The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-07-17
FITNESS OF NEsRAskA's GIFTED
SON is ACCLAIMED.
PEOPLE KNOW AND TRUST HIM
Orator Declares Western Statesman
Is the Man Above All others
Emincntly Worthy of tho
Party's Leadership.

the claims OF William Jennings Bryan
as the party's logical candidate fol-
the presidency, before the Democratic
national convention, In the following
speech:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the
Convention: Crises arise In the life
OF nations which endanger their iasti
tutions and. at times, imperll the ad
vance of civilization.
Every people that has left It's i'm
press upon history has faced such
\ crises. In most instances, where
grave dangers have threatened the
safety of the state, some great char.
acter, some master mind has been
found, produced as it were by the con.
ditions themselves, with capacity to
direct Alright the energies of the PEG,
pie. This was true OF the ancient
world; 1t has been true of the modern
world; 1t Is true of this republic. We
have such crisis to meet to-day. The
ravor-seeking corporations have grad
ually strengthened their hold upon the
government until they now menace
popular institutions.
The question is, whether this gov
eminent shall be restored to the con-
troll Of the people and be administered
in the interest of all, or whether 1t
shall remain an instrument in the
hands Of the few for levying tribute
upon all the rest.
In his special message to congress
slast winter President Roosevelt de-
Cleared, substantially, that certain
wealthy men who have become enor-
mously rich by depressing the wage
Garner, defrauding the public and
practicing all forms of iniquity, have
banded together, and by the unlimited
use of money, endeavor to secure
freedom from restraint and to over
throw and discredit all who honestly
administer the law.
That the methods by which these
men have acquired their great for
tunes can only be justified by sys-
tenn of morality that would permit
every form of criminality, every form
OF violence, corruption and fraud.
For many years, and especially dur.
ing the last IL years. these very men
have been in control of the Repub-
lican party; they have financed every
campaign of that party for quarter
, of century. These exploiters of the
people, whom the president has so
scathingly denounced, have given
thoir anthuc;ocfio cupport ~ tha DO.
publican candidates and policies. They
laid their hands upon the trust funds
of insurance companies and other cor
porations and turned the plumber over
to the Republican committee. The
money thus filched from the innocent
and helpless, to purchase Republican
victory, has not been repaid.
And where do we find these men to-
day? Where are the swollen for
tunes of which we have heard so
much? Just where we would expect
to find them-supporting the Repub-
lican ticket and furnishing the sinews
of war for the Republican committee
as usual.
Republican Party Arraisned.
The platform adopted by the late
convention shows what the Republican
party In truth represents. In framing
the platform every genuine reform
which the president has advocated was
scorned and repudiated. The Wiscon-
sin delegation asked that one or two
reform planks be placed in the plat
form, and for its pains was denounced
as Democratic. The convention by a
vote of eight to one refused to ap-
prove those policies which the presi-
dent for four years has been urging
upon his party. The mask Of hypocrisy
has been torn from the face Of those
who pretend to favor the reforms adj
vocated by the president, and it Is now
apparent why the System" admires
Taft and hates the senator from Wis
cousin. When compelled to choose
between an appeal to the conscience
o.. the nation in defense OF its plat
form and candidates, on the one hand,
and the millions that the special inter-
ests may be dependent upon to con-
tribute on the other, that convention
rejected the people and continued its
alliance with Mammon.
If the charges made by the presi-
dent are true-and they are true
we are indeed face to face with
situation as grave as any in our his
tory. How shall It be met? The
good sense, patriotism and united ac-
ton of the people alone can remedy
present evils.
yDemocrats Must Furnish Leader.
ITO wage a successful fight we must
have a leader The Republican party.
dominated by the seekers of special
privileges. cannot furnish him. Re-
pubiicans who really desire reform
are powerless; the efforts of the pres