The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-16

ise
oratory was To make everything he said sound like
new. of how the believers in free silver had
disoredited. he had told before that I'VE have
funatics aua idiots because We
intoIerabie consequences which would follow the
tdontion Of the gold standard by all the
effect i4i~ words, as he felt the con
venttou 70 MIN he Became aggressive
We beg longer he shouted. we retreat no
more; petition We defy themg'
From That moment the spirit Of nsht took hold OF
the convention it WAS ready Tor anything. And with
the orator was harnmering home
tdpas rnsr suttrrtt revealed him
a Spellbiuder Of the very first rank.
There two ideas Of government" he declared
There are those who believe tha YOU just IegIsate
make wen prosperous. their prosperity
win leak through those below The democratic
idea Mas that II lesislate make the
prosperous their prosperity will md Its way up and
through every class ana rest upon 1T
Wild cheering. of course, greeted this point but IL
was nothing to what happened when indefinite
you" was ordered not to cruelty mankind upon
cross o gold"
A wild delrIous JOY seemed to take hold Of the
delegates upon the possibility of their being so cruel
fed, Fsey ls.'ysled and shouted themselves hoxrse
prospect. For than thirty minutes they
made "A bed1am of the convention hall
Whether not the youthful Nebraskan had deliber
ateiy resolved stampede the convention is something
that but himself tell and he has told.
possible, even probable At rate, he had
furnished his party with paramount Issue" and
andidate who had that he could 1t
telling effect. He had done
had called 10 his standard all the dscnnented minor
that lad been paradng under the banners of the
ropust he Fntr Labor and numerous other parties
or protest t6s had grown IS1- ana that had
be4n in ire making Tor aInost a hundred years
II was fortgone conclusion that Bryan would he
nominated he flrst ballot he had only Iia to the
81 u Biand but that was scarcely more thnn
vote Every ballot thereafter added IN his strength.
anita tho nth IS votes switched to him after
mo roll CAN and before the was these
giving him thq nomination..
out in Missouri the venerable Mr.. Hand the father
OF the tree- SILVER ement waiting manfully at
tire piow- He allowed wait The convention
from il nis lieutenant had become the captain o
surely i was record oreakns achievement For
TIVE s' h a m 4 ts one an Of ars ae
Fs md Sr e hess 81 9ea KS Pon the s9a
a he nrya Was The asmisod who Hay the
sat IT. e a asei happasss ana pTqspsrl,y
in S WIS e q a sse @f sisla
% sss
II I'm az wfn a snS ana
hs e e bsh vs aa aa s re
fatlee = Z Without waiting for consent
y o ana me tb Of The p lis the NJ
5aa fatally ,srss
Sa;sna s6snss s e.
aa nd during the siy war and
General simon Bolivar, nuekner, Of Keataeky, q
tins ,on IN the confederate army and had shown his
5a lss
'sseune ther party ro A. whG matter
@ hs %so St s
in 1850 by dividing his natural support
While these remarkable evnluttons being
executed by the DEMOCRATS the Republican campaign
well under way. Contrary all the
out OF had held the first convention. II
Vas william rsea os
IL Ga s ra fer
stanttaf'' business of New Jersey.
he choice o Mckinley the Of steady
~ his interests that had been conducted
by Marcus Alonzo Hanna. wealthy business
man of Cleveland The two have often been termed the
Pythas Of politics. Certainly. whatever
may be said o Hanna, and for time he the
Der man the country, his friendship
r. kin eal hat he
lacking OF the OF his friend TO the popular
bill 81 generation equivalent to handing
nn.airLlian LIE presidency. aIz-
opportunity OF elinchin- ths natural result