Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-15

joys the gentle society OF hfs family, TO
his place OF labor and honor at The head
dom. And nowhere through his acsive and
useful life has aught but honest praise
found utterance on the lips of those Maeo
know him best. If you ask ms why he
has been silent, | tell you X is because he
does not claim 10 be the master OF the
democratic party, but is content TO be its
servant. 1T you ask me why he had not
outlined a policy for this convention / tell
you hat he does not believe that policies
should be dictated, but that the soy
ereignty OF the party is in the untram-
meled Judgment and wisdom OF it's mem-
bers; II you ask me III his policy VIII
be, il elected. | tell you that it Will be
that policy whscnyinds expression in the
platform of hil flrty. With these as
some Of the cla;Es upon your conscience
flushed with hope and pride. We appeal
TO the south. whose u~fclouded vision and
iron courage saw and fought the way for
half a century. whose Jefferson awoke the
dumb defiance of development into a voice
that cried out to the world a curse upon
the rule of kings and a blessing upon a
new born republic; whose Madison trans
lated the logic of events n the law %
progress into the constitution OF the coun-
try; whose jackson reclaimed the lost
places OF the far south and d~emocratized
the policies or the nation whose sol
diers showed the wondering world the
finest fruits of brain and nerve and heart
that ripen In her temperate sun, and who,
lhfOUSn all the sons SnG lost ana Al tue
sons she saved and all the tears she shed
amid the sorrowful ruins of war--and
through all the patient loyalty and labor
or after years so wrought for human hap
piness that all the world exclaims, Her
greatness in peace is greater thar her
valor in war"
Appeal for unanimity.
We appeal 10 you OF the old south and
the new to join with us In this contest
for the supremacy of our party. We APP
nn1l IN tho NrNGf Vrhngn fpnTftnF CfFtIpElAG
carried our civilization to the Pacthc
slopes; whose courage conquered the plain
and forest and whose faithful labor has
built beautiful cities clear through TO the
Rocky mountains; we appeal to you as he
did, TO follow your leadership through
times OF controversy; TO turn and fol-
low him now when victory awaits US IN
November. We appeal to New England,
faithful sentinel among her historic hills
In the name of all her unfaltering n
brilliant democrats living and dead, to
join us In our labor for success.
We appeal to every democrat every
where 70 forget the bitter warfare every
where, forget the strife and q OF the
older. other days: abandon all the grud6e
and rance of party discomfort, and re-
calling with ever increasing pride the tri-
umphs of our fifty years of constitutional
government Of liberty and peace, here and
now resolve to make the future record
that resplendent reach OF time in which
liberty and peace went up and DOWN the
nations of the earth, building their king
dom on the hearts of men and gathering
the harvest OF genius and toll; in which
reason struck from the hand Of force the
sword of hate and plucked from the heart
OF war the germ or greed. in which con-
science smote the thoughts OF wrong and
filed the mind with mercy's sweet re-
s~traint; In which power grew in the hu-
man brain, but refused the shelter OF a
glittering crown; in which the people OF
by the inspiration of our example. fol-
lowed with the march of years the lumin-
Gus pathway leading to a destiny beyond
the reach of vision and within the provi-
dence of God. In this spirit New York
dominates for president of the United
States Alton b. Parker.