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The Commoner.
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VOLUME '8, NUMBER 29
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(Mr. Bryan Speaks to Nebraska Traveling Men
Spooch to Lincoln Bryan club and
tho Nebraska Traveling Men's club
on their return from Denver July 11.
, Ladles and Gentloinen: I am vory
glad to see you again. I was disap-
1 pointed when I was reading tho bul
letins that you took so small a part
In tho demonstration. I had thought
that you would mako all tho noise,
and while, from reports, you stood
on chairs and tables and shouted as
loudly as you could, thoro woro oth
ers, and you camo vory nearly be
inir lost rannlauso). I do not think
' any stato was bettor represented at
Denver, and for proor ot mat i can
simply remind you that you woro
tho only state represented there that
secured tho nomination of a candi
date for president from its own state
(laughter and applause). I do not
take much credit to myself. I look
back upon tho three conventions
which Nebraska delegates have at
tended, and I am going to give them
credit for tho fact that three times
in our conventions they have suc
ceeded in securing tho nomination
for their own state, and it is a great
tribute to the earnestness and tho
activity and tho work of the mem
bers of tho delegation. You have
been very active hero, and I appre
ciate tho loyal support given in all
these years.
1 T nm us much nlcasod with the
platform as I am with the nomina
j tion for tho first place, and I am -as
I much pleased with tho second nom
ination as I am with tho platform.
I think that this convention leaves
a very different impression than that
given by the convention in Chicago.
In that convention, the platform did
not present what the reform ele
ment of the party wanted, and when
tho convention was ovor, there
was a feeling of discouragement
and disappointment. But the
democratic party In this con
vention has given us a platform
that I believe expresses the deliber
ate sentiment of that large and grow
ing reform element in this country
I (applause). I am satisfied that it
is going to appeal, not only to all
Uho democrats, but to a great many
renublicans. And I am. sure that
i when people come to know John W.
4 Kern as I nave Known mm lor many
years, they will believe, as I do, that
ho is in perfect narmony wim tne
platform and can ho trusted to carry
that platform out to the letter If
circumstances should place upon him
the responsibility for its enforce
ment (applause).
? Now wo are going to commence
our campaign, and with a publicity
plank that announces an honest pur
rposo and proclaims an honest posl
ftion, wo will bo able to' appeal to
the honest sentiment of the country.
Gentlemen, there has been great
growth in politics in-this' country,
Sand that plank illustrates one phase
Pof that growth. For af quarter of a
century the country has been seeing
. more and more of corporate domin
ie atlon in politics; for a quarter ot a
century the country lias, witnessed
' campaign after campaign, in which
igrcat predatory interests would- se
cretly contribute en6frh'6Us sujhs $o
debauch elections, an.d theA control
' tho government in return "for con
. tributlons given. Our convention
'marks a new era in American poll
,tics. Henceforth tho' ? idea that is.
'going to grow is that elections are
'.public affairs, and that tho people
i.shall have a right to know what in
'jfluences are at work, and I am de
flighted that our party has taken the
( initiative, and when the republican
party, in its convention, by a vote
ovenvneiming, turned down that
, proposition, the democratic party, by
j a vote that wad unanimous, endorsed
i it and mado.it one of the tenets ot
h-itsj faith j. Now,. .we aro,golngout,.to4
appeal to this awakened conscience
and givo to tho country assurance
that if our party is entrusted with
power, wo shall mako this govern
ment again a people's government,
in which tho government officials will
respond promptly to the sentiment of
the whole people; and our platform
has given us a slogan that every one
of you can echo, and that I believe
that a majority of tho American peo
ple will echo "Let the people rule."
I shall bo glad to join Mrs. Bryan
in shaking hands with you, and by
our hand shakos and by word of
mouth I want to toll you how grate
ful wo are to tho good people of our
homo city and' home stato for their
long extended manifestations of good
will and affection (applause). I
welcomo you back.
Mr. Bryan Speaks to Nebraska Students
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COM
MITTEE Tho new democratic national com
mittee is as follows:
Alabama J. W. Tomlin3on.
Arkansas Guy R. Tucker.
California Nathan Cole, Jr.
Colorado Alva Adams.
Connecticut H. S. Cummings.
Delaware Willard Saulsbury.
Florida T. A. Jennings.
Georgia Clark Howell.
Idaho S. P. Donnelly.
Illinois Roger C. Sullivan.
Indiana Thomas Taggart.
Iowa M. J. Wade.
Kansas John H. Atwood.
Kentucky Urey Woodson.
Louisiana Robert Ewing.
Maine E. L. Jones.
Maryland J. F. C. Talbot.
Massachusetts J. M. Coughlin.
Michigan E. O. Wood.
Minnesota F. B. Lynch.
Mississippi C. H. Williams.
Missouri Will A. Rothwell.
Montana J. B. Kramer.
Nebraska P. L. Hall.
New Hampshire E. E. Reed.
New Jersey R. S. Hudspeth.
New York Norman E. Mack.
North Carolina Josephus Daniels.
North Dakota William Collins.
Oklahoma W. T. Brady.
Oregon M. A. Miller.
Ohio H. C. Garber.
Pennsylvania James Kerr.
Rhode Island George W. Green.
South Carolina B. R. Tillman.
South Dakota E. S. Johnson.
Tennessee R. E. Lee Mountcastlo.
Texas rR. M. Johnston.
Utah Frank K. Nebeker.
Vermont Thomas H. Brown.
Virginia J. Taylor Ellyson.
Washington W. H. Dunphy.
West Virginia John T. McGraw.
Wisconsin T. E. Ryan.
