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I r:" . ALL THINGS j HOLD fj&f faAf WHICH JS ' .. f -j . , -." . . GOOD. VOL TV. DUNN, N., C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1896- NO. 30. OPULIST-SILYER C0HYE11TI0N. THE SILVER PARTY. NOMINATED BRYAN AND SEW ALU Bry Xominatea oy tne ropi Wat sou. of Georgia; Nominated in Place of Sewall, a Bryan's Running Mate Synopsis of the Proceedings. The national committee of the Pop ulist party met in St. Louis Tuesday to perfect tbe temporary organization of the convention, j Chairman Taube neck presided and about 50 members were present. This committee is or ganized upon a radically different basis from that of. the old parties. Each State and Territory is entitled to three members and; out of the entire mener.-hip of 153 a central executive ccmti'Uu-e of nine Is chosen to manage the campaigns. The! committee com prifi' two female members Mrs. Anna L. Jji?, of the District of Colum bia, i ho was present and Mis. A. O. Hasliiue, from Arkansas. There are no persons: in official life on the com mitter except Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina, who carries a proxy. ! Ttiere were but two contests of im portance those from Colorado and Illinois. The former involved the en tire State delegation. The latter the 27 delegates from Cook county Chicago.) The Colorado contestants were beaded by ex-Governor Waite, but he having declared in favor of Bryan's nomination, his colleagues de pched bim for ahq.ther leader. - On the matter of temporary, chair man, two candidates are mentioned, General Jas. B. Weaver, of Iowa, who represented the Bryan and Sewall ele ment, and Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina, who was opposed to the endorsement of the Iemocratio ticket. - j . After t he matter of membership of the committee itself had been determined, the committee proceeded to consider applications by a number of the States for increased representation in the con vention. The basis upon which this is c!"ie by the national committee in its call, is one delegate for each member of Congress from the State and an addi tional delegate forj each 2,000 votes cast at the preceeding general election. In making up j . the table of delegates for this convention, the national committee was compelled to act upon data contained in the various political almanacs, and in the case of a number of States this information proved to be inaccu rate. The committeemen from each Southern State demonstrated by certi fied copies of the tabulation of votes in his State that the IHopulists were en titled to an increase in . the number of delegates of from one to five, the lat ter being allowed the State of Texas. The several Territories were allowed sir delegates instead of four, making their representation equal to that of the Territories in the Democratic and Republican conventions. " Oklahoma as given the same right of represen tation as the States; that is, one dele gate for its delegate in Congress and one for each 2,000 votes, which made its total representation nine. 4 Senator Butler's nomination was seconded by Cyclone Davis, of Texas, by a delegate from Alabama and by ifr. F. G. Brown, of Massachusetts, and he was selected temporary chair man by acclamation. For temporary ! secretaries,' the Barnes of W. D. Vincent, of Kansas, editor of "Sound Money," and John W. Hayes, secretary of the executive Wdmittee, Knights of Labor, were Mgpeeted and accepted. Mr. S. D. Walton, of Georgia, the omy colored rrember of the committee, presented for use at the convention a gavel composed of 17 different kinds of wood. Sixteen of these were from fte South and West and one from the East. j The committee then voted to proceed to the election of temporary chairman and temporary secretary. The expec tation that this would afford a test of the Bryan and anti-Bryan strength in ce convention was not realized, for the jame of General James B. Weaver, of Aowa, who had been spoken of as the rjan candidate for the plsce, was not mentioned. Mr. Guthrie, of North Carolina, the probable Populist candi aitfor Governor of that State, pre- uwa 6 name of Marion Butter, of rth Carolina, claiming that the man .e of Leonidas Polk had fallen upon m and the honor sought was due to 1,7 Carolina, because she had been I0 break the Bolid Sonth; ? Rforrn Press Association, com- poeed of editors of j Populist and free "newspapers, met in the head barters of k rr r ... 'uo a. cam x uiiuiDta u u9 A committee whose mem- f- ngwell, Washington; A. C. Brown, Msachnsetts; Frank Burkett, Missis-2?V- W- wilkie, California, and J, ns Donnelly, Minnesota, report rn address, which wss flat-footed r dependent action by the Populist vention. It denounced fusion or 50n ith either f the old partie S declare;emphatically against the Worsement of Mr. Bryan. The read 8 : of the address was followed by a "rmy scene. It ws put through ltt mh' toever, and the Kansas I ih 0t the association walked out toe room to emphasize their disap- Ko They' drew nP the llwinS tare iln and attached their signa- ??oMh Jhft PIrlt 0f 'the address we are in heVe L nt belIe that the only way to re Fple of this country from gold And vlsm Is to nominate Bry! an and Sewall on a PoDulist ltfrt y The North