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PLATFORM CARRIES ANTI-INJUNCTION AND RAILROAD SUPERVISION PLANKS
Tir -'OKrnfG oregoman. Friday, jrnr 10, isos.
people, the statesman whose wisdom has ;
been proved In the crucible of the years, ;
whom most men love, whom no man hates,
whom his enemies respect while they revile
him the Democratic ideal, the Ideally hon
est man William Jennings Bryan.
O. "W. Powers, of Utah, said:
Few sovereigns have greater power than
the President of the United States. He
rules go. 000.000 of people. Their govern
ment was founded upon liberty and equal
ity. Each man as granted an equal
chance with his neighbor, to unlock with
his industry th doorway of opportunity.
Education, advancement and absolute free
dom from oppression either by force or
through cunningly devised laws Is their
rightful heritage. Thus encouraged, our
people have advanced, until America la a
world power, known and respected wher
ever the sun shines.
By reason of ouT Constitution, our chief
magistrate wields a power but few com
prehend. He moulds our lams and controls
our policy. His office Js one requiring the
loftiest statesmanship and the severest self
abnegation. Believing In our institutions,
tils motto should be "America for Ameri
cans." He should declare that upon this
continent we have the right to legislate
and to advance Internal Improvements and
to protect the property we create without
let or hindrance from -.abroad. He should
believe in the Monroe doctrine and be ready
o defend It.
Such a President must come from the
ranks of the people. He should come from
;4he great West, where the voice of God
'feorne upon the breezes of the prairie bears
a message of more import than arises from
he tongue of stock ticker in Wall street.
6uch a President of necessity must come
from the Jmocratic party, whose princi
ples were crystallised from Innate longings
in the human heart for liberty. Such a
President was nominated at Chicago In
1SJ. when the Democracy of Jefferson was
reincarnated and the roar of human ac
claim that greeted his name swept out of
the convention hall like a tidal wave of
hope and bore upon Its crest the suffrages
of ft, 000.000 of unbought voters who named
tiim as their choice.
He Is today once more the choloe of the
democratic party for President. He is
today the choice of the common people for
President, and ln their name and In the
nane of the State of Utah, I second the
semination of William J. Bryan.
Congressman Ollia James, of Ken
tucky, .said:
In the name of all men who ask no leg
islative aid In the conflict of ltfe, who
nly ask an equal chance with their broth
ers In the battle for bread; in the name of
ttiat immortal Democrat who hung high In
he sky of our country the rainbow of
.promise. "Bqual rights to 'all and special
Brivilegea to none"; in the name of those
millions of our countrymen who sing songs
of liberty In time of peace and fight the
battles of this Republic in time of war;
In the name of three million Idle, hungry
men with empty dinner palls which have
to be filled from trust-con trolled products;
ra the name of those who love liberty and
believe republics were not born to die ; In
the name of the men who woo from the
moil the substance which feeds and riot he
the world; in the name of the millions of
men In the shops and factories, at the an
.11, the bench, the forge and the spindle,
who only beg this Government to be just
enough to enable them to educate their
children, serve God and love their country;
In the name of those who yet recall with
m. single tingle of the blood the heroism of
the fathers who gave this Republic to us -I
second the nomination of the knlghtllest
lad lator Democracy has ever known
William J. Bryan of Nebraska.
When history shall unroll her pages to
the generations yet to be, the first among
this country's greatest benefactors will be
this great Nebraskan, whose name Is loved
and honored wherever the rain falls or the
sun shines; wherever the heart beats or
tongue speak a
J efferson Jiad the courage to write In
front of a tyrant and his army the im
mortal words, "That governments derive
their, just powers from the consent of the
fflWPIIMl."
Bryan raised In front of th mlghtiect
army of predatory tyrants the world ever
eaw the commandment, "Thou shalt not
steal." He foresaw the dangers of monopo
lies, combinations and trusts long before
his fellows. H waa the pioneer In the
wt Harness. He haa charmed the common
people of the earth, from far-Away Russia
around the globs, with the plain truth of
democracy. He is the ablest, bravest and
most eloquent champion of the rights of
the plain people that the sun shines on.
He does not belong to Nebraska. He does
not belong to America. Ha belongs to hu
manity mjM tr thM wnrM
It cost the Republican party many mil- !
lions of dollars to defeat him for the Presi
de noy. My word for it, they will have to
empty the coffers of Wall Street to defeat
htm next NoTmoer.
Augustus Thomas, of New York,
aid:
In a campaign that promises to agitate
forces deeper than those which move the
machinery of politic a campaign that
is to appeal more to the moral
entlnmnts of men than to their plans
f expediency. It Is proper that Missouri
phouJd speak for William Jennings Bryan,
it waa Missouri that flnst put her own house
In order folio-wing his annrvr to the quea
Wm, "What la tho matter with the coun
try ? Mianouri that first agreed with this
sjre oo mm on at that the Industrial life of
the people la being lived upon a double
eamadanl of morality; one standard of
morals for the Individual, another and less
noting- standard of morals for the oor
potmtlon. To material triumph of this generation
Is the auceeae of corporate entrprlse, but
political influence by corporate wealth is
the disease of trie country. Our republic,
pafo from rebellion and sure of protection
y ie cltiaens. is ha vine; Its institutions
undermined by Its) own corporate creatures.
