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THE COMMONER, Lincoln. Neb.
tk-r w. r ."'"I.T wfc. tb amenii-
T ttrtrM aaeot of Speaker Clark
proBlfP. bwp tie rwolnUon for a
s??rji a.i,s "ass as
ttWS. ok Oktefcoina-s entire
Kori -i l ihroTm either to Clark or VH
m wra o of ibem Eiios a decided lead
CostjrsLAa Scou Ferris and. Judge R . b.
WIlEUau bvl fc delegates at large Trt "J
rol foy C!ark Tbe convention adjourned
WTsIl Si coareauon agreed that ten dele
ctUt al lae, eah xith a half 'vote, should be
cboen bv bona it te Clark and Wilson leaders, the
Clark it-ea dieres-arded it and decided to name
bm sertQ, bo iil cast five votes. Clark men
offered a eipl&Daiion for the action.
DEMOCRATIC DATES
DEa4tr2Jikr frriift&rfes or coDTeajtons vill be
Cajeb li Kaaias desaocratfe state convea
tkm. WaircSi 1J Prfraartea for h'ortb Dakota.
iUrcrb 25 Prlaiajie for Neis- York.
April 2 Pxiss&ries for Yi'Iscoasis.
April - PrfEBiiriea for Illinois.
April 12 N'ev York democratic slate con
tefffttoa April IX Primaries for Pennsjivanfa-
April 17 Illinois congressional district con
Teatioas. April 19 Primaries for Nebraska'.
April IS Primaries for Oregon.
April 27 Primaries for Tennessee.
April 25 Colorado democratic state
vcaUon
Apml 30 Primaries for Florida.
Ma? 1 Connecticut state convention.
.May & Io?ra state convention.
Hay 22 Primaries for N'evr Jersey.
Jnae -4 Primaries for South Dakota.
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w just what bis frkdi capecttd wo ild t
mraigiitforwartl, logical aiid fearer i p;a
hiai sqcarclj before th country v.; a irozre
Eire platform which contains tot a single
evasion.
Chicago Record Herald (rep.) : His speech h
neither startlingiy "radical" nor conservative
as a whole; it is intensely practi'al and v?aa
deliberately jnade so. Mr. Roosever had bwn
requested to give positive advice ar.d aid, and
he had to consider not theories br. facts and
conditions.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS
Tbe Miscouri democratic state convention met
at Joplin and unanimously adopted a platform
InrtnicUng for Champ Clark for president.
The delegates-at-large are United States Sena
tor William J. Stone, United States Senator
James A. Reed, former Governor A. M. Dockery,
Lon V. Stephens, of St. Louis; former Gover
nor David R. Francis, William T. Kemper,
Kansas City banker; Gilbert S. Barbee, Joplin,
and Judge Virgil Rule, St, (Louis. Edward F.
Goltra was re-elected national committeeman
by acclamation.
The Oklahoma democratic convention met at
Oklahoma City. A hot fight was waged between
Wilson forces on one side and Harmon and
Clark forces co-operating on the other side.
Following Is an Associated Press dispatch
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 23. -Oklahoma's
democratic state convention, which began yes
terday afternoon with all Indications pointing
to a bitter fight, ended late today in a political
love feast, the selection of a split delegation
to the Baltimore convention and the election of
Roger Galbreath of Tulsa, uncommitted as to
his preference for presidential nominee, for
committeeman.
The compromise which brought about the har
monious conclusion was reached early today
at a conference of leaders of the factions sup
porting Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson
after the delegates, wearied by a stormy all
night session, had taken a recess. It was agreed
that twenty delegates be elected from the state
at large, each with half a vote, ten Instructed
for Clark and ten for Wilson. When the con
vention reassembled this afternoon the plan was
ratified with little debate. P M
Galbreath for national committeeman was
nominated by United States Senator Robert lL
9 ,?? won over John Doolin by a vote of
407 to 146.
The delegates are Instructed to divide thft
Oklahoma vote so long as Clark and Wilson aro
before the convention and with the withdrawal
of either to center on the candidate remaining
The compromise was reached after a conteft
PRESS OPINIONS OX ROOSEVEI7TS SPEECH
Denver News: Mr. Roosevelt's address must
be put down as the most radical declaration of
principles made by any national figure since
JeKenoa defined democracy, and Lincoln
sounded revolt against the Dred Scott decision.
And as Jefferson and Lincoln spoke from high
belief in the sovereignty of the people in utter
opposition to outworn symbols and dead doc
trines so has Mr. Roosevelt torn away the evil
accumulations of more recent years, and restored
tbe pristine glory of America's experiment and
splendid endeavor.
It came as a surprise. In Mr. Roosevelt's
record,, colorful and inspiring as it has been,
there was nothing to prepare the people for an
address so direct in its faith, so clear in its
exposition of the principles upon which our
government is based, and so courageously honest
in its biting denunciation of the oppressions, dis
tortions and usurpations that are working
against the success of our great adventure in
freedom and equality. But, expected or un
expected, the speech stands as the fearless
challenge of the people to privilege, the full war
cry of progress, and as a standard to which
every believer in popular sovereignty can repair.
