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___ - - - - -- M~ANNIN q C. j WEINESI)AYJL 5 st.____________N THE DEMOCRACY. FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. Senator Danle). of Virginia. l-lected Tern porary Chalrnu -The Proceedizng Marked With Good Order Throughout. Au Eloquent Speech by Chairinan Daniel. CHcAoO, July 7.-The Democratic National Convention met today a lit tle after noon. The gavel dropped at ten minutes before 1 o'clock upon a hail that had a dozen rows of empty seats at the edges farthest from the platform. The appearance of Chair man Harrity as he stepped forward to the desk attired in a slate colored sum mer suit provoked a round of applause from the Eastern delegates, reinforced by many Southern and Western men. When Mr. Harrity commanded the cohvention to be in order his voice easily carried over the tumult to the farthest corner, testing the acoustic qualities of the hall with most satis lactory results. The figure of the chairman faced the assemblaae for several minutes while the ushers swept the aisles clear of knots of conferring del)cpates, "&entlemen of the convention will rise for prayer," Chairman darrity said, and there was a clatter of chairs as the body of delegates in the centre of the hall came up to its feet with considerable confusion. The Chap lin, Rev. Edward Stirs stepped for ward and delivered an eloquent invo cation. The Chaplin was a young man, hardly thirty years old, with a smooth shaven, clear cut face and wearing the black clerical coat buttoned to his chin. He held in his hand a roll of typewritten manuscript which after a moment he laid on the desk and pick ed up slip by slip, reading from it the prayer as he could do without exciting comment, as. a representative of the Episcopalian Church. As the convention seated itself Chairman Harrity stepped forward and aftera short rap of the gavel an nounced in clear tones the selection of Senator David B. Hill for temporary chairman. This announcement was what the gold men were waiting for and with a shout they leaped to tL:ir feet and with waving arms they shout ed out their approval. Among the spectators also there was a cheer of approbation, Some enthusiastic dele tgae yelled: "Three. cheers for David , and they were given with a Senator Sheerin, of Indiana for sec reary and John Martin for sergeant at-arms were also announced. When the convention had quieted down, "What is the pleasure of the convention ?"asked Mr. Harrity, calm lyas if he did not know of the storm which was follow. -Mr. Clayton, the members of then'atioal committee from -Arkansasrose.E Every. silver man and every in the hall knew- was to be thrown dow rose to a man and cheered. As soon as he announced that he deemed it his duty to present a minority report the demonstration that followed the announcement of the selection of Mr. Hill's name was a breeze compared to a cyclone. The 600 odd delegates practically mounted their chairs and cheered while from the thousand throats in the audience came a hoarse roar of approval that sounded like a roll of thounder. For over three minutes the demorstration continued and it was renewed at sev eral points.as Mr. Clayton read the minority report nominating Daniel of Virginia. As he he concluded with an empatic demand for a roll call the s-lver men again cheered wildly. Alter considerable debate the vote was taken. The contention was very quiet when the roll call began. Breaks were shown in two of the Southern States, Alabama and Florida- The chairman of the first announced that but for the unit rule Alabama would give five votes for Hill; and Florid2 was equally divided between Hill and Daniet with four ayes and four noes. The announcement that Illinois and Indiana cast solid votes for the substi tute were cheered. The vote of Iowa was challenged and resulted. in a showing of seventeen ayes and nine noes, so that the twenty-six were re corded aye. This. Iowa roll call ne cessitated the announcement of the name of Horace Boies who is accred ited as a delegate but the Boies men missed the opportunity for a demon stration and no cheer was heard. A mement later the call of J. C. 5. Blackburn of Kentucky was followed by an enthusiatic round for Ken tuck's favorite Mr. McKnight of Michigan chal lenged the announcement that his State voted no, and the roll call show ed twyelve ayes and sixteen noes. When' New York was reached the chairman explained Senator Hill did -nat1te-so. ew York cast seventy one noes. Senator Daniel of Virginia managed to score a point upon his opponent, Senator Hiul, for Congressman Jones, the chairman of the State's delegation, announced that all the votes of Vir ginia were cast aye,with the exception of John W. Daniel, who voted no. The Virginia partisans were quick to seize upon this act of chivalry and re warded it with a shrill shout The roll call was completed at 3 :25. The announcement of the vote-556 to 449-was received with a brief dem onstration by the silver victors. Del egates waved their hats and the spec tators in the galleries cheered. Mr. Harrity announced that unless objection was made he would regard it as the sense of the convention that the majority report had been rejected and Mr. Daniel selected. Senator Jones of Arkansas, R . P. Keating of Nevada and Senator White were appointed to escort Senator Dan iel to the platform. As the committee appeared on the platform with the Virginia Senator the demonstrations of the silver men were renewed Senator Daniel havingi the appearance of an old-time states man, smooth-face,long hair a d wear ing the conventional frock coat, look ed as if he had stepped Out of some picture of the Senate of the past. lHe nowed profoundly in response to tfle ovation he received. Escorted by the committee, Mr. Daniel passed to the platform, where. when he appeared, he was rece-ived with an immense eruptionl of cheers and yells. The band helped the thing along with "Hail to the Chief," andc there were more cheers. When order was restor-d Mr. lHar ritv said: "Gentlemen of thle conven uii, I have the hionof of introducing as your temporary chairman the lion. John W. D~aniel of \Virginia." W Mie the delegates and every body else in the house were yeling anud