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MVLXII.-LiAN-NlING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY1,10. O4 The Democ Are H, AR Factions Are Nowl I] United for a ireat Victory. BRYAN fiTS AN OVATION. The National Convention Took I Four Days to Do Its Work, but Did it Well. Bryan a Prominent t C Figure. c The Democratic National Conven- C tion convened at St. Louis Wednesday. C Long before the doors were swung c open vast crowds thronged the streets e in the vicinity of the main entrance C to the exposition building, where the a convention met. In the surging line 1t were men and women, and visiting C political organizations, eagerly seeking C entrance. Those who have charge of the distribution of the tickets of ad- t mission have been deluged with re- e quests for them, but as cards have c been provided, only to the extent of F the seating capacity of the hall, many persons were disappointed. The decorations of the hall were un- c dertaken on a most elaborate scale and d the pleasing and effective scheme has a been carried out to the minute de- c tails. The great dome celling which s rises high above the floor is covered r with a fabric of solid yellow, with here and their flounces of a white ma- C terial carrying out the architectural '] design. Within each of the sections i of the celling is the seal of one of the f states and a stand of colors, while in V front of the gallery spaces are festoons I of white cloth. The walls are adorned '] with the national emblems forming a s frame from the colossal color picture t over head. The splendor of the various colored gowns worn by the large number of y ladies occupying seats in the galleries P and the ever moving fans gave the J finishing touch and eumpleted a scene c both spectacular. and picturesque. ii Flowers were eliminated for the c scheme. With the exception of bo- a uquets on the .tables, on the chair- o man's platform, plants and blosboms were not in evidence, preference hav- n Ing been given by the designers to r more enduring dedorative materials. AN onNSE AXPnrTHEATRE. The hall is an immense amphithe- i .atte admirably arranged for a nation al convention and especially arrangede so that'all available room m~ay be uti lized to the greatest possible advan tage. Those charged with the prepar- t] ation evidently grasped the situation. The accommodations for the generalg public. and espEcially for the press, are much more complete than they c were at the Chicago convention and the best for the latter that have ever been provided at a national conven-t tion, every facility for the reporting of the proceedings and -the prompt dis patch of the news of the world at large being afforded. A streem of visitors and a drizze of delegates and alte:nates % eve p suringe into the hall an hour before the time set for the opening of the convention. 2 The big men, the directors of political * strategy, were not as prompt in ar riving. Beside the novelty of viewing t a great convention, many of them are constantly haunted by the dread that a conspiracy is afoot to deprive them of their seats, and, fearful of a catas trophy in the great demand for tick ets which has existed for the last few C days, the anxious ones hurried to I plant themselves in their seats befor e 6 any other person should pre-empt t them. The hall .. itself is not well 6 lighted by the sun, there being win- g dows on but three sides, and these are r close to other buildings. t There is no opening in the roof to ~ permit the Escape of the heated air, 0 and even before one-tenth of the dele- C gates had arrived it became uncomfort- b - ably warm. The windows open but a half way, and are on the level of the 0 top row of seats in the gallery. By 0 the time the hail was one-third filled ~ the heat began to increase to a notico- L able degree. The great majority of a the delegates and visitors had pro- ' vided themselves with fans, and the a auditorium, viewed from the speaker's desk, was one yel'ow flutter as the ~ palm lear! fans bobbed back and forth. ~ The delegates lost but little time in s' :getting outside of their coats and the 8 -cornplexion of the lower part of the t ball, black at first, because lighter ands lighter as the coats disappeared and the shirt sleeves become evident. e t FIRsT RIPPLE OF APPLAUSE. 'The "first ripple of applause that t went across the convention came from the galleries when the Texas delega- u tion marched in bearing their hiag or tred, white and blue with the single e A white silk banner beariog the in- i :scription: "Florida Democracy, safe s :and sound," was borne into the hall shortly after Texas had arrived and i was also greeted with applause. This a was five minutes before 12, and up to e that time not a band- clap had been -7 -offered to any man who had entered the hall. The platform was crowded with members of the national corn mittee, but the crowd paid no atten tion. The Pnilippine delegation camnea in with their banner, which was notc floating free like those that had en tered before it. It was an American :fiag of silk wrapped closely around the .staff and tie-d bard and fest. This was done, ac~ording to one of the :Philippine delegatian "with delib erate intent," as if to show that the Democratic convention did not recog nie the Ph-ilippine as a part of the rats armonious. iation. Chairman Guffey, of Penn ylvania, strode in closely behind the cilippine flag and was heartily beered. Exactly at noon Chairman J. K. ones, of the naticnal