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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1912)
tub nrcm nvhi.rms, tiend, wkdnkhday, akouht si, 1012. JAfJK 11. ik"Ui?i1ii DOV. MARSHALL ACCEPTS CALL ' , , , n .. , Candldato For Vfco Pros Idont UUIIUIUUIU 1 vi nwv i iuuiuuiii Favors Sale MMdb Gourso. DEMOCRACY IS IN THE HEART, Would Follow th Idsslt of Jolfonon ..! tit Rnnatlftullfin ftf Armara Should Not Do Dorn With Oors Ton. . . Dsflnss Fundmtntl Dsmoerscy. . IiiillntiAKll, Aug. 80. -1 11 the pre nice of n illtlngulhed company today iJuuTinir Thoinn It. Marshall accept nl the Democratic iioniliintloii fur thu vice presidency, lie snld: Judge I'nrker nnd (lentletiipii of the Notification C'oniiulltee-I'erinlt me In say Hint It I not my ptirjxiMi on thl occasion to present tlctiill. I wlh merely to present some general olwer ration clothed In homespun Iniigungo vntion cioiimhi 111 nomciiiu language III the Mlef llmt they limy I of vnlno . ....... .. ............... 1.1... lii lUlnif Hie oidnlon nud ilclermltilm; the (.-(induct of the lulelllKviit voter Hil" yenr. Try nn we inny to oepnrnle the rrll Sioux from Hie civic, the fnct yet re tiinlim Hint l'immI iniveruiiieut hu In It nn element of morality. Neither nm Mlliitluii nor lnw nor ordlnnticen enn completely divorce civil government from rellKloiiN entlment. There nrv pcrltMlo In the hUlory of n Moplo when the conflict U-twerii the K'xxl nud the I mil inny Involve nlmot nil of thn coininnudmeut. There In rnrely n conflict In which nt lenit the one com innndmont ncnlmt coveloumie doe not heciimn nn Imiip, nud thin coin p'nlmi li no exception to the rule. It will x well fur the voter to clenr np nome hny dcflnltlonn. We hnve for mnuy yenrn teeu eutertnlnlni; a tiellof, founded uion no fnct whatever, tint Democracy nnd Itcpubllcnulim reiircnetit dlffervnt Idem of govern inent. The llepulillcnti hn liMiketl utxm the Ik-miK'rnt n n mnn oiiikimsI to the government. Thu Ivmocrnt hn look 11I umiii the Itepulillrnii n n tilnu (ippoted tn the txiple' rule nnd In fu ror of nrlMoornlle wny. It I time for 11 to rameiubrr thnt tVuiocrncy li not n ylem of government. Indeed, Iietuocrucy tnny And It cxrv.liti In nuy oue of uumvrou ytem, Tho Rulo of th Ptonl. ino ruio 01 uie peopie i om nwn' tlnlly rule by the .eople. Ily n,, vote, even when Democracy hn. mi i.i...i ... ..ii .....i. ,...! ..irrM.M il.M Tlio rulo of the people I not em-en iieople mny hnve n monnrchhnl form of I uch n condition of nffnlr In Amerlcnn government. The people' rule dm- j life thnt the pnrty In power I rent lu not deieud ntou the number of vole ' twnln. thnt 1km I chnrclng tio with nor necenrlly upon the ytem of'knnvcry, crookedne-n nod dlhonety gotenimetit under which they vote, nnd thnt ench faction I clnlmlng nn (Joo-J or bnd government mut go bnck exclulve jintont iiwn honety nnd to good or bnd cltlf cn.htp, to Intvlll-! pntriotUm while avowing thnt the ur. tent or Ignontnt. to hnnet or dlhon re of the other would pcll Irrepnrn et elector. I venture the mmertlon ! tile ruin for the republic? And, more Hint If the electoral franchUe were now ' particularly, how come, title to pniw granted 10 nil therlilxeii. of Itumdn the J under n Itepubllcnn yttem of govern l.lttlo rnther would aguln tie crowmil .inent eonltlngof co-ortlluntebrnnche In I'eter' city. to whlrh were reded by the people Amerlcnn Democracy In It purity wn Intendiil tn menu nud I lieileve dfH-n menu MUiirlhlug more thnn vot ing, nomethlug more thnn elertlng of fleer. I.Ike the .uullght, we mtinol neo It, yet we en n not ee without It. And. like the uullght. It hn not only i ' bnthed Hit republic In n nen of benuty nnd glory, but It hn warnwd nnd nur- , lured every fruit nge plnuteil In the gnrdeu of uulveriMl brotherh(Md Amerlcnn Demwracy i(! not de- pend iiMin cimle or creed or rondltloti. upon race or color, upon wraith or poverty. uhiii ntirre or fnllure Hut. ' unerringly. It doe depend upon the Inner life of the Indlvldunl cltlxen. It I nu Inxplrailou mid nn u.plratlou. It 1 dor not ulwny depend ukiii the ticket which n mnn vote. It