cheering, Chairman Harrity passed the gavel over to Mr. Danie! who took it and spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman of the National Dem .ccratic Convention - In receiving f rom your hands this zavel, as the tempo rary presiding officer of this conven tion, I believe 1 express a sentiment which I am sure is unanimous that no national convention was ever pre sided over with more ability or with more fairness than by yourself. (Cheers and cries of * -lHarrity !" "Har rity ") I can ..express no better wish for myself than that I may be able in some feeble way t9 make my conduct by your model and to practice by your example. (Cheers.) The high position, gentlemen, to which you have chosen me, involves both a great personal honor and a keen responsibility. For the honor I thank you. The responsibility I would wholly be inadequate to bear did I de pend upon myself but your gracious aid will make it easy and its burden light. That aid I confidently invoke from you for the sake of the great cause under whose banner we have fought so many battles and which now demands of us such staunch de votion and such loyal ser vice. I re gret that my name should have been brought in even the itost courteous and serious complication with that of my distinguished friend, the great Senator from New York, (aoplause,) but the very fact that I have permit ted it to be done refutes the suggestion that has been improvidently made on this floor that either I or those whom I have the honor to represent, would ever heap indignity upon that brave and illustrious head. (Great applause.) No candid man,no dispassionate judg ment, gentlemen, can ever misinter pret your meaning. The Sevator from New York himseif knows as you know and as I know that there is no Dersonality in the preferment which has been given to me. He must know that the whole country watches these proceedings and must know that it is solely due to principle that this great majority of Demecrats stands for and that they know I stand with them. (Applaje.) And that it is given in the spirit of the instructions -ceived by these rapresentatives of the people, from the people, whom all Democrats will ever bow to as the purest . and original source of all power. Tie birth of the Democratic party was coeval with the birth of the soverign ty of the people. It can never die until the deciaration of American in dependence is forgotten and that sov ereignty is crushed out. (Great plause.) "I am happy, gentlemen, to know that as the majority in this cotnven tion is not personal, neither in any sense is it sectional. It blends the pal mettoes and the pines of Maine and Soutti Carolina. It begins with the sun rise in Maryland and spreads into a snn burst into Louisiana and Texas. (Applause.) It stretches in one un broken column across the American continent, from the Atlanticeabores of the Old Dominion and Georgia, and it show.3 its silvery beams over the gold en gates of California, (Applause,) it sends forth its pioneers from Plym outh Rock and wavss over the golden wheat fields of Dakota. It has its stronghold in Alabama and Mississippi and its outposts in Minnesota, Florida and Oregon. (Applause.) It sticks like atareel, (applause,) down in the old North State, and it writes sixteen to one on the saddlebags of Arkansas with the traveler- (Loud applause.) It pours down its rivulets Irom the mountains of West Virginia and makes a great lake in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Ne vada, Montana and Colorado. It stands guard around the national cap itol in the District of Columbia, (cheers,) and it camps on the fron'tiers of Oklahoma. It sweeps like a pr'airie fire over Iowa and Kansas, and puts up a red light on the confines of Ne braslta. it marshals its massive bat talions in Ohio, Indiana, Iliinois and Missouri. Last, but by far from least, when I see this grand array and think of the British gold standard that was rt"ntly unfurled over the ruins of Republican promises at St, Louis, I think, too, of the battle of New Or leans, of which it is said: There stood John Bull in martial pomp, but there was old Kentucky. (Applause.) "Brethren of the East, there is no South, there is no North, there is no East, there is no West in this uprising of the people for American emancipa tion from the conspiracy of European kings, led on by Gr-ieat Britain, which seeks to destroy one-half of the money of the world and to make American manufacturers, merchants, farmers and mechanics mere he .vers of wood and drawers of water. "There isone thing golden, which, permit me, in the same good humor which has characterized your conduct, to commend to you here. It is the gol den rule to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. lForget not the greed of devils and that an abso lute acquiescence in the will of the majority is the vital principle of the republic. D~emocrats as you have been, Democrats as 1 trust you will ever be, acquiesce gracefully in the will of the great majority of your fellow Democrats and only ask to go with them, as they have often gone with you. (Applause.) D~o not forget, gentlemen, that for thir-ty years we nave supported the men that you have named or President, Secretary Sey mour, Greely, Tilden and Hancock, and twice Cleveland.- Do not forget that we have submitted cheerfully to vour compromised platform and to your repeated disasters to their fulfill ment. To get at the last canvention of the Democratic party in 1892, you proclaimed your services to be in favor of the use oh both gold and silver as a standard money of the country, for the coiziage of both gold and silver without discriminating against either metal; and that the only question left open was the ratio between the metals. Do not forget -and I refer to the fac1 in no inferior sense-that just foui f ears ago in a D~emrocratic convention in this city the New York delegation stood here solidly and immovably for a candidate committed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at a ratio of 165 to 1. And if we are still for it, let it not be forgotten t hai we owe it in some measure to theit teachings. (Applause.) That we OWE you nmuch, gentlemen of the E-ast, is readily acknowledged and will be