Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-07-12

White spoke for California. giving the
tribute Of the Pacific coast to the Ne
braska candidate. When Colorado was
reached that state yielded to Senator
Hill OF New York. The audience had
Anxisssly Awaited
New Yorker He was accorded q
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 the Ne
braskan touched a sympathetic chord
in the hearts OF the audience. He
pictured Bryan as the champion Of
the plain people and Of the working
man. strong with the masses. with
the farmer and with the artisan.
When Hill declared with dramatic in
tensiiy that the candidate would have
the support Of his party - 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. 1T is a
time for unity. not for division he
| exclaimed to the
Rapturoux Approval
Of the great multitude facing him.
| The eloG uent Daniel Of Virginia added
| his glowing tribute to the candidate,
while Former Gov. Pattison Of Penn.
sylvania spoke for his state and for
the East Gov McA1illin of Tennes
see voiced the wishes of the state
which had Furnished three presi-
dents" Hawaii. through its delegate,
John H. Wise. made its first second
! ing speech in a Democratic national
| convention. and finally sweet voice
| pleasant faced woman from Utah. sec
onded the nomination of Mr.. Bryan in
behalf of her state. Then came the
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 de
| cided that this was enough work for
one day and the nomination for vice
presidential candidate was allowed to
go over until to-day.
Imperialism the Issue.
Next to the demonstration for the
party candidate that greeting the an
nCunccment that Imperialism was 10
be the paramount issue of the cam
paign vas the most spontaneous and
significant Of the day. Senator 1ili-
man read the platform. and with much
force brought out the fact that iIl-
perialiSn. was now given the first ana
supreme place among the issues of the
party. That the delegates and audi
I<+t %faf
programme was showl by the long and
continued appla-lSe. lasting over TWEEN
ty-twc ninutnS. Following this the an.
nouncemenf that the 16 TO / idea was
retained received only faint and short
Demonstration. the applause being only
continued 4 few minutes. 1t was re-
garded as significant of the spirit OF
the delegates The most stirring in
cident Of the day was the
Appearance of Webster Davis.
formerly assistant secretary Of the in
terror in Mckinley's administration. in
a speech severely arraigning the Re
publican party for its lack of sympa-
thy for the Beers. and formally an
noUncing his allegiance to the Demo-
cratic party.
But the great battle Of the conyen-
ton has not been fought under the
eyes Of cheering thousands. but in the
privacy of the closely guarded quar-
tiers Of the committee on platform.
Her. was waged throughout Wednes-
day night and again yesterday morn
ing one of the most rema rkable Strug
giles that has ever racked this historic
party. On the one hand was the in
fiuence Of Bryan and the absolute
unity Of devotion felt toward him and
the cause of silver with which his
name is nseparably linked. On the
other hand We're many of the patri-
archs Of the party. men like Daniel Of
Virginia. insisting that the very life OF
the organization was endangered by
changing its old issues, and the duty
of the hour called for new issues
based upon
New and Vital Events.
This contest was at last narrowed
| down to the one issue Of specifically
reaffirming the party's adherence to
16 TO 1 standard as desired by Mr..
Bryan, or of reaffirming the silver
plank in more general terms. An on
this issue. the brains, the sagacity. the
persuasive eloquence and the best abil-
| ity Of the convention has for the last
| thily-six hours been engaged in bat.
tie royal for supremacy. And out OF
| this fierce struggle the adherents Of
| Bryan emerged SCARED but victorious.
| They have written the platform in
| their own way with 16 to 1. But it
was a victory by a scratch. for single
vote would have turned the scale. And
| it has not been a victory without con-
| cession, for in the final draft silver is
no longer paramount" it is far down
in the platform, while in the very fore
front is the declaration that imperial
ism is the paramount issue of this