doe- depend nlwny upon the motive buck of the fS bnllot. The hUtortc Demooratlc pnrty of Amerlcn hint II luplrntlou mid lt luplriiHuu In the lire nud conduct of II urent rounder. It I lime now In hnve n iwrfivt concept or llmt Democ racy, ror In recent yenrj we hnve dl- i vlded oiirnelvei Into three cIiihhc. mid the climHlflcntlou hn been mnde not by the henrt Hirotnor men. but by their oclnl condition. We hnve thoi-e who nre Immeiuumtily rich nud wlinnn looking for more, nnd we hnve lhoe who nre 'unutterably poor mid who nre growing iJ iKHirer. Hetween theno extreme we hnvo n grent middle cIiim living well nnd rennonnhly content except for tlio uticertnluty of not knowing wueiii- cr they nre lo rlne Into tho llrnt cln ur luk Into tho third, , J.Korion and Hamilton. Mnny hnve nbaiiined thnt only the unutterably iKHirnnd th-e ulnUIng Into thnt chin wero DeiiKM-nit nnd Hint the liuimmmirnbly rich nnd the climb- ,er were Itepubllcnn. lint Hk'ho dlvl don have not been Inglcnl. It wu not the outwnrd mid visible which unnrki'd the Inwnrd nnd spiritual of Thoinan Jerfiimon. Horn or the tiluent IiIinmI In tho Old Dominion mid iiccun- 'tinned nn goutlemnn. neholnr, dlplonmt nnd HtnteHiimn to nil the luxurle or iiIh geiiorntlon. ho wn tho man who declnred that nil men wore crented eiiml nnd thnt nil were endowed with certuln Innllennble right, nnch u lire, liberty nnd tho purault or Impplnen. ,i:ven lo IiIh dying hour thl aeemlng nrlntocrnt linil not n Mingle henrt throb which wnn not In uiiUon with tho 'limirt throb of htt fellow mou, III grent opponent In tntocraft praiiK rhim n llmmgo o lowly na to bo un known, With none of tho ndvnutngc of lthr fortune or fnmlly, Hamilton Mlovud In liniigtiig on princes' furor nnd In entering Id the chosen few, At Kh best lininiin tmiiiru I wenk, Thu nirvM of the world iiml llm itcovlt- fllllleNH of rk'lll-N urtltnifM Stifle gCMir- (him Impulse. Orciit crlsc mo iutph- I mt r In awaken miny ini'ii In ihclr '" "f iimy. it wnn because 1 ,l,,"m", n vrM o im nt ,",,,, "" , . . . . . . I Unit Ml per tent or tlio people of Imll nun were Democrat Ml henrt oven lliuuuti Hicy illil not know It. I now enlarge Hint stiituincnt and deelnro Hint M mt cunt of tho entire country liellevo In tlio historic Doiuocrnpy of JTIioinnii Jefferson. Till campaign I going to rlil the Democratic pnrly of every limn who doe not believe In It principle nnil l going to mid to tlio pnrty' rank. I liojie, every mini who .1.. . ,...n 1.. ! uwvw I'l'lll-iu III llicill. Men hnve allowed their personal In terest, nmhltlotm nml prejudice to vny Hiclr (Milltlcnl conduct, nml roil M'tiently thl great Isidy of Ainerlcnii tlllM-im, thinking nllke nml feeling nllke nt henrt. linn never U-en united inulcr one bntinor to tight for the emu mon right of comiiiou humankind. The strength of tlme determined to give every innu his ehntiec In life. mi-hninM-reil nml triinldcd liy legislative eiini'tment. mid to strike down every ; : , : . : . ,- l" of -UI privilege m.lnp 1 'Ilin Im.ih.III of 11 few! of twice like the U-nelll of n few! of thow like minded In their view Hint government In n um-Mliy nnd not n luxury nn Hint hinducM nhoiild hnve Hi) Inrp1 op iNirtuntty for nuccem. tint Hint thin government wnn mnde for men. not corHirntloni for principle, not Inter el, nnd of thooe with milllclciil conr nge nud fortitude to drive the money chniiKer from the temple of our tin tlonnl life, hrt been ImiKiverlrhed liy dcwrllon due to ieroiinl Interett. ntnliltlou nnd prejudice-. Tlmo For PntrlotUm. Till cnuiinlgn cnll iiimu ome for J tut Ice. upon other for chnrtty, mwin nil for pntrlotUin. It doe not cnll for the bnudylng of epithet nor for no nppcnl to tue.perconnt. We tnny nnfe ly lenre to thnt ulle dotnentln which tin cld the o cnlled Itepubllcnn pnrty the peraonnlllle of till cm pnlgn. II unfltneM to nilo the repub lic I dlMlottil liy It limlillliy to Keep tf tetnM-r. It wn cihelvc no fnr n in innilimhtii wi concerned while It wn vngnged tn looting the public, but even It lender nrv now dlorgnnlxed while qunrrellng over the loot A for tho pnrty' U. the lmproier Influ ence In Amerlcnn tMilltlcnl life nre nUiut equnlly divided ltween them. Everywhere H Hnrne U cnlng word with llo Fllnn. nnd their ctisrue and counterchnree dlcloim grvntncM only when we njiply Kmcr- -" 'V. . '1 i ,i, on' utemrnj. 