Show 1 7 0 0 ahk AN FORMALLY acislo OF CHOICE democratic nominee for presidency delivers eloquent address la in accepting nomination promises to discuss vital questions of the tha campaign at greater benj length ath later john W kern vice vica presidential candidate delivers brief address lincoln nell neb william wililam jennine bryan of nebraska was on wednes day officially that he ha hw hits been choqui by the democrats of the united states as their candidate for areld president e ut amid cheats and waving of 0 flags mr mir bran was escorted from the et f 11 k ti r WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN lincoln hotel botel through tile tho streets or of lincoln to the capitol grounds where tho the notification and the address of acceptance took place in tho the car ariage with mr mir bryan was john W kern of indiana the candidate for the vic who add address rossA the great crowd assembled As the democratic candidates emerged from tiro the capitol building on to lo the platform in company with gov bernor sheldon mayor r W brown and others of the committee on arrangements range ments a mighty cheer went up from the multitude which continued for several minutes As soon as mr bryan was seated national chairman norman mack opened the exercises by calling upon rey rev rather john F Nu nugent gorit of des moines la to deliver prayer upon its conI conclusion mr air claton as chairman of the commit tee on notification turned to my mr bryan and made mada hla his notification speech mr claytonl claytons Clay tons words brought forth frequent applause the climax coming rhex looking mr bryau bryan squarely in the face he be said you have always refused to compromise with those who ho prostitute the functions of gov eminent for the lust of greed it was your lofty statesmanship your un tin wavering na vering fidelity your Jeffeis onlan standard ot of democracy that induced the of millions of american tree free men unanimously to choose aon ou as their candidate tor for the highest office in the world in response to the m words of mr clayton clay ton mr dryan dran said in part mr claton and gentlemen of the nomination committee I 1 can not ac copt the nomination which you of filially fici ally tender without first edging my ol ep indebtedness ednes to to tile the democratic party for tho the honor which it has conferred upon me having twice tice before been p v candidate tor for tho the presidency in campaigns which ended in defeat a third nomination the result of the iree free and voluntary act of the voters ct cf the party can only be explained by a ib and undisputed growth in the tha principles and policies tor for which 1 I with a multitude of others have contended As these principles and policies hale hae given me whatever political strength I 1 possess the tic von ton of the tha convention not only re news rny ray falth faith in them but strength ena cn my attachment to them I 1 shall in the near future prepare a more formal reply to your notia cation and in that letter of accept ance wll deal with the platform in detail it la Is sufficient at this time to assure you that I 1 am in hearty no ac cord with both the leter leiter and the spirit of the platform I 1 endorse it in whole and in part and shall it if elected regard its declarations a as s binding upon me and I 1 may add a i latford Ilat form la Is binding as ail to what it omits na as well as to what it cout contains ains according accord ins to the democratic liten 1110 lie peoria think for themselves aril deflect officials to carry out their wishes the voters aro are thy the cover I 1 olf dam q tw t ofil offic cals ala are the servants c employed I f for or ti it flotd line anil and at a salary to do what the boyer bover inns want mant done and to ilo do it in tho the M vay ay the sovereigns want it done platforms are entirely in harmony with tula this democratic iden idea A few years ago tho the republican ae lenders aders in the house ot of re presenta tives alvea were coerced by public opinion into the support port of tin an antl antitrust trust law which had ill tho 0 e endorsement ol of tile tha pies president ident bu but I 1 t ll h he e sena senate t e reali refused sei even von to cons lder r tho the mei measure t sure u and aluce that time no eltoft has been made a by the dominant party to uro titre remedial legislation 1 egi upon tola this babjec so lovas no tho the republican party re remains in power it la to it regenerate egen erate itself it can n not ot attack wrong doings in high places wit without hout many ot of Us its prominent members nd it therefore there tore uses opiates instead ot of the surgeons enire shall the people rul rule er I 1 la is declared hy by our I 1 pitford to be the overshadowing clu question estion and na its tile campaign progresses I 1 shall take oc caelen to discuss taris athla qu question etAlon as it manifests inan Kesta iteck in ill other issues lor for whether we confider the tariff ques klon ion the tha trust question the ralli oad question the banking question tho the labor question llon the question ot of tin im pertal tam the de development of our ate rays 01 nn other of tile tho nu nil Pi erous problems iloma which aich pleas pi ess for BO 00 hatlon tion I 1 involved in each la Is whether ili tiro ilie e government shall remain it mere inere busques asset 0 tai or corpor it lons or bo be nn an instrument in the hands handa of the people for the advance ment of tho the common weal recognizing that I 1 nril am inde indebted mod fol to the nomination to the rank and file 1110 of our party and that my election must tome come it it gonles conies at all 1 aloin the uzi un purchased and suf stir ot of the amoric I 1 if ta entrusted trusted with the responsibilities of this high office to consecrate conse crato Nhat whatever ever I 1 have to the tha one purpose of malting making this in fact a government in which the people rule a government which shall do jus jua tace to all and offer to every one the tha highest possible stimulus to great and persistent effort by to each the enjoyment of his just juat shere share ot tho the proe proceeds eeds ot of ilia his toll no matter irk in what nhat pait ot of the alne vineyard ard he h labors laborn or to what occupation aBlon or calling ho he devotes himself previous to the speech of notification by chairman clayton the vice presidential nominee john W kern of indiana MIS introduced and spoke ar ai fol follows aws why my friend the chair chairman ran or of tile the national committee has bas been kind enough to announce me as tho the min cler atle candidate for the office of vice president I 1 have as yet no of facial notification of that fact and d rf 1 4 V I 1 I 1 JOHN W KERN therefore I 1 cannot make a political speech on oil this llila occasion I 1 came hero here today to bicet these western people ond and to join with them without regard to political all Illation in pacing ute with the citti ens of lincoln to one whom ahorn you all love to the foremost chizen of america W 3 bryan T havo bale been deeply impressed with ft hit hat I 1 have been in lincoln it was worth orth the h lp from indiana across the mississippi and the missouri to witness I 1 aness that splendid neighborly spirit which ans prompted this mag int non noil partisan demon sti adon la in honor of tire the th e man whom ahorn without legard to political affiliation we all lovo love and that leada me to say that after all the great masses of the american people ate aie not so BO far apart lart 1 artisan partisan isan spirit no longer runs so BO high that we cannot now and then get et out of the miasma of the pollyl cal partisanship take lake a step up higher and breathe the frech pure ear of american patriotism and be a witness by our neighborly conduct I 1 we recognize in spite of political not only the of cit god but the brotherhood of man mail it reminds me we may dif fer and differ on questions of political economy of finance as U t the best method of on the complex affairs of the he greatest bov crement beneath lije ti ia sun while wo we may insy differ on all these things and dilcer earnestly yet when it comes to devotion to a common country and to lo love of the grand old starry banner which la its emblem we me are as in divisible as the sea vor your kind ly greetings to myself I 1 thank you 11 |