Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-13
BRYAN NOTIFIED OF
HIS NOMINATION
Shall the People Rule to be Issue of the
Campaign. Bryan Briefly Dis
CuSSeS Issues

concluded the ceremonies and he
and Mr.. Kern retired to the capitol
building where they held a public
reception.
Tonight Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan en-
tertain the memoers of the notifi-
cation committee at a dinner at
their home at Fairview, the party
being served by Mrs. Spangler and
Mrs. T. F. Allen, neice and sister
in-law respectfully of the Democratic
candidate, and Mrs. Winger.
Mr.. Kern spoke as follows:
''While my friend, the chairman
of the national committee has been
kind enough to announce me as the
Democratic candidate for the office
of president, 1 have as yet no
official notification of that fact
and therefore l cannot make a polit-
ical speech on this occasion. / came
here to-day to greet these western
people and to join them, without
iegard to political affiliation, in
paying tribute to the the citizen of
Lincoln whom you all love, to the
foremost citizen of Amer ica, w. ].
Bryan. have been deeply impress
sed with what l have seen in Lin
coin it is worth the trip from Indi-
ana across the Mississippi and
across the Missouri to witness that
splendid neighborly spirit which
has prompted this magnificent nom
partisan demonstration in honor of
the man whom without regard to
political affiliation, we all love,
and that leads me 10 say that, after
all the great masses of the American
people are not SO far apart.
''Psrtisan spirit no longer runs
SO high that we cannot now and
then get out of the miasma a step
higher and breathe fresh, pure air
of American patriotism and be
witness by our neighb-rly conduct.
eve 1ecognize, in spite of the
political differences not only the
father-hood of God, bur the brother
hood of man. 1t reminds me al
though we may differ and differ
widely on questions of political
| economy, of finance as to the best
method of carrying on the complex
affairs of the greatest government
beneath the sun, while we may
differ in all these things and differ
earnestly, yet when 1t comes to de-
voting to a common country and to
love the grand old starry banner
which is the emblem, we are as
undivided as the sea. For your
kindly greetings to myself l thank
you.''
Upon the conclusion Of Mr..
Kern's remark, which were greeted
with applause, Chairman Clayton
delivered his speech of notification.
1t was supposed to occupy only sew
en- minutes, hut the repeated ap-
plsuse winch was accorded mater
tally heightened the time of its de-
livery.
Mr.. Bryan: The national Demo-
cratic convention that assembled at
Denver on July was truly a repre-
sentative body of the people of the
United States. Harmony charact-
erized its deliberations and all of
it's conclusions were reached with
unanimity. This committee here
present now brings to you this mes
sage from a united and aggressive
Democracy. Our great party is
confident of the Righteousness of
its case and, relying upon the sup
port of the people is determined
to secure the gov vernment of the re-
public from the hands of the des-
poilers who have exploite5 It for
the benefit of favorites and to the in
jury of the masses of plain people
I'VE know that our party, plat
form and cand date stand for the
best interests of all the people.
We know that success is deserved.
We believe tnat our party and
candidate, animated by the wisest
and most patriotic purposes, will
achieve victory in November. Or
no political issue is the platform {
straddle OF evasion and its ever
declaration squares with the pr in
ciples of old-fash ioncd Democracy.
1t is essentially Democratic in
strumet rcserving and applying