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iton6S, for the moist aroMeemed to ha quite
'Jfimant shdwed .that' it was a mirage bo to
he Commoner
Jncak, that attracted them f
! west and Bouth arosb much oppoaed to
enrincreaso in tho alcoholiccohtent that Gov
ernor Cox's prospects aire not quoted very high
cn the market.
Mrs. Peter 0eson wbo PPoKo or ten minutes
In favor of the dry amendme"ntTnado a hit with
L audience. She is a.. womanly little woman
-feminine in appearance nd manner. When
i speaks there is a ring of sincerity and she
wins her hearers hy a rare combination o heart
power iand lively intellect. She captured the
JudiencG and not only aided the cause, but gave
(o the wets a glimpse of what they must expect
when the women enter --politics in mass. It
would he a very hold wet who would undertake
to epeak from the same platform with Mrs.
Oleson. - ,4 ,.
Honorable Bourke Cockran of New York de
lighted his hearers as usual. Cockran is a great
orator; he has a wonderful vocabulary and he
impresses his audience with his sincerity, even
when his logic limps and his statements are
contradictory. I became acquainted with him
In congress; we were on. the Ways and Means
committee together 21 years ago and led the
fight on tho income tax bill, he opposing the tax
and I favoring it. He "won outv at the time but
ho ij now paying ten or fifteen times the rate
provided for in that bill. All his arguments in
that fight are gone ontqthe dump.
It was interesting to hear him denounce pro
hibition as destructive of temperance and viiv
tno and then read the resolution which he intro
duced declaring in favor of acceptance of tho
Eighteenth amendment, .tf prohibition is the
evil that he claims, Why accept it? The seeming
Inconsistency, however, was partially clearod up
when ho insisted that the amendment is not
being enforced. Possibly. hl feels that temper
anco and virtue will utill survive in the wet
centers because the amendment is not enforced.
"But a still stranger., inconsistency appeared
In his eulogy of the . south. He gave the south
great deal of credit fpr-having violated as ho
said tho Fifteenth amendment in dealing with
the blacks. It did not aeeni to occur to him that
tho intelligence of thje south might be as
worthy to be accepted s an authority on the
prohibition question as on the race question.
And isn't it strange that such a brain as Cockr
ran's would overlook so striking a difference
m that between what 'the- whites did in the
south and what the liquor interests do in the
north? In the south the whites have given the
blacks the benefit of the white man's civilization,
Mile in the north those engaged in the liquor
traffic have tried to'drag"eivilization down to a
beer level. ' "--
It will be interesting-''to note the .reception
Slven to the delegates from ' dry states when
they return to their own neighborhood and ex
Plain why they yqted against 'an expression of
Pride in the Democratic party's leadership in
the fight against the saloon. It is the one great
achievement of the party of which some of the
leaders seem to be asHamed. Butnever mind,
enough has been saidand done We to make
it certain that the Democratic party will not act
jw a bung starter for the wets or a door mat for
the saloons. ThaVs gomething even if we did
ot succeed in putting tho dry standard in the
Party's hands during this campaign. The next
National Convqntioii will be very different from
n,3; the mortality '(political, of course) among
"to Democrats to . this convention is likely to
o great during the vdxlX out years.
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DEMOCRACY'S WEALTH ,OF PRESIDENTIAL
- MATERIAL "
San FranciscoVJuly 4,-f-The-0?olitical pot is
to Hng, and, asXbolls, a -little water is thrown
W from time; to:time it' would seem to be
wown out if it. wore wne and beer instead of
jater. The favorite sons' are being deserted,
pator Hitchcock released the sixteen delegates
"fern Nobraskaafter the fifth ballot and they
Jjwioftfrootoote as they wished. The two
aiditioual votes that ho gained Worn the other
BiatoB were also r6ieaedt senator Class's sup
Port continues steadfast. His state is standing
y him like a Trojan at the battle's front. At
JJ8B, when enthusiasm was at its height, as ,
fi as ireMetega,tefl ? have rushed to his
"taudard trom$fftfuitM raising his total to
twentv-Rovon r. .n i.
vote has never at v y,l?ballots m
twenty-five. y tImo falIon below
atter VtTmC?! They 8eei to be mttorn ing
hi vth? PJ'e8ldent who found but one man in
confTdont riCHati? Party WOrthy Sis enti e
Every state In tho union could furnish a
man, several of them, capable of discha gh,g the
duties of president. Tho Democratic party can
not afford to admit that any people's government
is dependent or its success upon one or a few
men. If a president's availability was measured
by tho size of his pocketbook we would bo at a
disadvantage compared with tho Republicans;
if a president's availability woro measured by
the number of rich friends the Republican party
would have the best of us. If a string of colloge
dogrees were necessary to qualify a man for this
high position, tho Republicans might have an
advantage over us, although wo have quite a list
to choose from. If, however, our president docs
not have to be Jested by an Income tax standard,
or qualify for purely intellectual work; if tho
country needs a man with a heart behind tho
brain and broad sympathies as well as a string
of diplomas, wo can enter more candidates in
the race than any other party in tho world. Why
not get down to business and select a Demo
crat who can win? Ho must be a man who be
lieves in co-operation in government a man
who when he sees tho word "wo" in the consti
tution is not seized with an irresistible impulse
to change It to "I". We need a candidate who
will gather about him the best Democrats in
the country and counsel with them willing to
listen before he decides. While the responsibil
ity for decision falls upon tho president and can
not be delegated in any matter where ho is
authorized to act alone, he must recognize all
the provisions of the constitution-not merely
those that confer power upon him.
