BRYAN'S GREAT ADDRESS
SURPRISE OF THE NIGHT
Eloquent Nebraskan Attacks Policy of
President and Concludes by Second
ing Cockrell's Nomination.
St Louis, July $. When the state
ef Nebraska was called upon 'this
morning to second the nomination for
candidate for president, Mr. Bryan,
chairman of the state delegation, as
lie arose was received with vociferous
cheering. When finally the applause
of the nation presents for the office of
president of the great republic a man
who Is granite and Iron and who rep
resents not the doctrine of peace, but
the doctrine that the destinies of na
tions are still settled by their wars.
(Loud applause.) Will you of New
cheering. When nnauy me pp ; lniilctment
had subsided sufficiently to allow his t .hnn lhftt.
being heard, he said: ,, , ;.''':"
Gentlemen of the Convention: Two
nights without sleep and a cold make
it difficult for me; to make myself
beard. I trust that it will be easier
in a moment but as I desire to speak
to the delegates rather than to the vis
itors, I hope that they at least can
hear.
Eight years ago a democratic con
vention placed in my hands the stand
ard of the party and gave me the com
mission as its candidate. Four years
later that commission was renewed. I
ewe tonight to this democratic conven
tion to return the commission and to
say to you that you may dispute
whether I fought a good fight; you
may dispute whether I finished my
course but you cannot deny that I
bave kept the faith. (Great cheers.)
As your candidate I did all I could
to bring success to the party. As a
private cittien today I am more In
terested In democratic success than I
ever was when I was a candidate.
(Cheers.) The reasons that made the
election of a democrat desirable were
stronger In 1900 than In 189 and the
reasons that make the election of the
AamtvTatie. candidate desirable are
against President Roosevelt than that?
Will you of the south present a graver
indictment against President Roose
velt than that? I do not ask what is
the character of the man. He may
have every virtue. He may be ex
emplary In every way. But If the
president shares the Idea of the man
who nominated him; if the president
believes with his sponsor at Cnicago
that wars must settle the destinies of
nations; that peace Is but a dream;
that women may pray for it; that men
may prophesy about it; that all these
talks of orderly tribunals and all this
are but empty sounds; if he believes
these things he is a dangerous man for
our country and the world. (Pro
longed applause, cheering and ap
plause.) I believe he ought to be de
feated. I believe he can be defeated
and If the democratic party does what
it ought to do I believe he will be
defeated. How can you defeat him? I
tried to defeat the republican party as
your candidate. I failed, you say. Tea,
I did; but I received a million more
votes than any democrat bad ever re
ceived before and yet I tailed. Why
did I fail? Because there were some
who had affiliated with the democratic
UWIWiauv v I
stronger In 1904 than they were to 'party who thought my election dan
1900.
The gentleman who presented New
York's candidate dwelt upon the dan
ger of militarism and he did not over
state the dangers. Let me quote the
most remarkable passage that ever oc
curred or that was ever found in the
speech of nomination of any candidate
for president Governor Black of New
Tork in presenting the name of Theo
dore Roosevelt to the republican con
vention used these words:
"The fate of nations is still de
elded by their wars. You may talk of
orderly tribunals and learned referees.
You may sing the gentle praise of the
quiet life. You may strike from your
books the last note of every martial
anthem, and yet out in the smoke and
thunder will be also the tramp of
nor sea and the silent, rigid, upturned
faces. Men may prophesy and women
pray, but peace will come here to abide
forever on this earth only when the
dreams of childhood are the accept
ed charts to guide the destinies of
men. Events are numberless and
mighty, and no man can tell which
wire runs around the world. The na
tion is living today in the quiet of con
tentment and repose but may still be
on a deadly circuit and tomorrow
wr-lthlnir in the toils of war. This is
the time when great figures must be
kept to the front. If the pressure is
great, the material to resist it must be
of granite and iron."
This la an euloerv of war. This is
a declaration that the time hoped for.
prayed for, of perpetual peace, will
never come. This is eulogizing the
doctrine of brute force and giving de
niai tn the hoDes of the race. And
this president, a candidate for re-elec
tion, is presented as the embodiment
of that Ideal, the granite and iron,
to represent the new idea of militar
ism. Do you say you want to defeat
the military idea. Friends of the
south, are you trying to defeat the
military idea. Let me tell you that
not one of you, north, east or south,
more fears the triumph of that idea
than I do. If this is the doctrine that
our nation is to stand to, it is retro
gressing, not progressing; it is the
lowering of the ideals of the nation;
it is turning backward to the age of
force. More than that, it is a chal
lenge to the Christian civilization of
the world and nothing less.
