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    PLATFOEM BUILDERS.
A CONTEST OVER THE F1NAN
CIAL PLANK.
Tho I'tntfnrtu ns Flnnllr Adopted Whnt
1 Snld on tlio Sidney Uot-stlon Unal
ternlily Opposed to Monometallism
Tho McKlnlry Law Denounced Ter
ritorial Admission Fntorcd No Third
Term.
Tho Democratic Platform.
Chicago, July 10 At 10:05 Chair
inan White dropped the gavol, tho
buzz of thousands of voices gradually
subsided and tho delegates took their
scuts. Vacant spaces In tho black pit
marked off with almost definite accur
acy tho territory of tho New England
delegation which, with tho exception
of a few stragglers, hnd not yet ar
rived. The New York delegation,
headed by Whitney and Mil were in
their places. Tho bulky form cf Bis
6ell of Buffalo was, however, absent.
At 10:55 o'clock tho llev. Dr. Orecn
of Cedar Rapids, la., the Episcopalian
clergyman who had made tho oponlng
prayer yesterday, again prayed.
mr. Jones reads the platform.
Senator White handed tho gavol to
Congressman Richardson of Tennessee,
a tall, slender man with a black mus
tache and scholarly stoop of tho
-shoulders, who anuounced that tho
committee on resolutions was ready
to report, and called to tho platform
Senator Jones of Arkansas to mako
tho committee's report. Mi. Jones,
-who has been in tho thickest of tho
silver fight since the forerunners ol
the convention began to nssemblo in
Chicago, is a familiar flguro to this
convention. Ho looks liko a soldier,
and but for tho fact that ho was a
soldier of tlio lato Confedorney,
mltrht bo a strong Presidential
possibility. Iho is a strong faced
man with a tlorce silvery mustache
niid chin whiskers and white hair,
which fails to cover all of the top of
his head. He adjusted a pair of gold
bowed spectacles and began to road
tho financial plank of the platform.
The effect of tho reading would huvo
been greater had tho Southern Sena
tor had a stronger voice. The silver
ranks raised a cheer when somo of
them heard tho words: ".Wo demand
the free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver." and one enthusiast
demanded that the passage be re-read,
which was done, benator Jones de
clared that he wus hoarse and, indeed,
i his voice broko two or three times and
nearly failed him. Tho platform in
full is as follows:
PERSONAL AND RELIGIOUS LIRERTi.
"Wo, tho I)omo-rnts or tho Unlto I Statot, in
National n nvontion nsomblcd do rmilirm
our nllcvinnco to tho?o Rront oss-ntl!tl princi
ple) i of iuat cj nnd liberty upo-i which our in
stitutions aw f jundod, ami which the Uomo
crat c party Ins nclvocntoil from Joffirton's
tirao to our own froadomof speech, freedim
of tlu p on froi dom of comcl-nco. tho proser
vntion of personal right tlio equality of all
citizjii" l.of' ro tho law, nnd tin I iltliful nb
eorvancj of constltutonal limit itions Tho
t ' constitution or tho United ht itei uuarantces
in uv.ry cuizm mo rigmi 01 cnu an irengioui
liberty. TLo Dmnoc-ntli pnrty lias ahni
been the exponent of political liborty and ro
ligiom frco lorn, and it rcmov.-i iU obliKutiun
and reafllrms Its-devotion toth is funddmuutul
principles cf tlio con-tilu'ion.
''During nil tlieso eiir the Domocratie party
lias rofNtcd tho tendency of selfish IntTPxti tj
the cntraliz.itlon of jrovernmental power, and
lmsntedfastly malitiiinod that tho ititoifrity
of tho dual t-chunn of ijovcnimont t'Stnblishod
by th f uin-b-R 'if tlxi. rrpubll-of lepub'i ,
UnJer Is cuiduncn and teurhinirs thocreut
principle of locil felf-Rovernin-nt lias found
its best expression in tho malntonnno? of tho
rlzhtj of tho SUto and lU asser ion that it i
ncco'tary to coatlno tho general ovornmont to
tlio o -crcUo of tho powo s grunted by tho con
stitution. Till: MONI'.V QUESTION.
u "necocnizinc tha' tho raoiny question is
paramount to nil others nt Mil time wo invite
attention to the fact that tho f i.lernl conttitu
tiou mmoi silver nnd cold torothor M tho
mtfniy metals of th) Uuitod Sues nnd that
tho first coin 'bo law passed b? Concr-ss undor
the constitutloi mulo th silver dollar tho
monetary unit undmlmlttol gold to frco roln
age at a ratio In oil upon tho silvor unit
Wodoclan that tho act of 1573, dimoaotiz
Ine silver without tho knowl'do or approval
of tlio Amo-icnn peoplo, hat rosiiltnl in tho
npp-oclntlon of gold nnd n correspond! IB full
in tho prices of ciinmoJit!o produced by thi
poaplo; a hoivy in-roiso in tho burdoa of tax
ation, an i of all dobta pub'h und private, tho
enrichment of tho monoy loicllu? clasj at homo
and abroa l piraheliof industry and Impover
ishment of tho people.
NO GOLD MONOMETALLISM.