'Con.l.teucy I the i hotoblln of little mind. I Mavt rotilrfl It that WO llATO rfnCUl ' none of their Innllennble right, out only nurli power a were thought to le needful to n'drei the wrong, pre rerve the rlcht nnd ki-ep iinnlinrkled the mono. Intellectuul nnd phylcal for)e of mankind? Though n iimlnrlty of Hie people hnve liwu voting the ItepuUlcnti ticket nnd have Ufii numln thereby that the majority would rule, the (Ungrace ful but purifying ireiie which hnve been enacted recently In Itepubllcnn convention itlrtoe th-it n lnne until tier of thoro who have Imh-ii voting the Itepubllcnn ticket nre Pemncrnt nt henrt- Tliee acvne dlcle further thnt we have leen inlMnken luauiueof our conclimlon touching government In Amerlcn We hnve yielded n unlet ni-rent to the proim.ltlen thnt n major Ity I nil tiverful nnd thnt n minority hii no rlp-ht wht h u mujorlty I iMiund to refpwt Hut now we know that the theory of the til'torle Demo emtio pnrty -thnt It I the right or n mnjorlty n rule, but only within con atlintlounl ll-nltntlon nud without the iiriirpntlon or n flngle lunlleimtilo right or n alnitle lndlvldiinl-1 correct. MJorlt-a Minority. It I only when mnjorltle thu rule thnt governmental machine move without friction. The rWht of n mn Jorlty to thu rule munt nlwny. be roiut'diHl. I wonder, however, ir It hn downed upon the wiber aec-ond thought or thl people that It I pon tile ror n majority to lx n minority mid thnt It 1 eunlly ollile ror n minority to be n mnjorlty. At llrat blush It would eem Hint the olllclul elected liy the plurality of vote bo rotno the repreaontiitlvra of tho major ity nnd Hint n ntich thoy rulo. Hut I mn not In error when I declare thnt It I not the mere number of vote which determine n mnjorlty In Auiorlni In tho unne of having tho .power to for uiulute the policy, enact the leglHlntton mid control the government, "id I point to the election of IPOS ror proor. Tho proleHt or every mnn who voted ror 1'ivHldunt TnM nnd who I now dl mtlNlled with the preNldeut'H uianago Hunt or public nrfiilro pnive that for four yenr u minority Im been the majority In America, At the rink or offending the younlhllltlcH or the Ite publlcnn who voted for (renldvut Tnft only to be (IIkhIhIUm1 with hi ml mlnlMtmtlou. I nm going to tell him that ho I one or tho men I counted lu mnklng 80 per cent or tho voter or thl country mombern or tho hUtorlc Democratic purty. Ill prcsout protest I acaluat tho result of hi bnllot reveal I hi belief thnt It I not Hie htilne of I government to grant, tinder tho guUo of tnxntlon, to nuy cIiim or cltlxon or to nny member or nocluty npeclnl privi lege which n ro not granted to ercry other clii mid to every other inomlior or MIK'loly, Tho hik'IiiI condition which wo cnll Doiiiw racy mid which find II nveiiiiu or uxproHKlou nt the poll iliroimli our pnrty I iiiiiiltenibly oppimcd to Npechtl julvllege. wlielher grmilid by tho law r elxed hy ruthlo iiliililtloti, It I tine Hie mother or nil peclnl privilege U the high protective lurlfT. All who loiml the Diimocriitlr llcltet nt the lnt .rci!(lt-iiliil election weru unnltcrnbly jiMiHed to HiIm ytem or uujut tnxn lou. mid n Hiiltlclent number or tlionu who voted the llepublk'nu ticket were IlkewlKc cnuilnced or It Iniquity lo make nu overwhelming mnjorlty ngnliiKt It. Have a favored few, nil were ngreed llmt relief, to u great if or lex exletil. Hliould In ii(Tinlcil lo the people f I om the UhJiihI exaction of thl Hynlutn. All knew that we could not iililcnte people of America InilU rrluiluntely, eulnrgo their view of life mid hnpplncM mid then by the high coxl of living deprive tlietii or their pleiiHiire without milking or Amerlcnn life n ee hing cnldrou or dlcontent. Theorellcnlly Npenklug. Ilicrcfore. the mnjcrlly of vole, having put n party lu MMver upiiii n plntform pledged to relieve the people or