St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 12, 1896

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* * 0 4 5 3 a v# > * * 4 1 * 25 P g 3 E. « die x ee a * * „ 8 8 ö ; ‘ 1 1 2 & * * r g. he . 5 7 ee Oe eae . * VOI. 47. NO. 337. TWO PAGES. . ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 12, 1896-THIRTY- From the Pine Tree State Democratic Platform and Ticket Cover All SILVER KNIGHT OF THE WEST. HOW WILLIAM J. BRYAN WON HIS GREAT VICTORY. SYNDICATE OF SENATORS. The Neat Little Trap They Built and How Bryan’s Eloquence Swept It Away. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CHICAGO, July 11.—William J. Bryan of Nebraska and Arthur Sewall of Maine. The head of the ticket froff the breezy, great West; the second man from the far Bast. That's the combination which the Demo- cratic free silver hosts of the United States made after five long, nerve-straining days of hard work. It’s a far cry from Nebraska to Maine. Yet the proposed end justifies linking the two States in the great battle soon to be waged by the united people against the allied powers of the East. The free silver fight is to be carried into the heart of the enemy’s country. Its standard will be seen on the eastern slope of the Alleghanies and the pickets of Wall Street will have to exercise vigilance to keep it from entering the stronghold of the opposition. Late this afternoon the convention ended its labors and adjourned sine die. To the very last it was one of surprises. Bryan’s selection came as a surprise, sweeping away as it did all the plans of party leaders; breaking down ruthléssly combinations formed by men in council who are used to eeeing things go as they direct. And the second place on the ticket was given to Maine after a contest which had nearly as many surprises as the great battle for first place. Now that it Is all over people are won- dering how it was done. Some of the big men in that record- breaking convention are as much puzzled as the people who never got beyond the entrance to the great Coliseum. The kaleidoscopic changes, the spectacu- lar turns, the sensational finale, all were too rapid, too startling to be quickly grasped or comprehended. The great cyclone which tore tts way through the heart of St. Louis not long ago came almost without warning. Yet its effect Was as devastating as though the elements had planned out weeks ahead all the wreck and ruin that were left in its path. So with the Nebraska .cyclone which swept through the Coliseum Friday afternoon and bore forward with irresist- ible force the splendid orator, the magnetic man, who on the day before had made the speech of the convention and electrified the 20,000 people who heard it. It brooked no opposition and it left a clean path behind it. When tae guidon of Nebraska started on its triumphal march around the hall as the Presidential plum ‘fell red ripe in the outstretched hand of William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska only the surly gold men from New York, their passive followers from Jersey and the gold men from Wisconsin remained. Their standards looked like dead trees in a clear- ing, left only because they were less in the Way standing than otherwise. After the convention had stampeded to Bryan and his name was placed first on the ticket, the free silver leaders asked time to con- sider the best man for the second place. After a night spent in caucusing and con- ferring the convention met Saturday just as much at sea as when it adjourned Friday night. P For two ballots it scattered its strength. Then came the Bland movement which failed to materialize according to its early development. After that the convention turned to the East and Arthur Sewall of Maine was chosen as the running mate of the brilliant young man from the Platte. Sewall was not the tip in the earlier hours of the last day. There was a spon- taneity about the movement in his favor , which smacked largely of the thrilling turn When the convention gave its heart and votes to Bryan. When the history of the convention is Written the historian wil] have little to say of the great leaders who planned the cam- paign and wrought out the finer moves a the convention chess board which eventually gave the Nebraska orator fi rst There wre no leaders: there were no skilifully arranged by-plays to give effect to