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Silver Men in Control. THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. 8KNATOK l>AXIHi, TUK TEMPO ItAHY CHAIRMAN. An Eloquent Address) from the Great VirKinlau?The Tariff and Currency Mnuea. The opening tight in the National Democratic Convention upon the tem porary chairman retmltod in a complete victory for the silver men. Senator Daniel, of Vlrglna, wuh olected ovor Senator David B. Hill, of New York, by a voto of 656 to 34?. Tho unnounco inent of tho vote whh reeelvod with great demonstration): of applauso. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, li. P. Keating, of Nevada, and Senator White were appointed to escort Sena tor Daniel to the platform. As tho committee appeared on tho platform with tho Virginia Senator tho demonstrations of tho silver men wore renewed. Senator Daniel havlntr the appearance of an old-titno states man, smooth face, long hair and wear ing tho conventional frock coat, look ed as if ho had stopped out of some picture of the Senate of tho past. He bowed profoundly In response to tho ovation ho received. Kscorted by tho committee, Mr. Daniel passed to thi platform, whero, when ho appeared, be was received with an immense eruption of cheers and yells. Tho band helped tho tiling along with Hail to tho Chief," aud there woro moro cheers. When order was restored Mr. Har rity said : "Centlemen of tho conven tion, I have the honor of introduulng as your temporary chairman tho Hon. John W. Daniel, of Virginia." When tho delegates and everybody else in tho house were yelling and cheering. Chairman llarrlty passed tho gavol ovor to Mr. Danie', who took, it and spoko as follows,; <? * , Mr. Chairman of the National Demo cratic Conver.iioh : In receiving from your hands this gavel, as the tempo rary presiding olllcei of this Conven tion, I believe I express a sentiment which I am sure is unanimous that no natioral convention was ovor presided ovor with moro ability or with more fairness than by yourself. 1 can ex press no better wish for myself than that 1 may be ablo in some feoblo way to make my conduct by your model and to practice by your example. (Cheora.) The high position, geutlemen, to which you have choson me, involves both a treat personal honor and a keen responsibility. For the honor 1 thank you. Tho responsibility I would wholly bo inadequate to bear did I depend upon myself, but your gracious aid will make it easy and its burden light. That aid 1 confidently invoke from you for the sake of the great cause under whoso banner we have fought so many battles and whioh now demands of us such staunch devotion and such loyal service. 1 regret that my name should havo been brought in oven tho most courteous and serious complication with that of my distinguished friend, tho great Senator from Now York, (applause,) but tho vrry fact that I havo permittod it to bo done refutes the suggestion that has beou improvi dently made on this lloor that either I or thoso whom I havo tho honor to represent, would ever heap indignity upon that bravo and illustrious head. (Great applause.) No candid man, no dispassionate ' judgment, gentlemen, oau over misinterpret your meaning. The Senator from New York himself knows as you know and as I know that there i? no personality In tho prefer ment which has been given to mo. He must know that tho whole country wutehes tbesu proceedings and must know that it Is solely Juo to principle that this great majority of Democrats stands for and they know 1 stand with them. (Applause.) Ami that it Is given in tho spirit of tho instructions received by these representatives of tbe people, from tho people, whom all Democrats will ever bow to as the purest and original source of all power. Tho birth of tho Democratic party wan coeval with tho birth of tho sovereign ty of tho peoplo. It can never die until tho declaration of American Indepen dence Is forgotten and that sovereign ty is crushed out." (Great applause.) I am happy, gentlemen, to know that as tho majority in this convention is not personal, neither in any sense is it sectional. It blonds tho palmottocs and tho pines of Maine and South Car olina. It begins with tho sun riso in Maryland and sproads into a sun burBt in Louisiana and Texas. (Applause.) It stretches in ono unbroken column across the American continent, from tho Atlantic shores of the Old Domin ion and Georgia, and It shows its sil very beams ovor the golden gates of California, (applause); it sends forth its pioneers from Plymouth Hock and waves over tho golden wheat Heids of Dakota. It has its stronghold in Ala bama and Mississippi aud its outposts 11 in Minnesota, Florida and Oregon. (Applause), it btlcks like a tarheel, (applause) down in the old North State, and it writes slxtoon to one on the sad dlebags of Arkansas with tho traveler. (Loud applause). It pours down its rivulets from tho mountains of WeBt Virginia and makes a groat lake In Now Mexico, Arizona. Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Montana and Colorado. It stands guard around the national capitol in tho District of Co lumbia, (cheers), and it camps on tho frontiers of Oklahoma. It swoons liko a prairlo fire over Iowa and Kansas, and puts up a red light on tho conlinos of Nebraska. It marshals its massive battalions in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. Last, but by far from least, wbon 1 see this grand array and think of the British gold standard that was recently unfurled over tho ruins of Republican promises at St. Louis, I think, too. of the battle of New Or leans, of whloh It is said : There stood John Bull In martial pomp, but there was old Kentucky." (Applause). Brethren of the Wast, there la no South, there is no North, there is no Fast, there is no West in this upris ing of tbe people for American eman cipation from tho couspiracy of Europ ean kings, led by Groat Brltian, which seeks to destroy one-half of the money of the world and to make American manufacturers, merohanttf, farmers and meohanha > moro howors of wood and drawers of water. There is one thing golden, which, permit me, In the same good humor which has characterized your conduot, to commend to you here. It is tho goldon rule to do unto others as you would have them do unto you* Forget not the greed of devils and that an ab solute acquiescence in the will of the majority is the vital prinolple of the : republic. Democrats aa I trust you will ever bo, ucqulesoo gracefully in tho will of tbe great majority of your fellow Democrats and only ask to go with thorn, as they have often gone with you. (Applause.) JfcfcJMaJorgeJ, g' entlemeo, that for thirty years