Recognition of this fact Is not attack
pon wealth, but la a first neceeelty In de
fence of a government by the people.
for year this knowledge has been mutely,
Anmbly laboring in the public heart. For
years one man more than all others has
had the love of inarticulate millions be
aause he has held this moral question to
the light, haa spoken for the God-made man
above the man-made dollar, for the God
ruade man above the state-made corpora
tion, for a government by the people and
not government by the interests. His unity
of purpose haa been unshaken.
The country U coming to know that labor
fes the only so-called commodity In which
the freest competition Is encouraged; that
through the Nation's gates there come each
year to the Held of labor 1.000.000 more
competitor. Through Bryan's teaching the
laborer Is com in to knew that the la
borer's age la regulated by the economic
tew of supply and demand, and that any
rtare of the protective taa that may ever
soma to the laborer himself will come only
mm a voluntary donation from the protected
ex j -loiter who collect the tax. Bryan holds
that as this tax upon all the people does
not enrich the Nation, but goea, instead,
to a cJaaa. It la not only bad government,
hat Is alo had morals.
Aftr, an administration which has given
to four years of friendly foreign relations
all the apprehension, the instability and the
extravagance of war let us offer the man
whose voice at the International Parlia
ments obtained provision for world-wide ar
bitration; the man who at home haa spoken
frr the Prince of Peace, and whose
humi-sr i so broad that the pulpits of
eery dfnmtnatlon of Jew and Gentile have
aeen pen to him.
Lt us m eaaore th is people' a candidate
from the heart of the country against the
fcot-hoss candidate from executive nur-ft-iea
Bryan's constant appeal Is to the
hearts of his countrymen. Sentiment, wis
iKt Justice, unite in demanding that as
Reader we ahall name this man who !oves
his fell Curasao. .
Caasrsmaa James T. Haflin aald:
I cansntalata the party s.nd the country
raa tie outlook for Democratic victory
i November. In the Interest of const it u
tJunal covemmem and the common weal,
Democrats have thrown aside petty dlffer
law sud today we prjnt a s1ld front
to the enernlns of Democracy. ' The ccun
(ry Is tired of the Republican party. Under
that party's management the Federal Gov
irnmfnt has bwome the handy instrument
f predatnry wealth. The rights ant lib
rtles of the masses are rc longer rgard
rd or reTpected by the Republican party.
As Chief Justice Fuller. In 1H7. well
aid- "An intelligent public opinion ceases
lo exist when It cannot aasert itae'f and
great mewores and great principles are
tojrt when elections degenerate mto the
siere registration of the decrees of selfish
aKH and jrrerd."
The evils against which Chief Justice
fuller warned us then have. undr the
Ihelvrrlng ''wing of tlfe Republican party,
tome v,em us In all their for- and vilc
k. That party has n ade barter of the
ballot aad sold scats In the Route and in
the Vnited States ftoaste to the hifchut
elrider. The trust Is the direct onVpriug
f Uie RepttbUt-an party ard It Is the
riant tern os the protective tariff system.
Trusts have, nourished unrestrictedly and
(here are mure aamrtig as now than when
Senalur OiandJer. eight yeera ago, pro
tected what would coca If trey were per
siltted to flourish unrestrictedly. His p re
liction has come true, and trusts have de
itroyed competition as a businee principle
and they are exerting a powerful and cor
rupting influence In politics and today the
soul of Individualism cries out . from every
quarter of the Republic.
The panic that came upon us In 1907.
with it withering, blighting touch, wax
the child of Republican policies. The de
positor waa denied his own money at the
bank the farmer could not obtain money
with which to move his crop. The full
dinner-pail became empty and w-up-houses
sprang up in all the large cities of the
country. The army of the unemployed was
never bo great and the number of mercan
tile failures was unparalleled in the his
tory of the country and these are the
fruits of the policies of the Republican
party.
Again the Republicans have promised to
revise the tariff. Henry Watteraon, Ken
tucky's brilliant editor, says that "His
Satanic majesty, sitting to coitrlder im
provements in the Sabbath echool system."
would not be more grotesque than Sereno
E. Payne et al. pondering the problem of
revising the Dtngley schedules.
I rise to second the nomination of a man
who Is and has been for a long time the
idol of the Democratic masses. Every
throb of his big heart la loyal to their in
terests. As a patriot no man ever had a
deeper or more exalted love for hie country
than haa this peerless Democrat for the
American Republic,
He la to the tariff -robbed and trust
ridden masses of America what Mlrabeau
TWO PROMINENT MEN AT
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LEFT TO RIGHT FORMER GOVERNOR ALVA ADAMS, OF COLORA
DO. NORMAN EX MACK, NATION AX COMMITTEEMAN, OF BUFFA
LO, N. Y.
was to the down-trodden of Frence. He
is to the enemies of equal rights In this
country what Daniel O'Connell was to the
oppressors of Ireland. He has given ex
pression to more great thoughts and led
more people to higher grouDd than any
other American. He is the Intellectual
giant of the United States. He is the
Thomas Jefferson of a new declaration a
declaration of independence from the tyr
anny of combines and trusts.
