The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10

l income tax law was written. He att tacked the trusts when Republican leaders were denying that any trusts
 existed: He advocated railroad regu- lation before the crusade against re-
 bates and discrimination began.
 He has always been the friend of labor and was among the first to urge | conciliation between labor and capital. He began to oppose government by in
 announced his opposition to imperial ism before any. other man of promi- | hence had expressed himself on the S snoJeScg ana without waiting to see
 When a Wall Street panic burst l upon us e few months ago, he promptly proposed as a remedy the guarantee of
 plan become that 1t is today national | issue and supported by the masses of
 the people He has long advSeated SS,a.ec
 as to campaign contributions.
 Believes In Peace.
 | He believes in peace-in universal
 Christian peace. He believes the des-
 not by war. but by applying the prin- 1 cfples of justice and humanity.
 Though these principles have met
 rne msh speeIni nian intaresfa he oDp pas remained
 true to the cause of the people With
 clear vision and with unfaltering trust.
 seeing and knowing the truth, he has
 never lost faith in It's final victory.
 Through years of unparalleled polit- ical warfare his loyalty. to his ideals
 and to his feliowmen has been abund- l Rntly shown. His refusal to surrender
 his convictions though subjected to | abuse. denunciatton and vindictive op-
 position. such us few public men in
 withstand. Is ample proof of his superb His career proves that successful 1 leadership is determined by the success 1 or failure of great principles rather l than by election to high office.
 We have met to plan the campaign l and to commission the comma ndsr un- xler whom the masses will enlist. We | are not here in response to the voice of expediency; neither political bosses We are here at the summons of the | rank and file Of that poliaical organi- l zaLion wnlch is ths special defender of the rights of the common people; We are here representing all that is best in the traditions of our party; we l feel again that spirit that animated the Democracy in the days of Jefferson and
 "rhe voters have spoken, and we as- semble to give exjresston of their will 1 The voice for the third time calls Ne- ard-bearsr of this party in this gigan- since tune began. no grander trib- ute waS ever paid to any man by l the most representative citizen of the
 nation. the peer of any living man.
 Friends ana foes have Tea rned that s.s men and leaders have been casts
 Bryan's Unique Record.
 First First nominated whsn ten years | candidate ever chosen by prominent
 party; living in a State 500 miles far
 taer & West than that,tns which any Pres.
 the affections Of the people as the years
 have passed.
 subjects, his heart has had no secrets
 and his friends have Increased in num- 1 bers and in confidence.
 Without an organization to urge his
 cams cams; witnout camPaigfin sund to
 out patronage to brfbe a single voter;
 without a predatory corporation to CO.,
 cree its employees into his support;
 huence the public mind; he has won a
 signal victory at the primaries and
 has become the free choice of the mili-
 tant Democracy of the nation.
 Forming in one unbroken phalanx.
 extending from Massachusetts to Cali- fornia, and from Michigan to the Ever volunteered their services to make him
 the party candidate: and they will not , lay down their arms until they have made ..as him the nations Chief Executive. 'Nebraska's Democracy. which saw in him. when q young man. the signs
 of promise, places in nomination as
 the standard bearer of our party. the and 1900, bore the blttle-scarred ban ner of Democracy with fame as unsul-
 iied Sss and ndslity & ss &sposless as the cru
 name because Nebraska claims his
 dwelling place, and proudly enroils him
 among her citizensi but his home Is in
 the hearts of ths people,
 T obey the command of my State.
 and the mandate of the Democracy of
 the nation, when offer the name of Americas great Commoner Nebra ska k gifted son. William Jennings Bryan" NOMINATION OF GRAY. In nominating Judge. Gray of Deia. ware. l.. J. Handy of that State said ) MT. Chairman and gentlemen of the
 T have duty to perform placed up. on me py the Democracy, of the State from which I came. In the perform. } ance of that duty my heart leaps with Because of his ability. because of his patriotism, because of the maturi. ty Of his Judgment. because of hil . devotion to true Democratic principles because of the width and depth of hii experience in governmental affairs, anC because of his devotion to justice and to the constitution, the man who fl
 best fitted to perform the duties oi President of the United States il
 George Gray. As a general rule the man best fitted for the place is most
 available for the nomination.
 ''If you are to nominate a man be. cause he is eager to be President, you will not hame Judge Gray, There are
 other candidates who want this nomi.
 nation more than he does.
 This man is as modest as he is great. Ambition is the last weakness of great minds and ambition Is the in rulers. George Gray is 8 public ser , want without personal ambition. Tn this he is like our first and greatest
 President.
 If you are to nominate the man , whom you personally love the best
 perhaps you may nominate some other
 candidate: for I am not unmindful or 3 the personal devotion which delegates 3 here present cherish for other candi- 5 dates. But the question we are now l to decide Is too important to our party q and our country to be decided because l of personal preferences.
 "The Republican party has been iT
 power too long. The government ha: e grown corrupt extravagant and auto. |, pie has taken unto itself wings anC 6 flown away. Free institutions exls s in order. that at such time as thii 0 the country may peaceably change It. = rulers and change its policies.
 Gray and Victory.
 "Entering on a political campaign fl s which victory or defeat means s' \ much, we are now to select the politica a 1 chieftain who shall carry our banne e and marshal our forces. If the coun = try were In a great war in which de
 duty fell upon me to choose the genera - who should command our country l. | army in the field. I would not dar 6 l to put in command the general whom