Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-07-14
INVENTION WAS ENTHUSIASTIC
,.e,+ New York Jurfst Wins the
Nomination on F'rss sa''0e A'"'o
Great Enthusiasm
FOR PRESIDENT
ALTON BROOKS PARKER
of New York.
For Vice-President
HENRY G. DAVIS
of West Virginia.


The above is the ticket nominated
hr the Democratic National Convention
.t Ct Louis last week. The questions
nore all gone over thoroughly and the
eendard-bearers we're chosen after
nature deliberation and thorough dis
eussion.
The different elements of the Demo
cratic party have agreed to harmonious
action. The support of Hearst, Bryan,
Cleveland and Tammany has been as
sured by those in position to speak.
st. Louis, Special-Judge Alton B.
Parker was nominated for President by
the National Democratic Convention
on Saturday morning at $40, central
time. On the first ballot he received
Ss7 ballots-more than the, two-thirds
necessary to choice.
There was .unbounded enthusiasm
among the delegates when the result of
the vote was announced.
The Democratic National Convention
which assembled in st. Louis on July
9Th was one of the largest representa-
tive bodies that ever graced conven-
ton hall since the beginning of the re-
public.
John Sharp Williams was temporary
chairman. and made a vigorous speech,
arraigning the Republican position on
all questions.
The committee on permanent or
ganiZation nominated Champ Clark, OF
Missouri, for permanent chairman.
The platform was adopted on Friday
night. and Parker, Bryan and Gray
were each placed in nomination.
The following is taken from the
nomination speech Of Mr.. Littleton who
placed Judge Parker's name before the
conyention
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Convention:
I'VE do not expect here that stupid
peace which smells of chloroform. We
DO not wish that unctuous unaninity
which springs from the unconf1icting
emotions Of solitary man. We would
not have our harmony in single har-
ness. We, too, love the stir Of strenu-
GUS life; but we believe in equal strenu-
BUSINESS for all and special strenuous
ness for none. We do not derive our
power from the seats of the mighty, but
from the souls Of the humble. We dc
not ask for insane agreement springing
rom faithless fire; but rather out
bursts Of dissension issuing from ro-
oUst freedom. We are not in executive
SESSION, but rather in the committee Of
the whole. We were sent here by the
people to select a candidate. We were
hot sent here by the candidate to notify
the people. Our adversaries, by dwell
lug tenderly on the simplicity Of the Ia
mented Mckinley, managed to endure
l0I three days the strenuosity Of Roose
'ei'. BY recounting in affectionatt
'efihs the achievements OF the one
'ney evoked an enthusiasm which the,
immediately credited to the other
through tears that were shed for tn,
hoole dead, they saw a larger outline o
VAC hVlng. Driven by lash and lured b,
1ueK, they called on all the sacred dus
~ KEEP their spirits up. Set to run 70
'nfee full days, the pendulum petere'
Oa'' the hands stuck fast, and only
'''ehoous shake could make the wheel
eo round. Spiritless in the sullen task
les worked uphill the grain and grav
"a the hour. Without the maste
;, Aonl they had learned to love, the
nAsefed ~ under the whip of one whor
10y nave learned to fear. Stripped c
0oiatated pomp and shorn {
sOo'alng phrase, the occasion meant n
o4e OF less than an era of boots an
rake away the tribute to th
"a and all that is left is horsena
N Tue slopes Of San Juan. Remove th
0leho black that tells of a nation
80 and underneath is a khaki un
ha Withhold the record made b
,s as ,. and hearts now still, and all ,th,
p., 'i' IS usurpation's bold accoun
a.., ~, OH the mask that wears the kind
srn or peace and see the grim ar
~. ~ II set teeth of war. It was Il
ee from sure and certain ways