committee, alled the convention to order. His pp:aranee on the platform and the ound of his gavel brought forth a heer from the ticor and galleries. Chairman Jones directed the ser eant-at-arms to preserve order. lie ontinned belaboring the table with is gavel, but it was some time before uiet resigned. California's appear nce with a huge silk banner and silk Lmerican flags and a yell, "Califor tia, California!" Hearst, Hearst!" austd cheering. Just as the Califor iia delegation r eached its reservation ,fter marching up and down the cen re aisle, William J. Bryan, who had ome in unnoticed, arose in his place ,d was given a cheer. Then an en exprising member of the Montana elegation created a diversion by vig rously ringing a cow bell. Again 1hairman Jones demanded that the nvention be in order, and at once irected the secretary to read the call f the convention. Applause follow d the reading of the call. After uict was restored Chasrman Jones nounced that the convention would e opened by prayer by Rev. John F. namnon, pastor Granct Avenue Baptist urch of St. Louis. During the invocation the conven ion stcod. Dr. Cannon's voice was ntirely inadequate to reach even the ntre of the hall. The prayer occu ied several minutes. WILLIAMS RECEIVES CHEERS. Enthusiastic cheering greeted the airman's announcement that he was irected by the national committee to ppoint John S. Williams temporary airman and C. A. Walsh temporary !cretary, and John I.Martin tempo iry sergeant-at-arms. The chairman appointed Col. J. M. uffey, of Pennsylvania, and M. F. 'arpey, of California, to escort Mr. Villiams to the cl'air. As the plat arm was enclosed 6y a railing, it was ecessary for the committee and Mr. Filliams to climb over the railing. 'he committee lifted Mr. Williams ifely over and the entire convention urst into cheers as he ascended the latform. "I have the honor to introduce to ou John Sharp Williams, as tim orary chairman," said Chairman ones, and again the conventi..n Iered. Mr. Williams was attired a light gray suit and a white waist >at. He delivered his address calmly ad without gestures. Several cries t "Louder! Louder!" inte:rupted Mr. illiams as he began, his clear but ot powerful voice at first failing t. ach all parts of the hall. As Mr. Williams proceeded his voice icreased in volume and the delegatesi stened attentively. The convention ppeared considerab'y amuse I at Mr.. riiiams humorously sarcastic refer ices to the "mutual admiratio:1 ciety" .of Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. ot, and when he read an elogy by le president and Mr. Rcot the dele Ltes laughed and applauded. Mr. Williams spoke in an ironical >ne that caught the fancy of the nvention and he was interrupted me and again by laughter. At this point the Michigan delega on entered the ball and there were everal calls for order. CLEVELAND DEMONSTRATION. A great part of Mr. Williams speech as delivs red under great ditficulty r the speaker and those of his hear s who were supposed to be most rectly interested in his remarks. he ais'es leading past the delegates 'ere packed by dense th o:gs who kept p a constant hum of conversation aat smothered Mr. Williams' voice. Pas log from the discussion of Mr. ~oot's speech the speaker took up the epublican platform. Mr. Williams drew a picture of the untry's condition at the time of 'resident Cleveland's inauguration, eclaring that much of the distress hat catme in the early nineties were e to Republican misrule that had one befoxe. Under Benjamin Har iion, he said, for three years all hope ad wel-nigh vanished from the busi ess world. He scored the attitude the Republican party on the tinan ial question, declaring that it had een full of incon-isiencies and bsurdities. He mentioned the name SMr. Bryan in discuss'ng the price f wheat during the first Bryan-Mc nley campaign. The utterance of 2e name called for a little applause od some cheers. A secondi later he entioned the name again anid the pplause was not repeatefi A mention of the name of Grover leveland was cheered lustily. A mo xent later the first scene of the ~ssion occumed. Mr. Williams declar-' : that it was brazen effrontery for he Republican party to attempt to eze the laurels of Grover Cleveland. genuine outburst of applause fol:ow d. Cheer after cheer rolled through he ball, and, although the chairman sed the gavel vigorously, the conven ion was soon beyond his control. New Hampsheire delegates climbed pen their seats and yelled vigorously.; ine Iowa man of the Hearst-instruct d delegation from that common realth stocd up and waved his hat rantically, and a wild ch-.rcus an wered him. "Three cheers for Grover CI:ve md," shouted an Alabama de'egate, d they came with great rower and cithusiasm. No cry came from ebraska, where Mr. Bryan and his riends sat quietly without taking art in the noise. Again and again he cheers came in dense volume, espite numerous cries of "Order!" ud the strenuous pounding of the hairman's gavel. Then Mr. Williams sat back and atched the scene he had created. As ie chers and cries fell. there would ,e a renewed outbreak and the lemonstration lasted eight minutes. GR;EAT R~Ow ENSUED. Tim Murphy, of St. Louis, stand og in the center aisle and encourag an thedemnstatin wa first re quested to take his seat anad then ejected from the hall by John I. Mar tin, sergeant.at-arms. Murpby w as rushed towards the platform by Mar tin, through a railing and down a narrow stairway leading und.r the stage. Another encounter