Horse lameness or equine lameness is mild to severe loss of ability to move normally that can be caused by problems in a horse's bones, muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, brain, circulation, and metabolism. Almost any abnormality in the body can affect a horse so that he or she becomes lame.
One month after McKinley's nomination, supporters of silver-backed currency took control of the Democratic convention held in Chicago on July 7â11. Most of the Southern and Western delegates were committed to implementing the free silver ideas of the Populist Party.
A fiscal conservative, Cleveland sealed his fate among free silver advocates in the South and West when, in the face of economic hardship, he called a special session of Congress to further tighten the money supply. Pitchfork Ben Tillman won his nickname when he threatened to poke old Grover with a pitchfork.. The Democratic National Convention at Chicago 7-11 July 1896. Arriving in Chicago, Eastern Democrats who opposed free silver were stunned by the strength of that cause.