The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, July 10, 1908, Page 7, Image 9

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July io, iDOtf
The Commoner.
Wo Insist upon a policy of administration
of our forest reserves which, shall relievo it of
the abuses which have arisen thereunder and
which shall, as far as practicable, conform to
tho police regulations of the several states where
they are located, which shall give homesteaders
tho right to occupy and acquire title to all por
tions thereof, which are especially adapted to
agriculture and which shall furnish a system of
timber sales available as well to the private citi
zen as to the large manufacturer and consumer.
PANAMA CANAL
We believe the Panama canal will prove of
great value to our country and we favor its
speedy completion.
TRUSTS
A private; monopoly is indefensible and in
tolerable; we therefore favor the vigorous en-,
forcement of the criminal law against all guilty
trust magnates .and. officials and. demand the en
actment of such additional legislation as may
be necessary to make it impossible for a private
monopoly to exist in the United States. Among
the national remedies, we hereby specify three:
First, a. law preventing a duplication of direc
tors among competing corporations; second a
license system which will, without abridging the
right of each state to create corporations, or its
right to regulate as it will foreign corporations
doing business within its limits, make it neces
sary for a manufacturing or trading corporation
engaged in interstate commerce to take out a
federal license before it shall be permitted to
control as much as twenty per cent of the pro-,
duct in which it deals, the license to protect the
public from watered stock and to prohibit tho
control by such corporation of more than fifty
per cent of the total amount of any product con
sumed in the United States and, third, a law
compelling such licensed corporations to sell to
all purchasers in all parts of the country on the
same terms, after making due allowance for cost
of transportation.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
Tho democratic party favors tho extension
of agricultural, mechanical, and. educational in
dustry. Wo therefore favor the establishment
of agricultural oxperiment stations, the secoh'd
ar; Agtietilturar and mechanical college in x tho
special states.
CONCLUSION
The democratic party stands for democracy;
thv. repub.ican party has drawn to itself all that'
Is aristocratic and plutocratic.
The. democratic party is the champion of
equal rights and opportunities to all and the re
publican party is the party of privilege and pri
vate monopoly. The democratic party listens
to the voice of the whole people and guages
progress by the prosperity and advancement of
the average man; the republican party is sub
servient to the comparatively few who are the
beneficiaries of governmental favoritism. We
Invite the co-operation of all, regardless of pre
vious political affiliation or past differences, who
'desire to preserve a government of the people,
by the people and for the people and who favor
Buch an administration of government, as will
insure as well as human wisdom can, that each
citizen shall draw from society a reward com
mensurate with his contribution to the welfare
of society.
THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS
The democratic national convention met at
til o'clock a. m. Thursday.
Congressman Henry D. Clayton of Alabama
jwas chosen permanent chairman and delivered
his address.
At 1:52 p. m. the convention took a re
jpess until 7 p. m.
Chairman Clayton called the convention to
rder at 7:55 p. m.
The Pennsylvania delegation submitted the
name of James Kerr to be national committee
man in place of Mr. Guffey. This was ratified
by the convention.
Ollle James of Kentucky, speaking for tho
resolutions committee, reported that the com
mittee would not be ready to report before mid
night. On Mr. James' motion the rules were
euspended and pending the submission of the
platform nominating speeches begun. It was
the understanding that there shall be no ballot
until the platform is adopted.
I. J. Dunn of Omaha nominated Mr. Bryan
IThis nomination was seconded by Governor
Glenn of North Carolina and Augustus Thomas
Of New York Their speeches and that of Mr.
Dunn will be found on other pages of this issue.
Ollie James of Kentucky, James T. Hetflin
of Alabama, Ex-Seriator Gearln seconded Mr.'
Bryan's nomination.
Minnesota presented tho name of Governor
Johnsbn, and Delaware presented tho name of
Judge George Gray.
At midnight tho resolutions committee en
tered the hall. The platform was read and
adopted, being greeted with great applause.