between Mur phy and Martin took place in the passageway under the stage. Mur pby then permitted himself to be taken from the hall by two officers. For several minutes after the Mur phy incident the demonstration con tinucd. Finally in desperation Mr. Williams tried to continue his speech. "You have placed me here. I am your servant. If you don't want me to continue, it is your pleasure," he cried. This announcement was effective and Mr. Williams secured cintrolof the demonstration that his mention of Cleveland had caused dying 'slowly out. When he said that he had beard that Dewey, Schley and Miles, were Democrats; that a Republican admin istration bad snubbed the first, tried to disgrace the second and insulted the third, the convention again broke out into shouts and applause. By this time Mr. Williams' voice began failing. It grew weaker and he was heard with difficulty even by those very near the platform. Mr. Williams' flow c-f oratory was uninter rupted for some time. A response of applause followed his denunciation of te Republican claims of prosperity because of the tariff. Cries of "Louder!" were again heard in various parts of the hall. ."I wish I had the lungs to speak louder, but I cannot," answered Mr. Williams. "What did you say?" came a voice frcm the gallery. So rapidly did the noise increase that Mr. Williams began to address himself directly to the persons on the p'atform. This brought forth from the galleries loud cries of "Time!" and loud cheers. WHITE MAN'S COUNrRY. Mr. Williams with all the voice left turned to the audience and with con siderable feeling, took up the race question. When he referred to the incident at the Republican conventa tion when a colored child and white child were both on the platform wav ing flags during one of the demon.-tra tions, there were cries of "This is a white man's country!" So great did the noise become that the se-geant-at-arms went down into the hah and ordered tLe aisles cleared. But the police bad difficulty in car rying out these instructions. Mr. Williams had by this time been speak ing an hour and twenty-five minutes. "Now a few words in conclusion." said Mr. Williams, 'and if you are pleased to hear that conclusion as I am to conclude, this will be the most delighted audience that ever existed." Mr. Williams continued: "The Republican platform, to sum it all up, obeys the precept to 'stand pat' in every respect except one, and that is a respect in which well enough might very well have been left along. That is the plank in which this lan guage is used: 'We favor such con gressional election as shall determine whether by special discrimination the elec:ive franchise in any state has been unconstitutionally limited,' fol lowed by the promise made, in that event to reduce southern representa tion in the house of representa'.ives and in the electoral callege. The pledge is to reduce representation, if it is for the snffrage, has been 'un constitutionally limited.' The only 'unconstitutional limitation' would be in violation of the fifteenth amend ment 'b:cause of race, color or pre vious condition of servitude.' ''Unconstitutionally limited!" The adverb "unconstitutionally" is useless and fools not ody, whether or not the suffrage is 'unconstitutionally limited' is a matter for the courts to deter mine. Tne real object of the Repub lican party in so far as that plank is cocrned, however, sp-cious the phraseology is closed, to reduce south en representation without reducing that of Massachusetts and Connecti cut or other states wherever in the south the negrces are disfranchised, not as such, because of ignorance, by an educational qualification or be cause of and other right reason, in any other constitutional way. CONCEEKING BUsINEsS INTEREST. Let not the business interests of the country dec~ive itself, let those controlling it prepare, if Roosevelt is elected on th's platform, for another period of uncertainty, unrest, busi ness disturbance and race war in the southern states inst ead of that peace and prosperity which both ract s now enjoy and which has been rendered pos ible only by hore rule and by white supremacy. Let not the south deceive itself, either. If the Repub lican party were sinzere in its prop oition to reduce southern representa tion on the ground of disfranchisement or pretended 'unconstitutional limita tion' itself, it would accompany that propsiton with ano-her, to-wit: The proposition to repeal the fifteenth amendment. It is not the white man, as a white man, who is injured by a recurrence to the tendency of Force bill days-he can and will always maintain himself-it is in business, commerce and manufacturing, agri culture and the negro himself. Com mercially and industrially the white men of the south will not be much more injured by this sort of agitation than northern people wi:1 be. "It is the beginning over of the old scheme, revived for political ad] vantage, to ret lin as a Republican asset, the solid nwgro vote in Indianaa illinois, New Jersey and like condi tioned states-tbis time without price in money paid-by disturbing all over the Southiand peace and order; by demorallzirg reviving inc utries, un setting business and labor. disin tegrating society and as a remote effct, if suc:-essful, hybridizing the rac there and A fricanizing its civili zation. Tnat is the ultimate signifi cance of it all, if it indeed be not meely a vo'ce in the wilderness cry ing out empty promises to the negro voters in the Sotth. I wis'1 I