The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-07
CONVENTION FOR HILL,
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loves his own glory far more than he
loves the republic. A man who be-
lfeveS American deSpOtism is no better
than any other despotism. A man who
places human blood above human
greed A man who will not trade away
the precious life of an American SOL
der for nugget of gold in the Philip
pine islands. (Cheers). A man who
would not give the 5000 or $500 brave
American soldiers whom Mckinley has
sacrificed in that hotbed of disease and
destruction for all the islands in all
the seas. fApplause). A man who,
during four years of faithful admin
istration as first assistant postmaster
general of the United States demon
strated to the country that he knows
Republican when he sees one in an
office that belongs to a Democrat
daughter and applause). Nominate
our man and you will not have to eX-
plain any speeches made against Dem
Ocracy, for he has never made any
kind but Democratic CApplause). A
man in the full strength of his man.
hood, able to cOnvass every state in
this union. it
Gentlemen of the convention, ] Il
linOiS makes no exaggeratiOn when
she tells you that in that great state
the conditions are far better the pros
poets are much brighter for Democracy
than in 1892, when our candidate for
vice president carried ii by 10000 ma
jority. (Applause). We have a state
ticket stronger than we ever had be-
fore. We-have but one DenOcrac&r in
Illinois. We voice the sincere senti-
ment of the Democracy in Illinois.
from one end of that state TO the other,
when we ask you to nominate the
man whose name we shall present, a
N hn haaf. ftin
true TO the cause. with no weak spots
in his armor, a man whose character
and ability recommend him TO the peo-
pie in every part of this republic, a
man who possesses all the noble attri-
butes of a nobleman, great enough and
good enough to be president of the
United States. With a platform that
reads like a Bible and 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. eX-Vice
President Adlai z. Stevenson of Il
linOis. Great and continued ap-
plaUsa)
Mr. Williams spoke rapidly and
briefly, and at his mention of Adlai z.
Stevenson Illinois was on its feet cheer
ing wildly. Kansas was up. as was
Alabama, Arkansas. Mississippi and a
large number of delegates in different
parts of the hall. The applause, while
vigorous, was short, not lasting above
a minute.
When the roll call reached COnnecti-
cut that state gave way TO Minnesota
amid cheers and cries Of ''Towne.'
TowNE NAMED.
A. A. Roesing of Minnesota then took
the platform to present the name of
Charles A Towne OF his state Mr..
ROesing said
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of
the Conventional is great honor to
be privileged to answer here" 10 the
roll call of Minnesota The Democracy
Of the North Star state has a candi-
date for the nomination of vice DreSi-
dent TO submit to the right Judgment
of this convention. We come to you
to present the name Of man worthy
of the high honor Of being placed upon
the same ticket with the splendid
champion of equal rights whom you
have nominated for president. We
Democrats Of Minnesota feel that we
actively and effectively in the national
councils Of the party. For forty years
prior TO 1898 the party had wandered
in the wilderness. but as a result of the
sreat contest of 1896, and because Of
the splendid accessions TO our ranks
in that campaign, We entered the battle
Of 1888 more aggreSsively than ever be
fore. and at last realized in our own
state that for which we had striven so
long. and elected q Democratic gov
ernor. The veterans of these cam
paigns now stand shoulder to shoulder.
determined that this year the electoral
vote of Minnesota shall be cast for the
nominees of this convention. This con-
dition was made possible because of
the brilliaucy, courage and fidelity to
principle Of the men who in that men,
orable campaign periodically put cOun-
try above party and severed their rela-
tions with the Republican party, cast
ing aside personal ambition. prejudices
and self interests. The man of this
type who, perhaps, sacrificed more than
any one else. who more than any other
was called upon to lay upon the sac
rifcial altar a brilliant future, filed
with promise enough to satisfy the
vaulting ambition, who had the cour-
age to sever the ties II political and
personal friendship tnat ne might De
true to his ideas of Americanism, is the
man whom Minnesota TODAY proposes
to this convention as its candidate for
vice president.
MAN OF THE PEOPLE.
I'VE come to you asking for your
support for our candidate, not because
he is from Minnesota, but because he
is of the people; not because he stands
for any one issue, but for all the issues
that mean the preservation of Ameri-
can institutions We ask your sup
port of him because he is a Democrat
of JeffersOnian principle; Democrat
of the stern school of Andrew Jackson.
a Democrat of the broad philosophy
and humanity of Abraham Lincoln, a
Democrat in defending the flag of the
Union and in believing that TO what