The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-21
Forty Bruised and Cut When the Grandstand
 COllapses
MARSHALL NOTIFIED
 BY ALTON B. PARKER
Immense Crowd Quieted by Thomas Taggart and Injured Quickly Re moved From Debris-Promi-
 nent Men Were in Danger

thls afternoon during the formal notlfi- cation of Governor Thomas R. Marshall. of his nomination as democratic candi- date for vice president. Those injured were quickly carried into the Indiana Democratic club nearby or taken to hos pitals and the notification ceremony pro ceeded.
 The grandstand had been set up on the asphalt pavement directly back of the speakers platform. Alton B. Parker. speaking for the notification committee. was in the midst of his address when the stand collapsed.
 Thousands of persons massed about the front Of the stand rushed to the collapsed structure when shrieks of injured men and women came from the tangled mass of timber and humanity. Thomas Tag rart, national committeeman from In- diana, realizing that more might be in jured in crush. jumped to the speaker s stand ard shouted that no one had been furt seriously. This quieted the excited crowd to some extent and gave rescuers chance to remove the injured.
 Many men prominent in national poll tics were in imminent danger of injury. On the front row of the stand among others were former Vice President Fair banks, Lewis Nixon of New York, United States Senator Gore of Oklahoma and Thomas Taggart. They all escaped in jury. a.ssa.=f.t-
 Soon after Mir Taggart had 1uieted the crowd MT. Parker resumed his speech and was followed by Governor Marshall on his address of acceptance.
 After the outdoor ceremony guests of the Indiana democratic club were taken to Governor Marshall's home. where the governor and Mrs. Marshall held reception.
 Parker's Address
 Former Judge Alton B. Parker of New York delivered he address noti- flying Governor Thomas R. Marshall of his nomination for vice president by the democratic national convention.
 aTad MT; Pas ss'a.in enns part of o.moeraos, @ui ofkhe &ofy of their party weis s ned at i6i{}nore the opportunity to s5ls H{4z Xf&1[fne for preaching, and il 51 promise.
 1hdGG4 f63XBeized it by the nomina- ton nf W1{1QH and Marshall. Seized 1t with. n Ufni grip that 1t cannot be loosehe6. * 3x the host of the republi . canis1ui or by the deluded people who have oQt o3 yet discovered that their leadefu' bottles are waged for himself, not Hx0f th4 Lord, that his pretense Is witjis*he hope that he will secure the aid26f fho lords hosts for third term coI1{<0fx 6o the unwritten law of the cots<ErY Mnfi In disregard of his pledge tQ<<h9 people to, obey that law, can 1t
 xkS method by which the demo- cf4tic oonyention seized their oppor- tGnity n so simple and straightforward that if at once cNstures confidence and arouses enthusiasm. It was accom- plished by slmpl5 nominating for Pres ident and vice. president men whose4re- cords as governors respectively or NeW Jersey and Indiana show that they know how to create and apply needed governmental remedies and whose lives give abundant surety that the pledges of their party and their own promises to the people will be faithfully kept.
 Method of Treatment
 '.The result is that success seems even to the most cautious observer to be all reaoy assured. I take my text from Governor Wilson's notification speech whei ein is considered the partnership between government and privilege. My method of treatment is to declare
 
 the resulting public injury. ''2. That the republican party was sole Iy responsible for the inausuration of the partnership relations. instancing the tariffs and combinations in restraint of trade and to prevent competition.
 .,3 That neither the republican nor the progressive party could be trusted to break up the partnership.
 A. That the democratic party could be relied upon to accomplish that result. The consideration which the republican party received for public betrayal was not confined to large contributions.
 Judge Parker said they obtained the political support of the captains of indus 1ry which covered large sphere of in fluence. embracing in part their ability to persuade vast armies of employees that their interests were involved in the suc- cess eff the party which favored their industries.
 The speakers contention that relief coalI come only from the election of Will son and Marshall and 6 democratic Con press followed an assignment Of reasons which Judge Parker Insisted negatived all possibility of relief from either the republican or the progressive parties.
 MarshalI's Speech
 Governor Marshall spoke as follows:
 Judge Parker and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee-Permit me to say that 1t is not my purpose on this occasion to present details. I wish merely to present some general obser- .vations clothed in home spun language in the belief that they may be of value in fixing the opinion and determining the conduct of the intelligent voter this year.
 "Try as we may to separate the re- ligious from the civic the fact yet re- mains that good government has in fl an element of morality Neither con stitutions. nor laws, nor ordinances can completely divorce civil govern ment from religious sentiment There are periods in the history of people when the conflict between the good and the bad may involve almost all ot the commandments There is rarely a conflict in which at least the one com mandment against coyetousness does not become an issne. and this campaign Is no exception to the rule .'It will be well for the voter to clea, up some hazy definitions. We have for many years been entertaining a be- lief founded upon no fact whatever that democracy and republicanism rep resent different ideas of government The republican has looked upon the democrat as a man opposed to the gov erment The democrat has looked upon the republican sas man opposed ->--~--