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8 THE MOKMNG QJREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 190S. ENTHUSIASM FOR NEBR ASK AN RUNS RIOT IN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION PLACES ROOSEVELT ON THE GRIDIRON Chairman Clayton Makes Sen sational Charges Against the President. THUNDER IS STOLEN GOODS Alabama Man Says Boasted Policies Are Mainly Democratic Repub lican Idol Political Charlatan Untrue to Pretended Ideals. DENVER, July 8. A scathing arraign ment of President Roosevelt as a thief of Democratic principles and policies, a sponsor for coarse machine methods in politics and a sham reformer, untrue to his pretended ideals, was the feature of the speech of Henry D. Clayton, of Ala bama, made today on assuming the per manent chairmanship of the Democratic National convention. Mr. Clayton re ferred to Taft as the "anointed" of the President and called him the latter's po litical puppet. He called particular at tention to the failure of the Republicans at Chicago to adopt a publicity clause, after both Taft and Roosevelt had made spectacular plays for popularity by de claring for purity in elections. He denounced the opposition for its weak attempt to win over the labor vote by a meaningless injunction plank and denounced the Republican party for its continued failure to give the people legis lation long demanded and to reform the tariff. He pledged the Democratic party to give these reforms If placed in power and closed by virtually denouncing the President as a dangerous demagogue, rid ing rough shod over the constitution and the laws of the land while posing as an apostle of law enforcement. In part Mr. Clayton said: Predicts Party Victory. Mr. Chairman and Fellow Democrats: Let me thank you for the honor you have con ferred upon me. This Is a Democratic year. Democratic ideas are now popular. Doc trines always taught by our party and scoffed at by our opponents are now urged as a gospel of their own. Measures and policies of Democratic origin are now pre tendedly advocated by the leaders of the Republican party. It Is no longer anarch istic to declare private monopoly to be In defensible or that the great transportation companies should be regulated and con trolled by public law. Former questioning of the decision of a bare majority of the Supreme Court In the Income tax case can not now be heard, because of the greater noise of the vehement and embroidered de nunciation of judges and judicial acts that have shocked the country. A demand for the revision of the tariff is no longer a threat to destroy our Industrial system. Trusts are not to be tolerated even by the Republican party. We need not now enlarge on the list of Republican admissions and promises for elec tion purposes only. The Republican party ban made marked progress In promises to the people, and much greater progress In aiding selfish interests and special privi leges. That party, guided by expediency and campaign necessity, would camp this year on Democratic ground. If it Is apparent recent progress Is to continue it does not require a very great sweep of the Imagina tion to see written into a Republican plat form four years hence those immortal words of Thomas Jefferson, "Equal rights to all, special privileges to none." Calls Enemy to Account. The Republican party having had full con trol of the Federal Government for more than a decade must give an account of Its stewardship. Its pretentious claims, largely without foundation, and largely exaggerated will not suffice. Let honest investigation reveal the mad and defective laws passed by that party; vicious policies maintained; re forms rejected ; the recent panic and its consequences; promises broken; dissimula tion practiced; incompetency confessed by Its failure to meet urgent public needs; and exhibiting this Incompetency by the ap pointment of junketing commissions for the alleged purpose of advising that party so long in control and of such boasted legis lative wisdom what legislation is required by the country. Against the Republican party, so demo cratic and crafty. Is a capable, determined, honest Democracy, in sympathy with all Just public demands, and confidently ask ing In Its behalf the candid public judg ment. To that judgment the issue must be committed, and we unhesitatingly submit our cause to that fine and true sense for the right that we know distinguishes the American people. In this quadrennial contest Mr. Roosevelt has Identified himself with Mr. Taft. Mr. Taft has Identified himself with Mr. Roose velt. The Republican party has inseparably Identified the two together. To praise one you must praise the other; to criticise one Is to criticise his pursuing shadow. And so, I must say. if it should appear to anyone that In noting and denouncing abuses and failures on the part of the present Adminis tration any license is assumed, I urge the Impossibility or separating the present oc cupant of the White House from his own anointed one. Where Is Publicity Plank? It must be admitted that the Republic can not long survive If fraud and corruption be come material factors In our election. No man has said more than the President about the corruption of elections. You recall his message to Congress in December, 1905, where he said that: It has been only too clearly shown that cer tain men at the head of these large corpora tions take but small note of the ethical dis tinction between honwty and dishonesty; they draw the line only thi side of what may be vailed law-honesty; the kind of honesty nec essary in order to avoid falling into the clutches of the law. We have here the condemnation of the prac tice. Has he proved his faith by his works? Is it true or not that four