting those wnO nave loaned money
before tie cnange Is made, 1 want 10 ask
nm where. in law or IN morals. lie can
ind authority for nsst projecting the
dcDtors wBea the act OF 1878 was passed.
THE Senator from New York also asks
the consequence or Iaiiure TO maintain
parity My reply is that we cannot couple
the platform Win doubt as to our own siu-
ccrity. He says he wants this country to try
10 secure aii International agIeement.
why does lie not tell Us what he Is going
TO 40 \, tuey IaIt 10 Ae,uIe H. ,AppE,use.
They have Tried for twenty years 10 secure
an International agreeiiient tor binlefaillsin,
and those are waiupg II Tor II most patiently
VINO 30 not want IT all. tappiause dDd
llug hter)
..If tney ask you why it is that we say
H,ore On the money question tnan OH the
tariff question we reply that. II protection
IIaS slam It's Lhousands, the So!u StdnaHrQ
has slain It's tens or THOUSANDS. tCheersi.
Ir tHey ask US why not eInDody III tne
platform all those things that We believe,
my reply is that when we have restored
the money or the constitution, all other
necessary reforms will be possible and
tIiaI until that Is done. there IS no reform
t.lat can be accomplished. tCheers,.
Why Is IL that, III three months.
sucu a change mas come over the sentiment
lT t4lS COUNTY,. 1nfec lnDutuS dSD IL was
confidently asserted that those who be-
lieve IN tue g,id standard would form
platform anu Nominate and elect can
diIate. And they had good reason for the
assertion. Because there is scarcely a
state here tot;ay asking for gold stan.
ri that is not wItnIn Ine absolute control
of the Republican party.
M'KINLEY AND WATERLOO.
Mr.. Mckinley was nominated at st.
LoL.s vi, d i.- ,,oinA wiie ii ,..SI.res Tor Tx.
maintenance oil the goiu Standard until ~
snaii he hdEged into riIIetai.lsm Dy inter-
national agreement. MIR. Mckinley was
Inc H. osJ .nii atnoiigin ne hepuDi ans
ana tnree months ago ereryone IN .ne
hepublican party prophesied his election.
how lis II touayZ Taat who VINO usrtl 10
boast that he looks like Napoleon tiaughter)
shucders TODAY when he THINKS that ne
was nominated on the anniversary u the
battle Of Waterloo. Cheers.b
he can fancy that he hears In the dis
tance the souud OF tne waves as they cedt
on the lonely shores OF st. Helena. Cheers
Why this Change. All. MY friends, the
change is evident TO anyone who looks at
the matter. Ii is because no private
character. however pure. no personal pop
uiarny however great. can protect from
the ayenging WRATH or an indignant people.
The man who would declare that ne is in
favor of hosting the gold stanuaTd on th,s
people, or who Is willing TO surrender tie
right OF ehgoyernueht and To place
legislative controi III TIE iia isds or toieign
potentates and powers, cannot hope for IA
election to the Presidency or the United
States. tCheers.l
I'VE go forth" said the orator Conf
dent that We sEan win. Why? Beca;:se
there is not a spot or ground upon which
the advocates o; the gold standard ean
meet US.
of the gold standard. Burn do wn your 81 lies
and leave our iarms ana yoUr cities viii
grow up again. But destroy our farms ond
the grass will grow in every city of the
Dion. tGreat cheerinS-t
WI IN CHEERING E0IJ OWED
My fnends,' he continued we sLall Ge-
clare that tLis paIion Is abie 10 ieglsIate
Tor its people upon every question without
waiting for the consent OF any other Ea-
ton OH earth, ana upon that Issue we cx-
pecI TO carry ever. state IN this naIi a.
lGreat checEDS.)
IT is tue Issue OF I1TG over again. our
ancestors. wten Only 5000 oUU. Declared
Ibeir independence or every nation On
earth. Shall we. waen grown 10 Iu.UtU. 900,
have less courage: II they say we cannot
have birDetaii;sn until some other nation
assists, we reply we Will restore bimetil-
ism aud lee Ensiand adopt 1t because
The United States has led the way. Cheers
We shall answer their demand for tie
gold STANDARD uy saying 10 them. f"u
snail not press down upon tile brow or
LABOR this crown of LEorns. You shall
not cruelty mankind upon cross or coii."
Then ensued perhaps the Eosl extraOr-
dinary scene OF this extraordinary cunvcn-
ton. As II by the n.ugIc toucr CT wabJ.
plialanx and gave vent TO the most enthusi-
astic demonstration in honor OF the Ne
braskan orator. Everybody stood up.
even the Eastern men, who at first were
disposed 10 remain in their seats. West
crIsers shouted. waved handkerchiefs. hats,
fIags, canes, umbrellas and anything else
conspicuous and probable. Deatening
cheers rent the air, articles OF every de-
scrip,ion were thrown high above the
surging sea OF humanity. The staifs hear
ing the names OF the States were held
aloft with flags and other things on top,
and waved 10 and frp.
When that pa slime became too tame. led
by Delegate Galweod of Texas, nearly all
OF the silver States and Territories aud
some gold States joined in a procession.
bearing the. State poles. aud marched in
triumph around tie iiCor. Some OF the
Eastern States kept their sign staffs in
their places and confined their expressions
70 Standing up and giving a mild cheer as
individuals.
LASTED FIFTEEN MINUTES,
This furore continued for a quarter Of an
hour anduo effort was made by tie chairman
or sergeant-at-arms to check tie tenpes-
tuous progress Away to the west and tile
north and the south OF the platform in the
multitude OF spectators the demonstration
of the delegates was repeated.
Hundreds OF umbrellas were opened by
the apparently orazed people. Harmless
missiles of paper and other things were
hurled through he air on delegates heads.
The remarkable feature of this wild out
burst wasthat its spontaneity was apparent
and it was so much a personal tribute to
Mr.. Bryan that Eastern delegates who
differed with him caught tie infection nd
Joined in moderately.