tlit-M- burden, hn been ruling under inii-llliilloiial llm tuition, Hut thl I not mi. Imme dlnlely nflur the election the minority heenmc the mnjorlty lu Hie eue that It BNMilliied control or lcgllntlou with reference lo vpeclnl (irivllcge. All the member or the Democratic pnrty nud II the prolollng iuciiiIkt or the Ite publlcnn pnrty hnve been In tho minor ity when It came to counting vote where the count fixed the cot or living. It mny be nld that Hil ln mere nccl dent or iKillilm. n -Ingle lllutratlon. and thnt It will not occur ngnln. Hut It I uu accident. It i only one or many llluMratlon. It almply dlcloe tho utter roily of n man remnlnlng a meir.har of a party when the party policy crate to voice hi Inner plr!t The Itrpubllcon pnrty doe not recede now rrotu It protective theory. It re turn lo ower will menu ngntn the rule of n minority, and the Ihcorrtlcnl Iden or Democracy will continue to be the practical nriitocracy of' apt-vial privilege In thl country. Ea.y For tho VoUr. The voter who ennnnt aatlify him- aelf Hit yenr I lnde-il crtiorinu. ' F.llmlnntlng the vrrlilnge of plntform. Inking their mUtnnce nnd viewing ' the cnndldatr placed on them, the 1 voter who believe thnt the cot of production nt home and abroad houtd Ins equnllzrd to the manufacturer of I thl country nnd who wnnta nn oil t garchy to nile may vote the vtrnlght Itepubllcnn ticket: the voter who be lieve In n lmllar protective theory. but who prefer to nn oligarchy thnt the preldent (hall tie the atnte. mny vote thn I'rogrcB.lve ticket: the voter who believe thl government utiotild be turned Into a oclntlm may vote tlm HocJalUtic ticket: the voter who think that church nnd atnte are not separate In America and thnt the peo ple have n right to aettle religion qucflkin nud to determine by ballot wbnt I good nnd whnt I bad mny vote the Prohibition ticket, and alt tlHiiw who timlut thnt It I not the buM ne of government to equallxe the cot of production at home nnd abroad to the manufacturer until It equallxe the difference In the purchase price to the conautner at home and abroad, who believe that the only equaliza tion Juattflnhle In our government I the equalisation of opportunity, who think thnt public office I n public trut. who doe not believe that dl gruntlrd and defeated Klltlclau nre genuine reformer and who think thnt reform nn not born with wire toe mny vote the Democratic ticket. I reHK'ctfully urge nil tho who are opOHed to cpcclal privilege to ally tliumelve thl yenr with the hlMorlc Democracy, ttie eornertone or whoe edifice I the Declnmtlon or lndrKud euce nud tho keyvtone or which I the Gulden llule. At Ilnltlmore It proved It right to be. hecmiN.' there It urom nnd by Its proKcit policy met the need nnd wnntn or a people. Am I to lo met with the tnemcut thnt re mit like those of the pnt four yenr might JuM n well hnve been produced under Democratic upremncy? Thl I deny. The kingdom or Democracy, like the kingdom or heaven. I within ti. It come not hy oWrvntlou. II I n living, growing, vltnl principle. It I nn csfcullnl to the life of the mnn who I n Democrat n pure nlr or pure blood. The xiwcr to relt lying I not In the mouth but In the henrt or n mnn Ilia Hiwer to relt larceny nnd mur dor I not In hi linger. Democrats. Ilko octM, nro Imrn. not mnde. They nre born with the tlxed. uunlternble be lief that Dod' inndo nil men. not aomu men: thnt nil men nre entitled to tin hnnrst'ehnnro In life, uiihnmpered nud unharmed by law or custom. We mny Kcpnrato In language church nnd atnte, hut we can never have that wiclnl con dition which wo cnll Democracy until nil men living In the republic nro full, not hnlf, brother: until nil huvo been tmptlxed In thu blood ofjtho oplrlt or the revolution nnd coiiNocmted nt every nltnr net up. north nnd south, In tho wnr lietween tho state. Stop, took and Lltttn, Upon whom doe thl cnmpnlgn. cnll ror JiiHtlco? Muny n mnn devote him Hclf sedulouHly to busbies not becnuHo he wnut money ror liliuelf, but be iiiue he beljeve that Jewel and lux uric will make hi wife happy. Some time, too Into, ho tlud thnt which nho