years ago' he se lected for his campaign manager a novice In - politics whose principal qualification for the position was the power he held over the corporations of the land? Is It true or not that the official place as Secretary of Com merce and Labor gave full knowledge of these feuslnee secrets and relations of corporations to this campaign manager and clothed him with power, with the assent of the Presi dent, to punish or remand them by publishing r -withholding their secret that he had col lected as such secretary? i Corporations Mere Held Vp. Is it true or not that, with this power held In terror over the corporations, he solicited or had his agents solicit campaign contribu tions from them? Is it true or not that such a request under such circumstances was a demand upon the corporation a demand that they acceded to, knowing that the man who made it had the power to punish them In case they refused? Can it be doubted that in this way vast sums were raised ? If so, how much f these contributions were used for legiti mate expenses and how much for corruption purposes we do not know. Notwithstanding savage ante-election de atal, we know that a subsequent Investigation ef certain Insurance companies uncovered the fact that large amounts were contributed by them companies to the Republican campaign fund not the money of the men who gave it, cut money covertly taken without consent of stockholders or policyholders and entered on the books In a way calculated to conceal the embezzlement. All this was done in the Interest of the Republican candidate for President. The money was used, the candidate was elected and he continues to deliver lectures on de cency and for honesty in sleet ions, wending messages to Cosgress on publicity of campaign 1 contributions, but at times when these were certain to be unavailing. j Fate of One Great Policy. The Chicago convention has met. baa trans- . acted Its business and has adjourned. The' question of a publicity bill was mooted there, was defeated, and- It would never have seen the light of day except through the unaided efforts of one solitary member of the com mittee on platform and resolutions, who dragged it out only to witness its deep en tombment by the body of the convention. Thus died one of "my policies," to which that convention in effusive. If dictated lan guage, declared In its platform their "unfal tering adherence." There has been and la now a public demand for legislation regulating, not abolishing, the process of m Junction and the power to punish for alleged Indirect or constructive contempts of courts. Ever since 1896 the Democratic party has protested against hasty and ill considered use of Injunctions and has been insisting on the right of fair trial in all cases of constructive contempts. The Republican party has been avoiding this question So the President, In taking it up, and Mr. Taft In his letter to the labor unions advocated a measure that the Democratic party, acting In behalf of the correct administration of public justice, had been demanding for 12 years. Was It Lapse of Memory T If the President was in earnest when he sent his message to Congress, he was to that extent Democratic. We are authorized to conclude that in framing, revising or v dictat ing the Chicago platform he suffered from a lapse of memory or abandoned the policy he had so - vigorously urged In his official ca pacity, for he said in a message to Congress: I also urge that action he taken along the line of recommendations I have already made concerning Injunctions In labor disputes. No temporary restraining order ehould be issued by any court without notice and the petition for a permanent Injunction upon which such temporary restraining order has been Issued should be heard by the court Issuing the same within a reasonable time say not to exceed a week or thereabouts from the date when the order was issued. It Is worth consider-, ing whether it would not give greater popu lar confidence U) the Impartiality of sentences lor contempt if Jt was required that the issue should be decided by another judge than the one issuing the injunction, except where the contempt Is committed in the presence of the court or other case of urgency. Surely he and his party eulogists forgot that he had but a few months before advised Congress that "it Is worth considering whether It would not give greater popular confidence in. the impartiality of sentences for contempt if It was required that the Issue should be decided by another judge than the one Issu ing the injunction." First Help From Democrats. It is Important to note that the act of June 29. 18S6. was passed at the first ses sion of the first Congress that met under the first Democratic administration after the Civil "War and there labor received its first recognition from the Government. One Republican administration had succeeded another for 24 years and not one act was passed in the interest of labor or in ac knowledgment of its right to fair and equal treatment. The Republicans enacted a tariff which enhanced the price of products that labor had made and capital owned, and they pretended to do this with a view of securing for labor higher - wages. What they gave, however, was to the capitalist and they trusted him to divide. That the Increased profits of protected em ployers have made them able to pay the laboring man higher wages no one can doubt, but It remains for the saving grace of Almighty God so to touch their hearts as to make them willing to pay the higher wages. Among the contributions that went to make up the monument that this great man, Grover Cleveland, butlded in the re spect and affection of his countrymen, few are more striking than his almost Instant