The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
BRYAN AND
 ROOSEVELT Graves Addresses Chi cago Democrats. TWO MEN FOR PRESIDENCY One Shsuld Endorse the Claims of
 Other. Nebraskan and strenuous One Both Have Same Ideas and Their Powers Should Be Conbin-
 ed in campaig.

Chicago, April 2o.-"Bryan and Roosevelt--the Two Greatest Men an All the World"
 John Temple Graves of Atlanta, Ga, thus approached the conclusion of his 1 speech tonight at the twenty-seventh annual dinner of the Iroquois Club on The Regeneration of Parties.' It l was an address of which the keynote | was the speakers assertion that party lines in general had never held so Tightly as today. MT. Graves spoke from the standpoint of Democrat, and declared:
 1 T have never been better Demo- crat than am tonight and I have new | or been more hopeful of the ultimate success of Democracy"
 l Following the tribute paid to MT. Bryan and President Roosevelt the speaker said:
 aone word from Bryan would send Roosevelt omnipotent to the White House. One word from Roosevelt would just as surely make Bryan Pres- ident and clothe him with the power | for reform"
 Mir. Graves's tribute to the two great l political leaders was received by the banqueters with loud and prolonged applause.
 His address follows:
 Party ties in general" said the | speaker, ''have never been held so | lightly as they are today. North and | South, in Republican and in Democratic | ranks. loyalty hangs by q hair. The Republican Party formed upon tho Fed eraIist idea, which was reborn and | prospered upon the tides of abolition. has progressed beyond the Federalist theory to privileges and beyond the anti -sIaverite agitation to graft. taFfsI.. kI~ Dxr rtxrh hna Ra- cruited so rapidly from the ranks of the mighty in trade that its shibbo- l leths have been weakened. its plat forms have been truckled and in the last campaign 1t nominated 8 candi- date whose actual spoken commenda- famous confession, He was not of- fensive to the trusts H
 But times have changed and men l have changed with them. The cheap newspapers and the rural mall deliv- | cry have builded the dearest and most fpractica1 Democracy in the world. The people know more than they ever have known before. They see clearly and I they think more Individually than they ever thought before.
 "The principal citizen---and he is nine -tenths of the repubIic--cares the less than he ever did before for names and theories. He is less frightened and less inspired than he ever was be- fore by shibboleths and organizations. What he fears is not ostracism but practical damage to what he produces. What he wants is good government without regard to names. He has lived in himself and in his fathers memo ries to see that, no matter which side was on top-God reigned and the Gov ernment at Washington still lived. Stab at Parker.
 What conservative Democrat, save Alton B. Parker, with his conferees. has been strong enough to put Bryan to indignity and Hearst to shame? What Republican is strong enough to | reduce the irrepressible Roosevelt to the ranks of the orthodox in private7 And Republicans say Roosevelt can coerce the strong magnates of the trust to proper humility.
 Party names are nothing; their poli- cies are everything. Party traditions are interesting: their results are all essential. Parties are to be meas ured. not by their fair leaves of prom ise, but by the fruit of fulfillment.
 From the stalwart ranks of either party, from both sides of the republic; from the rich and finished East and from the virile and militant West. there have risen and grown and broad ened two great men who. more than all others, are prevailing now to the throne of partisan and to uplift the pa- l are above the partisan.
 MT. Bryan Is great because in all his life he has never feared or hesita- ted to champion his conviction against his party and to put them in the bal- ance against his personal interest. He is the first Democrat of the world to- day. MT. Roosevelt has grown great because he. toe. has risen above the partisan. Born and cherished in the campaign of privilege. he came with l brave heart and an open mind to Washington. He followed orthodox in the wake of his party and in the path of his predecessor.
 Work of Hearst.
 But one day William R. Hearst flung at his feet an array of unan- | swerable statistics to prove the bane- full existence and iniquity of the | trusts.
 "The challenge rang against a brave mans shield and Theodore Roosevelt was never the same man again. He buckled on his sword and went forth | to war with the merger of those North ern railroads under Hill and Harri- man. He has never sheathed since then the blade he barred in our Demo- cratic battle against corporate greed and profit.
 y'There they are. these two great men. the greatest men in all the I for righteousness and justice every where. They are the unmatched cham pions of the people in the supremest l crisis of the peoples need. Democratic Republican or Republican Democratic, it matters not. They are American, American statesmen and patriots in | every pulse. One or the other of these men should establish order and Justice in this crisis of our economic fife. One or the other should be the president and pilot of the people in these tremendous times. Either is worthy. Each deserves. Which can be?
 If 1t was never true before in all our history. it Is true today that these two men leading opposite factions have on their lips the power to change the face of parties and to regenerate the republics life. One word from Bryan would send Roosevelt omnipo- tent to the White House. One word from Roosevelt would just as surely make Bryan President and clothe him | with the power for reform. Roosevelt