"Wo are umltorab'y oppood tt tlio mono
metallism which ha looked fast tho
prosperltr of on industrious pen lo In th) par
nlyui of hart timn Gold inonomHallism is
c- aiiiiriiisu policy, mil us nuoptinu nns
j bnu?lit other nations into financial s-rvl-
ttido to Lonuoa It Is not only iiu-Armrlcnn,
lf but nnti-Ainericin, and it can bo f istsned upon
tho United States only by tho stilling of that
spirit and lovo of llb-rty which proclaimed
our political indepoudenso in 1778 und won it
in tho wnr of tho Dvolution
'Wo demind tho froo and unlimited coin
n?9 of gold and tilvor at tlio pro-cnt
loal ratio of M to 1. without
waiting for tho n'd or consent of any othor
imtlon. Wo ilnmand tho stnn bird tllvor dollar
ehall 1m a fulllesal ton lor, equally with gold,
for nil debt. publH nnd private, nnd w favor
TEurlilesUlation as wlllpnvont tho dinnnoti
atlon of any Un.l of leg-il tcuior roouoy by
privnt- en itract-
"Wo ara opposoi to tin iolleynnl prnctico
of fcurroidernitc to thi holdirs of tho obliga
tions of tho United States tho option rosorol
by law to the Royarnment of ndoamin such
obligation- in cithsr silver cjln or old coin
AOAINST INTEREST REARiJiO UONDS
,-Wo ara opposed to tlio truing of intorost
bearing boiidi of the Unitod St'atoi in timos of
poaco, an I condemn tha trel)lc!ciag with bank
irgjndi'atn whi-h, In exchango for bonds
and at an enormous profit to tlnnnolves,
supply tho federil treaiury with ffold to main
tain tlio pill-y of cold moiotnttalllsm.
'Coogrosi aloao his ttio power to coin an I
ifsuemouo, an I liroillont Jac'.ciou diclarod
that this power could not bo dolo-rntud ts ro-
poratlons or inJivlduals. Wo thorforo ds
nounce tho Usu inco of notos as money for na
tional banks as in dor igition ot tho constitu
tion, mil we dtmind that all papsr which is
mado lonal tondor for public nnd private dibts
or which is rocclvrbla for dues to tho United
Stttes, shall bo isiuml by thi i;ovornment of
tho United Statos und shall bo redeem tblo In
com
THE M'KINLEY IJiW DENOUNCEU.
Wo hold that tariff duties slum d bo lovlod
tor purposes of revonu such duties to bo so
aljuded as to oparato equilly throa-hout
the country nnd not discriminato batweon
cists or wo ion nnd that taxation
should be limittd by the noed of the
government, hoiestlr aud oan-iomioally a Imin
istordd. Wo dsnoutno as dl tnrb at to buI
ii'ss tho Republican threat to loitoro the
McKinloy law, whib has bo-n twice con
doned by the ioplo in national olectiom, and
whi:li, nnaatid undr tin fatto plea of protec
tion to horn industry, prorid a prolitic breeder
of trusts aad iniaopolltfi, enrichoi tha fow at
thooxpotmot tin mnar rstrIctsJ tMdoand
ueprlv6i tha producers of tho Broat Amor lead
stnploi of nccots to tliolr naturnl mnrkots.
NO TARIFF WORK INCOME TAXES.
"Until ths money question Is aotttod we are
opposoi to an- sttitation for lur hr chnngss
.in our tarilt laws oiopt suoh as aro necoo
W'j lo meot thi delicti In revnun catuod
by tlio adrersi decision o( tha Supremo court
on tho incomo tax
Hut for this deci.ion by ths supremo court
thoro would bo no doflcit in tho rovenus undor
tho law passed by a l)orno-ratl Congress In
strict pununnco of the uniform thoislons ot
that court for noir y Uu yoarn that court hav
ing in that d)olsioa snatalnod constitutlontl
objootions to it onaitmoat which liad
b?en orjrrulod by the nbloit judges v.ho
have over sat on that bmch. Wo declare that
It Is the duty of Congrois to uso n'l tho consti
tutional pnvor which rom,alns aftorthat decis
ion, or which may com from its isrersnl by
tho court as it may horoaft'r 1 constltutod,
so thit tho bunions of tnxitton may bi cqu&lly
auilmputltllr laid to tin end that woalth
mny bsar Its duo proportion of tho expense of
tho guvernmont.
10 TROTKCT AMERICAN LAIlOa
"Wo ho d that tho ofHclent way of protecting
Amorican labor Is to provont the importation
of foreign pnupor labor to compoto with It in
tho homo markot, nnd that tho valuo of tho
homo markot to our Amorloau farmors nnd ar
tisans is grentlr roluccd by n vicious monetary
system, which depresses the prices of their pro
ducti bolow tho cot of production, and thus
deprivos thorn of tho moms of purchasing the
products of our horns manufactories.
HOLDING DOWN THE RAILROADS.
"The nbiorption of wealth by the fow, tho
consolidation of our leading railway srsttms
and the formation of truits nnd pools rjqulro
a strlutor control by tin Fodsral aovornmont
otthosi artorlos of cotrtmjrc3. We demand
the oniargomont of the powors of tho lutir
Stato commorco oommissinn nnd such roitrlo
tlons and guirnntoes in th control cf rnll
roadi as will protect tho peoplo from robb-ry
and oppression.
