Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-09

/ lis n ahno Will cNeubublly Only COI-
pofa's guard will rally around his
standard.
TO pick the nominee would de-
velope prophetic gifts which do
not possess. 1t would be Under
wood If Bryan had not denounced
him as q reactionary. 1t would be,
and it may be, Woodrow Wilson, the
finest intellect the Democracy has
known in thirty years.
The country is for Wilson. He
was contender in practically every
etate in the Union in the primaries
and conventions, and when the iron
hackles of the unit rule are broken
,, delegation after delegation will rush
70 his support.
Seventy five per cent of the TO-.
900 people that attend every session
are for him, and their shouts Of ap-
rfoval at every mention of his name
kpn be heard for squares. It would
pe q calamity If he were not chosen,
Because he is a progressive who
would secure every Democratic vote
and receive accessions from the dec
mated Republican ranks. His cam
taign has been admirably conducted
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and he may win.
II do not join in the abuse of Mr..
Bryan in which the Clark men are
ndulging. The great commoner was
grossly betrayed by Clark, who, Sc
curing hundreds of votes by means
9t his protested friendship for Bry-
On delivered him in the hands Of the
Tammany Philistines. There is no
doubt that Clark double dealt Mr..
Bryan has the proofs. He does not
act on impulse. He was sure he was
right before he launched his thun-
der-bolt.
"Mr. Bryan may, without irrever-
once, say: 1 had fought with beasts
Of Ephesus. for in the arena he en-
gagged the Tammany tiger with bare
hands and slew him, and wrenched
apart the ponderous jaw of the lion
of predatory wealth, represented by
Morgan, Belmont and Ryan. 1t was
truly magnificent. There has never
been presented on any stage a more
dramatic scene.
organs voice, vibrant with the
intensity of his feeling, filled the vast
hall and stilled every other sound.
His body swsyed in the tempest of
emotion that possessed him. His
eyes took on supernatural light
and CLEANED like torches. His ar.
raignment of Belmont and Ryan was
terrific. 1t scared them as if they
had been swept by fame. He char
acterized them rs enemies of their
party and country, recreant to every |
trust they had assumed. His anathe-
mas evoked answering applause from |
thousands who felt as he did, an ap-
prevail which the few friends of
Murphy, Ryan and Belmont tried in
vain to still. ! wish that had the |
power to picture in words this most |
dramatic episode. Those who wit
messed it will carry it as a lifetime
Opinions will differ as to whether
Mr.. Bryan should have named Bel
mont and Ryan. l am sorry he per-
ssnally visited their sins upon them
before the nation, but he was honest
In his opinion that they had no bust
ness there. He has felt the dagger
Of Tammany. He knows how
reacherous and corrupt it is, and
his sole object is to save the nominee
Of this convention from the betraysls
which defeated him.
Mr.. Bryan is our ablest. purest
md most popular leader. | would
'ather accept his judgment than
hat Of the cheap demagogues. sell
ish politicians and corrupt agents of
PREDATORY wealth that controlled the :
chicago convention and seek to I
dominate the Democracy at Balti