Wyoming J. E. Osborno.
Alaska A. J. Daly.
Arizona A. J. Michelson.- -
District of Columbia E. A. New
man. Hawaii G.. Jf Waller.
New Mexlc6 A. A. Jones." ?
Porto Rico: D. M. Field'. '
The following, officers, of the . dem
ocratic, national, committee, were se
lected at tha meeting: .or. thq, sub
committee. WWcago, on. July 24: .
Chairman- Norman E. Mack of
New York.1
Vlce.qhaftman,. D,r. P;. L. Hall pf
. Treasurer,. GoverdptC. N. HaskellJ
or Oklahoma. ,
Secretary, Uroy. Woodson of Ken
tucky. Seigent-at-arnis, :'John I. Martin
of Missouri." ' '
An advisory bureau composed of
newspaper editors Was selected and
Henry" Watterson'of the Louisville-Courier-Journal
-watf made chairman.
mi J. Abbot was selqctod to be chief
of tho press committee to act in con-
4lnctiejyjsipM8Qrybi5eiaifc;
A delegation of students of tho
Fremont, Neb., Normal school visit
ed Mr. Bryan July 18. He spoke to
them as follows:
Professor Clemmons, Ladies and
Gentlemen: It is true that I have
not been fllcially notified yet of my
nomination, but there aro certain
things that have been said that have
raised a suspicion in my mind that
an announcement is going to be
made soon that will not be a great
surprise to me; and I am in a sort
of intermediary state now, and it is
not proper for me to enter into any
extended discussion until this an
nouncement is officially made. But
I can not withstand the temptation to
say a word, when I am confronted
by the students who come here with
Professor and Mrs. Clemmons. They
are old time friends of mine, .and I
am not going to take unto myself
all tho credit for your being here.
They have such winning ways, that
I imagine that a good many of you
com just because they persuaded
you to come, and it may not indicate
any deep and lasting interest you
have in me. But I am glad tl.at you
are here, and I only want to warn you
not to rely entirely upon what they
say about me. Professor Clemmons
and I have been in politics together
for a good while, and when he
praises me, I want you to know that
it Is just a sly way he has of prais
ing himself, for he sees in me his
own political ideals illustrated and
applied; and you must not look at
me through his magnifying glasses,
for if you do, you will put me on
'so high a pinnacle that I will never
be able to live up to the standard
that he fixes for me.
And yet it is well to have gener
ous friends who over estimate your
virtues and minimize your faults;
for I think it was Franklin who said,
more than a hundred years ago that
a man's friends had to over praise
him in order to make up for the
abuse that he got from his enemies
that he did not deserve, and it Is for
tunate that I have some very partial
friends, like Professor Clemmons, to
make up for some who are a little
prejudiced when they come to ex-
stand for and what I have tried to
do.
You are prepaiing yourselves to
be teachers, and what I want -to say
to you today is in line with your
work. If you will examine the plat
form adopted at Denver, you will
find that It closes with an appeal to
tnose who desire to see this govern
ment a government of the- people,
by the people and for the people,
and so administered that if will, so
far as human wisdom can, secure
to each individual a reward from society-
proportionate to the contribu
tion .that that person makes to the
welfare of society. To my mind, this
is tne ideal toward which a govern
ment should strive. There is a divine
law of reward; it Is that everyone
shalK enjoy in proportion ,as that
person, by energy and industry and.
intelligence contributes, to the worlds
Many, jQfc; you are. the sons and; daugh
ters of the. pioneers who came intq
this country and converted what was
onco thought to, be a desert into a
garden spot. , When thQ. pioneer goes
Into a now. country he endures sacr
rificea-iand, his reward ought to be
large. He goes forth, with great in
dustry to" convert the raw materials
that i he finds into 'finished products
dnto material wealth, and when the
conditions are such as they ought tq
be, he succeeds in amassing a for-r
tune, in accumulating property iij
proportion -as he applies intelligence
and industry in his work. I take it
that that is the divine law of reward)
and governmentsshould, as nearly as
possible, follow these' laws! And orie
of our complaints against present
conditions is that the rewards of so
ciety are not equitably distributed
Take, for instance, your occupation
or profession. It is one of the most
important that we have. In the first
place, before you can become teach
ers you must have an elementary
schooling. And then you must pre
pare especially for tho work upon
which you are to enter. You must
have developed character; you must
have the qualities that fit you for
high citizenship, and then, when you
are prepared, you go forth to take
charge of our children, of those who
are dearer to us than our own lives,
and you take these children at a
period when their characters are be
ing formed, and upon the Impressions
that you make upon them, we must
largely depend for the usefulness of
those children in future years.
Whether our children aro a comfort
to us, a pride to us, a source of help
fulness to us, depends very largely
upon what the teacher does, for the
teacher, more than any other one,
co-operates with the parent in tho
development of the child. Now, this
is your work; it could not be a more
important work. And yet, what is
your remuneration? I am sure I
will offend none of you when I tell
you that I am sure that the teachers
of this country are not over paid; I
am sure you will not accuse me of
flattering you when I say that I think
you earn all that you get in tho way
of compensation. Now, comparo
your compensation and your work
with the compensation and the work
of those who have secured privileges
and favoritisms; compare your work
and your reward with those, for in
stance, who have secured control of
some great industry, and by means
of this cpntroj, are able to reach
their handa into the pockets of 80,
000,000 of people, and by fixing ar
bitrarily the price of that which they
sell and which the people must have,
are able to gather a reward larger
than they earn. The democratic
party is not expected to brjng tho
millenium through a democratic ad
ministration. Those who represent
that party understand that govern
ments are administered by human
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