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tucky had given evidence of their fight
ing abilities during the last few month
and that they proposed to keep on light
ing Then Kentuckys Governor promised
to give the electoral vote of his State Il
Mr.. Bryan in November next Joshua W
Miles. of Maryland. made a short speeci
which could not be heard seven feet IRON
the platform. n'4
The Convention then adjourned to 3.S'
In the afternoon, and as the audience dls
persed, the band played MY Old Kentucky
Home" in honor of Governor Beckham
The Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was late in Set
ting under way. II was after o'clocF
when Permanent Chairman Richardson
got the Convention in running order.
Ex-senator Hill, of New York. was IN
his seat. He was convinced at last tna'
there was to be no fight against the major
ity report of the Committee on Hesoiu-
tions.
Chairman Richardson promptly called
for the report of the Committee on rat
| form The Chairman of this committee.
Senator James X. Jones, OF Arkansas.
announced that Senator Ben Tillman would
read the committees report. Senator Till
man certainly delivered it in splendid .ash-
| ion. He made every possible point tell.
| When Mr. Tillman came TO the WORDS
| that Imperialism is the paramount issue
OF this campaign there. were cheers. sud
denly the band came out with THE Star
| Spangled Banner" Hundreds of small
American flags appeared among the audi
ence and the delegates and great nag
hung from the steel trusses OF the Con-
vention Hall just over the platform was
dropped This had the legend upon it,
The Constitution and the flag. one ana
ipseparable. now and forever. Flag OF the
Republic forever; for an Empire. never.
| Then came one of the greatest scenes
| that this Convention has had, The au-
dience rose with enthusiasm. me dele-
gates grasped their standards and swung
them over their heads. Half dozen ban
ners were waved in the air. One oil them
read:
Lincoln abolished slavery under the
| flag. Mckinley restored it.
Another read: What would Christ do
in the Philippines And still another
| read: mo man is good enough to govern
another man without his consent.-A. Lin
| coin"
\ Grent Enthusiasm Displayed.
Amid the tumultuous cheering the band
was heard playing "There'll Be Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight" The
delegates began to carry their standards
around the hall. The cheers were riotous.
The Boer flag was brought out and carried
around the hall and the band played
Americas greatest national anthem, My
Country, 'Tis of Thee" amid wild scene.
The demonstration lasted ten minutes
and those who saw 1t will never forget it.
1t was the most spontaneous outburst they
had ever seen.
When order was restored Mr.. Tillman
continued the reading OF the platform.
When he came to the demand for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to
/, there was another demonstration. The
delegates ripped their standards from the
floor and marched around the hall with
them. Many of the delegates in the aud
ience tackled pictures OF Bryan to their
flags and waved them over their heads.
Order was restored in due time. and
Senator Tillman concluded reading the
platform It was unanimously adopted.
James Kerr. of, Illinois. who was clerk
of the House of Representatives at Wash
ington when il was controlled by the
Democrats. jumped up in his chair and
moved resolution that the Hon. Webster
C. Davis be invited to address the Conven-
ton Mr.. Davis up 10 several months ago
was Assistant Secretary OF the Interior il
the Mckinley Administration. The Con-
vention quickly adopted Mr.. kerr's resolu-
tion. and Mr.. Davis spoke to the delegates. |
Mr.. Davis said in part:
II have been honored by another great |
party in the past. / have served that party |
and have rendered services for all that
and the account is balanced now
Life is too short for a man to sacrifice
principles for money or for public office.
II have never yet heard a platform that
was so intensely American as that read
here in this Convention. Old conditions
have passed away. old questions have pass
ed and gone many of them. New ques-
tons are now before the American people.
Il care not a snap of my finger for
party or private criticism. | care nothing
for office, because l gave up one volun-
tarily better than any you can give me.
and the man or newspaper that makes the
statement that / was forced to leave the
against my will absolutely
and maliciously faisifies.
Il love liberty / love equality of
rights, and / love justice. And when the
party that belonged to was too cowardy
to take a stand for liberty and against
British arstOcracy and monarchy, l left
it, and left it for good
AIabnmn Yields to Nebrnskn.
1t was then time to nominate Mr.. Bryan
for President The Nebraska delegation
had selected Mr.. Bryan's old boyhood
friend. w d. Oldham. to present his name
to the Convention. and so when the roll
Of Alabama was named, Alabama cheer
fully yielded to Nebraska. and Mr.. Oldham
presented Bryan's name TO the Conven-
ton.
The scene that followed Mr. Oldham's
mention of the name of Bryan was a repe-
ition of the scene that followed the mem
ion of his name last night at the close OF
he speech of Permanent Chairman Rich
.rdscn. The delegates were on their feet
n an instant, and the tremendous crowd
was not a moment behind them. Every
person in the hall seemed armed with II
lag and the hall was u sea of waving red.
white, and blue.
From the rear of the hall in the south
;iie there rose up, from nowhere. appar-
,ntly. an immense oil painting of Bryan.
t was lifted high, and started forward to-
ward the aisle. leading along the front of
he delegates seats. At the same instant
he State standards started up out of their
;ockets in the floor. and quick as wink
hey were lueged forward, too. Then the
,arade began. 1t was exactly five minutes
lfter o'clock. The band played the Star
,pangled Banner" and half the crowd
to sing as 1t marched.
The moment the march was begun a
ozen marching clubs that had been clus-
cred around the outer edge OF the dele
,ates' seats were let into the aisles. There
must have been 500 of them. Around and
round they marched. The men who had
he State standards fell in with them in
he line wherever they could. Near the
Jew York standard there was banner |