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MEDFORD, OHKGOX. KiflDAY. .U'NK IsTJS.
No. 99.
NE
Today
By Arthur Briiban
To Your Tents, 0 Israel.
37,000,000 Heathen.
29,700,000 Automobiles.
A Japanese Law.
V (Copyright, 1S2T. by New York
venlnc Journal. Inc.)
FRANKLIN" D. KOOSKVEt.T
made 11 good speech it Houston, 1
fiV from foolish vituperation,
full of sense. This is unusual. ;
The terrific slninhani,' of. Mr. j
Claude Mowers' keynote hn-:
pressed all. The Wndup of that j
speeeh, "The battle hour has;
struck. Then to your tents, O ;
Israel," puzzled Will Rogers,
who says, "The only thing I
.n. cm. iirtiu ntin livillir ill
tent."
Ur. Bowers will tell Rogers ,,.,. ,,:l,.ly ',..,, W.,K .,,
tliat Abraham himself lived in a ' in his lmmis by n iomH iaiii
tent, moving it about irom place , ,,y u,.,,.,. h.lMoti HW(.i,,B him
to plaee, with his flocks lllld J fur Iwynnrt the nvu-ihiids majorliy
, -,. , i i i iifi-dt'tt In nominate
herds. So did ninny ot his rein-1 Tl),,ny lhn 1IlvenUllI1 w ,..,n,.,i
tions when Ritz-Carlton liolels ! i"c'tiii r m ouiiim.' its wmk iy
soleijliitK lis caiiiliilali for the
Were unknown. I prreMrnry. Leaders amniiB the
. i. smith miitpm'ters had hei'ii In ctm
A surprising feature Of the I fereme tlurint: the early mnrnliiK
4. Jt I hitlirs ttnd although St'iiali.r ltoli-
Houston convent ion was the re- lnH,m f Arkansas, m.. ..,nv..nti..n
still of Senator Robinson's up- i chairman, had i.on the r.iv.nit..
..... . for sirrund idai'c on tin- ticket.
peal for absence ol religitius ; llll,,.tl n,K W,.N. ,!,.,. ,.,,,,.,..,.
prejudice. llon-
, t in contrast to the hitter animosi-
Thc appeal started several tie. th,lt sn0unded Smith's un
fist fights, "the police swinging successful hid for the presidential
. . ,, ; nomination four years aK In .Mad
lllglltstie.ks and blackjacks. ;is011 square Harden, Impressive
Anvbodwho expects to get Icestures of harmony ami concllia-
j tion preceded and followed his
peace and good Will Out Of cllf-;Krlrctlnn last niKht as the leader
ferences in religions opinion is-"' ni!i nnny. Just before the ballot
j was taken a party platform, con
All Optimist. . trary to the usual case, was adopt-
44 . 1 ed without a fteht in open conven-
Thc Rev
I. H. McDonald
tells the Baptist World lli
mice, 'Thirty-seven million hu
man beings nominally Pmteat
nut are entirely nepleotod. No ,
!
ehureh reaches out tn pet j
,i ft j
Whv not trv to find n dozen
Btllv Snildavs and some more the convention Picture almost as
t , ' , , M . lit" by maKic just before the nomi-
'Ioody and Sankey teams, tOnation wnH man. Afu.r nmny
reach tllO.se 37,000.000? Itj hours of debate in committee and
! sub-eommitten, a plank wns found
should not le hard to interest thiU Silti;.ned the most prominent
that crowd in eternal punish-i" Hmith and anti-Smith alike.
. . j Composed of but four sentences,
ment, or eternal happiness, U It declares the republicans have
vou can make them UKUKVK. 'ni'orccd the prohibition law.
t .1 j. i. ,
In this country we have one ,
automobile for every five peo-;
pie. Everybody could lide at
the same time.
Abyssinia, with the fewest nil- j
tomobiles, has one ear for every
t,t m i '
:i,t. people
Tlle 1,000,000,000 human be
., , -a,
mgs on earth have JO, 00,00 an-
tomobiles, J4.000.000 of them ill
, . . , r,
the . nitcd States. Wo cer-
tninly are prosperous.
