The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-10

for the American republic. AS a teach
er of civfcs the world has not seen his
equal since jefferson wrote and spoke.
As a defender of Justice he ranks
among the worlds brayest and best
As an advocate of popular rights he
is the ablest and most fearless OF Am
erican citizens. AS statesman he
resembles a tower seen afsr off and
under a clear sky rising in grandeur
and sublimity at every step OF APP
pToach. As an orator Cicero would
have been delighted with his diction.
Demesthenes would have been charm
ed with his forceful sentences. Dan
iel OConnell would have applauded
his fervid eloquence and Daniel Web
ster would have been inspired by his
powerful, convincing logic.
He is to the tariff-robbed and trust
ridden masses of America what Mira
beau was 10 the downtrodden of
France. He is to the enemies of equal
rights in this country what Daniel
O'Connell was to the oppressors of
Ireland. He has given expression TO
more great thoughts and led more peo-
American. He is the intellectual
giant of the United States. He is
less misunderstood and more misrep-
resented than any other statesman in
our history. So frank and fair and
fearless that he cannot be misunder-
stood-so true is he and so uncom-
promisingly Just that his political OPP
pOnents and the great trust-controlled
dailies dare not play fair or fight him
in the open. Statesmen. world diplo-
mats and kings have paid him tribute.
At the international peace conference
in London 500 representatives from
twenty-six of the greatest nations on
the globe, in council assembled. re-
quested his assistance that they might
profit by his wisdom concerning ar
bitration and his words upon that oc-
casion and on that subject have be-
come international law. If / could
speak a thousand tongues and could
command the eloquence of the worlds
best l could not express the unselfish-
ness of his life nor the power of his
genius-the charm of his eloquence is
his sincerity-its strength is his moral
courage. He is the Thomas Jefferson
OF new declaration-a declaration
of independence from the tyranny of
combines and trusts. He is the Pat
rick Henry of new revolution-a
revolution in civic affairs that means
the overthrow Of plutocracy and the
restoration of the ark of our civic CO.
venant to the friends of constitutional
government. He is the George Wash
ington who will lead our righteous
cause to victory in November.
Then the advocates of strong CEN
tralized government will be driven
from place and power and the states
will wear again the lofty look of SOW
ereignty that was once the constitu.
tional pride of every American citizen
The political atmosphere will be pur-
er and healthier and the welfare of
the citizen will again become the high
est concern of the governme Mt and to
all men alike will be brought home
the doctrine of Jefferson that THE
whole art Of government consists in
the art of being honest" Who is this
| man of the people? For twelve years
he has been conspicuously before the
public, and during all the changing
scenes of that trying period he has
grown steadily in the confidence and
in the love of the American people.
His political enemies have failed ut
terly to find one blot or blemish on
his public or private character.
Mr.. Chairman. there is a mountain
peak in the Himalayas that towers
| beyond the reach of rains and SHOWS
and scientists tell us that an open
book might there remain unsoiled by
dust through passing centuries Dem
ocracy's great champion, towering
above the miasma Of time servers and
corruptionists, has purified the atmos-
phere through which he passed
through crashing creeds and warning
interests he has come pure as light
and stainless as star. Tariff bar
ons and trust kings, for the purpose
of injuriously affecting him with the
| people, have from time to time mis-
represented him. Subsidized newspa-
pers have, from time to time. preach
ed his political funeral and consigned
him TO the tomb of political oblivion
But the masses persistently refused
the tomb and plutocracy had SO gen,
erously offered him. Permit me To
quote a little poem in this connection
He has no enemies you say.
My friend, your boast is poor.
He who has mingled in the fray
OF duty that the brave endure
| Must have made foes
If he has none, small is the work he
has done
He has hit no traitor on the hip:
He has removed no cup from per.
jured lip
He has never turned the wrong to
right;
! He has been a coward in the fight"
Those who look upon society as a
field for sharp practice will oppose
him in the general election-those
who regard the rights of others as
useless obstacles in the way of their
greed despise him. and those privileg
ed classes who prey upon the public
treasury hate and denounce him; but
every man who is trying TO do his
duty as a citizen feels a Just pride In
him and every man who is engaged in
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