could uoly believe it was that. I would be lieve it but for the opin'onati d and superstrnuous charac'.er of the man in the white house.' " Mr. Williams spoke huta few words more, and concluded his addressgreat ly exhausted. The perspiration was TRUSTS FLAYED In the Platform Adopted by the Democrats. PROTECTION DENOUNCED. Liberty for Filipinos, Election of Senators by the People and a Reduction of the Army Imperatively Demanded. The Democratic party of the United States. in national convention assem bled, declares its devotion to the es sential principles of the Democratic faith which brings us together in party communion. Under them, local self-government and national unity and prosperity were alike established. They underla d our independence, the structure of our free republic, and every Democratic exten sion from Louisiana to California, and Texas to Oregon, which preserved faithfully in all the States the tie be tween taxation and representation. They yet inspire the masses of our people, guarding jealously their rights and liberties, and cherishing their fra ternity, peace and orderly develop ment. They remind us of our duties and responsibilities as citizens and im press upon us, particularly at this time, the necessity of reform and the rescue of the administration of govern ment from the headstrong, arbitrary and spasmodic methods which distract business by uncertainty and per'vade the public mind with; dread, distrust and pertusbation. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIFLES. The application of these fundamen tal principles to the living issues of the day is the first step toward the assured peace, safety and progress of our nation. Freedom of the press, of conscience and of speech; equality be fore the law of all citizens; right of trial by jury; freedom of the person de fended by the writ of habeas corpus; liberty of personal contract untram meled by sumptuary laws; supremacy of the civil over military authority; a well disciplined militia; the separation of church and state: economy in ex penditures; low taxes, that labor may be lightly burdened; prompt and sacred fulfillment of public and private obli gations; fidelity to treaties; peace and friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none, absolute acquies cence in the will of the majority, the vital principle of republics; these are doctrines which De*nocracy has estab lished, approved by the nation and they should be constantly invoked and enforced1. CAPITAL AND LABOE. We favor enactment and adminis tration of laws, giving labor aad capi tal impartially their just rights. Capi tal and labor ought not to be enemies. Each is necessary to the other. Each has its rights, but the rights of labor are certainly no less "vested," no less "sacred" and no less "unalienable" than the rights of capital. CONSTITUTIONAL GUAR ANTEES. Constitutional guarantees are vio lated whenever any citizen is denied the right to labor, acquire and ehjoy property or reside where interests or inclination may determine. Any de nial thereof by individuals, organiza tions, or governments should be sum marily rebuked and punished. We deny the right of any executive to disregard or suspend any constitu tional privilege or limitation. Obedi ence to the laws and respect for their requirements are alike the supreme duty of the citizen Vgnd the ottficial. The military should be used only to support and maintain the law. We unqualifiedly condemn its employment for the summary banishment of citi zens without a trial at or for the con trol of elections. We approve the measure which pass ed the United States senate in 1896, but which a Republican congress has ever since refused to enact, relating to contempts in federal courts. and pro viding for trial by jury in~cases of indi rect contempt. WATERWAYS. We favor liberal appropriations for the care and improvements of the wa ter ways of the country. When any waterways like the Missi~ssi ppi river is of sufficient importance to demand special aid of the government, such aid should be extended with a definite plan of continuous work until perma nent improvement is secured. We oppose the Repblican policy of starving home development in order to feed the greed for consequest and the appetite for national "prestige" and display of strength. ECONOMY OF ADMINISTRATION. Large reauctions can easily be made in the annual expenditures of the gov ernment without impairing the efli ciency of any branch of the public ser vice, and we shall insist upon the strictest economy and frugality com patible with vigorous and efficient civil, military and naval administra tion as a right of the people, too clear to be denied or withheld. We favor honesty in the puplic ser vice-the enforcement of honesty in the public service and to that end a thorough legislative investigation of those executive departments of the government already known to them with corruption, and the punishment of ascertained corruptionists without fear or favor or regard to persons. The persistent and deliberate refusal of both the senate and house of repre sentatives to permit such investiga tion to be made, demonstrates that only by a change in the executive and in the legislativt departments can complete exposure. punishment and corr~ction be obtained. FEDERAL GOVERMENT CONTRACTS. We condemn the action of the Re publican party in congress in refusing to prohibit an executive department from entering into contracts with con victed trusts on unlawful combina tions