The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-10

government and The common veal
Democrats have thrown aside petty
differences and today we present 8
solid front to the enemies Of Democ
racy.
I'VE have met here to renew our al
legia11ce to-, and proclaim our faith in
the principles Of the Democratic par.
ty-to write platform and to name
as our standard bearer the next pres
1dent of the United States. The coun:
try is tired of the Republican party
Under that party's management the
federal. government has become the
handy instrument of predatory wealth
The rights and liberties of the masses
are no longer regarded or respected by
the Republican party.
"Mr. Chairman, trusts have flour
1shed unrestrictedly and there are
more among us now than when Mr..
Chandler predicted what would come
If they were permitted to flourish un-
restrictedly. His prediction has come
true, and trusts have destroyed COM
petition as business principle and
they are exerting a powerful and cor
rupting influence in politics and today
the soul of individualism cries out
from every quarter Of the republic,
My country, how long will this form
Of tyranny be permitted to exist?'
"The cause of Democracy is the
cause of the people and to the Demo-
cratic party the people of America are
looking for deliverance from the Re-
publican evils that do now surely af-
fict us. I'rise to second the nomina-
ton of man who is, and has been for
long time, the idol of the Democratic
masses.
HE is the intellectual giant of
the United States He is less misun-
derstood and more misrepresented than
any other statesman in our history. So
frank and fair and fearless that he
cannot be misunderstood true is he
and so uncompromisingly just that his
political opponents and the great trust
controlled dailes dare not play fair or
fight him in the open. Statesmen,
world diplomats and kings have paid
him tribute.
"Mr. Chairman, we are told in the
Holy Writ that King Darius sought to
make Daniel chief of the presidents in
his kingdom because AN excellent spir-
it was in him. Democracy's able and
fearless leader, in whose manly breast
dwells an excellent spirit will, in my
Judgment, be elected president of the
United States. Pampered by no power
and pensioned by no class he will
break down the trust idols in the tenn.
pie of liberty, just as Daniel of old
broke the gildel images of Babylonish
idolatry. And above the panic-stricken
genius of business will be heard the
hum of wheels and the voice of a
healthy industry. Today, when the
whole country is looking for a man to
stretch forth the healing rod as did
Aaron Of old to give the land deliver
ance, William Jennings Bryan sur
rounded by the hosts Of Democracy re.
sembles mighty cliff emerging from
the sea. The waves Of calumny have
beat against it, the winds of hate have
howled around it's massive form; the
lightning bolts of sarcasm have de-
scended upon it's brow and the clouds
of misunderstanding have hung round
it's splendid head; but look! the waves
are calm, the winds are hushed, the
sky is clear; the clouds are gone, and
10! the rock is there, supreme and in
destructible. Elect Bryan president,
and he will be just to all, partial to
none, but unreservedly for the right
rs God gives him the power to discern
t."