Carolina Populist "met in the afternoon and ' completed their or ganization. - - The Burns-Hogan faction, of Illinois were unseated by the committee, StCOKD DAY. Wednesday the Populist were not quite so harmonious. Senator But ler a speech was for harmony but uh mistably indicated a leaning toward a separate Populist ticket and a separ ate platform. Before ' the temporary chairman had entered upon 'his open ing speech, certain of the Southern delegations freely stated their inten tion to bolt if the Chicago nominees were endorsed. They privately spoke of the absolute necessity of maintain ing the People's party organization in tact in their respe tive States so as to control the State offices. One of the most outspoken of these Southern re calcitrants said he could not go home to his State if he carried with him an endorsement of the Democratic ticket by the Populist . convention. He "frankly admitted that if he and those who were acting with him could not prevent the endorsement of Bryan, their irrevocable pur pose was to kill off Sewall and to give place to a 'Southern Populist and thus to so confuse the electoral voters for Vice President as to throw the election into t ie United States House where they would have mattt rs their own way. With all these difficulties ahead the People's party arrived very slowly. The committee on credentials, appa rently for the purpose of gaining time, protracted its deliberations over the utterly unimportant contest cases, none of which could affect results. At 2 :15 the convention took a recess until 8 p. m., and when it re-assembled some one had failed to make the necessary arrangements for turning on the elec tric lights. Under such circumstances the transaction of business was impos sible. At 8:53 o'clock the convention adjourned until Thursday at 10 o'clock, at which hour the Silver Convention also re-assembled. Governor Stone, of Missouri, delivered the address of welcome. butleb's speech. Chairman Tanbeneck Introduced as tem porary chairman of the convention Senator Marion Butler, of North Caroiina, who was received with three cheers, which he charac terized as "a cyclone of patriotism." All his tory taught, he said, and all history showed that there always came crises in the affairs of men, by which humanity was raised) to a higher level accordingly as the men on whose shoulders the responsibility .rested were able to meet the crises with wisdom and j atrlot ism, (cheers), and to solve it to the better ment of humanity. Two principal parties, he said, had held national conven tions this year, had adopted platforms and had put forward their leaders, and now an other great political party, young' bat a growing giant in strength, had assembled to speak to the American people In this critical and important hoar. (Cheers.) The Popu lists were here because there was need of them to be here; The parties that had had charge of the government since the war had succeeded in bringing the nation to the verge of bankruptcy and ruin, and had ne cessitated the existence of the Popu list organization. The two parties had vied with each other in "stradling" and now "straddling" was a thing of the, past. He went on to speak of the transpor tation question as standing side by side with the money question. and-declared that both these great questions would have to be solved before the country got back to prosperity. The Standard Oil trust, he declared, would not exist today if it were not for Its co-part-nerthip vita the transportation companies. It the 1yp19's party were to go out of existence tomorrow the next Democratic Na tional Convention would report a platform upon which Bryan could not stand. (Cheers.) The People's party had raised an issue so unlvereal, so great, so important, that it had split both the old parties in two. Laughter and applause Now, this convention had met to save that issue or to allow it to go down in death. He had faith that this convention would not turn itself into a Democratic annex (loud cheers,) or Into a Republican annex (more cheers) but would find a way between thenx that was true and right. What, Senator Butler asked, should this ; convention do ? and he was answered by one of the California delegates, Mr. Alfred Daggad, '-Nominate a straight Populist candidate on a Populist platform without reference to what the Democratic convention has done." "While this party lives," Senator Butler exclaimed, "and God grant that it shall never die; because it will be ever needed so long as human liberty Is threatened, it must be true to the mission it was born to accomplish." (Cheers.) THTBD DAT. Temporary Chairman Bntler, of North Carolina, called the Populist convention to order, prayer being dis pensed with. He called for the report of the committee on credentials, but that committee was unprepared to re port. " The roll of States was called for the names of committeemen on organ ization, resolutions and notification of nominees. While the call of the committeemen was going on there was a sudden out burst of cheering all over the halL It was caused by the interruption of a small party of Texas delegate, headed by the two bearers of a banner with the words, '.'Middle of the Road; straight Populist ticket." A majority of the delegates