sway the multitude. Wita his eloquence 2 oe his way ‘through and at one ‘wound landed from a possibilit nt winner's seat. ; ee Months before this convention a coterie of men, prominent at home and all-powerful in Washington City, where they are Influ- ential members of the “Millionaires Club“ otherwise known as the Senate of the Uul- ted States—used to lounge about in the easy e he — Senate cloak room and discuss ow the mocratic National Cony 1 on vention „ Many of them had been named as dele- u tes to the convention. Others were mem. 8 N the Natlonal Committee. r power heretofore in party council had never been disputed. : Small wonder, then, that, surrounded as were, by corporate influences and com- of Sea sortd, they should form a | cate. Their chief objects were to .elieve the Democratic party of any — or danger of error and inci- tally to keep in their hands the supreme power—that of actually naming the Presi. er and ther allowing the canventiun’ to ratify their selection. In ‘these cinje-room caucuses at the National | MAPHOl a) adtar es were discussed, vivisect- — — | ‘ VX I N N D D N a4 = SS * > D V a 982 * =~ . \ ~ SS > . — 1 5 . Se * * ’ * ‘AN * * " ’ I — N Yr * SW SRR 8 N 8 * Nee N I NI W ‘ . .> W Wa W | 1 4 / ö * i A ; j j | = J IfM { | \ Jf | — William Jennings Bryan, as He Sat With the Nebraska Delegation. Sketched by a Post-Dispatch Staff Artist Last Thursday. * 7 was not to be thought of; Horace Boies wag too much of a trimmer to suit them; for a time they smiled on Adlai Stevenson, but the heart they gave him finally was colder than marble. As for William Jennings Bryan ot Nebraska, us claims were not even con- sidered. The idea of a smooth faced man of 36 who to the west of the Platte aspiring for first place was preposterous to these gray beards whose hands had grown gnarled and seamy handling live wires“ in national politics. When the Democratic hosts began to crowd into Chicago—and that was ten days |ago—they found the senatorial syndicate on the ground, leading the procession, di- recting movements. For a while the stal. wart silver men ‘from the West bore it meekly. Then there was a mild revolt. The syndicate loosened its grip and agreed that the convention should go ahead. In their hearts, however, was the firm inten- | tion to name the candidate. | Senator Teller of Colorado was the man the syndicate was sweet on. In the earlier Stages of the convention, when the Bland boom had life and vigor, these men sapped it. Fearful that Bland would lead, they people. After it had once heard Bryan the South warmed to him. The magnetism of the man carried everything before him. In an instant the house of cards erected after months of cloak-room discussion’ went tumbling about the ears of the venerable Senatorial syndicate. And yet with the ominéus sounds of fall- came from beyond the Mississippi and even | ing walls all around them, they refused to need the warning. Until the very end when the convention, carried away, rose and followed headlong in the wild stampede to Bryan, they planned to defeat him on the next ballot. With a flood he swept away opposition and swayed the great convention as he willed, It was a triumph of one man against many politicians. It was a Presi- dential nomination made by the people di- rect without the intervention of leaders. There was no cut and dried programme for the 900 delegates to swallow. In the spontaneous outbreak for Bryan political calculations were overthrown. Fo- litical generals were disregarded. Bryan’s growth and development were so rapid that he gave the leaders no time to grasp the situation. Almost before they realized that the candidate without a headquarters was in the race he had passed the half mile planned for a stalking horse for Teller, who would serve the purpose. None better than the young man from Nebraska, who had not even opened headquarters, but was mod- estly asking his friends to vote for him t they were not already pledged. | So William J. Bryan was sent for by the syndicate and asked to take a hand tn the fight over the platform. “That will bring him to notice.