Show j 1 S OLD lEA C Tt Gen GeD Nelson A Miles Name Pre Presented Presented for or Consideration of Convention Con yen MAD MA OF UNBLEMISHED RECORD a Great Tart Virt III In Ills Has l S History Ills lis Work orl orlI In I n the tile West Mo July SIn fit St Kelton boll A Miles for tor president can aen of ot l tho non lion brilliant from the Stat HokD liS chairman aOl of tho the V Mr tr Ir to for tor president a i 1 Convention JI IA n also an on OT ot Of MI of tf the tho republic luki a U 1 mankind A nan of ot great luent trl nd of elt 11 nIl ot of SI of ot great A fol ller a n states rr treat at f A faithful a long iong hall d l his ida country wh ln M hils for tor lila his c COUll country try vM h wIll well bled bed toy for Ills it country amI aI i who hilA tons long periled his hili life lite for tor through aid and has hai earned the wreath ibis country deck cle ot of tame with which I ask you ou to brow noble of ot Amerl Amen Amenn from that nursery nur ery r B the American dc tin tinIs nobility n of ot devoted land Iou line lino j I from u fl Is Vorn to nn an herol patriots 1 itt t hIR call all lot he he of lotu to the th a 1 flaming regular military education Without 1 a tion ion al at t ted as aA a too young t ti to tobe tote In three years thereafter i captain te be a 0 Us I ho b was Vas W u II major general generalA A tITI N a U 1 hero heroin warrior ho i clUzen n A in t WU n i II ite tern stern ft trout ont tho the Mower flower of or a toe foe an el w CI land and flame II a 1111 hurled arma wan r bore borl UA lM o over ever I EId again in III vain valli M Wounded ii at Ut enand severely wounded at nt I red l lr A desperately desp and apparently e eCo wound vl at nt with Co tome rne from the tho Held ild M ns If It load dead lie he Bur sur lurel thick upon Moody bloody fields i stilt moro more wed Iwed eJ to on of ot every land to Ie t r r vc ve C the tho ot of the 1111 war var warThe warThe sold ald that thai The his were en called led ledd me lue ue skies by IW tho the hm hmel d nn wa Ir m the th and Ind the flu groat Grant has Una el of Ms hI d In lila his memoirs that this loy lh Ih h was wa equal e 1111 I to tho the part Pant per pen performed formed by himself AN INDIAN At U the th ho close of ot the Civil war nr the tho plain for tor hundreds of ot miles cos east tf ct f the fbi HOl ky mountains was covered with hostile Indiana mur torturing carrying devastation and eni despair In nil all directions and atit mak hi the settlement and development o of that thit region re lon The fhe man I 1 pre lent tent was wai sent Bent them With I 1 ples with tireless ener n ry with consummate with s with fortitude un In the tho annat of at time limo wIth that fal death at every M ft wilds and water loi lus I s how men did th ir r own Mood blood to 10 quench tho the ful thirst through southern sand Id nd northern mows through storm stormi i at lit r the and hid 1111 the sky AkYi te ie and Ind his mn and overthrow i floret tho Iho terrible Sioux i C id d the A driving their ken beyond ond the thu ls 11 i of at the I States hurling Hitting Bull Ball Into h and Oem Gero morn Into o and capturing him himi i t ire ere thus trio the power c r f the b barbarIan tearing l the plains of ot ofte tv tt te cruel cru l Implacable sav Bay savIre it Ire an am n 1 owning their vast ast areas to toive toe ive e millions who now Ow Inhabit eW m lint the thc unnumbered millions who iio l I ll For this great service he ho heI I the thanks of ot Arizona New Montana and Kansas HO 0 QUOTED Cicero hns has raid ald nations give Ue tte Ih honors of the tile Rods gods to those tho e men mn mento Ho to have slain tyrants and nn shall wo we to crown with the tho ho bo hohs hoIs hs Is On him who slew the tho dri ons of ot the unit and conquered the tho de do o Kots of ot the desert HEAD llAD OF OP TUB TIll linIng Hiving pacified the tho plains ho he rose rOSO through tio to the head of ot tho the almy To N I him him this thu armies if ot rr I Ho Un liberated Cuba Culm mill cud c tried riled slid ghi cl 11 tIdings tiding ot of p lIce and lib ely to t Term lorto or Oln n d II the desert to V I n Hh itt the thic nyc eye I yo of ot n a 1 nod tho the Idom ef ot o a u he totaled out outI t I V MV ny i ti i from its parched 11 I ii 1 faro fao the tho old 01 1 despair and andr r iM I It II to the tho touch of ot tho the ther 1 t sr r II t ith uh glorious bloom with ample tore UfO una un plenty C Irs rs 1111 er re rc and h tW tid them how hov Assyria ler lerU u U oJ hipa and Japan sustained inn us u by and MM us tuiti 1 ot or the natural supply or of water wiler Wae Anti And A II hi l has luLs told us liS recently the oncy nty Bru orell In of ot colonies would r all nil f t tour our arid lands or build t t r the holo country A lover lour of ot nature he h for tor trees 8 I t ls anti and fruits harvests lit In his hb r F for tor his fellow men i III ih hii hl hi anxiety a for tor the welfare of ot tho the theOre OI Torl r o Ore I there H profound I nu i 9 ir r hr human rare an undying OlIo n f t those institutions which ana nM shelter tho the weak eak and the tha Ioor loor from cruelty cruelly avarice and lion Ion mini Filial and fraternal ho pleads for tor heath and an home und 1111 all tho the blessed ble sell ties tics of ot family cod and friendship anti and nil II alt