He is the George Washington who will
lead our righteous cause to victory in ' No
vember. Demonstration .for Johnson.
11:05 P. M. Naming of Johnson greeted
with prolonged cheers. W. S. Hammond
made .the speech as follows:
From each of the great galaxy of com
monweal t ha constituting the Union come
the delegates of an earnest and Impatient
people, "earnest In their determination that
public wrongs shall be speedily righted,
that corrupting practices shall cease and
that civic righteousness shall prevail; im
patient at the policy of delay and post
ponement pursued by the political party
now In control of all departments of the
Federal Government, and impatient at the
frivolous excuses and apologies of the Re
publican party for its inaction and its
neglect to perfect necessary legislation.
The power to defeat progressive and re
formatory measures favored by the great
majority of the men of the land has been
lodged In the hands of a coterie of reac
tionary politicians who exercise it to fur
ther partisan ends and to serve special In
terests, regardless alike of the needs of
the Nation and the demands of the people.
Against this deliberate delay tn the per
formance of public duty, against political
corruption, against the entrenchments of
lawless wealth, and against the deliverance
of the rights of the people and of the
chosen representatives into the possession
of a triumvirate out of sympathy with
the people, the Democratic party sets Its
face and prepares for a mighty conflict.
Again proclaiming for all equality; for none
special favor. It enters upon the contest
with the consciousness of being right and
with the assurance of being victorious.
Here In this beautiful city of the moun
tains have assembled the delegates who are
to select the leader in this campaign of
the people to recover their rights and privi
leges. Whatever dissensions there may be In our
ranks, whatever differences of opinion may
prevail, to be worthy of the task before us
we must choose our leader with calmness
and deliberation, and when he is chosen we
must follow him with zeal and with
strength, mindful only of the great pur
poses we seek to accomplish. If there is
one in our party great enough and good
enough to be made our candidate, upon
whom ail within our ranks can agree and
around whom no internal strife has raged,
one who can better than any other unite
all the factions and all the divisions of the
Democratic party upon a platform enun
ciating the demands of the people and
dedicated to them, !t Is wise and it is our
duty to name him as our candidate.
The great North Star State, midway be
tween the two oceans and at the head of
the great Valley of the Mississippi, comes
here with a message to deliver and a rec
ord to disclose. She has a son whom she
loves and has signally honored, and she
can not better aid in the great work that
lies before us than in offering to us as a
leader that honored citlxen of the state.
Thousands upon thousands of the men
and women of this country ere born to
other lands, and under other flags. The
opportunities to be found In this Land, the
broad principles upon which our form of
government reet, the freedom of action and
the security of life and property here at
tracted them so Irresistibly that thoy left
the homes of their fathers and came to
live with us. to pray for the Nation's wel
fare when there la peace and to fight for
the Nation's honor when there Is war. They
became Americans. It is of the son of
Swedish 1m mi grants that I speak.
Thev came with all the hope and with
all the fear that is experienced by those X
wno i ry uie u" "' " i w
language to be acquired, new customs to
be learned, a new life to be begun. They
found a beautiful spot In the plain, near
the lakes and the forest, and there they
built their little cot and underwent the
struggles the pioneer Immigrant so well
understands At the knee of his hardwork
ing. noble-m!nded. (Jod-serving mother,
where he was taught to lisp hie evening
prayer, her son tirst learned something of
the character of this great Nation, as she
whispered to him her"" reasons for leaving
far-aw,ay Sweden and taking up her home
down by the trees and the river and the
lakes.
Deprived at an early age of the father's
gnldlnc hand, the mother and her little
ones were obliged to make their way alone.
Out of the depths of poverty have come
some of the noblest souls the world has
, known. The hardships, the numerous trials.
the weary struggle for the day's nourish
ment, raiment and shelter, leave an im
press upon the character of him in whose
life they come that can never be removed.
The story of the poor and the Interests of
the common people appeal to him as they
cannot appeal to one who has not ex
perienced the sorrows, the burden and the
L anxiety of penury and want. The gross.
me tsuiau, uie chiiuui huu uie inuiuareui
are worn away by the grinding wheels of
poverty, leaving but the refined, the gentle
and tender nature, sensitive to the calls
of distressed and unhappy humanity. Crea
tures of environment that we are, how
great is the influence of our surroundings
In those tender years when impressions are
most readily made and most lastingly re
tained. In this uprising of the people let
the leader be a man of the people one
who has risen from the depths and is by
birth, by training and by nature truly- a
son of toll.
When the boy grov older he read a few
good books and In a quiet country village
pondered over the great questions affecting
the destiny of the state and of the Nation.
Once convinced that the Government was
beset by special Interests seeking to obtain
unholy profit from It, slaves of grief
and selfishness, lovers of power and domin
ion, every patriotic Influence In the young
man's breast Impelled him to oppose and
denounce these 'enemies of the public good.