rose and cheered and shouted and waved hats and fans and spectators in the galleries joined ii. tbe shouts and cheering. From the gallery behind the stand a flieht of blue cards descended, on which was pnnxea a uuuuni proposed for the Middle of the Road people by three Arkansas delegates George M.Jackson, J. W. Rollinson and Isaac McCracker. This plank is in the words : : "We demand a national Treasury note Is sued bv the general government, receivable Erll rublic dues and a full legal tender In parent of all debt, public and private, and FoSed direct to the people through postal snd other governmental banks, at cost, Jor fhe benefit of the people, and the purchase and coinage of such amount of gold and s:l Sr Son? at the ratio of 16 to 1, as may be ISessary to pay the debts of the goverament wWch are made payable in coin . We de mand that the volume of mOney shall in SSseto an amount r.ecessarv to transact inTbuslness of the country on a cash basis.' Eugene Debs entered the convention and was greeted with applause. . A motion was made by Delegate Crawford, of Kansas, that the dele gates to the Silver convention be ad mitted to this convention on the pre sentation of their badges. The motion was greeted with hisses and shouts of it apply only to the galleries, but .the Bergeant-at-arms interposed the ob jection that all the seats in the galleries were assigned on tickets issued and that, besides, there were counterfeit badges out. - . " Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts, offered the following resolution; "Whereas, We are all Populists and depre cate an attack which has appeared in some of the newspapers, that there is a disposition on the part of any portion of this convention not to abide by the action of the convention, there; ore. "Besolvedi that we repudiate all such utterances, as a reflection on the fidelity of the members of this convention to the People's party." Strong opposition was immediately developed to this on the part of the Southern delegates and the point of order was made that the convention not yet being permanently organized, it was out of orderi At the afternoon session the conven tion was called to order by Senator Butler and the different contested States was taken up. The report from the committee on permanent organization was presented when points of order were made that the committee on credentials had the right of way until its full report was made. The chairman (Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts) overruled these ob jections and amid an uproar announc ed that Mr. Cox, of Virginia, chair man of the. committee on permanent organization, had the floor. Mr. Cox stated the recommendations of the oommittee the name of Senator Allen, of Nebraska, being reported for per manent chairman. The convention then, at 7:10 began to vote by States on the adoption of the majority report, Allen ;for perma nent chairman), the utmost confusion prevailing. The vote was announced at 8 :05 p. m. as follows: For Allen 758, for Cam 565, for Donnelly 1, Senator Allen was escorted to the chair by Lafe Pence, "Cyclone" Davis and Ignatius Donnely, and was greeted with cheers. He returned thanks to the convention for the mark of its con fidence and esteem. He said that he would have preferred to act as a simple delegate, but it had been thought proper by a portion of the delegates to nominate him as permanent president and he had consented (in perhaps an evil honr that his name might be used. He had read in a St Louis paper (a paper supposed to be in the McKinley gold standard interest) that the Popu list convention was prepared to die; but if the editor of that paper had wit nessed the soul-stirring scenes of patri otism here he would have changed his opinion. (Cheers.) Mr. -Allen spoke for an hour in his best sarcastic vein, eliciting shouts of approval and dissent sometimes, alter-, nately, but frequently committingly. He concluded by expressing the opin ion that he had entertained the con vention sufficiently and asked: "What is your pleasure ?" - Senator Butler named the appoint ment of a committee of 25 delegates to confer tonight or tomorrow with a con ference committee of the Silver con vention whose honored president now occupied a seat on the platform. (Shouts of "No, no, adjourn.") Mr. Branch, of Georgia, moved to lay the motion on the table. That motion was voted down and Senator Butler's motion was agreed to. Mr. Burnsham, of Iowa, offered a resolution for the appointment of a committee of one delegate from each State to consider and report in what manner the People's party can co-operate with other parties on the question of free coinage of silver. Referred to the committee on rules. Marion Butler and the North Caro lina delegation withdrew opposition to Bryan and decided not to dou ii tne Nebraskaa was nominated. Texas then fell in, and it was easy sailing for the Bryanites afterward. FOTJBTH DAT. Friday the Populist Convention was called to order by Senator Allen, per manent chairman, at 10:05 o'clock. A gaval, constructed in the state of Ohio, of forty-eight different kinds of timber was presented by delegate Denoe, of that State, as a "Middle of the Road," gavel. When this perform ance was at an end, the States were called for