The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-11

if defeat comes, it can only be temporary. If we are in fact right and those who win are wrong, and to those believing in the omnipotence of truth we are prepared to meet upon an honest footing, and despite our differences bow submissively to the will of the people and pray that which ever party wins, the countrys good will be preserved (Great applause and cheer ing.)
 A Fathers Advice.
 My father was a devout man. He did not leave me much in the way of money, and I am sure it would be bet ter for me that he did not for I believe that great wealth is more often curse than blessing to the young man who in herits it. A prospective fortune large enough to relieve one from the necessity of toll is more apt to paralyze ones en- ergy than to be a source of inspiration to him. But while my father did not leave me a fortune, he left me something that has been worth more to he than all the money of any millionaire could have been. He taught me to believe that every righteous principle would triumph (Ap- plause)
 He told me when a boy that I could afford to be in the minority, but that could not afford to be wrong on any question; that if I was in the minority and right I would some time be in the majority (applause and cheers and cries, You will now') and that If l was in the majority and wrong I would some time be in the minority 1 say to you, my friends, that that advice given to me by my father has been worth more to me than any amount of money could have been. and I believe it is principle that we should mbed in the minds and hearts of all, confidence of the triumph of every righteous cause. If evils come, let us have confidence in the intelligence, in the integrity and the patriotism of the people. We cannot stop the triumph of truth. We may accelerate it; we may re- tard it; we cannot stop it.
 Great Honor Has Come.
 But if I were to talk to you long on principles like these, I might be tempted to apply them to conditions daughter and applause), and to the issues, and that Is not my purpose this morning. A great honor has fallen to us The voters "f a great party have made me their stand ard-bearer. l need not tell you that l did not buy this nomination; I need not tell you that l had no way of coercing the people; why, my friends, I have no way of coercing the people who live about memo way of coercing the people of Normal or of Lincoln, or of Lancaster, or of Nebraska, much less of the Unf ed States. It is not for me to say whether they have acted wisely at Denver or not; 1 am glad the responsibility is theirs, not mine Qaughter). This I know: l ap- preciate it because 1 have been a free will offering, presented by 60000OO of my countrymen. We are going to do the best we can to present to the public the issues of this campaign. We are going to meet you we can and then we arc going to believe that whatever the re- suit is on election day 1t is going to be good, and if it is for we will feel that we are going to be permitted to put into practice the principles which will be pre- sented; and if it is against us, we will know that we can learn by the manner in which our opponents apply their prin- ciples whether they were right in adVo- eating them or we right in opposing then them.
 You have come out at the beginning of the campaign. Come out just as ofSen as you will, and there is one thing about 1t, the pleasure of success will be mod erated by the fact that it will take us from you and the sorrow of defeat will be softened by the fact that it will leave us with you" (Great cheering).