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DOV. MARSHALL
ACCEPTS CALL
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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.
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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
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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
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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 ,",,,, ""
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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
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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.
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