K PLATFORM BUILDERS.
V A CONTEST OVER THE FINAN-
Hft CIAL
HH The IMatfnnn as Filially Adopted "What
pW ) Is Said an the Money Question Uual-
HHHft terably Opposed to Monometallism
H flHi Tll ° McKiiiley Law Denounced Ter-
EE rlturlal Admission Favored No Third
B , Term.
E | B The Democratic Platform.
B9b Cuioaoo , July 10. At 10:53 Chair-
H REf * roan White dropped the gavel , the
RV/ buzz of thousands of voices gradually
pw , subsided and the delegates took their
iSf seats. Vacant spaces in the black pit
K > ' F tnurked off with almost definite accur-
I P9e , acy the lemtury of the New England
I BVflF 1 -delegation which , with the exception
V * of a few stragglers , had not yet ark -
k k rived. The New York delegation ,
Eyn headed by Whitney and Hill were in
Hm their places. The bulky form cf Bis-
HJ3 | | sell of Buffalo was , however , absent
I B it ' " At 10:55 o'clock the Rev. Dr. Green
ML w ft ° * Cedar Rapids , la. , the Episcopalian
Ep\ clergyman who had made the opening
Kv < s prayer yesterday , again prayed.
k * C MnTones beads tub rr.ATFonir.
HHL Senator White handed the gavel to
H9g Congressman Richardson of Tennessee.
Rf tall , slender man with a black inus-
1 tache and scholarly stoop of the
W f shoulders , who announced that the
Hfl [ committee on resolutions was ready
H B to report , and called to the platform
09 Senator Jones of Arkansas to make
V jP the committee's report. Mi. Jones ,
g " jK who bas been in the thickest of the
H' t | silver fight since the forerunners of
ItX the convention began to assemble in
' ' 'Jp Chicago , is a familiar figure to this
KTi-A convention. lie looks like a soldier ,
WA and but for -the fact that he was a
HuZ soldier of the late Confederacy ,
H'J L might be a strong Presidential
"Jv * possibility. lie is a strong faced
iM man with a fierce silvery mustache
'ft ' and chin whiskers and white hair ,
M K which fail ? to cover all of the top of
1JE his head. He adjusted a pair of gold
K ' .is\ bowed spectacles and began to read
B Jj\ tlie financial plank of the platform.
B v . . The effect of the reading would have
B' ' * . & v --"been greater had the Southern Sena-
K Pi v tor had a stronger voice. The silver
K-A $ ranks raised a cheer when some of
< if them heard the words : " .We demand
\
MhU the free and unlimited coinage of both
HkjfSt gold and silver , " and one enthusiast
DKJ | demanded that the passage be re-read ,
PffiP which was done. Senator Jones de-
clared tliat he was hoarse and , indeed ,
his voice broke two or three times and
r t nearly failed him. The platform in
full is a3 followa :
rKRSOXAL ASD KELIGIOUS UBEKTr.
k' B . f > fM ( "Wo , the Democrats or the United States , in
KA National t-onvsntion assembled do roaiiirni
H KE. > jX , onr allegiance to these Rraat -scnfinl princi-
EfwSi plr > ' of justice ' and liberty upoa which our in-
Hn Sf 6titutious ara fjundod , and whih tha Domo-
HK Bf % cratic party has advocated from JcfiVon's
Sip \ tmo to our own freadom of speech , freedom
E&l , \ of tha p os ? fro1 dom of conscience , tin prc cr-
K % \ ration of personal rijjhts. the equality of all
a . .f IbL citizen * befira the law , and 1h f lithful > b-
ftV ( T ? Borrance of constitntonal limitations The
PVL-j/ ; \ constitution of the United States suarantocs
l nBKH I to ovry citizen the iight of civil anl rohsiou *
H Bai ; ] liberty. The Lcmosrati party has always
J Hfp ' been the exponent of political lib3rty and re-
jj Krik " " Ifeious freedom , and is lenctvs its obliguticn-5
*
r " " * and reaffirms its devotion to th se fundamental
H r j > rinciplos of the constiOrion.
P h \ ' • During all these years the Democratic party
Hg Jl } has rc-ited the tendency of scllish int ° rests to
T { _ * the centralization of Rovernmental power , and
PB | A Lasstsridfastly maintninod that the inr. ? rity
H * BL of the dual sch ° m * of government cstablishe I
L \ c by the founders of this republic of repub'i - = .
1 Under i s Kuida-co and tearhimjs the creat
HflH principle of local self-qovernmcn : ha- found
V its brst csrcssion in the maintenance of the
Spff rizht or the States and iti asser ion that it ii
B F nece-rary to coatine the general government to
K K > tue ° ' crcif tii0 P ° wo s granted by the con-
Hj@ Eiitution.
B A TIIK JJONKY QITESTIOX.