If wo want such a president as our constitu
tion contemplates and the American people de
sire, we, need not waste any inoro time for the
name of such men is legion. Our present presi
dent received his training for the white house
when he was Governor of New Jersery, and a
great many of our presidents have gone from
governor to president. Why not take a Demo
cratic governor or ex-governor? Governor
Joseph W. Folk of Missouri ex-governor--has
been a reformer for 20 years and is today one
of our loading international lawyers. Hon.
Thomas M. Campbell of Texas has been , gov
ern of his state and a splendid governor, too,
and Texas is larger than New Jersey Governo
rumnbell is a delegate at large f rom his state,
Sen by an overwhelming majority in his late
convention. He stands four-square on
fvery peat question before the people
0 overnor Brous lTslZZ in
presidency of the Arkansas w vigorous
to the governor's chair. .He is a strong , g
young man, and mh Campbell or
form. Why not Bioug u nomem
SgthaTany SSffi. who stands for rum or
has no record af n?waa submitted, but
fore the nationa w otith of office and
who can be trusted to top 1 Is os
enforce PioUitiofXte books, there is ex-Gov-tution
and on f tatuto booi , j8 m
ornor Glynn of Now York. ansachusetts? Gov-
Seriate. n. Yst why not go to the
If we want a 1 & sU and invito
Supreme Court otVnttea
justice Brandies to head i we COI18tructivo
icon citizen is nior c ,QnQ in tlie na
Sesman E&"S to constitutional
tion more passionately
liberty. T dBe seabury ol Uovr Yotk,
Then there is Jutfge ored with the
trxfe '5is. sni,rcmo co"rt
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Honorablo Samuel Untormoyor of Now York
nas boon a promlBing Domoorat for a quarter
or a century and Is one of the ablest lawyer in
tho United States. Ex-Senator Shafroth of Colo
rado made a splondld record in congress and in
i ioiH? Ho camo int0 tno Democratic party
it ,w n 0,d Domcrat8 wero Ioaving tiff,
and has boon a tower of utrongth to our party1
ever since. If wo could trade Democrat that
loft us in 189G for Itopubllcans like Shafroth
who camo to us, tho party could well afford to
mako tho exchange at tho sacred ratio of 10 of
sucn DomocratB to one such Republican.
If wo prof or to go to tho house of roprOHenta
1 n ', ConKressman II. T. Halnoy of Central
Illinois deserves consideration. He has a long
congressional record nnd baa boon the paoplo'e
champion for mro than two decades. If he
woro our candidate, ho would .bo a sufflolent
amondmont to tho anti-profiteering plank of our
platform. v
Thoro aro other governors nnd ex-govornorf- '
Judges and ox-Judges, lawyors, senators and ex
senators, congressmen and ox-congrossnion. I
only mention those to show how many wo have
samples of an inoxhaustiblo supply. Uut sup
poso wo want to try tho experiment of nominat
ing a business man Instead of a man in politic.
Hon. L. B. Musgrovo of Alabama came near de
feating Senator Undorwood a few weeks ago. Ho
is a successful business man and had the sup
port of the undeceived drys (those who knew
that tho wots woro planning to capture if pos
sible tho national convention whllo thoy begged
tho drys to believe that tho question was sottlod)
and tho wage earners. Ho reduced Mr. Under
wood's plurality from something like 50,000 to
considerably less than 10,000, and his majority
to less than 1,000, notwithstanding Mr. Under
wood's long legislative career and bis present
position as leader of tho minority In tho sonate.
Col. P. II. Callahan of Kentucky is another
prosperous business man who enjoys a national
reputation without occupying a national office.
He has been conspicuous for his leadership in co
operation with employes, and in profit-sharing,
Remember that these men do not exclude
others; they aro simply illustration of our
wealth of available mon. I have already spoken
of Senator Owen, whose name Is before the con
vention. He Is a Virginian by birth, a western .
man for a quarter of a century, and better
acquainted with nil financial questions, than any
Wall street authority. Ho led tho fight in the
senate for the curroncy law which was enacted
over the opposition of tho-financiers and which
has vindicated itself In operation. Ho has beea
a pioneer in prohibition and woman's suffrage
and he Is against all the schemes of Wall street
he would not deserve to be considered as a
candidate if ho was not.
If tho leaders of this convention want someone
closely connected with the administration, why
don't thoy support Secretary Daniels, or Secrc
' tary Meredith? The former supertintended the
transportation of- tho troops across the ocean
with a minimum of loss, and tho latter is m
closp contact with ono of tho largest of our In
dustrial groups, tho farmers. Both have prohi
bition records; both are supporters of woman
suffrage; both are on the people's side against
Wall street. Why not Honorablo John Skclton
Williams the best comptroller of the currency the
country ever had?
If we need a man with special knowledge of
our diplomatic needs, the names of Former Am
bassador Gerard of New York and Former Am
bassador Sharpe of OhId"tfccur to one. The form
er was at Berlin during the pro-war period,
and the latter at Paris while the war raged. U
all of the above" names are challenged for cause
and rejected, I shall bo glad to furnish another
list longer than this, although I cannot promise
to name better men.
Will the leaders of the convention longer
evade the issues of tlje campaign? Will they
come out into the open and give the Demo
cratic party a chance to appeal to tho American
doopIg? It used to be said in criticism ofbar
harians that they carried womenand children
in front of tho army to prevent attack. Is it
less reprehensible for political warriors to shoot
from behind a sick bed? They have no monopoly
of sympathy for the President. The nation re
gardless of section or party mourns the Presi
dent's affliction and their grief is increased be
cause the President has been. compelled to pre
sent his case through the substitutes upon which
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