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Show How David Saved the Day for Bryan. Without an organization worth the name opposed to him. Bryan really was all but beaten at Kansas. City. His ideas prevailed In the committee on resolutions res-olutions only by a majority of one vote and that the accidentally favorable vote of Prince David of Hawaii, who did not really know how he. was voting. A delegation of the anti-Bryan forces came at midnight to ,learn his attitude toward the most important planks proposed pro-posed for the platform, and lef.t with the impression that he was one of them. Blackburn, as the spokesman for Bryan, Bry-an, had served notice on the committee that Bryan would not accept a nomination nomina-tion on any but a straight-out free silver sil-ver platform. When his turn came to vote Senator Blackburn saw that the day was to be won or lost by a most narrow margin, and "explained his vote" in what was really a strong final appeal for support, for his side of the question. Soon came Prince David's turn to vote. Inspired by the eloquence he had heard, the Prince said: "Gentlemen, "Gentle-men, I do not know much about American Ameri-can politics, but I am sure I have a pafe guide In this matter. I know that I can make no mistake in following the lead of the distinguished gentleman from Kentucky." If. Prince David had found that he ,could vote the other way and say something more graceful, he would undoubtedly have done il. Yet it was his vote that decided the issue and put free silver In the platform which live millions and more American citizens voted for the next November. Leslie's Monthly. |