BJ&\ ! "Eecoffaizinjr thai the mo-iey question is
Bk paramount to all others at thi time tvo invite
H attention to the fact that the federal constltu-
By = \ tioa nines silver anil pold toiether as the
KL. Z- money metals of tha United Staca and that
| S | the firt coin > Re law pa sod by Congress uador
Hal the constitution mido the silver dollar the
Ho U monetary unit , and admitto 1 gold to free coin-
KKfl age at a ratio based upon the silver unit.
Km'J • Wodoclsir- that the act of 1S73 , damonotiz-
KWif ing silver witho'it the kncwl"dgo or approval
Kl B of t,1D , - mo-ican people , ha ? resulted in the
H Pm npp'eciition of pold and a correspondiig fall
HB- % in the prices of crmmo iitioi producsd by th" )
Hpl. people ; a hoivy in-re so in the burden of tas-
H Tt ation , an 1 of all debts pub'i- and private , the -
U&lt'&f enrichment of the money loading class at homo i
U& If andnbroaiparahshof industry and impover-
HE ishment of the people.
K $ | > 0 GOLD ilOXOMETAT.T.ISM.
R' : Ki "W"c ar ? unalterab'y oppored ta lhe mon"-
K J motalhsm which lin ; locked fast the
P lt * prospsrity ofaniniustrious pee leinth par-
HfcVp * alysis of hard timis Gold moaom "tallism is '
H k a "British policy , and its adoption has '
Hk | | > brought other nations into financial s"rvi-
H a , tude to London. It is not only un-Anrrican.
Kffe 'lv but anti-American , and it can bo f lstoned upoa
fe ? lH ? the United States only by the stiflin ? of that
fc t ' < II spirii and love of liberty which proclaimed
K > A our political independence in 1773 and won it
He ft in tha war of tbo r volutioa
VK S- "Wo demand the free and unlimited coin-
Bflilal a3 of s ° ' (1 ani Eilvcr at tJie rro-on !
Hmt le al ratio of 1C to 1. without
HHyj / -waiting for the a 'd cr consent of any other ;
H f vf nation. Wo demand the standard silver dollar ,
H % shall ba rulllrcil ten lor. equally with gold ,
iPf S.A for all debts , pub' .i ? and private , and wi favor
fc. , ; 'A 5 zsn-hlosislatiin as will pr- vent too d-moneu- .
BytA * ation of any kind of legal tender money by
Bv * & privat ? contract
- . -We ara opposoi to the policy ? nd practice '
IRiC of burrondorinc to tha holdars of tlia ob' a-
HuB - tioas of the United States the option rcsorvoi
mk by law to the government of radeamin ? snch
HK . obligation i ia either silver coin or gold coin.
Hk AGAINST INTEREST HEARING BONDS
P HRhJ' ' \ -We ara oppos-d to the issuing of interest-
Ki HSrfl \ bearing bond ? of ths United Stat03 in times of
fc HKt > V' - peace , anl condemn the trsffickiag with bank-
Ji * irg syndi-ates which , in eschango for bonds
L S/r' r and at an enormous proat to themselves ,
\ supply the federal treamrj'with gnld to maiu-
kT \ tain the polity of gold moiometalli3iiu
K1 I -Congress aloao has the power to coin 'an t
f V issno money , aal Prosiioat Jacksoa declared
H 1 that this power could not bo delegated to co--
H V porations or individuals. Wo therefore de-
H ft • noance the issuinco of notes as money for naH -
H | { ' } tional banks as in der > gition ol the constitu-
K 1/ tioa. and we d mind that all paper which is
M > . fi made legal tender for public and private dsbts
f' M or whicliis roceivrble for dues to the United 1
H | M\ States , shall bo isued by the government of f
H Ho tn0 n'ted States and shall bo redeem.bio in i
Bl S * com
wl V THE 3l' INLET LATV DENOUNCED.
| B-j , Wo hoid that tariff duties shon d bo levied ,
H hI tS&'b 'or PUIT > of'Cs of revenue such dutio ? to bo so
j K'E * i adjusted as to operate equally thronhout
P the country and not discriminate between
T _ T ti. class or sec ion and that taxation
JfC should bo limited by the ncad-t of them >
m -
*
m \j \ govoinmcnt , hoiestly and ocoaom xally aJmin-
H , % & istcroi. We danoahio as di turb"nsj to busi-
B - i. n"ss t 10 R ° Pablican threat to icstoro the i
Blw ilcKinloy law , whrh has bom rwico con-
r/ % de iod by the peop.o in national elections , and f
B -whiih , enacted uad'r th sfaUo plea of protoc-
U& ' jl tion to hem industry , j * jd a prolific breeder
Hfr of trusts and moa polit , enrtchol the few at ;
"
thooxpon o of tin many , rjstrictal trideaad
doprivel the produsore of the great American
staple I of access to tbeir natural markets.
NO TAKIFF WORK INCOME TAXES.
