The Glenwood post., 1908-06-20

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ulate Denver npons .beipgsaqleeAe4
as the meeting, plaee .Qf the sp~qp
cratic national convention Ae
thought sufficient,
Barney O'Connell Of Clsar
Creak4 thouehtsthe plank, insrsssc-
ence to the selection Of United
States senator's should be eliminl-
ated.
He defended the Constitution
and said that more reverence u
paid to the, rules and rsgalatioos
Of the Democratic, party, than, to
the Constitution of the United
States.
Gov. Adams spoke next and
said it was a matter of duty with
him to present the resolutions ,
that he had written but a few
words of the Bryan paragraph;
he warned the convention not to
turn down the resolutions be-
cause "the enemy would say,
Democracy was afraid to express
itself; and such being the case,
it would be better to disband. He
appealed for a free discussion OF
the planlks.
L. c. Paddock of Boulder said:
"The, latest phase of the Boul-
der. idea is to get home in as de-
cent and reputable a condition as
possible.
He wanted to get home, as soon
as possible.
Chas. F. Tew of Weld county
followed. He echoed the septi-
ments of Gov. Adams and appeal
ed for individualism and individ-
ual liberty. He thought that the
state convention should indicate
it's choice for senator, and could
not agree with O'Connell, in bis
position with reference to the
Constitution He advocated an
amendment to the Constitution
that this end might be obtained.
Col. B. F. Montgomery of Rio
Grande spoke next:
81 am not here to make a,
speech. l am here to tell what, ]
think. Lam opposed to this cow
ardly substitute, said he. :.
j. NJ. Brison of Teller county
spoke in behalf of the majority
report of the committee, which
advocated the selection Of United
States senator's by direct vote.
He scored Gov. Buchtel for, his
pardon policy and cited the case
of T. C. Brown to point his ar
gument
81 admire President Roosevelt,
God knows I do, but he is an au-
tocrat," he said.
Calls and cheers for Governor
Thomas brought that eminent
gentleman to the platform, He
believed the majority report
should be adopted.
'1I think it is a good thing to
instruct our Legislatures and hold
them to it."
Mayor Speer, an, unexpected
speaker, took the platform. He
said in part:
IT want to say q werd about
the platform. onA ofsthea oarsss
of the Dsueeratic party il that
we, era, Continually. tearing down
in our platforms and not building
up. I don't Hike the platform of
the committee. Il praises aoose-
velt. We DON'T want to, prsiss
him. It. opmmitst ~ ltera nsAio4al n
banking law. Lot tho national
convention do that. You praise
the work Of the state advisory
committee, 70 called. We q Dsu-
yer would prefer tees ny nstd1g
about that committee. a
They say I, ,am q eprpora- !
tion man. I am in that / believe
in treating corporations fairly.
But I don't believe In letting COR
poeatioas, ran, the party.
''WAsshould oeaaeI fighting oQr-
p4atians. We have dops this
for 20 long thst they are all
agsirst d with few exceptions. ="
BY giving them = fair deal the
mayer sid tka* b. had ,been .ahle
to get more from the corpora
tions In the four years Of his. adj
ministration than ;tAey nso11e. heA
bean able to get IN tho previous
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