The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-07-18
DUNN NAMES BRYAN
FITNESS OF NE6RAskA'e GIFTED
SON Is ACCLAIMED.
PEOPLE KNOW AND TRUST HIM
|orator Declares Western Statesman
10 the Man Above All Others
H. EmlnentIy Worthy Of the
Party's Leadership.

Denver, Col.-The Hon. Ignatius ].
Dunn, on behalf of Nebraska, urged
i the claims of William Jennings Bryan
as the party's logical candidate for
the presidency, before the Democratic
national convention, In the following
speech:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Convention: Crises arise in the life
Of nations which endanger their insti-
buttons and. at times, imperil the ad-
vance of civilization.
Every people that has left It's i'm
press upon history has faced such
crises. In most instances, where
grave dangers have threatened the
safety Of the state, some great char
acter, some master mind has been
: found, produced as 1t were by the con-
ditions themselves, with capacity to
direct Alright the energies Of the peo-
pie. This was true Of the ancient
world; 1t has been true Of the modern
world 1t is true of this republic. We
have such crisis to meet to-day. The
favor-seeking corporations have grad
ually strengthened their hold upon the
government until they now menace
popular institutions.
The question is, whether this gov
eminent shall be restored to the con-
troll Of the people and be administered
in the interest Of all, or whether 1t
shall remain an instrument in the
hands of the few for levying tribute
upon all the rest.
In his special message to congress
last winter, President Roosevelt de-
clared, substantially, that certain
wealthy men who have become enor-
mously rich by depressing the wage
Garner, defrauding the public and
practicing all forms of iniquity, have
banded together, and by the unlimited
use of money, endeavor to secure
freedom from restraint and to over
throw and discredit all who honestly
administer the law.
That the methods by which these
men have acquired their great for
tunes can only be justified by sys-
tenn of morality that would permit
every form of criminality, every form
OF violence, corruption and fraud
For many years. and especially dur
ing the last IL years, these very men
have been in control Of the Repub-
lican party; they have financed every
campaign of that party for quarter
of a century. These expioiters Of the
people, whom the president has so
: scathingly denounced, have given
their enthusiastic support to the :, Re-
publican candidates and policies. They
laid their hands upon the trust funds
Of insurance companies and other cor
porations and turned the plumber over
to the Republican committee. The
money thus filched from the innocent
and helpless, to purchase Republican
victory, has not been repaid.
And where do we find these men to-
day? Where are the swollen for
tunes" of which we have heard so
much? Just where We would expect
to find them-supporting the Repub-
lican ticket and furnishing the sinews
OF war for the Republican committee
as usual.
Republican Party Arraigned.
The platform adopted by the late
convention shows what the Republican
party in truth represents. In framing
the platform every genuine reform
! which the president has advocated was
scorned and repudiated. The Wiscon.
sin delegation asked that one or two
reform planks be placed in the plat
form, and for its pains was denounced
as Democratic. The convention by Q
vote of eight to one refused to ap
prove those policies which the presi
dent for four years has been urging
upon his party. The mask of hypocrisy
has been torn from the face Of those
who pretend to favor the reforms ad
vocated by the president. and 1t is now
apparent why the system" admires
Taft and hates the senator from Wis
consin. When compelled to choose
between an appeal to the conscience
of the nation in defense OF its plat
form and candidates, on the one hand
and the millions that the special inter
ests may be dependent upon to con
tribute on the other, that convention
rejected the people and continued iti
alliance with Mammon.
II the charges made by the presi
dent are true-and they are true
we are indeed face to face with
situation as grave as any in our his
tory. How shall 1t be met? The
good sense, patriotism and united &C
!. ton OF the people alone can remed,
present evils. ~
Democrats Must Furnish Leader.
To wage successful fight we mus
have a leader. The Republican party
dominated by the seekers of specia
privileges, cannot furnish him. Re
publicans who really desire reform
2 are powerless; the efforts of the pres
ident have been futile.
The Democratic party must furnisl
the leader which present conditions
demand, and he must be man know
to be free from the influences tina
control the Republican party. HI
must be a man Of superior intellect
sound judgment, positive conviction
and moral cburage-one who will NEE
the forces of plutocracy with tn
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