Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-02
SO BALLOTS
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Bryan shouted, s'who have moi fam
iliarized themselves with fhe areat
men of our country, they shonid at
least be silent umtil they are in.
formed. y
There was q great cheer for him
ut this, mingled with booes from
the gallery.
II travel north from Florida to
North Carolina. | mention one of
the best Democrats in the United
States, Josephus Daniels. He made
q rlmagnificent secretary Of the navy.
He is sound ON every question. He
grows every day in the campagn.
y. - Ny third is another southern
man, Joseph \. Robinson, of Ar
kansas. lie is leader of the min
1ority in the senate, a splendid lead
er.
lie measures up to every re.
quirement of the president. There
&re three men in the south.
''This is probably the last con
rvention of my party in which |
shall be Il delegate-don I applaud,
| may change my mind.
Worth Is Libelled
"The man who SAYS that the
north viii not vote for n southern
man dibels the north.
A dramatic touch was added to
! Bryan s speech when Mrs. Genevieve
/ Clark Thompson, daughter Of the
late Champ Clark, hastened TO Il
place in the ceE:er aisle directly in
front of the speaker 5 stand.
Here was the man who defeated
her father i'm the bitter fight at
Baltimore in 1912 with such speech
rs he was again making today Mrs.
Thompson stood taut, her face u
study, gazing up at Bryan hS he
went ON with his list of those he
regarded rs presidential possibilities.
- Now | want to mention some
northern men. Ny first northern
man is Samuel Ralston of Indiana.
He is a progressive Democrat with
:; noble record of work done for his
state and nation through the Dem
ocratic party.
"Mv next man from the. north
is E. L. Meredith of Iowa.
HE was in the presidents 8 cab
met and an honor to the cabinet.
He has long been identified with
and knows that the farmer needs.
Farmers constitute 20 per cent of
the population and their condition
presents its piteous situation to the
kn
which has tried to answer that ap-
peal.
Next Names Brother
If you II pardon me, my next
northern man has the misfortune to
be my brother, there were shouts
mo, and booes.
You don't have to take my
word for it, Bryan shouted. " You
can turn to his record.
"The 50,oC0 aiority they gave
him in Nebraska is better than my
CORD. Take the record that, he
pro. ected the people from the gas
cline monopoly and from extortlon
hv the coal interests.
- He polled Il per cent of the
votes east at the primary of the
Independent party in that state.
''1hen | mention the name of a
man from Montana, Thomas j.
Walsh.
He is your presiding officer As
Il statesman, he has no equal. AS
an investigator he is above them
all.
"Under his leadership more cor.
ruption has been disclosed than in
any previous period in our history.
He let the American people know
how the Republican machine works
when it is oiled. Out of that in
vestigation long benefit will come
TO our nation. We have for 4 gen
Grafton been trying to show the
men who contribute large sums 10
buy public favor. BY large contri-
button they purchase legislative I'M
munity and administrative pri"ile"e.
We are going TO restore public de.
cencv again and \. j. Naish VIII
deserve more credit than anyone
else for this.
As McAdoo was first named by
BRYAN. the Californian IS delegates
lcap@d to their feet, cheering and
waving flags.
BRYAN was in his old time fight
ing form. He characterized Me
hdoo as n progressive, as the MAJ
who made it possible for the pre-
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