The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-07
DEMOCRATIC CON-
VENTION
Continued from Page One.

ed TO join with us in sending dole
gates TO the convention
When The reading of the call had
been completed Chairman Tatygart
announced that the Rt. Rev. James
j. Keane, Roman Catholic Arch.
bishop OF the Archdiocese of wyom
ing, would offer the invocation. As
the distinguished prelate lifted his
hands the entire audience rose to
It's feet.
Chairman Taggare then announc-
ed the names Of the temporary Of
ficers selected by the National Com
mittee, the principal cnes being:
Temporary Chairman. Hon. Tbeo-
dore A. Bell OF California Temper
airy Secretary, Hon. Urey Woodson
|qf Kentucky; Temporary Sergeant
alarms, hon. John /. Martin OF
Missouri; Official Reporter, Milton
W. Bloomburg, Washington, ID. g.:
First Assistant Secretary, Edwin Sci
ten, New York.
The selections Of the committee
were ratified by the convention with
out delay and 1Naggart then ap-
pointed special escort to pilot
Temporary Chairman Bell to the
stand. The California statesman
Ihereupon sounded the keynote
OF the convention.
Theodore A. Bell, OF California; tenn
porary chairman, spoke in part as
follows:
"There are three things that this
convention should do. Il ought TO
present In a plain and intelligent
manner the serious Industrial and
political conditions that are dis
Ituroing the peace end happiness of
our country. We should then pro-
ceed to courageous exposure of the
Republican policies that are CO.
operating with private greed in the
general oppression OF the people.
And, lastly, and most important of all,
We must exhibit readiness ana an
ability to grasp the problems OF the
hour and TO effect their solution In a
manner that will satisfy the sober,
common sense of the multitudes whose
interests are at stake.
"The Democratic party Is not an
enemy of all corporations. 1t recog-
MICS their great value in the in
dustIial word. Through the agency
of Incorporation, scattered wealth
H. brnuoht touothn, and oi,,on +. driu
Ing force that it would not otherwise
e,ossess, great enterprises are thereby
undertaken and the undeveloped re-
sources of the country added TO the
wealth of the world.
mo rational nan can be opposed
corporations as SUCH, and the
assertion that the Democratic party
is waging and indiscriminste war
1galnst this convenient form Of
transacting business has no founda-
ton In fact. II Is the abuse, only,
OF corporate power that we seek to
eliminate. In the control OF cor
porate energy, owing TO the absence OF
direct personal responsibility, there
rs too frequently disregard of those
high moral principles that obtain in
the individual transactions OF life.
1--WE are now confronted with the
inquiry, what assurance has the Re-
publican party given that 1t will use
the forces at It's command 10 restore
the people to their rights? In its
Chicago platform II did not make even
a decent pretence of cbampioning the
peoples cause. aud the proceedings of
that convention are glariDgly insln-
cTre. II was noted that two elements
were present In that gathering, one
with sufficient votes TO adopt a plat
form and nominate It's candidate for
president. the other powerful enough
TO unwrite that platform and tic the
hands o. the nominee. The distinguish
ing feature OF the Chicago platform is
It's oft repeated promise to do lot
OF things that the Republican party
has bereti>fore failed to do. That
marty went to Chicago fresh from the
halls OF congress. where an ovcrwhelm-
Ing Republican majority, In both
branches enabled II to propose and 10
adopt any legislation that II chose.
Does the Republ!c,n party believe that
II can be absolved from its dereliction
of duty by an empty premise TO do
IN the future what II has wilfuiV
failed to do In the past Should not
the good faith of It's pledges be
judged by the light of its do nothing
congress that has recently ad-
journed? Some one has suggested that
this convention should publish an In
dictment aglinst the Republican party,
We can probably expedite the pro-
oeedings by entering the plea of guilty
that Is contained in the Chicago plat
form, simply changing the words 1--WE
will to the words we did not TO con-
form to the admitted facts. We then
have the following Republican con
fesyion of guilt:
g We did not revise the tariff
eve did not amend the snti-trust
laws to secure greater effectiveness
in the prosecution OF criminal monop-
olies.' w
q we did not add single line TO
the interstate commerce law giving