Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-13

nit them to so f1agrantly corrupt the
voters by the use of unlimited money.
! The Democratic Convention.
want to state this before l close:
that l not only saw that Republican
convention; / not only witnessed the
steam roller crush the life and senti-
ment and hopes of the Republican
party, but l stood on the floor Of the
convention at Baltimore, and / saw
those same interests appear there
with the same purpose and with the
same hope that they appeared at the
Chicago convention. AS beginner
in convention, l, with a majority
! of the others, did not realize their
motives; l did not understand their
methods, and l did not know what
1T meant. / saw them elect a re-
dictionary as temporary chairman of
the convention, and with n hundred
others in that convention l felt bit
terness, deep bitterness and morti-
fication and annoyance at Mr.. Bryan
! wren he got upon the floor and op-
posed the nomination of Mr.. Parker.
| could net understand why it was
| done. |, with many others, cCnsid-
cred it piece of impudence on the
part of Mr.. Bryan.
/ Mr.. Parker was elected. Mr..
Bryan went down in humiliation and
! defeat. AMI as I thought, and as a
hundred others that were in that
convention thought that day,-he
had gene down to final and ever
lasting defeat. The convention adj
| jCrrnHa. We went to our places of
rest. We commenced to think over
the situation. We heard men
en- the streets and in the lob
bies say, THE reactionaires have
control of the convention" We
, heard them say, They have the en-
, tering welge and no power on earth
can shake them loose" We met men
who had voted for Parker, men who
believed that Mr.. Bryan was inter-
fering with the regular routine of
his party in that convention. We
| thought over all these things, and
after we had thought them over, and
had returned to the convention hall
in tie morning, we came with the
lea that Mr.. Bryan was right and
his opponents were wrong. On one
hand was Mr.. Murphy, with his CO.
horts from New York, and on an
CtNer land was Mr.. Sullivan with his
cohorts from Chicago,-men who
knew no law, no policies or party
principles, men who identified them
selves with the party solely for the
NSIlllCI iHty nave over the
rarity. We saw them smiling, we
saw them gleefrl; and down in the
aisle in the back Of the hall where
we sat, we saw men who looked
: hopeless in that fight, that believed
1t was all over and that Mr.. Bryan
was defeated. And Mr.. Bryan came
to the front Of the platform. AS he
came forward we saw he had the
same patient, assured. confident look
on his face; he had the same power
frl determination in his bearing and
his manner He looked down on
, those delegates there, and on the one
hand he saw those representing the
special interests and on the other
hand the great masses who were
there acting in the interests of the
people of the country. AS he spoke,
confidence was renewed in those del
egates who were supporting him;
and when he introduced to that con.
ventiC n a resolution which promised
( to revolutiCniZe the procedure Of
! the Democratic party, n resolution
that provided that the platform
should net be adopted or presented
until after the nomination of the
candidate. the great convention was
astounded. Yet when he stated his
reasons for it; when he stated that
NC "hhJCu W nave Il Ill CON-
formity with the man who might be
nominated and net a man who would
agree to conform to the platform,
three-fourths of the great convention
voted for the resolution, AMI those
who hal the day before thought
they had seen his downfall. saw him
again restored to the predominant
rcsiticn from which they had cast
him.
And later on in trat convention,
Mr.. Bryan was offered the chairman
ship CT the platform committee. This
he declined, but he was appointed a
subcommittee, and he drafted that
platform. He made the most pro-
gressive platform that has ever been
submitted to the people by any party,
he made platform that absolutely
insures the rule Of the people in this
country, II II Is adopted by the peo-
pie in next November
And throughout that whole con-
vention, we found him fighting for
only that enc thing, fighting unset
hshly AMI untiringly to establish the
Democratic party as the party of the
people and for the people, and as q
party that intends to wipe out Of ex-
istence all control Of predatory
wealth and the special interests and
the great trusts of the country.
Why, ladies and gentlemen. on the
night that Mr.. Bryan introduced his
celebrated resolution which was the
| final test as to whether the party
would be progressive or reactionary.
as to whether or not the Democratic
party was to be party of the peo-
| pie. his popularity had grown so
strong, his sincerity had become so
apparent to that great mass Of peo-
pie in the convention. that they were
! ready then and there to nominate
| him almost unanimously as the
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