Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-28
SEES PARTY VICTORY SIX ARE NOMINATED
Chairman Ollie James Halls Democrats Have Plenty Can
Split ip Republicans. ddates for the Presidency.
URGES UNITY OF ACTION ALL CALLED "BEST MEN"
Appeals to Democrats to Support Clark Wilson, Harmon Underwood
Nominee OF convention Marshall and Baldwin Presented
THINKS PEoP1E SHOULD RULE SPEECHES EUL0GZING EACH
Denounces Administrators Be In Placing
travail OF Tariff Prounas' in ton Accomplishments
Not Reducing Rates Brought
ALL CALLED "BEST MEN,
Clark, Wilson, Harmon, Underwood,
Marshall and Baldwin Presented.
SPEECHES EUL0GIZING EACH
In Placing Names Before Conven
ton Accomplishments Of All
Are Brought Out.

ton Accomplishments Of All
Are Brought Out.
BALTIMORE, June 2S.-Six names were
presented for the democratic presidential
nomination. They are Champ Clark, Gov.
Woodrow Wilson, Gov. Judson Harmon
Oscar ". Underwood. Gov. Thomas r.
Marshall and Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin.
In the nominating speeches each man
was praised and each was called the best
to lead his party to victory.
Senator Reed of Missouri. presenting
Speaker Champ Clark's name, spoke, in
part, as follows:
I'VE are here, not to nominate a can
didate. but to select a President. Today
we shall contend. each against the other
tomorrow we must be brothers in a battle
for humanity.
Ours is a high privilege and a solemn
duty. 1t should be met in a spirit of ex-
allied patriotism. Every consideration
must be subordinated to the great cause
of the people. We speak not only for a
party but for a nation. for mankind and
for history We are about to dissolve the
partnership between monopoly and gov
eminent.
Sixteen years this partnership has
levied tribute under the forms OF law II
has taxed the crust upon the lips of hun
ger 1t has filched the pockets OF pow
erty Monopoly has financed the cam.
paigns of republican Presidents. 1t has
been rewarded by immunity from punish
ment for violation of the criminal stat
utes. The people turn to the democratic
party for relief.
Outlines Clark's Achievements.
''Twenty-four years ago Champ Clark
placed upon the statute books of his state
a law guarding the secrets of the ballot.
He advocated the direct primary sys-
tenn twenty years ago. and applied 1t IN
his congressional district.
1T is thirteen years since he contended
for the enactment of the most rigid cor
rupt practice act to be found upon the
statute books.
Five years ago he advocated the initia-
tive and referendum in his own state. He
was not, as some others are, disturbed
lest the people should destroy them
selves.
las early as 1885 he declared for the
direct election of senators. Five times
has he voted for that measure and for
years in Congress has been its distin-
guished advocate.
he has been one of the most valiant
champions Of tariff reform.
Ever a Democrat.
"All his life this man has been a demo-
crat. He has not been an occasional
democrat He does not belong to that
class of democrats who steal out o.
nights. sleep in strange political beds.
and then come trailing home about the
~ all H. hy~r 1y 60 ho onV
frying.
He carried his own state by unani
NOUS vote. He carried every state touch
ing it's borders. He carried the state:
touching borders with the home states OF
his distinguished opponents. He carried
almost soIidly that great domain known
as the middle west. With two exceptions
he swept all states west OF the ROCKY
mountains.
THE army of the democracy is form
glorifes the horizon Of the future and
sheds its splendor upon our banners
Above us bends the n1yriad-hued bow OF
promise. We have been led to the very
gates Of success by a veteran growr
to lead, and the celestial bow will be.
come an arch of triumph. beneath which
,, democracy will march in glorious vic.
tory.
Eulogizes Gov. Wilson.
The speech placing the name Of Gov.
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey in nomi-
nation was delivered by former Judge
John w. Wescott OF Camden, N. J. Mr.
Wescott spoke. in part, as follows:
New Jersey, once bound, but. by the
moral energy and intellectual greatness
of a single soul. now free. comes to this
historic convention in the glory of hel
emancipation to participate in your de-
alterations. aid In formulating your judg
| ments and assist in executing your de-
crees.
New Jersey has reasons for her course
Let us not be deceived in our premises
Campaigns of yilification, corruption ant
false pretense have lost their usefulness
The evolution of national energy Is to-
tics and in all other relations. The line
Of cleavage is between those who trea1
politics as game and those who regarl
1t as the serious business of government
Again, the eternal conflict between
equal opportunity and special privilege Ii
upon US. Our fathers wrote the issue Of
that struggle in our Constitution. They
declared all men to be free and equal Ii
single century that principle developed
the North American continent, leaveninG
the world with its beneficence, inspired
all nations with hope and made the
United States the asylum Of the world
Yet America. at this very hour, present:
the most stupendous contradiction in his
tory-a people politically free, while eco
nomically bound by the most gigantic
monopolies of all time and burdened by q
system Of taxation which exploits mil
lions to enrich q few.
Men Known by Words and Deeds.
Men are known by what they say and
do. They are known by those who hate
and oppose them. Many years ago Wood
row Wilson said No man is great who
thinks himself SO. and no man Is good
who does not try to secure the happiness
and comfort of others This is the secret
of his life. Later in his memorable ef-
fort to retain good scholarship and democ-
racy in Princeton University he de-
clared, The great voice of America does
not come from seats Of learning II
comes In a murmur from the hills and
woods. and the farms and factories and
| the mills. rolling on and gaining volume
until it comes to us from the homes OF
common men. Do these murmurs echo
in the corridors aof our universities?
have not heard them A clarion call to
the spirit that now moves America
Later he shouted. i will not cry peace
| so long as there is sin and wrong in the
world Here is the very soul of the silent
revolution now solidifying sentiment and
purpose in our common country.
'If Providence could spare q Washing
| ton to lay the foundations of the United
States Of America: If Providence coulC
spare Jefferson to make democracy q
living reality; IL Providence could spare 8
| Lincoln to unite the states in impregna.
| BILE unity and brotherhood, New Jerse,