.Jnparf passes a "peace pres-
11 1 t 1
ervnt ion law," under which any-!
)ody attacking the government,
ill secret associations, will be
put to death. Members of as
sociations hostile to the govern
ment, seeking to change, the
fundamental const it nt inn, will
go to jail for two years. .Those
conspiring against private prop-
. , ,. , ,,.rl ,-wl,:n
n nun mi. i
system will go to jail for 10
years. The Japanese know .what
they want and bow to get it.
Our power trust will yearn for
that 10-year jail law ami pcr-
haps get it, some day.
Rear Admiral Bradley A.
Fiskc offers n suggestion to dis
courage criminals.
The automobile is Hie crimi-
Hill's "getaway." Ife drives lip, tune of a long and loud drmonstrn
robs a store, shoots down oh.)"""- 'hp, """""n 'yel
.until well after midnight hearlnK
jeetors, jumps into his automo- jcxnortntionn nt battle.
bile and is pone.
ti j i i i . .1.- venrw bro. ua brought to the con
Rear Admiral Fiskc RU'iKet tnnt M , ...
n , . , ,, , , , .. I ventlon plattorm. He told the
In .,n?BI,KaU,. m0liLle " ',' P o Irheerlng delegates that the rail ..f
auto traffic he stopped on the cltyth( p(u.(. n h!1,.mnl,v
streets. i . ..... , , ,
"I Bnccesl that the police sound
three or tout whistle, oil polite
men heariuir It to nasH It alone.
-J" '," . , W "
erpniim, nny iuhii ikiiimiij' iuc-
rtlpnal would be Identified its a crim
inal." On warships, nay Admiral Ffske.
(Continue on Four.
0cood 6ctloii)
SMITH IS
1 ON
1ST BALLOT
Steam Roller Crushes All
Opposition to N. Y. Gov-!
ernor Only 250 Dele-;
gates Stay in Anti-Smith J
Camp Reed Indorses Ri-'
val Harmony fleigns. ,
(Ily llyiim Trice. AxsnWalf l Press
Slaff Writer)
llorsTON. Texas, Juno 9. (flt
:The (leinoeratle nuinlnei fur insi-
ili'Ml iu'dcivernnr Alfri'il K. Siui'.ll
1 .,r V..IV V.irL-
, ., , , ,
.AN Hoon its i no num milium ii.iii
become a ftu:t his most active livnl
for tli honor, Sennior Recti of
AfirtHOUi'i, wont to ilw convention
hull uml told the UetejfnteH that no
,Wtt ,mn p u,yf han ho to the
newly chosen party nominee,
Dry issik i-'uiirn Awny
The prohihitinn issue; which had
i been intertwined with the Smith
land anti-Smith tun of war from
I the becinninjr. disappeared from
land pled pen the democratic noinl-
nee maKo an nouesi enori ior
n. on,nl 'J th!l. ,. ,
statutes.
Iiroitni to tno convention tioor
I with the support of both wets and
( drys, tile plank provoked but a few-
n, ,,, pi.r1m' without a roll
call.
flovernor
Moody of Texas, n
! member of the platform cominlt-
tee. told the convention he would
IIihvo preferred a direct endorse-
monl of p,ohlition as a policy i.ut
In the Interest of harmony would
not even submit a minority report,
ovcrnoP ltitchie of .Maryland,
countered that for his part he wa
willitii; to take the committee
f1"",11 n ,lhn"Bh h' '"'''r''1
local option to federal prohibition,
senator r.iass of virKinia. n dry
'n'(1
nut that it was so worded j
that the party nominee would have
tn be bound by it regardless of his
personal beliefs. Then, in less time
than it takes to tell It, the com
mittee report was adopted with a
crashing chorus of approval and
only a few scattered no's."
