The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-10
GOVERNOR ROB:-.T B. GLENN
Seconds the Nomination of Mr.. Bryan
at the Democratic National


Convention.
Governor Robert B. Glenn, Of North
Carolina, seconded the nomination of
Mr.. Bryan for president. After speak
ing Of conditions in the south and ar
raigning the Republican party in
unmeasured terms, he said, in part:
''North Carolina has no candidate
for president on the Democratic ma
tional ticket, but l arise in the name
of my state to most earnestly second
the nomination of that profound and
progressive statesman, brilliant and
persuasive orator, patriotic and law
abiding citizen, and true and humble
christian gentleman, William Jennings
Bryan, Of Nebraska. But hear some
say it will never do to nominate Mr.
Bryan, for he is narrow in~his views,
socialistic in his principles, contracted
in his ideas Of craftsmanship, and has
twice been defeated for the presidency,
and, therefore, cannot, as our leader,
command the votes of the people and
lead us to victory in November. Let
us faithfully analyze these charges,
and, if true, let us demand new
champion of our rights; but If false,
let us rally still more determinedly
under his standard, and compel a rec
ignition of his policies.
"Mr. Bryan stands for the widest,
broadcast, most progressive and sound
est principles Of Jeffersonian Democ.
racy; so Democracy must be shallow,
else Bryan is intensely profound. If
to be narrow is to stand for "a gov.
eminent of the people, by the people,
and for the people, giving equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none then Mr.. Bryan is narrow, for
he believes in protecting the poorest
humblest creature,
IF it is socialism to seek to destroy
trusts, to prevent the rich from crush
ing out all competition by the weak,
and allowing no individual or corpor-
alton, by combination, to control or
mOnorolize the entire business in any
one commodity, then Mr.. Bryan is d
socialist; for with no uncertain voice,
in the name Of Democracy, he has de-
handed that, while every business
shall be amply protected and en-
couraged in the enjoyment Of all it's
privileges, it must and shall not lay
the weight of it's finger on any smaller
concern or individual to either destroy
or lessen its producing power, else it,
too, shall be controlled, even though it
be necessary to blot out it's existence.
IF it is to be contracted to believe
in states rights in it's widest sense,
giving the state government absolute
control Of all it's own affairs and for
bidding Federal interference, only al
lowing such authority to be exercised
in cases where state courts can give
no adequate relief, then Mr.. Bryan
has a contracted mind, for he advo-
Gates a state controlling its own
affairs, free from Federal court injunc-
ton and habeas corpus, only granting
the right of centralized court power
in cases where no remedy can be
offered by the state, as in the matter
of the prevention Of monopoly, the
regulation of interstate commerce and
the preservation of interstate re-
sources.
1T is true that the Democratic
party has twice placed it's banner in
Mr.. Bryan's hands, and it is likewise
true that he did not carry it to vic
tory, but, as he said of himself, he
kept the faith and returned that ban
ner to us four years ago unstained and
unsullied, and today, though twice de-
feated, has arisen stronger and
grander than before, and is remem-
bered and beloved, while his traducers
have long been forgotten. The very
fact that from every section comes the
cry, Bryan! Give us Bryan! shows
he is not dead. but still lives deep in
the affectionate hearts of a grateful
people, who are more determined than
ever to nominate and elect him presi-
dent Of the nation.
And now, once more vOicing the
wishes of the nation, as we'll as my
own state, that first had the honor
Of suggesting him for president, in
1896, and has remained loyal to him
ever since, I again second and urge
the nomination of this peerless, brainy.
towering, intellectual giant and states
man, beloved at home and honored and
respected abroad, the great Commoner
Of the world William Jennings Bryan.
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