in restraint of Interstate trade. We believe that one of the best methods of procuring economy and honesty in the public service is to have public officials, from the occu pant of the White House down to the owest of them, returned as nearly as may be to Jeffersonian simplicity of living. EXECUTIVE USURPATION. We favor the nomination and elec tion of a president imbued with the principles of the constitution who will set his face sternly against executive usurpation of legislative and judicial functions, whether that usurpation be veiled under the guise of executive construction of existing laws, or whether it take refuge in the tryant's pleas of necessity or superior wisdom. We favor the preservation, so far as we can, of an open door for the world's commerce in the Orient, with out an. unnecessary entanglement in Oriental and European affairs. and without arbitrary, unlimited irrespon sible and absolute government any where within our jurisdiction. We oppose, as fervently as did George Washington himself, an indefinite, ir responsible, discretionary and vague absolutism and a policy of colonial ex ploitation, no matter where and by whom invoked or exercised; we believe with Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, that no government has a right to make one set of laws for those "at home" and another and a different set of laws, absolute in their char acter for those "in the colonies." All men under the American flag are en titled to the protection of the institu tions whose emblem. the flag is; if they are inherently unfit for those in stitutions, then they are inherently unfit to be members of the American body politic. Wherever there may ex ist a people incapable of being govern ed under American laws, in conso nance with the American constitution of that people ought not to be part of the American domain. We insist that we ought to do for the Filipinos what we have done already for the Cubans, and it is our duty to make that promise now, and upon suit able guarantees of protection to cit izens of our own and other countries resident there at the time of our with drawal, set the Filipino people upon their feet, free and independent to work out their own destiny. The endeavor of the secretary of war, by pledging the government's endorse ment for "promoters" in the Philip pine Islands to make the United States a partner in the speculative legislation of the archipelago, which was only temporarily held up by the opposition of the Democratic senators, in the last session, will, if successful, lead to en tanglements from which it will be dif ficult to escape. The Democratic party has been, and will continue to be, the consistent op ponent of that class of tariff legisla tion by which certain interests have been permitted, through congressional favor, to draw heavy tribute from the American people. This monstrous perversion of those equal opportunities which pur political institutions were establishe( to secure, has caused what once may have been infant industries to become the greatest combinations of capital that the world has ever known. These especial favorites of the government have, through trust meth ods, been converted into monopolies, thus bringing to an end domestic com petition, which was the only alleged check upon the extravagant profits made possible by the protective system. These industrial combinations, by the financial assistance they can give, now control the policy of the Republican party. We denounce protection as a rob bery of the many .to enrich the few, and we favor a tariff limited to the needs of the government, economically administered and so levied as not -to discriminate against any industry, class or section and to the end that the burdens oi taxation shall be dis tributed as equally as possible. We favor a revision and a gradual reduction of the tariff by the friends of its abuses, its extortions and its discriminations, keeping in view the ultimate ends of "equality of burdens and equality of opportunities" and the contitutional purpose of raisinig a revenue by taxation, to wit: the sup port of the federal government in all its integrity and vIrility, but in sim plicity. TRUSTS AND UNLAWFUL COMBINA TIONS. We recognize that the gigantic trusts and combinations designed to enable capital to secure more than its just share in the joint pro ducts of capital and labor, and which have been fostered and promoted under Re publican rule, are a menace to benefi cial competion and an obstacle to per manent business prosperity. A private monopoly is indefensible and intoler able .Individual equality of apportunity and free competition are essential to a healthy and commercial prosperity and any trust, combination or monopoly in tending to destroy these by'controlling production, restricting competition or fixing prices, should be prohibited and punished by law. We especially de nounce rebates and discrimination by transportation companies as the most potent agency in promoting and strengthening these unlawful con spiracies against trade. We demand an enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce commission, to the end that the trav eling public and shippers of this country may have prompt and ad equate relief from the abuses to which they are subjected in the matter of transportation. We demand a strict enforcement of existing civil and criminal statutes against all such trusts, combinations and monopolies; and we demand the enactment of such further legislation as