Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-10
IGNATIUS DUNN PUTS
BRYAN IN NOMINATION

Mr.: Dunn in his speech nominating
Bryan said, in part:
The question is, whether this govern
ment shall be restored to the control of
the people and be administered In the in
terest of all. or whether it. shall remain
an instrument in the hands of the few
for levying tribute upon all ithe rest.
The platform adopted by the late con-
vention shows what the republican party
in truth represents. In framing the plat
form every genuine reform which the
President has advocated was scorned and
repudiated. The Wisconsin delegation
asked that one or two reform planks be
placed in the platform, and for its pains
was denounced as democratic. The con-
Vention. by a vote of eight to one. refused
To approve those policies which the
President for four years has been urg-
ing upon his party. The mask of by
pocrisy has been torn from the face of
those who pretend to favor the reforms
advocated by the President, and il is now
apparent why the system admires Taft
and hates the senator from Wisconsin.
When compelled to choose between an ap-
peal TO the conscience of the nation in
defense OF its platform and candidates.
on the hand. and the millions that
the special interests may be dependent
upon TO contribute on the other, that con-
vention rejected the people and continued
It's alliance with Mammon.
The Kind of Leader Demanded.
The democratic party must furnish the
leader which present conditions demand.
and he must be man known TO be free
from the influences that control the re-
publican party. He must be man of SUI
perior intellect. sound judgment positive
convictions and moral courage-one who
will meet the forces of Dlutocracy with
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no surrender. He must have d genius for
siatecraft, he must be a man of wide eX-
p"rience in public affairs, he must have
ability TO formulate policies and courage
10 defend them.
But above all. he must have faith in
The people. He must not only believe in
the right of the people 10 govern but in
their capacity to do So And he must be
a man whom the people know and trust
THE democratic party has many distin-
guished men who might be chosen as our
standard bearer; but 1t has one man who
above all others possesses the necessary
mis- leadership
He is a man whose nomination will
leave no doubt as TO where our party
stands on every public question His
genius for statecraft is shown by the con-
structive work he has done in proposing
reforms, and by the ability with which he
has fortified his position. But we may
20 farther.
"A few months since he visited the
principal nations of the world He came
I'm contact with the leading minds of
Christendom. and the world abroad recog-
Hized his greatness and paid him that
tribute justly due to men of high attain
rnents.
In the most distinguished peace con-
Vention that has assembled in recent years
he proposed a plan which, II adopted,
would prove more effective than any ar
bitration treaty that has yet been made,
and by his influence he secured its an
prevail by the representatives of the twen-
ty-siX leading nations there assembled
rs he thoroughly informed regarding
the issues of this campaign? Read his
speeches and his writings which for
nearly twenty years have been q part of
the political literature of the nation Is
he sincere. brave and determined? Even
his political opponents now admit thar
he is.
His Political Creed
His convictions have been his politi
cal creed He has impressed these CON
victions upon others not by dictation.
bat by arguments addressed to the
Judgment and the conscience.
Believing in the ultimate triumph of
the right. he has never examined ques-
tions from the standpoint of expedi-
ency. He has never inquired whether
a political principle was popular: it has
been sufficient for him TO believe that
j, was right
of the reserved rights of the states. He
favored the election of senators by
direct vote before the House of Repre-
nepfatiyAs ever acted faVOrlhly upOQ