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A Resolution Adopted by
City Board.
Be it resolved; that in case
where persons or corporations
owning land fronting anv street
or streets in the City of Hickory
desire to pave the side walk
abutting upon such street and
land with concrete, cement or
asphalt the City will bear one
half of the expense for such im
provement upon the following
terms and conditions: That the
owner shall first make applica
tion to the Board of Aldermen
describing the location and dis
■ tance he wishes to pave with a
} rough sketch or plat of the prop
f erty and furnish any other in
formation the Board may require
with estimated cost of the im
provement, and if the Board
shall be of the opinion that the
location and the physical condi
tions of the land at the point
named warrant the expenditure
proposed, then it will have the
grade of. the side walk at the
point determined and marked by
the City Engineer and will furn
ish necessary specifications aa to
the material to be used, the way
in which it shall be used, the
width of the side walk and any
thing else that the Board may
deen proper; and when the work
is done by the owner and he pre
sents to the Board a certificate
showing that the work has been
completed according to the direc
tions of the Board and attached
thereto the itemized bills for the
material and labor expended on
the work and properly receipted
and said certificate and bills are
approved by the Street Commit
tee and the City Engineer, then
the Board will authorize the re
payment tc the owner of one
half of said expense out jf the
city treasurv.
CASE AFTER CASE.
Plenty More Llike This in
Hickory.
Scores of Hickory people can
tell you about Doan's Kidney
Pills. Many a happy citizen ma
kes a public statement of his ex
perience. Here is a case of it.
What better proof of merit can
be had than such endorsement?
Mrs. S. B. Mace, living at 20th Ave.
Hickory N. C., says: "I cau recom
mend Doan's Kidney Pills very highly
knowing them to be a reliable kidney
remedy. For some time prior to using
them I suffered severely from weak
kidneys. I Saw Doan's Kidney Pills
advertised and so highly recomended
that I procured a boz at Menzies drug
store aod since using them there has
been a marked improvement in my
condition, so muc so ihat I feel con
fident a continued use will result in a
perminent cure. I heartily advise
other sufferers to give Doan's Kidney
Pills a trial."
For sals by a'l dealers. Pr'ce
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
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for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan's
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only SI.OO a year.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
Love and Death.
Very closely love aud death dwell to
gether—high up in the world of nature
aud low dowu! The followiug well
authenticated story comes from North
amptonshire: A sparrow hawk was
killed when feeding her young. Four
days later wheu the uest was exam
ined it was found that the little male
bird, workiug alone for the family,
had brought home forty-eight birds—
viz, six larks, nine swallows, oue bull
finch. seven robins, six sparrows, six
hedge sparrows, nine blue tits, three
chaflinches and one wren.
What a spirit of dutifulness along
with ferocity is here exhibited on the
part of the small widower hawk, who
evidently thought that the best way of
respecting the memory of uis departed
consort was to feed her children well!
And iu doing this how absolutely ob
livious nature had rendered him of
the feelings of the poor larks, swal
lows, bullfinches and robins, whose
offspring—or the parents themselves—
his relentless parental affection thus
annexed! The direst cruelty animated
by the tenderest love! The most sav
age egotism prompted by au entire un
selfishness! Such are some of the
problems which nature furnishes, but
will not solve.—Londou Telegraph.
The First Test of Baby's Mind.
Just as the germ of the flower is
contained In the tiniest seed and will
reveal itself with an absolute certainty
as will rootlets and leaves wheu prop
er conditions of heat, moisture aud
light are accorded, so the germ of the
mkid of a child is present in his little
body and will develop aud unfold it
gelf with the growth of the latter.
The ouly way to stop the growth of
a child's mind is to stop his body from
growing. Appetite is the mother of
the mind, and muscle is its father.
At Its lowest estimate the body with
its bralu Is the tool of the mind, and
good work cannot be done without
good tools.
The first test of muscular vigor, the
baud grasp, is an indication of the
mental possibilities as Not one
child out of a hundred who at ten days
of age grasps firmly and clings to a
finger or pencil rubbed against his
pink little palm will ever fall below
the average intelligence of his race.—
Woods Hutchinson. M. D., in Woman's
Home Companion.
The Home of Storms.
The waters of Cape Horn have never
been unvisited by storms for more
than a week or two at a stretch within
the memory of man. Standing on the
outposts of the world. Cape Horn is
the meeting place of oceau currents of
very different temperature, from the
icy cold waters of the Antarctic drift to
the warmth of the Brazilian and Pe
ruvian return currents.