wnntod wna lovb, not luxury. So, too, tunny n mnn In Amerlcn I devoting htuiBolf to the making or money through legislatively granted trtrf leges, not so much Hint ho want tho money hlmsoir n that ho wnnta to dlnc-lono tho rlchne, grentucs nnd properIly of the Amerlcnn republic. Meanwhile he hn not stopped to, con iilder Hint while the few through K clal privilege nro ridding million to tho bunk biilnnce of thl country tho ediicnted nnd luiiovi-rllicd iruiny nre looking down tho yenr nnd ac-olng nt tho end or them nothing but tin open grave In the itter' Held. The spirit or (lemocm'y nnd hi Innnte sense or Justice mil upon thl mnn right now to j stop nnd look nnd IInIcii. to review whnt really innkc ror Krentne in n people mid to nnwTc-r In the silent wntclic of tho night the ncculng volco or hi own cotiKclence, which tell him It I men, not money: bmlii. not bimlncKH. love, nut lucre: pence, not iroK-rlty, which mnrk the grentne or n people. Ict him ntiswcr Hint no cuwlug voice by resolving Hint, though he inny not make no tnnny dollar In the future, he will not forget thnt wary other uinn'a wire nnd vrery oth er innn'a child In America I cqunlly denr to him nnd that he decern Ic the grave or thoso who fell from Iexlng button to Apiomntox nnd stninp Mmsetr n cownrd when he demand or receive the nld or the Inw In hi con flict ror supremacy. Too long hnvo some been tho recipient or money mnde through the toll or other nud turned over by tincqunl nnd unjust taxing Inw. It I good to love wealth nnd nil thnt wealth can bring, but It I licttor to love the republic moro thnn nil tho trapping or outside pomp and circumstance. rromthl good hour let these men fight their Imttlc or life without handlcnppliig their lex fortu nnte brother. Let them bang picture or Nnthnti Hale in their bedroom nnd n each day' light reveal hi feature unto them let them vow thnt a thl old hero thought more of men than tie did, or iiritbdi gold so they will dedi cate their lives and consecrate Oielr efforts to his splendid Ideals. An Hour For Charity, Upon whom doe the hour call for charity? There are thousand of ns who have not reached tho land over flowing with milk and honey. Still, wo wander In the wlldernes of Indus trial despair. Pllll. nre wo nblc to gnl her mnnun only for a day, and still we look with longing on the flesh pots of Kgypt Discontent and bitterness hnvo entered Into our souls. So long hnve we been Impressed with the Iniquity of speclnl privilege, with the arrogance of some rich men. with the ower or money tn produce peace or war. plenty or famine, that we have come to hate nil those who hnve, nnd lo licllerc thnt the possession of mon ey Is the mnrk of Infamy and the badge of dishonor. If you lie one of these, my brother, thl hour cnll upon you for chnrlty, Mnny have succeed ed honestly In this Innd: most hnve succci-ded ns they thought honestly. There nre but few who have not cared how success has come to them. Let us not condemn until the sheep have U-en M-po rated from the goat. ICt u understand that It I possible for the man In broadcloth nnd the man In hodden gray to be brethren In Ameri ca. Ict u nwalt the development of a brief time lest perchance the Judg ment of misfortune upon fortune may be Injustice, not Justice. Let us bo sure before we strike. Let us condemn no man unheard, nnd let us give to every man bis advocate In the forum of American brotherhood. It will tc observed that the sum of tho Justice nml the chnrlty for which I am contending Is the rcrlvnl of Jef ferson' Iden of equality ticfore the law, not equality In muscle or brain or will or energy, but that equality which guarantee to every honet and Indus triou man hi lire, hi liberty, hi Imp. pines and hi chnnre. Justice and charity arc always needed to enforce thl guaranty. Oct luto the bread line If you will, but bewnre In mi doing not to drive out n weaker brother. I see a jn-oplo the most marvelous which has ever sprung from the loins of time and the womb of destiny. Among them are all kindreds, tribe and tongue. What are they to tie come lu the melting not? They are of