'Wo donounco tho proflgato wasto of tlio
monsv wrung from thi people by opprotsivs
taxation, nnd ths lavish appropriations of ro
cont Hopubl can congrossss. which hava kept
taxoahlgh while tho laborer that pars tliom
Is unemployed, nnd the productsof thopooplo's
toll aro doprossed In prlco till they no longer
ropay tho cost of produ'tion We domand a re
turn to that s'mpllcity and economy which ba
flts n doraoirntio gorernmo it nnd a roluction
in tho numbar of usolosi odious tho salarlos of
which drain tho subs.anno of tin peoplo.
NO FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.
' Wo dinonnco nrbltriry interferonco by Fod.
oral authorities in local affairs ns a violation
of tho constitution of the Unitod Statos and n
crlmo oga nt froo institutions nnd wo
especially object to govornmont by injunction
ns a now and highly dangerous form of oppro
sion by which Foderal judges, In contempt of
tho laws of tho Stilts nnd tho rights of cltizons,
bojomo at on-o legislators judgji und oxecu.
tionirs. and wo approve tho bill patsod nt tho
last session of the Uuitiil Statos Sonnto nud
now ponding in tho Uouso rolativj to con
tompts In Foloral courts, and providing for
trials by ju ics in certain cases of conto npt.
I'ACIFIC ROADS AND PENSIONS.
No discrimination should bo indu gpd by
thogovernmen of tho Uuitod Statis in favor
of any of Its dbtora Wo nprovo of tho ro
fusalofthi FiftythirJ Congress to pas' tho
I'nclflo railrosd funding bill, nnd denounco tho
effort ot the prosont Itapubllcan Congross to
enact a similar measure.
Recognizing tho J st claims of doerving
Union soldiers, wo heartily indorse tin rulo of
tho prosont commis ione of ponsions that no
names shall be arbitrarily dropped from tho
ponsion roll, nnd tho fast of onlistmont nnd
eorIco should bo dnmd conclu.iivj ovidenco
against disaaso and disabi ity bofora onlist
mont. TERRITORIAL ADMISSION FAVORED.
Wo favor the adtniss ou of tho territories of
New Mexico nnd Arizona into tlio Union ns
statos, and wo favor tho early admisdon of nil
tho territorios huving tho ucesinry popul ition
and resources to rntitlo tlnra to statshood, nnd
wlillo they remain territories wo hold that tho
olllclals nppoiutpd to administer tho govern
ment of any torritory. tojothor with the Dis
trict of ( olumbia and AUska, should ba boaa
fld roridents of tho territory or distrlit in
which thoir dutiss are to bo porformsd.
Tin Democratic pirty bolioves in liomi nilo
nnd that all publli lnnd of tho Unitod Stato3
should Ijo appropriated to tho establishment of
freo homes Tor Ainori-au citizens.
Aorojommeiid ttiat tlio Territory of Alaska
lw grant -d ndelogati in t'ouvr s, nnd that the
g noral land und timbor liws ot tho United
htitos bi cxtcnlnd to snid Ter-ltor.
SYMPATHY FOR CURA CIVIL SERVICE.
Wo extmd our sympathy to tho poaplo of
Cuba in thoir heroic strurgle for liborty and
indepondon o.
Wo aro oppojod to life tonuro in tho public
serv co. Wo favor appointments baod upon
merits. fixrd terms of tliio, nnd such an ad
ministration of tin civil sorrlco laws us will
atlord equal opportunities to all cltizons of
nscortained fituiss.
NO THIRD PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
Wo declare It to b tho un rittcn law of this
ropublic, ostablishod by custttn and u-aga of
one bun lrod years and sanctlonod by tho ex
amples of tho greatest and wi rstof thoso who
founded it and havo mniutainod ourgovarn
tnent that no man shall b eliglblo for u third
term of tho Presidential ofllco.
'Tho Federal government should core for
and improvo tho Mississippi river and othor
groat watnrwus ot the republic m as to so-uro
for the interior States oasy and clunp trans
portation to tldo watjr. Whon nny watonvay
of tin ro public is of feufllciout importnucj to
demnn I aid of tho govornmont, such aid should
booxtondoi upon a dslmltj plan of contin
uous work uutil permanent improvement is se
cured. "Confiding in tho juitlco of our cauto nnd
tho nocesslty of its success nt tho polls wo
submit tin f irooing decla-ntion of principtoi
and purpoios to tho considoruto jnd?mont of
tho Amnrioin pooplo Wo invito tho suppo t
of all citizens who approve thim and who do
riralo hvo thorn maib olloctlvo through leg
islation for tho rolief of tho pooplo and tha
restoration of tho cjuntr's prosperity. "
Tlio report for the minority was
read by J. II. Wade of Ohio, a former
reading clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives, as it was presented by
Senator David B. Hill.
THE PLANK OF THE GOLD MEN.