The prevailing winds a>'e from the
northwest and west, and these, com
ing from the warm regions of the Pa
cific, condense Into fogs, which the
sailors call "Cape Horn blankets" and
which are the forerunners of storms.
The extremely low level to which the
glaciers of Tlerra del Fuego descend,
the perpetual congelation of the sub
soil, the ineetiug of conflicting winds
at very different temperatures, are all
direct or indirect causes combining to
make tbis the most constantly stormy
region of the world.
IT CAN'T BE BEAT.
The best of all teachers rs experi
ence. C. M. Harden, of Silver City,
North Carolina, says: "I find Electric
Bitters does all that's claimed for it.
For stomach, Liver and Kidney trou
bles it can't be beat. I have tired it
and find it a most excellent medicine."
Mr. Harden is right; it's the best cf
medicines also for weakness, lame
and all run down conditions.
Best .too for chills and malaria. Sold
under guarantee at C. M. Shuford, \V.
S. Martin and Menzies drug store*
50c.
Of course Carrie Nation objects
to the sheach povvn. If all -iri*
had beenjike Carrie the sheatl
gown would probably never have
been invented.
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 23,1908.
HOB! OF MR.BRYAN'S NOMINATION
Scenes In the Convention
at Denver.
Denver, July 10.—The national con
tention of tlie Democratic party, after
p. series of sessions marked by enthusi
rstic demonstrations unparalleled in
any similar organization, adjourned
after nominatiifg William Jeuuiugs
Bryan of Nebraska for the presidency
and John W. Keru of Indiana for vice
president. Thus Mr. Bryan is for the
third lime the standard bearer of his
party in a national contest
Mr. Bryan's nomination had been
foreshadowed for many weeks prior to
the convention, and for even as long
a time it had been conceded that he
could arbitrarily dictate as to who
would be the nominee for vice presi
dent if he desired to use his power
to this extent. By leaving to the con
vention the choice of the holder of
second place on the ticket Mr. Bryau
gave the 1.002 delegates a chance to
advance their claims for the "favor
ite sous" of their states, to 'indulge in
the fascinations of potential national
polities aud to feel that each individual
among them had something of impor
tance to do iu the councils of his par
ty. Probably there never have been
in the history of any American polit
ical party so many candidates offered
for the vice presidency as at Denver.
No less than sixty-two men were boom
ed or mentioned for the nomination,
which Judge Gray, the Delaware presi
dential candidate, could have had for
i he asking.
As was the case at the Republican
convention at Chicago, both candidates
were nominated on the first ballot,
and Mr. Bryan's nomination, like that
of Mr. Taft's, was made unanimous
nfter the first roll call. Mr. Bryan had
received votes when the first
ballot was taken. Mr. Taft received
702.
The features of particular interest
at the convention were, first, the evi
dences of the overwhelming power and
popularity of Bryan; second, the bit
ter factional strife which arose over
the unseating of Colonel James M.
(Juffey, Democratic leader of Pennsyl
vania. and of State Senator Patrick
H. McCarren, Democratic leader of
Brooklyn, and of their delegations
(truly sensational was the contro
versy between Mr. Bryan and Colo
nel Guffey); third, the struggle over
the framing of the platform; fourth,
the uncertainty and excitement at
tending the choice of a vice presi
dential candidate; fifth, the pronounced
weakness of the presidential boom of
Governor Johnson of Minnesota; sixth,
the adoption of resolutions in memory
of and laudatory of the works and
policies of the late President Grover
Cleveland; seventh, the approval in
the platform of the work of President
Booseveit along certain stated lines
and the actual naming oi him therein.
From start to finish the convention
was a most enthusiastic one. What
opponents Mr. Bryan had among the
delegates chose to evidence their dis
approval of the' proceedings chiefly by
remaining quiet i:i the convention hall.
On Wednesday, July 8, occurred the
great outburst of applause at the men
tion of the candidate's name by the
blind Senator Gore of Oklahoma, which
lasted one hour aud twenty-eight min
utes by actual observation. Thus was
outstripped the time record made by
the applause for President Roosevelt
at the Republican convention, when
the delegates interrupted Senator
Lodge and cheered for forty-six min
utes.
The convention was called to-order
on Tuesday. July 7, and remained in
session but two hours.