Believing that they sought shelter and pro
tection at the hands of the Republican
party and had to a large extent, through
DENVER CONVENTION
their agents and representatives, gained
control of that party and of some of the
recognized leaders, he attached himself to
the minority party and labored in Its ranks,
without thought of office or preferment,
and with voice and pen endeavored to bring
home political truths to the people of his
native state and to throw light upon the
dark practices of unfaithful officeholders
and public servants.
Four years ago the dominant political
party In the State of Minnesota, flushed
with a series of easy victories but not held
together by devotion to any great living
nsue, found Itself engaged in bitter fac
tional quarrels. Great chieftains had arisen
and their personal ambitions and their con
tests for political supremacy so engaged
the attention of the adherents of the Re
publican party that encroachments upon the
rights of the state were suffered to remain
unchecked and the Interests of the state
were not vigilantly guarded. It was the
time for a leader to appear, one who had
the confidence of the people of the state.
whose integrity was unquestioned, whose
character was stainless, whose energy and
ability were known, one who had made no
factional enemies, but who had always been
loyal In the service of the state. From
no one section, from no one faction, from
no one class came the call for the man of
the hour. It summoned from his modest
office the publisher of a weekly paper, and
around him rallied the remnants of the
Democratic party that had so often strug
gled In vain against the crushing force of
Republican majorities. Reunited, Inspired
with the hope of victory, they followed
this man and supported him not to honor
him, not to gratify his ambitions, but to
rouse a state from drowsy inaction to ener
getic life In that year President Roose
velt carried the state by a plurality greater
than 160.000. but the Democratic Governor
was elected.
Two years ago he was a candidate for re
election. His successful efforts in securing
a reduction of transportation charges, his
successful campaign against timber tres
passers who had long been undisturbed,
his Insurance reforms, his tireless
struggles for faithful and efficient
service in every' department of the
state government, and his frank and fear
less manner In dealing with all questions
and matters that came before him, made
him the trusted tribune of the common
people of the state. "One good term de
serves another" was the campaign cry, and
when the ballots were counted it was found
that he had been re-elected by a plurality
greater than 70,000, the greatest ever given
to a Gubernatorial candidate in the state.
Today, this man. in the prime of life,
courteous, kind and unpretentious, strong,
resolute and virile, an orator of unusual
power, who has attained honorable distinc
tion by his own industry and effort, whose
high character and winning personality
compel the love of his friends and the re
spect of his political opponents, this man.
Innocent of the allurements of great wealth,
who has. not been swerved from the path of
duty nor fascinated by the power given Into
h!s hands nor dazzled by greater honors
placed before him, never unmindful that as
a public officer he is the servant of the
people and bound by every obligation of
duty and honor to strive to advance their
Interests, is the Ideal candidate of this
great party for President of the United
States.
For the first time Minnesota offers to the
Democratic party a candidate for the
Presidency, a man who has been -tried and
found not wanting. It offers you Its beat
loved citiaen. It offers you the Governor
who has twice led the way to victory, a
leader stainless and pure, strong and brave,
able and sincere, a true Democrat, faithful
to the teachings of the fathers, understand
ing the needs of the day. devoted to the
rood and the right. For nomination for the
Presidency of the United States Minnesota
presents the nanse of John A. Johnson.
11:10 P. M. Demonstration for Johnson
growing. Chairman tries to quiet It.
11:14 P. M. Georgia delegation joins in
Johnson demonstration which has now
lasted nine minutes. Chairman Clayton
pounding his gavel.
11:16 P. M. Band play-s "We "tfon't Go
Home Till Morning" and "Auid Lang
Iing Syne."
.11:18 Demonstration has now lasted 14
minutes. Chairman trying to alienee It
by pounding with his gavel; has little ef
fect. 11 :21 P. M. Chairman orders roll to
proceed. Amid great confusion, cheering
and shouting, clerk tries to call for Dela
ware. x '
Gray Put In Nomination.
11:25 P. M. Lights are being put out
in the hall. People hlssmpr the evident
attemot to sunnress the demonstration.
11:27 P. M. Hall half dark. Band plays
I'm Afraid to go Home in the Dark.' i
Order restored after 24 minutes.
11:29 P. M. Lights restored and Mr.
Handy begins speech nominating Judge
Gray. He said:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con
vention: I have a duty to perform, placed
upon me by - the Democracy of the state
from which I come. In the performance of
that duty my heart leaps with pleasure.
Because of his ability, because of his
patriotism, because of the maturity of his
judgment, because of his devotion to true
IemocTatic principles, because of the width
and depth of his experience In Government
al affairs and because of his devotion to
Justice and to the Constitution, the man
who Is best ntted to perform the duties of
President of the United States Is George
Gray. As a general rule the man best
fitted for the place is most available for the
nomination.
If you are to nominate a man because he
Is eager to be President, you will not name
Judge Gray. There are other candidates
who want this nomination more than he
does. This man Is as modest as he Is
great. Ambition Is the last weakness of
great minds, and ambition Is the greatest
danger the people hve to fear In rulers.