recognition, as evidenced by this act of 1&S6, of the sane and just demands of labor on the law-making power. Under him Democracy blazed the way and now remains the unflinching champion of every sound re form in this direction. Immunity - from law we promise nobody ; immunity from oppression, from Its very Infancy the Demo cratic party has been dedicated to establish and secure. Same Old Tariff Promise. The President and his party declare that a pre-election revision of the tariff would be unwise. This assertion has been repeated In advance of every election since the en actment of the Dlngley law and surely the country will not again be deceived by Repub lican promises to revise the tariff after the election. Their appeal to the people is give us another chance to make you a prom ise and the promise will be made. What does protection mean? Under the Republican policy of protection, the people, the consumers, while paying a little over $300,000,000 per year into the Treasury through import duties on foreign goods, pay between $1,250,000,000 and $1,500,000,000 a year in the enhanced price of home-produced goods. Our domestic manufactures exceed our total Imports by ten to one and they are nearly all protected. It is safe to say that the people pay at least $5 to the already wealthy beneficiaries of protectionism for every dollar that Is paid Into the Treasury. Behind the wall of high protection, which in some cases Is alto gether prohibitive, the trusts levy enormous tribute on the people. This has amounted to not less than $10,000,000,000 in the last decade, not counting the amount paid to support the Government. This money has come from the pockets of the. farmer, the mechanic, the merchant, the professional man and the laborer, and has been poured into the coffers of the protected classes. More than two-thirds of the capital that de rives benefit from protectionism belongs to the trusts. The Democrats will revise the tariff downward and in the Interest of the taxpayers, who are always forgotten by the Republican party. Tariff Mother of Trusts. It is the shortest of steps from the tariff to to the trusts. Let it he denied if they care to deny it, that the tariff Is the real mother of the trusts. The President has made great pretense of destroying trusts. Let him tell of the result. In a message delivered to Con gress he said: The Department of Justice has for the last four years devoted more attention to the en forcement of anti-trust legislation than any thing else. Much has been accomplished; par ticularly marked has been the moral effect of the prosecution; but it is Increasingly evi dent that there will be a very insufficient nenenctal result in the way or corporate abuse. The successful prosecution of one device to evade the law Immediately develops another device to accomplish tne same purpose. What is needed Is not sweeping prohibition of evert arrangement, good or bad, which may tend to restrict competition, out such adequate super vision and regulation as will prevent any restriction of competition from being to the detriment of the public as well as such super vision and regulation as will prevent other abuses In no way connected with restriction or competition. This Is an admission of failure and one does not need to dwell on this admission further than to say that the Imprisonment of those who violated the law would not have had a more salutary effect than all that has been done or might have been done in this direction during his entire administration. The Democratic party will strike down special privileges, whether granted through a high protective tariff or granted to Gov ernment chartered corporations by permission of law. All trusts owe their birth and their ability to continue "existence to one or the other of these two forms of special privilege, No private monopoly, no business approxi mating private monopoly In methods or in magnitude, can endure without one or the other or both. Refers to Recent Panic Proceeding at once to a mention of the Re publican party dealing with the disturbed finances of the country, we are brought be fore that curious legislative compound, the Vreeland-Aldrlch bill. The Republican party boasts of its knowledge of finance. What have they given us In this law? It will be remembered that In 1892-3, under a Republican administration, a panic was an ticipated. The panic came and with Repub lican effrontery they charged that panic to the Democratic party. . !Tow, controlling every branch of the Government, they igno- mmiousiy seek to charge on us every -consequence growing out of their own maladminis tration of the Government, The only sort of legislation with any great force of public opinion behind It that the Re publican party attempted to enact was a bill to prevent the recurrence of pastes. The last panic was a depositors' panic, brought about by fear upon the part of the depositor that he could not get back his money which had been left in bank. This fear was pro' duced by the fact, which had become known, that the banks had been lending their de positors7 money to risky, if not unlawful con ceras. A run upon the banks by depositors, J not by note-holders, la consequence, occurred. - v I ' ' ' -r-3l 1 ! The Republican party has attempted to pre vent the recurrence of depositors panics by an emergency bank-note bill. In the provisions of which they have decreased- the security that the depositor had In a two-fold way, first by reducing the amount of reserve required by law to be held, and secondly, by making the new emergency notes a prior lien upon all the assets of the bank, decreasing the secur ity that the hank had to keep for the de positor and Increasing the bank liabilities that might be charged