In that time it had cleared the decka
for the nomination of Bryan and the
adoption of a thoroughly radical
platform, had attacked Colonel Guffey,
made Judge Alton B. Parker of New
York, Democratic candidate in 1904,
eat humble pie on his Cleveland resolu
tions and had listened to the keynote
speech of Temporary Chairman Theo
dore A. Eell of California, who, in an
able address admirably rendered, enun
ciated as the principles of the Demo
cratic party practically all of Bryan's
doctrines. Chairman Thomas Taggart
of the national committee called the
convention to order at 12 o'clock.
The routine preliminaries were
quickly concluded, and it was scarcely
twenty minutes after the convention
had been called to order before Chair
man Bell was escorted to the plat
form by Governor Blauchard of Loui
siana, ex-Governor Ellyson of Ken
tucky and OUie James of Kentucky.
Mr. Bell proved to be a young man,
tall and well built and with long black
hair. His hair is so long, iu fact, that
Ills appearance suggests the La Follette
type. Up to the time that he began to
speak there had been a hum all over
the hall. With his first words a hush
fell on the crowd, and from that time
on lie was listened to with thorough at
tention. It Is seldom that a chairman
t>f a convention Is treated so well by
the audience.
Mr. Bell's rpeech, in the opinion of
nil who heard him. was a remarkable
one, with sentences well rounded and
logic clearly expressed, so that never
for a minute was his pointjn.doubt
WIIililAM J. BRYAN.
| MR. BRYAN'S STATEMENT. |
Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., July
X 10.—The following statement was T
made by William J. Bryau when
X at 4:34' o'clock this morning he £
T received announcemeut of his ❖
a nomination as the candidate of X
T the Democratic party for presi-
X dent: A
X "The presidency is the highest X
X official position in the world, and X
*!* no one occupying it can afford to y
X have hi 3 views upon public ques- X
V tions biased by personal ambi- |»
* tion. Recognizing his responsi- T
X bility to God and his obligation X
V to his countrymen, he should en- X
X ter upon the discharge of his i|
X duties with singleness of pur- %
*j* pose. Believing that one can X
X best do this when he is not plan- T
«*. ning for a second term, I an- X
v nounce now, as I have on for
£ mer occasions, that if elected I T
X shall not be a candidate for re- X
* election. y
X "This is a nomination as pure
ly from the people as can be, and X
*£ if elected my obligation will be V
'f. as purely to the pecple. I appre- T
X ciate the honor the more because X
it came not from one person or V
X a few persons, bi/t from the rank X
♦j- and file, sc'.i-.g freely and with- X
•Y out compulsion. v
X "I am very much pleased with X
-•p the platform. It is clear, specific X
*;* and strong, and I am grateful to *£
X the committee for the work that X
they have done in stating the X
*;[ issues. I am sure the platform Y
X will greatly strengthen us in the X
V fight we are entering." «?»
* -t- •: i> -I * -V%
Republican Plea-; of Guilty.
Mr. Bell was particularly effective In
bis recital of what he termed the "pleas
of guilty" of the Republican party.
The following, he said, is the Repub
lican confession of guilt:
We did not revise the tariff.
We did not amend the anti-trust laws
to secure greater effectiveness in the
prosecution of criminal monopolies.
We did not add a single line to the in
terstate commerce law, giving the federal
government supervision over the issues
of stocks and bonds by interstate car
riers.
We did not enact a currency measure
that would mitigate the evils of a finan
cial panic such as has recently distracted
the country under a Republican adminis
tration.
We did not limit the opportunities for
abusing the writ of injunction.
We did not establish postal savings
banks.
Wc did not establish a bureau of mines
and mining.
We did not admit into the Union the ter
ritories of New Mexico and Arizona as
separate states.
As to Corporations.
On the subject of corporations Mr.
Bell said:
"Among the great evils that afflict
the country at the present time is
the abuse cf corporate power. At
first the advancing aggressions of
the corporations, are not discernible to
the common eye, for every move is
carefully covered up until sufficient po
litical strength is attained to defy the
protests of the people.
"Whenever the mutterings of the
people become too threatening the cry
of confiscation goes up, and appeals
are frantically made to the sacred
rights of property. The cry of con
fiscation is the historic defense of
usurpation. Let the people take warn
ing. Wheuever the wrongs of today
become the vested rights of tomorrow
the nation is in deadly peril.
"The Democratic party is not the
enemy of property, but, to the con
trary, it has always stood and will
continue to stand firmly against every
species of aggression that would de
stroy or weaken the right of any man
to enjoy the rewards to which his pa
tience, his skill, his industry and his
economic station entitle him. Against
the evils of special privilege we urge
the benefits of equal opportunity, in
order that there may be more land
owners, more "homes and more happi
ness among the masses.
