The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-15

Of party faith-it is a composite sketch
Of party compromise. A policy is an
appruxiDating, not precise plan. It i:
better TO give up some untimely doctrius
and occasionally succeed than to holC
them all faithfully and always fail, for
If We could master a few things We
might become ruler over many. TIC
plan success in disregard of principle
Is mere intrigue; to plan failure nv
holding TO an outlawed issue is merely
folly. Winning is not wicked; strategy
Is not sin.' 1t is far better for the coun-
try 70 relight the fires of Democratic
hope by success coming from concession
than it is to put out what is left by
failure fastened to a formula.
A Self Made Man.
The State OF New York, hearkening
to tho demand from every quarter Of the
country. comes to you united upon one
who will bring peace into our council,
patriotism and power into our campaign
and success TO our contest.
The country called upon New York
Tor the best of its brain and blood, and
New York answered with a man who
cut his way through poverty and toll
until he found the highest peak of pow
er and honor 10 the State. The country
called upon New York for a Democrat,
and New York answered with man
who learned the SIMPLE lessons of Dem
ocratic faith 10 the furrowed field, who
took them with increasing strength to
the bar, and finally horored, them by
his exalted station on the bench-a man
who, throughout his career from pow
erty to power, never, in fair weather or
foul, forsCok the standards of his party
faith or deserted the color of his com
mand.
The country called upon Nav York
for Democrat free from factional dis
pute, and New York answered with a
man friendly to all factions, but fav-
orite and afraid of none; a man who
will take council and courage of both. |
but who will take the bitterness of
neither a man who will not stir the |
hatred of the past nor share the acri |
mony of the present but who will lead |
us up toward the future into a cloud.
less atmosphere of party peace.
Man For The Hour
The country called upon New York
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and place 10 our National life, and New
York answers with man who puts
against the strenuous sword play of
administration a simple
Iaith in all the perfect power of the
Constitution; man who puts against
an executive Republic the virtue of
Constitution Il Republic; a man who {
puts against executive usurpation a ;
of and deep love for the
ooise and balance Of it's three great {
powers; man who puts against the &
tealthy hunt with the big stick a Ii
aithful observance of constitutional re |
traints. II
The country called upon New York s
or man of stainless character in t
,rivate and public life, and New York '
with a man whose path leads c
rom the sweet and simple fresides of /
lis country home, where he enjoys r
he gentle society of his family. to his e
lace of labor and honor at the head of p
ne Of the greatest courts in Christen- n
ON. And now here through his active C
nd useful life has aught but honest b
raise found utterance ON the lips of {
hose who know him best. "
If you ask me why he has been silent, n
tell you it is because he does not O
lain to be the master of the Demo-
ratio party, but is content to be it's Il
srvant. II you ask me why he has a
OF outlined policy for this conven ri
on, | tell you that he does not believe G.
lat policies should be dictated, but lc
lat the sovereignty of the party is 10 a,
,e untrammeled judgment and vie te
om of its members; If you ask me tt
hat his policy will be, If selected, S
ii you that it will be that policy ii
hich finds expression in the platform st
his party. n,
United for Victory. a.
We appeal to every Democrat from tn
erywhere to forget the bitter warfare hi
the past; forget the strife and anger hi
the older, other days; abandon all the ii,
Judge and rancor of party disconten', m
I'd, recalling with ever-increasing bt
ide the triImps Of our fifty years of st
Institutional government of liberty and fir
ace-here and now resolve to make A
e future record that resplendant reach ID
time in which liberty and peace went
and down the nations of the earth, Ike
ilding their kingdoms in the hearts tic
men and gathering the harvest Of wi
MUS and toll in which reason struck ty
IN the hands OF force the sword of be
to and plucked from the heart of tn
We have never advertised in terms of -
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