like passions, men with hopes, fear, ambitions, prejudice. Are they to evolve Into caste, not of birth nnd lin eage, but of success and fnllure? Out ur the crucible or these yenr. heated with Hie tire or both seeming nnd real Injustice. I n newer generation to lie poured forth to the vnasalnge of the pnternnllMlc system of government liorn under Itepubllcnn misrule or to n soclnllsm where succe depend not upon merit nnd honest endeavor, but upon the mere drawing of the breath of lire? Playing th Ostrich. It I Idle ror a thoughtful mnn In America, whether millionaire or pau per, to longer piny the untried, Pnfety due not couKtHt In hiding one' head In tue Kiuid of either sentiment or hope. It I foolish ror the vastly rich to keep on Insisting tint moro nud more nhnll be added to their rlehe through n specious ytem of special legislation oateuslbly emu-ted to run tho government. In reality ennctcil to loot the people. It I worno thnn Igno rance for them to smile ut the large body or Intelligent Americana who re gard themselves fortunate If the debit nnd credit accounts of lire balance ut the end or ench year nud to nsaitmc thnt tho might' mnny who nro. becom ing convinced thnt Hint social system which wo call democracy I but n glit tering generality will long endure tho Industrial slnvery being produced. The hour hna come when patriotism must constat In something mon thnn culo gle upon tho ting. Whether voting tho ticket or not, men ovorywhere, looking upon the awful Injustice of thl economic aystctn, nro becoming socialistic In theory If not In conduct. And ahnll nuy fair minded man say Hint, ir It redound to tho Interest or tho (K'oplo or thl country Hint n hun dred men should control It business to tho good or every one, there I anything fnllndou In tlio theory Hint government, Instcnd or trnnrcrrlng biislues to n favored few for tho ben efit or nil, Mhotlld (Uncharge Hint biisl nes ror the benefit or nil? I hnve never liccti nble to convince inysolf Hint either system would not cost n pull over human action nnd dull the motive which hnve heretofore moved mankind to the very loftiest endeavor nud produced what I conceive to Iks the most ierfect ytem or government ever devised by the brnlu or mnn since thnt rnroff theocracy ut the Jew went down bencnth hi demntid ror the Kmp nnd splendor or earthly txivrer. And yet I do not hesitate to ny that ir It l Impossible to restore thl re public to It ancient Ideal, which I do not believe, and I must make the ulti mate choice between the paternalism or the few nud the soclnllsm of the many, count me and my house with the throbbing heart of humanity. Thrss Qradss of CItlssns. Tho discontent In ItepuU'can rank Ms Democratic discontent. How much of It hn reached the point where, wearied of the bad working of a good system, it I willing to topple that system over and try something new I cannot prophesy. Hut I am quite sure that, whatever badges men may wear lu America till year, whatever ballot they may cast ntld whatever battle cries thoy may utter, there are but three gradctf of citizen. The first grade 1 mnde up of the favored few, their hangers-on and their beneficiaries. who think the eagle 1 upon the dollar not a an emblem of liberty, but n an emblem of iower. nnd who look upon government n on annex to their busi ness affulrs. These nro they who In the past year of Itepubllcnn misrule have turned the temple of constitutional free dom luto a money changers' mart and have made of tho co-ordinate brunches of government obelsant lackey of the Jingling guinea. The aecond grade consist of those whose outlook upon life has been en larged by the civilization under which we live, who have been taught by the school and the college, by the pre and the magazine, who enjoy the good things of life, whose horizon ha been enlarged and whose capacity for Joy nnd Borrow hna been Increased. Year after year they have aeon the boundless resource of the richest coun try the sun ever -phone upon pass luto tho control of the favored few. They hnve observed thnt the Inw have been enacted, construed and enforced