"Wo dosloro our beliof tint tho experiment
on tho part of tin Unitod Mnt-M nlonu of frio
silver coinage nud a chango of tho oxUtin?
standard of valui, indopsiidentlr of tin nction
of othor great unions, would not only imperii
o ir linnmcs, but would r 'turd or entirely pre
vent tlio ostsbllshment ot international bi
metallism, to which tho offort ot the govern
ment should lu steadily diroctol. It would
plino this country nt onco upon u silver bisis.
impair cuntrnMs. disturb buti oss, diminish
tho pur'hasing powir of tin wages of labor
und inflict irreparablo ovils upon our nution's
limn ia nnd industry.
D' Until intornutlonal co-oporntlon nmnni
loading nations for tho freo coinage of -ilver
can be secured, wo favor the rigid m lntcnanro
ot tho oxisting gold standard hs essential to tho
pretorvatton of our national credit the redemp
tion of onr p'.iblb pie iges and tho keeping in-
io' ato of our country's honor Wo insist that
alt our paper and silver cunoncy shall bo kept
absolutely at a parity wit i gold. Tho Homo
cratic party is tho party of hard monoy, and is
opposed to legal tender piper money us a part
of our po-maneut financial system and wi
thoroforu favor tho gradual retirement an 1 can
collatl n of all Uuitod States notes nnd treas
ury notoi. under sub lcgisln ivo provisions as
will pieiont unduo contraction Wo domaud
that the nation il cielit shill ba loolutey
milnttlnod at all times and undsr ull circum
stan cs
THE PRESIDENT COMMENDED.,
"Tho rmuorlty also fool that ths ' roport
of the majority is dofoctivn in falling to
make any root gnition of tho honesty, economic
courage and fidelity of tho p-o'ont i) jmncritic
ndmiuisiratlnn und they thoroforo offer the
fol owing declaration as an amsndm nt to tho
majority re orti
"'o command tlio bono ity, ccon mlo courage
of the Uulti rtatos and fidolily ot tho prosont
Usmocratlc nat oual admiulstratlcn.
TO SOFTEN THE PLATroRM.
Senator Hill also offered tho follow
ing amendments to tho platform and
moved their adoption!
' Hutlt should bo cnr fully provided bylaw
at tho ssmi timo that nur change In i he mon
etary standard should not apply to existing
contracts."
'Our advocacy of the indnpmlent froeooln
ago of silver being btol on bl of that such
coinago will effect and maintain a parity be.
tweon gold and silvor nr tho ratio ot 10 to 1, wo
doclnro as n plodg). of our sincerity that if
suoh froi coliingi shall fall to effect tiuh par.
Ity within ono yjir from lu onaotmoutby law,
such colnngo shall thoroupon ba saspandod."
WROTE THE PLATFORM.
Colonel Jones, editor of tlio fit, Louis
Post Dispatch the Man.
Chicago, July 10. Colonel Charlos
II. Jones, editor of tho St, Louis Post
Dispatch, is credited with tho author
ship ot tho platform. Tho documont
was nrrangod and worded by him,
after consultation with Senators
Cockroll and Vest, and other loaders,
and his draft was ndoptod by tho
committco on resolutions, aftor thrco
minor planks had been added and
somo changes mado in tho wording,
which did not affect tho principles or
spirit of Colonel Jouos' work.
Senator Vest of .Missouri drow up
tho plank on pensions. Tho expres
sion of sympathy with tho Cuban
rovolutionists in tho plntform was
first brought forward in the form of a
plnnk written by Mr. James Crcclman,
tho nowspapcr correspondent, but
Congroasman Sulr.or, of Now York,
modified the statomcut to meot tho
views of tho leaders.
So far as the much discussed sug
gestion of a platform of ono plnnk
declaring for freo coinage at Id to 1
goes, it was nover seriously enter
tained by tho committco on resolutions.
BOLT IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Freo Silver Men Letvo tlio itcpuhllcan
Convention Democrntlo Accession.
Aberdeen, S. D., JulylO. From 7
o'clock last night until 0 o'clock this
moaning the State Republican con
vention was in session without a re
cess, considering tho adoption of res
olutions indorsing tho St. Louis plat
form. The session was fruitful in dram
atic incidents, Including a bolt of
twenty Sioux Falls delegates over tho
gold plank, und tho announcement by
Kdltor Tomlinson of tho Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader, tho leading Democratic
paper in the State, that ho would sup
port the Republican ticket and plat
form. The ticket nominated by acclama
tion is: It. S. Gamble, Oeorgo I.
Crawford, congressmen; A. O. Rings
rud, governor; D. T. Ilindmun, lieu
tennnt governor; W. II. Ruddle, secre
tary of state; K. G. Phillips, treasurer;
II. E. Mayhew, auditor; S. V. Jones,
attorney general; John Lockhart,
land commissioner.
OVATION FOR HILL.
The New Yorlc Srnator Clioered for Ten
Minutes Ills Speech Strong.
Senator Hill, tho champion of the
gold standard men, ascended the plat
form at 12:30 o'clock amid a perfect
storm of applause. He shook tho
hand of the presiding officer nnd then,
with n smile, bowed his acknowledge
ments to tlio shouting, gesticulating
crowd. Men were on thoir chairs
waving handkerchiefs, Hags, aud toss
ing hats In the tilr. Tho vast volume
of hound ebbed nnd tlowed and would
Tn Coin .More Mlver.