Governor Swanson of Virginia, John H. At
wood of Kansas, 0. W. Powers of Utah, and J.
B. Sullivan of Iowa seconded Mr. Bryan's nomin
ation. On call of the roll the vote stood: Gover
nor Johnson, 4G; Judge Gray 59&; Mr. Bryan,
892 . Mr. Bryan's nomination was then made
unanimous. The convention took a recess.
' W. A. WHITE ON THE DEMONSTRATION
William Allen White, writing of the dem
onstration in tho Denver convention Wednes
day afternoon, said that in hfs address Senator
Gore of Oklahoma made this statement:
"The war chief came to Oklahoma and
asked us to do what no Anglo-Saxon commu
nity ever has dono, reject a chance to obtain
self government. Then the greatest living ex
ponent of human freedom came to us and told
us to adopt our constitution, and by a majority
of 100,000 votes" here Gore wavedJiis hands
dramatically "we rejected the advice of Taft
and took the advice of Bryan."
Mr. White adds: That was all. 'He started
again, lifted his hands for silence, but the cheer
swept over the crowd. Again he tried to speak,
but the blaze of applause was crackling in tho
furthermost corners of tho room in an instant.
While the blind eyes of Gore were wandering
aimlessly over the audience tho crackling blazo
of applause broke into a roar, and the reporters
looked at the clock, tore up their spacee-fllllng
notes. Gore had uncorked the company fizz be
fore the banquet was ready. The great crowd
roared with joy, and as It unbuckled its lungs
in its madness at the end of perhaps five min
utes of cheering, some one in Pennsylvania
grabbed the guidon of that state and started to
march toward Nebraska. Indiana and Illinois
followed and soon half a dozen states wero
marching, with the big moon-faced Bryan ban
ner of Nebraska and in three minutes two dozen
states Wero in tho bear dance, with jumping
guidons.
Tho band played "Hot Time" and tho crowd
screamed with delight. Two dozen and then
three dozen state banners were rlmpling over tho
hall. The crowd stopped at Maryland and then
with a shout Maryland fell in. Then forty states
wero in the procession.
It went into the front of tho hall as ten
thousand men howled in delirium and surround
ed New York, but New York remained un
moved. The madmen capered to Minnesota, but
seven strong men and true gripped the Minne
sota banner and held fast. Some Kansas fel
lows were going to steal it, and the word came"
to Minnesota and she got ready to fight. There
was a fight for the New Jersey banner and a
struggle got Delaware to move. Connecticut
was also unshaken. The crowd in the galleries
saw the milling of the human ants on the floor"
and bawled itself hoarse at tho crazy sight.
The roar of the crowd was growing steadier
and the march of the delighted men on tho floor
was growing more and more grotesque. It was
as spontaneous as bedlam.
It was more than spontaneous; it was acci
dental, and as the crowd went wild tho reporters
thought of poor General Clayton, who has been
working for two weeks on his speech as per
manent chairman to arouse the demonstration
that Gore called forth. There were eagles on
perches dancing above the crazy crowd, cow
girls-marching through the throng yelling, bands
tooting in the breathing spells, favorite daugh
ters of the various delegations on the platform
waving the banners of the states. There were
banners, marching clubs, mottoed banners like
that of Michigan bedizzened on gold, with the
motto of 'tho Omaha platform "Equal rights
to all special privileges to none;" there were
old men and young men gyrating in the din and
the noise, never faltering, and . the clock went
round and half way round again aj this pande
monium raged.
And slowly tho roar died down and tho
convention went back into sanity. But it was
a great demonstration, the greatest ever made
in America, and eighty minutes' cheering to
Roosevelt was a good-bye to a party leader. It
will bo interesting to watch and wait for another
four years to roll around and to note whether
the demonstration of good-bye to the leader
-whom this convention honored will be as sincere
and hearty as that with wwhich . he is greeted
today.