"Until the money question ia settled wo nro
oppose i to an • agitation for fur her changes
in oatnriff laws oicjpt each as are neco-
saty to meet thj doilcit in ruvenuo causoi
by the advors ) ducisiou oi the Supreme court
on the income tax
But for this decision by the snpromo court
I there would bo no deficit ia tlio revenue under
thu law passed by a Demorrntij Congress in
strict pnr uaneo or the uniform dec s.ons of
that court for near y Iju years that court having -
ing in that decision sustained conotitutional
objections to its enatmont wh'c'i had
been overruled by the atloit judges vho
have over tat on that bench. Wo declare that
it is the duty of Congrois to use aU the consti
tutional pjwor which remains after that decis
ion , or which may come from its jeverjal by
the court as it may horoaft'r be constituted ,
so that the burdoas of taxation may be equally
anl impirtiill7 laid to the end that wealth
may bear its duo proportion of the expenses of
the govornment.
TO PROTECT AMERICAN LABOR.
"Wo ho 'd that the efficient way of protecting
American labor is to prevent the importation
of foreign pauper labor to compete with itin
the homo market , and that the value of the
homo market to our American farmers anl ar
tisans is greatly roluced by n vicious monetary
system , which depresses the prices of their pro
ducts below the oo-t of proJuction. and thus
deprives them of the means of purchasing the
products of our home manufactories.
HOLDING DOWN THE RAILROADS.
' The absorption of wealth by the few , the
consolidatioi of our loading railway syst'ms
and the formation of trusts and pools require
a stricter contro. by the Federal eovornment
of those arteries of commarcs. We dem ind
the enlargo-nont of the powers of the interState -
State tommorco commission and suchroitric-
tions and guirautoes in the control of rail
road ) as will protect the people from robb-ry
and opproibion.
• 'Wo denounce the proflgato waste of the
monev wrung from tha people by opprosiv3
taxation , and the lavish appropriations of re
cent llepubl' can congrossas. which have kept
taxes high while the labor.T that pa/s them
is unpmployed , and the productsof thopooplo's
toil are depressed in price till they no longer
repay the cost of production Wo demand a r >
turn to that s ' mplicity and economy which be-
lit a democratic gorcrnmo it and a roJnction
in the number of useless ofEcs. the salaries of
which drain the substance of the peoplo.
NO FEDERAL INTERFERENCE.
4 Wo denounce arbitriry interference by Fed
eral authorities in local affairs as a violation
of the constitution of the United States and a
crime aga.nt free institutions and we
especially object to government by injunction
as a new and highly dangerous form of oppro -
sion by which Federal judges , m contempt of
the laws of the State and the rights of citizens ,
boeomo at on-o legislators , judges and execu
tioners , and'we approve the bill passed at the
last session of the United States Senate and
now pending in the . Houso. relativi to con
tempts in Federal courts , and providing for
trials by ju-ies in certain cases oi conto apt.
PACIFIC ROADS AND PENSIONS.
No discrimination should bo indn ged by
the governmen of tha United States in favor
of any of it , debtors Wo approve of the re
fusal of the FiftthirJ Congress to pas- the
Pacific railroad funding bill , and denounce the
effort of the present Itepublicai Congress to
enact a similar measure.
Recognizing the j ist claims of do-orving
Union soldiers , wo heartily indorse the rule of
the present comtn b ione of pensions that no
names shall be arbitrarily dropped from the
pension roll , and the fact of enlistment and
service should be de. 'med conclusive evidence
against disease and disabi ity before enlist
ment.
TERRITORIAL ADMISSION FAVORED.
Wo fa/or the admiss.onof the territories of
Now Mexico and Arizona into the Union as
states , and we favor the early admission of all
the territories having the n ces.ary popul itioa
and resource * to entitle them to statehood , and
while they remain territories wo hold that the
officials appointed to administer the govern
ment of any territory , together with the Dis
trict of Coir "V- -1 Alt ska , thoild bo bona
fids resides , f , . . \ 'territory or district in
xvliich their duties nre to bo performed.
The Democratic party befieves in home rule
and that all publi- lands of the United States
should bo appropriated to the establishment of
free homes , for American citizens.
Wo reomracnd tuat the Territory of Alaska
be grant > d a dolug ite in Congr s , and that the
gneral land and timbo. laws of the United
St-itcs be exten led to said Territory.
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA CIVIL SERVICE.
We extind our sympathy to the people of
Cnba in thei- heroic struggle for liberty and
independeu c.
Wo are opposed to life tenure in the public
Brv ce. Wo favor appointments based upon
merits , fix d terms cf < flieo , and su-h an ad
ministration of the civil service Jaws as will
adord equal opportunities to all citizens of
ascertained fitness.
NO THIRD PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
Wo declare it to b < the unwritten law of this
republic , established by cust < m and u = age of
one hnuJred years and sanctioned by the ex
amples of the greatest and wi est of those who
founded it and have maintained our govern
ment that no man shall b > eligible f jr a third
term of the Presidential office.
-Tho Federal government should care for
and improve the Mississippi river and ottier
great waterways o : the republic so as to soeuro
forthe inter.or States easy and choip trans-
portation to tide water. When any waterway
of the republic is of sufficient importance to
deman 1 aid of tha government , such aid should
bo oxtendo 1 upon a definite plan of contin
uous work until permanent improvement is se
cured.
