The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-10

existed. He advocated railroad Tegu
latiOn before the crusade against re
bates and discrimination began.
He has always been the friend OF
labor. and was among the first 10 urge
Cancellation between labor and capital.
He began To oppose government by in
junction more than a decade ago. lie
announced his opposition to imperial
ism before any other man of pTOmi-
nence had expressed himself on the
subject, and without waiting 10 see
whether it would be popular.
When a Wall street panic burst
upon rs a few months ago he prompt
~ proposed as a remedy the gUarau-
tee OF bank deposits, and so popular
has this plan become that II is to-day
q national issue and supported by the
masses OF the people He has long
advocated legislation which Will Sc
cure publicity as 10 campaign cOntTi-
buttons
He believes in peace-in universal
Christian peace He believes the des-
tiny Of nations should be determined
not by wars but by applying the prin-
CiplCS of justice and humanity.
Though these principles have met
with uncompromiSing opposition from
the special interests he has remained
true 10 the cause Of the people With
clear vision and with unfaltering
trust. seeing and knowing he truth,
he has never lost faith in its final VIC
tory.
Loyalty to Convictions.
Through years of unparalleled polit-
zeal varface. his loyalty 10 his ideals
and to his fellowmen has been abund-
antly shown. His refusal to Surren-
der his convictions. though subjected
to abuse deuUnCiatiOn and vindictive
opposition such as few public men IN
all history have been compelled TO
Withstand. is ample proof of his SUI
perb courage.
His career proves that successful
leadership is determined BY the sue
cess or failure Of great principles
rather than by election to high office.
We have met to plan the campaign
and 70 commission the commander
under whom the masses Will enlist
We are not hero in response to the
voice Of eXpediency, neither political
bosses nor corporate masters sent US
here. We are here at the summons Of
the rank and file of that political or
CaniaZtion which is the special defend
or of the rights of the common peo-
pie.
We are here representing all that
is best in the traditions OF our party;
we feel again the spirit that animated
the Democracy in the days of Jeffer-
son and Jackson
The voters have spoken, and we
assemble to give expression of their
will. The voice for the third time
calls NebTaska's favoTite son to be
the standard bearer of his party in
this gigantic contest.
Since time began no grander trib-
ute was ever paid to any man by
free people. He is recognized today
as the most representative citizen of
the nation, the peer of any living man.
Friends and foes have learned that
he was shaped in that heroic mold in
which the worlds greatest patriots,
statesmen and leaders have been cast.
First nominated when ten years
younger than any other presidential
candidate ever chosen by a prominent
party; living in a state 1--WE hundred
miles further west than that in which
any president has ever lived, he has
grown in the affections of the people
as the years have passed.
Speaking and writing freely on all
subjects, his heart has had no secrets
and his friends have increased in
numbers and in confidence.
without an organization to urge his
claims; without a campaign fund to
circulate literature in his behalf;
without patronage to bride a single
voter; without a predatory corpora
! ton to cOeTce its employees into his
support; without a subsidized news
paper to influence the public mind;
| he has won a signal victory at the
primaries and has become the. free
| choice of the militant Democracy of
| the nation.
The Partv,s Choice
| Coming in one unbroken phalanx,
extending from Massachusetts to Cal
| ifornia, and from Michigan to the
everglades, the yeomaRTy of the party
have volunteered their services to
make him the party candidate; and
they will not lay down their arms I'M
/ til they have made him the nations
I chief executive
! NebraSka's Democracy, which saw
| in him when a young man, the signs
/ of promise, places in nomination as
/ the standard bearer of our party the
man who in the thrilling days of SO
and 1900 bore the battle-scaTTed ban
ner Of Democracy with fame as unsul-
| lied and fidelity as spOtless as the
| crusaders of old Nebraska presents
| his name because Nebraska claims
| his dwelling place and proudly en-
| rolls him among her citizens; but his
home is in the hearts of the people.
l obey the command Of my state
and the mandate of the Democracy CT
the nation, when I offer the name OF
| Americas great cOmmOner, Nebras-
ka's gifted son, William Jennings Bry-