The age-herald., 1900-07-06

approval of the great multitude facing him.
 The eloquent Daniel of Virginia added his glowing tribute to the candidate, While former Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania spoke for his State and for the east Gov ernor McMilln of Tennessee voiced the wishes of a State which had Furnished three Presidents" Hawaii, through na- tive delegate, John H. Wise' made It's HTS. seconding speech in Democratic National Convention and finally sweet-voiced and tfIea aant-faced woman alternate from Utah seconded the nomination of MT. Bryan in behalf of the State of Utah.
 The Voting
 Then came the voting State after State recording it's vote in behalf Of the Ne braska candidate and giving hlin the unanimous vote of the States and Terri tories The convention managers had al ready agreed that this was sufficient work for the day, and the Vice-Presidentiai nom ination was allowed to go over until To- morrow.
 Next to the demonstration for the party candidate, that greeting the announcement that imperialism was to be the paramount issue of this campaign was the most spoh- taneous and significant of the day.
 Senator Tillman read the platform, ana with measured force brought out the fact that imperialism was now given the Hrst and supreme place among the issues or the
  piete sympathy with this expression was shown by the long and sustained applause, lasting, over twenty-two minutes and eX- eeeding the ovations usually accorded the faNorites of the party. Following this the announcement that the 16 to 1 idea was re- tained in the platform received only faint and ill-sustained recognition, the applause being limited to few moments. It was regarded as significant showing of the sentiment of the delegates, quite as con- vincing as the terms of the platform they had put forward.
 Another stirring event of the day was the appearance of Webster Davis, formerly Assistant Secretary of the Interior under McKinley's administration, in a speech se- verely arraigning the Republican party for it's lack of sympathy for the Boers and formally announcing his allegiance to the Democratic party.
 ihe Comm. tee Fight
 But the great battle of the convention has not been fought under the eyes of cheering thousands, but in the privacy of the closely guarded quarters of the commit tee on pla tform. Here was waged through out the last night and again this morning one of the most remarkable struggles that has ever racked this historic party. On the one hand was the influence of Bryan and the absolute unity of devotion felt toward him and the cause of silver with which his name is inseparably linked On the other hand many of the patrarchs of the party, men like Daniel of Virginia, insisting that the very life of the organization was en- dangered by changing its old issues and that the duty of the hour called for new issues based on new and vital events. This contest was at last narrowed down to the one issue specially reaffirpipg the party's adherence to a 16 to l standard as desired by. Mr. Bryan or of reaffirming the silver plank in most gentle terms. And on this issue the brains, the sagacity, the persua- siye eloquence and the best ability of the convention has for the last thirty-six hours been engaged in a battle royal for supre- macy. And out of this fierce strife the ad-