• 'Confiding in the justice of our cau'e and
thenocssitv o : its suecoss : > t the polls wj
submit the f uegoing docla-atien of principle ?
aid pnrpo'es ta the coasiclcrato judgment of
the American people Wo invite the suppo t
of ail citizens who approve them , and who do-
firoto hive thom made eiToctivo through leg
islation for the relief of the people and the
restoration of the country ' s prosperity. "
The report for the minority was
read by J. II. Wade of Ohio , a former
reading clerk of the House of Bcpre-
sentatives , as it was presented by
Senator David B. HilL
THE PLANK OF THE GOLD JTEN.
' • Wo declare our belief that the experiment
on the part or the United Stits alone of fr o
silver coinagj and a chinge of the existing
standard of vain ? , independently of the action
of other great n it ions , -would not only imperil
or finances , bufwould r'tard or entirely pre
vent Jho establishment international bi
metallism , to which the efforts of the govern
ment should by steadily directod. It would
pla- tliis country at once upon a eilver bifeis ,
impair contrasts , distura buiiiess. dimiaisa
the pur-lnsing powir of the -wages of labor
and inflict irreparable evils upon our nation's
comii * re and industry.
D * Until international co-operation arannr
leading nations for the free coinage ofliver
can bo secured , we favor thp rigiil m intenanco
of the existing gold standard a = . essential to the
preserva ion of onr national cr-dit. the redemp
tion of our pablie pie iges ar > ' ' ho keeping in
violate of our country ' s homu We insist that
all our paper and silver currency shall be kept
absolutely at a p irity wita gold. The Domo-
cratii party is the party of hard money , and is
opposed to legal tender paper money as a part
of our po manent financial system and w. ?
therefore favor the gradual retirement an 1 can-
cellati n of all United States notes and treas
ury not05 , under sueh legislative provisions as
will pievont undue contraction. Wo demand
that the national ciolit sh dl b9 xeolutoy
m .intainod atoll times and under all circum-
stan-es
THE PRESIDENT COMMENDED.
"Tho minority also feel that tha report
of the majority is defective in failing to
make any reo < gnition of the honesty , economic
courage and fidelity of the p-e eat Democratic
administration nnd they ihoroforo offer the
fol owing declaration as an cmsudm nt to the
majority ronort : _ .
-We commend thehoaoUy. econ-mic courage
of the United states and fidelity of the present
Democratic national administration.
ft
TO SOFTEN THE PLATFORM.
Sdnator Hill also offered the follow
ing amendments to the platform and
moved their adoption :
"lint it Bhould bo car'fally provided by Jaw
at the same time that any change in i he .mon
! etary ' standard should not apply to exlstiug
. "
contracts. '
' 'Our advocacy of the indep'nl nt free coin-
agoof silver being batel on bel.of that such
coinage ' will effect and maintain a parity be
tween gold and silver or the ratio of JB to 1 , wo
declare ( as a pledge , of our sincerity that if
6uch ' freicoinage shall fail to effect suh par
ity witbia onoyoar from its onactmoat by law ,
Each coinage shall thereupon be saspeaded. "
WROTE THE PLATFORM ,
Colonel Jones , Editor of the St. Louis
Post Dispatch the Man.
Chicago , July 10. Colonel Charles
H. Jones , editor of the St. Louis Post
Dispatch , is credited with the author
ship ot the platform. The document
was arranged and worded by him ,
after consultation with Senators
Cockrell and Vest , and other leaders ,
and his draft was adopted by the
committee on resolutions , after three
minor planks had been added and
some changes made in the wording ,
which did not affect the principles or
spirit of Colonel Jones' work.
Senator Vest of Missouri drew up
the plank on pensions. The expres
sion of sympathy with the Cuban
revolutionists * in the platform was
first brought forward in the form of a
* plank written by Mr. James Creelman ,
the newspaper co-respondent , but
Congressman Sulzer , of New York ,
modified the statement to meet the
views of the leaders.
So far as the much discussed sug
gestion of a platform of one plank
declaring for free coinage at 16 to 1
goes , it was never seriously enter
tained by the committee on resolu
tions.
BOLT IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Free Silver Men Leave the .Republican
Convention Democratic Accession.
Aberdeen , S. D. , JulylO. From 7
o'clock last night until G o'clock this
moaning the Slate Republican con
vention was in session without a re
cess , considering the adoption of res
olutions indorsing the St Louis plat
form.
The session was fruitful in dram
atic incidents , including a bolt of
twenty Sioux Falls delegates over the
gold plank , and the announcement by
Editor Tomlinson of the Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader , the leading Democratic
paper in the State , that he would sup
port the Republican ticket and plat
form.
The ticket nominated by acclama
tion is : R. S. Gamble , George I.
Crawford , congressmen ; A. O. Rings-
rud , governor ; D. T. Ilindman , lieu
tenant governor ; W. H. Ruddle , secre
tary of state ; K. G. Phillips , treasurer ;
H. E. Mayhew , auditor ; S. V. Jones ,
attornev general ; John Lockhart ,
land commissioner.