all the sacred sentiments end tender lender sym sympathies and exulted excited and ant reverent yIn vir virtues tues lues ot or domestic life lite The horo hero of ot nn an hundred battles ho emerges tram from a it life lite lifetime lifetime time lime of ot military service the nations i greatest champion of ot pence Peace War has hns not blunted his perverted his lila or hardened his heart henrt but hut It has developed In n his hili grout groat heart pity 1111 end mercy compassion comp and consid consideration oration STOOD KINGS IGNOS At the command of ot his country he tood before kIngs ho lies has circled thu tho globe and silted ted every civil Ired nation beneath the sun HUll wit witnessed It tho the mighty pageants of ot earth Yet neither the tho of ot royalty nor tho the of ot Imperial power loWer could tempt his hlA fealty to 10 tree free Institutions Institutions or lure him turn from the path pith ot of Do Dp With unshaken u n faith In hu human human human man nature ho cherishes the Ideals of ot his youth anti the traditions of ot the tha fathom fathers of ot the tha Though ha ho huts him Unversed every ever land and sailed on every overy son sea yet et loves Iov s the tha while this tree free cosmopolite cosmo poll 1 old ohl friends trl lIds old themes and lint keeps his boyhood dreams In sight rime Time has hall not staled him hint years have hale not chilled him HUn experience has hall not soured hint him the tolls the struggle the trials of ot life lite have neither weakened nor w cm led him himA him himA A MAN IAN OF lie llo Is III known wn sn to the tha country and to tho world lie HP IB Is famous He lie Is re renowned renowned renowned lie He Is admired and loved loell by hy his countrymen Wrong cheerful Mr firma in yet ot kind affable yet ct et dignified atom yet ret tender possessed of ot n a com corn comprehensive mind and wide whit Information to deep reflection ot of gentle and engaging fascinating and noble presence he bears beans tho the stamp of ot nn nil extraordinary man whose equipment and nn lowering personality mark his for tho the gravest duties the no noblest noblest blest service tho the highest honors KNOWS THU TIIt Darn Dorn and r roared en rod In tho the cant east his long service brought him In III contact with the tho west vest for moro than a 1 quarter of ot a n century No uncut mini knows more moie of ot the tho thet west t 1 est 81 its IlA needs Its sympathies and Its aspirations amid no moan knows knovs tho the whole country any nn bettor better than he A Aborn Aborn born Democrat lo ho Is IA In full tull sympathy with the Democratic party and Its prin principles I An an nn anti unit monopolist devoted to 10 tho the nn en heroic ho tue stand stands forth tho the theer peer er ot of nn man ot of this age FOil roi DI Ho Ito 0 believes b that thero ther can bo ho no io Just taxation taxat ion without representation lou that tho the people of or tho the Philippine Philippi no Islands should govern Kavern themselves That Thiat they who lio dony liberty to others do not do tb servo ucro It for tor and under a aJust aJust Just God will 1111 ill not long retain It That the great republic cannot hold millions of ot people permanently In bondage with without without without out losing first Its r character mill end ultimately Its political life That wo 10 renounce at once and for forever over ever tho the dangerous and deathly doc doctrine trine ot of Imperialism and that OO 00 lays days a Ws Is if unto In which to sot set tho the Filipinos free trec Ho lie believes that the tho Constitution follows the th lint flag that the tho rights guaranteed by the thc Constitution Con are Inviolable wherever the ling hag pym the civil power of ot tho the United States tool that Ihal tho the right of ot trial by Jury jur Is sacred wherever tho the United States maintains civil government lie believes that tho the military should be ho kept In strict subordination to the tho civil civilI I flint nn an Injury to one Is IA tho the concern con corn of ot nil that military despotism In Colorado menaces the rights of ot every ovary American citizen and Is ominous of ot it a 1 reaction which may blot out tho the liber liberties liberties ties ot of nil men iuen NOT IrOn FOU MILITARISM Ho Iii that wo should have base a to defend our extensive i toasts nod tho the rights of at our I people anti our where but I ho believes b also that upon II po II every ver ship should bo be written Millions for tor defence hut but not nol ono one cent for tor conQuest Ho lie believes in tho the economic doctrines of ot tho thu Democratic He lie believes that I thieve hero should bo Le no mm tux tac except for tor a purpose Ho lIu believes that the tho Industry and of tho uI not cot bo III exploited by criminal lt combinations that the law against conspiracies les In of ot trade should ho bo enforced CUd that offenders should ho bo punished Ho lie believes that labor Is Istha the tha base baue of ot tho the social system that the tho base cannot nil not bo ho despised that thaI tho tue la Ia laborers borers anil producers ore lire tho the salt sail of ot the earth that their hi hront and shoulders and strong arms aims support the whole hole fabric of ot civilization that they constitute the great body hody I of ot the thu people and must