against deposits. Scheme to Fatten Banks. In my opinion it is an accomplished scheme to enable banks that have floated question able enterprises to digest otherwise indigest ible securities by making them the basis of a National circulating medium of exchange. The future will show whether this miserable makeshift, part House infamy and part Sen ate infamy, as a great Republican news paper has said, will answer its purpose. Whatever it may show in the way of sins of commission or omission, not only is it the fault of Republican legislation, but the evil which It pretends to cure was altogether and exclusively . the fruit of Republican legisla tion. Theirs is the responsibility for the bill, and theirs also the responsibility for the con dition which led to the enactment of the law. Bis; Stick Means Bluff. The press has told us in what seemed to be eemi-offlcial statements from the White House that the President was so, intent upon his policies that if Congress adjourned with out enacting them into law he would call an extra session. Congress did adjourn leav ing unpassed most of his favored measures and the extra session was never called. If t he play results In Republican votes it will have accomplished its purpose. If the Presi dent desired to have this legislation the Democrats were ready to Join in its oaffsaee. The Democratic leader of the House, author ized by all his party associates, repeatedly offered the entire Democratic strength, in support of these measures. The Repub licans nave less than bu majority in the House. If 30 of them had Joined the Demo crats all of these measures would have passed there and gone to a Republican Sen ate. So far ae the House is concerned less than one-seventh of the Republicans were needed to change these recommendations into law. The Republican support was not forth coming. jjet us see what couio have been done if legislation instead of party advantage had been, desired. if a part of the Republicans had joined the Democrats in support of measures proposed by a Republican President, the power with which some Federal judges have hastily thrown their authority Into the scale against labor would have been regulated by law. A fair trial In all cases of direct or con structive contempt of court would now be provided by law. Where Labor Unions Lost. Labor would he exempt from the prohibi tion of the Sherman law against combina tions. Wood pulp and print paper would now be on the free list and the present tax upon intelligence to that extent abolished. No longer would it be in the power of one Federal judge, sitting In chambers, hearing evidence ex parte, upon the allega tion that a state law Is confiscatory, to suspend it by temporary injunction. A Democratic measure that passed the Senate at the last session of Congress, providing that it should be necessary for three Judges to act together for the purpose of Issuing such an order, would now be the law. A law requiring the publication before election of campaign contributions would have been enacted. Source of Demoralization. Of course, many people are not surprised at any opinion the President utters; he has so many of them and has expressed them on so many conceivable and non-precon-ceivable occasions. Now, Secretary Root is an able lawyer and a man of trained and deliberate habits of thought. Nothing shows more plainly the demoralization wrought by the President than the fact that this trained lawyer, in the very front rank of his profession, should advocate changing the organic law of the Union by construction to "be found" and to "be found" by whom? By the very men who are to exer cise the power. The insidious proposition of Mr. Root, following up the suggestion of h)s chief, is that where authority is not granted, which. In the opinion of the Execu tive, ought to have been granted, this au thority is none the less to be exercised, and If no other basis for it can be had, it is to be based upon the construction "be found." In other words. If the Constitution has not conferred the power upon the Execu tive, then the power is to be vested in him by construction to "he found" in a way not provided for by the organic law of the union. . Representative institutions must be pre served. Our Federal Government of dele gated and limited powers must be main tained in all its constitutional vigor, and each state must be preserved with all of its reserve powers ana in its integrity forever. Let us confidently hope that the time will never be ripe for tne change of the con stitutlon by executive actions and by judi clal Interpretations. If such a time should come, then a government of law win perish from the earth and a government of caprice will be created on the ruins of one established by a written constitution. Brighter Days Are Coming. We know there is a brighter prospect. If the love of country and liberty is still strong in the hearts of the American peo ple; if an oath to support the Constitution is now considered by them as binding; if the people are in earnest in their protests against the rule of insolent wealth, the unauthorised and baneful influence of cor WHAT! NOMINATED AGAIN? THIS IS SO porations and the exactions of the trusts; if the manliness of the fathers -has been transmitted to the sons, the fourth of next March will mark the advent of the glad some light of democracy and the beginning of the return to constitutional government honestly and economically administered. To the banner we raise here we invite to repair all citizens of our common country who reverence the noble traditions of the past and who deplore the grave aberrations of the present. v Let us see to It that this standard shall once again float over a government resting secure on lasting