evem most ~grate fully remem bered. WE owe you much, grentlemen of the con venuonm. and for what we owe you oJ -h E 1 st is~ the orce bill and time Mc b-ie 1l, and the Sherman law, th~ triple infamy of Republican legisla jion. Ihe iirst was aimed not morE at the South than at the great cities o1 the East and cbief among them, thE .ra Demoracy of New York with itb nasitiiflent pa!ronage. That bil got its deati olow in the Senate but there was uot a single Democrat in New York or Ne w England to vote against it No man, gentlemen. in tii high nooT) of our country's fraternity can revive force bills now in this rtcou ciled ard reunited republic Oar op ponents themselves have abandoned them. There is none that can stand between the union of hearts and the union of hands that Grant in his dying vision saw coming on an gels wings to all the sons of cur corn mon country. When Chicago dressed Southern graves in flowers she buried sectionalism under a mountain of fra grance. When Southern soldiers yes terdy cheered the wounded hero of the North in Richmond the South an swered back: 'Let us have peace; peace, union and liberty now and for ever.' "As the majority of Democrats is not sectional neither does it stand for any privileged or class legislation. The active business men of this coun try, its manufacturers, merchants, farmers, sons of toil, in counting room factory, field and mine, know that contraction of the currency sweeps away with the silent and resistless force of gravitation the annual profits of their enterprise and investments. They know too that the gold standard means contraction and the organiza tion disaster. What hope is there for the Democracy unless the views of the majority here shall be adopted "Do not the people know that it was not ;ilver legislation but legislation dictated by the advocates of the gold standard that has caused and now continues the tin ancial depression? Do they not know that when their demands upon the Democracy were complied with in 1893 and the Sherman law repealed without a substitute that the very States of the East that demanded it turned against the Democracy who granted it and swept away their majoi-ity in a torrent of ballots? Had the silver men had their way then instead of the gold nionometalists, what storms of abuse would here today be emptied upon their heads; but the people, applying the power of memory and analysis alike to discover the causes of their ar rested prosperity, need not go to find them. They do not forget when De mocracy came to power in 1893 it in herited from its Republican predeces sor the tax system and the currency system of which the McKinley law and the Sherman law were the cul minating atrocities. It came to power amidst a panic, which fitly followed upon their enactment with strikes, lockouts, riots and civic commontions, while the scenes of peaceful industry in Pennesylvania had become military camps breakfast. Besides manifold oppressive features the McKinley law had thrown away fifty millions of revenue derived from sugar under the sceptral plea of a free breakfast table and had substituted bounties to sugar planters, thus de creaing revenue and increasingexpen diture, thu3 burning the candle at both ends and making the ~ people pay at least for the alleged free. From the joint operations of the McKinley law and Sherman law an adverse balance of trade was forced against us in 1893, a surplus of one hundred millions of dollars in the Treasury was converted into a deficit of seventy millions in 1894, and en graved bonds prepared by a Republi can Secretary to borrow money to sup port the government, were the ill omens of the pre-organized ruin that awaited the incoming Democrats, and a depleted Treasury. More significant still, tne very authors of the ill-starred Sherman law makeshift were already at confession upon the stool of peni tence, and were begging Democratic help to put out the conflagration of disaster that they themselves have kindled. So far as revenue to support the govenment is concerned the Demo cratic party with but a slender majori ty in the Senate was not long provid ing it and had not the Supreme Court of the United States reversed its settled doctrine of the 100 years, the indome tax, incorporated in the tariff bill, would lang since have abundantly supplied it. Tne Republi'3an party has now re nounced the creed of its platform and of our national pledges and presented to the country the issue of higher taxes more bonds and less money. It has proclaimed at last, throwing away the disguises, the British gold standard. We can only expect should they suc ceed, my countrymen, a specimen of panic and a long protracted period of depression. Do not ask us then to join them in any of their propositions. Least of all ask us not to join them upon the money question and fight a sham battle over a settled tariff, for the money question is the paramount issue before the American people and it in volves Americanism more than any economic issue that was ever presented at a Presidential election. We pray you, no more makeshifts and straddles. Vex not the country with your prophecies of smooth things to come from the British-Republican propaganda. (Applause.) The fact that the European nations are going to the gold standard, renders it all the more impracticable that we should do so, for the limited stock of gold in the world would have longer division and a smaller share for each nation. Pre vious predictions have been punctual ly refuted when prosperity was proph ecied to come upon tne unconditional repeal of the Sherman law. Instead of protecting the treasury reserve, as was prophecied it would do, an unpre cedented raid was promptly made on it and two hundred and sixty-two mil lions of borrowed gold have been in elicient to guarantee it security. In stead of causing foreign capital to tlow to us it has stimulated the flow of gold to Europe and greenback notes and Sherman notes which are just as much payable in silver as in gold have been used to dip the gold out of the Treasury of the United States and to store it in the strong boxes of the war lords of Europe. instead of reviving businezs this policy has further depressed it. Instead of inceasing wages this