The Forrest City times., 1912-06-28

 pathy with the candidate or the men who stood behind his nominating.
 And assume that no friend of Judge Parker will contend that he was satisfied in 1908 with all the can- didates or all the plans and pnr- poses of Udf platform. This Is no time for a campaign of pleasant words and smooth phrases.
 We are writing history today" !" continued Nr Bryan. and this con yention is to announce to the country whether this convention is to take up i the challenge thrown down a Chi cago by a convention controlled by predatory wealth, and whether we shall ourselves submit to predatory wealth
 We need not deceive ourselves that what is done in national con- vention is done in seeresy We are under the eyes of the gentlemen of the press, who know what We do and who told us to do it.
 And the delegates 10 this conven- i tA1AA must lAOt Ilt6uu4t uHQiA tue F. norance of the people who did not come because they had not influence enough to be elected delegates or money enough to pay ther expenses.
 And these people know that the influence which dominated the Chi cago convention and made it a farce are here and more bazenly at work than they were at Chicago
 T appeal to you, Let the com mencement of this convention be such that Democrats can raise up their heads among their fellows and say. The Democratic party is un- afrald. You cant frighten it with yoar Evans CT buy it with your Bel monts.
 "My friends, if the candidate of the committee were an unknown man we would judge him by the forces that are back of him. We know who the candidate is. We know he is the man, chosen eight years ago, when the party, beaten for eight years, thought it might be well to try to win
  two previous campaigns"
 Agap came interrupting cries of Parker Parker"
 The country" he said. has not foreotten that the convention was in. fluenced in it's action by promises of large campaign funds from Wall street. and they have not forgotten the fact that after corporation man. agement of the campaign had alien ated the rank and file of the party Wall street threw the party down and elected Republican.
 They have not forgotten that when the vote was counted We had a million and a quarter less votes han In the two campaigns before and a million and a quarter less than in the next campaign
 They have net forgotten that it is the same man. backed by the same in- fueaces. who Is To he forced on a progressive narty to open a progress ite campaign
 on ask mo why that speech would not he satisfactory when have uot read it2s Nr Raan said T tell you if is she man not the words. that make the speech
 We haye been passing through a great educational age and the Demo cratic movement has been sweeping all before f around the world. he continued
 And he said. while the outside world has been marching double quick toward greater freedom our beloved uafion has been keeping step and popular government has grown and grown
 The man whom present has been the leader Of the progressive cause in his state and once joint leader in the nation. challenge you to show where any yWhere ii his history the man presented by the committee has gone out c aId' the party before a convention NoX thls is the situa. tion. The Democratic party has been the leader.
 The Democratic party has led this fight until fl has stimulated tbe Re. publican hosts 10 go and do likewise and al least appear wiling to trust the people with ther can govern ment
 T repeat. Ve hase ueeu travelling In the wilderness We Hos come in sight of the promised land During all the many hours of darkness pro gressiFs Democracy has heen Che peoples pllar e Ire ng uleh
 -l pra son aelesstss uaa ma, dawn has come. do aot rob fhe aeo. pie of the rrhf fa have oaf party as their pillar of cloud bs
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