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Show BRYAN FORMALLY ADVISEDOF CHOICE Democratic Nominee for Presidency Delivers Eloquent Address in Accepting Nomination. Promises to Dltcuts Vital Question of the Campaign at Greater Length Later John W. Kern, Vice-Presidential Vice-Presidential Candidate, Delivers Drlef Address. Lincoln, Nob. William Jennings Bryan of Nobraska was on Wodnes-daypfriclally Wodnes-daypfriclally advised that' ho has boon chosen by tho Democrats of tho United States as their candldato for presldont. Amid cheers nnd waving ot flags, Mr. Brynn was escorted from tho WILLIAM JENN1N BRYAW Lincoln hotel through tho Btreots of Lincoln to tho capltol grounds, whoro tho notification and tho address of acceptanco took plnco. -In tho car-rJago car-rJago with Mr. Bryan was John W. Korn of Indiana, tho candidate for tho vlco-proBidoncy, who uddiosnoU tho great crowd assembled. As tho Domocratio candidates emerged from tho capltol building on to tho platrorm, In company with Governor Gov-ernor Sheldon, Mayor F. W. Brown and othors of tho comtntttco on arrangements, ar-rangements, a mighty chcor went up from tho multltudo, which contlnuod for sovernl minutes. As soon as Mr. Bryan was seated, National Chairman Norman Mack oponod tho oxorclsos by calling upon Bov. Fathor John F. Nugent, of Des Moines, la,, to do-Hvor do-Hvor prayor. Upon Its conclusion, Mr. Clayton, as chairman of tho commit-teo commit-teo on notification, turnod to Mr. Bryan and mado his notification speech. Mr. Clayton's words brought forth frcquont applauso, tho climax coming when, looking Mr. Bryan squarely in tho face, ho said: "You havo always rofusod to compromise with thoso who prostitute tho functions ot government gov-ernment for tho lust of grocd. It wob your lofty statesmanship, your un-wnvorlng un-wnvorlng fldolity, your Jorforsonlan standard of Democracy that induced tho representatives of millions of American froo mon unanimously to chooso you aa their candldato for tho highest ofllco In tho world." In rcsponso to tho words of Mr. Clayton. Mr. Bryan said iu part: Mr. Clayton and Gontlomon of tho Nomination Commlttco I can not nc-copt nc-copt tho nomination which you of-llclally of-llclally tondor without first acknowledging acknowl-edging my deop Indobtednos to tho Democratic party for tho extraordinary extraordi-nary honor which It has conforrod upon mo. Having twice before boon p candldato for tho .presidency, In campaigns which ended In dofoat, a third nomination, tho result of tho freo and voluntary act of tho votorB of tho party, can only bo explained by a substantial and undisputed growth in tho principles nnd policies for which I, with a multltudo of othors, hnvo contended. As theso principles nnd policies havo given mo whntovor political strength I possoss, tho action ac-tion of tho convention not only ro-nows ro-nows my faith In thorn, but strengthens strength-ens my attachment to thorn. I shall, In tho near futuro, proparo n moro formnl roply to your -notin-cation, nnd In thnt lotter of acceptance, accept-ance, will doal with tho platform In detail. It Is siifriclont, nt this time, to assuro you that I am In hoarty accord ac-cord with both tho lottor and tiro nplrlt of tho platform. I endorse it In wholo and In part, nnd shall, if elected, regard its declarations as binding upon mo And I may add, a platform Is binding as to what It omits as woll as to what It contains. Aocordlng to tho poraocrntio idea, tho peoplo think for thorasolves and teloct officials to carry out their wishes. Tho voters aro tho sovor- clpns, tho omc'Als aro tho oorvants employed for ft fixed tlmo nnd at a. r.ln ted salary to do what tho BoveW ,B olgns want done, nnd to do It in tho ' wny tho Bovorclgna want It done jH Platforms aro entirely In harmony jB with this Domocrntic Idea. ,B A fow years ngo tho Republican' lcadors In tho house of roprcsonta-tlvos roprcsonta-tlvos wero coerced by public opinion-Into opinion-Into tho support of nn nntl-trust low1 which hnd tho endorsement of tho' president, but tho sonnto refusod; oven to consider tho mensuro, and' Btnco that tlmo no offort has boon mado by tho dominant party to bo-cure bo-cure romedlal legislation upon this subject. 