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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.
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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.
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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