Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-10-11
No EMPIRE.
CONVENTION OF DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CLUBS.
Mr.. BRYAN SPEAKS
Thousands Of Americans Rally to
the Support of Threatened
american Principles.

morning session of the convention Of
National Democratic cluos was not
| called to order until 1920 O'Clock. Gov
ernor MciMllin of Kentucky presided.
The report of the committee on per-
manent organization was submitted to
the convention. 1t recommended that
the following officers be elected: W. =.
Hearst, president; Max F. Ihmsen, gee
retay; Marcus Daily, treasurer.
It was also recommended by the COM
mittee that the executive committee of
the association, which now consists of
seventeen members, De increased to
forty-fve members; a member for each
, state.
The convention took up the report of
the committee on permanent ~organiza-
ton as soon as the session began and
an animated discussion followed the
recommendation of the committee TO
increase the membership Of the execu-
tive committee. 1t was unanimously
decided not to increase the membership
The balance Of the report Of the cora
mittee on permanent organization was
adopted.
MMILLIN SPEAKS.
Governor McMillin of Tennessee, in
taking the chair made an address IN
which he said: I'VE have a great deal
of work before US. The object of the
existence OF this association is for TIE
purpose of more thorough organization
throughout the United States. MIA L
want you to do when you go back home
is to organize, organize, organize, till
there will be nothing but democratic
clubs everywhere. No more splendid
candidate was ever nominated by the
American people thar we have. Yet
our enemies say that he has been bat
en- once. Yes, and only twenty years
after Jefferson had written the Decldr-
alton Of Independence that a freed
all of mankind that are nov free, he
was beaten. But four years afterWard,
in 1900, we saw him triumphantlY elect
ed. 1 beg our enemies to remember
that history will repeat itself. We have
Just put forward a man without spot
or blemish. and when the ides OF O.
yember come it will be recorded that
as three candidates have been defeated
and elected, so the fourth will be and
William Jennings Bryan will be pres
tdent of the United States" Great
cheers.)
L. D. Stevenson of Bloomington, west
ern representative of the National AS
ISOLATION of Democratic Clubs, and son
of Adlai E. Stevenson, was the next
speaker. He said in the course of his
address: 1.-THE anti-imperialists today
represent the conscience of the ration.
They declare that We were right, WIN,
in beginning our war with Spain, we
pledged ourselves nOt to be swept into
conquest and forcible aggression. They
believe that President Mckinley was
nearer the truth when he wrote for
chile annexation, according to the
American code of morals. would be
criminal aggression than when a few
months later he forgets these words
and boastingly cries: Who dares pull
down the 1ag?'"
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Augustus Thomas, the playwright, Of
New York, made an address, after
which the committee on resolutions
submitted its report. The resolutions
commend the Kansas City platform, de-
claring a democratic club should be
organized in every precinct in the ma
ton; appeal to every democrat to
pledge himself to win one vote for the
party, declaring the evidence that the
great corporations are e~ndeavoring to
control the votes of their employees is
too plain to be denied; condemn the
present administration for It's fragrant
violation to enforce the federal anti
trust statute" d~enounce the admins
tration for permitting two republic:
in South Africa to be destroyed with
out a word of sympathy condem.
failure to vigorously prosecute the mer
connected with the Cuban postal fraud
urge that all American institutions are
in danger; proclaim sympathy with the
coal miners Of Pennsylvania in tEeiT
stand against the anthracite coil trusT
and hope they may secure such sr"edy
settlement a. viii afford them better
wages" assert the election Of McKin-
ley would mean the perpetuat.oa of war
taxes, entangling alliances with he
monarchies Of Europe and colonial ex-
ploitations in remote parts Of the world,
compelling an increase in the national
debt and enforced military service, and
declare the election of Mr.. Bryan VIII
mean the salvation of the country.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
Mr.. Bryan spoke in part as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: 1 am here, not because l am
needed, but because 1 want to be.
Not because you need me. but because
1 am glad to meet you. 1t is not nee
essary that 1 should speak to fol-
you have already listened to enough
to convince any who are not convinced,
and one follows me tonight who viii
convince any who may still be without
the fold.
TRIBUTE TO STEVENSON.
lyon have heard this afternoon from