and the appointment of delegates to act on the conference committee with the Silver convention commenced. The report of the com mittee on rules and order which was made Thursday night was taken up for action. The majority report was also read Thursday night. The minority report was read the point of it being that nominations for Vice-President shall be made prid to those for Presi dent. The majority report was ex plained by delegate Pomeroy, of New Jersey, a member of the committee on rules. There were but three point of difference, he said, between the major ity and minority, the principal one be ing a reversal of order of nominations for President and Vice-President. Tbe most of the morning session was taken up in making short speeches, and the nomination of a Vice President was begun. Tbe roll of States was called on the questi6n of substituting the minority report, giving precedence to the presi dential nomination for the majority re port to proceed to ballot for President first and Vice President next. Mr. Skinner, of North Carolina, who has cast 83 of that State's votes for the minority, announced that 'he would change that vote until good faith was tt be observed and a Southern Vice President nominated. EVE5LNO SESSTOir. The convention was called to order by the permanent chairman, and dele gate Polio, of Mississippi, a member of the Silver Convention, was intro duced by the chairman and proceeded to read the platform adopted by that body. There were some points of or der made against the reading, but they were promptly overruled by the chair man. When he reached 'the conclu- ? been nominated for the presidency, there was an""&atburst of applause, drowning the farther announcement ox ine nominauon oi sewau for the vice presidency I . The call of States for nomination for Vice President , was resumed, Mr. Baurmann. of Alabama, annAAred &a L the spokesman of that delegation, to nominate ior Vice.President, Repre sentative Skinrer, the Populist Con gressman from North Carolina. Representative Howard, of Alabama, placed in nomination Hon. Thomas E. Watson, the law Populist Congressman frovi Georgia. ; I Colorado being called, yielded to Mr. Lafe Pence, no sf New York, former ly a Congressman of Colorado, who be gan by raying : t - "Mr Pterdaet, in order to draw the poison quickly and have it out, let me say my purpose is to give some rea son or try to gie some reason why we should nominateWr. Arthur Sewall, of Maine, for Vice-President " This an nouncement wa received with consid erable applause,! followed by hisses. Frank Burket1, of, Mississippi, and A. L. Mills, of Tennessee, were put in nomination. " Mr. A. A. Gunby; who Spoke for Louisiana, said neither of tbe old par ties had dared stoce the war to put a Southern man ot the; ticket but it was reserved to this great party to take this step forward. : . Delegate L. C. Bateman, of Maine, protested solemnly against the' nomina tion of Mr. Sewall for Vice-President He was for Page, of Virginia. Mr. R. B. Taylor; of Michigan, spoke in f aver of the udmination of Mr. Wat son, of Georgia, Delegate Walter, of Georgia (coL), was allowed five minutes to second the nomination of Mr. Watson. Mr. Ignatius Donnelly seconded the nomination of Watson. At 11:10 a. id. Watson had 541 votes at the end of the first call. Texas and Tennessee changed, giving him 721 votes. Necessary to a choice 699. J ust as Watson was declared nomP nated the electric lights went out, leaving the hall in darkness, while pan demonium reigned, j, A scene of great confusion ensued, which delayed the 'proceedings some time. An informal count showed the vote to be: For the minority report 730; for the majority report 768. Before the result was announced! Mr. Skinner changed the vote of North . Carolina, casting the whole 95 votes for the minority report, which was thus adopted.. ' - j The official total was: For the mi nority. 785; for the majority 615. The report, as thus amended, was declared adopted. W. J. Bryan,, the nominee of the Chicago Convention,! wired Senator Jones, immediately upon the nomina tion of Mr. Watson, that "If Sewall is riot nominated, have my name with drawn." FIFTH DAT. Notwithstanding the receipt of one or more telegrams from Mr. W. J. Bryan, declining to permit the use of his name on the Populist ticket unless Mr. Aathur Sewell, his associate on the Chicago ticket, was also endersed, Mr. Bryan was put in formal nomination as originally contemplated by General Weaver, of Iowa, and was seconded by one or more spokesmen from every State and Territory with about ten ex ceptions and on a ballot received 1,042 votes against 321 for pol. Norton, of Chioago, who at the last moment was selected as the candidate of the unre constructed Middle of the Road ele ment. It was the intention of this fac tion to place' E. V. Debs in nomination and thus to force the labor issue to the iront, but Mr. Debs telegraphed de clining to serve and his telegram was respected. Strenuous efforts were; made without avail by Ignatius Don nelly and others to .obtain some kind f an assurance that Mr. Bryan would accept the nomination i and stand upon the platform. The permanent chair man, Senator Alien,: of Nebraska, ad mitted that he had received some kind of a telegram from