The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-12

thsy had bolted the No..
Mckinley. A national si1
publican convention waa ~.
Hanna, chosen chairman =.
tional committee, knew ~.
. great job ahead Of him ~
TO work.
The Democratic convn.
in Chicago. The Clevelass' ~
the party controlled ~ ~
committee, but the recon.s
Of that body were SVEN m. \
the first vote and it wa =;
the silver men controlled ~
vention. A resolution e.
the then present DemocrssI
vention Was voted down m
full boots. No man WA 49,
more than the Democrats p.
convention Of 1896 hatel S
Cleveland, the Democrats
dent Of the United States.
Leading free silver advoe.. I
Richard P. Bland Of Misss.s
John r. Mclean of Ohio ~ -.
testing for the nominatios
story Of their defeat l. 4 -.
miliar bit Of politicalNhiuts,, 1
liam Jennings Bryan, Ma -
ported the st. Louis Co.,
which nominated McKipls, n
Nebraska newspaper, sams 4 \
cago at the head of q Co.
delegation. He was givsa ~.
Then came the great debata .
platform, the eastern D..
fighting hard against the nats.l
In that debate, Mr.. Bryan, ID ~
So years old. slim Of nsura ~ Il
Of name, leaped into xor6.ssI
fame in a moment. The ~,
crown Of thorns and cross a ~
speech, whether the flgdre M
rowed from Representative ~
Of Massachusetts or not, snt +
convention wild. Mr.. Bry,n ;
nominated.
A little later the Populisa y
the Silver Republicans al,o y,
mated "the Boy Orator d +
Platte" The Cleveland Demou
called a convention at Inda,lrl
and organized the ''Nationh \
mocracy." General John Il. \
mer Of Illinois, a soldier Of IL n
ion, was nominated for prev
with General Simon Boliver r.
ner Of Kentucky, a soldier L 7
confederacy, for vice pred
They polled but few votes, hs i
jority of the gold Democrats I
ing straight for Mckinley.
Bryan soon began his unpsi
! dented and unequalled camri
tour. He did not then posses
suavity Of his later years. btl
was nightly in earnest. No d
man has ever aroused the eniil
, asm which he created in that d
paign. He spoke to over five 1
lion people. making over 4 thol1I
separate speeches. In the
part Of the campaign he Travelled
! ordinary day coaches, the rlilu
making it as hard for him y ~
ble.~ Toward the end Of ths d
paign the railroads relented and
was enabled to get a private
He was without money and b
great canvass was sometimes ior
to borrow the price of a ticke
the next stopping place.
Against this terrific camp
which seemed to be sweeping
country for the Democrats,
Hanna planned the great camp
of education" The farmers Of
agricultural states east OF the
sissippi were induced to Be
that the election OF Bryan v
mean bankruptcy for them. A
the wealth of the country was
of Hanna-he had millions,to 8
and he knew how to do it
! Careful canvasses taken
months before the election sht
that such states as Ohio and
ana were for Bryan. The !
that was done to turn that d
into the overwhelming victor
November was due to the poll
sagacity of Marcus A. Hanna
Bryan's appeals to the peopl
every section, the enormous p
lar interest in his personality
the picturesqueness OF bis
paign on the one side, and tn
. forts of the Republicans to =
, every voter with campaign III
ture and personal argument on
: other side, resulted in a wldesp
popular interest in politics sue
had never been known.
Il While the campaign was
, siye, and while it practically -
. the money question for all tlms'
| feat did not diminish the pop.
, ity Of the Democratic SIAM
i bearer, who has ever since :
!, high in the councils OF ms =
!, Mckinley was chosen pres'oes'
, his administration witnesses
|, return of prosperity, the gro
the country has ever known; =. !.
r all, not the least among inc ~
, lican assets Of 1896 was tns
that the panic of 1893 came "
a Democratic administration
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