The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-05

Kansas City. July 4-The national
convention of the silver Republican
party met in the Auditorium theatre
today. The delegates were rather slow
in arriving. and it was some time after
Il o'clock, the hour fixed for the con-
vention, when Chairman Charles A.
Towne's gavel fell and the party
formed in St. Louis four years ago af-
ter the bolt of the advocates of free
silver from the Republican national
convention was launched on it's first
! regular national gathering.
Twenty-fOur states and territories
were represented at the convention
Comparatively few spectators were
present, owing to the assembling of the
Democratic national convention, but
there were delegates in abundance. es-
pecially large delegations being seated
from Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota
Iowa and Colorado.
Shortly before l O'Clock the Afinneso
ia delegates, headed by a brass baa6
and carrying a huge banner bearin-
the pictures of Bryan and TOwne, en-
tered the hall amid a roar of cheers
and a moment afterward Chairman
ToWne raped the convention TO ordel
and introduced Rev. Bigelow Of Gin
einnati, who invoked divine blessing
on the convention.
PRAYER WAS CHEERED.
Rev. Bigelow's prayer was passion
ate appeal for relief from the CHI
that are binding US and the golden psi
locks that are being forged for our lips
from the national sin and the ven
geance that is sure to follow"
In that solemn day" DR.. BigeIow
continued. that comes to men and
nations and when that destiny shall
have fully appeared as we are non
shaping it, may we not have to point
for justification TO the affairs raised on
the souls of our fellow men?"
The unusual spectacle was then pre-
scented of a minister being eheered
Thank God, there is one minister VINO
loves the poor shouted a California
delegation, and the delegates cheered
and aoDlauded.
After the playing of the Star Span
gled Banner" by the Poster Military
band of Minneapolis, the secretary of
the committee read the call for the con-
vention, and Stanley F. ParkhilI of
Minnesota read the Declaration of In
dependence. Several of the sentiments
of the paper we're applauded.
Delegates and audience stood while
the band rendered America"
A WITTY SPEECH
Temporary Chairman Towne then in
| PRODUCED DR.. Howard S. Taylor of Chi
cagO as the poet Of the new political
movement, who read his poem, entitled
THE Liberty Bell
Preceding the recitation of the poem,
to the qualification Of the convention
81,
which he compared some of the lead
| ing characters of IT'S to those of the
last Republican, convention in PhiIa-
delphia- His remark that George
Washington was cOnspicuOusly distIn-
guished from some of those of 1900 in
that he could not tell a lie, met with
a spirited response from the cOnven-
ton His reference to the military ca
reer of Roosevelt, in which he charged
that the latter was wearing the plums
which belonged to the Ninth and Tenth
colored regiments, caused demOnStra-
ton which threatened 10 delay the pro
ceedings OF the convention.
CHAIRMAN TONNES ADDRESS.
Temporary Chairman Towne then de-
Gvered an address
l congratulate you upon the character in
Which you are assembled. a silver Re
publican convention Is always Il meeting
of patriots, because il is composed of men
who, by their actions. have shown now
superior to party allegiance they hold the
obligations of citizenship. and how far
above the allurements of personal ambi-
ton they place the progress of a great
cause and the welfare OF the whole coun-
try.
The whole circuit of the year could offer
to this occasion no other day so appTO-
pirate TO its object as the Fourth day Of
July. 1t viii be one Of the chief duties Of