| Show I 2 cot iL wa Ju ANS ACCEPTANCE lETTER ic Nominee for the Presidency Defines His Position on the Kan Kansas sas City Platform 1 II I Wm Win J letter tetter Ihl I I nt or of Ih the United 1141 l I I I 1 4 Ii D Chairmen Chairman Com ComI 1 l I or Of the I 1 Ih the In It 1 fl In tha Ihl by ron OU bIU ot otI I II party pari I 1 be tug to a ure I III ltV appreciation or of the flu mat J ulon me b the assembled end Ind b bY fI who hil lave gave to 10 the II I k ot of the h responsIbIlitIes 1 t upon the chit nation alii rHUle realise the ther I I II t 1 P I r bing or of the questIon In Ini i I III the I ty y ot O acceptance ot 1891 t tb Ih pled pledge I Y an am I Impressed with th thI the diu ot of the th power vested tel by the thel I l I I In the chief ot Of Oft otI t I n fl nd with the enormous tn In Int he can cen yield for tor the b n nt t L t c I t l I Injury ot of the that I 1 Ilter I nl lter r the It If elected tift ti ee desire except the 1 I I worthy ut of the r f my countrymen I when un fallible enough t i I and amI andl t 1 t I I 1 h 1 hint I 1 may not Ilot be tempted to tot toI r t 1 l 1 t I I I or of the to ad 11 h ambitIon I hereby d Ith Bit the ll which I n m my fixed determine t f under an any j fur In cese t results In III election my iii I h 1 and t L lr II 1 me to renew pledge i t tf inn adopted at ansas Cit I my cordial and unqualified It 11 courageously meet th thI the I i t It n II the country and iid I lerl rhy and ami without ambiguity tI ji r U l a 5 position on every t I I l 1 l T f J 1 Adopted b by a convention h u on the anniversary or of oft orI Declaration of In Int t I I nil rin or f the breathes breathe the spirit ot of otc It t I I t I I c I I and 1 II l It ti those thon who at Phil PhilIl Il t III n l j promulgated the creed ot of th II l public Ii in my notification speech t I 4 I at the pr per prali perol ded ali ol t imperialism amI anti ami amiI r f I on t I II I 1 ar It is II at thus t I I w the planks plank or of orth tt th r l A very properlY gives pr r non to the question qUIllon The J growth ot of In r nt or if tradE the present ration proves u floP u party lacks lackl either it If r the ability to deal with U I Flinn irn E effectively It as may be beI I from CroUl the and andr i ilOr lOr r the leaders that I I 1 l s a lIot Intend to 10 take the veo r pi pj thee organizations uL 11 Ih weak and r 1 r f III t lit found In the Ite Iter IteI r I n platform II designed to tile I 1 u I I 1 t liB Its work A t 7 I J ly hall baa always been Hn an outlaW N I tn can be made matJe or of an Indus In one or I ft few tew I ur 1 for tor their own profit I f I or prIce or of any article of at atI I Under such Buch ft A system the extortion the C laW has hal but one pur ann cell It at the arbitrary r LX 1 lies but one Is to protest 11 C either elthel In wages or orI I I II ne M or ct labor the small tock to tit th or of the specula hr the Ito salesman con cont conI t I III hue his to the overgrown I n q or f the tho truit Since but 1 a small mall mallI I of I f I flue he can share hare In InU U by private I It follows that the remain t III ople Rte are not only fX cx I rl rm III I the h benefits but bu tare are the thet t h time or of every monopoly or orI J I I I It 11 Iw Ic difficult to overestimate I ti In III injustice that may he be her ber r 10 I calculate the ef efI r I t I r III i injustice upon the social 1 t al ai of the people rIO certain p I pledges the part to warfare private k I ii ion state anti city I II 1 i ur I t f tItle promie e Ir if IrI ift t I I 1111 he In my earnest earnt end and Ion con conC IonI I I I C lOr r to the promise In InI I stint I select an at atI I I 1 n nral ral who will without fear I laws I shall n I such additional I I to dissolve ever evert r t III opol which doe 1051 busIness I I th Ih State of It its and andt t 1 Y to m my belief and hop hoPf II a anni Is found to tor ir r I shall recommend such all ae will without impair f tIll the existing rights or of thE lever to protect JI i fit of all the States from Injury I or of In or cor Ora Oral I l NI In commerce I a ur tel describes 4 1 t t v tariff law when It con 1 trust breeding measure measurer r tl II to If to the rw few q II do not deserve and andI 1 the many burdens which t I 1111 not nol bear It Its op 01 opt II t can n the people I t States while they sue q I V compete lit 11 foreign machete t I of countries 1 ht the will foil OIl it II I I 1 r nl a tariff which enables t I nn exorbitant toll f l tiCen rl ri RATIONS l 1 POLITICS r T i party part mak makes no war ti II i orly i acquired wealth alth neither r k to 10 corporations q I I In legitimate buln business but It ot 1 against corporation en enI n nI I nd tn In II aa Irrol of at thus 11 nt hi A corporation Is not notI l I tr for II II purpose and andI I o compelled to Itself f In Its char charI f 11 I 01 t corporations engaged In Int InI t I business will find 1 it to toI I 10 Ii aid Id In ho hl na t tf r f h it II will pro Ih the undeserved odium Ium I I It Is hn brought upon thiem by byr tl r rations which enter th the po 1 A T j J 1 H i publican put party h has t rl pd to comply with It the ur At urt AtI I t r luit or of the lal torn tom I for tor such lIuch an en irit nl of the rf Ih thc Inter u I ni al Ia law Ail as will tb b 10 o the aroused by Jill Its