The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-09

voice was so weak it could scarcely be
heard when he began to speak, but
grew stronger as he proceeded.
His declaration that he had fought
the fight, he might have finished his
course, but that nobody could deny
that he kept the faith. AS he pro-
ceeded, the great hall became stilled.
1t was as silent as a church and the
thousands who filled it hung on his
every word.
No such tribute had been paid any
man of all those who have spoken
since the democratic convention was
called to order last Wednesday morn
ing.
After stating that twice he had
borne the standard for the party, Mr..
Bryan continued:
II come tonight to this democratic
convention to return the commission,
and to say that you may dispute
You may dispute whether have fin
ished my course. But you cannot deny
that have kept the faith.
To-day, as a private citizen, am
more interested in the success of the
democratic ticket than I was when l
was a candidate
When he declared himself a loyal
democrat under all conditions the ap-
plause came in great volume.
| Du1iS9OHS VI NAA1AIttIISHIs
Then he warned the people against
the dangers Of militarism, and de-
| clared Roosevelt the exponent of that
ideal Of government. He said:
The gentleman who presented New
York's candidate dwelt upon the danger
of nilitarism; he did not overstate the
dangers. Let me quote the most remark
able passage that ever occurred or that
was ever found in the speech Of nornina-
Nfp <lf lN<o Q@r n
ernor Black of New York. In presenting
the name Of Theodore Roosevelt to the
republican convention, used these words:
'"rhe fate Of nations is still decided by
their wars. You may talk of orderly tri-
bunals and learned referees. You may
sing in your schools the gentle praises Of
the quiet life. You may strike from your
books the last note Of every martial an
them and yet out in the smoke and thun-
der will always be the tramp Of horses
and the silent, rigid, upturned faces. Men
may prophecy ard women pray, but peace
will come here to abide forever on this
earth only when the dreams of childhood
are the accepted charts to guide the des-
TIMES Of men. The nation basking today
In the quiet Of contentment and repose
may tomorrow be writhing in the tolls Of
war. This Is the time when great fig
ures must be kept in front. If the pres
sure Is great, the material to resist it
must be granite and IRON
This is an eulogy Of war. This is a
declaration that the time hoped for prayed
for. of perpetual peace will never come.
This eulogizing the doctrine Of brute force
and giving denial to the hopes Of the
race, and this president, candidate for
reelection, is presented as the embodi-
ment Of that ideal, the granite and the
iron, to represent the new idea Of mill
tarisln Do you say you want to defeat
the military idea? Friends Of the south,
ere you trying to defeat the military
idea? Let me tell you that not one OF
you. north, east or south, more fears the
triumph Of that idea than I do. If this
is the doctrine that our nation Is to stand
for 1t is retrogression, not progression; II
IS the lowering Of the ideals of the nation
It is the turning backward to the age Of
!. force. More than that, 1t is g. challenge
to the Christian civilization Of the world
and. nothing less Cloud applause).
And now the ex-governor Of the great.
est state Of the nation presents for the
! office Of president Of the greatest repub.
lie Of all history, man who is granite
and who represents, not the doctrine Of
peace. but the doctrine that the destinie.
OF nations are still settled by their war:
) Cloud applause). Will you Of New Yorl
present a graver Indictment agains
| President Roosevelt than that? Will 70,
OF the south present graver indictnen
; against President Roosevelt than that?
do not ask what is the character o
the man; he may have every virtue HI
may be exemplary In every way but /
the president shares the idea Of the mar
who nominated him; If the president be
lieves with his sponsor at Chicago, tina
/ wars must settle the destinies of nations
that peace is but a dream; that womel
> may pray for it; that men may prophes!
about it; that all these talks of orderl!
tribunals are but empty sounds-if h
believes these things he Is a dangerou
! man for our country and the world
E prolonged cheering and applause.)
I believe he ought to be defeated; be
! lieve he can be defeated, and, if tn
: democratic party does what it ought t.
do, believe he will be defeated.
= AS he proceeded the sympathy O.
t the audience for the man who haC
lost much Of the power he had held
admiration for his power as an orato
and beneath it all that sincere llkine
: for the man, was manifest and con
tributed toward the great silence ant
: respect with which his words wer,
= heard, and the spontaneous applaus,
r which greeted his telling remarks.
Country Above Party.
, There were many men in the coun
g try, he declared who had considered
4 his election dangerous, but he hat
always believed and hoped he woult
;, | always OellSVo' CIldL DUTY T.
t his country was higher than his dut,
to his party. The applause that in
e dorsed this declaration was quick an,
= general.
= He continued:
r Plutocracy's Dangers.
If there is anything that compares
hatefulness with militarism it is plu
tocracy, and insist that the democrat
party ought not to be compelled to choos
. between militarism on one side and plu
a tocracy on the other side (applause).
: Turning to his own campaigns h
O said:
II failed, you say. Yes, failed.
e Here Mr.. Bryan paused, and liftin
y his head, swept the hall with hi
h gaze. why did I fail?" he asked
= and replying to his own question, h
y said: Because there were some VIII
had affiliated with the Democrat
: party who thought my election dan
A gerous to the country. They helpe
8 to elect my opponent. That is why
y But I have no criticism for them
+ He asked the democrats to con
q slider that If they failed Of success i
q 1896 and 1900, success was still NOR
= doubtful under the leadership of thos
who had not been loyal to the part
in both Of those campaigns. He de
a clared that the sixteen hours he ha
l. spent in the committee on resolu
! tons had been the best spent OF an
IT in his life, because by mutual conces
g. sions the wings Of the democrat
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