The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-11
WAS WAS REMARKABLE
IN MANY RESPECTS
From State Where Democracy
is a Fact and Not Figure
Of Speech
Special to Dsny Leader

Special to Daily Leader
Denver. Colo. July 1.-THE speech
Of Senator Gore, Of Oklahoma. which
aroused the national convention 10
such protracted frenzy Of enthusi
{ asm. was remarkable in many Ways
lt was by the junior senator from the
newest commonwealth in the Union of
states It contained not more than
500 words and the speaker presented
q pathetic appearance as his sight
less eyes shifted ahnlessly and unoer
tainiy over the vast convention hall
Received with a resounding cheer. he
kept the enthusiasm mounting higher
and higher, until It exceeded all
bounds previously known In gather
I ings Of this kind His first sentence
was reference TO the announcement
which had been made a few moments
previously BY Chairman Bell that the
Michigan delegation had lost its Bible
and was worried about Il.
Refers to Michigan Bible.
a would like first to announce that
the Michigan Bible will be found in the
den cf the Tammany Tiger" he said
whereupon gale of laughter swept,
the hall Il saw it on exhibition there
ais a curiosity, he added
Now, nay friends. he continued
Oklahoma re1oices to make her debut
to have her coming out under clrcum
stances so auspices (ApDlause.) Ok
lahoma rejoices in the privileges OF put.
4 ting on long dresses ard eating at the
4 first table with the grown folks. CAP
! plause.} Oklahoma. confidentally
would rather be on the inside looking
out than on the outside looking In
Qaughter)
New il there is anybody here tha;
doesn't know anything or everything
ask Oklahoma and sae viii tell you.
+ tiaughter) Oklahoma brings greet
ings and good cheer to her older sis,
tors IN this splendid Union
4 Ck'ahome cewocrstic.
Il come to You, my fellow democrats.
not only from the newest stae but /
come from the mcst democratic state
in this mighty Union. (Wild cheer
ing.) | come to you from a state
I where democracy is fact and not a
| figure OF speech | come to you from.
a state where the principles OF Jeffer.
sonian democracy have been written
into the fundamental law of the land
(Applause)
1T IS true that the president of the
/ United States said that his opinion Of
our constitution was not flt for publ.
cation. That however, is true OF a
great many Of the opinions ST the
president of this country (Cheers.)
My fellow democrats, the great sec
l retary OF war waged war against one
constitution. He came to oklahoma
and told us to do what liberty-loying
freemen, what the Angio-Saxn race has
lncyer done; reject the opportunity for
selfgoyernment when that opportunity
was presented. The greatest hvinE
lapostle OF human liberty came down
60 Oklahoma and advised as TO avail
Yourselves of the opportunity to securc
the blessings OF liberty to ourselves
and to our pcsterity (Cheers3
Bryan's Name Called.
And with u majority of more than
100000 Oklahoma rejected the advice
los Yait and acceptcd The adice of Bry
Ian" lt was at this point that The
lgreat demonstration began. Senator
lCme listened 60 iptenfiy for more
thn five minutes Without changing
lhis position Then, as If satisfied thai
IL would be of long duration he sal
down on the railing and calmly waited
d lfcr ihe turbulence 20 subside The
demonstration began nc 1919 o'clock
Il AT 2.40 o'clock Chairman Bell, assisted
by a score of others began their ef
\ forts TO restore order. These efforts
were successful seven minutes aftel
and linen Sena3r Gore arose gain an,
said.
go Thou and DO Likewise"
my countrymen, 70 the other ans
the older states in this great self-goy
erning republic, Oklahoma has bul
this to say: G. thou and DO likewise.
/ (Cheersl Then he passed from th'
platform after having caused one o
the greatest demonstrations in tho
history OF political conventions II
America.