foundations. Mr. Chairman, delegates and fellow-countrymen, the time and the- occasion in our National affairs impose a duty we cannot, if we would, evade. We must go out from this hall with one heart and a determina tion to put our loved ship of state on an even keel. . That keel has been too long beating the air. We must-bring it down into the deep and abiding waters of the Constitution. TAFT BANXER IS TORN DOWN Vandals at Lincoln Disgrace Name of Their City. LINCOLN, Neb., July 9. A demonstra- tionvhas been planned to follow the nom ination of William Jennings Bryan, and Lincoln enthusiasts today anxiously awaited the rollcall in the Denver con vention. The nomination was to be an nounced by tooting whistles and ringing: bells. After the noise had subsided, the plans include an advance on Fairvlew, where Mr. Bryan's neighbors will notify him of the nomination. Mr. Bryan received a large number of telegrams this morning and the Fairvlew mail was unusually heavy. Mr. Bryan began work early and assailed the huge pile of letters. - During the early morn ing he managed to do considerable work without interference. The Taft banner which had been span ning O street, where it was placed by the Republican committee, was destroyed last night ty some person or persons as yet unknown. The destruction of the Taft banner aroused excitement. The Republican State Central Committee began work on a new banner, and Chairman Hayward announced that he meant to protect the emblem by force. If necessary. Many Democrats condemned the attack on the banner and disavowed all knowl edge of the affair. A number, of Repub licans insisted that the hoisting of the emblem was a mistake. HOLDS ITS FINAL MEETING Retiring Democratic National Com mittee's Gathering a Love Feast. DENVER, July $. The retiring Demo cratic National Committee held its final meeting this morning with almost a com plete attendance, Chairman Thomas Tag gart presiding. Committeeman M. J. Wade, of Iowa, offered a resolution ex tending the thanks of the committee to its several officers Chairman Taggart, Secretary Urey Woodson, Assistant Sec retary Edwin Seaton, Treasurer W. H. O'Brien and Sergeant-at-Arms John I. Martin and "to those who have aided them in the performance of their duties." Chairman Taggart responded in appro priate vein on behalf of himself and his fellow officers, announcTag that an op portunity would be found today, If pos sible, for a gathering of the old and new National committees to meet in a social way. , UNIT RULE FOR NEW YORK Cane us Decides to Vote as One for Head of Ticket. DENVER, July 9. The New York dele gation held another caucus this morning, but the only action taken with reference to the attitude of the delegation toward the nominations for President and Vice President was the formal adoption of the "unit rule" under the operation of which the entire 78 votes of the state in the convention will be cast In ona block. Norman B. Mack, of Buffalo, was unani mously re-elected as member of the National Committee from New York state. G. F. Ketchum, of Warwick, protest ed against the adoption of the unit rule, on the ground that it placed the entire vote of the delegation in the hands of a single man. The French gardening methods by which an acre of ground Is made to yield 13433 to $2920 per annum by the forcing- hot bed process has been Introduced In England. Vegetables are produced all the year and ar forced by a steady temperature of 90 degrees. SUDDEN!" KERR TAKES PLACE Pennsylvania Completes Guf fey's Deposition. EX-BOSS DECLINES TO VOTE Head of Bryan Faction Elected Na tional Committeeman Strong Effort to Prevent Vote In Con vention by Bryan Men. DENVER, July -9. The defeat of Colo nel James M. Guffey, of Pittsburg, Na tional committeeman for Pennsylvania, as a candidate for re-election, was ac complished by the faction headed by James B. Kerr, of Clearfield, at a meet ing held in the convention Auditorium-today immediately .following the adjourn ment of the firpt session of the conven tion. Colonel Guffey and his followers left the hall and refused to participate in the caucus. James Kerr was elected National committeeman, 41 votes being cast for and none against him. D. C. Dewltt, a delegate, declined to vote, stat ing that he doubted the regularity, of the proceedings. Juffey Does Not Tell Plans. The caucus was held on the floor of the convention by the anti-Guffey delegates without leaving their seats, after the convention adjourned. The Guffey sup porters departed quietly and the business of the meeting proceeded rapidly. The delegation also selected members of the various committees of the conven tion. All balloting was by roll call. No announcement has been made by Colonel Guffey or his followers as to whether they Intend to contest the valid ity of today's action of the delegation. Some of those who voted in the meeting today were alternates and substitutes for delegates not present Colonel Guffey this morning would not dfscuss in detail last night's vote in the convention, but seemed to think that while it demonstrated a heavy current of opposition to the plans of those controll ing the convention, Mr. Bryan might de velop greater strength on- a Presidential ballot than he did on the question last night. But the total of 387 votes inspired the allied opposition with new hope. Bryan Made Overtures. It developed in this connection that a strong effort was made to avoid the vote of last night, as the Bryan managers de sired not to have an issue which would disclose the strength of the two contend ing elements. The Guffey -men say that the report on credentials was de layed a full hour, while overtures were made to Colonel Guffey not to present the minority report, thus