Washington, July 10. On July 1,
the treasury held of tho silvor bullion
purchased undor the net of July 14,
18!)0, 131,811, 4'.M ounces, costing SU8,
000,458. The coining valuo of this
bullion, in silver dollars, is 3170,441,
402. Since November 1, 1893, 11,157,
491 btandard silver dollars have been
coined, and it is said nt tlio treasury
that it is probable that the coinago of
silver dollars will bo increased to
8'J,500,0o0 or 83,000,000 per month
after August 1.
Territories Go to island.
Chicago, July 10. The delegates of
tho territories held a caucus yesterday
and it was decided to go together and
support tho same man for President.
As Oklahoma and Indian Territory
are instructed for lMnnd. this was a
clever turn in iiland's interests. This
means that all tho territories, with
thirty-six votes, will be thrown to
Dlund.
LEADERS OF THOUGHT.
There Is In Milwaukee a handsome
paper devoted to tho game of whist.
There is one in this country devoted
entirely to trade marks.
A Drltifih nowpaper recently experi
mented with making a popiap tree into
pulp, pulp Into paper and paper Into
a finished Bheot, the whole procoss tak
Ink twenty-two hours.
H. H. nnd R. B. Claiborne, brothers
issue the Oswego (Kan.) Times-Standard.
Ono acts as editor, the other as
business mnnager, and every year they
"shako tho boys up" hy changing
places.
There was woe on the Platto tho
other day when tho North Platte Telo
graph, a republican paper, published,
by reason of a mistake in the shipping
office, a column of democratic plate
matter.
Tho Valley (Neb.) Enterprise thus
plnyfully refers to a loathsomo contem
porary: "V. A. Crane, the hired man
and carrion-eater on tho warnjed-over,
soft soap, semi-annual defunct sheet
at Elkhorn, is inaklnghimselfvery con
spicuous again since ho emcrgod from
a complete wreck which he and his
fake factory recently fell into. But tho
pitiful pleas of tho ppor imbecllo for
help in the time of whisky famine
reached the cars of some tender-hearted
citizens nnd the plant was bid in
nnd then he was hlrod to run it."
A man who crossed tho Cascade
mountains, Oregon, by tho military
route March 20 last and May 1 found
fifteen feet of snow on tho summit on
tho first trip and twenty feot tho sec
ond, and May 1 it was still snowing.
mT7BiiMVTW
THE WINNING SPEECH
BRYAN'S EFFORTTHATCAUC1HT
THECONVENTION.
A Itrllllsnt Outburst Ttint Swnyed the
flrmt Croml nnd Won Converts to the
"Hoy Orntur of lira l'Inttn" Kustern
Gold Slcn Aliljr Answered l'nratnnunt
Isslio Silver, nnd Nut Tariff.
llrjnn's Ciipturlnp; ICtTort.
Chicaoo, July 10. Tho spooch of
Hon. W. J. Urynu of Nebraska, which
bo nearly stampoded tho convention
to him, nnd which put him fairly In
tho raca for tho nomination for Presi
dent, was as follows:
"I would bo presumptuous, ludeod, to
present myself against tho distin
guished gentleman to whom you havo
listened, if this woro but a measuring
of ability, but this Is not a contest
among persons. Tho humblest citi
zen In all tho land whon clad in tho
armor of a righteous causa Is stronger
th'an all tho hosts of error that thoy
can bring. I come to speak to you in
dofenso of a causo as holy as tho causo
of liberty, the causo of humanity.
(Loud apptnuso).
"When this debato is concluded a
motion will bo mado to lay upon tho
tablo tho resolution offered in com
mendation of tho administration and
also tho resolution in condemnation
of the administration. I shall object
to bringing this question down to a
lovel of persons. Tho individual is
but nn atom ho is born, ho nuts, ho
dies but principles aro otcrnal, and
this has becomou contest of principle.
Never before in tho history of this
country has there been witnessed such
a contest as that through which wo
have passed. Never beforo in tho
history of American politics has a
great issuo been foutrht out as has tills
Issue, by tho voters themselves.
"On tho fourth of March, 1803, a
few Democrats, most of them mem
bars of Congress, Issued un address to
the Democruts of the nation, assort
ing tho money question was tho para
mount issuo of tho hour; nsscrtlng
also the right of a majority of tho
Democratic party to control the posi
tion of the party on this paramount
issue; concluding with tho request
that all believers in free eolnnge of
silver in tho Democratic party should
organize and take charge of and con
trol tho policy of tho Democratic par
ty. Thrco months later, at Memphis,
an organisation was perfected, and
tho silver Democrats went forth open
ly and boldly, and courageously pro
claiming their belief, aud declaring
that if successful, they would crystal-
izo in a platform tho declaration
which they hnd mnde, und then bogan
tho conflict with a zeal approaching
the zeal which inspired the crusadors
who followed Peter tho Hermit.
Spread ol the Silver Movement.