policy has further depressed them. Instead of multiplying opoortunities for em ploymnent this policy has multiplied idlers. Instead of increasing the prices of our products this policy has lowered them, and it is estimated at about 15 per cent, in three years. Instead of reviving confideuce the policy has banished confidence. Instead of bring ing relief it has brought years of mis erv and for this reason it has contract ed the currency of the United States four dollars a head for every man, woman and child since November 1, 193, and with this vast aggregate contraction the price of laud and of manufactured goods and of all kind has fallen. The public revenues have fallen, wages of labor have fallen, and everything on the face of the earth nas fallen but taxes and debts which have burden, while on the oth er hand their liquidation has been di minished. No nation calls itself free and independent that is not great enough to establish and maintain a fi nancial system of its own. (Great ap plause.) To pretend that this foremost and richest' and most powerful nation in the world cannot coin its own money without suing for an international agreement at the courts of European autocrats, who have none but primary interests to subserve, has for many years been held out at Presidential election; have made use of such an agreement and have failed afterwards and we have never in our history had an international agreement upon a money system and none of the found ers of this republic ever dreamed that such an agreement was essential. We have had three international confer ences in order to obtain it and to wait longer upon them is to ignore the in terest of our own people and degrade our national dignity and to advertise to all mankind our impotence and our folly. The majority of this convention maintain that this great American na tion, without dependence upon Euro vean nations for anything that they produce, and with European nations dependent upon much that we produce is fully capable of restoring this con stitutional money system of gold and silver at equality with each other. (Applause.) And as our fathers in 1776 declared our national independence of all the world, so today has the great Demo cratic party, founded by Thomas Jef ferson, the author of that declaration, appeared here in Chicago to declare the Linancial independence of the Unit ed States of all other notions and.to invoke all true Americans to assert it by their sufrages at the polls, that our country may be placed where she by right belongs as the freest, as the fore most, as the most prosperous and hap py nation that ever blessed the life of mankind upon this globe. When Mr. Daniel finished and an nounced that the convention was ready for business there was loud cries for Hill. The New York Senator was quietly eating a sandwich and showeu no disposition to respond. Senator Jo nes, of Arkansas, an nounced that on behalf of the silver delegates in the convention and at the request of many of them, he would move the adoption of the resolution. The resolution extended the thanks of the convention to Chairman Harrity for the impartial manner in which he had presided over the convention. IL was adopted unanimously as was. an other resolution offered by Senator White of California, making the rules of the Fifty-third House of Represeu tatives govern the deliberations of the convention. The roll of States was called under the customary practice and the selec tions for membership on the various committees were announced. The del egates and spectators began leaving rapidly at this juncture as it was well understood that the convention would immediately adjourn. General E. B. Finley of the Ohio delegation protested against the selec tion of committee members by contest ed delegations but Chairman Daniel ruled that until the permanent ergan ization was perlected the temporary roll was respected. At 4:13 p. in., on Senator Jones' motion, the convention adjourned un til tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. Changed Assessmkents. The following changes for 1890 in the taxable value of railroad property in the counties nimed, as coonparedt with 1895, have been made as a result of the action of the Railroad Board of Equalization as to railroad assess ments: Aiken, $l,022.700J; decrease, $21,000. Anderson, $532,850; decrease, $26, 430. Berkeley, S L,173,930; decease, 127, 550. Chester, $659,003; decrease, $19,087. Clarendon, $336,000; decrease, $43, 050. Charleston, $078,130; increase, $119, 400. Chesterfield, $53,725; increase. $9, 100, Colleton, $1,141,215; increase, $10, 446. Darlington $242,465; increase, $4, 760. Edgefield, $63o,25o; decrease, $15, 150. Fairfield, $710,155; increase,$19,680. Greenville, $573,025; increase of $550 Hampton, $693,850; increase, $4, 30. Kershaw, $255,250; decrease of $400. L ancaster, $237,965; decrease of $4, Laurens, $740, 175; increase of $0, 100. Mariou, $607, 910; increase of $5, 310. Marl boro, $267,930 ; increase of $23, 720. Newberry, $C05,330 ;decrease of $38, 200. Oconee, $IS6, 520; decrease of $24, - 600. Orangebug, $t,401,785; increase of $61,300. Spartanbur-g, $1,128.725; increase of $13,000. Sumter, $1,003. 835; ine rease of $22, 155. Union, $393,910; increase of $33, 320. Williamnsbur;g, $720,310; i ncr-ease of $1 ,000. York, $889,497; decrease of $6,000. Wild Wnd Work. MouI~Il, Ala., July 8.-Later reports to The Register by wire say that the wind at Pensocola at 11:30o a. m., reached 72 miles, then lulled and shifted to the northwest and raised to 100 miles an hour. Nearly every bus iess house in Pensacola was unroofed and the contents damaged. The Mer chants' hotel, on Palfox street, and the Methodist church were unroofed. Some small houses were blown down, and trees uprooted everywhere so that the streets are impassible and last night were in darkness. -In the har bcr vessels dragged their anchors, and were drawn hither and thither against wharves and other craft. The steam ers kept nway by using their steam. The Sweedishi bark Svea an~d the Nor wegian bark JTohan Lud wig and the Italian brig Deadeni are ashore hard and fast. The yacht Annie M. lies one mile from shore in eighteen feet of water- The tug Nellie Keyser is sunk near her wharf. The damage in the city is about $200,000 but no jives were lost. The Louisville and N ash ville railroad east to Jacksonville is washed up in places. The nearest tel gah office is F'loaton. (6OLD VS. S IINER. FIERCE STRUGGLE BETWEEN CHAM PIONS OF THE TWO METALS. The Goid Men3 AgAin Downed---Annoice ment of the Vote Seating the Silver Dele. gatet From Michigan Sets the Conveu ilon Atire--Wild Scenes. CHICaO, July 8.