The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-05

in that injury by helping to elect me
through organization work.
las a private individual he might
prefer me TO other candidates, but as
soon as he believes that my election
would not be for the good of the .coun-
| try, or as soon as he cannot put HIS
heart into it ana give his service 10
that end he ought 10 be willing that
somebody else bear that responsibility
ana have whatever honor is attached 10
the position. (Applause.) / think /
have expressed myself with sufficient
clearness on that one question" Great
applause.)
| mayor, - were given as Mr.. johnson
appeared.
You" he said, ARE witnessing at
this time one of the greatest scenes
! the country has ever gone through.
Here turning TO Mr.. Bryan is the
man who received the almost unani-
nous nomination of the people. IT Is
men like Guffy who have betrayed the
! Democratic party and will betray 1T
| again. We have got TO drive them out.
We're not going TO gain votes by trying
to placate the men who want to make
the Democratic party so near like the
Republican party that no matter who
wins, you lose. l was glad to hear Mr..
| Bryan say what he did about people
of the states controlling their OWN poll
/ tics and settling their own fights. we
can settle our own fights. But L was
| glad TO hear him refer to Guffy as he
did. II is the first time l ever heard
him depart from his rule of silence on
such a subject
Levi McQuistion, former deputy at
| tornev general of Pennsylvania, spoke
| briefly, declaring that the Democrats
who faced Mr.. Bryan knew what IL
meant to make sacrifices for their prln-
| ciples.
| Jerry 5. Black. president or the
Bryan Democratic league of Pennsyl-
vania. when called upon for a few
words moved an adjournment, which
carried in a shout of ayes. Three rous-
ing cheers, led by Warren Worth Ban
ley, publisher and editor of the JOINS
town (Pa) Daily Democrat. and secre-
tary of the Pennsylvania league, were
given for Bryan, and three more Tor
! Murphy for vice president
Allegiance Pledged.
When the visitors arrived they were
admitted TO the porch, which is en-
closed in glass, and 1t was here that
Mr. Kerr, standing in the door with
Mr.. Bryan, pledged allegiance to the
Nebraskan and sounded the keynote
which later swelled TO a chorus OF eX-
coriation for Mr.. Guffy. Mr. Kerr read
from newspaper an interview with
Mr.. Guffy in Denver, in which the
| PENNSYLVANIA leader was quoted as
saving that the Democratic party need
er regeneration.
ITO this [ would add cried the
| speaker, lin Pennsylvania. He con-
tinued:
In closing, let me tell story OF
which Guffys name reminds me.
citizen of a certain town had died ano
over his grave a stone was erected
with these words:
He did his best
Later, in visiting the grave, / was
surprised to see that some one mao
supplemented this epitaph with the
word friends and l was reminded Oh
Guffy."
AS Mr.. Kerr finished, Mr.. Bryan
finding that his guests were crampeo
for space, invited them to stand out OF
doors on the lawn and the driveway
This gave the speaker COMMANDING
position on the steps, from where he
was clearly heard
..The proverbiaI big stick, March 4
1909 was engraved on a cane OF mar
BILE wood. two inches thick at the top
which was presented TO MIR. Bryan pS
Mrs. Samuel McFetridge, who came
with the delegation
Southern Delegations.
4 Scarcely had the pilgrims from the
keystone state departed when another
crowd from the Mississippi, Alabama
Florida and North Carolina appeared
over 100 strong. To them Mr.. Bryan
said, in part:
II invited YOU TO come down in fron1
not because il is time for you to leave
but because / could not get to look yot
all i'm the face when you were up there
on the porch. and while ! don't drink
iii | did. l think that when l dranf
with a southern man who has shown
the loyalty that you fellows have.
would propose as the toast one which
heard proposed once, Here's looking
Won square in the face applause.
There is a great deal in being able t
look people square in the face; ther'
is a great deal in the openness and tn'
frankness and the candor that enable;
us TO meet everybody on the SQUARE
and TO talk TO everybody without re
servation without discrimination ant
without deception. | refer TO II at TIM
time because | believe that one of TIT
differences between the Democratic
partv and the Republican party in Thu
campaign is going to be that the Re
publican party comes out with veile'
program and our party presents
against it the naked truth Applause
and invites the judgment of the coun
try.
Expects to Be Nominated.
81 am going to assume that an
, going TO be nominated at Denver CAP
, plause) 1t is not a violent assump
ton. because we have, ] think, at leas
100 more than two-thirds OF that con
/ vention. (Applause-) 1t has Deeh
, remarkable contest. Only in one stat
, west of the Allegheny mountains ha
) there been a failure 10 pass resolu