The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-10

president shares the idea OF the man VINO
nominated him. if the president believes
with his sponsor at Chicago that wars
must settle the destinies of nations; that
peace is but dream; that women may
pray for it; that men may propheSy about
it; that all talks of orderly tribunals and
all this are but empty sounds; if he be-
lieves these things he is a dangerous man
for our country and our world / believe
he ought to be defeated; believe he can
be defeated, and if the Democratic party
does what it ought to do, believe he
will be defeated.
Question of Defeat
How can you defeat him? tried to de-
feat the Republican party as your can
dldate. failed, you say. Yes, l did.
I received a million more votes than any
Democrat had ever received before, and
yet I failed. Why. did I fail? Because
the Democratic party who thought my
election dangerous to the country, and
they left. That is the reason I failed.
man duty to his country is higher than
his duty to his party. 1 hope it will all
WAYS ways PIE pc true fhat men OF all parties viii
ties when they believe that to stay with
their parties will be to injure their coun-
bends npon s 9ar and
moral courage of it's citizenship.
But my friends, If l failed with a mil
lion and half to defeat the Republican
in defeating the Republican party? If
you under the leadership of those who
were loyal in 1886 failed, shall we, succeed
under the leaderhip of those who We're not
loyal in 1852? If we are going to have
some other god besides this war god that
is presented to us by Gov. Black, what
kind of a god is it to be?
Is there no choice between them? If
there is anything that compares in hate
fulness with militarism it is plutocracyy
and l insist that the Democratic party
ought tn he oOmnaIlpd To no.
tween militarism on one side and plutoc-
facy on the other side.
We came here and agreed upon a plat
form. We were in session sixteen hours
last night. If you can put sixteen hours
into a night. We entered the commit
tee room at last evening and left it at
IL today.
His Work on Platform
But my, friends, never spent sixteen
cause helped to bring the party to-
gether so we could have a unanimous
platform to. go before the country on in
this campaign. How did we get it? 1t
was. not all that your Eastern Democrats
desired. We had to surrender some things
that we wanted in the, platform. They had
to surrender some things they wanted
in the platform. But by mutual conces-
sions and mutual surrender we agreed
upon platform and we stand on that
platform.
But, my friends we need more than a
platform. We have to nominate a ticket
and that is the work of this convention
Had you come to this convention in
structed for any man to the extent of a
majority not only would not have asked
+! you to disregard your instructions, would
If possible have prevented you from dis
regarding your Instructions. 1 believe in
the right of the people to rule. / believe
in the right of the people to instruct
I Their delegates. but when a delegate is
| friends, not a majority came-instructed
for any candidate. That means that you
We're left upon your responsibility to Sc
lect candidate. and a grave response
bility it is Grave is the responsibility
resting upon the delegates in this
e,o l have not come to ask any
| thing of this convention Nebraska asks
nothing but to be permitted to fight the
| battles of Democracy.
Not Dictator
Some of you have called me dicta-
tor 1t was false. You know it was
How have I tried to dictate? I have
! suggested that certain things ought to be
! done: Have not you exercised the same
privilege? Why have not right to sug-
| gest? Because I was your candidate, am
L now eStopped to ever make suggestions?
Why, sir. if that condition went with a
/, nomination for the presidency no man
worthy to be president would ever accept
a nomination, for the right of man to
nave an opinion and to express it's more
/ important and sacred than the holding of
any office, however high.
nave my opinions about the platform.
l made my suggestions. Not all of them
were received. would like to have seen
/ the Kansas City platform. reaffirmed I
am not ashamed of that platform. be-
| Ileve in 1t now, as believed in it when
| l was running upon it; them was your
| candidate, but the people in the Demo-
cratic party did not agree with me, and
their will was supreme.
have not attempted to dictate candi-
dates. l have not asked any Democrats
OF this nation to nominate any particular
man. l have said that there were many
| IN every state willing to be president and
have said that out of $500, 900 who voted
Tor me in both campaigns. we ought to
be able to find at least one good man for
president. have made these suggestions
| only In general way. / am here tonight
| as a delegate from Nebraska. have not
/ confidence enough in my own opinions to
| tell you that can pick out the man and
say that this man must be nominated or
/ we snail lose. have, 1 think, reason
able faith in my own opinions, at least I
! nave this faith; 1 would rather accent
my own and stand by them if I believed
them right rather than accept anyone
| else's sy o '
We now have platform on which we all
can stand, now give us ticket behind
which all of us can stand
Won't Object to Gold Man
| If -ou Eastern Democrats who have
insisted that your objection to me was
my belief in free silver. ifsyou Democrats