The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
DUNN NAMES BRYAN
FITNESS OF NEBRASKA'S GIFTED
SON is ACCLAIMED.
PEOPLE KNOW AND TRUST HIM
Orator Declares Western Statesman
Is the Man Above All Others
EminentIy Worthy of the
Party's Leadership.

Party's Leadership.
Denver, Col.-The Hon. Ignatius J.
Dunn, on behalf of Nebraska, urged
the claims of William jennings Bryan
as the partys 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-
tutions and, at times, imperil the ad-
vance of civilization.
Every people that has left its 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; it has been true of the modern
world; it 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 it
| 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 a 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 II years, these very men
! have been in control of the Repub-
lican party; they have financed every
campaign of that party for quarter
| Of q onntnrl Thncn nvn10itorc rf 20
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 a
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 it 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 it's 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 its
alliance with Mammon.
If the charges made by the presi-
dent are true-and they are true
We are indeed face to face with a
situation as grave as any in our his
tory. How shall it be met? The
| good sense, patriotism and united &C
ton of the people alone can remedy
present evils.
Democrats Must Furnish Leader
To wage a successful fight we must
have a leader. The Republican party,
dominated by the seekers of special
privileges, cannot furnish him Re-
publicans who really desire reform
are powerless; the efforts of the pres
| tdont have haop flIti1o