“ quoth the Senatorial group. “We can hold votes away from Bland with him, and when the time comes we can drop post. And as their eyes opened to the | serlousness of the situation, down he ca | into the home stretch, and under the wire, 2 winner in the most exciting finish ever witnessed in a national convention. Who were William J. Bryan's managers? | He hat none. He had many warm per- sonal friends, but not the most devoted _ hoped for success until the break came, and the Souta, still under the magic spell of his oratory, went as one man to his stan- dard Surely the history of American poli- Bryan for Teller.“ That was how Mr. Bryan came to go before the convention to defend the free silver platform from the vicious attack of Senator Hill of New York, Perhaps the young Nebraskan saw through the scheme, _berhaps he knew they had given him cards and spades and big casino, expecting to beat him on the finish. Anyway, the op- ‘The speech | ~~ 1 tics offers n> parallel. This candidate with- out @ headquarters destroyed precedents, dashed aside well laid Plans of leaders prominent in national affairs for more years than he has been born, and marched tri- umphantly to the goal of that ambition on 7 the heart of every man in politics Set without campaign funds. w:thout e 2 * F 4 nag ad. This, too, without campaign managers, = Rt 1 7 7 7 7 * a 5 * om 5 a. e 5 * * 2 9 7 me 5 . ~ . . * = 7 “ a 5 * 2 7 ister pat eS . y ‘oe! "a — — . 1 . , . i i, oo ? 1 > a i * * g “eet 8 . 4 : a 5 N a . 1 q a ~ ty * * 5 1 * took * cess in politics. And the past masters of politics, the senatorial syndicate, the men who had planned for months on the best way to run this convention—how William J. Bryan fooled them, They were taken off their feet In the mad rush to the blue banner of the boy orator of the Platte. Before they recovered their , Senatorial dignity William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. While there was much of sentiment in the break when it came there was also a tremendous throw-down for the men who have grown fat in public places on the strength of their leadership in party councils. Here was a man nominated without their aid and in the very teeth of their expressed desire. Now that it is all over it seems strange that these reputed leaders should have been so misled. For a week Wm. J. Bryan had been prominently before thé convention. Monday he was a centra! figure in the stormy meeting of the National Democratic Committee fighting for a seat in the con- vention. Tuesday he was making a gallant gaht before the Convention Committee on Credentials, and that afternoon made a dramatic entry into the Coliseum at the head of his free silver delegation, a tri- umphant victor. Wednesday he argued ably before the Committee on Resolutions for the adoption of certain sections. Thursday he was called upon to defend the platform and there warmed the blood of every man who heard him and captured | by his presence, hig ratory, the delega- ‘tions which on the next day gave him at 38 years Of age the nomination for Presi- dent—a plume which intellectual giants have often fought for without reward from youth to grizzled age. To-night, at the close of this wonderful convention, so full of surprisé and dra- matic turns, this young “Silver Knight of the West’ stands armed for the contest and ready to do battle as the acknowledged champion of the West and South. It has been for bim a week croWded with events, victories and tr:'umphs such as never came of his age „ And the Demo- DIED ON A TRAIN. | H. J. Pocock of St. Louis Passes Away While Traveling in West Virginia. The following dispatch was received at 2 o’clock Sunday morning: Special to the Post-Dispatch. PARKERSBURG, W. Va., July 1L.—H. J. Pocock, reputed to be a wealthy citizen of St. Louis, died inthe cars on the Balti- more & Ohio Southwestern Railroad be- tween this city and Hambden at 11 o'clock to-night, and body. reached here at 1:30 m ‘He was accompanied by two ladies, the elder giving the name of Brown, who at first claimed to be his wife but afterwards contradicted herself. It is claimed the party were en route to the Eastern watering places on an extended trip. The cause of the death is as yet un- known. bh # About $500 in cash was found on the body. Mr. Pocock’s remains will be re- turned to St. Louls, accom panjed by the ladies, on the wes bound express leaving here at 5 a. m. and reaching St. Louis about 7 o' clock Sunday night. The only H. J. Pocock known to St. Loulsans is Harry J. Pocock, the City Register, 3 f The father of City Register Pocock wt» seen at 2:30 a. m., by a reporter. He sald his son, Harry, left for the East three da ago an a pleasure trip. Mr. Pocock aid not know where his eon has been living in St. Louis and did not know who @ccom- panied him. 1 us Christian County for Stephens. Special to the Post-Dispatch. OZARK, Mo., July 1.