The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-09
Mr.. BRYAN
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they are stronger today than in 1900.
The gentleman who nominated Par
ker spoke of danger of nailitarism and
did not overstate it. Let ne quote
from the speech of Mr.. Black, who
nominated Roosevelt. The Tate OF
the Nation is still decided by its wars.
lou may sing in your schools the
gentler pleasures OF quiet life; you
may leave out every note Of martial
music in your. schools; women c1a ;
pray for peace and men propl1esy 1t,
but peace will never come and war
must finally settle the destiny OF the
ages. a nation may enjoy profound
Deace to-day and writhe in war to-
morrow.
This said Bryan. SIS an eulogE or
war; this is the doctrine OF brute
force and is denying the greatest nope
of the human race. This President Is
offered as the representative OF this
new doctrine of n1ilitarism. with ali
the points it brings TO our country.
The South, the East and the North
does not detest that doctrine more
than my friends Of the West detest 1t.
II is turning back to barbarlsIn
and denying all the glorious history
OF Christianity. T"enty-seven hun
lred years ago, a prophet foretCld the
coming OF the Prince of Peace; 1000
Years ago, he came, and the song the
angels sang was Peace On Earth
For TWO thousand years Christian
~, q
Of neace. and now the governor or
New York eulogizes the President OF
the United States, and in doing SO.
he promulgates the doctrine that war
must settle the destinies OF nations
and that the peace is chimera. You
OF New York present grave lndlct-
ment against Roosevelt. If the Presl-
dent believes with his sponsors that
wars settle the destinies OF nations;
il he believes this he is a dangerous
man for our country.
believe he ought to be and can be
defeated Ii the Democratic party
does what it ous i [, 4 lie viii be-
How can we do this? l tried 70 defeat
the Republican party bit failed.
received million more, votes
tllan any Democrat bcfocn Why did
L fail. Because Democrats left the
party apd. helped eleetsEt- opponent.
have no words OF criticism, for them.
I have always believed, and / believe
now, and I always shall believe, that
a mans duty to his country 5 higher
tam his duty to his party 1t is
mans duty to leave his party when
he believes that to stay with it VIII
:njure his country. But if l failed, with
siX million and a half votes TO defeat
the Republican party, can those who
left us then defeat it now? If we
failed when we were loyal can those
who were not loyal then succeed now?
But God forbid that the people of
this nation are to be compelled to
choose between this God of War and
a God OF Gold. Shall we be placed
between militiarism and plutocracy?
We worked for 16 long hours upon
platform, but l never put 16 hours of
work to a better purpose in my life,
for helped TO bring my party toSeth-
er and to get a platform upon which
all Democrats can stand. How did
we get it? BY mutual concession and
SURRENDER.
We were able TO agree upon plat
| form and we stand together upon
| that platform. Great applause.) 1t
does not contain things that we want
ed, and it contains some We did not
want; it does not contain some things
| that the Eastern Democrats wanted,
| and it contains some that they do not
want but all are agreed and uni
ted. But, my friends, we must have
| something more than a platform. We
must have a ticket, and this conven-
ton must nominate that ticket
l come here to second the nomina-
ton of Senator Cockrell, of Missouri,
a man who ought to be strong in the
| East as elsewhere On the platform We
| have adopted. He has a record that
is clean; they say he comes from the
| South: what if he does; the Democrat
| ic party can choose a man where it
will. They say he was a Confederate
soldier. What if he was? That cruel
and bloody war ended forty years ago
| and now the people care more to
| know where a man stands in to-day's
cruel and bloody war between plu-
tocracy and Democracy than where he
stood forty years ago.