avoiding a di vision and an open vote. According' to the Guffey men, distinct overtures were made to the Pennsylvania leader to se-, cure this end, that he should remain as National committeeman- from Pennsyl vania. But while this would have In sured his continued' leadership, it is said that Colonel Guffey flatly refused tOv con sider the proposition, as it involved the sacrifice of the Philadelphia delegates, for whom he had contended. The Guffey men are confident that these overtures, de signed to avoid a vote, came as a result of advice to the Bryan men from Lin coln. Enlarge Oregon City School. OREGON CITY, Or.; July 9. Special.) The Board of City School Directors has been authorized to issue bonds in a sum not to exceed $3000 for the purpose of cov ering the expense of constructing an addi tion of four rooms to the Eastham build ing. Plans and specification are now being prepared by Architect White and the addition will provide room for the growth" of the city Juvenile population for several years. Andrew Carnegie's gift of a plaster cast of the Dfplodocus to Paris newspaper men has awakened much fun imong the carl- UUNVLN T ITS GREAT CLIMAX Nominating Speeches Made and Balloting Soon Will Begin. CNLY AWAITS PLATFORM Great Demonstration Greets Nomina tion of Bryan by Dunne John son Also Cheered to Echo. Gray's Name Presented. I (Continued from First Pag.) termtned? Even bis political opponents now admit that he i. . I have had a close personal and political acquaintance with this man, whose name Nebraska present, since he .entered political life. I can testify from observation as to his political conduct before he was known to fame. He was honest, brave and unyield ing then; he is honest, brave and unyielding now. Honesty is inhefent in him. He was an honest lawyer before he entered politics, He was honest In his political methods be fore . his statesmanship was recognized by the Nation : and he has been honest throughout his political career. His convictions have been his political creed. He has Impressed these convictions. upon, others, not by dictation, but by argu ments addressed to the judgment and the conscience. - Believing In the ultimate triumph of the right, he has never examined questions from the standpoint of expediency. He bas never inquired whether a political principle was popular; it has been sufficient for him to believe that It was right. He has been a consistent champion of the reserved rights of the states. He favored the election of Senators by direct vote before the House of Representatives ever acted fa vorably upon the subject. He championed tariff reform when the Vest was the hotbed or protection. -He favored an Income tax before the ln come tax law was written. He attacked the trusts when Republican leaders were deny ing that any trusts existed. He advocated railroad regulation before the crusade against rebates and discrimination began He has always been the friend of labor, and was among the flret to urge conciliation between labor and capital. He began to op pose government by injunction more than a decade ago. He announced, his opposition to imperialism before any other man of promi nence had expressed himself on the subject, and without waiting to see whether It would be popular. When a Wall street panic burst upon us a few months ago. he promptly proposed as a remedy the guarantee of bank deposits, and so popular has' this plan become that it is today a National Issue and supported by the masses of the people. He has long advo cated legislation which will secure publicity as to campaign corns muttons. He believes in peace in universal Christian peace. He believes the destiny of nations should be determined not by wars, but by applying the principles of justice and hu manity. Though theee principles have met with uncompromising opposition from the special Interests, he has remained true to the cause of the people. "With clear vision and with unfaltering trust, seeing and knowing the truth, he has never lost faith in its final victory. Through years of unparallelel political war fare, his loyalty to his ideals and to hie fel- lowmen has been abundantly shewn. His refusal to surrender his " convictions, though subjected to abuse, denunciation and vindic tive opposition such as few public men in an nietury nave oeen compenea to wiinetana, is ample proof of his superb courage. His career proves that successful leader ship is determined by the success or failure of grest principles rather than by election to high office. We have met to plan the campaign and to commission the commander under whom the masses will enlist. We are not here in response to the voice of expediency: neither political basses ' nor corporate masters sent us here. We are here at the summons of the rank and file of that political organiza tion which Is the special defender of the rights of the common people. We are here representing all that Is best In the traditions of our party; we feel again the spirit that animated democracy In the days of Jefferson and Jackson. The voters have spoken and we assemble to give expression of their will. The voice for the third time calls Nebraska's favorite son to be the standard-bearer of his party In this gigantic contest. - Since time began no grander 'tribute was ever paid to any man by a free people. He m recognized today as the most representa tive citizen of the Nation, the. peer of any living man. Friends and foes have learned that he was shaped In that heroic mold In which the world's great patriots, statesmen and leadens have been cast. First nominated when 10 years younger than any other Presidential candidate ever chosen by a prominent party; living in a state BOO miles farther west than that (n which