—The Democrats of Christian County to-day elected delegates] to the convention to be held at Ozark Suture ‘ vo lear The © in 3 8 3 4 1 5 3 WAS CARLISLE AFRAID? What He Said a Year Ago in Answer to Bryan’s Challenge. Special to the Post-Dispatch. LEXINGTON, Ky., July 1.—The nomina- tion of Bryan by the Chicago convention yesterday recalls a conversation which took place between Secretary John G. Car- lisle and a gentleman at Lexington last year as the Secretary was passing through on his way home from Memphis. The Lex- ington man asked him f he intended to ac- cept the challenge to debate the money ques- tion with Mr. Bryan. The Secretary's eyes flashed, his pale face became tinged with color and in an angry tone of voice he said: “No, sir. I cannot afford to notice him. It was hardly necessary to ask me such a question, sir. My duties at Washington are too onerous to permit of my noticing every s.lver advocate, and, besides, Mr. Bryan is not a Democrat, sir, not a Democrat.” DISCOVERED HE WAS LOST. A Child Goes to the Third District Sta- tion to Be Found. Joe Schneider, 5 years olg. went out to Forest Park yesterday with his mother, and in coming back he fell asleep im the car. His mother got off at Ninth street and Washington avenue to go to her home at 1439 North Ninth street. She thought Joe got off with her but He slumbered on. At the bridge, where the car line ends, the conductor put the boy off. He discover- ed that he was lost and asked & man etanding on the corner to show him to the police station. At the Third District Station he told the gergeant that he had lost himself. An hour later his mother called for him. * GOLD RESERVE UNDER LIMIT. * i * Bo Took Out $124,800 of It on “ * ff SATO BE N — — ͤ Z&iĩ.e—ũ 9 * 5 8 2 * * ; N & K Sa * TERRIBLE DISASTER ON 2 NORTHWESTERN. MRS. N 8. BRADLE and child. HUGH DODSON, Council Bluffs. WILLIAM SUMMITT, Missouri Valley. jured. The unknown dead are still in the wrec The stcenes at the morgue are terrib) Friends are seeking to identify the dead The wounded are being cared for in im. provised hospitals by surgeons from Mis- souri Valley, Woodbine, Dunlap and other towns. OMAHA, July 12.—The best estimates in- dicate that 27 are dead and 61 injured, many of whom will die. The wreck j curred as the result of Engineer gomery of the excursion train mistaking orderm He was ordered to wait at Logan until the fast mail and the east-bound passenger train had passed. He waited for he passenger and then started out, hav- ing forgotten about the mall. The trains were going 50 miles an hour when they met’, three miles west of Logan. Engineer Montgomery jumped and escaped with 3 broken arm. The officials of the road positively refuse to give any information concerning the matter, stating it is something that con- and all the in courier service and by telephone. Saturday morning the Union Pacific Pioneers’ picnic was taken out over the Northwestern to spend the day at and last night as the excursion train, with 1,200 persons, all residing in and this city, was moving out of Logan, it struck by a fast train going Bast. two engines crashed together and in an stant freight and nn „wers ed one upon the top o U * was at once sent to this city and in a short time a special train with doctors and officers of the road was sent out from Council Bluffs. Reporters were detailed to accompany the train, but instead of lowing them to accompany the train were ejected with the remark, want any —— reporters.” Late information received at 1 effect that the dead and dying were along the track in switch yards at like cordwood. There were 4 few on the ground, but not enough to give tention to one-third of the sufferers. . Among the dead and dying, relatives: hunting for their friends and those w were dear to them, the railroad . standing around, maintaining « sullen si- lee and refusing to furnish any tnforma- tion. Ir this city the office ofahe road was being beseige@ by people in search of infor- mation, but none was given out. It was knew their relatives and friends train became aware of a> * *