Prison For Directors.
"Our party is not opposed to produc
tion on a large scale, but it is unal
terably opposed to monopoly in pro
duction. It is easier to prevent "mo
nopoly than it is to control it after
being established. The withdrawal of
special privileges will take away the
meat upon wbi.ch the trusts are fed.
The Nominee For Vice Pres
ident, John W. Kern.
1
| If this be followed by a criminal pros
| ecution and an imprisonment of the
j directors and officers of the guilty cor
l porations. monopoly will be shorn of
many of its terrors."
After Mr. Bell had concluded, Judge
Parker arose to offer his much talked
of resolution iu memory of GTover
Cleveland. He cried, "Mr. Chairman."
"The chairman recognizes Mr. Dunn
of Nebraska." said Mr. Bell, and it
was seen that Ignatius J. Dunn of Ne
braska,-who was to nominate Bryan,
was -standing in froat of the chairman.
Through prearraugement he had
caught the eye of Chairman Bell be
fore Judge Parker. The New Yorker
subsided.
"That finished Parker," was the com
ment.
Mr. Dunn presented the resolutions
prepared at a conference of the friends
of Mr. Bryan. More than a score of
; the members of the convention com
mittee on resolutions approved the
tribute as framed. Charles Bryan, a
brother of the candidate, was a mem
ber of the conference.
The Tribute to Cleveland.
The resolution was as follows:
As it has pleased Jhe Ruler of the uni
verse to remove frigm our midst Grover
Cleveland, late president of the United
States, who was three times the candi
date of the Democratic party, be it
Resolved, That we, the delegates of the
party in national convention assembled,
recognize in him one of the strongest and
ablest characters known to the world's
statesmanship, who possessed to an ex
traordinary degree the elements of lead
ership and by his able, conscientious and
forceful administration of public affairs
reflected honor upon his country and his
party; and,
Resolved, That we hereby express our
deep sorrow at his death and extend our
warmest sympathy and condolence to his
family, and that these Resolutions be
spread upon the records of the conven
: tion and a copy be forwarded to Mrs.
Cleveland; and.
Resolved, As a further mark of respect
to his memory, the convention do now ad
journ until 12 o'clock tomorrow,
Francis' Tribute to Cleveland.
The chair recognized ex-Governor
David R. Francis of Missouri, who was
a leader of the Cleveland Democrats.
He spoke briefly in eulogy of Mr.
Cleveland in seconding the Dunn reso
lution. Then Mr. Parker was recog
nized, and he read the Cleveland reso
lution which he had endeavored to
place before the convention.
Adjournment came after a spirited
parliamentary war over the disposal
of the Guffey delegates from Penn
sylvania.
An important happening in commit
tee work on this day was the speech
of Captain Richmond P. Hobson be
fore the committee on resolutions, in
which he accused Japan of wanting
war.
The events of the second day of the
convention, Wednesday, July 8, were
overshadowed by the unrivaled dem
onstration over Bryan. The conven
tion was dragging along, with little
to do, when Senator Gore was led to
the platform to entertain the dele
gates. It was at the close of the fol
lowing passage iu his speeeh that pan
demonium broke loose:
"The president of the United States
has said that his opinion of our con
stitution is unfit for publication. That
is true of many of the opinions of the
president of the United States.
"Fellow Democrats, the great secre
tary of war came to Oklahoma and
waged war against our constitution.
He asked us to give up our right of
liberty and self government But by
a vote of thousands upon thousands
we rejected the advice of Taft and ac
cepted the advice of Bryan."
Convention Goes Mad.
The mention of the name brought the
convention to its feet in the first real
Bryan demonstration. Delegates from
nearly every state jumped to their
chairs and yelled. Many members of
the New York delegation joined in the
cheering, but a majority remained In
their seats. Minnesota and Delaware
were conspicuous exceptions to the
general celebration. The applause was
relaxing somewhat when the band
poured oil on the fire by striking up
"Dixie," and Instantly the verbal flame
was burning fiercely and brighter than
before.
