Show MAN S I 1 I 1 AC C E I 1 TA K utterances of a true tres man ol of tj lie masses dincler uder no would ke he if elected allow his haia to la be f for 0 r a second term indorse Indor ses the chicago plaited unreservedly troll hon stephen ill white while and others TJ members embers of the notification corn cittee of the democratic national convention Gent Gentl leiren erren I 1 accept the nomi nomination ter tendered dered by you on behalf of the democratic narty part and in so doing desire to assure you that I 1 fully folly apar appreciate the high honor which such a nomination confers ind and tho the grave responsibilities yes pon ties which accompany an election to the presidency of the united states S so 0 deeply am I 1 impressed with the ine magnitude of the power vested by the constitution in the chief exec alive of the nation and with tho enormous influence which lie he can wield ild for the benefit or injury of the people that I 1 wish to enter the office if elected free from every PerI ps ronal ODal dece except the desire to prove v orthy the confidence of my country II 11 idurah dra juds menUs fal al fible enough beh u hrabi 1 h t 19 0 1 af t b R ti 1 ra a b tt ea tv ta 11 use a e the patronage of the office to ad alt which w words ord s can call e cx x pres my fixed not under 11 any ni to be a candidate for re reelection election in case this campaign n result in ill my election I 1 have carefully considered the tha platform adopted by bv the democratic national coi convention and unqualifiedly in indorse clorse each plank thereof our institutions rest upon the proposition that all men being created equal are entitled cn tilled to equal consideration at the handi hand i of tho the government because all men are no citizen has a natural right to injure auy any other citizen tho the main pur post of government being to protect all citizens in the enjoyment of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness abig purpose must lead the government first to avoid acts of a fi birma tive injustice and ceconi to restrain each citizen from tres passing upon the lie rights Z of any other citizen A democratic form of government is conducive to tile the hia hinbest liest civilization beca because iise it opens before each individual tile the greatest opportunities port unities rillies for development and stimulates to the hi highest best endeavor by insuring to each the fall enjoy trient ment of all the rewards of toil except such contribution as is is necessary cessare to support the government which protects him bini democracy is indifferent to pedigree it deals with the individual individuate rather than will lis his anc anchors tors democracy ignores a differences in wealth neither riches nor poverty can b be dinv inv invoked aked in behalf of or against any citizen democracy knows no DO creed recognizing tle the right of each individual to worship I 1 god according the dictates dici ates of his own conscience it welcomes all to a coin common brotherhood and guarantees equal treatment to all no matter in whit what church or through what bonu they commune with their creator having discussed portions portion of the platform at the time of its adoption anti and again when your letter of not fici tion was nas formally forta ally delivered it will not be necessary at this time to touch upon all the subjects embraced in fit the bartys decla declaration ration A DUAL government honest differences of opinion have ever existed and ever will exist as to the most effective means of securing domestic tranquility but no DO citizen fails to recognize at all times and under tinder all circumstances the tha absolute necessity for the prompt and vigorous enforcement of law and the preserve preservation of the public peace in it govern government like ours law is but the crys acrya ot of the will of the people peole without it the citizen is neither te t e cure in the enjoyment of lire life and liberty nor protected in the pursuit of without obedience to law government it is impossible thi democratic party is pledged to defend the and enforce the law or of the united states and it is also alo pledged to respect and preserve the dual scheme of government instituted by I 1 ahe lie founders of the republic too the name for the united states wai happily chosen choen it combines combine the tl ii idea of national astren th i with it the idea of local belf elf and an indissoluble union of in indestructible destructible states slates our revolutionary fathera fi thera fearing the tendencies tow wards centralization as well ivell as the dangers of disintegration guarded against both and national safety as i ell as di domestic security is to be found in the th careful observance of the limitations which they impose it will be noticed that while the united states guarantees to every every state a republican form of adov government lda and is empowered to protect such state against invasion it is not dot authorized to interfere in ill fit the domestic addina of ony any state except upon the application n of the executive when hen the legislature cannot le be convened this provision rests upon the theory that the people of the state acting abrou through b their legally n chosen re representatives es are because of their more intimate acquaintance with willi