The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-07-14
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"Back from his first battle he came q bafied
but unconquered hero. Conscious OF the rec
titude of his purpose and cheered BY the be-
lief that no issue is ever settled until it is set
tied right, he cheerfully acquiesced in the re-
suit of that campaign and girded his loins for
the coming contest between the dollar and
the man. For four years he has waged an
unceasing warfare against the peoples enc
mics.
the protection of Republican administration
he was the first to point out the dangers and
prescribe remedy. When the alarms of a
war for humanity aroused the heroic spirit Of
our land he offered his sword to his country's
cause on the day that war was declared.
When later he saw the Administration depart
ing from the ancient landmarks of our institu-
tons in its enchanted dream of empire and
militarism he was the first to raise q warning
voice and, resigning his commission on the
day the treaty of peace was signed, he threw
himself into the contest for the rescue OF the
Republic. Realizing that imperialism, like
the tabled Ant@us, was born of earth and that
contended with upon the selfish worldly plane
of greed and gain and gold it was of giant
strength and if thrown down would rise again
refreshed from contact with It's mother ele-
ment, he, like the mighty Hercules, raised it
high above the sordid sphere from which its
strength was drawn and, on a plane of lofty
patriotism, he strangled it.
with the issues thus clearly drawn no
doubt remains as to the name Of our candidate.
On that question we are reunited Democracy.
Already worthy allies, differing from us rather
in name than faith, have shouted for our gal
liant leader Almost every State and Terri
tory has instructed its delegates to this con-
vention to vote for him here. So it only re-
Gov 10 70 q
that has been Numbered forth from the foot
of Bunker Hill and echoed back from Sierra's
sunset slopes, that reverberates among the
pine-clad snow-capped hills of the North and
rises up from the slumbering flower scented
savannas of the South. That name is the
name of William J. Bryan, our best beloved
son."
STEVENSON NOMINATED.
Representative James S. Williams, of Illi-
nois, said in his speech nominating Stevenson
for Vice President:
.The united Democracy of Illinois desires
to present to this convention for the next
Vice. President of the United States Demo-
crat [cheers]; one who drew his first breath
from the pure, Democratic atmosphere of old
Kentucky [cbeers]; one baptized in the great
and growing Democracy of Illinois; one who
has stood squarely on every Democratic plat
form since he became a voter; one who has
twice represented in Congress district over
whelmingly Republicans; one who Is not
rough rider, but swift rider [cheers] /; not
warrior, but statesman; a man who stands
for civil government against military rule; a
man who believes that President of the
United States who ignores the Constitution as
the present President has done must be one
who loves his own glory far more than he
loves the Republic. A man who believes
American despotism is no better than any
other despotism; man who places human
blood above human greed; man who will not
trade away the precious life of an American
soldier for nugget of gold in the Philippines
lcheers] man who would not give the 5000
or $500 brave American soldiers, whom Nc
Kinley has sacrificed in that hotbed of disease
and destruction for all the islands in the seas
[applausel; man who, during four years of
faithful administration as First Assistant Post
master General of the United States, demon
strated that he knows Republican when he
sees him in an office that belongs to Demo
crat. Applause.
Nominate our man and you will not have
to explain any speech made against Democ-
racy, for he has never made one of that kind.
[Applause. He is a man in the full strength
of his manhood, able to canvass any State in
this Union.
Gentlemen of the convention, Illinois
makes no exaggeration when she tells you that
in that great State the conditions are far BETTER
the prospects are much brighter for Democ
racy than in 1892, when our candidate for
Vice. President carried it by 10000 majority.
Applause. We have State ticket stronger
than we ever had before. We have one
Democracy in Illinois. We voice the sincere
sentiment of the Democracy of Illinois when
we ask you to nominate a man whose name
we will present. man who has been tried,
has gone through the contest and no weak
spots have been found in his armor; man
whose high character and ability recommend
him to the people in every part of this Re-
public; man who possesses all the noble at
tributes of a nobleman, great enough and
good enough to be President of the United
States, with platform that reads like Bible.
With these two faithful Democrats standing
together, shoulder to shoulder, we can sweep
criminal aggression and Mckinley hypocrisy
off the face of the earth.
Gentlemen of the convention, we now
present to you as the choice of the united
Democracy of our State that distinguished
statesman, that splendid, vigorous, reliable
Democrat, Former Vice President Adlai E.
Stevenson, of Illinois," [Great and con-
tinued applause.