The delegates at the 1896 Democratic National Convention quickly turned against the policies of Cleveland and those advocated by the Bourbon Democrats , favoring bimetallism as a way out of the depression . Nebraska Congressman William Jennings Bryan now took the stage as the great opponent of the Bourbon Democrats . Harnessing the energy of an agrarian insurgency with his famous Cross of Gold speech , Congressman Bryan soon became the Democratic nominee for President in the 1896 election
1896 Democratic National Convention
1896 Democratic National Convention
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