The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-04
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FIGHTING ED. BRAGG

FIGHTING ED. BRAGG,
of the United States. In the great ma
tional conventions of cur party for
more than thirty years he has been a
leader in the councils of Democracy
For eight years in the halls Of con-
gress he represented his state eS the
chairman of important committees;
was tried and trusted by his state and
nation. His record as a legislator and
as the representative of our govern
ment at a foreign pert are an open
book to which we invite your iu2spec-
tom with utmost feaTiesSness. General
Bragg is an honest man, and if 1 were
to pretend that he has never erred, ne
would repudiate the claim But 1 do
assert that he mas never miSleaH the
people by ambiguous phrases. And if
he has ever had reason to change his
views ON any subject he was honest
enough and bold enough to tell the
truth. Moreover, III is a part of the
political history OF our state that for
many years the views of General
Bragg upon the great questions which
now divide the Democracy have been in
full accord with the opinions of that
wing of the party which is represented
here today.
General Bragg is one of the ablest
lawyers of the northwest, and hence
he can only a.bhor this dogma of the
Chicago convention that the supreme
court of the United States should be
packed for the purpose of partisan
plumber.
HIS DEMOCRACY GOES BACK
without a. break almost to the days of
! Jackson, hence he can only loatile the
modern doctrine THAT a. great govern
ment should compel its creditors, public
and private, to accept payment of
their debts in d. depreciatfve and dis
/ honest currency.
General Bragg. as a citizen soldier,
loves law and order as the very apple
| of his eye. How could he but turn in
/ adherence from that platform which
stretches out to lawlessness the right
hand of fellowship and encourage
ment?
1T would be a fitting response to the
| conduct of the Chicago convention and
to the insults it heaped Upon our
! president if this convention should
nominate one in whom Mr.. Cleveland
has more than once repoSed especial
confidence
IF the Chicago convention could not,
/ General Bragg does recognize the fact
that at every hour of his career Grover
Cleveland has stood ready to sacrifice
himself on the altar of revenue reform;
that the reforms in the civil service
alone during the last two Democratic
/ administrations will endure as q rnonu-
ment to the courage and patriotism of
Mr. Cleveland; when the whole miser-
able work of the Chicago convention
will be remembered by Americans only
in
HUMILIATION AND SHAME.
In this campaign in which the masses
of the people are invited by every art
of the demagogue, and by every ap-
peal to prejudice to depart from the
principles of common honesty, we must
appeal to the high moral sense of the
American people to their national
pride, to their sense of honor The
American people have never yet proved
dishonest; I believe they never will.
We shall need as our leaders men
whose courage has been tried and
tempered in the fierce heat of repeated
conflicts. If there is any doubt as to
the courage of General Bragg, go ask
the battle-scarred veterans who faced
him at the second battle of Bull Run,
at South Mountain, at the battles Of
Fredericksburg and during the long
struggles of the Wilderness. During
these days of professions and crowded
streets in Indianapolis the old veterans
who wore the blue and the other veter-
ans who wore the gray, have We'd in
their tributes of love and honor to the
old commander. All the world honors
the man who knows how to fight in
time of war, and how to forget and
love in time of peace.
IF in this great civil battle which
must now be fought to the end, it
should be the pleasure of this conven-
ton to nominate one who fought under
the
STARS AND STRIPES,
and another of equal valor who fought
under the stars and bars, the sound
money Democracy would rally as one
man under the old veterans, marching
together face to face in deadly con-
f1ict, but shoulder to shoulder under
one banner on which should be in
scribed The national honor shall be
preserved.
Proudly we present you the name
of General Bragg. We love him for
} the battles he has fought through
long civil life, or for his long faithful
service in the cause Of the Democracy
of revenue reform and good govern
ment We love him no less for his
bravery in the battles he fought on the
tented fields. We love him because
he never worshipped at the glittering
shrine Of temporary success. We love
him not only for. the enemies he has
made, but because he is the friend of
honest men and an honest dollar. We,
who have gathered in this convention,
have thereby pledged ourselves to
maintain this struggle for honest
money.
I'VE have enlisted We have en-
listed for the war. No matter whom
you may name as your commander,
General Bragg will be in the thickest Of
the fight He would be lonesome any
where else He would gladly buckle on
his sword as private in the ranks,
but we ask you in the name of those
who love him in Wisconsin, and on be-
half of hundreds of thousands who
wait expectantly lin other states, will
it not be best to let the gallant old
general lead the Charge"
HAS NO CANDIDATE.
After Jones' nomination of Bragg,
MI. Hartridga of Florida said that
when the Florida, delegation came TO the
convention 1T was for the purpose OF
presenting the name of Grover Cleve-
land, but because they believed that
the civilized world WIGS standing today
with it's ear acute, to hear the sound
coming from this convention they
heartily and with entire unanimity
seconded the nomination OF Senator
Palmer Of Illinois (Cheers)
Mr. Thomas F. Corrigan of Georgia
also warmly seconded the nomination
of Senator Palmer. When the state of
Illinois was called further time was re-
quested for consideration. The call Of
xIrnr1r on UNIT H. the following