Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-08
BRYAN IN CONTROL OF 4
DENVER CONVENTION

| memory ana IL can 10 Justicc ~ mn
without rejecting upon his living. A
man who eight years administered the
affairs Of this great country with honor
| to the country and to himself, as these
resolutions state, is worthy Of being hon.
| ored by any assemblage of American zap
| plause) A man who has been honoreG
| by the Democratic party more than any
other man has been by that organiZa-
| ton and having been named In three
consecutive contests as It's standard bear
| er is worthy of recognition by all as
semblage of Democrats (appause). A
man who had for two terms the highest
| honor within the gift of the people of
| the world is worthy of all honor. I am
not here to pronounce eulogy upon Gro
| yer Cleveland. No resolutions, in my
judgment, commencing his life and SER
vices could be too strong (applause).
| He defended the faith of the fathers.
He preserved inviolate the prerogative of
| the executive and never entrenched upon
| the rights of the judiciary or the legs
lative branches of the government He
made the first courageous fight against
| trusts and monopoies of this country by
| his celebrated message of 1871. And he
was not deferred from sending that mes
| sage to the Congress of the United
! States by being told that it would jeop-
| ardiZe his election and the success Of the
party. He sent the message to the Con-
| gress of the United States because he
| knew it was right, and if it was right he
knew that he and the party could afford
| to wait. Defeat ensued, but after -four
years rolled around the Democratic par
| ty and the people OF the country ap-
| proved Of that message and ratified his
action by re-electing him President of the
United States (applause).
| He was also able to steer the ship of
state safely between the rocks Of the
communism of wealth and socialism or
| anarchy. He was the first President of
the United States after Monroe who CAV.
expression forcefully and established be-
yond all cavil the Monroe doctrine.
| Now, my friends, this great Democratic
party which we here represent, which
honored him by making him our standard
bearer, as 1 have said, for three consecu-
tive elections has always been success
full when united.
Let us now bury all of the dissension
Of the past (great applause).
| Not every Democrat, but every citizen
of the United States should be proud of
the record that this great American has
made (applause).
His courage was beyond question. his
ability all acknowledge. His fidelity to
his convictions was known and hOnored
friends and foes alike. Let us. therefore,
my friends, in paying this tribute to our
| departed leader bury in his newly made
grave all the dissensonS that hitherto di-
vided us .applause).
| Peace he to the ashes of this great de-
fender of the faith (applause). Honor to
the memory of this happy warrior. /
thank you. Great appause).
Terrific shouts greeted his words "let
US now bury all defies of the past"
Col. w. B. Haldeman of Kentucky
also seconded the resolution.
'It is moved and seconded" began
Mr.. Bell. but he was at once interrupt
ed by cries of Parker. Parker" which
came from ali parts of the hall.
Judge Parker paid no attention to
the cries at first but they continued to
grow. The galleries joined the dele
gates in the cries and applause and fl
nally Judge Parker arose and made
his way to the platform. 1t, seemed to
start the cries for Parker but when
the judge yielded to the shouts for his
recognition the New York delegates
lead the cheers
Parker's Resolutions.
1T was my purpose. had I been for
tunate enough to first secure the at
tention of the chairman to offer the
following:
Before undertaking the important
work confronting us. we. the repre-
sentativeS of the Democratic party in
national convention assembled, record
our profound grief at the great loss
sustained by the country and cviliza-
ton in the death of Grover Cleveland.
1--WE honor him as a true statesman
who kept inviolate the faith bequeath-
ed by Thomas Jefferson to this time
honored organization of the people.
| I'VE recall with great appreciation
the signal services he rendered in
maintaining jealousy the true distribu-
ton Of power guaranteed by the con-
stitution to the executive, legislative
and judicial departments of our gov
eminent; insisting that no greater
burden be imposed upon the people
by taxation than is necessary to ad-
minister the government economically;
in striking at the root of the grow
ing evils of special privilege and trust
monopoly by demanding tariff reduc-
ton. (Applause). in making practical
application of the principle Of civil
service reform under motto Public
office is a public trust"
| We revere him as a patriot who
never failed to denounce wrong and
uphold right wherever found, whose
courage unmistakeable, whose inter-
egity was unquestioned, whose adher-
ance to his high ideals could not be
| shaken.
We deplore his death as that of
the first citizen of the United States,
the preeminent embodiment of the po-
litcal and social truths that from
unselfish service comes the nOblest
power and that the power of influence
is vastly greater than the might of au-
thority.
Finally. we commend honor and
reverence won by the true character
through sturdy adherence tn undying