Evening journal., 1908-07-10
BRYAN NAMED BY
ATTORNEY DUNN
Widest Enthusiasm When the
NebTaSkan is Placed in
Nomination
Ry Unlted Press Leased speeIal wIre.

DENVER. Colorado. uly 10 Ig-
natius Dunn. city attorney Of Omaha.
: placed the name of William Jennings
Bryan before the Democratic National
4 Convention amid scenes Ct the widest
enthusiasm.
In part Mr. Dunn sad:
"The Democratic party must furnish
( the leader which present conditions
demand, and he must be a man known
to be free from the influences that
\ control the Republican party. He must
be a man Of superior intellect. sound
judgment positive convictions and
moral courage-one who will meet the
forces of plutocracy with the naked
sword Of truth-one who knows no
surrender. He must have a genius for
4 sldte-cratt; ne must be a man of wide
q experience in public affairs; he must
( have ability to formulate policies and
& courage to defend them.
h But above all, he must have faith
n In the people. He must not only be-
Z lieve in the right of the people to gov
& ern; but in their capacity to do so.
And he must be man whom the peo-
3 pie know and trust.
& "The Democratic party has many
distinguished men who might be
7 chosen as our standard bearer: but II
has one man who above all others pos
lsesses the necessary qualifications and
is eminently fitted for this leadership.
Through years Of unparalleled Do
E litical warfare, his loyalty to his ideals
! and to his fellow men has been abund-
q antly shown. His refusal to surrender
a his convictions, though subjected 70
q abuses, denunciation and vindictive
& opposition such as few public men in
+ all history have been compelled to
Il Withstand, Is ample proof Of his su-
j perb courage.
without an organization to urge his
claims: without a campaign fund to
n circulate literature in his behalf; with
a out patronage to bribe a single voter;
a without a predatory corporation to CO.
cree its employees into his support;
Z without a subsidized newspaper to in
a huence the public mind, he has won a
f signal victory at the primaries and has
become the free choice Of the militant
Democracy Of the nation.
Forming in one unbroken phalanx,
extending from Massachusetts, to Cali
fornia, and from Michigan 20 the ever
glades, the yeomanry Of the party have
d volunteered their services to make
him the party candidate: and they
will not lay down their arms until they
have made him the nations chief ex-
ecutive.
"Nebraska's Democracy which saw
in him. when young man, the signs
of promise, places in nomination as the
standard bearer Of our party the man
who In the thrilling days of '96 and
1900 bore the battle-scared banner OF
b Democracy with fame as unsullied and
q fidelity as spotless as the crusaders oi
H old. Nebraska presents his name be-
" cause Nebraska claims his dwelling
= place, and proudly enrolls him among
= her citizens; but his home is in th'
- hearts of the people.
"a Il obey the command OF my Stat,
{ and the mandate of the Democracy o
5 the nation when I offer the name o
q Americas great Commoner, Nebraska
gifted son. William Jennings Bryan"
sS JOHNSON NOMINATED.
& In placing the name Of Governor
johnson in nomination, the Hon. W. S
n Hammond said:
= -Four years ago the dominant DO.
ltical party in the State of Minnesota
flushed by a series Of easy victories
not held together by devotion to any
great living issue, found itself engaged
in bitter factional quarrels. Greai
chieftains had arisen and their per.
sonal ambitions and their contests fol
IUOlllltdl supremacy 50 tlkdEtu the al
tention of the adherents of the Repub-
llcan party that encroachments upon
the rights of the State were suffered
to remain unchecked and the interests
of the State were not vigilantly guard
ed. 1t was the time for a leader to
appear, one who had the confidence OF
the people Of the State, whose integ-
8. rty was unquestioned, whose charac-
ter was stainless, whose energy and
&c ability were known; one who had
made no factional enemies, but who
>. had always been loyal in the service of
~ the State. From no one section, from
:. no one faction, from no one class came
~ the call for the man Of the hour. 1t
summoned from his modest Office the
publisher of a weekly paper, and
:. around him rallied the remnants of
the Democratic party that had so often
struggled in vain against the crushing
force of Republican majorities Re-
: united, inspired with the hope of VIC
s tory, they followed this man and sup
5 ported him. Not to honor him, not to
8 crafty his ambitions, but to rouse a
y State from drowsy inaction TO ener-
= getic life. In that year President
Roosevelt carried the state by a plu-
rality greater than 100000, but the
l. Democratic governor was elected.
r To-day this man, in the prime OF
l. life, courteous. kind and unpretentious,
e strong, resolute and virile, an orator
= of unusual power, who has attained
+. honorable distinction by his own in
y. dustry and effort who's high charac-
ter and winning personality compel
the love of his friends and the respect
of his political opponents,-this man,
innocent of the allurements Of great
wealth who has not been sWervad
from the path Of duty nor fascinated
=. by the power given into his hands nor
dazzled by greater honors placed be-
fore him, never unmindful that as a
public officer he is the servant of the
people and bound by every obligation
of duty and honor to strive to ad-
vance their interests, is the ideal can
u didate of this great party for president
II OF the United States