we ave supported the men that you have ' named lor President. Seoretary Sey mour, Greely, Tilden and Hancock, and twice Cleveland. Do not forget that we have submitted cheerfully to your compromised platform and to your repeated disasters to their fulfill ment. To get at tho last convention of the Democratic party in 18'J2, you proclaimed your services to be in favor of the use of both (told and silver as a standard money of the country, for the coinage of both gold and silver without discriminating against either metal; and that the only question left open was th ratio between the metals. Do not forget?and I refer to the fact in no inferior sense?that just four years ago in a Democratic convention in this city the Now York delegation stood here solidly and immovable for a can didate committed to the free and un limited coinage of silver and gold at a ratio of 10 to 1. And If we are still for it, lot it not bo forgotten that wo owe it in some measure to their teach ings. (Applause). That wo owe you much, gentlemen of the East, Is read ily acknowledged and will bo over most gratefully remembered. Wo owe you much, gontlenien of the con vention, and for what we owo you of the East is tho force bill aud the McKinley bill, and the Sherman law, tho triplo infamy of Republican legis lation. The first was aimed not moro at tho South than at the great cities of tho East and chtof among them, tho great Democracy of New York, with its magnificent patronage. That bill got its death blow in tho Senato, but there was nut a single Democrat in Now York or New England to voto against it. No man in this high noon of our country's fraternity can rovivo force bills now in this reconciled aud re united republic. Our opponents them selves have abandoned thetn. Thero is none that cun stand botwuen the union of hearts and the union of hands that Grant in his dying vision saw was coming on angols wings to all the sons of our common country. When Chica go dressed Southern graves in flowers sho buried sectionalism under a moun tain of (ragranco. When Southern soldiers yesterday cheered the wound od hero of'the North is If.'onmond tho South answorcd back : ' Lot us have peace; peace, union and lihorty now and forever.' As tho majority of Democrats is not sectional neither does it stand for any privileged or class legislation. Tho ac tive business men of this country, its manu fa -turers, merchants, farmers, sons of toil, In counting room, factory, field and mine, know that tho contrac tion of tho currency sweeps away with tho silent and resistless for of gravita tion th annual profits of their en terprise and investments. They Iclow tOO that the gokl standard means con traction and tho organization disaster. What hope is thoro for tho country and what hopo for the Democracy un less the views of tho majority here shall be adopted? Do not the people know that it. wa9 not sil ver legislation hu legislation dictated by the advo cates of the gold standard that has caused and now continues the finunclal depression? Do tboy not know that w on their domunds upon the Democ racy were complied with In 1893 and tho Sherman law repealod without a substitute that the vory States of the East that demanded It turned against tho Democracy that grunted it and Bwopt away their majority in a torrent of ballots? Had the silver men had tholr way then Instead of tho gold raonometalists, what storms of a.^use would hero today bo emptied upon their head ; but tho people, applying the power of memory and analysis alike to discover the causes of their arrested Prosperity, need not go to find tbem. hey do not forgot when Democracy camo to power in 18U3 it inherited from its Republican predecessor the tux sys tem and tho currency system of which the McKinley law and the Sherman law were the culminating atrocities. It came to power amidst a panic, which fatly followed upon their enactment with strikes, lockouts, riots and civic commotions, while tho scenes of peace ful industry in Pennsylvania had be come military camps. Uesldes manifold oppressive features the McKinley law had thrjwn away fifty millions of revenue derived from sugar under tho spectral plea of a free breakfrst table and had substituted bounties to sugar planters, thus de creasing 'revenue and increasing ex penditure, thus burning the candle at both ends and making tho people pay at least for the alleged free breakfast. From the joint operations of tho Mc Klnloy law and Sherman law an ad verso balance of trado was forced against us in 1893, a surplus of one hun dred millions of dollars in the treasury was converted Into a deficit of seventy millions in 1894, and ongraved bonds prepared Oy a Republican Secretary to borrow money to support tho govern ment, were tho 111 omens of the pre organlzed ruin that awaited tho Incom ing Democrats, and a depleted treasury. More significant still, tho \ery authors of the 111 starred Sherman law make shift were already at confession upon the Btool of penitence, and were beg ging Democratic help to put out the conflagration of disaster that they ^themselves had kindled. So far as revenue to support the gov ernment is concerned the Democratic party with but a slonder majority in the Senate was not long in providing i' and had not tho Supromo Court of tho United States reversed its' settled doctrine of 100 years, tho income tax, incorporated In tho tariff bill, would since have abundantly supplied it. The Republican party has now re nounced the crocd of its platform and of our national pledges and presented the country tho Issue of higher t&xeo, more bonus and loss money. It has proclaimed at last, throwing away the disguises, tho British gold standard. We can only expect should they suc ceed, my countrymen, a spoolmon 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 Amorloan people and It Involve.!! Americanism more than any economic i*sue that was ever pre sented at a Presidential election. We pray you, oo moro makeshifts and straddles. Vex not tho country with your prophecies of smooth things to come from the Britlsh-K-rpubllcan propaganda. (Applauso.) The fact that tho Europoan nations are going to the goid standard renders it all the moro impracticable that we snould do ho, for tho limited stock of gold In tho world would have longor division and a smaller share for each nation. Pre vious predictions have been promptly refuted when prosperity wa> prophe clsd to come, upon the uncoivJitional repeal of the Sherman law. instead of protecting the treasdty reserve, as was prophecled It would *?o, an unpre cedented raid wan promptly made, on It and two hundred and sixty-two mil lions of borrowed gold have been in eftlclent to guarantee It security- In stead of oauslug foreign capital to now 11 to us U has stimulated the flow of gold ^^j^hnropa and the greenback notes and j the Sherman notes which are just a9 ? payable in silver as in gold have been used to dip the gold out of tho treas ury of the United States and to store it In the strong box of the war lords of Europe. Instead of reviving business this policy has depressed it. Instead of increasing wages this policy has further decreased them. Instead of multiplying opportunities for employ ment this policy has multiplied idlors. 