"Our silvor Democrats went forth
from victory unto victory, until thoy
are assembled now, not to discuss, not
to debate, but to enter up the judg
ment rendered by tho plain people of
this country. (Applause.) In this
contest brother has been nrrayed
ngalnst brother, aud father against
son. The warmest tics of love and
acquaintanpe and association havo
been disregarded. Old leaders havo
been cast asido whan they refused to
give expression to the sentiment of
thoso whom thoy would lead, aud new
leadcis have sprung up to give direc
tion to this causo of truth. (Cheers.)
Thus has tho contest been waged,
and wo havo assembled hero under as
binding and solemn instructions as
were ever fastond upon tho represent
atives of a people.
"Wo do not como as individuals.
Why, as individuals, we might havo
been glad to compliment tho gentle
man from New York (Senator Hill),
but wo know tho pooplo for whom wo
speak would never be willing to put
him in ft position where he coulc.
thwart the will of the Democratic
party. (VJhecrs.) I say It was not a
question of persons; it was a question
of principle, and it is not with glad
ness, ray friends, that wo find our
selves brought into conflict i with
thoso who are now arrayed on tho
other side.
The gentleman who just preceded
me, Governor Russell, spoke of tho
old Stato of Massachusetts. Let mo
nsbiire him that not one person in all
this convention entertains the least
hostility to tho peoule of tho ritate of
.Massachusetts (applause), but wo '
stand hore. representing people who '
are tlio equals uelore tliu law or tho
largest citizens of the State of Massa
chusetts. (Applause.) When you como
before us aud tell us we will dUturb
your business interests, wo reply that
you havo disturbed our busincss'intcr
ests by your course. (Great applause
and cheering.) We say to yoi that
you have mado too limited in its appli
cation the definition of business men.
Tho man who Is employed for wages
is as much a businiss man as Ills em
ployer. (Continued cheering.) The
uttornoy in a country town is as much
a business mnn as the corporation
counsel in a great metropolis. Tho
merchant at the cross roads htoru Is as
much a business man us tho murchant
of New York. The farmer who goes
forth in the morning and toils all day,
begins in the spring nnd toils all sum
mer, and by the application of brain
nnd muscle to tho n.i.ural resources
of this country, creates wealth, is us
much u business man ns the man who
goes upon tho Hoard of Trade aud bets
upon tho prlco of grain."
"Tho ininei- who go n thousand feet
into the earth, or climb 2,000 feet
upon the cliffs and bring fortli from
their hiding place the precious mentis
to be poured in the channels of trade,
arc as much business men as the few
lluuncial magnates who, in a back
room, corner tho money of the world.
"We como to speak or this broader
class of business men. Ah, my friends,
wo say not one word aguiust thoso
who live upon tha Atlantic coast, but
thoso hardy pioneers who braved all
tho dangers of tho wilderness, who
have mado tho desert to blossom as
tho rose thoso pioneers away out
there, rearing their children near to
nature's heart, where they can mlnglo
their voices with tho voices of the
birds; out there where they havo
erected school houses for tho educa
tion of thoir young, and churches
where they praise their Creator, and
cemeteries "where sleep the nblies of
thoir dead aro as deserving of tho
consideration of this party as any
laTiiriiiPii-r.iittii'iia'aiHirrni
peoplo in this country. (Drcat nt5
phut so.) It Is for theso that Wo speak.
Wo do not como as aggressors. Onr
war Is not a war of conquest. Wo aro
fighting In tho defenso of our homei,
our families, and posterity. (Loud ap
plause) "Wo have potltlcncd and our on
treaties have boon disregarded. Wo
havo begged and thoy hnvo mocked,
nnd our calamity came. Wo bog no
longer; wo entreat no more; wo peti
tion no more; wo defy them. (Great
npplauso and confusion of tho silver
delegations). The gentleman from
Wisconsin has said that ho foars a
Robespierre. My friend, In this land
of tho frco, you nood fear no tyranl
who will sririujr l'P rom nmotig the
people. Whaf wd need Is an Androw
Jaeknon, to stand ns Jackson stood,
against tho encroachments of nggrand
izod wealth. (Great applause).
Danioeritcjr Under New Conditions.
"They tell us this platform wns
mado to catch votes. We reply to
thera that changing conditions maka
new issues; that tho principles upon
which rest Demooracv aro as overrat
ing as the hills, but that thoy must bo
nppltod to now conditions as they
nrlso. Conditions havo arisen and wo
nro attempting to moot those condi
tions. Thoy toll us that tho Incomo
tax ought not to bo brought In here;
that it Is a now Idea. They crltlclso
us for our criticisms of tho supreme
court of the United Stntes. My
friends, wo have not criticised. Wo
huvo simply pointed attention to what
you know. If you want criticisms,
read tho dlssantlng opinion of the
court. That will give you criticisms.
(Applause.)
"Thoy say wo passed an unconstitu
tional law. I deny it. Tho incomo
tax was not unconstitutional whon it
was passed It was not unconstitu
tional when it went to tha Supreme
court the first timo. It did not be
come unconstitutional until one judge
changed his mind, nnd wo can not .o
expected to know when a judgo will
change his mind. (Applauce, and a
voice, 'Hit 'cm ngaln'.) Tlio Income
tax is a just law. It simply intends
to nut tho burden of government
Justly upon tho oaoks of tho peoplo.
am in favor of an income tax. (Ap
pluuse). MoKlnloy -Nnpoloon Waterloo.
