Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12

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quered provinces; It's government of sui.
len subjects against their will, by force
and fraud; its denial to them OF the pro-
lection of either the constitution or the
command which says: Thou shalt not
steaI''-a policy that would send our I'm
Gle Sam OF his American range with q
cowboy hat, rope and branding iron,
to rustic and brand, over all the lesser
islands of the orient, while hypocrttically
chanting the long-meter doxology.
Democratic skies are tinged with .
roster hue today, than when we met in
convention four years ago. Then tinan-
cial cataclysm had spread over the coun-
try, and although Its every inducing cause
was easily traced to the errors and fol-
lies of the republican party. yet we were
in power when 1t came, and were wrongly
held responsible for the wreck of shat
tered fortunes which followed in it's wake.
Torn asunder by dissensions within, and
disasters without our party faced a
gloomy and foreboding future which
seemed to augur its dissolution The prob
lem then was to select a standard bearer
bold enough to cover the rear of retreat,
and save the party from destruction, IL
not from defeat.
While dIscord with her flaming torch
confused the counsels there, from out the
sunset realm a champion came and babe
defiance to the oncoming host. With the
strength of youth, and the wisdom OF
age with knightly mien and matchless
speech he lowered above his peers and
all who saw him then with one accord did
hall him Chief" and gave our party $
banner to his hand; Slowly despair gave
way to hope; confidence took the place
where timorous fear had been; the broken
and shattered columns formed again. and
behind him singing came 65Oo,oo0 valiant
men TO that unequal fight.
And the story of how well he fought,
how fearlessly he fell, and how dearly the
enemy's victory was bought, has all gone
out into history now.
Back from his First Battle" he came,
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rights of man. Conscious OF the rectitude
Of his purpose, and cheered by the belief
that no issue Is ever settled until 1t is
settled right" he cheerfully acquiesced
his ioins for the next great contest be-
tween the dollar and the man.
For four years he has waged an I'M
ceasing warfare against the peoples en-
envy: for four years he has held up the
party's standard and his voice has cheered
the hosts of democracy in every state and
territory. When the trusts began to in
crease under the protection OF a repub-
lican administration, he was the first to
point out the danger and prescribe a
remedy.
When the alarums Of a war for human
ity ropsed 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
departing from the ancient landmarks of
our institutions, in its enchanted dream
to raise warning voice, and resignine
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 IA
bled Artseus, was born of earth. and that
contended with upon the selfish worldly
plane of greed and gold 1t was of giant
strength, and IL thrown down would rise
again refreshed from contact with its
mother element. he, like the mighty Her
cules, raised 1t above the sordid sphere
from which its strength was drawn and
on plane Of lofty patriotism he stran-
gled II.
With the issues now clearly drawn. no
doubt remains as TO the name OF our can
didate. on that question we are a re-
united democracy.
Already worthy allies differing from US
rather in name than faith, have shouted
for our gallant leader again, and every
state and territory has instructed its del
egates to this convention to vote for him
here. So 1t only remains for Nebraska
to pronounce the name that has been
Numbered forth from the foot Of Bunker
Hill, and echoed back from Sierra's sun
set slope. and that reverberates among
the pine-clad, snow-capped hills of the
north, and rises up from the slumbering,
f1ower-scented Savannahs of the south !;
and that name Is the name of William
Jennings Bryan, her best loved son,
Mr.. Oldham caught the fancy Of the
convention by his statement that the
government OF this country is bound
ed on the north by the constitution, OF
the east by the Monroe doctrine, on
the south, by the Declaration of Inde-
pendencef and on the west by the Ten
Commandments"
AS he approached the close of his
address he raised both hands high
over his head and spoke slowly and
with an energy that caused his voice
to penetrate into every corner Of the
hall.
Tho Answering Cheer.
and that-man-is-w William Jennings
Bryan" he concluded, bringing his
hands lower with each word until the
last had been uttered, when he brought
them up with a sweep, but quicker
than his motion was the answering
cheer that swept across the convention.
1t was a simultaneous roar from all
paris OF the hall. Up went the dele
gates upon their chairs, over fheir
heads went the flags and above them
all scared and rang the cheerS To-
Bryan. The band Loyalty perrnormt .
it's share, but the noise OF lis creation
was but a drop in the torrent. The
men from the state Of Nebrs ska flung
up large banner bearing the likeness
OF Mr.. Bryan.
Round the hall started the Nebraska
men with Their huge banner. ind catch
ing up their state emblem the other
delegations took rp the march, swsv-
ing flags and halls and cheering at the
top of their voices without cessation,
save for the breath necessary to a
fresh outburst.
The two women delegates from Utah
Joined in the parade, one of them car
rying small silk banner OF white,
upon which was inscribed Greetings
to william J. Bryan from the Demo-
cratic Women OF Utah"
1t was a demonstration fully equal
in fervor to anything that had proceed
ed. Twenty-ssven minutes had elapsed
from the il stafIt Mr.. Oldhsm had men
toned the word Bryan until the
cheering had subsidized ard the conven-
ton was in order AGAR.
Perkins secondiag Speech.
Arkansas yielded 10 Texas and Mr..
Perkins began a speech seconding Mr..
Bryan. He said;
convention desiring one thing oniy-the
election of William J. Bryan to the pres
idency In November. To them this seems
the one thing of supreme Importance. But
today the issues for the campaign of 1890
are made up. The Platform adopted at
| Philadelphia and Kansas City cannot
| change them. To meet and act upon the
/ issues which exist, and which are coming
! requires true greatness. For that, gen.
| uine, true open, honest. courageous
| manhood is the only foundation. With
| out II there may be superiority, but no
greatness We know the man We sd-
| Vocate. He came and mingled with my
people. They have studied him-wa tch-
| ed him In the various relations OF life
| They found that he was endowed with
1 manhood in a high degree. Had they not
| no Texas vote would have been for him
/ They are old-fa shioned, and make this
the first. but not the only test. They
found also tnat, IN intellectual culture
| in the profound knowledge OF the theory