Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-06
SILVER MEMS CHOICE
W. J. Bryan Receives Another Nomi-
nation at Kansas Citv.
NAMED BY SENATOR TELLER
Convention Also Adopts a Platform
Favoring White Metal.
IN LINE WITH DEMOCRATS

| KANSAS CITY, July 6.-The delegates to
the silver republican convention were very
late in assembling this morning, notwith-
| standing practically all the important work
| of the convention was scheduled for today.
| 1t was past 10 o'clock when Chairman
| Brown raped for order. A few moments
| previous to the convening the delegates
were entertained by speeches and prayers
| delivered from a phonograph. and this re-
suited in one rather touching incident. The
prayer delivered by DIR. Bigelow of Cincin-
natl at the opening of the convention. and
which brought cheers from the delegates
was repeated amid dead silence. At its
| conclusion white-headed delegate from
Ohio started singing John Browns Body.
One by one the delegates Joined in the old
war song until the auditorium rang with
the thunder of a thousand voices.
A committee was appointed to invite For
mer Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Webster Davis to address the convention.
The committee resolutions then ar
nounced that 1t was ready to report, and d.
c. Tillotson of Kansas took the stage TO
read the partys principles.
The full text of the platform will be
found on another page.
Silver Plank Cheered.
HISdl CHEERING STeeleu tue Tedu11lS O1 tHe
plank the silver question, the indorse-
ment of the initiative and referendum and
the Nicaraguan canal. The most enthusiastic
demonstration occurred when the speaker
read the plank extending sympathy to the
Beers, the delegates rising en- masse and
cheering for over a minute. Outbursts of
applause occurred frequently throughout
the reading Of the somewhat lengthy docu-
ment. and roar of Endorsement went up
when the reading was concluded.
Then an interruption occurred. The
Travelling Mems Bryan Club of Lincoln,
hall and on to the stage. The band started
THE Star Spangled Banner. and Mr.. Til
lotson. turning from his manuscript, led the
delegates in singing the anthem.
When quiet had been restored a delegate
offered a substitute for the Nicaraguan
plank. favoring the speedy construction of
the Nicaragua canal. to be built. owned
and defended by the government of the
United States" This was adopted. The
platform as amended was then placed on
passage and adopted with a thunder of
ayes" A wrangle ensued over the intro
duction Of resolution by a Nebraska dele
gate making the portrait of Lincoln the
party ernb'em.' Congressman Shafroth of
Colorado objected on the ground that such
action, would make the ballots Illegal in
several states The resolution was finally
Withdrawn.
I'VE would like to hear from the commit
tee on conference" shouted delegate
Conference Committee in Session.
The committee is still in session. said
Senator Teller. There has been no formal
expression by the democratic members, but
l betray no confidence when l say that the
majority of the members are friends of Mr..
Towne.
Let us do what the friends of Mr.. Towne
in the democratic convention want us to do;
wait and give them chance and let them
hour tI.ar finr, fhpt fS he
logical candidate of the democratic party"
But there is no objection to nominating
Mr.. Bryan now. is there?' asked delegate.
NO sir" replied Senator Teller. He has
been nominated for the past four years"
A storm of cheers came from the dele
gates at the mention of Bryan's name.
Senator Teller. though still hoarse from
his speech of Wednesday, then launched
into an eloquent tribute to William Jen-
nings Bryan. He knew every other dem
ocrat of prominence in the party and he
asserted that there Yves not one of them
who had a ghost of a chance of nominal
ton nor had they had any such chance
since 1895.
Senator Teler's eulogy of Bryan became
fervid. and the speaker alluded to him as
the Lincoln Of the silver republican party.
Senator Teller. in conclusion, placed Will
lam Jennings Bryan in nomination as the
candidate for the silver republican party.
Long-continued cheering followed the
nomination. Delegates stood on their
chairs, waved hats and flags and shouted
acclaims of the Nebraska statesman until
they could shout no more.
California Seconds the Nomination.
H. S. Hazard of California made the first
seconding speech of the nomina ton of
Bryan, and he was followed by Senator
Ransom of Nebraska. who declared that
the silver republicans of Nebraska were not
for Bryan because he is from Nebraska
but because he is an American and has no
ideas al, "a n
I'VE nominate him as the incarnation and
personification of Amer!cansm.'
Brief seconding speeches were also made
by Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson of
Idaho, Captain H. B. Lason of South Da-
kota. H. A. Turner of Kansas, Judge Van
Vcrhis of Indiana, Judge Spurrier of Iowa.
S. l.. Carey of Louisiana, Judge S. W.
Hopkins of Michigan, w. T. Foster of Mis-
souri,, the latter being cheered for stating
he seconded the nomination of Bryan lin
the behalf of twenty-five members of the
Missouri delegation who voted for Fremont
seventy who voted for Lincoln and a hun
dred who served in the civil war;" Henry
A. Dunn OF Colorado and DR.. Hoffman of
Illinois.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. July 6-Following
is the platform adopted by the silver re-
publican national convention:
We. the silver republican party. in ma
tional convention assembled. declare these
as our principles and invite the co-opera-
tion of all who agree Herewith:
We recognize that the principles set forth
in the Declaration of American Independ-
ence are fundamental and everlastingly true
in their application to governments among
men. We believe the patriotic words of
Washington's farewell to be the words of
soberness and wisdom. inspired by the
spirit of right and dltruth. We treasure the
words of Jefferson as priceless gems of
American craftsmanship. We hold in sa-
cred remembrance the broad philanthropy
and patriotism of Lincoln, who was the
great Interpreter of American history and
the great apostle of human rights and of
industrial freedom, and we declare, as
was declared by the convention that
nominated the great emancipator, that
the maintenance of the principles promul-
gated in the Declaration of Independence
and embodied in the federal Constitution
that all men are created equal: that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalterable rights among which are life
liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and
that to secure these rights governments are
instituted deriving their just powers from
the consent of the governed is essential
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