The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-07-10
JOHNSON S QUALITIES
Put Before the Democratic Ma.
tional Convention by Hon.
f. w S. Hammond.
SON OF THE NORTH STAR STATE
Review of Governor Johnson'e Life
from Little Child to the Pres.
ent-Placed in Nomination -
for President.

Governor John A. Johnson Of Mime
sofa was placed in nomination for
president of the United States by the
Hon. w. s. Hammond, who spoke as
follows:
"From each of the great galaxy
of commemorative constituting the
Union, come the delegates Of an earn
est and impatient people. Earnest in
their determination that public wrongs
shall be speedily righted, that corrupt
practices shall cease and that civic
Righteousness shall prevail. Impatien,
at the policy of delay and postpone
ment pursued by the political party
now in control Of all departments of
the federal government and impatient
at the frivolous excuses and apologies
of the Republican party for it's inaction
and it's neglect to perfect necessary
legislation.
1.-The power to defeat progressive
and reformatory measures favored by
the great majority Of the men Of thu
land has been lodged in the hands Of
coterie of reactionary politicians
who exercise it. to further partisan
ends and to serve special interests, re-
CARELESS alike of the needs of the ma
ton and the demands Of the people.
Against this deliberate delay in the
performance Of public duty, against
political corruption, against the en-
trenchments Of lawless wealth and
against the deliverance Of the rights Of
the people and Of their chosen repre-
sentatives into the possession Of tri-
umvirate out of sympathy with the
people, the Democratic party sets it's
face and prepares for a mighty con-
fict. Again proclaiming for all,
equality, for none, special favor, it
enters upon the contest with the con-
seriousness of being right and with the
assurance Of being victorious.
Here in this beautiful city Of the
mountains have assembled the dele
gates who are to select the leader in
this campaign Of the people to recover
their rights and privileges. Whatever
dissensions there may be in our ranks,
whatever differences Of opinion may
prevail, to be worthy of the task be-
fore us we must choose our leader
with calmness and deliberation and
when he is chosen we must follow him
with zeal and with strength, mindful
only of the great purposes we seek to
accomplish. If there is one in our
party great enough and good enough
tn lot
all within our ranks can agree and
around whom no internal strife has
ragged, one who can better than any
other unite all the factions and all the
divisions of the Democratic party upon
platform enunciating the demands of
the people and dedicated to them, it is
wise and it is our duty to name him
as our candidate.
''The great North Star State, mid
way between the two oceans and at
the head of the great valley of the
Mississippi, comes here with message
to deliver and a record, to disclose.
She has son whom she loves and
has signally honored and she can not
better aid in the great work that lies
before us than in Offering to US as a
leader that honored citizen of the
state.
Thousands upon thousands Of the
men and women of this country were
born in other lands and under other
flags. The opportunities to be found
in this land, the broad principles upon
which our form Of government rests,
the freedom Of action and the security
of life and property here attracted
them so irresistibly that they left the
homes Of their fathers and came to
live with us, to pray for the nations
welfare when there is peace and to
fight for the nations honor when there
is war. They became Americans. It
is Of the son of such immigrants that
I speak.
'"They came with all the hope and
with all the fear that is experienced
by those who try the unknown. There
was a new language to be acquired,
new customs to be learned, a new life
to be begun. They found a beautiful
spot in the plain near the lakes and
the forest, and there they built their
little cot and underwent the struggles
the pioneer immigrant so we'll under
stands. At the knee of his hard-work
ing, undetermined, God-serving mother
| where he was taught to lisp his
evening prayer, her son first learned
something of the character of this
great nation, as she whispered to hin,
her reasons for leaving far-away
Sweden and taking up her home down
by the trees and the river and the
lakes.
"Deprived at an early age of the
fathers guiding hand, the mother and
her little ones were obliged to make
their way alone. Out of the depth
of poverty have come some of the
noblest souls the world has known.
The hardships, the numerous trials,
the weary struggle for the days
hourishment, raiment and shelter,
leave an impress upon the character
Of him in whose life they come that
can never be removed. The story of
the poor and the interests of the com
mon people appeal to him as they can.
not to one who has not experienced
the sorrows, the burden and the anxi-
ETY. Of penury and want. The gross,
the selfish, the Gallons and the indif-
ferent are worn away by the grinding
wheels of poverty, leaving but the re-
fined, the gentle and tender nature,
sensitive to tho "a lilo 0f 6isfraasad and