George Gray Is a public servant without
personal ambition. In this he is like our
first and greatest President.
If you are to nominate the man whom
you personally love the beat, perhaps you
may nominate some other candidate, for I
I am not unmindful of the personal devotion
which delegates here present cherish for
other candidates. But the question we are
now to decide is too important to eur party
and eur country to be -decided because of
personal preferences.
The Republican party has been in power
too long. The Government has grown cor
rupt, extravagant and autocratic, and the
prosperity of the people haa taken unto
itself wings and flown away. Free institu
tions exist In order that at such time as
this the country may peaceably change Its
rulers and change its policies.
Entering on a political campaign in which
victory or defeat means so much, we are
now to elect the political chieftain who
shall carry our banner and marshal our
forces. If the country were In a great
war in which a decisive battle was to be
fought and the duty fell upon me to choose
the General who should command our coun
try's Army In the field, I would not dare to
put In command the General whom 1 loved
the best nor the one who was the most
eager. Neither -would you. The responsi
bility would be overwhelming to choose the
soldier whose genius for war, shown by his
record and experience, gave the pest pros
pect of winning victory. Tou would not
hesitate to refuse promotion and opportunity
to your own brother if there were avail
able another soldier who gave greater
promise of winning the fight,
In like spirit I ask you fo put aside all
personal preferences, and to choose calmly
and prudently the Democrat who can most
surely win a Democratic victory in Novem
ber, possibly any one of the candidates
suggested may be able to win at the polls,
I hope so. but our nlaln duty is to nomi
nate not a candidate who may win but the
candidate who can most surely win. Wi
contend for too great a prise to take any
tnnecessary chances of defeat.
Our candidate must be one who can com
mand the support of our party and at the
same time attract the support of lnaepena
ent citizens who are not strict party men.
We may as well face the fact that a ma
jority vote in this country Is always made
up of the party vote re-enforced by the
votes of a large body of independent citi
zens. Hence a successful candidate for
President must do more than hold the
loyalty of his partisans. He must in ad
dition command the confidence and win the
support of people who care nothing for
party. Party opinion is a great thing and
must be considered, but public opinion Is a
sreater thlnr and must be obeyed. Nomi
nate George Gray and public opinion will
eay that we have proposed a man whose
Intellectual and moral stature towers to'the
standard set by the greatest and wisest
Presidents in our history.
George Gray's life has been one long and
unselfish service of the people ..in high
places. Attorney-General of his state,
great Senator of the United States for many
years, a treaty-maker for the Nation, the
most successful arbitrator of disputes be
tween labor and capital who ever lived,
and now In his later years a great and
learned Judge, his merit has won the con
fldence and rood will of the -whole people.
In the Senate he was ever in the fore
front of weighty debate, championing with
eloquent logic the principles of Democracy.
In making the treaty with Spain he was one
of the commissioners wno etooo true to tne
doctrine of human liberty and protested
asalnst taklnr the Philippines and strap
ping imperialism upon the shoulders of the
republic. In settling the anthracite coal
strike he demonstrate: nis sympatny witn
the toilinir masses of his fellow-countrymen
His Just finding endeared him forever to
organized labor. It Justifies me in applying
to htm the ancient description of an up
right Judge: "He put on righteousness and
It clothed him; his Judgment was a robe
and a diadem; and he brake the Jaws of
the wicked and plucked the spoil out of
his teeth."
Such has been the quality of his lifelong
service, and he stands In' Its white light
HDDroved of the ieople.
fjorir Gray is a moderate, not a violent
man. With him as President justice and
prudence will walk hand in hand, ana
peace will be restored between man and
man throughout our borders. He is sound
not sensational, and with him as President
we shall have rest from turmoil so thai
nrnmerltv mar come ao;ain. The country
needs a rest. Honest enterprise and honest
toll need a chance to "attend to their own
TEXT OF AOTI-IN JUNCTION PLANK AS INCORPORATED
IN PLATFORM AND RATIFIED BY CONVENTION
DENVER, July 9. Following Is the text of the injunction plank
as adopted;
"The courts of justice are the bulwark of our liberties, and we yield
to none In our purpose to maintain their dignity. Our party has given
to the bench a long line of distinguished judges who have, added re
spect and confidence, In which this department must be jealously
maintained. We resent the attempt of the Republican party to raise
a false issue respecting the judiciary. It is an unjust reflection upon
the great body of our citizens to assume that they lack respect for the
courts. - .
"It is the function of the courts to Interpret laws which the people
create, and if the laws appear to work economic, social or political in
justice, ifis our duty to change them. The only basis upon which the
integrity of our courts can stand is that of unswerving justice and
protection of life and property. If Judicial processes may be abused,
we should guard them against abuse.
"Experience has proven the necessity of a modification of the pres
ent law relating to injunctions, and we reiterate the pledge of our
National platforms of 1896 and 1904 in- favor of the measure which
passed the United States Senate In 1S96, but which a Republican Con
gress has ever since refused to enact, relating to contempts In Federal
courts and providing for trial by jury in cases of Indirect contempt.