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 confidence tho policy has banished confidence. Instead of bring ing i cliff it has brought years of misery and for this reason it has con tracted the ourrency of the United States four debars a head for every man, woman and child since Novomber 1, 1893, ard with tbis vast aggregate contraction the prlco of land and of manufactured goods and of all kinds of agricultural and mercantile produce has fallen. Tho public revonucs have fallen, wages of labor have fallen and every thing on the face of the earth has fallen but taxes and debts which have bur dened, while on the other hand their liquidation has been diminished. No nation can call itself froe and in dependent that is net great enough to establish and maintain a financial sys tem of its own. (Great applause.) To pretend that this foremost and richest and most powerful nation In tho ' world cannot coin its own money with out suing fov an international agree ment at tho courts of European auto crats, who have none but primary interests to subserve, has for many years been held out at Presidential election; navo 'mudo use of such an agreement and have failed afterwards and wo have nevor in our history had an international iigreom- nton a money system and none of tho founders of this republic ever dreamed that suoh an agreement was ossential. We have had three international conferences in order to obtain it and to wait longer upon them Is to ignore tho interest of our own people and dograde our na tional dignity and to advertise to all mankind our impotence and our folly. The majority of this convention maintain that tuie great American nation, without depondeneo upon European nations for anything tnat they produce, and with European na tions dependent upou much that wo produce, is fully capable of restoring this constitution money system of gold and silver at equality with each other. (Applause.) And as our fathers In 1770 declared our national independence of all the world, so to-day has the groat Demo cratic party, founded by Thomas Jef ferson, the author of that declaration, appeared bero in Chicago to declare the financial Independence of tho United States of all other nations and to tnvoko all true Americans to assert it by their suffrages at tho polls, that our country may bo placed whero she by right belongs as to tho freest, as the foremost, as the most prosperous and happy nation that over blessed the life of mankind upon this globe. A HEM ARK ABLE CHARACTER. The e>uiot and Unobtrusive Life of a New York Sun. Mr. John D. Rockefeller has paid his first visit to the University of Chi cago, which was built up and endowed by his magnificent gifts. Tho millions he has bestowed upon that institution make him one of tho very greatest of private contributors to the foundation of a school of learning in tho whole hUtory of the world. He has given the money, morover, in his lifetime, and thus differs from nearly all other of tho most notable founders and en dowers of colleges. By aj giving, too, ho has distinguished himself from the great mass of all thoao who have made large benefactions for public uses. Ho has taken tho millions from his rapidly accumulating fortune, and ho has inado the gifts quietly, modestly, and with out the least seeking for popular ap plause or to win the conspicuous mani festations of honor their munificence could easily have obtained for him. The reason for this remarkable pe culiarity of Mr. Rockfollor as a public benefactor is that bolng a deeply reli gious man ho has made the,, gifts as an obligation of religious duty, aa itscoins to him. Ho Is a Btrict und earnest Baptist, and feels that ho holds his fortune aa a trustee merely acting under tho eye of God. Thla Is very remarkable in Itself, and also because Mr. Rockefeller has gained his fortune, one of the very greatest In tho world, as tho head of the Standard Oil Com pany, against which domagoguea have directed their constant fit o as a diabol ical combination for tho public injury. He is not a Baptist In name merely, but in tho strongest conviction ; and apparently ho believes that ho can best servo tho interest of humanity and glorify God by assisting in' tho propagation of the faith that is in him. His c advancement from an humble, pecuniary place to vast and command ing wealth has changed in no respect bis religious attitude. Ho Is an as siduous attandent on a Baptist church, and his voice is raised in humble sup plication at its prayer meetings. Only the other day he addressed a Baptist Sunday-uchool and spoke of his cx perlonc as its superintendent as ono in his whole life. He has brought up his owu family In tho s.riet tfenets of tho Baptists, and taught theur to keop aloof from tho allurements of worldly gaiety add fashion. Ho doc, not in dulge in amusements which a severe Puritan frowned upon in other days, t.-ough now they are practiced'without reproach by the great run of religious people. Ho would keep his children apart from tho influence of such as sociations; accordingly bo has had none of the social ambitions so frequent among men of great fortunes. He looks upon them as sinful. His household join with blm fn dally family prayer that they may bo saved from the temp tations of tho world, tho flesh, and tho devil. Princely Giver. It is a very striking clrcumatanco that at tills time of decaying faith a man who ranks with the three or four H?hest men of modern times should pursuo a course of life and of conduct which is so unusual in its austerity. Many Baptists have risen to wealth l from very humble circumstances dur ing the last generation, but most of thorn, or at least the most of thorn families, have drifted awuy from their early associations under tho influence of fashionable ambitions. Mr. Hotike feller remains staunch and immovable. Magnificent as his many gifts for oharitable, religious and educational purposos have been, the sum of thorn has gono almost wholly for tho further ing of Baptist Intorcsts. He bas built up in tho Chicago University an in stitution which.will glorify the