Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-08-13
SOME snoRT TALks.
Remarks Made BY Prominent Dem scrats
In the Convention.

| was made. a motion was offered and
| carried that committee be appointed
to escort Mr.. Stephens to the hall
The bands played Dixie" and the
boom of cannon arose above the din.
Mr.. stephens read speech, thanking
the convention for the honor con-
| ferred npon him. He also said:
Next to the time. something like fifteen
years ago, when the sweetheart OF my boyhood
| days looked me in the eyes and told me that
she loved me and would be mine forever, this
| is the proudest moment of my life.
THE democrats in national convention as
| sembIed have given US platform upon which
| every democrat. upon which every friend of
| humanity can stand-a platform which SAYS
| what 1t means and means what it says; plat
| form in which there is not the slightest SEM
| blance OF a compromise or straddle upon
| any of the important issues OF the
moment They have given Us in the
| Boy Orator of the Platte and in the ship
| builder Of Maine standsrd-bearers who are
| platforms within themselves; democrats who
| have spent many years of their lives in fight
| ing the battle for the masses as against the
classes. and for the restoration Of our fathers
money to the position it occupied in the none
! tary system OF our country before il was struck
| down at midnight by a conspiracy that was
| both foul and damnab1e. There is no reason
| why any democrat who loves his country. who
! loves his party and who loves his neighbor as
hlmSeH should SuIk or refuse 10 support his
| party ticket this year.
I'm conclusion will say if God spares NV
| life, will help carry the banner to victory,
| but viii not promise you that will make the
| best governor the state has ever had. will do
| the best can, and will let the future his
! torian write the story. II he says 1 was just,
| fair and patient, that was without prejudice,
| but that had a heart which always best in
| sympathy for the man that was down, il he
says L attended to the duties of the office with
/ assiduity and devotion. that my administra-
/ ton was clean practical and buSineSSilke and
| that 1 Inaugurated many business reforms
/ which proved profitable to the taxpayers and
| satisfactory to the public generally. will be
| happy; will be satisfied: 1 Will be content"
Senator Vest was espied at the en-
| trance to the hall, and was loudly called
for. A committee brought him in and
| the convention howled.
! When the senator shrunken and bowed came
down the middle aisle, with the escortipg com
| m1ttee. the convention went Wild again. The
senator was understanding parsonage, a
| coiored striped shirt. turn-down collar. blue
| tie and black trousers of ancient vintage con-
| shutting his attire. But so anxious were the
| assembled democrats of Missouri to feast
! their eyes on him that the palms on the plat
| form had TO be removed. by very urgent re-
| quest, so that Senator Vest stood revealed In
| all his dignity. And then the convention
! yelled itself hoarse again.
! The senator stated that he had not the van
| lty. even had he the strength, to believe that
| he could long entertain the large and enthusi-
! aStlc audience OF silver lunatIcS'' (laughter)
now before him. He hoped also that he would
/ be acquitted of any suspicion, not being a
| delegate, Of having come before them in the
| interest OF any candidate. He was there
I merely to meet old friends and to make ar
| rangements for the coming campaign As for
| the candidates before this convention he was
| In that position expressed in tho words of the
old verse: How happy could be with either,
| were tOther dear charmer away"
| The speaker went into a eulogy of the good
| old practice OF democracy, letting the ma jority
| rule, and from that to a consideration Of the
| democratic candidates on the presidential
| ticket He said that MIsSourians had gone to
| Chicago. hoping that Missourian. Richard p
| Bland, would be nominated for the presidency
| and every one of the Missouri delegation had
| done all possible to bring about that result.
| But now that Bryan was nominated none
| would work more heartily for him than those
| same Bland Missourians. The nomination of
| Bryan was an impulse, but i: was an i'm
! pulse that was honest. and would lead to
| victory. He then dwelt on the earnestness and
| gathering force of the silver movement, and
| told anew the story of the characterization Of
| silver in 1873, paying his respects particularly
! In rather seathing terms to Senator John Sher-
man, of Ohio. as the prime mover in the deed
| OF darkness.
| Next. he told of his examination OF the mem
bers OF the gold syndicate" in New York and
| pictured in ironically graphic manner how
| Pierpont Morgan, Belmont and the others had
tried to save the country by the purchase OF
| the bond issues.
Following these features OF his speech Sem
| Rtor Vest adopted conversational tone and
related some anecdotes apropos tEs present
| political situation, which caused peaIs of
laughter to ring through convention hall. He
received another ovation at the close of his
address. and then took his seat on the plat
form, where he remained throughout the after
noon session.
Judge Gibson, of Kansas City, chair
man of the temporary organizati ton,
stepped to the front dressed in somber
black, with an old-fashioned and plen.
tifully-shown plated shirt-front and q
striped summer necktie.
| Judge Gibson said that it was a great honor
to preside over the temporary proceedings of a
convention of the democrats of Missouri, and
| he thanked the state central committee fol
| having conferred that honor upon him They
had assembled. first. to name the next state
| Officers of the state of Missouri. the ffth state
| ton Of the Representatives OF democracy
| lately assembled in national conyen-
ton in the city of Chicago. In the
| speakers judgment that action had already
been ratified In the hearts of 1000 900 voters of
| this country and In the affections of the peo-
| pie. The Chicago declaration of principles
| was right, in the estimation OF the American
/ people. and 1t was democratic to the core.
| There was not one line nor one word in il that
| was not democratic. The present convention
| was assembled to ratify that eclaratiou
| because it was an American declaration Of
| principles, to the effect that Americans were
| able to make their laws for themselves
| In that declaration there was one central
| feature around which all the rest revolved and
| that was that the democratic party was in
| favor OF the free coinage Of silver at the ratio
OF 10 TO I. the ratio that now exists In law. die
| tated by experience following the Bland-Alii.
| son law OF 10 and again the Sherman law of go
But to the speaker there was something
| greater in the declaration than that The ac-
| ton Of the Democratic national con ventiou de-
| clared. Ia effect, that this country was great
| and strong enough to make its own laws. If a
| simple protest had been sufficient to forbid and
| prevent the British lion laying its heavy
| grasp little South American state. then
70.OOD. 90 people OF this country should be able
| to legiSlate for themselves, Independent of any
foreign action or influence.
Billy Williams, of Cooper county
placed Lon V. Stephens in nomination
The speaker said that the people OF Missouri
had already spoken regarded his candidate
and all that the convention ha to do was &C
| register the peoples choice. The democrats
| OF Missouri had delegated to the convention
| the simple duty of announcing the verdict Of
the state democracy. He did not intend &c
| stoop TO any detraction OF any other candidates
! who might be in the field but there were pecul-
lar reasons making advisable the nomination
OF that distinguished of Missouri Lon V
| Stephens wild applause Neither would
| he indulge in mere idle words OF compliment
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