-After passing through a listless morning session the Democratic national conventlon wit nessed two scenes tonight which com pensated those v hose pent-up feelings had been given vent in the earlier part of the day. Men and women joined in the demonstration for each of the contending factions of the Demo cracy. They shouted and cheered, sang and .stamped and fairly turned the great convention hall into a pan demonium. At a few minutes before 11 o'clock, the temporary chairman called the convention to order and announced that its proceedings would be opened with prayer by the Rev. Thomas Ed ward Green, rector of Grace church, (Episcopal) of Grand Rapids, Ia. The temporary chairman announced that the first business in order was the report of committees, as no business could be done except by unanimous consent until committees reported. le called the first committee in or der, the committee on credentials, and there was no response, and after an in terval of about l minutes it was an nonunced that the committee on cre dentials were about to reassemble after their lone night's session. At 11:12 ex Senator Martin of Kansas was recognized and moved an infor mal recess of five iminutes to permit Governor Ilog of Tex is to address the convention. The motion wasadopted, but a stray band in the gallery beyond the reach of the chairman's bell, not hearing the signals kept playing "Dixie" for near ly 10 minutes before it could be stop ped and the governor given a chance. Governor Hoggs "Five minutes" .were stretched into half an hour, but still there were no tidings from the committee on credentials and amid vociferous cries for Hill, who was not present, the chair recognized Senator elect Money of Mississippi' who moved that Senator Blackburn of Kentucky be invited to the stand. Mr. Black burn, the tirst pronounced candidate to be heard, was received with tumil tous applause. As Senator Blackbara sat down, more cries were raised for Hill, with out response. A motion to adjourn for half an hour was voted down, and the band was started up to drown the confusion which prevailed. Mr. Henry of Mississippi moved that the Hon. Mr Bryan of Nebraska be invited to the stand. This was receiv ed with every demonstration of ap proval, btit the chair announced that Mr. Bryan was not in the-hall. Governor AIltgeld.of Illinois was then called'for and risine in the hail, indieated a desire to give way to Sena tor Hill. The chair stated that Governor Hill was engaged with the committee on resolutions and was not in the hall. Governor David Overmeyer of Kansas . took the stand and declared that yesterday the seat of empire was transferred from the Atlantic States to the Mississippi valley. The day of the coinmon people had dawned and the "dollar of our daddies" would be re stored. This sentiment was received with unbounded enthusiasm.- The band once more- filled up the interlude to kill time. Governor Altgeld was again called in requisition as a stop gap. His s war thy visage, as it appeared alongside the chairman, was greeted .with cheers, to which he responded by saying he did not come here to make a speech, but to assist in nominating a President and preparing a platform which should bring hope to the people. He was listened to with attention, as he proceeded to discuss the cause of the existing conditions of distress, whbich he~ summarized as the combined ac tion of the moneyed interests of the world to make money dear and prop erty and labor cheap. Mr. George Fred Williams of Mas sachusetts was next called upon and was greeted with'a cry of "three cheers for George Fred Williams." He com batted the assertion that the se-at of empire had been transferred from the Atlantic c.oast to the Mississippi valley. The seat--of empire was where it ever was in all the States of the union and the battle now being waged was for the restoration of the union of the States. He begged there might be no other word of sectionalism tieard in this convention. The fight was not to transfer the seat of em pire from the east to the west, but to transfer the control of the treasury and of your money and mine from TLombard street to the centres .of industry in the United States. (iboud cheers.) At this point, 1 p. mn., the chair-an nounced a partial report of the conm mittee on credsntials, recommending that eatch of the territories and the District of Columbia .be granted six votes. Seeond, after caretal compari son of the credenti-als as returned by the national committee, they found of all them correct except from the States of Nebraska and Michigan. In re gard to Nebratska taey were pleased to:-eport that the delegates headed by the Hon. W. J. Bryan should be ad mitted to seats. In regard to Michi gan they ask-ed further time. The miotion to adopt the r-eport was declared carried by a viva voce vote, a demand for a roll call which was at first made by Governor Russell, being withdrawn on the statement of the chairman of~he credentials commit tee, that the report was uinamimous. At 1:10 the told de-leg-ates from Ne braska retired to a ma-rch tune by the band, and their silver suic'essors took their places. The Brysn inh, as they mua-ched in headed by silver topped spears and a banner bearing Mr. lBryan's name in silver letters, were vociferously a p plauded. Renewed calls for- Tfiiman met with the reply that he was in attendance at the meeting of the commnittee on cre dentials. Giovernor Aligeid moved that the convention take a recess till 5o'clock. The proposition was met with loud shouts of disapproval. The motion was adopted. The -committee on credentials last night disposed of all -the contests by voting to seat all of the silver men. In the Michigan case that action turn eui the delegation, under the unit rule, from a solid gold to a solid silver dele