The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-07
Al WISE sPEECH.

The Democratic Party Is to be con graduated upon the selection of Hon. John Sharp Williams as temporary chairman of the National Convention at stLouis. His speech is a most admirable one. It is full of wisdom. It puts the Democratic Party upon the highest ground on every important Issue that the campaign will present. It is full of key notes. It discusses public aues- tions as they present themselves in the pending campaign. Questions which were paramount in former cam paigns but which have been settled by the irrevocable acts of Providence and of our own government are treated in the light of their present condition.
 For instance MT. Williams speaking upon the money questions says:
 Tn the midst of the panic (lsss) the wise men and chief among thom the Tack of confidence in the money of the country" that had brought on the panic. The Democratic administration, with sufficient number of votes of both parties in the two houses behind 1t.
  manded and secured the'passage of the act repeating the purchasing clause of the Sherman Nsilver1 act, thereby for the first time, practically establishing Without either free or limited coinage of standard silver money the country was immediately after the passage of that. necessarily and actually, as 1t has been since and as It Is now. and as 1t Is destined to remain for a length Of time hAVOnd mower. Of c0mnutatfOn. on aigold basis. I was not one of those who thought that Legislation wise; but wise or unwise, the result Is an accom- plished fact. plain. palpable and obvi- ous to all men who have common sense, and like many another step in history, 1t is beyond recall or the hope of re- call. This accomplished fact, the'fact of a gold basis. was then not by the persistency and indomitable will of Grover Cleveland, aided 1t is true, by Republican legislators, who thought they. saw In 1t the final disruption of the Democratic Party.
 He treats the matter of the construc- tion of the Panama canal in the same statesmanlike manner. Discussing this vital matter to our section of country he says, =
 Under the treaty with the Republic Of Panama a which was rendered possi- ble only by Democratic votes in the Senate of the United States, votes dif- ficult to cast because of the manner in which the mushroom republic was ushered into the world, the Democracy when entrusted with the power will construct the Panama canal speedily, honestly and economically, thereby giv- ing to our people what Democrats have always scontended for, great inter- oceanic canal furnishing shorter and cheaper lines of transportation and bet ter and less trammeled trade relations with the peoples of the world. How ever shamefully the Panama Republic was born and however shameful our connection with 1t. 1t was born and Is civilized nations of the world. an ex- isting international entity--an indepen- dent government on the surface of the earth. In other words, 1t too Is an accomplished act.
 But it Is not the intention of The Advertiser to do more at this time than commend to its readers this wise and interesting speech especially those DOT tions of 1t which so completely expose the bad history of ex-Seeretary Root in his speech as temporary chairman of the recent Republican convention and of Senator Lodge in the platform which he reported to that convention. The Democrats started out right at St. Louis in calling John Sharp Williams to pre- side and the opening act needs only to be followed with the nomination of a safe candidate, and the adoption of a sane platform to secure a victory next November.