Show iXTEEN TO ONE MEN Mational Convention of Silver Republicans in Session SENATOR TELLER PRESIDES Jlr Tovno Delivers an Address De 1 daring the Republican Platform Amounts to n Repeal of the Declaration Decla-ration of Independence He is Fol lowed by the Colorndoan in a Speech Dealing with Monetary Question Bitter in His Denunciation Denuncia-tion of the Demonetization I of Silver j Kausas City July 4The national l convention of the Silver Republican party met in the Auditorium theater to aay Tho delegates were rather slow In arriving and It was some time after 12 oclock the hour fixed for the convention con-vention when Chairman Charles A Townes gavel fell and the party formed In St Louis four years ago after the bolt of the advocates oC free Isilvcr from the Republican national convention was launched on its first regular national gathering Twent foul States and Territories were represented at tho convention Comparatively few spectators were present owing to the assembling of the Democratic national convention but there were delegates in abundance especially es-pecially large delegations being seated from Kansas Nebraska Minnesota Iowa and Colorado CALLED TO ORDER Shortly before 1 oclock the Minnesota Minne-sota delegates headed by a brass band and carrylug a Juge banner bearing the pictures of Bryan and Towne entered en-tered the hal amid a roar of cheers and a moment afterward Chairman ToWn rapped the convention to order and introduced 1 e11r BIgelow of Cincinnati who invoked divine blessing bless-ing on the convention DR BIGELOWS PRAYER Dr Bigolows prayer was n passionate passion-ate appeal for relief from the chains that nro binding us and the golden padlocks pad-locks that are being formed for ours our-s from the national tin and the yen gcanco that is sure to follow In that solemn day Dr Bigelow continued that comes to men and na f tions and when that destiny shall have fully appeared as we are now shaping it may we not have to point for justification > fication to the altars raised on the souls of our fellowmen CHEERED THE MINISTER The unusual spectacle was then presented pre-sented of a minister being cheered Thank God there Is one minister who los the poor shouted a California delegate I and the delegates cheered and appiauueu After the playing of the StarSpan gled lb the Posten Mililary band of Minneapolis the secretary of the ommllC read the call for the convention con-vention and Stanley Eo Parkhlll of Minnesota read the Declaration of Independence In-dependence Several of the sentiments of the ed Delegates ot the paper wore applauded arid audience stood while the band rcn i dored America1 I POLITICAL POEM READ Temporary Chairman Towne then introduced in-troduced Dr Howard S Taylor of Chicago Chi-cago as the poet of the new political movement who read his poem entitled The Liberty Bell Preceding the recitation reci-tation of the poem to thc gratification of tho convention Dr Taylor made a short speech In which he compared some of tho leading characters of 1776 to those of the last Republican convention conven-tion In Philadelphia His remark that George Washington was conspicuously distinguished frem some oc those of 1 JK in that he could not tell a He met with l spirited response from the convention con-vention Ills reference to the military Ciireor of Roosevelt In which he charged that the latter was wearing the > j > lume > which belonged to the Ninth and Tenth colored regiments caused demonstration which threatened to delay de-lay the proceedings of the convention Temporary Chairman Towne then delivered de-livered the following address |