Mr: Bryan, but he said he had paid no attention to it Before adjourning 1 the convention adopted a resolution clothing the na tional committee with t plenary power to do anything and everything which the convention itself .might have done if in session. This,' of course, would authorize it to take, down the names of Mr. Bryan or Mr. Watson , or both if necessary and to - construct an entirely new ticket The national committee was enlarged so as to consist of three members from each State and Ter ritory. But- naturally the1 power conferred . upon this cumbrous body will eventually be lodged in an executive committee of more manageable size. A notioable feature of the last "moments of the convention, was the fact that though the result of the ballot for President was announced, it was not followed by any declaration on the part of the chair that Bryan had been duly chosen the candidate of !the People's party for President of the United States. The convention separated in bad hu mor, many of the delegates openly de nouncing the ticket as a "theatrical one." It however met the unqualified approval of Mrs. Lease, of Kansas, (whose name, usually printed . "Mary Ellen," was officially stated to be "Mary Elizabeth"). In an impassioned ad dress she assured the delegates that they had risen to the grandeur of the occasion and had done honor to the party and to themselves. The first meeting of the new Popu list National Committee was held at the Lindell Hotel and several promi nent men were placed in 'nomination, and on the second ballot Senator Mar ion Butler, of North Carolina, was de clared chairman of the National Com mittee. - - There Is so much distress In the world that we can't cry over vf IV , THE SILVER PARTY. It Was Generally or One Mind and One Accord. The national committee of the na tional Silver party met 'at the Lindell Hotel, but after a brief session a re cess was taken, when a secret session was held at Dr. VMott's room at the same hotel. Mr. George P. Keeney, of California, presided. One of the features of the afternoon session of the national committee of the Silver party was a speech made by Mr. Battell, the member from Ver mont. Mr. Battell created consider able enthusiasm when he asserted that the farmers in Vermont j were in open revolt against existing conditions. The great majority, he said, cannot be in duced to go into the Democratic party, but he predicted that many of s the number would support Bryan and Be wail because of their belief in silver. He asserted that the Republican State committee was astonished at the atti tude assumed by the Republican farm ers, and that they were uncertain what course to pursue. j SECOND DAT.! ' The National Silver Convention had smooth sailing Wednesday. . It fairly went wild over Permanent Chairman St. John's speech, Theyi will endorse .Bryan and Sewall. TStRD DUT. ' The National Silver Convention was called to order Thursday by Chairman St. John. He then introduced to the convention .its vice-chairman, TJEIon. Chas. A. Towne, of Minnesota.1 He said: I The condition of the country was most grave. He stated that patriotism had been almost forgotten; glory has been narrowed to success; money has become a god., Ap- Jlause. But the day of regeneration Ib at and. Cheers. W e are In the very vortex of events; we are making American history today) the American people are serving no tice that they are about to take charge of their own affairs. Great sheering. Mr. Towne' s allusion to the grand old man of Colorado set the convention on its legs in a tumult of applause. . A vast majority of the Democrats at Chicago, he said was in favor of free sliver, "fortunately Demooracy. thus to become the heir of this great regen eration. Happy Democracy,' to find itself thus In possession of the results of a great movement, without having i labored . for years In its behalf, and without being compelled ' to' forego the amiable pre prejudloes of party affiliations." Applause. Mr. Towne paid a glowing tribute to the worth, character and abilities of Mr. Bryan, Saying that his nomination demonstrated the truth of the statement that in the affairs of Providence there are no accidents. . "Bryan represents an idea. I He stands for a cause the cause of humanity against in justice; the cause of the masses against the classes." (Applause.) j No rest in the campaign was to be known by the cohorts of silver. Mr. Towne said, un til the banners of - victory had been planted on every outpost of the enemy. He who, three months ago, had predicted that victory for free silver was possible in 1896, would have been set down for an enthusiastic dreamer. Now it was' not only possible bat absolutely certain. Mr. Towne pleaded with the convention to make no mistake but to ever hold tbe cause ibove all things else and elosed with an eloquent peroration. Calls were made for Governor Stone, of Missouri, and W.H. (Coin) Harvey, but neither was in the hall. , Ex-Governor St John, of Kansas, responded to the demands for a speech and greatly entertained the delegates. He said: ! - J No such political revciution had ever been started in America as that which followed the adoption of the .platform by the Bepubllaan convention. The victory was already won, he assured his bearers. There