The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-10

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and beside every throne measured TO
mans full stature.
Give us the leader who in fair
weather and In storm, in bivouac and
in battle. has been of abiding faith and
inspiring courage.
I'm the dark days of valley Forge.
when Americas enemies quartered In
the nations capital were wrapped III
warmth and fed with plenty; when
faint heart and Tory plotted against
the commander-in-chief, George Wash
ington walked from tent to hut. where
bleeding feet marked their patrol,
cheering his patriot army. In our own
time while the enemies OF the people
have revelled In unearned luxury and
while tory and conservative havezcoun-
seled compromis. Bryan has gridironed
America. travelling wherever a railroad
ran or turnpike led. keeping alive
the smouldering campfires of Demo-
cracy.
His demands that were, branded as
ruinously radical eight y9ars ago are
the rallying policies of our opponents,
now In panic and endeavoring to re-
form their lines. The frenzy Of the
Republican elephant trampling its own
following IS caused by the Democratic
shafts barbed into its thick hide by
this valiant champion.
after an administration which has
given to four years OF friendly foreign
relations all the apprehension. the in
stability and the extravaganza of war
let us offer the man whose voice at
the International Parliaments obtain
ed provision for world wide arbitra-
ton: the man who at home has spoken
for the Prince OF Peace, and whose
humanity is so broad that the pulpfts
OF every denomination OF Jew and Cen
tile have been open to him.
LET US measure this peoples can
didnte from the heart Of the country
against the hothouse candidate from
executive nurseries. Let US put Bryan.
who first advocated puDncity Of cam
paign contributions. against Taft, who
promised 1t and stands on tho silent
platform.
"Let us place Bryan, the candidate
who first opposed government by IN
junction, against Taft, who first In
flicted it; Bryan, who refused to aban-
don his position even to gain alec
ton, against Taft, who was anxious to
reverse himself and win a nominal
ton.
organs constant appeal to the
hearts OF his countrymen; his call to
their corscience;s the moral agitation
that he has stirred and sustained, are
to result not only in party victory.
ment, wisdom. justice. unite in de-
manding that as leader we shall name
this man who loves his fellowmen."-
Augustus Thomas, seconding nomina-
ton OF Bryan.
When history shall unroll her pages
to the generations yet to be, the first
among this countrys greatest benefac-
tors will be tfts great Nebraskan whose
name Is loved and honored Wherever
the rain falls or the sun shines; wher-
ever the heart beats or the tongue
speaks. Y. Va
Bryan raised in front Of the night
est army OF predatory tyrants the
world ever saw the commandment,
Thou shalt not steal He foresaw the
and trusts long before his fellows. Ha
was the pioneer In the Wilderness lie
challenged the lion of corporate greed
of his lair and the tiger of predatory
wealth In his Jungle. He announced tho
doctrine that they should not place
their sickle In the harvest which they
had not tended; that they Should not
gather where they had not sown.
The path he trod like the path
with blood and wet with tears, PVT
his name lives, and though unable to
convince the jury which was packed
and corrupted, his trlumphswas greater s
than their verdict for him would have
been, for he, convinced his adversary Of
the righteousness of his cause. II Is
voice has been raised In every State
in the Union. and In lands dashed by
the distant r-Tseas, for oppressed hu-
manity. TIE has charmed the common
people Of the earth, from PARKWAY v
Russia around the globe, with the
plain truth OF Democracy He Ia the
ablest, braVestaG and III most eloquent
champion of the rights of the plain
people that the sun shines on. Ie has
been honoredl as no other American
by all peoples on NIL lands. from tho
who hope for liberty to the
king who fears it,
ut cost the Republican party S2O,-
900 900 #tostdefeat him for the presi-
dency. My word for8it, they Will have
to empty the Golfers of Wall STREET.-THE
defeat him mex November ~ on, O}lie
Nj. James, seconding nomination OF
Bryan, gs,.
Gle rallied a ell-nigh hopeless par
ty,, and SO we'll did he endow 1t with
his lofty courage that It met defeat 4
without faltering and again proudly
promise. Hs gis to-day onoo more tho
choice #of the Democratic party for
Pres ident He Sls to-dA y the suhoice OF "
I he common n IN eopl e Il for Eresi en- i -
OF I'oWe re-. ofs Sal II lse City, sec-sx