OVATION FOR HILL.
The J cw Yorlc Senator Cheered for Ten
Minutes Ills Speech Strong : .
Senator Hill , the champion of the
gold standard men , ascended the plat
form at 12:30 o'clock amid a perfect
storm of applause. He shook the
hand of the presiding officer and then ,
with a smile , bowed his acknowledge
ments to the shouting , gesticulating
crowd. Men were on their chairs
waving handkerchiefs , flags , and toss
ing hats in the air. The vast volume
of sound ebbed and flowed and would
To Coin More Silver.
"Washington , July 10. On July 1 ,
the treasury held of the silver bullion
purchased under the act of July 14 ,
1S00 , 131S41,42I ounces , costing SUS , -
& 0G.45S. The coining value of this
bullion , in silver dollars , is Sl7t ) , - * 4l , -
402. Since November 1 , 1893 , 11,457 , -
491 standard silver dollars have been
coined , and it is said at the treasury
that it is probable that the coinage of
silver dollars will be increased to
$ -2,500.0u0 or S3,000,000 per month
after August 1.
Territories Go to Bland.
Chicago , July 10. The delegates of
the territories held a caucus yesterday
and it was decided to go together and
support the same man for President.
As Oklahoma and Indian Territory
are instructed for Bland , this was a
clever turn in Bland's interests. This
means that all the territories , with
thirty-six votes , will be thrown to
Bland.
LEADERS OF THOUGHT.
There is in Milwaukee a handsome
paper devoted to the game of whist.
There is one in this country devoted
entirely to trade marks.
A British newpaper recently experi
mented with making a poplar tree into
pulp , pulp into paper and paper into
a finished sheet , the whole process tak-
ink twenty-two hours.
H. H. and R. B. Claiborne , brothers ,
issue the Oswego ( Kan. ) Times-Stan
dard. One acts editor
as , the other as
business manager , and every year they
"shake the boys up" by changing
places.
. There was woe on the Platte the
other day when the North Platte Tele
graph , a republican paper , published ,
by reason of a mistake in the shipping
office , a column of democratic plate
matter.
The Valley ( Neb. ) Enterprise thus
playfully refers to a loathsome contem
porary : "W. A. Crane , the hired man
and carrion-eater on the warmed-over ,
soft soap , semi-annual defunct sheet
at Elkhorn , is making himself very con
spicuous again since he emerged from
a complete wreck which he and his
fake factory recently fell into. But the
pitiful pleas of the poor imbecile for
help in the time of whisky famine
reached the ears of some tenderhearted
ed 'citizens and the plant was bid in
and then he was hired to run it. "
A man who crossed the Cascade
mountains , Oregon , by the military'
route March 20 last and May 1 found
fifteen feet of snow on the summit on
the first trip and
twenty feet the second
end , and May 1 it was still snowing.
THE WINNING SPEECH
BRYAN'S EFFORTTHATCAUGHT
THE CONVENTION.
A Brilliant Outburst That Swayed the
Great Crowd and Won Converts to the
"Boy Orator of the 1'latte" Eastern
Gold Men Ably Answered Paramount
Issno Silver , and Not Tariff.
Bryan's Capturing Effort.
Chicago , July 10. The speech of
Hon. W. J. Bryan of Nebraska , which
so nearly stampeded the convention
to him , and which put him fairly in
the race for the nomination for Presi
dent , was as follows :
"I would be presuinptuous.indeed.to
present myself against the distin
guished gentlemen to whom you have
listened , if this were but a measuring
of ability , but this is not a contest
among persons. The humblest 'citi
zen in all the land when clad in the
armor of a righteous cause is stronger
tbfan all the hosts of error that they
can bring. I come to speak to you in
defense of a cause as holy as the cause
of liberty , the cause of humanity.
( Loud applause ) .
"When this debate is concluded a
motion will be made to lay upon the
table the resolution offered in com
mendation of tha administration and
also the resolution in condemnation
of the administration. I shall object
to bringing this question down to a
level of persons. The individual is
but an atom he is born , he acts , he
dies but principles are eternal , and
this has become a contest of principle.
Never before in the history of this
country has there been witnessed such
a contest as that through which we
have passed. Never before in the
history of American politics has a
great issue been foucrht out as has this
issue , by the voters themselves. I
"On the fourth of March , JS05 , a
few Democrats , most of them mem
bers of Congress , issued an address to
the Democrats of the nation , assert
ing the money question was the para
mount issue of the hour ; asserting
also the right of a majority of the
Democratic party to control the posi
tion of the party on this paramount
issue ; concluding with the request
that all believers in free coinage of
silver in the Democratic party should
organize and take charge of and con
trol the policy of the Democratic par
ty. Three months later , at Memphis ,
an organization was perfected , and I '
the silver Democrats went forth open
ly and boldly , and courageously pro
claiming their belief , and declaring
that if successful , they would crystal-
ize in a platform the declaration
which they had made , and then began
the conflict with a zeal approachiug
the zeal which inspired the crusaders
who followed Peter the Hermit.
