The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-15

Convention Hall. st. Louis. July 9
in opposing the nomination OF Judg'
Parker, William Jennings Bryan made
the speech of his life and eclipsed al
otherorators and all other efforts made
at this convention. The hall was In q
perfect tumult of admiration and de,
light, and hung upon his words anti
punctuated every pause with pro-
longed cheering.
Mr.. Bryan said in the beginning OF
his speech, Eight years ago demo-
clatic convention placed in my hands
the standard of the party. and gave me
the commission as its candidate.
Four years later that commission was
renewed. I come tonight to this
democratic convention to return the
commission and to say that you may
dispute whether fought good fight,
you may dispute whether l finished my
course. but you cannot deny that |
have kept the faith. '(Great cheering.
AS your candidate did all l could
to bring success to the party. AS
private citizen today am more inter-
ested in democratic success than | ever
was when / was candidate. Re-
newed cheers. The reasons that
made the election of democrat desir-
able were stronger in 1900 than In
1896, and the reasons that make the
election of the democratic candidate
desirable are stronger in 1904 than they
were in 1900. T"
He severely criticised the tendency
TO miltarism as evinced in the speech
of Gov. Black of New York, made in
nominating Roosevelt at Chicago. and
continuing he said; how can you de-
feat him. (Roosevelt) / tried to de-
feat the republicans as your candidate,
| failed you say. Yes / did. / received
million more votes than any democrat
had ever received before, and yet l
failed Why did l fail? Because there
were some who had affiliated with
The democratic party who thought my
election dangerous to the country
and they left me and helped to elect my
opponent. That is why l failed. L
nave no words of criticism for them
!applause.) have always believed, De
leVe tonight, shall believe. l hope, al
says, that mans duty to his country Is
higher than his duty to his party. | hope
mey will have the moral courage to leave
Their parties when they believe that
10 stay with their party will be to in
lure their country. The success OF
your government depends upon the IN.
aIependence and the moral courage OF
ils citizenship. But my friends, II
Jailed with six millions ana a half OF
wtes TO defeat the Republican party.
r, those who defeated me succeed IN
Spating the Republican paItyY Ii
Hder the leadership of those who were
,ioyal in 1900, " (applausel we
iidlled shall we succeed under the
leadership of those who were not loyal
~ lSa6? tApplause). IF we are
gong to have some other god besides
b nuns war god. that is presented to us
y u0v Black, what kind of god is
y n 10 be Must we choose between
t SCu o. war and god of goldy Is
,leIe mo choice between them? If
ba ss + anything that compares in
, ni1t with militaryism II is
66,"u.sorracy, ana | insist that the
r roeln,,oclatic party ought not to be com
1 ~ 10 choose between militaryism {
y, ,,L one side and plutocracy on the ,
, sr"I Prolonged applause. I've en- |
,,o. we committee room at 8 last
ns and left it at ~ today; hut, s
as friends, | never spent hours to bet :,
H. purpose in my life. renewed \
, ,Se.rS because helped TO bring the s
NV together so we could have an
,""n llnous platform to go before the /
lam ON in this campaign. ZAP 2
~ @u a,i How did we get itY 1t was I
ros ~, ,hat would have desired. IL b
e "o no, all that you Of the Eastern g
desired. We had to sur