creation The Dem curtic party part I is pledged to legislation which will empower the com commIssion million to prot protect t Individuals and Ind communities tie ties Iron irom discriminatIon and the pub at large from unjust and eM unfaIr transportatIon rates PLANK The Platform reiterates th the demand contaIned in III the Chicago platform for foran foran an financial system lIm mad by the AmerIcan people fur Cur them themselves selves Th The purpose ot of such a 11 system is III to restore and nd maintain a level lovel of prices and In order that there be no uncertainty I as to th the mth meth od 04 or of restoring the specifIc Ic de declaration In favor of tree free and nd un nfl limited at the existing ratio or of II 1 to I 1 independent ot of the action ot of other nation I is repeated In 18 the Rt Republican n party part recognized the thi necessity for by pledging the party part to an earnest effort to se Ie secure cure An international for forthe the free coinage of silver lIver and the President Immediately after atler his hll In Inauguration I a by authority ot of Conre Congress appointed a commission com composed or of distinguIshed cUllen to IsIt Europe lId solicit lt foreign aid ald lilY hay lilYIn In a letter written to Lord lArd Aldenham jn In 1 and afterwards pub published In l England declared that at that time lime the President and R a majority or of hi his cabInet stilt believed In the tue greet grat desirability or of an International agree agreement men ment I for the ot of the double standard but that It did not tem seem to tn reopen th the negotiations just then The financial law enacted less Jell that than a year ear ago alo contains II a con concluding section declaring that the measure was 81 not Intended to stand tand tn in inthe the way or of the restoration of at bimetal whenever It could be done by cooperation with other nations nation The fht platform submitted to 10 the last convention with tIle the ot of the again thus of securIng foreign aid aidIn In restoring sliver silver Now the party for tIre first firt time openly abandons bandon UI Its ad of th the double standard arid In dOlle the monetary which It Itha ha has so po often oUen and so 0 con can The Democratic party perty on the contrary remains remain the steadfast advocAte cAte ot of the gold and silver coinage or of the ConstItution and nil I Ii not willing that other nations nation shall halt determine for forus us the time and manner or of restoring silver to Us Its ancient place as a stand standard Art ard mone money The ratio of 16 to 1 is hi not only the ratio now existing lie be between tween alt all the gold geld and slIver dollars In circulation In this country countr a ratio which even the lure haa not attempted to 10 change but It Is II the only ratIo advocated b by those who are seeking to reopen the mint Whether the Senate now hoe hOIl tile to cat can be changed during this campaign or the campaign ot of 1902 can oni be determined after the votes are counted but neither the present nor the future political corn com complexion or of Conre Congress has hall prevented or should prevent an announcement of the position upon this subJect In unequivocal terms The bill which receIved the of am the lIe He members of tIre the House and Senate justifies the warning given by bythe the DemocratIc party In 15 ISH It was AI then predicted that the part pari would attempt to retire the greenbacks although the party part anti It its leaders concealed their In That purpose Is 18 now plain and the people must choose chOOH between tire the of the greenbacks Issued and controlled In volume by tire the gay Iov and I a national bank note cur currency rency issued b by blink and controlled In their own It If the nl na national lInk bank notes ale a to be secured by bonds bond the currency system now flow 11 ported b by the party In I a permanent anti increasing debt and so 0 lung long II as tine thle Ilem stands tire tile financial classes will be I tempted to throw their powerful info I eflee upon the itule or of an any measure which will contribute to the else and Ind I permanency ot of a national debt It is II hard hardly conceivable that th the American people will deliberately turn from the policy or of the past Iut to th the dangerous doctrine or of perpetual bend ELECTION OF 0 SE DY BY The demand for tor a constitutional amendment providing for tor the election or of senators b by direct vote ote ot of the jo jopie pie flit appears for the first time In a Democratic national platform but a proposing such an mend amend meat ment ho three times timet passed the ot of a ninth 1111 that too practically without opposition Whatever may have liMn been the reasons which secured the adoption or of the pre mt ent plan a century 10 new conditions have bave made It that the pea po popie pie be permitted to 10 speak dIrectly Ir In Inthe the ot of their representatives ii h the entO A senator is II no less lea the rt e of the State Stat because he his commission from the 1110 o pit themselves rather than from the ut of the State It If Ita Ifa a voter ol r I Is competent to Vote ote for tor a mem tr her or of for State officers and for tor J r he is III competent to choose choOl Iris hll representative In the Sen Senate Senate ate A System t 1 inches the sea aen