El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-28

/ nant to those of other parties willing
/ TO support our nominees.
The probabilities of victory have not
! impelled any Democratic candidate for
/ the presidential nomination to make
speeches or bitter denunciation. For
this they are to be commended. Bill
ingsgate can never become the chief
argument of a Democrat who is worthy
to be president. The Marquis OF
! Queensberry rules and the vernacular
/ of the prize ring applicable to latter
! day Republican campaigns and conven-
tons. have no place here.
The Democrats of Arkansas have
! commissioned me 10 the pleasant task
Of supporting the nomination OF Champ
Clark, OF Missouri His progressive,
Democratic spirit is exemplified in his
Robinson talked just five minutes
California seconded the nomination Of
Clark. Colorado was passed. Then
1 Connecticut was called and Henry
Wade Rogers Of New Haven took the
platform to nominate governor Simon
Z. Baldwin of Connecticut.
The Nominating Speech.
said Mr.. Rogers: I rise on behalf
place in nomination for the high office
OF president of the United States the
Democratic governor of Connecticut,
Simeon Z. Baldwin.
Connecticut, for the second time in
Its history, is urging upon the national
convention Of the Democratic party the
nomination Of a Connecticut man for
the presidency Two score and four
years ago, in 1858, Connecticut proposed
the name of the then Democratic gov
ernor of the state, but the convention
nominated the governor Of New York
Horatio Seymour, who went down to
defeat in the election which ensued.
Connecticut now again asks that in
the course of your deliberations YOU
weigh well the merits and availability
of the man she advises you to nomi-
nate
Connecticut is OF little territorial
consequence in the vast empire that
spans this continent. But small though
she is, she is larger than little Attfca
out of which came the great lawgivers,
philosophers. poets and orators of the
ancient world. Her population is small
as well IS her territory, but it exceeds
the combined population OF the five
western states OF Idaho, Montana. Ne
vada, Utah and Wyoming. Connecticut
does not cast a large vote in the cleo
tOral college, but as Connecticut has
voted so has gone the union. Never
put once since 1886 has the candidate
for the presidency who has carried
Connecticut failed to carry the country.
That one exception was in 1888, when
that great Democrat, Grover Cleveland.
carried Connecticut and lost the presi-
dency.
DemOcracy's Historic Ground
I'VE meet in Baltimore on the Dem
ocratic party's historic ground. Prior
to 1854. here was held with one excep-
ton, all the national conventions of
here, and here we have nominated Van
Buren,, Polk and Pierce. In recent !
years our conventions have been held
elsewhere. But this year we return to /
Baltimore and at time when the con- |
vention IS master of a supreme oppor- |
tunity. Once again we will name in /
this city the next president Of the /
United states.
What the Democrats Want.
The Democrats want US to noui-
nate man who knows and Will respect I
the limitations which the constitution /
imposes upon the exercise of arbitrary |
power. They want US to nominate a /
man who knows the straight and mar 1
row path marked out by the constitu- 1
tiOn and who VIII walk therein. They !
want US to nominate man who will /
maintain against all the world the sta
Bile structure of our government as es-
tablished by the fathers. They want US
to nominate a man who believes in the |
supremacy of law and in the indepen-
dence of the judiciary and who will /,
resist all measures which would de-
grade the judicial tribunals and i'm |
pair the confidence and respect of the
people in their courts.
They want us to nominate a man |
who is old fashioned enough to believe |
United States great, prosperous and j
honored, but who, at the same time, is
progressive enough to believe in the
new methods and policies made neces-
sary by the changed conditions of the
DO you ask me whether my candi-
date is q progressive Democrat? NY
reply is that he has voted twice for
Jennings Bryan for president;
that he favors the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people: that he has advocated the ex-
tension of municipal suffrage to wom-
-s-- -fa.As
the workingmen's compensation acts.
A Noted Man.
I'VE present him to you as a great
man who represents all that is best in
the Intellectual and moral life of New !
England and of the country. He comes
Of Puritan stock In his veins flows
the blood Of Roger Sherman. = signer