Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-30
Palmer's Name Presented.

Palmer's Name Presented.
San Francisco, June S0.-Hailed az
a new Navarro: his lance that of law;
his shield that OF JUSTICE Attorney
General A. Mitchell Palmer was form
ally nominated today for the Demo-
cratic Presidential candidacy by John
Il. Bigelow, OF Hazleton. Pennsylvania.
True A~nlericanism must be on
guard Mr.. Bigelow said. mo foe
Within and no enemy without must
impair 1t or deminish 1t.
THE hosts that we sent abroad in
the years OF our great conflict per-
formed their prodigies Of valor and
wrought their noble conQuests to the
eternal glory of the country. BY their
force and by their prowess the might
lest menace to the worlds democracy
was subdued. The. militant spirits
brooding over the bloody battlefields
of france and Flanders were conquer
ed. But the menace TO free govern
mint were not banished. They still
rear. the hydra-head OF anarchy and |
revolution. Some gather in the
silences of the night within the gates
Oh secrecy. Others take up the venal
pen or by the art OF speech spread
their pcrnicious doctrines. They prey
upon ignorance and long established
"a SNSiS VI HotSIlIlIlCllls
THE dangers are not distant; the
fears are not mere fancy. They are
! living, breathing things and always
pregnant with disaster. Therefore
your candidate must pc more than the
mere mouth piece of your policies. He
must be the embodiment OF your free
dom and the exemplar OF your liber-
ties. He must be the intrepid de-
fender OF your institutions, a courage
u crusader in the cause of law and
order. Above all, he must be the ar
dent advocate of Americanism; and
the Democracy OF Pennsylvania has
commanded me to present to you his
candidacy.
I'm the exacting time through which
we have passed in recent years he has
shown all of The qualities of leader
ship.
I'm Pennsylvania when a powerful
political organization under the lead
ership of the present high priest of
the Republican party--the invisible
power that dominated the recent con-
vention at Chicago-had tempted ever
the leaders of our own party to be-
tray her interests. 1t was he that en-
tered into the conflict and rescued
Democracy from her faithless lead
ers and from her shame. 1t was he
that fearlessly exposed the crimson
record of Republican corruption and
~regenerated his party SC that now it
may hold high its head in the pursuit
of those lofty ideals and pure purposes
that are the pride Of the nations de-
mocracy.
I'm the halls of congress of the ma
ton in 1903 and 1911 when the regime
of autocracy threatened to crush the
genius Of democratic government, it
was he that stood steadfast with that
magnificent array of our leaders that
routed the old order of absolutisrn.
abolished Cannonism and opened h
doors for the opportunities that the
ensuing years showered upon our par
Ity.
when finally the people OF the ma
ton entrusted the charter of L>twer
to democracy and placed her rpre-
sentatives in charge Of our legislative
halls it was for that stood upon the
floor Of congress and rendered vail
ant service alongside of Clark and I'm
iderwood In the great constructive
work that marked the initial steps Of
d~emocracy's re-ascendence.
when. less h four a ago.
the nation resorted to rms to vindi-
cate her sovereignty. to repel and re-
sent repeated insults to her citiznry. it
was he h by fearless administration
war by 1000, 600, 900 and
directed hat power against the foe
from whom it was taken.
mo task assigned to layman or Of
fetal has ever been performed, in the
history of this government, with such
measure of success that has attended
his administration as Alin Property
custodian.
when, during the war and sue
ceeding it. the insidious evils Of an
archy and her lawless litter. arose. 1t
was he that stood valiantly against
the protests of parlor bolshevists.
against the thrusts of venal pen and
%slanderous tongue, and deported and
imprisoned the defamers Of the ma
Ition-aye even at the threat of the
'terrorists' bombs.