"Questions of judicial practice have arisen, especially in connection
with industrial disputes. We deem that parties to all judicial pro
ceedings should be treated with rigid impartiality, and that injunctions
should not be issued in" any cases in which injunctions would not is
sue if no industrial dispute were involved.
"The expanding organization of industry makes it essential that
there should be no abridgment of the right of wage-earners and pro
ducers to organize for the protection of wages and the improvement
' of labor conditions to the end that such labor organizations and their
"members should not be regarded as illegal combinations in restraint
of trade.
"We favor the eight-hour day on all Government work.
v "We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law by
Congress as far as the Federal Jur'.sdictfon extends for a general em
ployers liability act covering injury to body or loss of, life to em
ployes. "We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law creat
ing a Department of Labor, represented separately ' in the President's
Cabinet, which department shall include the subject of mines and
mining." v
business; and George Gray Is no meddler
and can be happy when he is not engaged In
a fight. If we want Industrial proBperity
wo must establish and maintain industrial
peace.
Thin man has the temperament, the love
of Justice, and the firmness of principle to
correct abuses without disordering and
wrecking the affairs of the people. He will
brake the JaVs of the wicked and pluck
the spoil out of their teeth; but he will
know how to destroy the beasts of prey
without belaboring all of the domestic ani
mals. He will stop predatory wealth from
depredations without terrorizing honest and
Industrious wealth. He is progressive not
revolutionary, constitutional not autocratic,
practical not visionary.
George Gray Is not only the man best
fitted to b President, but he is also the
Democrat we can most surely elect presi
dent. He will be an acceptable candld&te
in every part of our broad country.
Surely he will be peculiarly satisfactory
to the people of the Southern States where
we must look for that ever-faithful body of
electoral votes which constitutes the back
bone of our strength. His great and suc
cessful fight in the Senate against the force
bill opened the safe pathway down which
those states have walked to shelter from
the black storm which. tHrea.tn4 their
civilisation. How rejoiced would Southern
men be to see once more in the White
House a President who understands and ap
preciates the Southern men's point of view.
As to the group of states on tne Atlantic
seaboard Connecticut, New York, . New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and West Vir-
gina there is no doubt that George Gray
is far away the strongest candidate that
can be named. After all, these are the
states In which our great political battle
must be fought and won or lost. When did
the Democratic party ever come within
hailing distance of victory without carrying
those states? it would be wanton recxiess
ness to plan a campaign which abandoned
the chance of ' carrying those old-time
Democratic states in the delusive hope of
making good the loss In other portions of
the field.
Delaware Is a small state, hut it Is some
time given to small people to perform great
services. In offering George Gray as your
Presidential candidate Delaware is offering
a great service to the party and the coun
try, small as sne is, ieiaware is enimea
to a full measure of state pride, but this
nomination la not suggested by state pride.
She Is acting not to gratify her great
though unambitious son nor yet to minister
to her own glory. Rising to the heights of
patriotism animated solely by a desire to
contribute to the welfare of the whole
country, without a spark: of animosity
towards other canomates, Delaware oners
a name entwined with victory, a man who
is every inch a Democrat, a man whose
every blood-throb carries love of oountry.
On behalf of Delaware, In accordance with
her Instructions and In her name, I nomi
nate George Gray as a candidate for Presi
dent of the United States.
11:31 P. M. Name of George Gray
cheered.
CONVENTION 'HALL, Denver, July
A small American flag had been placed
on every delegate's chair prior to the be-
ginning- of the evening session. This was
the unmistakable evidence oof the nomi
nating ' session of the convention and
quickened the interest of the spectators,
who early made a rush for the galleries,
filling them to overflowing. At 7 o'clock,
however, there were few of the delegates
in their places. They had lingered long
at dinner, the slowly dying twilight of
the Colorado evenjegs proving deoeptlve
an to the hour.
The hall had not oooled from the after
noon session when the evening crowds be
gan' to gather, and the heat promised
an uncomfortable ending to the protract
ed slating.
More Delay on Platform.
Rumors of another delay in receiving
the report of the platform committee
filled the air as the delegates assembled
and they prepared for another probable
season of . convention oratory before the
Important business of the session could be
reached. The wait for the rap of Chair
man Clayton's gcvel was robbed of much
of its tedlousness through the efforts of
the quartet -whose members sang popular
songs , and concert numbers at. frequent
intervals.
A male quartet was an added feature
of the musical programme for the night
session. It sang its first selection through
megaphones and got a royal reception
from the gallery throng a. A Chicago
band relieved the cowboy musicians who
had served so loyally since the opening of
the convention on Tuesday. The bands
men of the plains, it was generally
agreed, had earned their rest. They have
been untiring in their efforts to entertain
the multitude and the excellent quality
of their music has been widely com
mented on.
