Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-07
AGAIN THE NOMINEE.
Democratic National Convention Unsni-
NOUS For Bryan.

Democratic National Convention Unani-
NOUS For Bryan.
Bryan, the nominee on a platform
that reiterates all that the Democrats
have previously stood for, and EN-.
phasizes the Imperialism issue, is the
work of the Democratic National con-
vention which covened in Kansas City
on last Wednesday, the Fourth of
July.
The principal contest of the conven-
ton was over the question of making
a specific declaration in favor of Is to
1. 1t was the wish of Mr.. Bryan.
Many delegates were opposed but it
was agreed that the declaration be
made and that the question be allowed
to drop out of Importance.
All of Wednesday was consumed
in preliminary work, and it was not
until Thursday afternoon that the
platform committee was ready to re-
port. Senator Tillman read the plat
form, the convention vigorously ap-
plauding every plank, especially that
relating to Imperialism and reading as
follows:
We are not opposed to territorial ex-
pansion when it takes in desirable terri
Tory which can be erected into states IN
the Union and whose people are willing
and fit to become American cltlzens.
We favor expansion by every peaceful
and legitimate means. But we are unal-
terably opposed to seizing or purchasing
distant islands to be governed outside the
constitution and whose people can never
become citizens.
We are in favor of extending the re-
public's influence among the nations;
but believe that influence should be ex-
tended not by force and violence, but
through the persuasive power OF high
and honorable example. The importance
of old questions now pending before the
American people is in no wise diminish
ing. and the Democratic party takes no
backward step from its position on them /;
but the burning issues of imperialism
growing out of the Spanish war, involve
the very existence of the republic and the
destruction of our free institutions. We
regard it as the paramount issue OF the
campaign.
After the reading Of the plasform
came the nomination for presiaent.
Alabama yielded to Nebraska, AID in
an eloquent speech, Hon. W. D.SOld-
ham, of that state, nominated William
Jennings Bryan.
The wild burst of enthusiasm that
followed the nomination of Mr.. Bryan
lasted for q minutes. Chairman Rich
ardson tried to restore order at the
end of 10 minutes; but the convention
continued to- shout until it was ex-
hausted.
The states were called one by one
and each voted for Bryan. When
New York was reached, David B. Hill
delivered a eulogy on Bryan and
promised the electoral vote of his state.
This caused another outburst of enthu-
siasm and tumultuous nominations of
Hill for vice-president.
The announcement of the unani-
NOUS nomination was the signal for
another great demonstration, and at
S.53, Thursday night, the convention
adjourned until 1880 Friday morning,
when it was the programme to select a
nominee for vice-president.
Senator Tillman, George Fred Will
liams and others who succeeded in
forcing the Is to plank, favored the
nomination of Towne, the Populist
nominee for vice-president; but a
majority of the convention seemed to
be in favor of the selection of Adlai
Stephenson.