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eleven Democratic leaders. who will
be voted on tomorrow for nominu
tion for President of the United
States were presented today. the ten
being Owen. Gerard. Cummings.
Hitchcock. Palmer. Cox. McAdoo. Ed
wards. Smith. Meredith.
The name OF ambassador to Great
Britain. john W. Davis. of West Nir-
ginia. remains to be presented when
the body meets at IL o'clock Thurs
day.
In nominating a. Mitchell Palm
or for President. John II. R!ge-
low. OF Pennsylvania. said in part;
Your platform must rcsound with
the true principles Of the rarity. II
must ring with the spirit of Democ-
racy. But your promises Viii be vain
md your pledges without avail un-
less your leader shall be an inspira'
tlon in himself. He must be not only
the exponent OF your party, but more
than that; for the times are tense
with great demands. The inevitable
heritagcs OF the war are ours. From
every quarter OF the globe they arc
thrust upon US. y rising d!srcs2cct
for government surrounds us. n
spirit or discomfort pcrvadcs US. In
dustrial unrest stalks about MS. The
army Of anarchy and the hosts OF
evil are amongst US Their hands
are raised against every agency az
the government and the firm founda-
tiuns laid by the founders Of the
country are threatened
"Mr. Chairman. this is 10 idle state
m.nt--uo myth OF Observation-Disclosures
chimera Of fancy. /; Is written in the
history Of the day.
Spectre OF EVIL rywhrrc.
TITS but a few years since that III
this great city. the powers OF evil
ehook the very base Of your govern
mcnt by most ntroc!ous assault upon
her peaceful citizens. Within short
time the sister city OF your own
Southland was convuiscd by wanton
outrage upon her property. Toward
the North in the City OF Seattle within
two years riot. rapinc and bloOdsAci
darkcned her fair cscutchcon. with
in the year. In a n.ighborinS state.
men who had served their couItry's
cause on the fields OF Europe fell
victims for the assassin's bnlict--.,
penalty for their loyalty Upon IN"
Eastern scaDoard We have seen m
dustrics wrecked by sabotage. the
homes OF Judges despoiled hy d!ni-
mite: Senators saved by mere acct
dent from the in!ss!vcs OF murder IN
their daily mail, and. aye. We nave
seen more than that. For ~ IN:
shadow Of the capitol within sight
or the citadel OF the republic, the
hand OF anarchy was raised against
the chief apostle and the advocate OF
her ,uws-thc embodiment OF her
.Nr' "a nf
stroyed-an expression Of the ev!l
forces that nov initiate against
America: hut, thank God, we nave
seen him, by the act of Providence
saved to The nation for the greater
4 and more important tasks ana DUTIES
that lie before him"
Paving tribute to the American SOL
tners in the world war and recount
INC the activities cf Attorncy-Gcn-
cral Palmer as alien property GUS
todian. the speaker said:
Crimson Record of Republicans.
I'm Pennsylvania when a powerful
no,i,ical organization under the
ie ,dership OF the present high prizes,
of the Republican party-the invlsi-
bic power that dominated the re-
cent convention at ChicaSo-had
tempted even the leaders of our own
marty to betray her interests, 1t was
he that entered into the conflict anu
rescued Democracy from her taith-
less leaders and from her shame. IL
was he that fcarlessly exposed the
crimson record OF Republican cor
ruption and regcneratcd his party
on that now Il may hold high It's
head in the pursuit of those ioity
ideals and pure purposes that are
the nride of the nations Democracy
"Whcn, during the war and sue
coedinp II. the insidious evils or an
archy and her lawless litter arose.
II was he that stood VaiiantS
AGAINST the protests OF par'or boil
sheyists, against the thrust5 OF Vehai
pen and slanderous tongue. ana oc-
snorted and imprisoned the detamers
i5of the nation-ayc, even at the threat
OF the terrorists bombs.
g when, within the year, the DARK
and omiuous clouds Of industrial uh-
rest gathered round, when lines 'oi
cleavage were tightly drawn pc
tween capital and labor, "heh
mighty combinations of wealth arose
upon the one side TO menace IL ana
the feudalism of force on the othcr
hand to threaten II, IT was he that
stood the unrelentinG foe of tyranny
of all kinds-whether that tyranny
be the tyranny of money or the W
ranny Of men.
Enemies of Country Oppose Him.
e 81 see arrayed against him the enc
mics of government. In their ranks
the hyphenate and rcvolutionist will
Z fraternizc. The men who hold class
and creed above equality will there
be found. The malcontent and the
criminal will join with them. The
echo of the voices Of the Ark of the
Soviet will minGlc with the voices Of
enemies OF the government and their
master minds. now expiating their
crimes in Southern prisons. AS 1
Hlook upon this array, how my heart
Brejoices. They are not of us. not of
our party, not OF our following. Our
leader has eliminated them in tho
Ilofty discharge of his duties. His
(, candidacy is not polluted by their
|<presence or by the proffcrs of their