Spread of the Silver Movement.
"Our silver Democrats went forth
from victory unto victory , until they
are assembled now , not to discuss , not
to debate , but to enter up the judgment - ! ,
ment rendered by the plain people of
this country. ( Applause. ) In this
contest brother has been arrayed
against brother , and father against
son. The warmest ties of love and
acquaintance and association have
been disregarded. Old leaders have
been cast aside when they refused to
give expression to the sentiment of
those whom they would lead , and new
leaders have sprung up to give direc
tion to this cause of truth. ( Cheers. )
Thus has the contest been waged ,
and we have assembled here under as
binding and solemn instructions as
were ever fastend upon the represent
atives of a people.
' • We do not come as individuals.
Why , as individuals , we might have
been glad to compliment the gentle
man from New York ( Senator Hill ) ,
but we know the people for whom we
speak would never be willing to put i :
him in a position where he coulc.
thwart the will of the Democratic ] i
party. ( Cheers. ) I say it was not a |
question of persons ; it was a question
of principle , and it is not with glad
ness , my friends , that we find our
selves brought into conflict , with
those who are now arrayed on the
other side.
The gentleman who just preceded I
me , Governor Russell , spoke of the
old State of Massachusetts. Let me
assure him that not one person in all
this convention entertains the least i
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hostility to the people of the State of ;
Massachusetts ( applause ) , but we
stand here , representing- people who' '
are the equals before the law of the
largest citizens of the State of Massa- i j ,
chusetts. ( Applause. ) When you come
before us and tell us we will disturb
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your business interests , we reply that j
you have disturbed our business inter |
ests by your course. ( Great applause
and cheering. ) We say to yet that '
you have made too limited in its appli
cation the definition of business men.
The man who is employed for % vages ,
is as much a business man as his era- ,
pi oyer. ( Continued cheering. ) The
attorney in a country town is as much '
a business man as the corporation : ,
counsel in a great metropolis. The i '
merchant at the cross roads store is as {
much a business man as the merchant !
of New York. The farmer who goes
forth in the morning and toils all da- , .
begins in the spring and toils all summer -
mer , and by the application of brain
and muscle to the natural resources
of this country , creates wealth , is as
much a business man as the man who i
goes upon the Board of Trade and bets
upon the price of grain. " ,
"The miners whoso a thousand feet .
into the earth , or climb 2,000 feet ;
upon the cliffs and bring forth from j '
their hiding place the precious metals .
to be poured in the channels of trailo ,
are as much business men as the few
financial magnates who , in a back
room , corner the money of the world.
"We come to speak of this broader
class of business men. Ah , my friends ,
we say not one word against those
who live upon the Atlantic coast , but
those hardy pioneers who braved all
the dangers of the wilderness , who
have made the desert to blossom as
the rose those pioneers away out <
there , rearing their children near to
nature's heart , where they can mingle
their voices with the voices of the
birds ; out there where they have
erected school houses for the education - (
tion of their young , and churches
where they praise their Creator , and
cemeteries where sleep the ashes of
their dead are as deserving of the '
consideration of this party as any (
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people in this country. ( Great ap
plause. ) It is for these that we speak.
We do not.come as aggressors. Our
war is not a war of conquest. Wo are
fighting in the defense of our homes ,
our families , and posterity. ( Loud ap
plause ) ,
"Wo have petitioned and our en
treaties have been disregarded. Wo
have begged and they have mocked ,
and our calamity came. Wo beg no
longer ; we entreat no more ; we peti
tion no more ; we defy them. ( Great
applause and confusion of the silver
delegations ) . The gentleman from
Wisconsin has said that he fears a
Robespierre. My friend , in this land
of the free , you need fear no tyrant
who will sorinir up from among the
people. Whafwa need is an Andrew
Jackson , to stand as Jackson stood ,
against the encroachments of aggrandized -
ized wealth. ( Great applause ) .
Democracy Under New Conditions.
"They tell us this platform wa3
made to catch votes. We reply to
them that changing conditions make
new issues ; that the principles upon
which rest Democracy are as everlasting -
ing as the hills , but that they must be
applied to new conditions as they
arise. Conditions have arisen and we
are attempting to meet those condi
tions. They tell us that the income
tax ought not to be brought in here ;
that it is a new idea. They criticise
us for our criticisms of the supreme
court of the United States. My
friends , we have not criticised. We
have simply pointed attention to what
you know. , If voj want criticisms ,
read the dissenting opinion of the
court. That will give you criticisms.
( Applause. )
"JThey say we passed an unconstitutional -
tional law. I deny it. The income
tax was not unconstitutional when it
was passed. It was not unconstitutional -
tional when it went to the Supreme
court the first time. It did not become -
come unconstitutional until one judge
changed his mind , and we can not * .e
expected to know when a judge will
change his mind. ( Applause , and a
voice , 'Hit 'em again' . ) The income
tax is a just law. It simply intends
to put the burden of government
justly upon the backs of the people.