were but two dangers to be feared, over-confidence and the use of boodle by the gold power. C. G. Bradshaw, of Montana, pre sented a resolution of thanks to Dr. J. J. Mott, chairman of the executive committee o' the Bi-Metallic League, in appreciation of his services in ar- i ranging for the convention. As one result of Dr. Mott's labors and " those of Secretary Devine, of the League, Mr. Bradshaw said that nearly 2.0QO, .000 voters had signed their names to the declaration of the Washington ad dress of last January in favor of free silver: The resolution was adopted by a unanimous rising" vote, j A call for States was ordered under the resolution adopted at the morning session to show the previobs political affiliations of the delegates.! The poll as far a? reported showed the follow ing: : One Arkansan, who was a former Republichn. now is an ardent Bryan supporter. California reported 35 bolters from Republicanism to Bryan ism, Colorado, 54, Illinois 146, Indiana 15, Iowa 21, Kansas 42, Michigan 16, Minnesota 27, Missouri 40,' Montana 6. Nebraska 35, Nevada 9, New Jersey 3, North Carolina 5, North Dakota 6, Or egon 10, Pennsylvania 40, South Da kota 15, Utah 2, Virginia 20, Washingr ton 17, Wisconsin 9, Arizona 2, Indian Territory 4, District of Columbisf 4 total 496. ; Mr. Strong, of Illinois, j offered the following resolution and it was adopt ed: ""Whereaa, The false accusation Is so freely made that those who demand the restoration of the silver dollar to its proper place as equal to the gold dollar as a debt-payer, un- der our flag, are not patriotic in the defense of our national honor, 1 "BeBolved, That all those" who were for merly true to the old flag a?! who risked their lives at sea r on land, who are present as delegates to the national Silver eonven tion, be requested to stand upon their feet until their number Is counted." j , While the old veterans were on their feet a Confederate veteran, General Mclver, occasioned much enthusiasm by grasping the hand of L.jF. Dow, a Union soldier, and proclaiming that the former enemies were- re-united, "and may they remain so against the gold forces of the countrv."j ' rOCBTH DAT. j , The Silverites met Friday morning.' but as they had practically finished up their work Thursday, they: had' very lyery little to work upon. The recommendation that' Bryan and Sewall be nominated, brought the ; whole convention, to their feet with cheers and many demonstrations of delight. Francis 0. Lame, of Oregon, moved that the resolutions be adopted as read. ; . - ; - - j . -- r ' . Mr. Pace, of Nebraska, moved that the convention proceed to the nomina tion of candidates for President and Vice-President Mr. Pace's motion was adopted, and Mr. E. C. Little, of Abv . line, Kans., was recognized to place Mr. B ryan's name before the convent tion. He did so ih a graceful, at times forceful, speech. - Mr. L. C. Pace, of Nebraska, seconded the nomination. Short seconding speeches were made. The convention decided by a rising vole to make the nomination by accla mation. The announcement, by the chair, of the result, was followed by a great wave of enthusiasti, rolling over the convention hall, carrying the dele gates into chairs with umbrellas, hats and handkerchiefs in the air. A large picture of Bryrn, placed in front of the chairman's desk together with a regulation silk flag," increased the tu mult, and it rose to its highest pitch when Miss Lillie Pierce, the young elocutionist who recited the Declara tion of Independence on the opening day, seized the large yellow banner of the California Bi-Metallic League and marched round the hall, followed by the delegates in single file. The nomination of Mr. Sewall was made by acclamation and in diminish ed measure of spirit and time the dem onstration following Mr. Bryan's nom ination was repeated, with variations. The band played "America" and a verse of that grand old hymn was sung by the delegates and spectators. . Mr. Baker, of . California, . moved that a committee of one from each del be named to notify the candidates of their nomination. Agreed to. Mr. Pace, of Nebraska, moved as the sense of the convention that inas much as Messrs. Bryan and Sewall would be notified of their nomination by the Democratic notification com mittee in the East, that Mr.. Sewall come West, and with Mr. Bryan,-re-ceive the notification by this conven tion at the latter's home in Lincoln, Neb.' Carried. : , Mr. . Dortd, of Maine, moved, and the motion was adopted, that Mr.' Lane, of California, the gold man who addressed the convention yesterday, bo elected chairman of the national committee. And then at 6:30 the convention ad journed sine die. . , . j TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. At Pisburg, Pa., a strike involving not less than than 2,000 employees of ths Consolidated Traction Co. is not impossible. Theodore Langer was found dead in Charleston, S. C, Saturday. He had been dead for a week... He had been deserted by his friends - and it is sup posed he taken his own life. At Philadelphia Saturday the Steam er Bermuda, which some months ago took an expedition to Cuba, has been sold, John D. Hart says, to Captain Chas. H. Brown, of London, for $45, 000, $10,000 having been paid down. At