may be necessary to effectually suppress them. Any trust or unlawful combination engaged in interstate commerce which. is monopolizing any branch of busi ness or production, should not be per mitted to transact business outside of the State of its origin. Whenever it shall be established in any court of competent jurisdiction that such monopolization exists, such prohibi tion should be enforced through com prehensive laws to be enacted on the subject. RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS. We congratulate our western citi zens upon the passing of the law known as the Newlands irrigation act for the irrigation and reclamation of the arid lands of the west; a measure framed by a Democrat, passed in the senate by a non-partisan vote and passed in the house against the oppo sition of almost all of the Republican leaders by a vote the majority of which was Democratic. We call attention to this great Dem ocratic measure, broad and compre hensive as it is, working automatical ly throughout all time without further action of congress, until the reclama tion is accomplished, reserving the lands reclaimed for home-seekers in small tracts and rigidly guarding against land monopoly as an evidence of the policy of domestic development contemplated by the Democratic par ty, should it be placed in power. IsTHMNIAN CANAL. The Democracy when entrusted with power will construct the Panama canal speedily, honestly and economi cally.thereby giving to our people what Democrats have always contended for -a great inter-oceanic canal, furnish ing shorter and cheaper lines of trans [Continnur1 on pa 4.] PARKER WIRES His Views On Money Ques: tion to the Convention. A SENASTION IS CREATE. For a Time It Looked as if Trou. ble Would Result, But Wise Counsels Prevailed and the Trouble Was Soon Settled. While the convention was in sessior Saturday and nominations for vice president were being made like a boll from a cloudless sky came the report that Judge Parker had declined to ac. cept the nomination unless a gold plank was in the platform. The nom inations had all been made and those who were present were hoping to be relieved of duty within an hour when a delegate moved to take a recess. There was mystery in his remarks and whispered exclamations passed from mouth to mouth. The nomina tion was declared carried and the dele gates slowly left the hall. The convention again assembled a few minutes after nine o'clock and was caled to order by Chairman Clark, and Governor Vardaman of Missis ippi, proceeded to addreess the con vention on the subject of the myteri Dus tetegram. He said that rumors were abroad that a telegram had been received from Judge Parker, and these reports had caused such excitement and apprehension that he would move that the gentleman of the New York delegation, reported as recipient of the message, should send It to the ,lerk's desk to be read. Chairman -Clark replied: "It is moved that the New York delegation Dr the member of that delegation who has the telegram that has been bruit d about this city-if he has such a Dne, produce it and read it to this convention." George Raines of New York, asked that the motion be deferred until the hairman of his delegation could be heard from. "How much time do you want," asked the chairman. "I understand the chairman of the New York delegation is now on his way to the hall,"' was the reply. "The chair requests the gentleman from Mississippi to withdraw his mo tion for a few moments," said Mr. Clark. Gov. Vardaman acquiesced. Finally tne conference committee, John S. Williams, Governor- Varda man, Senator Tillman and Senator Carmack made their way to the plat form with the mysterious message in their possession. Some one cried out: "What shall we do?" "Keep your heads and be have," retorted Senator Tillman with emphasis, and he repeated the injunc tion at numerous intervals. A short conference took place among the four and Chairman Clark, while the delegates who had for the moment put excitement away from them, sang "My Old Kentucky Home,'' a dele gate from Kentucky, standing on his chair, leading the song. "I wish t2 announce in advance,' said the chairman, "that on this im portant matter every man shall have a lull and fair hearing. I now intro duce John Sharp Williams, of Missis' sippi. Mr. Williams spoke as follows: "All of us were very :nuch surprised and excited this afternoon, to use nc stronger words, at what purported tc be copies of telegrams which had beer sent by our nominee to Mr. Carmack and others In this city. I want tc tell you that but one telegram has been received. A telegram has come from Mr. Parker, to Mr. Sheehan, however, which. I shall read in a moment and it is so important that you should know what it is that, after I have read it, I shall hand it tc my friend, the governor of my state, Mr. Vardaman, and have him read It over again. "When you shall have heard it you will note that there is not in It one word about requiring or demanding, or asking, or requesting thit anything should be platced In the Democratic patform. (Loud applau.e.) You will also note that if there is any er ror in It, it is an error of judg ment procceeding from a too sen sitive spirit of honor--(applause)--to be misunderstood or placed in a false or in a double position. I shall now ask Governor Vardaman to read the telegram to you." (Loud cheering and applause.) Mr. Williams's words were heard in a silence so deep, so intense, that, not withstandiog his weakened