Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-27

tween preparedness and opportunity"
Personally I may say Mr. Bryan
continued Il have been disappointed
in the great ambition Of my life, which
was to become United States sem
ator The contrast between Senator
Myers and myself is worthy Of remark,
for from my boyhood days | dreamed
Of fitting myself to be a senator, and
he never gave any thought to it, and
now he is a senator and ] am not.
The thing that has happened in
Senator Myers case, however, can
never happen in this country again.
No man may go through life and not
know until an hour before the event
that he Is to be United states senator
for now we have the direct election
Of senator's by the people, and these
things will be known Of In advance
II has been said that man deylseth
his way, but the Lord directeth his
stops In this land, where we have
universal education, where the Ideals
OF citizenship are constantly rising
higher we have an illustration Of this
saying in the cases Of Senator Myers
and myself.
1--WE are entering upon a new age.
we have really come to the age OF
idealism. We have measured men not
so much By what they are, as by what
/ they have. But. under this leadership
Of the man who today occupies the
White House q change is coming-has
come.
The time IS ripe for this change.
The field is ripe for the harvest, and
If anyone has any doubt Of that Il
should have been removed by the way
the ideas Of President Wilson have
been received The same force that
united the democratic party divided
the republican party, and that was the
growth Of public sentiment that this
country should be put back upon its
old foundations and should once again
be made q government for and by the
people.
mo man ever took up a greater
task than President Wilson, and there
has never been any man more resolutc
in carrying out his ideals. He has
found behind him not only demo
cratic party, but a host Of people Of
all political creeds and beliefs, and
he has found that all the people trust
him. And / desire TO say that We
who years ago cherished these ideals
but were at that time despised for
holding them, are today as happy as
God ever intended any people should
be-"
Mr. Bryan. who was presented as
the eJohn the Baptist" Of politics,
concluded with an appreciation Of the
character OF Mr. Pickford, which was
joined in by Senator Myers The lat
ter said, in part
u feel that just as great problems
confront us, Just as grave responsible
tiles rest upon US just as grave diff
culties beset us today as were expert
enced by those noble spirits who. pre-
coded MS and laid the foundations Of
liberty ana gave new definition to
the rights Of mankind. With gigantic
development new evils have arisen,
new abuses of privilege have been in
dulged in new dangers 10 popular
government have become known. The
greater the development Of the time,
the greater the magnitude OF onr gov
eminent the greater the populousneHs
Of our country, the more zeal is re-
. qured TO watch the safeguards Of lib-
erly, to fortify the bulwarks Of popu-
lar government ana strengthen tho
rights OF the people.
eve have with us men tonight who
are worthy successors of the founders
Of our government and who, believe,
- are just as great i'm ability AS true IN
loyalty as rich in patriotism as any
. who lived in the times TO which
have referred or who brought into
existence the memorable proclamation
Of 1916 that all men are born equal"