Flags Wave for "Dixie.1
At 7:15 o'clock the galleries were com
pletely filled, and the majority of the
delegates were in their seats, but the
officers of the convention were still wait
ing for the report of the committee on
resolutions. The band in the gallery
worked with great industry and, when
it struck up "Dixie," the' demonstration
that followed gave a glimpse of the scenes
certain to occur later in the night If a
nomination was made. The delegates,
as the first notes of the oid war song
floated out, sprang up and waved their
flags. It was instantly shown that the
galleries, too, had been provided with
them and, in an Instant, the convention
hall was a tossing state of nuttering
flags. The scene, even though the greater
part of the electric lights were not turned
on, was really one 'of great beauty, as
the flags flashed back and forth against
the darker background oi xne crowu.
It was just 7:50 P. M. when Chairman
Clayton began to rap for order, which he
secured wlthm a minute. Mr. Clayton
recognized Mr. McQulston, of Pennsyl
vania, who announced the selection of
James Kerr as member of the National
committee from that state in place of
James M. Guffey, who was selected be
fore the Pennsylvania contests ' were
called.
"Without objection the selection of Mr.
Kerr will be considered as ratified," said
the chairman, and a moment later added:
"The chair hears none, and the selection
of Mr. Kerr Is ratified." Cheering and a
few hisses greeted the announcement,
Mr. Bell called out cheering when he
said it was a great pleasure to address a
notable "ratification convention" and de
clared that Mr. Bryan would be nomi
nated because the people of the states
who sent their delegates to the convention
wanted htm nominated.
Before the convention was called to
order the crowd had assumed propor
tions that made it almost dangerous. A.
ticket of admission Was not requisite
for admission, and, inasmuch as every
body in Denver and all of the visitors
were most anxious to witness a Presi- i
dential nomination, it was but a short I
time before all seats were occupied. In
addition, the aisles in the galleries and 1
many of those on the convention floor
were jammed so tightly that the peo- i
pie who occupied them were held al- ;
most Immovable. The windows in the ;
hall were packed with spectators, who
choked off all circulation of air and
made the atmosphere in the hall as
foul as it was hot, and the heat was
intense.
In November," said Chairman Clay
ton, "we will witness in New York
the Tamamny tiger drowning the Re
publican elephant. I therefore invite
to the stand for a speech from a Dem
ocrat to a Democratic convention. Sen
ator Thomas F. Grady, of New York.
Mr. Grady was given a most en
thusiastic welcome as he appeared upon
the rostrum. When he declared that the
convention could nominate no candidate
and adopt ho platform that would not
receive the united and enthusiastic sup
port of the New York Democracy, he was
given still greater applause and returned
to his chair amid cries of "Grady,"
Hurrah for Grady."
After Mr. Grady's speech, Mr, Clayton
introduced Judge J. M. Wade, of Iowa,
representative of the great corn
state."
Mismanagement Is Criminal.
By the time Judge Wade had concluded
his address, the crowd had increased still
further, and the doorways were packed
in a manner that showed mismanagement
on the part of the doorkeepers that was
not far from criminal. All the doors were
open and no places in the entire building
were as impassable as the exits. Just as
Judge Wade finished his speech a woman
seated in the rear of the press seats
fainted away. It was out of the question
to carry her" out through the jammed
aisles, and it was found necessary to lift
her bodily over the railing of one of the
boxes and she was carried to the outside
with the greatest difficulty.
Clark Predicts Victory. .
MI am sure the convention will be glad
to concur in the request of Missouri to
hear from old Champ Clark, of that state.
one of the vtnightlist Democrats who
ever drew glittering blade In defense
of the party."
It was in these words that Mr. Clayton
introduced the next speaker, whose, ap
pearance on the platform was a signal
for great cheering.
Mr. Clark predicted that the Democrats
would sweep the country from sea to
sea; that on March 4, next, a Democratic
President would be inaugurated, backed
by a Democratic House, and the people
would come ino their rights.
HOW TO FILL VACANCIES
Should Convention Reconyene or the
National Committees Choose?
Philadelphia Frees.
The breaking of the piston rod of
the engine which was pulling the train
in which Mr. Tatt was a passenger
and the severe illness of James S. Sher
man, now happily passing away, have
started a very general Inquiry in re
gard to the filling of vacancies on a
National ticket after the adjournment
of the convention. "Precedents are not
easily found to meet the case, because
in all our history no 'candidate for
President or Vice-Presdent has died
between his nomination and the No
vember election. Only one, Horace
Greeley, died between the popular
election and the meeting of the elec
toral college. No one elected President
or Vice-President by the electoral col
lege has failed to assume office.
. Nevertheless, If this good fortune ex
tending through so many years should
be Interrupted, it need not be feared
that there would be an interregnum or
that chaos would follow because of
the absence- of a precedent or pre
scribed rule for the particular case.
Nominations of candidates for Presi
dent and Vice-President . were vflrst
made by a National convention for the
campaign of 1832. Before that can
didates were put in nomination by the
Congressional party caucus, by State
Legislatures and by common consent.
The National convention practice did
not become fixed at once, for in 1836
William Henry Harrison, of Ohio,' and
Francia Granger, of New York, were
made the Whig candidates by a Penn
sylvania, State Convention, the Whig
party in most of the other states ac
cepting the Pennsylvania nominations.