local conditions better belter qualified than the president prep ident to judge of the necessity for federal assistance those who framed our constitution wisely determined to 1 nake laako as broad an all application ol of the principles of local self govi government as circumstances would permit and we cannot dispute dispane the correctness of the position taken by them without i expressing express ins a distrust of the people themselves since governments exist for the protection of the rights of the people and not for their no expenditure of public money can call be justified unless that expenditure is is necessary for the honest economical and efficient administration of the 0 government overn ment in determining ter what appropriations are necessary the interest of those who pay the taxes axes should be consulted rather than tile the wishes i of those who receive or disburse public monies BONDS an increase in the bonded debt of the united states at this time is entirely without excuse the issue of interest bearin bearing bonds within the last few aeao years Is has been defended on the ground around that they were necessary to secure gold with inith which to redeem united states notes and treasury notes but this necessity had be been ell imaginary rather than real instead of exer bising the legal right vested in the united states stales to redeem its coin coin in i it i cither gold or silver the tha executive branch of the go government goern ment has followed a precedent established by a 1 former administration and surrena sur rend 1 ered the opton option to tile the holder of the obligations actions this administrative policy leaver leahew the government aej the mercy of those who find a pecuniary profit in bonds the fact that the dealers in in money lud iud securities curi ties have been able to deplete or protect the treasury according to their ch changing anming whims shows how dangerous it is to permit them to exercise a controlling influence over the trea treasury sury depart department meni t the government of the united S states tates when administered in tho the interest 1 of the people is able to establish I 1 and enforce its financial policy not only without the aid ot or syndicates blat bat in edite of any AP 1 1 fronds hw jest bauh madin 3 aub 0 P haeth win rall to jail hr iro i ro 1 ars ter sa s1 lin MR fadl al ha tet f foal h of whit E shift Z if tort 7 p A 11 T ja I 1 alv FM r rg 9 Z tion ion which syndicates may present to 1 0 assert that the gove ament is dependent upon the good 0 will or assi assistance tance or of any portion of the people other than a constitutional majority is to assert that thai we have a government overn ment in form but without v vital ital force Y the proposition taken by tile the I 1 1 platform against the issue ol of 1 aper mone money y by national banks is supported by the hi highest hest democratic authority as well as dern demanded by the interests of the people the I 1 present present attempt of the te national banks to force the retirement 0 of united states notes and tre treasury as u notes in order to secure a basis for a larger issue of their own notes allu illustrates the danger which adires from permitting them to issue their piper paper as a circulating medium ilic national bank note being redeemable deeni dee mable able in lawful money has never been better than the united states note which stands behind it and yet the banks persistently de do mand ind that these united stat slates S D otes which draw no interest shall 9 give ve I 1 place to interest bearing bond in order that the banks may collect the interest that the people now DOW save to empower national banks to issue circulating notes is to grant a valuable privilege to a snored class surrender to prate pr ate corporations the control ovet ove the volume of paper money and build up a class clasa which abich will claim a vested interest inhere t in the nation s financial policy our united states notes commonly known as greenbacks green backs being redeemable in either gild or silver al ai the option of the government and noi DOD at the option of the holder are safer and cheaper for the people than national bank notes based upon interest bearing bonds THE MONROE DOCTRINE A dignified but firm maintenance of the foreign poli policy cy first set forth by president monroe and reiterated by bv the presidents who have i succeeded him instead of arousing hostility abroad is the best guar antee of amicable relations with I 1 other nations it is better for all concerned that the united states should resist any extension of european authority in the western hemisphere rather than invite the continual irritation which would i i necessarily result front from any any attempt to increase the influx influence cc of of monarchial ial institutions over th that at portion of the americas which had bad been dedicated to republican 0 gov ov I 1 eram ern ment ent PENSIONS no no nation natien can afford to be unjust I 1 1 to its defenders the care of those i who have suffered BUll ered injury in the I 1 I 1 military lail ilary and naval service of the I 1 country is a sacred duty A nation which like the united states lelies upon voluntary service rather I 1 1 than upon a large tandala standing tan dila army adds to its own security t when it makes generous