The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-21
GREATEST TWO IN
 ALL THE WORLD
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 The obligation Is even upon each
 Will either rise to The great height which destiny has buiided for them? do not know Nor do we know. We only know that the vast question waits. 1 have pointed my own hero to his op- portunity If he will not grasp it, let us hope the other may.
 ''If Bryan from defeat will not return the laurel upon Roosevelts brow, then from the great height of victory let Roosevelt reach down and lift the Patriot Bryan up to power and duty.
 Just this 1 would say in parting: The day and it's needs are above partisan ship, and the practical patriot is the re- publican hope''
 Other Speakers.
 Other speakers of the evening were Gil- bert M. Hitchcock of Omaha, who talked on "The Radical Vindicated;" Ben J. Shively, South Bend, Ind, who spoke on "Old Faiths and New Conditions" and Edwin M. Grout of Brooklyn on "fhe Patron Saint of Democracy"
 It was long after midnight when the speech making was finished. The two last speakers on the programme Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri and former Comptroller Grout of New York city, bit- terly opposed MT. Graves idea that the next President should be either William J. Bryan or President Roosevelt.
 Congressman Clarks topic was f'Demo- cratic Ideals," and he took advantage of the occasion to inform the balnquetters of where he stood regarding Mr. Graves suggestion that under certain conditions 1t would be MT. Bryan's duty to nominate President Roosevelt as the democratic condiate
 Missouri is for Bryan," said Mir Clark, and if he is a candidate don't see how he can be defeated for the nomination. What we want is democratic candidate and not republican, as has been sug- gested by MT. Graves. There are plenty of men in the democratic party who could fill the presidential chair, and I for one am sure the time will never be when the democratic party will find 1t necessary to go to their opponents for a man to represent them as chief executive of this country If democrats can't find a can oidate, I will find one for them. If my candidate don't suit them, I'll take the nomination myself. Should MT. Bryan ever attempt as suggested by MT. Graves, to nominate President Roosevelt on the democratic ticket, l, for, one, would de- mand that Bryan be read out of the party. What we want is discussion among dem ocrats. MT Bryan is the logical candidate of his party and I believe will be nomi- mated unanimously"
 Former Comptroller Grout preceded MT. Clark and bitterly criticised President Roosevelt for his denunciation of Mover and Haywood, the officials of the West ern Federation of Miners, who are await ing trial In Idaho on charge of murder.
 When l take issue with President Roosvelt,' said MT. Grout, "I suppose am filing my application for membership In the Ananias club. l am sorry to say 1t, but President Roosevelt has the faeul- ty of interfering in the business which strictly belongs to other people. In the controversies which have been going on for the past two or three years. am sure 1t would have been much in keeping with in the dignity of his office if he had fol- lowed In the footsteps of his predecessors and remained silent"