Mr. McKinloy was nominated at St.
Louis upon a platform thut declared
for tho mulntonunco of the gold
standard until it should bo changed
into bimetallism by an International
agreement. Mr. McKinloy was tho
most popular mnn of tliu Republican
party, and everybody thrco months
ago In the Republican party prophe
sied his election. How Is it today.
Whnt that man who used to boust
that no looked liked Napoleon
(laughter and cheers), that man shud
ders to-day when he thinks that ho
was nominated on the anniversary of
tho battle of Waterloo."
At tho suggestion of n coincidenco
between McKinley's nomination and
the fate ot Napoleon at Waterloo, tho
silver men showed their appreciation
of the point by a yoll aud an uproar
which for twenty or thirty seconds
prcvoutcd tho speakor from proceed
ing. At length, when things calmed
down a trifle ho resumed as follows:
"Not only that, but as he llstsns, ho
can hear with ever-increasing dis
tinctness, the sound of tho waves as
they beat upon the lonely shores of
St. Holona. (Cheers.) Why this change?
Ah, ray friends, Is not the change
ovldont to anyone who will look at
the matter. It is no private charac
ter, howover pure; no personal popu
larity, however great, that can pro
tect from tho avenging wrath of an
indignant peoplo the man who will
clthor declare he is in favor of fasten
ing tho gold standard upon this peo
ple, or who is willing to surrender the
right of solf-government and place
legislative control in the hands of for
olgn potentates and powers. (Cheers.)
(Applause.) You como to us and tell
us that tho greut cities are in favor of
the gold Btandard. I tell you that the
great cities rest upon thoso broad and
fertile pranos. Burn down your clt
ios nnd leave our farms, and your clt
ios will spring up uguln, as if by mag
ic But destroy our farms and tho
grass will grow In the streets of every
city in this country. (Loud applause.)
"My friends, wo shall declare
that this nation is ablo to leg
islate for its own peoplo on every
question, without waiting for the aid
or consent of nny other nation on
earth (appluusc), and upon that
issuo we expect to carry ovety
singlo State in tho union. (Applause.)
1 shall not slander the fair State
ot Massachusetts nor the State of
New York by saying that when its
clttcns nrc confronted with tho prop
osition is tins nation ablo to attend to
it own business I will not slander
either one by saying that the peoplo
of those states will declare our help
less impotency as a nation to
attend to our own business. It
Is the Issue of 1778 over again,
when our ancestors, 3,000 000 strong
had tho courage to declare their inde
pendence of every other nation upon
earth. Shall we, their descendants,
when wo have grown lo 70,000,000, de
clare that we are less indedendont than
our forefathers? No, my friends,
it will never be the judgment of the
people. Therefore, we care not upon
what lines the battle is fought. If
they say bimetallism is good, but wo
can not hnvo it till some nation helps
us, we reply that instead of having a
gold standard because England has it,
we shall restore blmetallikin and then
let lhitflnud hnvo blinetalism because
the United States has it. (Applause.)
If they (I ..e to come out and in the
open defend the gold standard as a
good thing we shall fight them to tho
uttermost, having bolilnd us the pro
ducing masses of this nation and the
world. Having behind us tho commer
cial interests and the laboring in
terests and all tho tolling masses, we
bliull answer their demands for a gold
standare by saying to them, you shall
not press down upon the brow of labor
thh crown of thorns. You Bhnll not
crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."
(Great upplause.)
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Tho ropos on a first-class man of war
cost about $15,000.
Every British soldier costa his coun
try $400 overy year.
Nearly 10 per cent of tho recipients
of the Victoria cross aro military doc
tors. In proportion to Its size the horso
has a smaller stomach than any other
quadruped.
A TRIP TO GrElWER
AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
Kxprriciicrt of n ltml AVIIlow Connly
School Teacher (no of tlio Vctornns
Who "Mnrchctl With r-liermati to tlio
Sea" Tells How Hn Was tlonelHcd.
From tho Courlor, Indlanola, Nob.
A few days ago n request came from
parties Interested that a representative
of the Courier visit tho homo of J IS
Plckorlng, In dervcr precinct, rtnd In
vestigate tho caso of his daughter,
Miss Laura V. Pickering, a well-known
Bchool teacher of Indlanola, Neb. Ac
cordingly the editor himself deter
mined to Investigate, nnd nccurlng a
team took a drive Into Clervpr precinct.
We arrived at the home of Mr. Pick
ering about 1 o'clock, and when wo In
troduced ourselves and mnde known
our business wo received n cordial wel
come After dinner we Informed Miss Pick
ering that wo came nil tho way from
Indlanola to find out how she happened
to need Pink Pills for Pale People, etc.,
etc., also BUggestlng that alio certainly
had no use for them now, or her ap
pcarance wan deceptive, ns she looked
tho picture of health. Sho laughed, nnd
said that flhe waa feeling quite well at
present, and that we should havo been
tlteio nt dinner time In order to havo
mnde a note ot her appetite.
