Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
Bryan and Stevenson Ac-
quainted With Fact of
Their Nomination.
DEMOCRAT LOVE FEAST
Occasion Is Made Gala Day in In.
dianapoIis and Thousands Attend
the Exercises Which Take Place in
Military Park.

Indianapolis, Aug. S.-William Jen-
nings Bryan, of Nebraska, and Adlai
E. Stevenson, of Illinois, were notified
of their nomination for the offices of
president and vice-president of the
republic in Military Park shortly after
2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Thou
sands of people witnessed the cere-
mony.
| Senator James K. Jones, chairman
of the democratic national committee,
was introduced by Mayor Taggart as
presiding officer of the occasion.
Jones in brief speech introduced
Congressman James B. Richardson, of
Tennessee. Richardson was received
with wild cheers as he mounted the
stand to officially notify Bryan of the
fact that he had been selected as
presidential nominee by the democrat
ic convention at Kansas City.
When Mr.. Bryan arose to reply a
fnonstration occurred which has per-
haps never been equalled in this city.
When order was finally restored Bry-
an began an address of considerable
| length.
Governor Thomas, of Colorado, fol-
! lowed, notifying Stevenson of his nom
nation. Stevenson replied in a some
what briefer speech than that Of
Bryan. He said:
l am profoundly grateful for the
honor conferred upon me by my Sc
! lection by the national democratic CON
vention, as its candidate for the high
office of Vice President of the United
States. For the complimentary man
/ ner in which such action has been Off
cially made known to me, express 10
you, Mr.. Chairman, and to your HON
ored associates of the committees, my
| sincere thanks.
| Deeply impressed with a sense OF
| the responsibility assumed by such
candidacy. / accept the nomination so
generously rendered me. Should the
action Of the convention meet.the APP
! Iroval of the people in November, it
win be my earnest endeavor to dis
charge with fidelity the duties of the
| great Office. 6
1t is wisely provided by the consti-
tuition that at stated times, political
| power shall return to the hands of the
people. The struggle for political su-
cmacy, upon which we are now en-
| tering, is one of deep moment to the
American people. Its supreme impor-
t:nce, to all conditions of our country
| No
The ills resulting from, unjust legisla-
ton, and from unwise administration
of the government must find their
remedy in the all-potent ballot. To it
W now make our solemn appeal.
The chief purpose of the great con-
vention whose repres entatiyes are be-
| fore me, was redress for existing
wrongs, and security against perils
yet greater which menace popular
| government. Your convention, in lam
| guage clear and unmistakable, has
presented the vital issues upon which
| the pending contest is to be determin
ed. To its platform give my earnest
assent.
| Clearly and unequivocally, the dem
ocratic convention has expressed its
sympathy with the Burghers Of the
South African republics in their heroic
attempt to maintain free government.
In this the convention not only voiced
the sentiments of American demo-
Gratis, but of liberty loving men every
where. 1t is not strange that those
who have kept the political faith Of
the author of the Declaration of In
dependence should express their alb
horrence at the effort of great Euro
pean power to subjugate a people
whose only crime is death struggle
to maintain their liberties. The ear.
nest utterances of the convention, that
our sympathies are with the Beers in
their unequal struggle, meets a hearty
response from all who venerate the
principles of our fathers. Is it not
true that in all the past, belief in
the inalienable rights of all peoples
has been with us living faith? That
our sympathy has always been with
the oppressed, with those who are
struggling for a larger measure of
freeuom-for self government? For
this reason our government was
among the first to extend recognition
to the republics of France and Mexico,
prompt to extend our sympathy, as
well as official recognition, to the
little South American states on their
escape from the despotism of Spain
and upon their efforts to establish for
themselves representative govern
ments fashioned after our own. His
tory has but repeated itself, and the
struggle to maintain free government,
century and quarter after the pro-
mitigation of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence-has been transferred from
the new world to the old Is it to be
wondered then, that the political dis
pies of Jefferson should express
their sympathy for the oppressed re-
publics of South Africa? Only those
who believe that our own country has
oltgrown the doctrines Of the fathers,
are In sympathy with Englands at.
tempt to establish monarchy upon the
ruins of republics.
The lavish appropriations, by the
present republican congress, should
challenge the attention of all thought
lful men. Subsidy bills. and all I'M