The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10

l Hence a successful candidate for pres ident must do more than hold the loy- tftion command the confidence and win the support of people who care nothing
 Party opinion is a great thing and . opinions is a greater thing and must must be obeysd,i eyed. Nominate s,s, Georg1s r,1, say that we have proposed a statute lowered to the standard set by the greatest and wisest presidents in our history.
 An Unselnsh Life.
 George Gray's life has been one long and unselfsh service of the peo- pie in high places. Attorney-General of his State. great Senator of the United States for many years, treaty. maker for the nation. the most success full arbitrator of disputes between la- bor and capital who ever lived. and now in his later years great and learned judge. his merit has won the confidence and good will of the, whole people.
 Tn the Senate he was ever in the | forefront of weighty debate, champion ing with eloquent logic the principles | of Democracy. In making the treaty with Spain he was the one commission CT who stood true to the doctrine of human liberty and protested against taking the Philippines and strapping imperialism upon the shoulders of the Republic. In settling the anthracite coal strike he demonstrated his sym pathy with the toiling masses of his fellow countrymen. His just finding endeared him forever to organized ia- bor. It justifies me in applying to him the ancient description of an upright judge.
 "Efe put on. righteousness and it clothed him; his judgment was robe | and a diadem. and he brake the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of his teeth
 Such has been the quality of his lifelong service. and he stands in It's white light approved of the people 1 George Gray is a moderate not | violent man. With him as president justice and prudence will walk hand in hand. and peace will be restored be- tween man and man throughout our borders. He is sound not sensational. and with him as president we shaii have rest from turmoil so that pros- Iperity may come again. The country needs a rest. Honest enterprise and honest toll need q chance to attend to their own business; and George Gray is no meddier and can be happy when he is not engaged in a nght. If we want industrial prosperity we must establish and maintain industrial peace.
 This man has the temperament the love of justice, and the firmness Of principle to correct abuses with out disordering and wrecking the affairs of the people. He will brake the jaws of the wicked and pluck the spoil out of their teeth; but he will know how to destroy the beasts of prey without belaboring all of the domestic animals. He will stop pred ! h. out tehhorizing honest and industrious wealth. He is progressive not revolu- tionary. constitutional not autocratfc, practical not visionary.
 George Gray is not only the best fitted man to be president. but he IS elect president. He will be an accept able candidate in every part of our broad country.
 Satisfactory to south.
 Surely he will be peculiarly safis- factory to the people of the Southern States where we must look for that ev- er-faithful body of electoral votes which constitutes the backbone of our strength. His great and successful fight in the Senate against the Force Bill opened the safe pathway down which those states have walked to shelter from the black storm which threatened their civilization. How re- | eCS once more in the White House pres ident who understands and appreciates the Southern mems point of view.
 "As to the group of states on the Atlantic Seaboard Connecticut. New York, New Jersey. Deleware. Maryland and West virginia-there is no doubt that George Gray is far away the strongest candidate that can be named. After all. these are the states fin which our great battle must be fought and won or lost When did the Democrat ic party ever come within hailing dis tance of-victory without carrying those states. It would be wanton reckless ness to plan a campaign which aban- doned the chance of carrying those old-time Dmocratic states in the de- , lusive hope of making good the loss in other portions of the field. Delaware is a small state, but 1t Is sometimes given to small people to perform great services. In offering ! George Gray as your presidential can didate Delaware is offering a great service to the party and the coun- try.
 l Small as she is Delaware Is entitled } to a full measure of state pride, but { this nomination is not suggested by 5 state pride. She is acting not to grat- ify her great though unambitious son nor yet to minister to her own glory. Rising to the highest of patriotism. animated solely by a desire to contrib } ute to the welfare of the whole coun- try, without a spark of animosity to- wards other candidates, Delaware. offers , a name entwined with victory. man , who Is every inch a democrat, man { whose every blood.throb carries love of country.
 "On behalf of Delaware, in accord ] ance with her instructions and in her name. I nominate George Gray as a candidate for President of the Unit ed States"
 JOHNSON NOMINATED. Mir. Hammond of Minnesota. nomi- hating Governor John A. Johnson. spoke as follows:
 From each of the galaxy of com
 monwealths constituting the Union, come the delegates of an earnest and impatient people. Earnest In their de- termination that public wrongs shall be speedily righted, that corrupt ] practices sh all cease, and that civic { righteousness shall prevail. Impatient 5 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 D and its neglect to perfect necessary l legislation.
 r "The power to defeat progressive and . 1 great majority of the men of the land e has been lodged in the hands of a CO., I terie of reactionary politicians who eX e l ercise it to further partisan ends and 2 l to serve special interests, regardless z 1 alike of the needs of the nation and the Aeera raa.1k . AkaAr