gation, and created a two -thirds silver majority in the convention. Before th committee adjourned, however, a motion to reconsider the action on the Michigan case was adopted. The convention reassembled at 5:15. with a full attendanceof delegates and with crowded galleries. Senator Dan iels of Virginia was in the chair as temporary chairman. At 5:30 p. i., the committee on cre dentials presented its completed report, admitting to seats the contesting dele gates from the Fourth and Ninth con gressional districts of Michigan and recognizir:g the right to their seats of all the other delegates from Michigan. The effect is to transfer the delega tion to a silver delegation by 15 to 13, and as the unit rule prevails, it gives Michigan a solid silver vote of 23 in the convention and creates a two-thirds silver majority there. A minority report was presented in favor of allowing the delegation to re main as it was on the temporary roll Debate on the report was at onze be g'In. Mr Brennan of Wisconsin advocat ed the adoption of the minority report and said lie feared the effect of the adoption of the majority report upon the ccuntry. He entered into details of the facts involved in the contest and said the report in this case if adopted would establish the fact that a majority in the first flush of success might go into a sovereign State and upset the action of a legal convention. (Cheers.) He 'charged that the con - test originated only three or four weeks- ago when certain facts became apparent as to the majority in this convention. He nac since become ac quainte:1 with that majority, and be appealed with confidence to their sense of justice and fairness. (Loud cheers.) Governor McLaurin of Mississippi, another member of the committee on credentials, gave a history of the elec tion of delegates in Michigan, assert ing that there was a clear majority of Democratic voters in that State in fa vor of silver, so that there was no is sue here to throttle the will or stille the purpose of that majority of Demo crats. He spoke of the orders issued from Washington to Federal oflice holders in Michigan to carry thit State at all hazards for gold, and he said that it was a question for the con vention to decide whether the men who represented the majority of the Democracy of that State were to be driven out of the convention. The audience manifested i!n pat ieuce at the length of Mr. McLiurin's ex planation, and broke into constant cries fora speech from lull, but notice was given that if these interruptions were persisted in the galleries would be cleared. The notice was of little avail, for hardly had Governor McLaurin taken up the thread of his story again when the shouts for Hill broke out afresh. Mr. Stevenson, member of the na tional committee from the Stete of Michigan opposed the majority report beginning his speech wita the state ment: "I am the man who they say stole Michigan. Even so (laughter) I do not desire to discuss the inancial question now, but to assert the rights of the delegates elected by a sovereign State to sit in a Democratic national convention. (Cheers.) "The convention," he added, "has no right to sit as a committee on cre dentials on a State convention. It may answer its purpose now, but it would be making a precedent which will return to damn you some way. (Cheers.) The only safe Democratic doctrine is to stand by precedents and to seat the delegates who held the only credentiais that have been issued from those districts. Mr. McKnight of Michigan, a mem ber of the committee on credentials, asked the support not only of the sil ver men, but of the entire convention in support of the majority. The gen tlemen of the committee, he said, had given this case careful consideration, and they were here to testify to some, and only some, of the outrages perpe trated on the Democrats of Michigan. He-asserted that the State of Michigan elected a majority of 200 to the con vention in favor of silver and when the administration found this out, and Mr. Stevenson was sent to Michigan to upset the will of the people. '-There is not one word of truth in all that," said Mr. Richardson from his seat. As Mr. McKnight proceeded further with his statement of alleged facts, Mr. Weadock, one of the delegates at large, seated in the front row immedi ately facing the speaker, said in an audible voice: "That's a lie." No no tice was taken of this interruption. Mr. Bracker of Michigan declared that he had always been a free silver man, and that there were enough sil-' ver delegates in the convention to nominate a President by a two-thirds majority without the necessity of corn miting his hway robbery. (A pplause and laughter.) Mr. C. S. Thomas of Colorado, a member of the national committee, next took the stand, but the audience was becoming impatient and raised loud cries of "vote." ie held it would be a mistake to elect a Democratic President by overturning the express ed will of asovereign State. IQe warn ed them that they could not afford to strike down the State of Michigan simply for the purpose of obtaining a two-third majority. Mr. Powers of Utah, a member of the committee on credentials, argued in support of the majority report. State Senator Thomas F. Grady of New York spoke against the majority report. The vote was then taken on the mi nority substitute of the credentials committee, which retains the sitting (gold) members from the fourth and ninth Michigan districts in their seats. Tne vote resulted in the rejection of the minority report, yeas :;WS, nays 558, absent 4.