The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-09


Judge Alton B. Parker was presented
10 the Democratic convention by Mar
tin W. Littleton, the gifted Brooklyn
orator. His speech in full follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the
Convention: We 90 not expect here
that stupid peace which smells of
chloroforrn We do not wish that unc-
tious unanimity which springs from the
uncOnfiicting emotions Of a solitary
man. We would not harve har-
mony in a single harness. We, too,
love the stir of a strenuous life, but we
believe in equal strenUousness for all
and special strenuOusness for none. We
do not derive our power from the seats
OF the mighty, but from the souls of the
humble. We do not ask for inane
agreement spTinging from faithless FIRE
but rather outbursts Of dissension issu-
ing from robust freedom. We are not
in executive session, but 70 ther in COM
mite of the whole. We were sent here
by the people to select a candidate; we
were not sent here by the candidate TO
notify the people. Our adversaries, by
dwelling tenderly on the simplicity of
the lamented Mckinley, managed to
endure for three days the strenuOsity
of Roosevelt But. reCounting In af-
fectionate terms the achievements of
which they Immediately credited TO the
other Through tears that We're shed
for the noble dead they saw larger
outline Of the living.
Invoked the Dead.
Driven by lash and lured by luck they
called on all the sacred dust 10 keep
their spirits up Set to run for three
fun days the pendulum petered out. the
hands stuck fast aud only a strenu-
Gus shake could make the wheels go
around Spiritless ia the sullen task,
they worked uphill against the grain
and gravity OF the hour. Without the
master which they had learned TO love,
they fingered iistless under the whip Of
one whom they have learned to fear.
Stripped of premeditated pOmp and
shorn Of soothing phrase. the occasion
meant no more or less than an era of
boots and spurs. Take away the trib-
ute 10 the dead, and all that is left is
q horsemau on the slopes Of San Juan
Remove the revered black that tells of
nations grief, and underneath is a
khaki Uniform. Withhold the record
made by hands and hearts no wstiIl
and ali that is left is usurpation's bold
account Pull off the mask that wears
the kindly smile Of peace, and see the
grim and firm-set teeth of war. It
was the change from sure and certain
ways to the shifting eddying currents
of the wild unknown. It was a leap an
the darkness Of Republican eclipse, and
four years hence wiu find them vainly
looking for the light 1t marks the
place where a party rich in years Of
service forsOOk the beaten path and
went on a winding way of untraveled
roads. II marks the gap between che
era of the conservative and the radical.
IL looks now because they do not see
where the old force ends and the new
begins. But as they drive away TO sea
the ever widening span 'twixt craft and
land viii set many a HfebOat toward
the shore. There is much talk Of
twisting tendons in the ray of life; of
running out OF breath toward the open
grave.
Old Way the Best.
The old and honored way is still the
best be not so strenuous as 10 strain
yourself nor yet 50 simple as 10 fan
asleep. There is much said by those
who sit on cushioned chairs, about
towards and weaklings in the nation s
life. The sunburnt farmer is just as
brave as the star-cTOWued soldier The
man of natural peace is hero a hundred
times TO where the man of artificial
war is hero once. Somehow of late
the atmosphere Of our national life is
filled with a spray OF blood. somehow
the march Of progress sounds Of ham
mered steel; somehow. although the
sunlight Of peace Is all about Us. there
- now and then the gieam Of bayOnets
in lis radiant fire and a flash of swords
in its silver beams, somehow. although
the constitution Is stiil in force, there
is sense Of failing power and grow
ing disresDeCt which makes US feel
that the venerable old man, SO to speak.
j. halt and blind with years and bur
deus in tie strenuous household of his
grandchildren Somehow at times there
runs a sort OF shock right down TO the
foundations of this republic which
makes the structure tremble. and all
the country pauses and listens and
then returns 10 work.
Period of Distrust-
somehow. although the future wei
comes US. il does 50 with a mailed
hand: somehow. although you cannot
put your finger on the cause, there is
a universal fear; the mother watching
While her children sleep. mods and then
she hears the bugle call The tramp Of
toes and. staring into the darkness OF
q dream she sees the rigid uDturned
face The toiler. turning all his tine
and sinew 10 gain which others get,
begins 10 doubt that the government is
Just The man of millions who puts 1t
out in the active currents of tide and
sees the peril of this doubt and the
government compromise with both,
begins TO feel that it is better boarded
than employed.
The north and south. each wearing
scars that tell of war almost forgiven
and forgotten. feel the fear again that
a problem which only time can settle
right VIII be forced upon them wrong.
Behind these fears and doubts and
startled dreams and various misgiv-
ings is many a hidden cause. But over
them is one at least revealed. For Lin
coin said, in the sadness OF his great
soul. With malice toward none, with
charity for all, with faith in the right
as God gives US the wisdom TO see il. -
And Roosevelt said. in the glory Of his
lf-contemplation: Tread softly and
carry a big stick"
Impious Republican Claims.
And between these. the beginning
and the ending Of Republican growth,
in time and temper, IN all their Wild
descending fight: with all they know
ana feel of the country's question Of
their course. the Republican party yet
claims every fruit Of soil and sun, OF
brain and soul. They say that by a
wise administration of natures laws
they brought abundant harvest from
the soil They say that by careful di-
rection OF scientific search they added
untold volumes TO the store of common
knowledge. They say that invention
under their control has lifted loads OF
labor from mankind. They say that
religious long sleep was broken By me
stimulus Of Republican virtue, and
they point with pride 10 the churches
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