WHEN am. RRYAN WAS NOMINATED
, Tho Associated Press gives this descrip
tion of tho demonstration following Mr. Dunn'a
speech:
It was not long then before the bcoiios of
yesterday's .prolonged demonstration wero re
newed. 'The delegates poured from tho conven
tion floor onto tho already over-crowded stage.
The state standards were grouped about tho
platform. Galleries and dolegatos wore on thelf
feet waving tho thousands of flags and cheer
ing themselves hoarso. Many of the Now York
delegates stood and cheered with tho others, but' f
tho majority romalned seated. Only six bunnors
wero missing in" the parade through tho aisles1
after tho grouping at the stage had broken into
a procession. Thoy wero Maryland, Minnesota,
New York, Georgia, New Jersey and Dolaware. "
Many Bryan banners which had boon-.-brought
into the hall wore quickly caught up.',,
by tho inarching delegates and carried through
tho aisles. , "
The band In the balcony lont its sharo to tho
celebration of tho Bryan followers and- tho blare
of horns, the beat of drums and crash, of clm
bals could bo heard above tho din' of tho shout
ing hundreds on the floor and tho thousands
in tho galleries.
The start of tho demonstration sot a, dosjbn .
photographers to work and tho booni of tholr
flashlight explosions at times fairly shook tho
great building, such an Immense amount, of ,
powder was used. The explosions also sorved' to
fill the upper portion of tho hall with choking
white smoke, adding vastly to the discomfort
of those already forced to breathe the heavy,
atmosphere of the upper strata. ' ' ' "
One of the banners that aroused much en
thusiasm was labelled: "Missouri; nomlnato
Bryan and wo will show you." The mombers
of tho Missouri delegation went up to tho plat
form with a white banner bearing tho words:
"Missouri will give Bryan fifty thousand ma
jority." In a few seconds, tho red, White and
blue standard of Nebraska bearing tho portrait
of Mr. Bryan was beside it and then came tho
various standards, which wore grouped on the
rostrum in the same way a; yes irday. The
crowd of shouters, apparently frenzied wero car
ried away by their feelings and literally stormed
the press seats along the aisle leading to tho
speakers' stand. They broke down chairs-, and
well nigh overturned tho strong writing tables
by sheer physical weight. A number of news
paper men and telegraph operators wore com-
pelled to hastily leave their seats in order tor
avoid serious injury, so quick and so fierce wasi
the rush of frantic shouters. Tho dovo that
flew through the hall while Mr. Dunn was speak
ing was but tho first of a flock that was now
turned loose. Thoy flow about the hall wild
with terror, seeking some escape frori tho mad
dening tumult and uproar that raged on tho
convention floor. Tho crowd in tho parade was
not nearly so numerous as that of yesterday and
many delegates mindful of torn clothing,
trampled toes and sore throats remained upon
their chairs, watching the demonstrators. Many
of the delegates in the midst of tho struggling,
crushing turmoil of tho floor, lost their hatg,
their coats and finally stripped themselves of
collars and ties. A feature of the demonstra
tion, never before a part of a national conven
tion, was that the greater part of the cheering
and uproar was distinctly heard by the candidate
at his home 500 miles away, a telephone to which
was attached an immense megaphone having
been placed in the hall and Mr. Bryan at tho
other end of tho wire at Fairvlew, where ho
was able to hear the cheering in his honor that
filled the convention hall.
About an hour after the name of Bryan
had been mentioned Chairman Clayton who had
several times tried to stay tho tumult but In
vain, bodily dragged the men from his desk.
With uplifted hands he stood trying to restore
order and there were increasing signs now that
tho outburst had about run Its course. Hun
dreds of delegates, tired and hot had resumed
their seats.
Another measure calculated to cause a ces
sation of tho shouting was the turning out of
many lights in the clusters in the ceiling. This
had a marked effect and a storm of hisses that
was directed at tho shouters from all parts of
the hall helped the work amazingly. At 10:20
p. m.- tho last cry had died away and Chairman
Clayton, directed them to make the call of tho
roll of states. .
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