The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-13

the list to, ,Nebr!sska,> and Ioldhan| Of
form for the initiaf speech piasiHHgs nj
Bryan in, nomination. for the. presi-
deneJ. ,The oratdl was str6hEly
voiced and entertaining, and vet to-
the. waiting delegates and spectators
there was but one point to his speech.
and. that was the stirring peroiMtio
which closed with the name of Will
4 iaMsI. Bryan. This was the signal
4 for the demonstration; Of the day, and
in q common purpose the. great, con.
course joined in a great tribute Of,
l. Enthusiastic Devotion ~
to the party leader. A huge oil por-
across, was brought down the mali.
aisle before the delegates. At the
same time the standards OF the state
delegations were torn from their sock
cts and waved ON high, while hmbrel.
asof red, white and blue, silk, banners
/ of the several states and many hand
| some and unique transparencies were
borne about the building amid tile
deafeiMng Iclamor Of 10000 yelling, ges-
ticuliting men and women. All of the
intensity Of former demonstrations and
much II ore was added to this final
tribute topithe leader. When, the
demonstration had spent. itself the,
speeches seconding the nomination Of
Mir. Bryan were in order. Senator
White spoke for California, giving the
tribute of the Pacific coast to the Ne
braslla candidate. When Colorado was
reached, that state yielded to Senator
Hill Of New York. The audience had
Anxiously Awaited
the appearance of the distinguished
New Yorker. He was i; accorded a
splendid reception, tie entire audience
rising and cheering wildly with the
single exception of the little group of
Tammany leaders, who sat silent
throughout the cheers for their New
York associate. Mr.. Hill was in fine
voice, and his tribute to tile Ne
braskan. touched a sympathetic chord
in TIE hearts of tile audience. He
pictured Bryan rs; the champion. Of
the plain people and of. the working
man, strong with the masses. with
the farmer and with the artisan.
Whef Hill declared with dramatic in
tensity that the candidate would have
the. support of his party =. a united
party there was tremendous applause
at the suggestion of Democratic unity.
Aside from the brilliant eulogy of
Bryan the speech of the New, York
leader was significant and attractive
in its strong plea for unity at is a y
time, for unity. not for DIVISION he i
exclaimed to the .y. ~, .:,.,, +.
.ti Rapturous Approval,
Of tie great multitude facing him.
Tie eloquent DAME! Of Virginia ADDED
his glowing tribute to the candidate. 4
While Former Coy. Pattison of Penn.
sylvania spoke. for his state and for
the East. Gov. McMillin of Tennes-
see voiced the wishes of the state
which had "furnished three presi-
dents Hawaii, through its delegate.
John II. Wise. made its first second
ing speech in Il Democratic national
convection. and finally sweet voice. a
pleasant faced woman from Utah, sec.
onGed the nomination of MI. Bryan in
voting. State after state recorded its
vote in behalf of the Nebraska. candi.
date. giving him the, unanimous votes
Of all the states and territories. The
managers Of the convention had Ge' :,
cided that this was enough work for 1
one day and the nomination for Vice
Eresi1ss",,,ial cs-S;d:ate was allowed to
60 ovrF until today -" sr-.
Imperialism the Issue.
Next to the demonstration for the
party candidate that greeting the an
noun cement that imperialism was 10
be the paramount issue of the cam
paign vas the most. spontaneous and
significant Of the day. Senator Tin.
mar read the platform. and With much
fo<. inn.
pelialisn. was now given the first end
eIrrem4 place among the issues Of the
parity That the delegates ard audi
ere kvese. in con,lle:e ACCORD with the
t.Ie lit WIS :.hpwa by the log AID
eont;lred applause. lasting over TWEEN
N-twp E.;nutes. Following this the an.
hVunfement that the. 1Q 10 ] idea We.
feta!reG received orig faiIt and short
Get Of, stration, ,le applause. being only
eontitred few minutes. II was re.
/ garded as significant Of the spirit Of
7 tie delegates. TIE most stirring in
GEe1k Of the day was the -" q :.
/ &, Appearance of Webster Dsvis
formerly assistant secretary Ct tie IN
terror il Mckil1ey'S administration. IN
H. speech Severely arraigning the Re
I publican party fer us lack Of sy1npa.
thy foI the Ece-s. and formally an
neuncira his allegiance to tie Demo
esetie party. 'i! ~.
But the great battle Ct the ccnven.
ton has LOT been fought under The
eyes Of cheering thousands but In he
privacy Of the closely guarded guar
+. tiers Of the committee on platform.
Here was waged throughout WeGnes-
| Cay night and again yesterday morn
ing one Of the mcst remarkable strug-
gles that has ever raeked this historic
party. On the enc hand was the in
| 6uence Of Bryan and the absolute
unity Of devotion felt toward him and
+; the canse II silver With which his
| name is inseparabiy linked. On the
otLer hand were many Of the patti.
archs Of The party. men like Daniel Of
| Virginia. insisting that the very life Of
the Organization was endangered by
changing it's BID issues, aHti the duty
Of the hour called ;fof new issues
| based tDon s..
4 /; few nnd vital Everils.
This contest was at last narrowed
down to the one Issue Of specifically
reafflrming the ray1y's adherence 10 "a.
1 1G to j. standard ( AS desired. by 1Ir.
1 Bryan, or OF nAfirlning the silver