J that, struggle a they will and act a they may, they eo bcforcuieni naught but loug year of servitude' nn J certain iwverty ot the end. Conditions have become "untienrnble to them. They besltnte to hope for reform, ao often ha It been promised to them and so often ha It been denied. They have reached the point where. In the strug gle for that which they believe to be right, they are willing to destroy the Ideal of the republic. How many there arc of these 1 do not know, but I do know Hint special privilege In the republic Is breeding them day by day like rabbit In a warren. The third grade or cltlzcna It please me to call old fashioned constitutional Democrat. These are they who lie Here that the equality of manklud doe not consist In an equality of brain nnd brawn, but In nn equality where by every man, native and foreign born, has nn Innllennble right to exercise all of hi nblllty lu gettM on In the world Just so he reaUwrthat In get ting" on he owe It toTSiraself. to ill family and to the republic to see to It that he get on honestly and that he doe not prevent nny other man from obtaining the reward of hi honesty and enterprise. These old fashioned Democrat believe In making money, but they tl!eve that every dollai made should be so clean that an In fnnt may cut It teeth upon It They hold that It I no part of government tn boost one man and to boot another and that any system of government which enable one man to take ndvau take of another I not a system under which a Democratic condition of life can thrive. They hold that from age to nge social nnd economic condition chnnge. but thnt the grent principle or the equnllty of all men before the law enn never change while Hm shnll last nnd that the honest IntcrpYetatlon of this great principle In statutory en- : nctment. Judicial construction and ex ecutive conduct will take from the life 'or a cople the mighty avarice of the ; few, bind up the broken hearts of the mnny mid loose the Winds of all who ! are In slavery to wrong, Injustice and Ignorance. Jtgfsrson' Individualism. Tho Individualism of Thomns Jeffer son not (tend. It has not moldered buck to dust lu the grave nt Moutlccllo. It walks the earth thl dny, knocking nt the door of rich mid'' poor, of wise nud Unornnt. nllke. calling upon nil men to make of thl nge he millennium of statecraft wherein no oue shnll claim to be the master nud nil shnll be glad to be the porviinte of tho republic , It en li inn be thnt It is the system of government which la wroug. It I the : unjust ue or tho system. From JefTor- 'h.n to Lincoln the republic grow In j might. In majesty, In jmmp nud splen- ' dor, nml the humblest or Its citizens could obtain Justice, not ns n beggar crawling lu the sun. but ns a mnn. It m not been the use but the misuse or the powers or government which hna produced this discontent In the minds or men. Tho historic Democratic pnrty moveR forward now, as nlways, true to the principle of the Declaration of Inde pendence, loyal to the constitution and confident that If men will bo Imbued with tlio spirit of tlieso two document nhd will guide their public and prlvnto II fo by the concept of rlghteousncsH therein contained ponro nnd plenty will bles their homes nnd enmo n n. licnlsoti to every wenry, downtrodden mil oppressed soul. The contending force In America nre n they nro In nature. There I i centrlietal rorre which I crcr draw Ing tho earth townrd the un. Thero I n centrifugal force which I ever drawing It nwny. These two contend--Ing force, acting ench upon the other, have kept thl old world of our nfety In it orbit, nnd springtime nnd har vest have not failed. .Should either force become aupcrior desolation and destruction only could result. Tbo centripetal force would draw the earth Into the un and make It but fuel for the warmth ot other planet. The ccn Irffugal force would send It whirling out of Its orbit to the northern pole of stellar space. There are time In July when we long for the north pole, and there arc time In January when wo pray to tie nearer the son. Hut our sober second thought convince