The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-05

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, June 4-The
above state ticket was nominated
by the Democratic convention 500
day. The convention was remarkable
for its lack of discord, candidates for
all but three Of the offices being chosen
by reclamation.
While there was no fight in The con-
vention proper. here was d battle royal
in the meeting Of the committee on
resolutions. A number of the friends
Of William j. Bryan. from the Second
district, were very much in earnest i'm
favor of the insertion in the platform
OF a plank endorsing him and the Kan
sas City platform. The majority Of
the committee was against any such
endorsement saying that they consid-
cred it out of place at the present time
10 inject Mr.. Bryan's name into the
state campaign. The fight lasted we'll
into the night, and IL was nearly noon
before a report of the committee was
ready for Dresentat ton to the conven-
ton.
The Philippine plank also created
much discussion, the committee beng
called upon TO consider all sorts Of
propositions i'm behalf of the Fihpinos,
some of them being in favor of imme,
date and complete independence. it
was only after hours of argument 7hst
tthe plank was agreed upon in the form
in which if appears in the platform.
The Democratic state convention was
called to order at 1910 O'clock by W.
II. O'Brien, vice chairman Of the state
central committee.
The report of the committee ON rules
and permanent organization re com-
I Ts,Hr &C. Trr
dianapOlis be made permanent chair
man.
Chairman Kern's Speech.
Chairman John W. Kern said, in
part:
L rejoice that today see before me
/ the reunited forces of the Indiana De-
/ mOcracy For the first time since 1892
are we without a schism or division,
and it is known everywhere, by none
/ better than our Republican opponents,
! that when the Democracy is United e
I is invincible
The battle is on. Our opponents,
/ fearing the past, are seeking t1 COM
mence the work Of conquest ami subju-
! cation where Caesar and George III
/ left of The sDeciOus ana eloquent
! pleas Of Roosevelt, Lodge ana Bever-
idge for the conquest of distant lands
4 are but reproductions of arguments
made in favor of the subjUgaUion Of
( Greece the partition of Poland the
destruction of Hungary. the spoliation
/ of the Dutch republics in South Africa
\ and the oppression Of our own revOlu-
/ tiOnary fathers. The aims ard pur-
poses as declared by modern RepUb-
Iican leaders for the uplifting DC she
people whose liberty they would de-
] NO on d To- hn "a
declared purposes of tyrants of 1000
years ago.
only yesterday the melancholy an
nOuncement was made of the deaths
of two splendid republics in South At
RIGA after a struggle. destructive to the
/ conquerors and glorious to the con-
quared. I believe, as / believe the Lord
liveth. that if the Democratic party
had been in control of this government
those two republics would today be
free. There would have been no re-
cruiting or supply stations maintained
by monarchy in the land of Washing
ton and Lincoln. had William Jennings
Be- Bryan or Grover Cleveland been presi-
dent of the United States.
only few days ago a new republic
was bOrn-the republic of Cuba While
the destruction of the Dutch republics
o. I =
. Cuban republic is Americas glory. In
: Cuba the American flag went up as the
emblem of liberty, and it came down IS
proudly as it went up, the emblem of
government. 1t went up in honor,
it came down in glory.
1T was because Of that resolution,
pressed by Democratic statesmen and
, forced upon an unwilling Republican
administration, pledging the honor Of
this country against the conquest OF
Cuba. that Cuba is today free re-
public.
Il think we may indulge the hope
that some time in the future another
star may be added to the American
flag to represent the sovereign state Of
CUBA in the American Union. But she
must come into our sisterhOOd Of states
with the free VIII Of her people.
The name Of ". J. Bryan was greeted
with loud cheers when it was men
T toned by Mr.. Kern.
Chairman f. 3. Shively Of South
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