I am in favor of an income tax. ( An1
plause ) .
McKlnley Napoleon Waterloo.
Mr. McKinley was nominated at St.
Louis upon a platform that declared
for the maintenance of the gold
standard until it should be changed
into bimetallism by an international
agreement. Mr. McKinlev * was the
most popular man of the Republican
party , and everybody three months
ago in the Republican party prophe-
sied his election. How is it to-day.
What that man who used to boast
that ne looked liked Napoleon
( laughter and cheers ) , that man shudders -
ders to-day when he thinks that he
was nominated on the anniversary of
the battle of Waterloo. "
At the suggestion of a coincidence
between McKinley's nomination and
the fate of Napoleon at Waterloo , the
silver men showed their appreciation
of the point by a yell and an uproar
which for twenty or thirty seconds
prevented the speaker from proceedr
ing. At length , when things calmed
down a trifle he resumed as follows :
• 'Not only that , but as he list 2ns , ho
can hear with ever-increasing distinctness -
tinctness , the sound of the waves as
thev beat upon the lonely shores of
St. Helena. ( Cheers. ) Why this change ?
Ah , my friends , is not the change
evident to anyone who will look at
the matter. It is no private eharac-
ter , however pure ; no personal popu-
laritj , however great , that can protect -
tect from the avenging wrath of an
indignant people the man who will
either declare he is in favor of fastening -
ing the gold standard upon this people
ple , or who is willing lo surrender the
right of self-government and place
legislative control in the hands of foreign -
eign potentates and powers. ( Cheers. )
( Applause. ) You come to us and tell
us that the great cities are in favor of
the gold standard. I tell you that the
great cities rest upon these broad and
fertile praries. Burn down your cit-
ies and leave our farms , and your cit-
ies will spring up again , as if by mag-
ic. But destroy our farms and the
grass will grow in the streets of every
city in this country. ( Loud applause. )
"My friends , we shall declare
that this nation is able to leg-
isiate for its own people on every
question , without waiting for the aid
or consent of any other nation on
earth ( applause ) , and upon that
issue we expect to carry eveiy
single State in the union. ( Applause. )
1 shall not slander the fair State
of Massachusetts nor the State of
New York by saying that when its
citizens nre confronted with the prop-
option is this nation able to attend to
its own business I will not slander
either one by saying that the people
of those states will declare our helpi
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 the courage to declare their mdec
pendence of every other nation upon
earth. Shall we , their descendants ,
when wc have grown to 70,000,01)0 ) , de-
clare that we arc less indedendent than
our ! forefathers ? No , : uy 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 we
can not have it till some nation helps
us , we reply that instead of having a
gold ' standard because England has it ,
we shall restore bimetallism and then
let England have bimetalism because 1
the United States has it. ( Applause. )
If they dare to come out and in the
open ' defend the gold standard as a
good tiling we shall fight them to the
uttermost , bavin ? behind us the prot
ducing ' masses of this nation and the 1
world. Having behind us the commeri i
cial ' interests and the laboring in-
terestsand all the toiling masses , we i
shall | answer their demands for a gold :
standare ' by saying to them , you shall 1
not press down upon the brow of labor 2
this crown of thorns- You shall not
crucify ' mankind upon a cross of gold. "
( Great applause. ) i
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NOTES OF THE DAY. I
1
The ropes on a first-class man of war 1
cost about $15,000. (
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Every British soldier costs his country - '
try $400 every year. t
Nearly 10 per cent of the recipients <
of the Victoria cross are military doc1 1
tors. 1
In proportion to its size the horse |
has a smaller stomach than any other ,
quadruped.
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A TEIP TO GERYER
AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
Jlipprlenro of n Bed Willow Connly
School Teacher Oni ? of the Vcloruns
Who "Marched With bluirmun to the
Sea" TcIIj lloir lie Was llonellted.
From the Courier , Indlanola. Neb.
A few days ago a request came from
parties Interested that a representative
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of the Courier visit the home of J. B.
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Pickering , in Gerver precinct , and In
vestigate the case of his daughter.
Miss Laura V. Pickering , a well-known
school tcucher of Indlanola , Xeb. Ac
cordingly the editor himself deter
mined to investigate , and securing a
team took a drive into Gerver precinct.
We arrived at the home of Mr. Pick
ering about 1 o'clock , and when we in
troduced ' ourselves and made known
our business we received a cordial wel
come.
After dinner we Informed Mls3 Pick
. ering . that we came all the way from
Indlanola to find out how she happened
to need Pink Pills for Pale People , etc. ,
etc. , also suggesting that she certainly
had no use for them now , or her ap
pearance j was deceptive , as she looked
the picture of health. She laughed , and
said that she was feeling quite well at
present J , and that we should have been
there at dinner time in order to have
made a note of her appetite.
"From childhood , " said Miss Picker
ing I , "I had been a great sufferer from
rheumatism > , nnd could get nothing
} that would effect a permanent curt- .