- The -"noes have it." saiid the chairman, "and the armend mnent is lost." It was now. the silver mn's turn, and they yelled and watved hats and handkerchiefs and displayed Bland pictures and made the night hideous for nearly as long as the gold men, the galleries, imnpartially ass.st mng. The report of the coLIunittee on per manent organization was then pre sented by Mr. Finley of Ohio, namiing Senator White of California as perma nent president of the convention, and Thomas J1. Cogan of Ohio as perma nent secretary. A committee of threce was then a p pointed to escor-t Senator White, the permanent chairman to the chair, the committee consisting of Mr. Finy of Ohio, Mr. McConnell of Illinois and Senator Vest of Missouri. Senator Daniel, in retiring from the temporary chairmanship ex .'presseu~ his deep sense of the honor which he enjoyed and introduced Mr. White as the "distinguished Senator from Cali Senator White, on taking the chair, spoke of the convention as an assem blage of men from every State and territory in the union, and said that lie was prepared to extend full, equal, absolute and impartial treatment to all. Mr. Clark of Montana, rising in the body of the hall produced a silver gavel from the mines of Montana, which he presented to the presiding oflicer in the name of the delegation from that State. Senator Jones of Arkansas, chair man of the committee on resolutions, announced that the committee on platform and resolutions would meet tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. This was taken by the heated and ex cited audience as an indication of an immediate adjournment, and for the second time in the course of the day, an incipient panicpartially developed. People in the galleries began to move out witharush anda correspond ing movement was started on the floor. The means of exit from the building are so utterly insufficient that trvuble might have followed but that the sergeant at-arms, raising his big voice, commanded his deputies to "stop those men. " When some degree of order had been thus restored, a meeting to ad journ till 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing was put at 9:36 p. m. was declared and the second day's convention end A HOT WEEK'S RECORD. Weekv Weather and Crop iulletin Miaucd by (bserver Bauer. 'OLUMia, July .-The following is tl M weekly bulletin of the condition of the weather and the crops of the State during the past week issued yes terday by Sutte Observer J. W. Bauer: This bulletin covers the weather and crop conditions for the week ending Saturday, July 4, and in its prepara tion were used reports from one or more correspondents in each county of the State. WEATHER. Tne week was a hot one. The mean temperature was, however, but one half degree in excess of the normal. flighest mean, 87, at Shaw's Forks; lowest, 75, at Reid. Average of 42 reports, 81.5, and the normal for the same period is approximately 81. Highest temperature reported, 1(0 on June 28, 29 and 30th, and it occured at 8 places; lowest, G4 on the :0th, at Clemson ColleZe. Showers prevailed during the latter part of the week over the State gener ally, but in a few counties left spots very dry. The following heavy rains were reported, viz: Pinopolis, 121; Beaufort, 1.55; Charleston, 3.21; Lib erty, 1.00; Reid. 1.00; Loopers, 1.75; Longshore. 1.05; Camden. 1.20; Ches tertield, 2.35; Gillisonville, 1.04; Mc-. CoIl, 1.00; Poverty Hill, 1.25; Allen dale, 1.44; Greenwood, 1.59: Kings tree, 1.38; St. George's, 1.29; 26 otler places reported amounts from 0.10 to 0.95, the average of 42 places being 0.61, and the aproximate normal for the same Deriod is 1.29. Note-Since correspondents' reports were closed heavy rains have fallen over the western portions of the State. Early in the week the winds were hot and drying, and injurious to vege tation, but during the latter portion more hurnid conditions prevailed. The sunshine was about normal, except in the eastern counties, notably Berkeley, where the cldudiness was greatest, with about half the average percentage of sunshine. In generat all the crops are doing well, look promising and are much in advance of an average season. There are local exceptions, due to want of rain, or, in places, an excess of rain tall. Thus while it is dry in Aiken, Edgefield and over portions of the western counties generally, the rains have been more copious than crops needed in Chesterfield. Berkeley and the eastern counties generally. Farmers are generalIly up with their work, and such fields as are being laid by are in a well cultivated, clean con dition. Old corn is about made and promis es good yields, except that locally in a few counties, notably Anderson, Newberry, Aiken, Edgetield, Union, Clare nd on, York, Spartan burg, Lan caster and Lexington, it has been too dry, and in a few of the lower coun ties it is firing badly on sandy Ig nds. Later planting has generally agood, healthy color and is being laid by free from grass and weed in tine growing condition.- The corn crop, as a whole. is now in a better condition than it was a week ago. Cotton, as a rule, contin ued the im provement noted a week ago. There was a few localities where it has not done well, but generally it is growing and fruiting satisfactorily . In Ches tertield, owing to too much rain, the lower le aves are turning red and dy mg~. Iain was needed in a number of counties. Lice have about all left cotton, but it is apparent that they did considerable damage, especially in Darlington and Orangeburg. in Pickens, and the western counties gener-ally, it looks wonderfully green and healthy. In portions of Green ville it is beginning to bloom on top. There was to little sunshine in Berk e ley where it has a yellow color, bloom ing too early. The plant is large in York, and fruiting proportionately. There are local reports of poor cotton, but on the whole its condition is very promising. Sea island cotton is in good condition and growing rapialy. Tobacco has imp1ro\-ed and is now doing well. It is in all stages ofigrowth in Kershaw; cur-ing has begna in a small way in Will iianms burg, Florence and D~arlhngton and will be quite gen eral in a week or so. Melons are generally reported a p)oor crop; quantities of themn hut small and of inferior taste. T'he vines are reported dying in Marlboro. Dair iington, and Hampton, which. in ad dition to the places her-etofore report edl, indicates that the funguis diseatse has a tirm hold on ahmost ine entire eastern portion of te A and is spreatiing. Peas are doing well everyw here. Sweet potat.>es growing wveli and prcmiisecto bte a veiry large cirap from prest-nt indwations. Fernit prospects are worse than ever. In <>.