"From childhood," said Miss Picker
ing, "1 had been a great sufferer from
rheumatism, nnd could get nothing
that would effect a permanent cure.
Two years ago while visiting In John
son county I wns taken with n sovcre
attack ot this disease. A neighbor lady
who had been cured from pnralysls by
tho use of Pink Pills persuaded mo,
much against my will, to give them a
trial. I had never taken nny patent
medicines, and was opposed to any
thing of tho kind. However, I consent
ed nnd commenced Improving at once.
After taking them four monthrj I was
fully restored to health nnd quit tak
ing them, only ono occasionally when
I felt tho least Indisposed. I have never
been troubled with rheumatism since.
When 1 arrived home I pernuadod
father to try the Pink Pills for his
trouble." "ros" fcald Mr. Pickering,
"nho had such faith In the pills that she
thought they would euro me. You see,
my trouble 13 chronic. I waa In the
army about three years. Marched with
Sherman to tho sea, and wno in many
a hard-fought battle. I hnve suffered
with a distress in the" stomach ever
since that time, nnd am now getting a
pension on thnt account. I laughed at
Laura for thinking Pink Pills would
help me, but to please her I gavq them
a trial, and they helped mo wonder
fully. I think If I had taken them In
timo they would have cured me. I
would not bo without them in the
house, and after eating when I feel
bad I talco ono and am benefited nt
once. I know a number of old soldiers
who are nnilcted like myself, and they
eay that nothing hdlpn them bo much
as tho Pink Pills, but," said Mr. Pick
ering, "one should be Bure to get the
genuine urtlcle. Not long ago I was
in Indlanola nnd went Into n drug
Btoro there and Inquired for Dr. Wil
liams' rink Pills. The druggist In
formed me that he did not have them,
but had a much bettor pill for less
money. He persuaded me to try a box.
I did bo nnd have that box yet, with
nil its pills except the first dose. 1 will
not take a substitute another time. Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills is the only patent
medicine that we have over had In tho
house. We are not tho only people In
this neighborhood Who use thobe pills."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, In
a condensed form, nll the elements
necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood, nnd restore shattered
nerves. Pink Pills nro sold by all deal
ers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of prloe, 00 ients a tox, or six boxes tor
$2.50, by nddrerslns Dr. Williams' Med.
Co,, Schenectady, N. Y.
Trans-MlsslsslppI Inventions.
Amongst tho Trans-Mississippi in
vontors who received patents tho past
week were II. V. Conway, Boone, Iowa,
fence tightener; W. P, Davis, Wator
loo, Iowa, cylinder for explosive en
gines; Peter Mullcr, Tablo Rock, Ne
braska, hoist and dump for grain and
coal; Olo C Olscn, Jackson Junction,
lown, hnmo fastener; and Jacob A.
Rose, Omaha, Nebraska, sand box for
street cars.
Amongst tho noticeable inventions
issued is found a patent far a sweat
band for hats which is nothing moro or
less than a pneumatic hat band, tho
band being in tho shapo of a hollow
air-iiillnted corrugated belt, which ac
commodates itself to the irregularities
of tho wearer's head, tho dovlco being
patented to Joseph E. Prick und C. II.
Stoner of 1'remont, Nebraska, A Now
York man has invented a fruit handling
machine which sorts nnd packs. Tho
large balloon sleeves Avorn by women
has created tho necessity for a sleevo
udjubtcr und Mrs. Sarah Leo ot Chic
ago has invented a skeleton wiro affair
by means of which the dress sleeve is
nicely adjusted. An Indiana man re
ceived a patent for a mechanical beo
feeder. A curious invention is that of
a car fender which is in tho form of a
rotary elevator supposed to carry tho
obstructions encountered upward and
deposit them in the car. A Montana
inventor receives a patent for a weed
puller.
Freo information rclntivo to patents
may bo obtained in addressing Sues &
(a, I nitcd States Patent Solicitors,
Bee Building, Omaha, Nebr.
lrrlgutril luriimln tlio .Milk Klver Vnllej-.
Room for many farmers on ditches
nlready constructed in the Milk River
Valley of Montana and plenty of
chances for colonics to locnto on freo
land and establish ditchesof their own.
Ditches can be made at little expensa
other than labor with plows and scrap
ers, and there is no stony ground, just
puro soil, tiroves along tho river and
coal in the adjoining pasture bench
lands. Finest opening for irrigation
farmers in tho Northwest. All tho
staple crops produced. Markets in tho
mines and good shipping facilities east
and west, via Great Northern Railway.
Writo to Thomas O'Huulon, Chinook,
Mont, for further information.
This country, to people who have
not looked into tho matter, doos not
figure as a largo owner ot iloatiug
property outside of war vessels and
those attached to the revenue and
lighthouse service but a recent careful
estimate shows that on one part oi the
Mississippi river the nation owns over
1,000 craft of difieront kinds. That is
the stretch between New Orleans and
Cairo, and tho value of the vessels and
their outfit for riprap, revetmeut and
levee work does not fall much below
50,000,000. Whon tho work is rushing,
there are at least 10,000 men employed
on the vessels and in connection with
the tasks assigned thorn. Exchange.