provision for those who have risked their lives in its defense and for those who are aee dependent pende n t upon them THE PRODUCERS 01 WEALTH labor creates capital until wealth is produced by the applina tion of brain and muscle to the re sources of this country is nothing to divide among among the classes of society since the producers of wealth create the nations prop erity in time of peace and defend the nations flag in ti time in of peril their interest ought at all times to be considered by those who nho stand in offin official cial positions the democratic party has ever found its voting strength among those who are proud to be known as the common people and it pledges itself to propose and enact such legislation as is necessary necessary t to 0 protect the masses in the fr free e exercise arcise of every political right and in in the enjoyment of their just share of the rewards of their labor arbitration I 1 I 1 desire to give special emphasis to the plank which recommends such legislation as is 19 necessary to secure the arbitration of between employers ell engaged gazed in interstate ter state commer commerce pe and their em aloyes arbitration is not a new I 1 1 idea it 15 simply sp p I 1 y an extension kofl of the court afi justice the laboring meu of the country have expressed a I 1 I 1 desire for arbitration and the rail 1 roads cannot reasonably object to the decision rendered by an impartial tribunal society has an interest even greater than the the employer or employee and has a right to protect itself by courts court of arbitration against the growing inconvenience lence and embarrassment occasioned by disputes between those who own the g gerat erat arteries of corn com merce on the one hand and the laborers who operate them on the other niSH GRACION while the democratic party welcomes e 0 ules to the country those inho ho come with love for our institutions and with the determination and ability to contribute to the strength t and greatness of our nation it is op opposed doged to the dumping of the criminal classes upon our our shores and to the importation of either pauper or contract labor to com coin 1 pete with american labor injunctions tho the recent abuses which hae bae grown out of injunction proceedings have been so emphatically condemned by public opinion that the senate bill providing for trial by jury in ill certain contempt cases will ill meet with 0 general ap approval p roval TRUSTS the democratic party is opposed to trusts it would be recreant to its duty to the people of the country if it recognized either the moral or the legal right of these aggregations of wealth to stifle com competition petition bankrupt rivals and then prey upon society corporations are tile the creatures of law and they must not lie be permitted to pass from under the control of the power which created them they aie permitted t to 0 e exist at up upun in the theory that they advance d 1 the b public weal and they must not lie be allowed to use their powers for the public injury RAILROADS the right 1 of the united states to reg regulate ulato interstate commerce can not lot be questioned and the necessity for the vigorous exercises of that 1 I 1 right is becoming more and more imperative imperi tive ahe interests of the I 1 whole people require such stich enlargement I 1 of the powers power of tile the interstate comfere commission as will enable it to prevent discrimination between persons and places and protect patrons from unreasonable charge charae n i PACIFIC RAILROADS tile the government cannot alard aard to discriminate between its debtors and must therefore prosecute its legal claims against 1 the he pacific roads such stich a policy is is feces necessary sary for the protection of the rights of the patrons pit rons as well as for the interests of the government CUBA the people of the I 1 nihed states slates happy in the enjoyment of the he ble blessings isings of free government feel ganeron ge generous neron s sympathy toward all who are endeavoring to secure like blessings for themselves this abis sympathy while respecting ajl treaty obligations is especially active and earnest when lien excited by the struggles of neighboring peoples who like the cubans are ar e near enough to observe the workings of a government which devives all its authority from the consent ot of the governed THE CIVIL ICE that the american people anre not in lavor favor of life tenure in the llie civil service is evident from the fact that they as a rule make frequent changes in their official rep I 1 when thoe representatives are choen by ballot A permanent office hol holding fing clas is not in ill harmony with our instructions A fixed cd term in appointive of lice except where the federal constitution now provides oth otherwise erwi e would open the public service to a larger 1 number of citizens without impairing its efficiency 1 ill 1111 tenni horii if IS S the territorial form of government is temporary in its nature and should give away as soon as the territory is sufficiently advanced to take its place among t lie he states new mexico oklahoma and ariona are entitled to statehood and their early ad is is demanded by their material and political interests tile the demand of the platform that 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