Baptist uam e, and in that way, according to Mr. Bookfollor's unquestioning belief, will glorify God. ?It is a grea- fault to be cositlnuallj! fault-flnding. j Tillman_an? Hill. AN EXCITING EPISODE IN CHICAGO^ CH I :iOKS AND HI88US FOB TILdLi MAN. He Makes a Bitter Attack Upon Cleveland and Defies tho Gal leries. Oae of tho most oxoltlng episodes in tho National Democratic Convention was the debate on Thursday between Tlllman and Hill on the currency issue. Tho pretB report is as follows: Senator Bon Tlllman, of South Car olina, mounted the stage to open the groat debate in bohalf of free coinage. A striking figure bo was as ho faced the audience. With no pretensions in dress, shabby cohted, wearing a heavy silver chain across his breast, he in stantly drew the eyes of tho 20,000 peo ple present. They turned toward him as if ho wore un antagonist. His thick set, commanding form was full of de fiance. His bead, thrown back, was rouud and compact. Ills features, strong and powerful, were ca9t In a classic mould. The nose was straight, tho lips thin and compressed, tho jaw squaro and puguaeious. but tho sunken cavity which marked his left eyo gavo to his face a sinister expression. It was a face once seen never to bo for gotteu. On ono lapel of his coat ho wore a Cuban flag, on tho other a pitckfork. One moment the 20,000 people held their breath. Then they broke forth. Cheors, mlnglud with hisses, rent the air. Mr. Richardson, who was wield ing the pavel, with the aid of the as sistant sergeaut-at-arutd, suddenly sup pressed tho demonstration. His lirst sen tence showed that ho had.a good, well modulated voice, but as ho procoedod ho pitched it in a key so shrill that It grated like a fllo. It was characteris tic from tho beginning. Tlllman realized that so far as the gallerios woro concornod, ho facod an audionce which ho felt was largely hostile. He introduced hlmsolf to thorn by saying that ho o'mo before them us ho was; not us ''the lying newspapers had representod|bim to be. A round of applause greeted this an nouncement, but it was drownod in tho storm of hissos from tho gallerios which was increased to a perfect whirl wind of sibilant sound as lie added : "I came from a Stute which was the homo of secession." Senator Tlllman turned doliantlyaud iiorcoly surveyed tho vast congrega tion who woro hissing him. With a contemptuous toss of his head ho looko 1 down at the silver delogatcs boforo him, his oyo blazing, and said : "Thore are only three things that hiss," said ho with a curl of his thin pi. "a gooso, a serpent and a man." Raising his head and addressing tho gallories, ho shouted that the man who hissed South Carolina forgot the his tory of the revolution when that Stato kept the tires of liberty. This pro voked a wild demonstration. "South Carolina, in 1800," ho said, " lod tho tight in tho Democratic party which disrupted it." "Secession," he continued, while the galleries hissed, " brought about the war, tho war which emancipated tho black man." "Now," he added, sweeping his hand through the air abo\f his head, "wo are leading the tight to emancipate the white slaves." This time the sil ver men had their innings, but they did not applaud very loudly when be declared that with conditions rovorsed he was willing to again see the Demo cratic, party disrupted. As he proceeded tho gallories again hissed and several times the sergeant at-arms threatened to clear tho ga<-' lories. The silver men had a chance to shout their approval when he de dared that they were adopting a now Declaration of Independence ot "16 to 1" or bust. Tho Ptorm of hisses issued forth again when ho repudiated tbo denial that this was a sectional contest. "I say it is a sectional Issuo," he cried, "and it will provail." After tho pyro technic expressions, so characteristic of tbo man, ho drifted into statistics to show tho bondage of tho South and Wo9t to the East, and these dry figures gave tho galleries another opportunity to cry him down. "Time, time, time," they shouted. This roused the Senator again to angry resontment. lie paced tho platform like an enraged lion. " I know, I know," he cried, with arm aloft, "you are against us. Thore Is not a paper in this city that is not In tho powor of tbo money influences. They will not givo us a fair show. They characterize us as howling der vishes and silver lunatics." Many of tho dolegatos crowdod up the aisles and stood at tho foot of tho stago studying intently the foatures of tbo man before them. Senator Tillman declared that tho only way to avert a revolution was to select a man whose record would fit tho platform. Soon tue hissing began again at some radical utteranco and tho South Carolinian took occasion to say that "four yoars ago tho New York Senator was hissed as I am now. Whero Is New York now V Whore la New York's leader ?*' From tho gal lery camo tho cry, "In tho soup," | which brought down a wavo of cheers | for Hill, topped with a foam of biases. . Tillman stayed, waiting (or the noise I to subside, and then putting his hand .before his mouth for a speaking trum pet, Ciflled like a foghorn In delianco : "You can just as v/oll understand that I am going to have my say If I stand bore until sundown." Ho was pormltted to goon with com parative quiet for tho chairman had pleadod with the auditors and threat ened to clear the galleries. He sur prised his hearors anew by an attack on Senator Hill bocauso tho Senator from New York had refused to make tho first spoech on the platform and glvo tho South Carolina man the reply. incidentally ho said of Hill : H Ho despised the President of tho United States in 1802; since then ho haB had cause to more than despise him." Ho scored Hill for assuming the rolo of apologist for tho adminis tration. "Bnt as Orovor Cleveland Btands for gold?" ho began, whereupon a "Hur rah for Cleveland !" wasshouted, which drow quite a hoarty response from tho Sallenos. The attack on tho Prosi ent which followed did not find any marked demonstration of approval. "Now, I want you all to listen," Tlll man shouted, and then ho rcud the substitute resolution, which follows ! "We denounce the administration of President Cleveland as undemocratic and tyrannloal, and as a departure from these principles which are cherished by all liborty loving Americans. The voto power has boen usod to thwart the will of the people as expressed by their representatives in Congress. Timjap Ipolntlve power ha* been used to sub sidize the press, to debauoh Congress and to overawe and control theoltlsens A I in their frcdnjlerciso of thei&conjtilu tiouul rights as VQfgr*- ,A^?1 despotism id ttadfifc/ liehJ?jon tho rB ? (?He