When the demonstration had pro
ceeded for some fifteen minutes a dele
gate from lowa caught up the stand
ard of that state and led a march to
the stage, where there was a grouping
of the states. It was a wild rush to
the platform, In which there was con
fusion. The only state standards that
finally were left in their places were
Georgia, New York, Delaware, Minne
sota, Connecticut, Maryland and New
Jersey. After ten minutes more of
yelling the perspiring, scrambling del
egates with their state standards left
the platform and started on a parade
around the hall. In the midst of the
riot of noise and the confusion of
marching delegates the constant boom
of flashlight explosions from the pho
tographers added to the terrific vol
ume of noise.
Gore Sightless and Silent.
During all this time, while one of
the greatest outbursts of political en
thusiasm ever witnessed In any politi
cal gathering was beginning, swelling
and 3yiag down, the_,b]jind jnaa w£lq
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905.
started it was standing against tEe
railing of the speakers' stand, seeing
nothing his voice had created. He was
for the time forgotten.
When at the end of eighty-eight min
utes quiet was restored, the chair rec
ognized Congressman Ollie James of
Keutucky, who moved a recess until 8
p. in., which was adopted.
At the night session the report of the
committee on .credentials was received
and accepted amid spirited debate
over the unseating of the Guffey dele
gates. The chief arguments of the
Guffevltes against being unseated were
as follows:
First.—That there was no evidence ad
duced by the contestants before the com
mittee to support their claim to said
seats.
Second.—That the contestants produced
no credentials conducing to accredit them
in any way to membership in this conven
tion.
Third.—That they made no protest or
appeal to any convention of the Demo
cratic party of Pennsylvania or to any
tribunal or' funetionary of said party or
to any court In said state, as provided
by the primary election law of the state.
Guffey's opponents claimed that he
was in league with the Republican or
ganization in Pennsylvania and that he
procured hundreds of Republicans to
vote at Democratic primaries.
Prior to the vote on the Guffey mat
ter occurred" the sensatioual speech of
Captain Richmond P. Hobson of Ala
bama, in which he stated that Presi
dent Roosevelt feared war with Japan.
"My countrymen, my message is
nearly through," said Mr. Hobson aft
er he had spoken about twenty min
utes. A cry of "Amen!" s. a gale of
laughter over the hall.
"I want to say to you," went on Mr.
Hobson, gritting his teeth in determi
nation, "that not so very long ago the
president of the United States said in
my presence, 'There exists the greatest
probability of a war with Japan.' "
President Roosevelt later, at Oyster
Bay, N. Y., issued a signed statement
denying that he had ever made any
such remark.
Thursday, July 9, was also marked
by two sessions, the night session con
tinuing over into Friday morning,
when in he "wee sma'" hours Bryan
was nominated for the third time as' a
candidate for the greatest and most
influential office among the powers of
the earth. The taking up of Mr. Bell's
battered gavel by the permanent chair
man, Congressman Henry D. Clayton
of Alabama, and his excellent speech
in which he said, "This is a Democratic
year; Democratic ideas are now popu
lar," were the leading events of the
morning session.
Clayton on Injunctions.
Chairman Clayton paid particular
stress on the injunction question, say
ing:
"Ever since 189G the Democratic par
ty has protested against hasty and IU
considered use of injunctions and has
been insisting on the right of fair trial
in all cases of constructive contempts.
The Republican party has been avoid
ing this question.
"There has not been a session of con
gress in twelve years," he said, "at
which the Republican party could not
have passed a law prescribing, defin
ing and regulating the issuance of in
junctions and providing for fair trials
in contempt cases. Yet nothing has
been done to give the wage earner fair
treatment and less than nothing is of
fered to him in the Chicago deliver
ance."
Tense excitement prevailed when
the convention came to order at the
evening session. The most important
work of the week was to be per
formed. The platform would be read
and a candidate for president nomi
nated before the delegates left the hall.
On every side there was but one name
mentioned, and that the name of
Bryan. The Gray and the Johiffeon
backers continued silent As the com-
HKNBY D. CLAYTON, PERMANENT CHAIR
MAN.
mittee was late in communicating the
platform to the convention the rules
were suspended by motion of Ollie
James, and nominations for president
were announced to be in order by
Chairman Clayton. Ignatius J. Dunn
of Omaha, a warm personal friend of
Bryan, rose to nominate his fellow Ne
braskan, and he performed his office
in a decidedly strong and effective
speech. In the course of bis address
Mr. Dunn said:
Every people that has left Its impress
vpon history has faced crises.
In moat Instances where grave dangers
have threatened the safety of the state
some great character, some master mind,
has been found, produced, as It were, by
the conditions themselves, with capacity
to direct aright the energies of the peo-
It "has "been true of the modern world,
is true of this republic. We have such a
crisis to meet today. The favor seeking
corporations have gradually strengthened
their hold upon the government until they
now menace popular institutions.