voice, his very word was distinctly audible in all parts of the hall. He then handed the message to Governor Vardaman, who after requesting absolute quiet, read 1.he telegram as follows: "Hon. W. F. Sheehan, Hotel Jeffer son, St. Louis: "I regard the gold standard as firm ly and irrevocably established and shall act accordingly if the action of the :onvention of today shall be ratified by the people. As the platform is silent on the subject, my view should be made known to the convention and if it is proved to be unsatisfactory to the majority I request you to decline the nomination for me at once, so that another may be nominated be rore adjournment. (Signed) "A. B. PARKER" A ringing cheer went around the all, but it was brief, so anxious were bhe delegates to see what would fol tow. Mr. Williams: "Mr. Chairman, I think you will bear me out in what I said. This is the first time in the istory of the United States that a man alrearly nominated for the great Parker an( Chose est office on the surface of this earth has been so supersensitive about a matter of personal rectitude and honor as to send a telegram to a friend asking him to decline the nomination for him, If, as he seems to have been informed, there is something in the platform which is not in accard with his own opinion. "My friends, we purposely made this platform silent on the question of the monetary, standard. We made it silent because we all agreed that that was not an Issue in this campaign-(applause)-and we agreed, furmnermore, that nothing should be placed in the platform which was not a campaign issue, and the consequence was that, in the res'utions committee, motions were made to table, and those motions were carried, tabling every resolution on both sides which tended to bring up as an issue in this campaign the question of the mone tary standard. "Now, my friends, JudgeParker ex presses his opinion for fear somebody might think that you did not know it. There was not in all this vast assembly one single, solitary maa who did not already know that Judge Parker was a gold standard man. I have been one of the most consistent, president and perhaps radicil free siiver men in the United States and I knew that he was a gold standard man and he never made attempt to conceal it from any body. He had supported our candidate, and had said that, although he did not agree with us upon this plank, he was still a Democrat (Applause.) ,"Now, my friends, we bad, so far as the question of the monetary standard was concerned, in a campaign which was so fraught against imperialisin, against executive u-urpation, .we pur posely made a platform so far as the monetary standard Is conce-rned, upon which W. J. Bryan could have'stood or Grover Cleveland could have stood, or anybody else who was with us in the pending live campaign issues could have stood." (Applause.) He asked Senator Tillman to read the message, which it was proposed to send in reply to Judge Parker's mes sage's which read as follows: "The platform adopted by this con vention is silent on the question of the monetary standard because it is not regarded by us as a possible issue in this camraign and only campaign .is sues were mentioned in the platform. Therefore there is nothing in the views expressed by you in the tele gram just received which would pre clude a man entertaining them from accepting a nomination on said plat form." As Mr. Tillman concluded the read ing of the message, Representative Richardson of Alabama. arose, he said, to dispassionately discuss the message to be sent to Judge Parker." Chairman Clark explained that he had recognized Senator Tillman who also desired to discuss the same mat ter. Mr. Richardson bwed and re tired at once and Mr. Tillman pro ceeded. While Mr. Tllman ;was speaking John Sharp Williams proceeded from platform to the seat of Mr. Richard son and the two engaged in earnest conversation. Mr. Tillman's remarks were followed closel'y by the whole audience. At this juncture Mr. Bryan came into the hail. Instantly there was an uproar. Calls of "Bryan, Bryan," went up and the galleries cheered. Mr. Bryan first went to his place in the pit, but as the cries of the Nebraskan's name coupled with the words- "Plat form, platform," continiued, Mr. Bryan made his way to the stage. His face was chalk white as he-walk ed rapidly up the side aisle. His lips were compressed to a thin line and his brows drawn straight. He nervously fanned himself and paid no attention to the hands that were held out to him as he paSsed. After a threat on the chairman's part to clear the galleries where most of the disturbance came from the noise ceased. Senator Tillman continued by saying that if he understood the pre sent temper of the delegates, the threats of the chair with reference to the gallaries would be carried out. "Lookout!" shouted a voice. "You lookout or you will be put out!" retored Mr. Tillman, and in stantly the police seized the offending spectator and ejected hiin. When the senator concluded there was a -short lived outburst of applause, but it was evident that the delegates were in no mood for de.nonstration. Bryan then rose and came to the front of the rostrum. His face was pale and drawn with illness, his voice was weak and hoarse. He spoke with great effort, but quietly and with self control. As the speaker went on his voice grew stronger and clearer and as he narrated the story of his efforts to se cure the insertion in the platform of a financial plank, the flush of