any President has ever lived, he has grown In the affections of the people as the years have passed. Speaking and writing freely on all subjects, his heart has had no secrets and his friends have Increased in numbers and in confidence. Without an organization to urge his claims; without a campaign fund to circulate litera ture In his behalf; without patronage to bribe a single voter; without a predatory corporation to .coerce Its employes Into his support; without a subsidized newspaper to influence the public mind, he has won a sig nal victory at the primaries and has become the free choice of the militant Democracy of the Nation. Forming in one unbroken phalanx extend ing from Massachusetts to California, and from Michigan to .the everglades, the yeo manry of the party have volunteered their services to m a ke him the party ca n d 1 date ; and they will not lay down their arms until they have made him the Nation's, chief executive. Nebraska's Democracy, which aw in hfm. when a young man, the signs of prpmlse, places In nomination as the standard-bearer of our party the man who in' the thrilling days of '96 and 1900 bore the battle-scarred banner of Democracy with fame as unsullied and fidelity as spotless as the crusaders' of old. Nebraska presents his name because Nebraska claims his dwelling place, and proudly enrolls him among her citizens; but his home Is in the- hearts of the people. I obey -the command of my state and the mandate of the Democracy of - the Nation when I offer the name of America' if great commoner, Nebraska's gifted son, William Jennings Bryan. 8:50 P. M. Ollle James, of Kentucky, chairman of the committee on , rules, reported that the committee on resolu tions would not report until midnight. Bryan Demonstration Begins. . 9:07 P. M. Dunn concludes amid tre mendous cheering and waving of flags. 9:10 P. M. A banner with Bryan's portrait Is placed over the platform and a white dove Is loosed and floats over the auditorium. . 9:20 P. M. The band Is playing and galleries and delegates shouting, whistling and singing. Demonstration has now lasted 14 . minutes and is growing more intense. 9:40 P. M. Chairman Clayton aban dons all efforts to secure order. , 9:45 P. M. Crowd singing "We Won't Go Home Till Morning." Can't Suppress Cheering. 9:29 P. M. The cheering ceasing for a moment while the entire audience sang "The Star-Spangled Banner," only to break out again with increased intensity. ;38 P. M. Chairman Clayton rap- NEAR ping for order, which only causes greater outburst. . 9:49 P. M. Demonstration. after 45 minutes, continues undiminished. 10 P. M. The scene within the hall is one of bedlam, the crowd and the band vlelng with one another in making the most noise. 10:07 P. M- After an hour's demonstra-. tion the crowd refuses to be controlled and the cheering continues furiously. 10:15 P. M.-ln an endeavor to quiet the crowds the hall is put in almost com plete darkness for a time. 10:17 P. M. Order partially restored. Chairman Clayton' hissed for rapping his travel. Gearln Seconds Bryan. 10:21 P. M. Convention now in order after one hour and 12 minutes of cheer- ng. 10:22 P. M. Ex-Senator Gearin. of Ore gon, seconding Bryan's nomination. He said: Oregon seconds the nomination of Wil liam J. Bryan smd. joining with her sister states of the Pacific, pledges him the voto of her united delegation. In seconding his nomination, I am voicing the unanimous sentiment of the Democracy of the Pacific Coast. From the Sierras to the sea there is but one man mentioned Bryan, Bryan, Bryan everywhere. People out on the sunset shore of the Re public say to you, Give us Bryan today, and we'll give you the solid electoral vote of the Pacific in November. Our people on the Coast look to Bryan as the one striking figure in American public . life, whose voice, silver-toned and defiant, and rl urging ever true to thv key, has been heard everywhere In advocacy of the rights of labor against the wrongs perpetrated or threatened against labor. Labor engaged in legitimate enterprise calls for his nomi nation because be stands, and has always stood, for principles and policies that will protect legitimate Investment against those destructive forces, under the guise of a protective tariff, which have brought dis content to labor in every industry they claim to protect and destroyed legitimate competition under the false pretense of fos tering it. This country has lost faith m the organ isation that today calls Itself the Repub lican party. It ias become the party of shams and fads and humbugs. At present It te engaged in exploiting a sort .of experi mental, speculative, political philosophy which promises everything, accomplishes nothing, and demands credit for the things it doee not do. This country faces today a contest as old as the Nation itself. On the one hand we have Republicanism with its trend of thought toward centralization of power and ultimate imperialism; on the other hand we have Democracy upholding now, as al ways, the rights of the individual and the power of the people reserved under the Constitution to the states and to the people themselves; and while it is true that this conflict has always been with us. it is none the less true that at no time in our career as a Nation have the apostles of central ized government, backed by the power of centralised wealth, made- such brazen de mands as have been Insisted upon In the last decade of our political history. It is against this danger that the Demo cratic party warns the country. It is against the political heresies that we pro test, and we carry the protest to the sober minded Judgment and patriotlo . hearts of the American people. 10:30 P. M. Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, seconding Bryan's nomination in a lengthy speech. He said: 10:40 P. M. Audience grows impatient and interrupts the speaker. . 10:40 P. M. Motion adopted limiting speeches to five minutes. . Jerry Sullivan, of Iowa, said: The hour has arrived when Democracy will speak with reference to the policies it beleves best for the American people. Democracy means so much that Its follow ers have hope of ultimate success. The principles of Democracy are eternal and everlasting. The application of such to everyday life requires the truest patriotism and the most fervent devotion. There never was a time in the life otf the Democratic party when it was as much of a neces sity as at this hour. In the name of Democracy a centralized government is declared the best for a fre people. In its name the three depart ments of a republican form of government are being crystallized Into one. In its name, "I am" Is being substituted for "we are." In its name a standing army and a great navy Is more potent for good than the plaudits of a noble peasantry. In Its name prosperity is most assured If the taxing power is increased. In Its name, the flag represents force, the dollar love of country. In Its name civil service is strangled that favorite sons may be the recipients of ex ecutive favor. In Its name the beneficiaries of special privilege are paramount to those who sustain the Integrity of the Nation. In its name a political organization proclaims a policy that omits the essentials of a rep resentative government. Against such a policy the Democratic party enunciates the proposition of Indi vidual liberty and constitutional rights. It believes labor and capital are 'partners with equal rights and equal privileges. The Democratic party stands for the equality of all the people. In the contest of 1908, the battle-ground Is already marked out. For more than half a century the scene of action has been in the eastern portion of our country. Today that field has changed. The Middle West will be the ter ritory in which the contest will take place. There will be fought an Austerlltz or Waterloo. . To this contest we challenge the party of special privilege and centralized power t mortal combat. The commanders are about to .be chosen. T.tpon one - side stands he who represents the classes and has eliminated from the catalogue of progression the term "square deal." One who stands for might as against equality and promotes the creature at the expense of the creator; who is the repre sentative of organized wealth to the detri ment of National welfare; who stands for a centralized government as against the rights of the state ; who struck at labor to de stroy, not to protect. Against such a com mander as this the Democratic party offers as Its candidate a man who ' stands for a ingle standard of morality. In public and private life. Today throughout the world b Is name and Democracy are synonymous. Iowa, the Imperial state of the -Middle West, whose electoral vote today hangs in the balance, unites with her slater state of Nebraska in presenting for your considera tion as one fit to hold the highest office within the gift of the American people, that peeress leader of Democracy. William J. Bryan. Name him that the woi-id may . know a republican form of government still lives. John H. Atwood said: Do you remember the tale of "Alice in Wonderland" and how the Cheshire cat. with its traditional grin, faded before her eyes, how Its tail disappeared and then the hind legs, the body, the neck, ears and all, leaving nothing behind before the wonder ing child's vision save and except the grin alone? Such is the Republican party. Gone is its tail, and Its claws, fend its body, end Its head, and naught Is left behind save, and save only, the grin resultant from' the labial expansion and dental display that marks the "de-llghted 'I smile of the one man left in that organization, the dictator who rules with a steam roller. No Cheshire cat nor bear hunter dominates this council. We are an assemblage of free men, not an assem blage of tagged and ticketed Federal office holders. We are here to obey the dictates of conscience, and not the commands of power; duty, and not the 4'blg stick," com pels us. As some slavish peasants bend the knee to Gesslers Capital, so at -the bidding of their master bowed the Repub lican helots before the ponderous propor tions of their ready-made candidate. ' We are for one man as they are for one man. but our man is our man from choice, and their man is thel man from compulsion. Our cheers are from the heart up ; their cheers are from the neck up. Our voices rise and fall not in obedience to the baton movement of a "big stick," but in the af fection that all men must have for an ideally honest man that is the adjective that of all the multitude listed by the lex icographers best describes Bryan an honest man, one whose honesty has not been Im pugned even by his most virulent enemies. The people are weary of sharp fellows and clever tricksters, official rogues and Sena torial short-change men. What- they cry aloud for la an honest, a God-fearing man. Ability Is good, but honesty is greater; the 'wise head is well, but the pure heart is greater; and great as Is our incomparable leader, great as the adoption of his doc trines by his enemies claim him to be, the foundation of the people's faith In him Is hewed from their faith In his Integrity. Many a great man. has the world pro duced, and men differ as to the place to which they are 'entitled in the pantheon of fame but Is H not true today, as It was In the older time, that the primal place In the book of goia is reserved for htm who is great because lie loves his fellow men? Such is our leader, the man of the