Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-07-10
BRYAN PICTURED
As PARTYs IDOL
His Name Presented
By lgnatius J.
Dunn
IDEAL OF THE DEMOCRACY
Described as the Only Man
Eminently Fitted for the
Presidency.

Denver, July l0.-The name OF Will.
lam Jennings Bryan was presented 10
the convention by Hon. Ignatius I
Dunn, who in a mastery speech. re
viewed the life history of the idol Of
the Democracy. He said:
"Mr Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Conventions
Crises arise in the life of nations
which endanger their institutions and
at times imperil the advance of civili-
zation.
Every people that has left its i'm.
press upon history has faced such
crisis
I'm most instances. where grave
dangers have threatened the safety
of the state, some great character.
some master mind has been found
produced as it were by the conditions
themselves, with capacity 10 direct
Iaright the energies of the people
This was true of the ancient world
1t has been true of the modern world
1t is true of this republic. We have
such a crisis to meet today. The favor
seeking corporations have gradually
strengthened their hold upon the gov
ernment until they now menace popu.
lar institutions.
"The question is, whether this gov.
ernment shall be restored to the con.
troll of the people and be administered
in the interest of all, or whether it
shall remain an instrument In the
hands of the few for levying tribute
upon all the rest
'In his special message to Con
|gress last winter. President Roosevelt
declared, substantially, that certain
wealthy men who have become enorm.
|ously rich by depressing the waga
Garner, defrauding the public and prac
ticing all forms Of iniquity, have
banded together, and by the unlimited
use of money, endeavor to secure free
dom from restraint and to overthrow
and discredit all who honestly admin
lister the law.
"That the methods by which these
men have acquired their great for
tunes can only be justified by sys
tenn of morality, that would permit
every form of crimjnality, every form
of violence, corruption and fraud.
For many years, and especially
during the last twelve years, these
very rich men have been in control
Of the Republican party; they have
financed every campaign in that party
for a quarter of century. These ex-
ploiters of the people, whom the Pres
ident has SO scathingly denounced,
have given their enthusiastic support
to the Republican candidates and pol
icies. They laid their hands upon the
trust funds Of insurance companies
and other corporations and turned the
plunder over to the Republican com
mittee. The money thus fllched from
the innocent and helpless. to purchase
Republican victory has not been re-
paid.
"And where do we find these men
today? Where are the swollen for
tunes of which We have heard so
much? Just where we would expect
to find them-supporting the Republi.
|can ticket and furnishing the sinews
|of war for tho Republican committee
as usual.
Republican Platform Weak Document.
"The platform adopted by the late
convention shows what the Repubh-
can party in truth represents. In franz
ing the platform, every genuine re-
form which the President has advo-
Gated was scorned and repudiated.
The Wisconsin delegation asked that
one or two reform planks be placed
in the platform, and for It's pains was
denounced as Democratic. The conven-
tion by a vote of eight to one refused
Ito approve those policies which the
President for four years has been urg-
ing upon his party. The mask OF hypo-
crisy has been torn from the face of
those who pretend to favor the re-
forms advocated by the President, and
lit is now apparent why the system
admires Taft and hates the senator
from Wisconsin. When compelled to
choose between an appeal to the con-
science of the nation in defense Of its
platform and candidates, on the one
hand, and the millions that the spec
ial interests may be depended upon
to contribute on the other, that con
vention rejected the people and contin-
ued its alliance with Mammon.
"The mask of hypocrisy and decep-
tion has been torn from the face OF
those who pretend to favor the polio.
les Of the president and we now know
why the system admires Tart. toler-
|ates Roosevelt and hates the senator