80 long ob tho Republican party, remains In powor, it 1b poworlcas to icgoncrato Itself. It can not attack wrong-doing In high places without disgracing many of Us prominent' . members, and It, I thcreforo, ubob opiates Instead of the surgeon's "Shall tho people rulo?" I repoat, 1b declared by our platform to bo tho overshadowing question, nnd ns. tho campaign progresses, I Bhall tako oc-caslon oc-caslon to discuss this question as lt manifests Hsalf In other Issues; for whothor wo conldor tho tariff quos-tlon, quos-tlon, tho trust question, tho railroad question, tho banking question, tho. lnhor quostlon, tho question ot tm-perlallsm, tm-perlallsm, tho development ot our waterways, or any other ot tho nu-mcrotiB nu-mcrotiB problems which press for so-lutlon, so-lutlon, involved in each Is, whether tiro govornmont shall remain a moro buslncs nssot 'of ravor-BCoklng corpor-atlons, corpor-atlons, or bo an Instrument In tho hands of tho peoplo for tho advance mcnt of tho common waal. Recognizing thnt I nm Indebted for tho nomlnntlon to tho rnnlt nnd lllo of our party, and. that my election must come, it it comes nt nil, from, tho un-purchased un-purchased nnd unpurchasablo suf-f suf-f 1 ages of tho American peoplo, I promise. If entrusted with the re-BponslblllUes re-BponslblllUes of this high ofllco, to consccrnto whntovor I havo to tho ono purpose ot making this, In fact, a government. In which tho peoplo rulo a govornmont which shall do Jus-tlco Jus-tlco to all, nnd offer to ovory ono tho highest posBlblo stimulus to great and persistent effort by assuring to each. tho enjoyment ot his Just sharo ot tho proceeds ot his toll, no matter in what part of tho vineyard ho labori, or to what occupation, profession or calling ho dovotos himself. Previous to tho speech of notlflca-tlon notlflca-tlon by Chairman' Clayton, tho vlco-presidential vlco-presidential nomlnco, John W. Korn of Indiana, was Introduced and spoko ac follows: "Why, my friend, tho chairman of tho national commlttco has been kind enough to announca mo as tho Dom-ecratlo Dom-ecratlo candldato for tho oirtco ot vlco-prosldont, I havo as yet no of-flclal of-flclal notification of that tact, and, theroforo, I cannot make a political speech on this occasion. I came hero today to greet thoso wostern peoplo and to Join with them without regard to political affiliation in paying trlb-uto trlb-uto with tho citizens of Lincoln to ono whoro you all lovo, to tho foro-most foro-most cltzen ot Amorlca, W. J. Bryan. :H I havo bcon deeply Impressed with what I havo socn In Lincoln; It was worth tho trip from Indiana across H tho Mississippi and tho Missouri to witness thnt splendid neighborly fcplrit which has prompted this mag-niflcent mag-niflcent non-partisan demonstration In honor ot tiro man whom, without H rogard to political affiliation, wo nil H lovo, and that leads mo to say that, H after all, tho great masses ot tho American peoplo aro not bo far apart. Partisan spirit no longor runs so high thnt wo cannot now nnd thon got out ot tho miasma of tho polltl- H cal partisanship, tako a stop up higher and breathe tho fresh, puro . H air of American patriotism and bo a '' !H witness by our neighborly conduct. jH "Wo rocognlzo, In splto of political jH (llfforenccs, not only tho fatherhood i of God, but tho brotherhood of man. M It reminds mo, nlthough wo may dlf- ifi fer and differ widely on questions of Jr political economy, of flnnnco, as to r. tho best method of carrying on tho 1' coraplox nffalrs of tho greatest gov crnmont bonoath tho sun, whilo wo may dlffor on all thoso things, and y differ earnostly, yot whon It cornea to dovotlon to a common country and A to lovo of tho grand old starry bannor . which Is its emblem, wo aro aa In- ' "- dlvlslblo ns tho Boa. For your kind- ' ly grootlngs to mysolf, I thank you." j |