Twenty-seven hundred years ago a
prophet foretold the coming of One
who was to be called the "Prince of
Peace." Two thousand years ago He
came upon earth and the song that
was sung at His birth was "Peace on
earth, good will toward men. (Loud
cheering and great applause.)
For 2,000 years this doctrine of
peace has been growing. It has been
taking hold upon the hearts of men.
For this doctrine of peace millions
have given their lives among savage
tribes and among foreign nations. This
doctrine of peace, the foundation of
Christian civilization has been the
growing hope of the world and now
the es-governor of the greatest state
geroua to the country and they left
and helped to elect my opponent That
is why I failed. I have no words of
criticism for them. (Applause.) But,
my friends, if I failed with Bix million
and a half to defeat the republican
party, can those who defeated me suc
ceed In defeating the republican par
ty? If under the leadership of those
who were loyal in 1896 (applause) we
failed, shall we succeed under the
leadership of those who were not loyal
in 1896? (Applause.)
If we are going to have some other
god besides this war god that is pre
sented us by Governor Black, what
kind of a god is it to be? Must we
choose between a god of war and a
god of gold? Is there no choice be
tween them?
Nebraska is not here asking for the
nomination of any man. We now have
a platform on which we can all stand.
(Loud applause and cheering.) Now
give us a ticket behind which all of
us can stand.
Mr. Bryan here declared the willing
ness of Nebraska to support Mr.
Hearst, Mr. Wall of Wisconsin or ex-
Governor Pattlson of Pennsylvania,
and then he paid a glowing tribute to
Senator Cockrell. He resumed his
argument as follows:
My friends, I believe that the great
Issue in this country today is plu
toe racy versus democracy. You have
said that I had Just one idea, the sll
ver idea. Well, a while back they
said I had only one, but then It was
the tariff Idea. There is an issue
greater than the silver issue, the tariff
issue, the trust issue. It In the issue
between plutocracy and democracy
Whether this is to be a government of
the people, by the people, administered
In behalf of the people. It is either
this or it is to be a rule of the mon
eyed element of the country for their
own interest alone. The Issue has
been growing. I want you as demo
crats here assembled to help us meet
this question. The people must un
derstand that we are to have equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none. (Applause.)
I came to get as good a platform as
I could. I have helped to 'get a good
platform. (Applause.) I came to get
as good a candidate as I can get, and
I hope that he will be one who can
draw the factions together; who can
give to us, who believe in aggressive
positive, democratic reforms something
to hope for and those who have dif
fered from us on the main question,
that he can give them something to
hope for, and I close with an appeal
that I make from my heart to the
hearts of those who hear me. Give
us a pilot who will guide the demo
cratic ship away from the scylla.of
militarism without wrecking her upon
the charybldls of commercialism."
(Demonstration.)
The speaker almost reeled with ex
haustlon as he neared the close of his
address, and at times stopped and
panted for breath. Coming down to
the Issues of the convention, he ap
proved the nomination of Hearst;, de
clared that Olney and Wall would be
acceptable, and then threw a thun
derbolt into the convention by.- the
words:
"I come to second the nomination of
Senator Cockrell of Missouri."
For an Instant the convention held
its breath In electrified surprise. Then
a frantic cry of Joy came from the
dosens of Mlssourlans on the floor and
from the hundreds of doiens in the
balcony, and cheer after cheer swept
across the convention hall.
The applause soon subsided, how
ever, and Mr. Bryan went on to praise
the Missouri senator In the highest
terms to the ever recurring chorus of
Missouri's approval.
"I knew before I came here," he
said, "that the majority was against
me on the financial plank. I did not
come because I was delighted to be
In a minority, but because I owed a
duty to the six million men who voted
for me in two campaigns and con
sldered it my duty to secure as much
for them as I could."
His address occupied 47 minutes and
at its finish even his well-tested phy
sical strength was far gone. He left
the stand amid a group of enthusiastic
delegates who ' pressed his hands,
clapped him on the back and cheered
him at every Btep. Even after he
reached his seat the crowd Jammed the
aisle around him, cheered repeatedly
and refused to move, even for the ser-
geant-at-arms.
After the demonstration had re
mained at its height for several min
utes, Delegate James Kerr of Penn
sylvania demanded the regular order.
