The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05


 The only reason The Commone quotes" Mir. Bryan said. why I ex- pressed an opinion in your own State in regard to the national committee man ia this. that Mir. Guffey. your present national committeeman. who aspires to be a national committeeman again. deliberately and wflruliy con spired to defeat what he knew to De the expressed will of the Democrats ot Pennsylvania. You have primary law in your State. Those who favor ed my nomination. whether wisely or unwiseiy. 1t is not for me to say. bur those who favored my nomination organized for the purpose Of present. ! ing that issue to the voters; in every district they put up their candidate | and each candidate either openly avowed themselves or 1t was written upon the ticket. The large majority of the voters desired that should pc their nominee. When a political boss lassumes to dehhiteIy express the will party organization except over my protest I have notfied Mir. Guffey that whenever my opinion has been asked. I have stated would regard his selection as unfortunate and has membership upon the committee as an embarrassment"
 Another factional hght-that in Chi 
 Burke and Roger c. Sullivan came 10 the front with the visit of the Cook County Democracy though only in a yelled way.
 The political events of the day if there were any. were not obvious. Mayor Tom L. Johnson, Of Cleveland, whose position as national committee man for Ohio is threatened by former Congressman Harvey GarDer came early and stayed late in an endeavor to have thorough undersEanding with the Democratic leader. s
 Mir. Johnson does not want to be 1 chairman of the National Committee nor does he look with favor upon any attempt to return him In second place on the ticket.
 1 It was 6 o'clock before the last delegate had departed from Fairview. l All told, eight Stafes--Alabama, North l Carolina, Florida, Mississippi. Penn syIvania Oklahoma; Massachusetts and Vermont--and two cities-Chica- l so and omaha--today paid their full respects to MT. Bryan. Tonight the special trains on which they came are bearing them rapidly to Denver.
 National Committeeman Guffey came l in for scoring at the hands of Mir. Bryan. Mir. Johnson and James Kerr
 Tn the speeches bristling with indigna- l nation. Guffey was charEed with be- tfaStuB tne VIII Vk tAS b10Rkss NkAs I Tt is very appropriate that the Penn
 eylvania delegation should come hers 1 for the Fourth Of July. for The Fourth of July WMN N9aAN 8nenfoTa1f by the Il signing of tho peclerakton ck Inde.
 peuaenco of the Keystone Stats, It is I also appropFiate that you should he the
 nrst delegation that has come as q I delegation on its way to Denver iap- l plause)s for in no State in this Union I have the Democrats, who believe in Il the principles that now nominate the T Democratic party. in no state have the Democrats made a braver aght than
 they have made in Pensylyania tAp- Il pIausel. If I properly understood the I signs of the times. the overshadowing
 issue in this campaign will not be one Il Of the issues that arise from time to
 time presenting an economic ques-
 ton. The overshadowing issue is:
 Shall the people run their own govern
 naent, or shall the masses be exploited I predatory corporations. (Applause. Il Slogan of CampnigD.
 4sLet the people rule, Is going @ be T one of the slogans in this campaign and \ it is very appropriate that this conven- ton Is able to assemble as it's plat
 form is about to be written. and the nominees are about to be named. It Is
 appropriate that the Pennsylvania del- egation are the first to stop here and gfve their pledge that in that couven-
 ton Pennsylvaniass influence will be
 thrown against the political bosses and
 the corruption in politics. Even in my own State, have never taken part
 in the aspirations or in the eontrover-
 sies. have never expressed an opin-
 ion as to what Democrat should Dc
 nominated to an ofiice. Even when delegates are selected and instructed
 for re, do not take part in the nam- , ing of those delegates. I believe that
 the people of the community know bet~
 ter what they want done than any other outsider can know. And the only
 reason why I expressed an opinion in
 your own State. Is this: That Mir.
 Guffey. your present National Commit
 teeman, who aspires to be committee , man again. deliberately and wilfully 1 conspired to defeat what he knew to
 be the expressed will of the Democrats of Pennsylvania You have a primary { law in your State under which the yot- fers have a right to select the delegates to the National Convention. Those
 who favored my nomination organized for the purpose of presenting that issue { to the voters;. in every district they put up their candidates and these can didates either openly avowed them
 selves or 1t was written on the ticket that was presented to the voter at the [ polls and as a result of that primary a . large majority of voters tn the Demo , cratic party in the State of Pennsyi-
 vania expressed their desire that l , should be nominated and recorded them ! selves in favor of the delegates who
 promise to go there and favor my nom
 nation. It is not for me to say , whether those Democrats were wise or foolish, but if understood what De-
 mocracy means, those men are the ones 5 to determine what Pennsylvania shall { say on that subject and when a politi-
 cal boss, whether he calls himself q ! Democrat or a Republican. assumes to : defy the expressed win Of his party, ! he shall never be in the party organi- , zation except over my protest. (great { applause), and as I have tried to be
 honest in politics, have notihed Mir
 Guffey that wherever my opinion has { been asked, have stated thatvI would
 regard his selection as unfortunate, and
 his nernp pership upon the committee as , an embarrassment.
 Now, my friends. I shall not discus. { the question further, I am not now IT { American politics have been in DO U utics for some time. have taken tn'
 people into my confidence ever since
 have been in politics. I have dis !. cussed questions frankly. Nobody is II
 doubt as to what I believe or where . stand, and when this campaign cam' : on. .-I stated that while did not know
 whether I ought to be nominated o
 not. if the people said that they though
 I ought to be nominated, I would talk
 if for granted that they meant wha fhAv said and when they nominated