II lit never bo ho enslaved That Thill property ty has rights also 1180 but tho the ot of those rights not nol require that n a limited and constantly constan diminishing tI lou I mm number r of at per lel persons sons bo ho poi milled tel to monopolize nil oil of the tho property of or the tue th country or i that n a 1 pampered shall bo bu per permitted to defy the tho laWs absorb all nil wealth and Ind the tho th people MISSION OF op TIU Tm REPUBLIC Ho lie believes with Ith the tho immortal I Ington that the tho mission of ot the tho republic Is IA pOlice peace justice and liberty That w S1 1 teach tench peace pence by being peaceful tul and wo we must mullet teach toach Justice by being b Just usi that wo we 0 must mOult teach tench libel Illicit ty by ly maintains our own liberties and by h never nov r denying liberty to any people Ho lie believes that this nation has han been a n world power from its birth that It was n a world pow flow power flower er or when that Hint old boll bell rung rang out troll front In Independence Independence dependence ae hall liberty throughout the tho tholand land and nn to 10 all alt thu the Inhabitants theme thelo of ot That It was wall a IL world power when whenby whenby by hy the force nf ot Its ItA example It i caused republics to take the tho ot of monarch monarchies ion ies In III all Routh Houth America Central Amer Anier America mer merlea lea ice and Mexico That It wall WU a world power when by the force of ot Its plo pie It caused the tho great grant French revolution tion shattered 1 absolutism and gave RIle to lo lotho tho tIle Continental except Russia constitutional government That It i t wax Wall Walla n a world power when iten It U Inspired Japan I glorious Japan to east cast away the cruel bauble of ot autocracy und and adopt a 11 fr treo freo o constitution based upon tho the principles of ot democracy That tor for more moro than thun years nors ears It has ha been such a great world lower Its lis light t hoi has so In the tho World that It II has attracted to these theRe shores horel the oppressed of ot nIl all nations drawn to this country by the Justice of ot UH its laws and the magnanimity of ot Its Is character Hut It has hns not been nn flu Im ito Imperial orial world 1 power K H r anti and only tho the ella ene enemies lIe mice mies of ot liberty would woul have havo It ro to It lm has been a It democratic power a 1 republican lican Ilean world power I the mother of to no publics the fountain of ot democracy and th the home of ot liberty the tho world Our candidate must be bl h a man lent against whom no faction will vage ar he ho must bo ho a n man whoso emi eminence eminence nence experience ability are rHO a n guarantee of at his bis Illness fitness for tor the th presidency dency den dene denA deneA A man whoso whose personality and whose hose career will 1111 arrest the attention arid challenge the th admiration of ot the thu people If Jt vo 11 nominate an mu unknown or pro ulc ulo candidate titled mediocrity and coun counterfeit t greatness r will continue to call cali forth the of ot the Iho multitude FILLS ALL The roan man who fills nils In full measure the tho requirement of ot the tile hour Is lea den Nol Net Nolson ton son A Miles If It nominated ho will he be bethe hethe the tho candidate of ot no faction but of oC the Whole Democratic party and lIa nil all ni pa patriots Im hur hI will wi receive cole th the votes voles of ot every Democrat In the United Slates He lie will receive the te Independent vote the tho ant Impel imperialist pence peace vote anti tho the good god citizen vote Ho lie 10 will wi receive tint tho th votes Df of all al those thos and they are legion lellon who ho the attempt of ot the tho noting acting dent to degrade and dishonor him and and to degrade and dishonor other Illus Illustrious 11 ils men muon who have hlo earned the tle praise and listing lasting gratitude of ot their country countr countrymen men In Ills his Ils name annie will 11 the tho hearts henr and stir str the blood of ot every of ot tho the Civil war They will 11 recognize In III hut candidacy their last opportunity to vote for tor ono otto of ot their own number for tor forthe tile the th groat office onice of ot president Ills His Ils can candidacy will wi the tile generous gene rOis chval lie Ill spirit of ot every even man unan who wore the thc way gray with such n a 1 man mati ns as Harris larrs for tor vice president the ticket make an In epoch Ipoch In our history United In lit II their wider vider comradeship of ot American valor now no tho the proud hen herl Inge toge of ot tho tile whole hobe American people thin the survivors of that great Ireal struggle both north and south louth would rally raly to the tho Democratic standard almost to a man 1111 manThe The ono one man lean whom hom the tho fear le ix Miles The Tho ho one man whom hom thin the House feats Is Miles lles They Th y fear him because the envious doted nt at athis his heart by hy the acting president foil fell tel harmless at his hlA feet teet coil they fear ferr UH its Is rebound If It he III Is nominated They fear him because lecause of ot his hil record because lelluRe of his hits personality because e tho the splendor of ot his career und arid the grandeur of ot his hlA character would so |