-:nce thecrce are some apples; no peaches. In i nion~ apples are wormy as a rulke. Grapes pr nse to oe plenItiful , but are -ot I ag badly in va riOns sections. ;ardens are inproving generally, b:. are poor in potons of Barn well. Pastures have also improved. Cane autt rice are in most excellent condi tion. Garden truck is flourishing in TIHE PLATFORM ADOPTED. SENATOR TILLMAN OPENS THE DE B ATE FOR THE SILVERITES. The Platform Adopteda by a Vote of Ges to 301-The Convention Refuses to Endorse the Administration by 54 to i51-Can didates Nominated. CHICAGO, July 9.-The convention was called to order today at 11 o'clock. After prayer Representative Richard son was called to the chair by Presi dent White. SenatorJones, chairman of the committee on resolutions, read the platform as published elsewhere, which was adopted. As he finished the platform, Senator Jones said that at the request of the minority of the committee on resolutions he would now present certain amendments that were proposed by the minority, also two amendments that would be pro posed by Senator Hill of New York. All of them would now be read, after which by agreement, two hours and forty minutes would be allowed for de bate. He hoped the convention would listen patiently to what was to be read and said. The minority report was thereupon read by one of the secreta ries of the convention, as follows: THE MINORTY REPORT. To the Democratic National Conven tion: Sixteen delegates, constituting the minority of the committee on res olutions, find many declarations in the report of the majority to which they cannot give their assent. Some of these are wholly unnecessary, some are ill-considered and ambiguously phrased, while others are extreme and revolutionary of the well recognized principles of the party. The minority content themselves with this general expression of their dissent without going into a specific statement of these objectionable fea tures of the report of the majority. But upon the final question, which engages at this time the chief share of public attention, the views of the ma jority differ so fundamentally from what the minority regard as vital Democratic doctrine as to demand a distinct statement of what they hold to as the only just and true expression of Democratic faith upon this impor tant issue, as follows, which is offered as a substitute for the financial report of the majority. "We declare our belief that the ex perience on the part of the United States alone of free silver coinage and a change in the existing standard of value independently of the action of oth6r great nations would not only imperil our fiuances, but would retard or entirely prevent the establishment of international bimetallism, to which the etforts of the covernment should be steadily directed. It would place this country at once upon a silver ba sis, impair contracts, disturb business, diminishing the purchasing power of the wages of labor and inflict irrepar able evils upon our nation's common sense and industry. "Until international co-operation among leading nations for the coin age of silver can be secured, we favor the rigid maintenance of the existing gold standard as essentiary to the preservation of our national credit, the redemption of our public pledges, and the keeping inviolate of our coun try's honor. 'We insist that all our paper currency shall be kept at a par ity with gold. The Democratic party is the party of hard money and is op posed to legal tender paper money as a part of our permanent financial sys temn and we therefore favor the grad ual retirement and cancellation of all United States notes and treasury notes under sueh legislative provisions as will prevent undue contraction. We demand that the national credit shall be resolutely maintained at all times and under all circumstances. "The minority also feel that the re port of the majority is defective in fail ing to make any recognition of the hon esty, economy, courage and fidelity of the present Democratic ad-ninistration and tney therefore, offer the follow ing declaration as an amendment to the majority report: "We commend the honesty, econo my, courage and fidelity of the pres ent Democratic national administra tion. "David B. Hill of New York, Win. F. Vilas of Wisconsin, George Gray of Delaware, John Prentiss Poe of Maryland, Irving W. Drew of New Hampshire, C. 0. Holman of Maine, P. J. Farrell of Vermont, Lynde Har rison of Connecticut, David N. Baker of Rhode Island, L. C. Weadock of Michigan, James O'Brien of Minnesota John E. Russell of Massachusetts, Robert E.- Wright of Pennsylvania, William R. Steele of South Dakota, Allan McDermott of New Jersey."' The amendment endorsing the ad ministration of Cleveland as read by the secretary was cheered. Mr. Whitney rose with the New York delegation and joined in the cheering, but Mr. Hill retained his seat. The amendments proposed to be of fered by Senator Hill were then read as follows: First amendment: "But that it should be carefully provided by law at the same time that any change in the monetary standard should not ap ply to existing contracts. Second amendments: 'Our advo cacy of the independent free coinage of silver being based on the belief that such coinage will efect and maintain a parity bet ween gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, we declare as a pledge of our sincerity that if suen free coin age shall fail to etfect much parity within a year from its enactment by law, such coinage shall thereupon be susuended." The chairman then announced that Seflator Tillman of South Carolina wouid now' otfer an amendment and would be neard for 5) minutes. This statement met the favor of the audi ence and at 11:30 Senator Tillman mounted the plotform amid much ap plause. A striking tigare he was as he faced his audience. With no pre tensions in dress, shabby coated, wear ing a heavy silver chain across his breast lie instantly drew the eyes of the Z0,U00 people present. They turn ed toward him as if he were an antag onist. His thick-set, commanding form was full of defiance. His head, thrown back, was rounded and com pact. The teatures, strong and power ful, were cast in a classical mould. and compressed, the jaw square and pugnacious, but the sunken cavity which marked his left eye gave to his face a sinster expression. It was a face once seen never to be forgotten. On one lapel of his coat he wore a Cuban tiag, on the other a pitchfork. (\N': mUD oN PAGE FOUR.]j