The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-11
NAMES BRYAN
OF NEBRAskA'S GIFTED
SON Is ACCLAIMED.
PEOPLE KNOW AND TRUST HIM
Orator Declares Western Statesman
Is the Man Above All Others
EminentIy Worthy Of the
Party's Leadership.


Dunn, on behalf Of Nebraska, urged
the claims of William Jennings Bryan
as the party's logical candidate for
the presidency, before the Democratic
national convention, in the following
speech:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Conventions: Crises arise in the life
of nations which endanger their insti-
buttons and, at times, imperil the adj
vance of civilization.
Every people that has left its 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 1t were by the con-
ditions themselves, with capacity to
direct Alright the energies of the peo-
pie. This was true of the ancient
world; it has been true of the modern
world; it is true Of this republic. We
have such a crisis to meet to-day. The
favor-seeking corporations ave rad
ually strengthened their hold upon the
government until they now n
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
last winter, President Roosevelt de-
clared, substantially, that certain
wealthy men who have become enor-
mously rich by expressing the wage
| Garner, defrauding the public and
| practicing all forms of iniquity. have
| banded together, and by the unlimited
| 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 a 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 a quarter
Of a century. These exploiters of the
people, whom the president has so
scathingly denounced, have given
| their enthusiastic support to the Re-
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? lust 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 Arraigned.
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 r%epudiated. The Wiscon-
sin delegation asked that one or two
reform planks be placed in the plat
go,-, ooI for ifC noinC U1c 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
consin. When compelled to choose
between an appeal to the conscience
of the nation in defense of it's plat
form and candidates, on the n 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 a
situation as grave as any in our his,
tory. How shall it be met? The
good sense, patriotism and united &C
ton Of the people alone a remedy
present evils.
Democrats Must Furnish Leader.
To wage a successful fight we must
have a leader. The Republican party,
| dominated by he seekers of special
privileges, cannot furnish him. Re-
publicans who really desire reform
are powerless; the efforts of the pres
ident have been futile.
The Democratic party must furnish
the leader which present conditions
| demand. and he must be a mar known
to be free from the influences that
control the Republican party. He
must be a man Of superior intellect,
sound judgment. positive convictions
and moral courage-one who will meet