By far the most striking and important por
tion is that which bears upon the judiciary, for
it is in relation to the courts that our statesmen
have been most mealy-mouthed and the people
most befuddled.
"Never forget that the judge Is just as much
the servant of the people as any other official.
Of course, he must act conscientiously. He must
not do anything wrong because there is popular
clamor for it, any more than under similar cir
cumstances a governorior a legislator or a pub
lic utilities commissioner should do wrong.
But in their turn the people must follow their
conscience and when they have definitely de
cided on a given policy, they must have public
servants who will carry out their will."
A great speech the speech of a statesman
and a patriot Previous conceptions of the man
must be laid aside, and now estimates must be
based on the Columbus address. Not only does
it establish his leadership of the progressive re
publicans, but It places him in commanding
position with reference to the great national
revolt that knows no party.
If he is elected to the presidency again
whether as republican, democrat or Independent
there Is that In his latest utterance which will
still regret in all save those who hate democ
racy and believe in an oligarchy of wealth
Dubuque (la.) Telegraph-Herald (dem.):
If Mr Roosevelt Intended his address: which he
has himself described as "A Charter of DemoS
SSiltt? f & TGP yto the demand of Senatr I
Follette for a statement of his views and 1
Pledp to keep the faith, the senator from Wis
consin, in common with, all other sincere pro
gressive democrats of whichever political I partT
5? teTeed! " to and meet!
Sioux City (la.) Journal (ronVThA rvrinm
bus speech Is dlsappolnttnglmSpVTt
offers no new Issue, no new treatment of ai old
tesue; no grouping of issues Into new and har
monious relationship. While a good I deSl oMt
does very well as fatherly advice to tW 2L
constitutional convention tS uSu2? 22
whole falls far short of offering. aT full Hi!?
Wichita (Kan.) Beacon: Mr. Weit'i
THOSE ATTACKS TJPOX MR. BRYAN
Ogdensburg (N. Y.) News: The News is in
receipt of a communication from C. J. Corey
replying to a press telegram prin-d in this
paper a short time ago. The News believes in
allowing all sides to be heard and in iLat spirit
gives publicity to Mr. Corey's thouzvs The
letter reads as follows:
"St. Regis Falls, Feb. 13. Editor Ogden
burs News: You state in yonr paper on Feb 9,
under date of Washington, Feb. S, that Oscar
Underwood, leader of the houss of representa
tives, won his fight against William J Bryan
on the money trust investigation, It being the
second notable victory that Mr. Underwood ha3
achieved over the Nebraskan, the first having
been Mr. Bryan's stubborn attempt to force a
free raw wool bill on the majority. Now do
you not think that the people lost the two vic
tories instead of Mr. Bryan? Who has money
enough to buv good clothes at most any price
as compared with the 90,000,000 of people in
the United States?
"The house may defeat Mr. Bryan's 5dea but
the democrats of that body may learn a lesson
that they will remember when the people vote
next fall.
"Yo'u state, also, that Speaker Clark of the
house of representatives voted" with Underwood.
Now while I have .been a warm friend of Mr.
Clark's that vote and his action on the wool
bill will lose him hundreds of thousands of votes
should he receive the democratic nomination for
president. And Mr. Underwood would stand
just about as good a snow as Buckner and Pal
mer did in 1896.
"Now I wish to say that when Mr. Bryan goes
to a committee meeting in Washington or to a
convention or any other kind of gathering, the
people know they have a champion and if his
ideas are defeated the people know that they
and not Mr. Bryan have lost a victory.
"Mr. Bryan Is thought more of today than
any other man on the American continent.
Yours respectfully. From a Lincoln Republican
and a Bryan Democrat.
MR. BRYAN'S WORK
South Bend (Ind.) New" Bra: William J.
Bryan is still the same determined foe of aris
tocracy and privilege that he has been all
through the long years of his eventful public
life. Defeats and disappointments have wholly
failed to lessen his. ardor, palsy his arm, or
change his heart. For the cause of common
man he has cast his lot and, like the heroic
Murat of France, he leads his devoted foMowers
In the political charge, riding at the head, saber
in hand. In all the trying political events oj
the past sixteen years his followers have reliea
unon him and nnvAr frmnrJ liim wnnt.ine. They
believe In him because ho has never souglt vic
tory in dishonor. For them he has faced
obloquy and Buffered defeat. With them he baa
stood boldly on principle when insincerity might
have won. Through it all he bas shirked no
duty, he has kept the faith, he has betrayed no
trust. The strength of his following Is no acci
dent. His supporters are bound together witn
ties as sacred as patriotism can Inspire. Tbey
have three times given him their free and on
purchasable ballots and are even now anxiously
awaiting a word from him Indicating who would
be the proper man to carry out his high Ideals
as the standard bearer in the next campaign
His choice will bo their choice. ,
History affords no example of a political
movement where a leader has been more daunt
less and the followers more true. With his
heart and soul In his work, with a courage born
of the consciousness of right, with indomitable
will, this impulsive, magnetic man is the greatest
force on the side of civic righteousness, the big
pat, bravest figure In tho fight, on the side of
humanity, that the world has today, and hlfl
mind and volco la destined to have a greater
potency In shaping the current of political
thought In this campaign and In tho yearn to
follow than any othr arthly influence.
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