repudiii constructioq plaoWon tho iinancial pUfft of tb* Democratic Natlonul Convention by Secretary U*rlijjt;#> as contrary 'to the plain meaning OTTlSirijgHsh words and as being an act of ban faith, deserving tho severest cfipsur ;. The issue of bonds in tlmd^Hpeucc with which to buy gold to jflpSeni coin obligations of the government of the United Stuten, the proceeds to pay tho primary ex penses of the government, are both unlawful and usurpations of authority deserving impeachment." The first sentence was a firebrand, which Ignited a great blaze of hisses and a counter flame of cheer's could not equal the hisses and tbo ontlro reading of tho resolution was fiercely hissed. He finished with a warning to the dol egatust^at they must unite the silver forces for victory. "You're no Democrat," bhouted some one in tbo gallorles, to which Delegate Marsten, of Louisiana, who distin guished himself on tbo first day of tho convention by developing a remark able case of stage fright and at tho same timo unquenchable thirst, triod to ask a question, but ho wus howled down. Senator Til 1 man concluded by pledg ing South Carolina's solid voto to any good straight silver candidate. As ho descended from tho stage thedelegatea set up u great shout for 11 ill. Senator Hill ascended tho platform amid a perfect storm of applause. He shook the hand of tho presiding ofllcer and thou, with u smile, bowod his ac knowledgment to the shouting, ges ticulating crowd. Men were on their chairs waving hankorchlefs, flags, and tossing hats in tho air. As tho first volume of sound echoed and tlowcd it would no sooner die away than it wouid again bo taken up und cheerod and ro ecboed through tbo building. "Three cheers for Hill," came from the Massachusetts delegation. Half of them woro on chairs, and it was given with a will, Now York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and tho vast assemlage joining In tho demonstration. When at last order was fully restored, Mr. Hill began calmly, but with a voice that readily reached to tho galleries. He said ho would not uttomp to follow or answor tho Senator from South Carolina. ? "I can say to him," saiil ..Jir> Hill, "that I am a Demoorate, but not a gold bug." Again the demonstration broke forth and lasted half a minute. South Carolina, with all its power, proceed ed Mr. Hill, could not drive nim out of tho Democratic party. He camo hero on a mission to uuito, not to divide; to build up, not to destroy, not to plot for victories, not to plot for defeat. Tho groat Empire Statohas stood for years as tho ?Gibraltar of Democracy. Mr. Hill said ho deprecated attacks on thoso wbobolioved in tho froe coinage of silvor at 1(3 to 1. Ho had always treated mon of this opinion with re spect and ho would do the sumo today, j To him tho question was one on which men fairly differed. Ho believed that tho best course for this convention to pursuo waB to take the first (Treat step toward international bimet dlism. The United States cam t safoly lgnoro the monetary systems el the old nations and yot tho majority platform contained no word favorable to this de sirable end. It contained no sugges tion of what should bo done if tho parity could not be maintainod on tho the experiment of 16 to 1. Tho fact con not bv> ignored of the great production of silver in this country. Could the people, even in spired with tho spirit of '76, make copper the equal of gold? Could thoy shuii their eyes to tho question of tho production of the metals. "I bollove," declared Senator Hill, "that tho course for us to take is to de clare for international bimetallism and stop there." Aside from the silver question, Sen ator Hill wont on, why had tho plat form gone into the greenback question? Why had it gone into the question of banks and bonds ? Ho hoped that the counsel of wise, calm, cool-headed men would prevail. What was the advantage he asked, of placing on the platform an impliod pledge for tho issue of paper currency ? Democratic tradition had always favored hard money. The Senator from Arkansas had declared that the platform said what it meant and meant what is said. He challenged some one who was to follow him, to oxplaln'what this plauk meaut. He denounced tho declaration of a policy for tho issue of paper money as suicidal. Tho income tax plank also ho scathingly criticized. Ho stood amazed, he said, thut the fol lowers of Samuel Tilden who all his lifo opposed it, should now seek to commit their party to this ridiculous scheme. It would drive out of tho party De mocrats who had grown gray in its service tOi muko room for those who had lost their position in tho party. " If this convention, after declaring for free silver," he Baid, " nominates any candidate but one, your l'opullstic friends will nominate a ticket and your froe silvor friends will join hands with them." "No, no," shouted adclogate. "Ah," asked Senator Hill, ''who is there in thh convention to apeak for that wing.of tho Republican party." This set the gold men to < hearing. Tho demonstration was renewed whor. Mr. U1J1, with an inclination of his heud toward a little coterie of silver boltora from the St. Louis convention, grouped on the platform ho said : "I see on this platform a number of dla l tinguished gontlemen who are counsol I ing this policy. Thoy never votod the I Democratic ticket In tbolr lives." " We want to build up the Demo cratic party," ho said, " not tear It down. Wo lovo and honor tho princi ples of Jefferson and Jackson who wero for hard monoy. If wo aro true to tho old faith, If we stand by tho traditional policy of tho Democratic saints of tho past, thon we will win; if wo put thoin aside, thon wo aro lost." Tho gold dolcgatca olimbod up on their chairs an 1 jolnc ' tho galleries In tho demonstration lV. honor of thoir champion as ho descended from tho platform and resumed bis seat in tho Now York delegation. -Kx-Socrotary of tho Treasury Fos tor testified before tho ways and moans commlttoo of the House, five weeks bo foro President Cleveland began his presont term, thato**iio revenues yield* cd by tho McKlnltyy-'AarliT would not bo onougb, In his o/iniou, by $50,000, 000 a year to provide for tho ,"oods of tho Government. "This one fac ?," say tho Hartford Tlm^s, "knocks out all tho arguments of McKinley and tho partisan pross that the prg&eflt tariff is the cause of thf ombnj^ftinunont of tbe treasury and r tarffation of bv nossl Booauso the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional onofoaturo of tho pres ent tariff law to which tho Republican party mado no opposition wbatovor tho revenues are insulllclent. Hut they are Eoshlbly larger than they would have