us that the middle course 1 tho aafo courao ror the world. Foundsd by the Fathsr. The contending force of political lire are commonly denominated reac tionary nnd revolutionary. They nro the paternalistic force of tho Repub lican party, which would draw our government out of It orbit and con sume it In the fiery beat of the lustnnd greed of the favored few, and the so cialistic rone, which would draw It away from Its constitutional concep tion of three co-ordinate branched and from Its guaranty to each Individual i of nn opportunity to assert hi natural and acquired tatenta In an honest en deavor to succeed. The historic Demo cratic party, of which I am a linmblo member, stands between thCAO con tending force and believes thet soroo barred for humanity may b garner ed by proceeding In the old, orbt which the fathers founded, by meeting In tbo I old way eocb generation of men a they shall rise, by never forgetting that tbl government was founded, not for business nor sncce, nor for In competency and for failure, but to , guarantee In lawful ways tbe oppor ! tunlty of every man for liberty and for the pursuit of happiness. Old principles applied in new ways will j convince these two extremes of I thought that our historic party can make exist what now Is but name Democracy under a representativo form of government. i I Faith In Dsmoor.ey. ' If I doubted that the return of tho historic Democratic party to power ! would fall to right the wrong of In- dustrlal life, to wipe out tbe Injustice of legislation and to preserve the op- , portunlty of every man for happiness. ,'tbcn my voice, now weak, would bo silent If I did not believe that In w far as human agency can this party oC ours will promote the brotherhood oC i mankind I would here nnd now.repu- Idlate It But believing as I do)b.at the republic had Us origin In entnspl- ration which did not come from Uio 1 mere brain of a mere man, but sprang j from the heart of humanity, bcllevlnc j that this age more than any which turn I preceded It calls for conscience and brotherhood tn governmental affair. i hoping that every sacrifice of mind and body and personal good which has j been made, la a guaranty of tho er- ' pctulty of thl. the latest and greatest ' experiment upon the part of a Democ racy to work out It Ideal In govern ment, and trusting that the God of Washington, the founder, and of IJn coin, the ircserrer. will still be the' God of the republic and will not per mit his chosen people to forever wan der in the wilderness of legislative slu. I accept uon Its platform tbe nomina tion of the Democratic party for rlco president of tbe United State. And may my right hand forget her cun ning and my tongue cleavo to the root of my mouth If in all my gettlnp I fall to get that greatest glft-wldoni and understanding to know the nenrt break and the need of our common humanity. Only Family 8pt r j 'Gertrude!" v ,Yel,,JoIu., "We've been married long enough now to talk plainly to each other. "What's the matter now?" "if I do something yon don't like I' want you to tell me of It, and If you do thing I don't like I think 1 ought to tell you of them too." , "1 supiKise I don't suit you nt nil?" "Ye you do, but I think we ought to talk over our like and dislike. In that way wo can get along so mm-li better." "John, I want you to understand right now thnt I was brought up every i bit as well as you and know bow to bohave. And as to my cooking. I nm do an well as your mother ever did " "I had hoped that you wouldn't loso' your temper. Hut If you're going- to act this way we may as well drop uqi matter right here." "What is tho matter anyhow?" "I only wauted to suggest that wt mi you darn ray nocks It would bo be ar for me If you would tie the knotx m tho outside, instead of tho Imddi Detroit Free Tress, A Dsbt Rocoanlzsd. . j "Tho world owes me n UvlngrAah. t- ed tho excitable theorist "Well." replied the serene cl you're nllvo. aren't you?" Wn' tou Star. Tho Point of View. "Freddy." asked the teacher. " i tl does leap year -mean?" - "One extra day pfischool" msw Freddy jsndly. LondonTeltr.ipu. d