ator tor responsIble for hi his election to 10 the people II as a holt hole anti amenable to 10 them It hf he misrepresents them must commend itself to those who ho have lon eon dence In the Intelligence and nd patriot patriotIsm urn Ism or of the masses Till The pia platform the le or of direct legislation This Thill is III al already already ready applied to 10 the more important qu questions In nation State tat And city It rests the sound theory theor that the I can be end and that thc th more responsive the government I is to I Ithe tire the wIll ot of the pl the more mort tree tret It will lit be rOm from misuse and abuse buc I QUI Several planks plank ot of th labor plat platform platform form a are devoted to II u t In III h Ich tire thE laboring clu classes ha hae ant an Interest but which inure IY effect our entire hIlt hat hal is II generally known os 1111 nr hy by injunction Is III at prE prent nl lur r 4 ill against ly tine the emrI rw r f tl rr a 1 tionne when there I ii a I be between tween them and their r It 11 In II a which ea rne eor on Ore Th Tb purpose oC if 1 th h In Injun injun jun lion In cues is II to I it ir trial b by judge fr trial by Jun III ii IIII iia I a orl ret Itt lb Ih Y l I III Th Tb 11 lOr f hI I I Iii II Ce 1 n fl oo iry r fr r ui 11 I I iP t r lOr f th 1 cs It j r I Ithe the security ot of the citizen In defendIng trial h by Jur says MI The Impartial o of justice which secures both out our and our Properties is III the great oni of if I It II but It that ie 11 enU rill lilt I I ly to 10 the a f Ft I I bd ot of m men n and those tl iti J b I thi th ilK us II nj r 1 It ii oil of If th the tAle slate Ill I II spite or of theIr natural irr ui t a 1111 have frequently an II 11 lun I i hl toward tho hose of their I nfl dignity It Ie I nut to b re 11 t I t 1 frIO It n II human nature then that Ih sir II uld always tu to the Li II itS JIN aut good ut of th the It If the criminal laws art an not fr the pr or of II I th Uit tan b be made mote more 1 sein ld hut a dt Zen charged with UI Il inner 11 lint ha c hl tile case caH tried before a Jury or of hIs hili peels 1 THE BLACK The black lIt let as II now em employed loyed In some om places Ih the employer t piece the practical I duress durell for the laborer I s his hid Independence Wilen lIell the Ihl tapI tr 4 can trot eniy lilt plc hi h any n similar r n I flue black blek list enables emlu t to at CUtt by mutual nt that t toll lUll lot over tin wage earners earner which 11 e private monopoly Ul exercises without The platform renews renew the r for arbitration between and their employee Nu Ku one Who hUll has observed the friction which arises arlu Lo Li Litween tween great reat corporations corporation and their numerous employee can doubt the wisdom ot of establishing an impartial court for tor the just and set or of disputes The demand for ought to 10 be as heart heartily II b by tire the public because of strikes Bud lo lockout unit anti by the them themselves selves III as b by the employee The ot of arbitration will Inure Insure friendly relations between labor and capital and render obsolete the Iro grow growIng In Ing practice of In the army to settle labor Jabor troubles trouble DEPARTMENT OP Ol I cannot too lue strongly the Importance lit of the platform r recommendation om or of tb the establishment ot of Q a department of labor with a member ot of the at its III head When we remember how Important a position tire the laborer nit In our so 10 and political fabric It I is hard to conceive lit ut a valid objection being made to this recognItion or of his hili ser ler serVices Vices Agriculture I Is already aldy represent represented ed In the Presidents household the army anti na navy have han their there the tir state department with its consular service and Ind the treasury department with It its close connection with feed affairs keep th the executive In touch with the business and commercial interests A cabinet officer truly representatIve ot of the wa wage earning class would be of at Invaluable aid ald not only to tire toilers but to the President l lCm Cm I The Chinese exclusion ct has proven pron an advantage to the and II Its continuance and strIct enforcement U as aswell well at as Its extension to other similar limiter mesa are re Imperatively necessary neer The Asiatic Is hi so 0 essentIally from the American that hi he cannot be as aa with our population and Is therefore not desirable as I a citizen Ills presence prence as a temporary laborer preserving hi his national t ty and maintaInIng A foreign scale cal ot of w wages and II living 1 n 11 must ever eer prove An injustice to American Producers II 5 well as a Perpetual source or of tion PENSIONS The party part expresses II pride Inn III the And sailors allon ot of all our ware lart and declares Its Ita purpose to deal lien gen generously with them and their enla A liberal policy I natural and necessary In a which tic dc Pend upon a citizen soldiery instead ot of a large standing arm army ret Ht a as will well as gratitude compels compel the government to make bountiful pro provision vision for those who In the hour ot of danger and at great or of bUll bud budness II ness health md and life lite tender their service to their country countr The pen pension Ion laws should hould be con |
