The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-08-11
AND STEVENSON.
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tic Candidates for President
l Vice-President OFF,
cially Notified.
JAY At THE n00SIER CAPITAL.
.ndidntes Escorted to Mill
- Park. Where the Ceremony
X Place, BY u Large Process
L of Local and Visiting March
Democratic Clubs.

annapolis, Ind. Aug. SWIM.
ngs Bryan, of Nebraska, and
+. Stevenson, of Illinois, were
ed of their nomination for the Of
of president and vice-presidcnt of
'epublic, in Military park, shortly
1880 p. IN.
Witnessed by Thousands.
lousands of people witnessed the
monies. Senator James *. Jones,
irnan, of the Democratic national
lmittee, was introduced by Mayor
ygart as presiding officer of the &C.
ion. Senator Jones in a brief
:ech introduced Congressman James
Richardson, of Tennessee. Congress
IN Richardson was received with
Id cheers as he mounted the stand
officially notify Mr.. Bryan of the
ct that he had been selected as pres
entail nominee of the democratic
invention Mt Kansas City.
A Grent Demonstration.
When Mr.. Bryan arose to reply a
Iemonstration occurred which per-
laps has never been equalled in this
.ity. When order was finally re-
itored Mr.. Bryan began his address
which was of considerable length.
Cheer upon cheer greeted him at
every telling period. The salient
of his speech were as follows:
Points of Brynn's speech.
Man, the handiwork of God, comes first;
money, the handiwork of man, is OF In
fertor Importance. Man is the master
money the servant, but upon all ifnpor-
questions to-day republican legisla-
ton tends to make money the master and
nan the servant.
"If the republicans are prepared TO
censure all who have used language cal
to make the Filipinos hate foreign
let them condemn the speech
OF Patrick Henry"
1T was God himself who placed In
every human heart the love of liberty.
He never made a race of people so low
In the scale of civilization or intelligence
that II would welcome a foreign master
THE forcible of territory "a
be governed by arbitrary power differs
as much from the acquisition of territory
to be built up into states as a monarchy
differs from a democracy"
"A colonial policy means that we shall
send to the Philippines a few traders, q
few taskmasters n a few office holders
n an army large enough to support the
authority of a small fraction of the peo-
pie while they rule the natives"
"A large standing army is not only q
pecuniary burden to the people, and il ac-
companied by compulsory service, a con
slant source of irritation, but 1t is ever
a to a republican form Of gov
nment The army is the personificatior
of force. and militarism will inevitably
change the ideas of the people, and turr
the thoughts Of our young men from thC
arts of peace to the science of war"
"A republic can have no subjects. 4
subject is possible only in a government
IInnn farnaH he 4E NV In q
government deriving its Just powers from
the consent of the governed"
In a monarchy the king gives 10 tbs
people what he believes to be a good gov
for themselves what they believe to be a
good government. The republican party
has accepted the European idea and plant,
ed Itself upon the ground taken by Georg,
Ill, and by every ruler who distrust.
the capacity of the people for self-govern'
ment or denies them a voice in their owl
affairs"
of. in this country, where the peopl,
have the right to vote, republican leader
dare not. taken the side of the peopl,
against the great m~onopolies which hay,
grown up within the last few years, hov
can they be trusted to protect the FIJI
pinos from the corporations which ar,
waiting to exploit the islands,"
There Is no place in our system OF gov
eminent for the deposit of arbitrary an,
irresponsible power. That the leaders o
a great party should claim for any presi
cent or congress the right to treat million
OF or people as mere possessions an,
deal with them unrestrained by the con
%stitution or bill of rights shows how IA
we have already departed from the an
Gent land marks, and indicates what ma,
be expected IL this nation deliberately en-
tiers upo a career of empire"
If governments derive their Just pow
ers from the consent of the governed, 1
is impossible to secure title TO people eth
er by force or by purchase"
Men may dare to do in crowds wha
they would not dare to do as individual.
but the moral character of an act is no
determined by the number of those VIII
Join in 1t. Force can defend a right, bu
force has never created a right"
CLAY was right. There are degrees c
proficiency in the art of self-governmen
but II is a reflection upon the Creator (
say that He denied to any people the ca
pacity of self-government. Once adm
that some people are capable of self
government. hat that others are no
and that the capable people have a righ
to seize i1pon and overn the incapabl,
and you make ~force-brute force-the onl
foundation Of government, and invite tn
reign n despot."
Gov. Thomas of Colorado followed
notifying Mr.. Stevenson of his nomins
ton. Mr.. Stevenson replied in a som,
what briefcr speech than that Of NJ