excite ment covered his face and his gestures became more frequent and more em-1 phatic. His declaration that the sending of the telegram to Judge Parker was a declaration on the gold standard side, and his statement that if the ,Demoe racy was to adopt such a view it should be honest and say sa frankly, Iwas greeted with a shriek of applause from the galleries, and one man with a strong voice yelled, "That's right." Loud applause greeted Mr. Bryan's remark that it was a manly thing in Judg~e Parker to express his opinions before the convention adjourned, but that it would have been a manlier ~ thing ha~d he spoken before the con- I vention met, was again cheered. He announced that he would pro- C pose an amendment to the message and took his seat amid loud cries of ~ "vote," "Bill.'' Senat~r John W. ~ Daniel, chairman of the committee ~ on resolutions, was then recognized to reply to Mr. Bryan. It was then 11 o'clozk, and there ' were signs that the expected storm would pass. Mr. Bryan's speech and Lcontinued on page 4.] I Davis ii toLead The Democratic Hosts> to Victory in the-' Next Election WILL MAlE AOOD TEAM. Both Candidates Were Nomina ted on the First Ballot and Each Nomination Mas Then Made Unani Inons. On Friday evening the crush of tOrs around the doors and insideo National Democratic Conventinn at eight o'clock, the time set for .a , the opening of the convention, greater than at any previous sesor It was something rarely paaUeled-ai' any national convention. The first genuine reception- of t evening was given to Senator Hi1o New York who made his first app ance in the hall.. GeneralNelsori Miles was also present for 'the time. At 8 o'elock there was'nota cant seat -in the vastauditoriumicY patform to' topmostyet packed with delegates r spectators. The heat was Intene treets on the four sides of te li ieum were impassible. By the time the chairman ca1le ..t..' :onvention to order, the hal wos'. o the danger line and beyond. des. of energetic thumps on the - Midng officer's table was given hairman Clarke a 8.30 o'cocn - mdeavor to call the conventiont 0 Ser. AsMr.Clak stoodatthe-des Senator Daniel of Virginia, chair )f the resolutions committee, madb way to his side with acopy of thelat form in his hand. - Without delay it was bbatthe report of the commtteewoui'r_ be received. At this statement, the contan eized the opportunity to vent Ita - sfaction at the unaminous reporiahW r. made. A great cry went up.. lelegates jumped to their feet rst demonstration of the ion occurred. Becomming Impetient at the deiaz enator Daniel began his-,annoucw. nent in the midst of the uproar. VNAWMOUS "I am instructed to mak t onventlon;" he began, "this nous report. from'the committee on ' -esolutons." The Senator then reaid she platform, which was nn nne idopted with the greatiest enthundm~ THE NOMD&T1TONs. "The clerk will now call the ro, tates for the nomination of-a candi- e late for president," shouted the iai'~ A wild cry of delight came fromt galleries who seemed to think t& whole thing a show run for thedir4 mtertalnment. -. "Alabama," shried the clerk.2 -j "Alabama yields- th E State of New York," called Delege Russell of Alabama, standing in hIa.. chair, one arm grasping-the standard aflhis State marker. . Marlin W. Littleton of New York, af medium height, and sturdy figure --- with afull, clean shaven face, with a heavy mass of dark brown hair, tosssd' back from his brow and ears, took thenr stand amid ringing applause, to plac&e Tudge Parker of New York In nomia bon. All that had happened in the 'coa rention up to the time Mr. LittletonT soncluded his address, multiplied many times, was almost as nothIng :ompared to the hurricane that broke )nt when he mentioned- the name "Alton B. Parker." On the part of the Parker delegates, it was a revela.tion in the passion of politics. Like one man they sprang up in their chairs with everything that could be waved, tossed high in 3 he air. Fiordia, after a few seconds of wild telling, started around the hal itas nen screaming and tossing highsailkeix aanners, inscribed "Florida; Safe and ound." Texas, Georgia and many ther State fell in 'behind .and with wild yells followed on. The delegates tore their State em yems from the poles, and,-carrying hem high over-head, tramped around she hall again,- cheering frenziedly. a.merican flags appeared magically nd tossed flaming bits of color into she scene. Af ter the excitement had continued Lout 12 minutes, there was a percep ible abatement and the band struck 2p "America," thousands of voices ~ olning in the song. The lull speedily yassed away, for the band struck up 'Dixie," and with a spasmodic yell, ~he applause started all over again. Rising and falling in a huge over helmilng wave of sound, the demon tration was kept up. Ccatless, often olarless, the perspiring enthusastee narched, waved and shouted while be band and gallery crowds did their est to swell the roar. During the laying of the band a huge crayon ~ ust of Parker was carried up the ; entre aisle. Just as It reached the ' latform two young ladies, dressed in hite and carrying mammoth bon uets of roses and ferns, were assisted o the 'presiding officer's table, and. he huge portrait held for a moment; etween themi, face to the delegates,. ,nd the State banners which had rmed the procession were held aloft *d massed around it. Rythmic shouts .f "Parker," "Parker," "Alton B. ~arker" were started and caught up. At the expiration of 22 mInutes el [ontinued on page 4.JI