Theplatform of the party was then dis^^cussed and especially the silver plank, lie^told how the republican party in 1873 de^^monetized the white metal, ^Now,^ said^be, ^if they are such friends of this metal,^why did they stab it ^ Why did they not^take some steps to restore It^ No, my^friends, it remained for Richard P. Bland,^a democratic congressman from Missouri,^to introduce a bill whereby not less than^two nor more than four million of dollars^might be coined.^ A glowing tribute was^paid to Maj r Maginnis, which was met^with sound after round of applause. The^alleged friendship of the repub^^lican party for the workingman was^a;ain referred to, reciting the^history of the passage of the Scott exclusion^act, and bow the present attorney general^of the United States had placed such an in^^terpretation on it as to practically annul^the act, and allow the Chinese free admis^^sion into this country. Altera short re^^sume of the ticket the speaker retired amid^the wildest applause.