Two years ago while visiting in John
son county I was taken with a severe
attack of this disease. A neighbor lady
who had been cured from paralysis by
the i use of Pink Pills persuaded me ,
much against my will , to give them a
trial. 1 1 had never taken any patent
medicines , and was opposed to any
thing * of the kind. However. I consent
ed and commenced improving at once.
After taking them four months I waa
fully j restored to health and quit tak
ing j them , only one occasionally when
I ] felt the least Indisposed. I have never
been l troubled with rheumatism sln.p. .
When I arrived home I persuaded
father 1 to try the Pink Pills for his
} trouble. " "Yes , " said Mr. Pir-k ring ,
"she had such faith in the pills that she
thought ( they would cure me. You see ,
my trouble is chronic. I was In the
army about thfcy ars. Marched with
Sherman to the sea. and was In many
a hard-fought battle. I have suffered
with a distress in the stomach * v > r
since that tim < \ and arn now getting a
pension \ on that account. I laugl.oi at
Laura for thinking Pink Pills would
help j me , but to please her I gave thorn
a trial , and they helped me wonder
fully. I think if I had taken th-m in
tim ? they would have cured me. I
would not be without them In the
house , and after eating when I feel
bad ' I take one and am benefited at
once. I know a number of old soldior. ?
who are afflicted lik" myself , and thr-y
say that nothing helps them so mu h
as the Pink Pills , but. " said Mr. Pick
ering , "one should be sure to get the
genuine article. Not long ago I was
in 1 Indlanola and wc-nt into a drug
store there and inquired for Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills. The druggist in
formed me that he did not have thorn ,
but 1 had a mu"h bptt-r pill for l ss
money. He persuaded me to try a box.
I did so and have that box yot. with
all its pills ox r-pt the fiist dose. I will
not take a substitute another time. Tr
Williams' Pink Pills is the only patent
medicine that we have ever had in Ui2
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house. j We are not the only people in
this neighborhood who use thee pills "
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain , in
a condns ° d form , all the elomrnts
n cppsary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood , and restore shartiTi * 1
n'-rves. , Pink Pills are sold by all deal
ers ( , or will be sent post paid on receipt
of i price. f > 0 cents a box , or s-ix boxes for
$2.j0 ! , by addre-sing Dr. Williams' Med.
Co. < , Schenectady , N. Y.
Trans-Mihsissippl Inventions.
Amongst the Trans-Mississippi in
ventors who received patents the past
week ] were II. V. Conway , Boone , Iowa ,
fence | tightener ; W. F. Davis , Waterloo
lee , Iowa , cylinder for explosive en
gines ; Peter Muller , Table Rock , Ne
braska ' , hoist and dump for grain and
coal ; Ole C. Olsen. Jackson Junction ,
Iowa J , name fastener ; and Jacob A.
Rose , Omaha , Nebraska , sand box for
street cars.
Amongst the noticeable inventions
issued is found a patent for a sweat
band for hats which is nothing more or
less than a pneumatic hat band , the
band being in the shape of a hollow
air-inflated corrugated belt , which ac
commodates itself to the irregularities
of the wearer's head , the device being
patented to Joseph E. Frick and C. II.
Stoner of Fremont , Nebraska. A New
York ! man has invented a fruit handling
machine which sorts and packs. Tne
large 1 balloon sleeves worn by women
has created the necessity for a sleeve
adjuster and Mrs. arah Lee of < hic-
asro has invented a skeleton wire affair
b3 * means of which the dress sleeve is
nicely adjusted. An Indiana man re
ceived a patent for a mechanical bee
feeder. A curious invention is that of
a car fender which is in trie form of a
rotary elevator supposed to carry the
obstructions encountered upward and •
deposit them in the car. A Montana
inventor receives a patent for a weed
puller.
Vrco information relative to patents
may be obtained in addressing Sues &
Co. United States Patent Solicitors ,
Bee Building , Omaha , Nebr.
Irrigated J'armsiii tl e Milk ISiver Vallt-y.
Rccm for many farmers on ditches
already constructed in the Milk River
Valiej of Montana and plenty of
chances for colonies to locate on free
land and establish ditches of their own.
Ditches 1 can be made at little expense
other than labor with plows and scrap
ers , and there is no stony ground , just
pure soil. Groves along the river and
coal in the adjoning pasture bench
lands. Finest opening for irrigation
fawners in the Northwest. All the
staple crops produced. Markets in the
mines and good shipping facilities east
and west , via Great Northern Railway.
Write to Thomas O'Hanlon , Chinook ,
Mont , for further information.
This country , to people who have
not looked into the matter , does not
figure as a large owner of floating
property outside of war vessels and
those attached to the revenue and
lighthouse service , but a recent careful
estimate shows that on one part of the }
Mississippi river the nation owns over
1,000 craft of different kinds. That is
the stretch between New Orleans and
Cairo , and the value of the vessels and
their outfit for riprap , revetment and
levee work does not fall much below
SO , 000,000. When the work is rushing ,
there are at least 10,000 men employed
on the vessels and in connection with
the tasks assigned them. Exchange.
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