Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-11
SPEECH OF ID. DUNN
NOMINATING
BRYAN
Continued from yesterday

Through years of unparalleled po-
litical warfare. his loyalty to his
ideals and to his fellow men have
been abundantly shown. His refusal
To surrender his convictions though
subjected to abuse, denunciation and
vindictive opposition such as few pub.
lie men i'm all history have been com.
pelledto withstand. is Gmple proof of
his superb courage.
His career proves that succe ssful
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 10 commission the commander
under whom the masses will enlist
We are not here I'm response to the
voice of expedite cy: neither politicti
bosses nor corporate masters sent us
here. We are here at the summons
of the rank and file of that political
organization which is the special de-
fender of the rights OF the common
people.
We are here representing all that
Is best in the traditions OF our par
ty; we feel again the spirit that ami
mated the Democracy in the days
OF Jefferson and Jackson.
The voters have spoken, and we
assemble to give expression of their
will. Their voice Tor the third time
calls Nebraska's favorite son to be
the standard bearer OF his party in
this gigantic contest.
Since time began no grander tri-
butte was ever paid to any man as
the most representative citizen OF
the nation. the peer of any living
man.
Friends and foes have learned
that he as shaped in that heroic
mold in which the worlds great pa%
triots. statesmen and leaders have
been cast.
First nominated when ten years
younger than any other presidential
candidate ever chosen by promi-
hundred miles farther west than
That in which any president has
ever lived, he has grown in the af-
fections of the people as the years
have passed.
Speaking and writing freely on al!
subjects, his heart has had no Sc
crets and his friends have increased
in numbers and in confidence
MI To
his claims; without campaign
fund to circulate literature in his
behalf; without patronage to bride
single voter; without a predatory
into his support; without subsi-
died newspaper to influence the
public mind, he has won a signal
victory at the primaries and has be-
come the Tree choice Of the militant
Democracy of the nation.
Forming in one unbroken phalanX
extending from Massachusetts to
California, and from Michigan to
the Everglades. the yeomandry of
the party candidate; anu they will
not lay down their arms until they
have made him the nations chief
executive
Nebraska's Democracy which saw
in him. when a young man. the
signs of promise, places in nomina-
ton as the standard bearer OF our
party the man who in the thriller
days OF 90 and 1900 bore the bat
tle-scarred banner of Democracy
with fame as unsullied and fidelity
as spotless as the crusaders Of old
Nebraska presents his name because
Nebraka claims his dwelling place,
and proudly enrolls him among her
citizens; but his home is in the
hearts OF the people.
obey the command OF my state
and the mandate OF the Democracy
Of the nation, when I offer the name
o! Americas great Commoner, NJ
brnska's gifted son. William JeN-
rings Bryan.