Golden, Centra! City and other points in Colorado, a terrible cloud burst occurred Saturday, and a terrible state of affairs exists. Thirty dead bodies has been recovered. The property loss is estimated at between 40,000 and $50,000. j BRYAN UNCERTAIN. fie Must! Know What Conditions Attach His Nomination. At Llncf'tn'; Neb., a representatve of the Southern Associated Press had an Interview with Mr. Bryan Saturday, and this Is tbe ac tion he will take in regard to the Pops turn ing down Mr. Sewall and nominating Mr. Watson: :' . "Whether I shall accept or not will depend entirely upon what conditions are attached to it. My first desire Is to aid In securing, the Immediate restoration by the United States of tbe free and uj limited coinage of gold and silver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or con sent of any other nation. The Republican platform declares that the M-metaUie system should be restored but asserts that we as a people are helpless to secure bl-mettalism for ourselves until foreign nations come to our assistance. We cannot afford to surrender out right ; to legislate for our people upon every question and so long as that right Is disputed no other ques tion can approach it io importance. I ap preciate the desire manifested at St. Louis to consolidate all the free silver forces and re gret that they did not nominate Mr. Sewall also. He stands squarely upon the Chicago platform and has defended; our cause against greater opposition than he had to meet In the West and South, The Populist flatform is, on many questions, substantially dentical with the Chicago platform; it goes beyond the Chicago platform, however, and endorses some policies which I do not ap prove of. - All that I can say now is that my action will depend entirely upon the condi tions attached to this nomination. I shall do nothing which' will endanger the success of bi-metalUsm nor shall I do aui thing un fair to Mr Sewall. i j Watson Will -Accept "Mr, Watson was seen by a representative of tke Southern Associated Press at his home Thompson," Ga., Saturday. He said: 'I will accept the nomination. I wired my friends in St Louis to that effeet. I did It In the Interest of harmony, and to prevent the disruption of the Populist party, which seem ed imminent Under the circumstances, I did what I believed to be best for all interests. The movement of - fusion was immenseyl greater than I had any Idea of two weeks ago. I wss originally for a strsightout Popu list platform, and a stralghtoat Popu lst ticket, bat the demand for fusion so great it could not be withstood. Total fu sion, or adoption of the entire Democratic ticket, would have- killed the Populist party. As it is, the integrity of the party is pre served. Under the circumstances, I fully endorse the, policy pursued by the conven tion. Theie is no reason why I should refuse to receive the support of a man who agree with me in three essential principles because he does not agree with me in four. I should rather accept his aid and thank him for ft. If Mr. Bryan accepts the Populist nomina tion, I believe our ticket will be elected," Oldest Senator Dead. -At Dubuque, Is,', Gen. George W. Jones, the oldest surviving ex-Untted States Sena tor; died Thursday. Aged 92. He repre sented as a delegate to Congress that terri tory now Included In Wisconsin, Michigan. Iowa and the West, except the Pacific coast t-M.- Tr,w' first Senator and in early days was prominent in national affairs, pecially of the Northwest SILVER r LAI FORM.'' Full Text of the Declaration as Adopt ed at St. Louis. . . . . The National Silver party of Ameri ca, in convention at Si Louis adopted the following; declaration of princi plea: :J .. --:; , "First: The naramount Issue at this time in the United States is indUputably the money question. It is between the British gold standard, gold bonds and bank curren cy on the one side, and ths bi-metaiuo stand- -ard, no bonds, government currency (and an American policy) on the other. ' 1 1 . , "On this Issue we declare ourselves to b m favor of a distinctively American financial system. We are unalterably opposed to: the single gold standard, aod demand ths imme diate return to tne constitutional stanaara ox gold and silver, by the restoration by (this government, independently of any foreign power, of the unrestricted coinage of both gold and silver into a standard money at the ratio of 18 to L and upon exact equality tJ they existed prior to 1874; ths sliver coin to be of full legal tender, equally with gold, tor all debts and dues, public and private, and we demand suoh legislation as will prevent for the future the destruction of the legal tender quality of any kind of money by prl vataeontraot. ,-: -- "W noldjthat the power to control and regulate a paper currency Is inseparable from the power to coin money and, henoe, that all currency intended -to circulate as money should be issued and Its volume con trolled, by ths general government only; and should be a legal tender. . '-We are unalterably oppu. i to the issue by ths United States of interest-bearing bonds In time of peaoe, and we denounce, as a blun-, der worse than a crime, the present Treasury policy, concurred in by a Republican Bouse, of plunging- the country into debt by