The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-24

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 The Practical Application
 "So much. my friends, for the senti- mental, astrological feature of the toast. There is also an intensely, practical, political phase for it's treat ment. The people of this country have been in the wilderness long enough. They have certainly not latterly been favored as were the children of Israel by pillar of cloud to guide them by day and pillar of fire by night, un- less the hectic fulminations of Theodore the First, or the tactless temporizing of his successor in office, may be deemed sufficient to supply biblical analogy.
 The people of the United States are a patient people, They are not Inclined to be petulantly rebellious against the existing order. They are willing to abide by the orderly and peaceable de- velopment of that character of progress sive statesmanship that guarantees equality of burden and equality of op- portunity; but from all sections of our common country there now comes the voice of vibrant and indignant protest against spacious promises and broken faith. The time has happily passed when an intelligent electorate can be
 
 substance, or stones for bread.
 People Demanding Change
 Under the existing status of unrest and dissatisfaction at existing condi- tions with reference to great economic and sociological problems, if all the signs and auguries are not gravely mis- read, the people are demanding the ex- pulsion, from power of the dominant political party and are searching for new leader around whom to mobilize for the great struggle in November, 1912 In this connection you have just listened to the splendid addresses ex- plotting Birmingham's and Alabamas S opportunity. But you will pardon me for enlarging the horizon of our ex- pectations as embodied in the personal | ity of our distinguished guest. l de- light to honor the sentiment to which you have given much enthusiastic greeting, that the time has come, and now Is, when every consecrated Ala bamian and southerner should repudi- ate and rebuke the intolerable sugges- | ton that the people of the south should | longer be considered as po1t1cal pariahs or undeserving mendicants. Let l us stand forth boldly and proclaim to our brethren of the north, east and west without pretense or hypocricy that we demand to stand upon equal terms with them in the democracy Of man hood, the aristocracy of intellect and | the deserved distribution of political honors Surely those brethren are will | ing to say to us of the south that our penance and prescription have endured long enough; that the generous hand | of equal political esteem shall not be further withheld, and that the common sufferings and aspirations of our coun- trymen for better government are sui | ficient to unite us into cohesive and | conquering democracy. | Aye Mr. Postmaster, it is not only I Birmingham's, Alabama's, the south's s opportunity that this splendid convoca- | ton offers but we generously refrain
 from being local and selfish, and say | to the people of all the states of the American union: You have been grop-
 ing in the dark-by following false prophets and treacherous guides-you have gone far afield from the beaten
 path of the fathers; the night has been long and the multitudes are weary, but l look up and be jubilant, for wonder Is a new light in the southern skies-for
 in Gods own good time the night
 brings forth the stars.
 We Offer Candidate
 We offer to our party and Co the l country as the presidential ca1didatn a man of tried and atnfeged temper and temperament; the frff ~no dur | ing a brief but masterflf ie4terSA'p, has converted democr8t's tnof into a l militant and powerful esY AuiEtt1 f.f 4 man who has heard tfE zteNus Wsfl of the underfed and has seen she HliF ering hireling go numbea along his
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