een If the MoKlnloy Aot Lad remain ad in foro?." ^^fc. THE PLATFORM OF THE DEMOCRACY. ICL.ARATION OP' PARTY PRIN CIPLES. Straight forward and Unequivocal Document?No Si raddle un tho Financial Question. The following is tho platform as fin ally agreed upon by tbo oommitteo on resolutions to be submitted to the con vention : We, the Democrats of the United State?, in national convention assem bled, do i oalllrm our allegiance to those groat essential prinolples of justice and liberty upon which our institutions m e founded, and which the Democratic party has advocated from Jefferson's time to our own?freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of con science, tho preservation of porsonul rights, tho equality of all citizens be fore tho law, and tho faithful observ ance of constitutional limitations. Du ring ull these years, the Doinocratlc party has resisted tho tendency of sel fish interests to the centralization of government power, and stoudfastly maintained the integrity to the dual scheme of government established by the founders of this republic of repub lics. Under its guidance and teachings the great principle of local solf-govorn ment has found its best expression in tho maintenance of rights of tho State and in its ussertion of the necessity of confining the general government to tho exorcise of tho power granted by tho constitution of tho United States. Recognizing that tho money question is paramount to all others at this time, we invlto attention to tho fact that tho Federal constitution names silvor and gold together as tho money metals of the United States, und that tho first coinage law passed by Congress under the constitution made tho silver dollar the monetary unit and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio based upon the silver dollar. We declare that tho act of 1873, de monetizing silver without tho knowl edge or approval of tho American people, has resulted in tho apprecia tion of gold and a corresponding fall in the prices of commodities produced by tho peoplo; a heavy increase in the burden of taxation and of all debts, public and private; tho enrichment of tho money londing class at homo and abroad; tho prostration of industry and impoverishment of tho neoolo. We uro unalterably opposed to mono metallism which has locked fast the prosperity of an Industrie! oeoolo in the paralysis of hard times. Gold monometallism is a British policy and its adoption has brought other nations i into ! in uncial servitude to London. It is not only un-Amorican, but anti-Am erican, and it can be fastened on the United States only by tho stiffness of that spirit and love of liberty which proclaimed our political independence in 187G and won in tho war of tho rovo lution. Wo demand tho free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver, at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without ! waiting for tho aid or consent of any 1 other nation. Wo demand that tho Standard silver dollar shall he a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all | debts, public and private, and we favor ! such legislation as will prevent for tho | future the demonetization of any kind | of legal tender monoy by private con tract. Wo aro opposed to the issuing of in terest-hearing bonds of tho United States iu time of peace, and condemn tho traillcking with banking syndicates which, In exchange for bonds and at an enormous protit to themselves, supply tho Fodei al Troasuryiwith gold to main tain the policy of gold monometallism. Congress alone has power to coin and issue money aud President Jackson de clared that this power could not bo delegated to corporations or individ uals. Wo, therefore, denounce tho is surance of note's as money for national banks in derogation of tho constitution and we demand that all paper which is made legal tender for public aud pri vate debts or which is receivable for dues to tho United States shall bo issued by tho government of the United States aud shail be redeemable in coin. We hold that tariff duties Bhould be levied for purpososof revenue, such dutios to be so adjusted as to operate equally tbougbout the country and not to discriminate between class or sec tions, and that taxation should be limited by the needs of the Government honestly and economically administer ed. Wo denounce as disturbing to business tho Republican threat to re store tho McKinley law which has twice been condemned by tho people in National elections, and which, enacted under t.ho false plea of protec tion to homo industries, proved a pro* Uiio breeder of trusts and monopolies, enriched the few at tho expense of the the producers of tho great American Maple of access to their natural markets. Until the money question is settled we are opposed to any agitation for futh^r changes in our taritf laws ex cept such as are necessary to meet the delicitln revenue caused by the ad verso decision of the Supremo Court on the income tax. But for this decision by the Supreme Court, there would bo no deficit in the revenue under tho law > passed by u Democratic Congress in j .- t ot pursuance of tho uniform de- j oision of that Court for nearly one hundred years, that courtjhaving in that decision sustained constitutional' objections to its enactment which had previously been overruled by the ablest judges who have ever Hat on that bench. Wo declare that it is tho duty of Congress to use all tho constitution* cision, or which may come from its re versal by tho court as it may hereafter be constituted, so that tho burdens of taxation may be equally and Impartial ly laid to the end that wealth may bear its duo proportion of the expenses of the Government. Wo hold that tho most efficient way of protecting American labor is to pre vont tho importation of foreign pauper labor to compete with It in the home market, und that the value of the home markot to our Amor lean far mors and artisans is greatly reduced by a vicious monotary systom which depresses tho prices of thoir products below tho cost of production, and thus deprives them of tho means of purchasing tho pro ducts of our home manufacturers. The absorption of wealth by the few. tho consolidation of our leading rail road system nd tho formation of trusts and poois require a stricter con trol by tho f?deral government of thoso arteri?s of commerce Wo domand tho onlai gomont of tho powers of tho lntor-Stato commorco commission, and such restrictions and guarantees in the control of railroads as will protect the people from robbory and oppression. hieb remains after that de- j Wo denounce tho profligate waste of the monoy wrung from tho people by oppressive taxation and tho