The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-18

MIR. Davis did not follow his manu-
script closely, though he held it in his
hand. When he mentioned the name
of Judge Parker the response was in
stantaneous. A moment later he
spoke of the platform and the conten-
ton between ex-senator Hill and Will
liam j. Bryan over It's provisions. I'm
mediately Mr. Bryan's name was
taken up and cheered.
The speech of John Sharp Williams
was a sarcastic arraignment of the
administration of President Roosevelt
!! and the Democratic leader was fire.
quently interrupted with applause.
Mr.. Williams Speech.
Mr.. Williams spoke in part as fol.
lows:
"Mr. Davis-Sir: I'VE have been
appointed by a most notable conven-
tion as a committee to notify you OF
your nomination by the Democracy as
their choice for vice-president of the
United States. We desfre 10 ex~
press the pleasure we feel in having
been selected 10 perform this duty
and our confidence in you, your faith
fulness, honesty and wisdom. The
people see in you one of the best
products of the best period of Ameri-
can institutions, period whose sal
lent characteristics were local self
government, individuality, equal op-
portunity and freedom; freedom to
work. freedom to buy and sell, free
dom to compete in Industrial life, re-
sulting in self-dependence; freedom
to develop as ones own master-and
not merely as the well-trained and
well-managed industrial servant OF
another. They see in you what Oil
yer Wendell Holmes said is rare
thing "a self-made man, who is yet
not proud of his maker,
"Just before leaving home. said
that | was going to West Virginia,
with some others, to notify you of
your nomination. One of my
brother's little boys, standing by, said,
Uncle John, he must be a mighty big
goose IL he hasn't heard of 1t already
In a certain way the notification
with which we are charged is per-
functory and unnecessary, and yet
it Is well TO maintain by some degree
of formality that respectful observ-
ance which is due to great events.
The nomination by a great party to
the great office to which we call
you. the vice-presidency, carrying
with it the duty of presiding over the
senate of the United States and the
possibility of succession to the presi-
dency. is a great event
"As soon as | learned that | was,
by resolution of the convention. to be
the mouthpieee of the committee for
the performance of this pleasant
task. began TO look about me in or
der to see how the duty had been
performed by others. found from
recent performances of similar
character in the Republican camp
that for notification speech a histo-
rical essay Is altogether the proper
thing, absolutely necessary for the
emergency. We shall. therefore, en-.
title our notification address: A
Brief Historical DisquisitiOn Upon
Some of the Blunders of Our Ances-
tors. As Viewed from the Standpoint
of the Wisdom of Republican States
men, Who Have Embraced the Stren-
nous Life"
Mistrestrnent Of the Indian.
THE first of these consisted in dis
eliminating against the red man
the image of God in cherry-On ac-
count of his race and color and pre-
vious condition. Our ancestors said /
Il was on account of the inherent or
inherited race traits. tendencies and
supposed incapacities. OF which his
color was but the outward sign. Be
that claim pretence or sincerity, we
found to our astonishment that the
door Of opportunity and hope in the
way of office holding and voting bad
been closed to Lo. the poor Indian
He was not invited by the select
men in Connecticut. nor by the elec.
tors Of the self-governing towns In
Massachusetts to help govern our an
cesto-s and the country which they