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| fact II subsidized and let MN proceed.
Colorado was next called and she turned
her privilege over to Illinois. while the
crowd shouted at the top of its lungs fol
"Hill, Hill, Hill" Illinois put forward
Judge d. W. Thompson. of Jacksonville
H., which is Bryan's old home. He told
| how Bryan had lived in his town. The
Democracy of Illinois. he said. loved him
for his purity. admired him for his ability
respected him for his honesty. and had
confidence in him because of his courage
| and his consistency.
Hill Rises to Speak.
Again the cries for Hill went up and
| this time the Chairman announced that
Connecticut yielded to New York and that
| David B. Hill would speak. That instant
there was a whoop that rang out and al
most rippeS the roof off the hall. Quick
| as a flash the whole Convention was up,
| just as 1t had been at the first mention of
| Bryan's name For three minutes it was
| kept UP.
Ex-senator Hill made his way to the
platform while the shouting and cheering
and screaming kept up. Finally every
man and every woman was as silent.as a
grave. During the progress of his speech
half the time the crowd was waving out
its applause. When he spoke of united
that greeted the announcement that he
would speak
When he said that the wisdom of the
Convention adopted the platform and he
stood on it. there was again a repetition
of the scene. After each season o. t,r
plause there came again the quiet that no
other speaker had been granted. AT the
close of the speech the crowd was on its
feet. and it yelled and cheered until long
after the ex-senator had made his way
back to his seat
In his seat, after the speech. ex-senator
Hill was surrounded by mob of dele
gates. who grabbed his hands and cheered
and thanked him. Ex-senator Murphy
shook hands: so did James Shevlin. of
Brooklyn; also Augustus Van Wyck. his
ow-tei-gate- large. Richard Croker
was busy doing something else at the tins
and did not seem to see Mr. HILL The
last demonstration for Hill closed with a
chorus of Hill Hill! Hill" sung out to
the time of stamping feet
Other Scconding Speeches.
Quiet came at last and Delaware gave
way to Alabama, which had given way
originally to Nebraska. Lomax, Of Mont
gomery, Ala, responded, and made
speech that nobody heard He lasted only
few minutes. and gave way to Walter E.
Moore, from the Tar Heel State. While
Moore had a good voice, nobody seemed 10
want to hear him, and large part of his
speech was punctuated by cries of vote,
Vote! Vote!" Among other things, Moore
said:
"A century of Democracy is drawing to
its close. 1t began with jefferson. 1t ends
with Bryan. Each. chosen by his party
as its ablest champion OF popular rights
and its clearest exponent Of Democratic
principles was defeated by campaign of
abuses, slander, and yillification, and each
more glorious in defeat than his adver-
sary in victory, remained for the sue
ceeding four years the foremost Democrat
in America, but the recognized tribune of
the people. the logical and unanimous |
choice OF his party for denomination.
In an age when kings ruled by right |
divine, and the plain people were re-
garded as little better than beasts of bur-
den. Thomas Jefferson declared that all |
men are created free and equal. and that |
governments derive their just powers |
from the consent of the governed He !
was the necessary candidate of the Democ- |
racy and remained so until the principles |
that he advocated were embodied In gov
ernment. In 1886 jefferson was denounced |
as theorist. a socialist, an anarchist. and |
an atheist In 1900 he was triumphantly
In an age when human labor is bound
by capital in chains stronger and more
CALLING than slavery. when the divine right |
Of money has spread its protecting aegis
over trusts. piunder. and robbery. William
]. Bryan declared You shall not press
DOWN this crown OF thorns the brow OF
abor; you shall not cruelty mankind on
;ross OF gold He was then the necessary
of the Democracy in 1896. and
ne remains so till the principles he ad
'ocates are embodied in government -Four
Years ago he was defeated by the money
hangers who had polluted the temple of
liberty and by the political descendants
# the un-American imperialists. who
century ago defeated Jefferson.
Bryan and Jefferson.
History Will repeat itself. Democracy.
Using stronger from defeat. will in 1900. as
Il 1860. give its banner to its former lead
r, and bid Bryan. following in the foot
teps of jefferson. complete the great work
lie has already so nobly begun
Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia fol-
owed Moore and when he got through a
ry of Vote. vote. vote" was taken up
gain. Delegate d. II. Palmer of Florida
houted out a motion TO suspend the roll
all and proceed to the nomination of
Bryan by reclamation. 1t would not go.
:. v. Menzies. the Chairman of the In
lana delegation, got the floor and made a
I'VE minute speech.
Again came the roar for vote but the
lerk called Karsas, and Kansas put for
Yard John H. Atwood. The roars of
Vote, vote, Vote went up again as At
rood finished. Nevertheless Fl. l.. Fer !
uson of Louisiana talked briefly, and Mas
achusetts sent up Thomas j. Gargan. He
ucceeded in talking fifty-fye seconds, all
old. Then the cries OF Vote" drowned
i'm out. When Mississippi was called
hat delegation got a cheer by repeating
he motion TO suspend the rules and to ;
roceed to a nomination by reclamation.
Chairman Richardson, however, told the :
lerk to proceed with the roll-call. Mis- . .
ouri seconded without a speech. and so
Id New Hampshire. Charlie W. Baker of
ho was the next man who determined to
ak and amid the cries of Order" and d
Vote" and Times up he proceeded.
Pennsylvania sent up ex-Governo- Pat '
son to face the crowd, which seemed to {
ave let off some OF its steam, and the I
x-Governor was cheered. He said that '
he voice of the people had already made I
he nomination of Bryan. He said he t
diced 100000 Democrats of Pennsylvania T
'ho demanded that he should for them L
scond the nomination. II took him less e
han two minutes to do this. and the l.
rowd cheered again. d
The rOll-caH proceeded without response O
ntl Tennessee was called Governor Nc a
Iillin got up in his place and in twenty /
Ords seconded the nomination. Texas
nd Vermont seconded also from their
eats. Louis Bomerich spoke for Wiscon- r
n. and the German-American said there r
as no price too dear to pay for the de- G
"a 0f I'm ri pf he
,ries was called in turn, and presented ,
minute second