The question Is whether this govern
ment shall be restored to the control of
the people and be administered in the In
terest of all or whether It shall remain
an instrument in the hands of the few
for levying tribute upon all the rest.
In his special message to congress last
winter President Roosevelt declared sub
stantially that certain wealthy men who
have become enormously rich by oppress
ing the wage earner, defrauding the pub
lic and practicing all forms of Iniquity
have banded together and by the unlim
ited use of money endeavor to secure
freedom from restraint and to overthrow
and discredit all who honestly administer
the law.
The methods by which these men
have acquired their great fortunes oan
only be Justified by a system of morality
that would permit every form of crim
inality, every form of violence, corrup
tion and fraud.
For many years and especially during
the last twelve years these very men have
been in control of the Republican party.
They have financed every campaign of
that party" for a quarter of a century.
These exploiters of the people whom the
president has so scathingly denounced
have given their enthusiastic support to
the Republican candidates and policies.
They laid their hands upon the trust
eefy'igU '*% i, \ Ig* j/A
JOHN W. KEEN.
funds of insurance companies and other
corporations and turned the plunder over
to the Republican committee. The money
thus filched from the Innocent and help
less to purchase Republican victory has
not beer) repp.! d.
And where ao we find these men today?
Where -are the "swollen fortunes" of
which we have heard so much? Just
where we would expect to find them—
supporting the Republican ticket and fur
nishing the sinews of war for the Repub
lican committee as usual.
To wage a successful fight we must
have a leader. The Republican party,
nominated by the seekers of special priv
ileges, cannot furnish him. Republicans
who really desire reform are powerless.
The efforts of the president have been fu
tile. 1
Bryan Ideal Leader.
The Democratic party must furnish the
leader which present conditioas Oemand.
and he must be a man known to be free
from the influences that control the Re
publican party. He must be a man of
superior intellect, sound judgment, posi
tive convictions and moral courage; one
who will meet the forces of plutocracy
with the naked sword of truth; one who
knows no surrender. He must have a
genius for statecraft; he must be a man
of wide experience in public affairs; he
must have ability to formulate policies
and courage to defend them.
But, above all, he mUst have faith In
the people. He must not only believe In
the right of the people.to govern, but In
their capacity to do so. And he must be
a man whom the people know and trust.
The Democratic party has many dis
tinguished men- who might be chosen as
our standard bearer, but it has one man
who. above all others, possesses the nec
essary qualifications and 1s eminently,
fitted for this leadership.
He is a man whose nomination will
leave no doubt as to where our party
stands on every public question. His
genius for statecraft Is shown by the
constructive work he has done in propos
ing reforms and by the ability with which
he has fortified his position.
Is he thoroughly informed regarding the
issues of this campaign? Read his
speeches and his writings, which for
nearly twenty years have been a part of
the political literature of the nation. Is
he sincere, brave and determined? Even
his political opponents now admit that
he is.
I have had a close personal and po
litical acquaintance with this man,
whose name Nebraska presents, since he
entered political life. I can testify from
observation as to his political conduct
before he was known to fame. He was
honest, brave and unyielding then; he is
honest, brave and unyielding now.
Honesty Is inherent in him. He was an
honest lawyer before he entered politics.
He was honest in his political methods
before his statesmanship was recognized
by the nation, and he has been honest
throughout his political career.
His convictions have been his political
creed. He has impressed these convic
tions upon others, not by dictation, but
by arguments addressed to the judgment
and the conscience. I
Believing in the ultimate triumph of the
right, he has never examined questions
from the standpoint of expediency. He
nas never inquired whether a political
principle was popular. It has been suf-
Icient for him to believe It was right.
He has been a consistent champion of ,
'.he reserved rights of the states. He fa- }
vored the election of senators by direct
vote before the house of representatives
Kver acted favorably upon the subject.
He championed tariff reform when the
west was the hotbed of protection.
He favored an income tax before the In
come tax law was written. He attacked
the trusts when Republican leaders were
denying that any trusts existed. He ad
vocated railroad regulation before the
crusade against rebates and discrimina
tion began.
He has always been the friend of labor
and was among the first to urge concilia
tion between labor and capital. He began
oppose government by injunction more
fhan a decade ago. He announced op
position to imperialism before any other
man of prominence had expressed him
self on the subject and without waiting
to see whether it would be popular..
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