The chair was rapping for order and
the clerks were shouting to the dele
gates to be seated.
The galleries seized the opportunity
to stand up and the small flags were
again brought Into use, the drumming
of the fiagataffs which had concluded
the Cockrell demonstration being re
sumed. In the midst of the applause
the clerk seised the megaphone and
repeatedly called the state of Wyom
ing. The confusion was so great,
however, that no response could be
heard and the presiding officer's gavel
was aealn brought vigorously into
use. Amid hisses to restore order, the
nomination of Hearst was seconded by
Wyoming.
Alaska yielded her place to Utah
and ex-Senator F. J. Cannon of that
state took the platform to second the
nomination of Judge Parker. Arizona
seconded the Hearst nomination, the
District of Columbia and Indian Ter
ritory of Parker and Hawaii the
Hearst nomination.
Porto Rico wound up the roll call,
passing its privilege to second. The
roll call took up exactly eight hours
and when it was concluded there were
loud cries of "vote." It was had at
once.
Alabama 23 votes," cried the clerk
and Parker scored the first blood with
22 votes for Parker."
Arkansas went for Parker and Cat
lfornla split in three parts by giving
some to Parker, some to Hearst and
to McClellan. Delaware cast six votes
for Gray and Florida gave a like num
ber to Parker and four to Hearst
Georgia came into the Parker col
umn with 26 votes. Illinois gave 64
votes to Hearst and threw his backers
Into delight by the accession to his
strength. Iowa gave its total vote to
Hearst and a request for a poll of the
delegation was smoothed over and the
vote went for the California candidate.
Kansas scattered along with votes for
Parker, Hearst, Cockrell and Miles,
Massachusetts cast 33 for Olney and
Minnesota went Into five pieces among
Hearst, Parker, Olney, Cockrell and
Charles A. Towne. Nebraska voted
for nearly everybody that had been
put In nomination and a roar of
laughter went through the convention
as the result in that delegation was
announced. By the time New York
voted Parker had 367 to 147 for Hearst.
Ohio went solidly for Parker and a
poll of the delegation was asked for.
The result showed Parker 14, Hearst
. McClellan I, Cockrell 1, Olney 1;
Tom L. Johnson voting for Cockrell.
Delegate Edward Clark of Ohio asked
for information as to whether the vote
should be cast as a unit, creating many
technical points in that delegation.
The chairman ruled that the vote
must be cast as a unit and Ohio went
Into the Parker column for the full
number of votes.
Rhode Island, which was supposed
to be solidly for Hearst, gave two to
Parker. ;
When Virginia wus cnlled it went
solidly for Parker, leaving him Just
40 votes yet to be secured for a nom
ination. He failed to get them on the
call, receiving 658 against 200 for
Hearst' Idaho swung Into the Parker
column with two votes, giving him
660, seven short of the number neces
sary to nominate. Nevada then enme
over with two votes, giving htm 662.
Delaware announced a change tn the
vote, but the confusion was so great
that It could not be heard. West Vir
ginia changed all Its votes to Parker
with the exception of one, which was
given to Hearst.
Then the changes came so rapidly
that it was Impossible to keep track
of them. " " -:: ; r ' :" ' ;s -: .
Governor Dookery of Missouri was
recognised and made a motion to de
clare the nomination of Parker unan
imous. An enormous flag hung in the
center. of the celling, arranged to be
swung loose when the nomination was
made, was dropped according to pro
gram but stuck after falling about IS
feet Again the march of the states
was started, but when the procession
reached the New York delegation the
marchers broken lines, curglng around
D. B. Hill. They shook his hand, they
slapped him on the back and a vain
attempt waj made to force him t
stand in his chair but he refused and
overcome by his feelings at the nomin
atlfwi. the tears streamed ' down his
face
Governor Dockery's motion could
not be put by the chair on account of
the wild confusion His words creat
ed much enthusiasm. Small flags
had been distributed among the del
egates and these, together with every
thing available, were In the air. As
soon as he could be heard, Chairman
Bailey recognized Mayor Collins of
Boston, who had proceeded to the plat
form to second the motion of Gov
ernor Dockery to make the nomina
tion unanimous.
The demand for the previous ques
tion was made In a universal shout
and when it was put by Chairman Bai
ley it was affirmed instantly with an
other shout
pelegate Sheehan of New York
moved that the convention take a re
cess until 2 p. m. .This motion was put
and carried in the same confusion but
with the same unanimity. It was then
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