lavish ap propriations of recent He publican Con gresses, which have kept taxes high, while tho labor that pays them ia un employed and tho products ot the peo ple's toil aro dopressod in thoy no longer repay the col loo till pro We demand a return to that sim plicity and economy whicTi befits a democratic government and a reduo I tion in tha number of useless offices, the salaries of which drain tho sub stance of tho people. Wo denounce arbitrary interference by fedoral . authorities in local affairs as a violation of the constitution of the United States and a crime against free institutions, and wo specially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous furin of oppression by which federal judges, in contempt of the laws of the States and rights of citivsons, bocomo at once legislators, judges and executors, and v/o approve the bill passed at the last session of the United States Senate and now pending in the House of Representa tives, relative to contempts in fedoral courts and providing trials by jury in i certain cases of contomot. No discrimination should bo indulged by the government of tho United States In favor of any of its debtors. Wo ap Brovo of tho rofusal of the Fifty-third ongress to pass tho Pacific railroad funding bill, and denounco tho efforts of the present Republican Congress to cuact a similar measure. Recognizing tho just claims of de serving Union soldiers, we heartily on dorse tho rule of the present Commis sioner of Ponsions, that no names shall be arbitrarily dropped from tho pon slonioll; and tho fact of enlistment and service should bo deemed cunclu sire evidence against disease and before onlistmont. We favor the admission of tho Terri tories of New Mexico and Arizona into the Union as States, and we favor the early admission of all tho territories having the necessary population and resources to entitle them to Statehood, and while they remain Territories we hold that the officials appointed to ad minister tho government of any Terri tory, together with the District of Columbia and Alaska, should be bona lido residents of the Territory or dis trict in which tho duties are to he performed. Wo recommend that tho Territory of Alaska bo granted a delegate in Con gress and that the genoral land and timber laws of the United States bo extended to said Territory. We extend our sympathy to the peo ple of Cuba in their heroic struggle for liberty and Independence. We are opposed to life tenure In tha {mblic service. We favor appointments >ased upon merit, lixed terms of otliee, and such an administration of tho civil service laws as will afford equal oppor tunities to all citizens of ascertained fitness. We declare it to bo tho unwritten law of this republic, established by custom and usage of one hundred years and sanctioned by tho examples of tho greatest and wisest of those who founded anJ have maintained our government, that no man should bo eligible for a third term of the Presi dential otliee. The federal government should care for and improve the Mississippi river and other great water ways of tho re public so as to secure for the interior States easy and cheap transportation to tidewater. When any waterway ot the republio is of sufficient importance to demand aid of tho government ;aeh j aid should be extended upon a definite j plan of continuous work until perma nent improvement is secured. Confiding in the justice of our cause and the necessity of its success at tho ' polls we submit the foregoing declara- i tlon of principles and purposes to tho considerate judgment of the American people. We invito the support of all citizens who approve them and who desire to have them made effective through legislation for the relief of tho people and tho restoration of tho j country's prosperity. WBEKLY CHOP BULLETIN. Improved Condition of Corn und < oi toi i in the C reut er Portion of the Slate. The following bulletin covers tho week ending Saturday, July 4 : Early in the week the winds were hot and drying, and injurious to vege tation, but during the latter portion moro humid conditions prevailed. The sunshino was about 'normal, ex cept iu tho custom counties, notably Berkeley, where tho cloudiness was greatest, with about half the average per centage of sunshine. Iu general all tho crops are doing well, look promising and are much in advance of an average season. There are local exceptions to tho above con ditions, due to want of rain, or in places, an excess of rainfall. Thus while it is dry in Alken, Kdgcfield and over portions of tho western counties generally, the rains have been more copious than crops needed iu Chester field, Berkeley and the eastern counties generally. Farmers are gonorally 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 promises good yields, except that locally in a few counties, notably Anderson, Now ben Aiken, Edgofield, Union, 01ft' rondoI*, York, Spartanburg, Luureus and Lexington, it has been too dry, and in a few of tho losver counties it is tiring badly on sandy lands. Later planting bus generally a good, healthy color, and is being laid by, free from gra^s and weeds, in tine growing con dition. The corn crop, as a whole, is now in a better condition than it was a week ago. Cotton, as a rule, contiuued tho im provement noted a week ago. There are a few localities where it has not done well, but generally it is growing and fruiting satisfactorily. InChester lield, owing to too much rain, the lower leaves are turning red and dying. Itain was needed in a number of counties. Lice have about all left cot ton, but it Is apparent that they did I considerable, damage, especially In I Darlington and Orangeburg, in rick ens and the western counties generally it looks wonderfully gl ecu and healthy. in portions of Greenville it is begin ning to bloom on top. There was too little sunshine in Berkeley whore It !::?.