The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-07-05
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asters without, our party faced a gloom,
and foreboding future which seemed Il
augur its dissolution. The problem
then was to select a standard beare
bold enough to cover the rear Of a re
treat, and save the party from destruc
ton, il not from defeat.
! While discord with her hamin,
torch confused the counsels there, from
out the Sunset Realm champion cam,
and bade defiance to the oncominl
host. With the strength Of youth, anC
the wisdom of age, with knightly mier
and matchless speech, he lowered abov,
| his peers and all who saw him ther
with one accord did hail him Chief and
gave our party's banner to his hand
| Slowly despair gave way TO hope; CON
| tidence took the place where timorout
fear had been; the broken shattered
columns formed again, and behind him
singing, came six million FIVE hundred
thousand valiant men to that unequal
fight.
And the story of howwell he fought, how
fearless he fell, and how dearly the en-
cmy's victory was bought, has all gone
out into histary now.
Back from the First Battle he came,
bafiied but unconquered hero OF the
Rights OF man. Conscious of the recti-
tude OF his purpose, and cheered by the
belief that no issue Is ever settled un-
I'll il is settled right, he cheerfully ac-
quiesced in the result of that campaign,
and girded his loins for the next great
contest between the Dollar and the Man.
For four years he has waged an un-
ceasing warfare against the peoples
enemy, 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 increase under the protection
OF Republican administration, he was
the first TO point out the danger and
prescribe remedy.
Then the alarms OF a war for human
ity reused the heroic spirit OF our land,
he offered his sword to serve his country's
cause on the day that war was declared.
When later he saw the administra-
tion departing from the ancient land
marks OF our institutions, in it's senchant-
ed dream Of empire and militarism, he
was the first to raise warning voice and
his commission on the day the
Treaty OF Peace was signed, he threw
himself into that conflict for the rescue
OF the Republic.
Realizing that Imperialism like the
tabled Antieus was born on earth, and
that contended with upon the selfish
worldly plane Of greed and gold. IL was Of
giant strength; and II thrown down
would rise again refreshed from contact
with its mothers element. He, like the
mighty Hercules, raised it above the sor-
did sphere from which its strength was
drawn and on plane of lofty patriotism
he strangled it.
With the issues now clearly drawn, no
doubt remains as to the name of our can
didate. On that question we are 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 dele
gates 10 this convention to vote for him
here. So II only remains for Nebraska
to pronounce the name that has been
thundered 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
lower-scented savannahs Of the South
and that name is the name OF William
Jennings Bryan, her best loved son.