Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-11

was evident that the delegates were III
,, no mood to waste time in demonstra-
lions.
Mr.. Bryan then arose and came to
| the front of the rostrum. His face was
pale and drawn with illness, his voice
| was Weak and hoarse. He spoke with
great effort, but quietly and with SELL
control. AS the speaker went on MS
voice grew stronger and clearer, ana
as he narrated the story OF his efforts
to secure the insertion in the platform
OF financial plank, the flush OF excite
ment covered his face and his gestures
became more frequent and more EN-
phatic.
Mr. Bryan declared that if they were
to send the proposed telegram to Judge
Parker then the convention would De
declaring for the gold standard and the
delegates in that case should be frank
and declare for the gold standard.
He declared that if the gold plank
WAS offered, he would not argue against
against it, but would simply vote
| against it. He was opposed to sending
| the telegram as framed. IF the goiu
standard is good thing, then why
run away from it? Why not put 1t in
your PLATFORM"
Bryan declared that if the tlegram
was sent then Judge Parker should De
| asked to give his views on the recon-
age of silver and asset currency. he
thought Judge Parker would have been
more manly if he had expressed his
views before the voters elected their
delegates.
| He then announced that he Wouid
propose an amendment to the message
and took his seat amid loud cries OIL
| vote" Hill, HILL
| Senator John w. Daniel, chairman OIL
the committee on resolutions, was then
announced to reply to Mr.. Bryan.
| Senator Daniel had spoken only few
words when delegate from Arkansas
announced that he could hear nothing
because of the noise among the dele
gates and after some conversation De-
tween him and the chairman the latter
directed that if delegates made any
| trouble the police should take two or
| three Of the men out and it will do them
good"
! Senator Daniel applauded Judge Par
ker for his telegram and said that he
considered him a much larger man, to-
day, after sending his message than be-
fore doing So It revealed the character
! of the man.
Senator Daniel concluded at 11.17. His
| speech received hearty applause from
the pit where the delegates We're seat
| ed.
| J. 3. Weaver of Iowa, who II years
ago was Presidential nominee of the
Populist party next spoke, being recoS-
| nized, and calls for "Vote. VOTE from
all over the hall.
| 1t was, he said, an optical illusion to
suppose Parker to be a foot higher thar,
on yesterday. The illusion was caused
by the convention being three feet law
er.
To send a telegram was equivalent to
saying "all right, judge, anything you
want we will acccede.'
| Both applause and grOans met this
statement.
| Mr.. Weaver punned the name of the
place from where Judge Parker sent
his telegram. 1T is spelled Esopus, "
he said, but 1 think it ought to read
| 'E-soap-us.' Vocifcrous cries of
Question, question, vote" followed,
but the chairman recognized Charles S.
Hamlin of Massachusetts. who urged
the sending of the telegram to Judge
| Parker.
| The American people, he said. adj
mrcd Il brave man, and Judge Parker
would be so regarded hereafter by the
! American people.
l. When Mr.. Hamlin finished it was
| evident that the delegates were hearth
| ly sick of listening to speeches and
were rapidly losing temper over the
constant succession of speakers who
mounted the platform and they clam
| ored fiefcely for a vote, but Chairman
| Clark, true to his promise that every
man should have a fair show, recog-
nized Senator Carmack of Tennessee.
The speaker declared that Mr.. Bry-
an had said that the nomination of
Judge Parker would be declaration
enough on the money plank.
"Mr. Chairman said Mr.. Bryan ris-
ing hastily, II beg the gentleman S
pardon. but l never said that
John S. Williams supported Mr.. Bry-
i an in his statement, and Senator Car
mack accepted the correction.
The senator took occasion to deny
that he had ever received a message
from Judge Parker.
The chair recognized Mr.. Bryan who
presented an amendment to the reply
| to Judge Parker as follows:
Put as you will, If elected, be called
upon to act upon certain phrases of the
money question, we would like to know
| whether YOU are in favor of reducing
the volume of silver dollars; whether
you favor an asset currency and
branch national banks: whtehr you
prefer national bank currency to Unit
ed States notes."
Mr.. Bryan then proceeded to answer
| some of the statements made by those
who had followed his first address.
Great applause followed his assertion
that lack of harmony in the party
could not be laid at his door.
Senator Carmack undertook to cor
rect statement made by Mr.. Bryan
as to the proceedings i'm the commit
tee on resolutions, and short debate
followed between the gentlemen with
the result that neither satisfied the
others as to who possessed the better
|