Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-08-09

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Applause. New Jersey III ffee.s here
fore, theal a il Grey atieR isas com
IImissioned to represent the great sause
of democracy and $tto of FOR, Is it, mill.
tant and triumphant leader, d scholar.
not : chAllatah;; 4 state sman, nottsssl
doctrinaire; ;aa prof found lawyer, not 10
splitter of y legal hairs; i political
economist, not an egotistical theorist;
assaprattical Hpoli tiican, who saSc nstructs,
mod fles, restrains without disturb
or destruction = Tesistless debater and
|consummat e master sof sta ement, 4 not
q mere phra semA kerr q; manitarian,
not 3 defamer of characters and lives; !
3 man whose mind Ii 1t once cosmo-
| poitan and composite Of all America j;
Oh gent eman Of unpret entious habits,
with the fear Of God In his heart and
| the love Of mankind lex Exhibited in. every
act of his life Applause) above all .
public sevant who has been tried to the
uttermost and never found wanting
peerless, matchless, unconquerable in
the performance of his duty, + the
ultimate democrat, the genius Of liberty
/ and the very incarnation Of progress.
(Applause. sf.4 5ssHs VI n. ID,
New Jersey has reasons for her
course. Let Us not be deceived in the
essentials Of the premises upon which
this onvention will build il il builds
uccessfully. Campaigns of villifcation1,
corruption and false pretense have lost
their usefulness. The evolution Of ma
tional energy is toward q more iintelli-
gent morality in politics and in ali 9TH
er relations. Applause. The line 81
cleavage is between those who treat
| politics as = game and those who re-
gard it as the serious business Of gov
eminent. y The reali gnment Of political
parties will be on this principle. M The
Isituation admits Of no dispute and no
compromise. The temper and purpose Of
the American people will tolerate no
other view. The Indifference of.#the
American public to it's politics has dis
appeared. Any platform, and any candi-
date on that platform, not fully re-
sponsive to this vast social, political
and economical 3behest will 20 down to
| ignominious defeat at the polls.
(Applause.) Platforms are too often
mere historic rubbish heaps Of broken
promises. Candidates are too often the
unfortunate / lures i Of Il, arrange
ments and calculations. Exigencies,
conditions, national needs and necessi-
ties make. better platforms and produce
greater leaders than does the exercise
Of proprie torshi pa pp1ause.) Hence 1t
is that q disregard Of the premises will
bring, our dreams crashing In ruins next
November. nj II ss ~ vi 5sS;.
III: il 1 ternal conflict between
equal oDppor tunit and special privilege
is upon, us. Our, athers wrote theaissue
They declared all men to be free ! and
equal. Ina sing le.ce ntury that principle
developed the North American CONT
ndnt leavened the world 5with8its bene
fcence, inspired AL nations with hope
ana made the United States the asylum
Of Ill mankind. App clause. Yet Ameri-
ca, at this very hour, presents the most
stup deus contrad LECTION il history
people politically free, while econo-
mically bound by the most s. gigantic
monopoies Of all time and burdened
with a system Of taxation which ex-.
ploits. millions to enrich a few. I'VE
hay preserved NJ the forms of freedom,
but are fast losing its ssu lance. The
evils Of this condition areH feltslin a
thousand ways throughout the land.
Therefore lis that America is awake.
Therefore it's that a mistake in our
premises will be fatal Therefore it is
that the. situation, i the national fex.i
@igeneE, the crisis, call for the right
man. Therefore it is that "a Silent and
resistless Fevolution demands our
patriotic and best judgment. Individ-
uals are as nothing and personal am
billions are worse than nothing. I'm
personality should be. the majesty of
this convention. If the chosen candi-
date fails in any sense Or in any de-
gree fully. and IL completely to meet the
call 8of the nation, he is doomed to de- /
feat. Applause. q Il. 5Sa5*. III n. IA
Men are known BY what they say and
do. Men are known by those who hate !
them and those who 4 oppose them.
Applause. Many years ago the dfs--
tinguished executive Of n lew Jersey
sale, No man is great who thinks
himself so, and mo man is good who
does not strive to secure the happiness
and comfort Of others. II II #s Applause.
This is the secret Of his life. This ii,
in the last analysis, the explanat ton Of
his power. Later, in his memorable
effort to retain high scholarship and
simple democracy IN Princeton univer-
sity, he declared, Z, The great voice Of
America does not come from seats Of
learning. 1T comes in q murmpr from
the hills, and woods, and the farms and
factories and the mills, rolling on and
gaining volume until IL comes toa Jus
from The homes Of common men. III Do
these mnrmnrs echo "a the CORR doris of
our uniiversitiesi i have not heard
them A clnrrion call to tile spirit that
now moves America. Still later he
shouted, & t will NOT cry peace 60
long 81. social injustice and political
wrong ", exists lin the state Of New
jersey. , Applause. Here - the very
soul sc the silent revolution ASS now
solidif wing sentiment and purpose IL
ionrE common. count
The feeds of this moral and intel lectcil
uual aRiant are known to al mon. They
acccfd .ssIl otS " the shans and pre-
lenses of diseased and organia ze !;
politics, but make nati harmony