The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-16
John Temple Graves Speaks.

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The successive defeats Of the Dem
ocratic party formed The burden u
the speakers Introductory remarks.
Coming then. to speak Of the tried
ana trusted leader Of the party. he
said:
we stand here tonight with that
great and stainless gentleman who haS
carried the heart and hope Of our
Democracy for the decade in which
we live. We have yet this White
plume OF Navarro to rally u scat
tered legions and TO lead the faithfN'
followers Of Democracy With qua
temper III victory or defeat. What
ever else these Years Of gloom hav"
borne us. however successive the
tides Of disaster. which have followed
campaigns. whatever the fortunes
Of the legislative forum or Of the
four-year battles upon which we have
Stakcd our hopes. il is yet our glory.
hat ont Of DOR faih ana order has
forged to the fore Of history and 10
the front Of international repute tn
one great commoner Of u later
times. We are Net rich in the beaUti-
full history. III the consistent Demo"
racN and in the u~nstained integrity Of
the eloquent and Well beloved chief Of
all our clan. The heart of DemOcTa-
g viii be his until the end Of the
chapter. Among those who have led
Us in the past, and amon2 those WnO
are TO lead US in the future. there
| deserves t. live and there will BE-
left to live no name moro honOre;l.
10 character more reNered. no leader-
ship more trusted. and no personal
ity more believed. than William J.
| Bryan. Of Nebraska.
'tTwice he has fought his good
fight, always he has kept the faith.
but that he has finished his course 30
man who reads history or trusts the
people can for q moment think. If
the Democracy had in its power -
| moose. the vast and swelling major
| ity Of its ranks Would bear William j
Bryan upon its shoulders to the pres
idency Of the United states
For my own part. ] bc!ive. ana {
am sure you too believe. that we shall
! crowned with the illustrious station
whose duties he viii adprn ana
whose powers and responsibilities he
will nobly meet.
Mr.. Graves went on 10 speak Of I5le
principles for when II Democratic
| party has contended through forty
| years of defeat relieved by only tr,}
successful contests for the presidenc".
| He paid i glowing tribute to Grover
cleveland and passed on TO the issu 5
Problems of the Present.
W are fronted now With condi-
items in this republic which few men
l NCoNo ID E CsNCI bJd WHICH NJ
man ten Years ago would have had
the temerity to predict. Out OF the
camps of the enemy, out Of the seats
Of the ScOrnful. out Of the Pretorian
Guard Of privilege and monopoly.
there has come an unexpected and
potential onver to the creeds and
theories OF r~n1Ccracy. And whether
We find the school master who has
Taught him III the eloquent and irr2-
sisuble eVanScls of Bryan. in the
which has doomed persistent
~ from the eight great gun of the
mdomIlabtc Hearst. or whether that
Providence Which shapes the deStif-
les OF nations and Of men has dropped
the scales from his partisan eyes. the
fact remains that Theodore Roose-
welt mas learned his Democratic les
son we'll. We may az well acknowl-
edge fairly what history will fear
lcSsly affirm. that he has become the
foremost and most effective executor
OF democratic policies and the most
practical champion Of popular lights
winch these tvs generators of the
repupIc have produced.
Democratic Principles Nindicutrd.
The things for which we have
fought for forty years he has been
putting into fearless and effective eN-
ecutton- Since William K. Hearst
lung at his feet the challenge to r.
torn in that Incompatible array Of
statistics which proved the existence
ana the iniuuitv of the trusts. fha