The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-10

performance of public duty, against
political corruption, against the en-
trenchments of lawless wealth and
against the deliverance of the rights
of the people and Of their chosen rep
resentatives into the possession of a
triumvirate out of sympathy with the
people, the democratic party sets its
face and prepares for a mighty con-
flict. Again proclaiming for all
equality, for none special favor, it en-
tiers upon the contests with the con-
seriousness of being right and with the
assurance of being victorious.
Here in this beautiful city of the
mountains have assembled the dele
gates who are to select the leader in
this campaign of the people to recov-
er their rights and privileges.
What ever dissentions there may
be in our ranks, whatever differences
of opinion may prevail, TO be worthy
of the task before us, we must choose
our leader with calmness and deliber
alton and when he is chosen We must
follow him with zeal and with strength
mindful only of the great purposes we
seek to accomplish.
IF there is one in our party great
enough and good enough to be made
our candidate, upon whom all within
our ranks can agree. and around whom
no internal strife has ragged, one who
can better than any other unite all the
factions and all the divisions of the
-, artx
enunciating the demands OF the people
and dedicated to them, it is wise and it
! is our duty to name him as our candi-
date.
The great North Star State, mid
| way between the two oceans and at
the the head Of the great valley Of the
Mississippi, comes here with mes
sage to deliver and record to dis
close She has a son whom she loves
and has signally honored and she can
not better aid in the great work that
| lies before us than in offering TO us as
a leader that honored citizen of the
state.
Thousands upon thousands of the
men and women of this country were
born in other lands and under other
| flags. The opportunities to be found
in this land. the broad principles up
on which our form of government
rests. the freedom of action and the Sc
curity of life and property here, at
tracted them so irresistibly that they
left the homes of their fathers and
came to live with us, to pay for the
nations welfare when there is peace,
and to fight for the nations honor
when there is war. They became
| Americans. 1t is of the son of Swed-
ish immigrants that speak.
They came with all the hope and
with all the fear that is experienced
by those who try the unknown. There
was a new language to be acquired,
new customs to be learned. new life
to be begun. They found a beautiful
spot in the plain. near the lakes and
the forest, and there they built their
! little cot and underwent the struggles
the pioneer immigrant so we'll under
stands.
; AT the knee of this Woodworking
, noble minded God-Serving mother
: where he was taught to lisp his even
ing prayer. her son first learned some
) thing of the character of this great
nation, as she whispered to him hel
, reasons for leaving faraway Sweder
and taking up her home down by the
: trees and the river and the lakes.
deprived at an early age of the
fathers guiding hand, the mother anc
) her little ones were obliged to make
2 their way alone. Out of the depths O
7 poverty have come some of the mobiles
r souls the world has known. TIT
hardships. the numerous trials, the
j., weary struggle for the days nourish
= ment, raiment and shelter leave al
: impress upon the character of him il
: whose life they come that can neve
S be removed.
4 The story of the poor and the inter
4 ests of the common people appeal t.
Il him as -fey cannot appeal to one VIII
4 has not experienced the SORROWS tn
d burden and the anxiety of penury an
want The gross, the selfish. the cal
e lous and the Indifferent are worn ava
by the grinding wheels of poverty
leaving but the refined the gentle an
JthutI Adlblt. SCuoillNc ~ TIC tcllo u
distressed and unhappy humanity.
Creatures of environment that w
are. how great is the influence of GU
, surroundings in those tender year
| when impressions are most readil
made and most lastingly retained.
this uprising Of the people let our leaC
er be man of the people. one who ha
risen from the depths and is by brit
by training and by nature truly so
of toll
When the boy grew older he rea
a few good books and in a quiet cour
try village pondered over the grea
questions affecting the destiny of tn
state and of the nation. Once col
WINGED that the government was best
by special interests seeking TO obtai
unholy profits from it. slaves of gree
and selfishness. lovers OF power an
~ dominion. every patriotic impulse
}, the young mans breast, impelled hi
: to oppose and denounce these enemit
of the public good.
Believing they sought shelter an
protection at the hands of the repu
lcan party and have TO a large exten