- :?. yellow color, blooming too much, and gives Bigns of maturing too early. The plant is large in York, but fruiting proportionately. There are local reports of poor cotton, but on the whole its condition i> very promising. Sea island cotton is in good condition and growing rapidly. TobaCCO has improvou and is now do ing well. It is in all stages of growth in Kershaw. Curing has begun in a Btnall way in Willlarnsburg, Florence and Darlington and will bo qulto gen eral in a week or so. \ MelloiiH poor cror small aim rcportiffl a them, but Tho vines arc reported dying 10 IMarlboro, Darl ington and Hampton, which iu addition to tho plaeoa heretofore reported, Indi cates that tho fungous dlsoaso has a lirm hold on almost tludontiro onsli-m portion of tho Stale and Is spread in a ? Peaa aro doing woU everywhere., Swoot potatoes growing Well and prom: iso a very largo crop arom present indications. Af?T Fruit pro|imubygM-M|B In Oconeo there aro some apples, no poaches. In Union apples aro wormy aa a rulo. Crapes prjudged to bo plentiful, but aro rotting badly In vari ous sections. Gardens aro Improving generally, but are poor iu portions of Buruwefl. Pastures have also improved. Cano and rice in most excellent condition. Garden truck flourishing in Charleston county. J. W. Baumu, Director. THE Bit A VEST OE THE'BRAVE. Recollections of the Chivalrous Aim strong, tho Eloquent Orator andL Noble Patriot. Every one in South Carolina knows tho genial and witty Jimuiio Arm strong, of Charleston, who has delight ed more audiences with Confederate memories und romin iscenees than any man in the State. A short time ago be passed through Augustu, aud one of his former comrades wrote tho follow ing sketch, which tells while ho ls,liy-1 Ing what loving friends aud faitnfuT brothers think of him : Of tho living heroes of "Tho Lost Cause," thero is not one more worthy tho name than Capt. James Armstrong, S of Charleston, S.G., the last commander of tho Irish Volunteers, known as Company K., in the llrst Carolina Kegl mont of McGowan's brigade. The Confederate States had in their service no braver, more loyal or do voted son. Though battered and bruised?tho result of his valor?he is still a magnifloent specimen of that manhood of which tho once groat Army - of Northern Virginia was composed?a manhood so splendid as to draw from tho historian of the Army of tho Poto mac the tribute, "Who can ever forget that once looked upon it? That array of tattered uniforms and bright mus kets ; thut, body of incomparable in fantry, the Army of Northern Virginia, which, receiving terrible blows, did not fail to give the like; anil which vital in all its parts died only with its annihilation." Under all circumstances Capta'n Armstrong was a model man. Tho discipline of tho camp, which bore heavily upon the untutored soldiers in tho early days of the war, was always softened by the consideration ho showed for those under him. A graceful writer, a tluent speaker, an interesting con versationalist, a charming personality, ho was a favorite throughout tho regi ment with both officers and men. In contrasting his heroism on tho battle field with tho gentleness of his bearing towards his fellow men, how appropri ate seem the lines of Bayard Taylor : The bravest are the tenderest The loving are the daring. In critical moments, as at tho battle of Hatcher's Hun, the hero (equalities of the man showed at the best. Tho terriffio collision with the Union troops had thrown tho Confederate lino into disorder. Tho gallant and lamented Col. C. W. McCreary, had fallen with a death wound. Captain Armstrong, with the instir?~l of tho true 'vidier, v raised his rWi I'd and pointed it in tho dirce*'on of tho enemy. Tho purpose *?*. s to attract the attention of the men and it had the offoot, for he at once be came tho rallying point. Tho quick eye of Cunt. I). P. Goggans, of Company B., a regular old war horse who, for his daring, now carries a wooden leg. detected the movement and placing himself by the side of tho captain, tho noble remnant of the old First Regi ment gathered around them and stayed for a while tho advance of tho enemy. The check was for but a few hours, for the Union lino of battle presented an unbroken front from the Apponiatox river to Dinwlddle, and was only await ing tho outcome of Sheridan's move ment against Five Forks. Upon tho capture of that Important point a gen eral assault was made, extending from tho river to Hatcher's Hun, and the Army of Northern Virginia, shattered into fragments, commenced its memor able retreat from Petersburg. In just one week to tho day?a lovely Sabbath morning?In the peaceful village of AppomattOX, its marchings and Its lightings came to an end and It passed into history. It was near Sutherland's station, on the South Side, railroad, that tho writer remembers as tho lust time bo saw Captain Armstrong in the army, and just after he had received tho wound which lie bus borne with patient fortitude for over thirty years, and which will cease its achings only when "life's litful fever" shall bo over. Tho intense suffering this wound sometimes causes him ; the added thirty-live years to his age since the days of the first camp near Suffolk, Virginia- the cares incident to the responsibilities of an exacting office, and tho blight of do mestic a 111 lotion?all these?havo not been sufficient to dim tho lustre of his eye, mar the gentleness of his manners or dull the eloquence of his tongue. i ;. F. Brown, Scrgt. Co. L, 1st Hegt. S. C. V., 18C1-65. ?Senator Haine.-?, of New York, is highly pleased with the results of his liquor tax law, and thus far ho has reason for being pleased. He says that when the bill was before tho legis lature last winter he estimated thai, the total receipts under the operations of the law would be $10,000,000. In figuring up the Slate tax rato the comptroller estimated that tho State's share of the revenue would bo 12,600,? 0U?. The senator insisted that the State's share would be at least $3,300,? 000, but was willing to compromise on $2,(100,000. Tho receipts to date, ho declares, demonstrate that his original figures were correct, it is stated that tho total will go as high as $10,500.000, hut he thinks that the rebates undpr tho law will'take away nearly if ndfrx quite $500,000. A committee was ap pointed by the legislature to examine into the workings of the law, and this committee will meet at Albany on tho 15th in.it. Tho question of strengthen* ing the law so as to prevout evasion* ami more Bovorely punish violations will be considered, and itls likely that the committee will lake up the Investi gation of tho subject of impuro and j adulterated beer. Tho Shakers have made a- discovery which is d oat I nod to accomplish much good, Fltili/ing that throe-fourths of all our sufi 'lugs arise from stomach troubles, tl. 'l /bo country is literally filled with poonlc a ho cannot eat and digest food, without Hubsc'iucntly suf fering pain and distress, and that many are starving, wasting to mere skeletons because their food does them no good they have devoted mach study and thought to the subject, and tho result ? is this discovery, of their Digestive Cordial. A little book can be obtained from your druggist that Will point out the way of relief at once. An investiga tion will cost nothing and will result in much good. . Children all hat? to take Castor Oil. but not Laxol, whidh (a palatable ?The beet t\agmt/M 1 lato in tht^*H