In 1840 the Democratic party, in Na
tional convention in Baltimore, renomi
nated Martin Van Buren for Presi
dent, but named no candidate for Vice
President, leaving that to the Inde
pendent choice of the Presidential elec
tors. The electoral college was unem
barrassed by thta unusual recognition
of its constitutional power, because an
overwhelming majority of It proved to
be pledged to vote for Harrison and
Tyler. In 1860 the Democratic National
Convention nominated Benjamin Fltz
patrick, of Alabama, for Vice-President
on the ticket with Stephen A. Douglas.
Fltzpatrick afterward declined and the
National Democratic Committee substi
tuted Herschel V. Johnson In his place,
and Douglas and Johnson became
thereby the accepted candidates of the
Douglas wing of the National Demo
cratic party.
No doubt the Democratic National
Committee of 1860 did right in filling
the vacancy on the ticket aa it did and
It is quite as certain that any Na
tional Committee would today meet the
emergency In the same way, unless the1
circumstances clearly dictated the wls
dom of reconvening the convention.
The fact that the convention had ad
journed sine die is not fatal to its
further usefulness. It was chosen to
nominate a ticket, and If its work for
any reason was incompleted or waa
frustrated by -subsequent events, It
might be the wisest course to have ft
reconvene. The convention is not con
stituted by law, but is a party creation
and there would be no higher power fn
the party to question the convention's
authority, though, of course. If the Re
publican voters of the country did not
like, its work they could show it by
their votes in November. Thifl, how
ever, is a test all National conventions
have' to submit to, even when they
meet but once.
Happily, the Issue involved Is purely
academic and may remain so indefin
itely. If the emergency suggested
arises It will be met as readily and
easily as was done tn 1860 when Fitz
natrick. of Alabama, declined the con
vention nomination. Each party Is. or
ganized and it is the duty of the or
ganization to keep things going and
meet all contingencies. National party
organizations have always proved to
be quite equal to the duties and de
mands placed upon them, and even In
the absence of rules they may be de
pended upon to deal successfully with
an unexpected vacancy on a National
ticket.
Our Center of Population.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The center of population in the United
States in 1900 was six miles southeast of
Columbus, Ind. In 1880 it was eight miles
west by south of Cincinnati.- Since 1T90
it has moved MS miles. In 18S0 the center
of negro population was near Rome, Ga.,
and traveling gulfward. If Alaska and
other recent Island accessions to our ter
ritory are excluded, the center of area
of the United States is in Smith' County,
in Northern Kansas, about three miles
north- of Reamsville, and some 15 miles
north by west of Smith Center. But if
Alaska. Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines are included, then this coun
try's center of area is out in the Pacific
Ocean, west of the northern part of the
coast of Oregon and. south uf the south
coast of Alaska!
OUR HISTORY IN COINS
Flea for New Coinage Showing Rule
of Vnited States Presidents.
Perriton Maxwell, in the Bohemian.
Perhaps the making of a great coin is
like the writing of a great poem, or the
formulation of a great law-.it must have
Its birth In some large national event,
some fiercely herolo deed, or some keenly-felt
national desire. In Roman days
events like the conquering of Egypt and
the taking of Gaul were commemorated
by the minting of a new coin whereon ,
the story was briefly told.
The whole history' of the English people
Is narrated in the coinage of Great Brit
tain from Edward the Confessor to Ed
ward the sportsman. Why, therefore,
should not the American Nation take
unto itself th wholesome, if ingenuous,
system of writing contemporaneous . his
tory In symbols of sliver, copper and
gold. Our coinage to date has been spo
radic, unsatisfying and footless In an
artistic and legendary sense.
With the exception of the few early
coins bearing a likeness of Washington, a
we have no National mintage immortal
izing the features or perpetuating the
rule of our Presidents. Our postage
stamps and paper - currency constitute a
great art gallery of every name and
countenance familiar to United States
history, while our coins have borne
naught but foreign-looking maidens and
ill-proportioned birds. Paper money and
postage stamps are. by their very nature,
ephemeral, but metal coins are enduring.
In all seriousness the plea for a new
coinage, preferably In the standard
metal and of a low denomination, is here
made; a coinage which shall give us with
accuracy and art the profiles of our great
and glorious dead Jefferson. Jackson.
Lincoln. Grant, Garfield. Perhaps Ameri
can precedent and practice in such un
dertakings might be waived for once and
the first of the new coins stamped with
a likeness of Theodore Roosevelt.
There might be partisan objection to
this, however, although the fact is pat
ent that he always will remain one of
the Presidents of the United States, and
aa such must be recorded in history-.
The coins of every country, boasting its
own currency, have upon them the coun
terfeit presentments of their chief fig
ures, and surely the world's foremost
nation in commerce and the art of mak
ing money should, before a much longer
lapse of time, have some token of its
place and power in the field of civiliza
tion more individual, more concrete, more
Inherently and Intrinsically national than
a series of uncomfortable lady "Liberties"
backed up by a miscellany, of shooting
stars or an aviary of eagles whose
talons are eternally enmeshed in useless
darts and nondescript herbage.
Argentina's area under cultivation is now
36.00O.0O0 acres, compared with 12,000. ooo
in inns.
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