The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-07-09

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| the battle field OF the campaign. He
then gave a brief sketch of the life
of Parker, saying he had always been
Democrat. both in fair and in foul
weather, and had never deserted the
standard of his party faith He said
that Parker was a man friendly to
all factions. but the favorite and
would take the counsel and courage
of both, but he will take the bitterness
of neither IF you ask me why he
has been SILENT" Littleton continued,
81 tell you it is because he does not
claim to be master of the Democratic
party. but is content to be it's SER
want. If you ask me why he has not
outlined a policy for the convention
will tell you he does not believe
that policies should be dictated, but
that the sovereignty of the party
should be in the untrammeled wis
dom of it's members. IL you ask me
what his policy will be if elected.
tell you it will he the policy which
finds expression in the platform of
his party" Then appealing to the
support of the convention, Mr.. Little
ton placed in nomination for Presi
dent of the United States, Alton B.
Parker.
The seconding speech was made
by Delegate Cummings
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention
The Democracy of Connecticut
which | have upon this occasion the
great honor of representing, has a vi
tai interest in the result of the coming
campaign. | therefore crave, at the
hands OF this great convention, the
privilege of a few moments in which
briefly to set forth the wishes of the
Democrats of that doubtful and essen
tial State. 1t is our wish, our hope
and our purpose to present to the De
mocracy of our nation the seven elec-
State of Connecticut. We appeal to
this assemblage of Democrats for the
invaluable assistance of wise Presi-
Dental nomination. The Democrats
of Connecticut realize that, aside from
the great questions of public policy
so ably set forth in the platform jusr
adopted, and upon which any candi
date selected by this convention will
squarely stand, the people of this
country are to pass upon the bizarre
personality and the political peculiari-
ties of the present Chief Executive
people have begun to
weary of his eccentric advertising
methods. They are alternately anus
ed and alarmed by his strenuous and
untimely impetuosity. They decline
to accept him in his favorite role of
mighty Military Captain. True, he
has taken great pains to assure them
that he has charged up San Juan Hill,
but they have come to the conclusion
that he has shed more ink and less
blood than any warrior since Sancho
Panza. They realize that his chief
hold upon a doubtful fame for mill
tary activity depends upon such glo-
ry as he managed to achieve by i'm
pertinences and insults to Miles and
Dewey and Schley. They are uneasy
in the knowledge that he is painfully
lacking in poise and balance. and SO
constitutionally reckless that he is
likely, at any time to involve our coun
try in difficulties at home and abroad
They have witnessed with infinite re-
gret, his effort to stir up sectionalism
and for selfish purposes, to undo the
work of patriots by resurrecting the
infamous issue of the bloody shirt
They have witnessed his burlesque as
saults upon the criminal monopolies.
and have found that his warfare
against the trusts consists in the use
of extrayagant language and the as
sumption Of terrifying facial contor-.
tions. They have come to know him
hpeanse Of his extravaRance. his AFRO