bun- , areds of millions in tb6 vain attempt to main tain ths gold standard by borrowing goldj and we-demand the payment of all coin obli gations of the United States as provided by existing laws, in either gold or silver coin; at the option ot the government, and not at the option of the creditor. . , k T I "Tbe demonetisation ot silver in 1873 enor mously increased tbe demand for goldj en hancing its purchasing power, and lowering all prloes measured by that standard; j and since that unjust and Indefensible act, the prices ot American products have fallen upon an .average nearly 60 per cent., carrying down with ; them proportionally the money value ot all other forms ot property, r I "Suoh tall ot prices has destroyed the legit imate industry, Injuring the producer for the benefit ot the non-producer, increasing the burden ot the debtor, swelling the gains of the creditor, paralysing the productive ener gies of the Amerloan people, relegating to idleness vast numbers of willing workers, sending the shadows : of . despair Into! the borne of the honest toiler, filling the ; land with tramps and : paupers and building up collossal fortunes at the money centres. I . . In the effort to maintain the gold stand ard the country has within the last two years, in a timo ot profound peace and plenty, been loaded down with 262,000,000 of additional, interest-bearing debt , under such elroum tanoes as to allow a syndicate of native and 1 foreign bankers to lealize a net profit of mil lions on a single deal. . ? Ml? 4 'It stands confessed that the gold standard can only be upheld by so depleting our paper currency as to force the prices of our i pro ducts below the European and even below theAslatle level, to enable us to sell ini for eign markets, thus aggravating the very ; evils oi which our people so bitterly complain, de grading Amerloan labor and striking at the foundations of our civiliEatlon Itself, i 1 tTh advocates of the gold standard per slsteatly claim that the cause of our distress Is over-production that we have produced io muoh that it made us poor whioh implies that the true remedy Is to olose the factory, abandon the farm, and throw, a multitude of people out of employment: a doctrine that leaves us unnerved and disheartened and ab solutely without hope for tbe future. ! : "We affirm it to be unquestioned that there can be no suoh economic paradox as over production, and at the same time tens of thousands of our fellow-citisens remaining half-clothed, and half-fed, and who are pite ously clamoring for the common necessities of life. . , I. -1-1. . a "Over and above all other questions of pol icy, we are la favor of restoring to the people of the United Elates ths time-honored money of the odnstltutlojB gold and silver, not one but both ths moey of Washington i and HasUltos and JeLerson and Monroe and Jackson sad Llnooln, to the end that the Aroarioan people may receive honest pay for an honest product; that the Amrtoaa debtor may par his just obligations in an honest standard and not la a dlshoasst and unsound standard appreciated 100 percent in pur chasing power, aadrno appreciation in debt . paying power, and to the end, further, that silver standard countries may be deprived of the unjmst advantage thsy now enjoy, in the difference in exchange between gold and silver an advantage which tariff legislation cannot ofsroome. i 'we, therefore, confidently appeal to the. people of (he United States to hold in abey ance all pother questions, however important and even momentous tney sasy appear to 1 sunder, if need be, all former party ties and . affiliations, and unitsta one supreme effort to free themselves snd; their children from the domination of the money power a power more destructive than ; any which has ever been fastened upon the civilized men of any race in any age. And upon the consumma tion of our desires and efforts we evoke the aid of all patriotic American citizens and the gracious favor of Divine Providence. , I ' - "Inasmuch as the parrlotie majority of the Chicago convention embodied in the finan cial plank of its platform the principles enun ciated in the platform of tbe American Ei Metallio party, promulgated at Washington, D. C, Jan. 22, 1896, and therein reiterated that it is not only the paramount, but only real issue In the pending cainpaic therefore, recognizing that their nomine .J embody these patriotio principles, we recom mend that this convention nominate Wm, 3. Bryan, of Nebraska, for President, land Arthur J. Sewall, of Maine, for Ylce Presi dent . . "Greaf fears are entertained in Cairo.Egypt, that cholera will spread throughout ths Sou dan expedition., r ' - i ' I WTOY TfieE:sr SAVE' MONEY maoc WB OB OUn DEALEIIS can Vll, von raachlnes efcsaper than T'n our best, t we mateej e&eaper flafij Sn!r f5lU Arm VTJStZf' Sewlns Claelnes for $15.00 and up. 'Call m out agent or write urn, xo wantyonVtrade. ed it price uillmr aeauns will win, we will SmTsTlU X7e eballen-re the worlflL t irrahin tar t SO.OO. r a better $20. Mn bar trov us, or our Affent. EOT ESSE SEHBG HMCBB CO. - ' ' .' .-.- - j. v - -. . r.'."Ann:f ozdX it. a : c- -Z2rT- if- IT 13 AND I " ' rb ASSO 1. -
The Democratic Banner (Dunn, N.C.)
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