Farm I'lnnk Is AdoptMl
The only other part of the demo-
crntic declaration of principles to
intake serious trouble in committee
f plank. As finally
brought In and adopted. It pledges
the party to lake Immediate and
effective steps to deal with the
problem of farm surpluses and the
rehabilitation of agriculture gen
erally. Soir.e party leaders believe
that flovernor Smith will make a
more detailed announcement on
this subject early in the cam
paign. A Ions program of nominating
and seconding speeches preceded
consideration of the platform on
the convention floor and even
after the platform was approved
nnd nomination was ninde In the
Ilesidefl Senator Herd. John .
Davl, the party nominee four
In the final tabulation of the
vote by which the New Yorker i
waj chfen, only five Mate appear i
'a" having failed to Klve the lead-r
at leat a part of their support and
one of them wan Heert'n own utate
of Mlwouri. which wan blocked by
convention rulen vhen It nuKht to
turn the handwngun movement to
(Contlnutd on Pf Four)
DflDIMCflM I
iujuiiiouii i , . . . ,
1 IS CHOSEN I lWWl Wl
: V P.F-PRFS - fe;..- W fe4
Arkansas Senator and Chair-
man of Houston Conven-i
tion Chosen as Teammate
for Al Smith Opposition
Completely Fades When
Balloting Starts Dele
gates Leave for Home.
1 (By Byron Price, Associated Press
Staff Writer)
SAM HOUSTON HALL, HOI'S
TX, Texas, June 29. (fl5) The
democracy nrescntH to lite nation:
for president, Alfred E. Smith of I
New York: tor vice-president, Jos
Hph T. Kobinsmi of ArkaiiHux.
Tho ticket was formally placed
on the political roster of lyS to J
day when the parly k national con
vent Ion, at Its concluding session, ;
overwhelmingly named the Arkun-
sail iih running man) of the New :
Yorker lo whom it had entrusted i
the party standard hut a few hours ;
earlier. I
The nominal ion ot Senator Knh-
i Iiihoii was like that of Smith, a
smashing first-ballot triumph over,
a scattered field ot rivals. r'or the
past 21 hours there had been little!
doubt, of his victory, and at tho j
outset of today's proceedings ho I
left Ills post as presiding officer.!
of the. convention and retired to his j
1 (del while his nomination was he-:
ing coinoiuimated.
Those who first proposed the Ar-j
kansas senator and democratic sen-!
ate floor leader to balance off the !
ticket argued that he would !
'strengthen the party in both south
land west, and that argument went
i like wildfire. It was in the south :
I that opposition to the nomination !
of Smith centc.ed until the very'
'. end. and it is to the west that both
j republicans and democrats are look-t
iing for the answer to tneir trues
j tions on tlie farm relief.
I A big vote Is expected for the
j forceful campaigner. He is u leader
! in senate debate, where he occu
pies the same position of titular
leadership on the democratic side .
that Senator Curtis of Kansas, the .
republican vice-presidential nomi- j
nee, has anion.? republican sena-1
tors. Thus two men who have j
matched wits and strategy across i
the nartv aisle, and have remained i
' good personnl friends IhrouKhout, !
! are to try conclusions In another J
j arena, with the presiding officer's j
I chair In the senate at slake,
j Uoblnson Is a dry und in his
i place as permanent chairman ot the
convention he warned ins party
against listening to pleas for a j
modification plank in the platform.
in the same sneerli he stirted n i
tremendous Smith demonstration
by quoting Jefferson and the con-j
stitutlon In support of religious j
equality.
He supported the McNary-Hait-ren
hill in the last session of congress
innd voted to paRs It over President ,
r.oolldge'8 veto. j
So overwhelming was the land
slide to Uoblnson In the voting to
i day that when his col tun- was add
led at the end of the first ballot, It
! totaled more than 900 of the 1100
i in the whole convention. Imniedi-1
iately his two nearest rivals. Sena
: tor Ilarkley of Kentucky with 77 I
j votes "and Mrs. Xellie Tayloe Koss
of Wyoming with 3S, withdrew their j
I names and asked that the votes j
given them be credited to Robin
son. !
Other chanRes to the Arkansaa !
senator came in ro rapidly that the i
tally clerkH could not keep track
of them and In the end It amounted
virtually to a nomination by accla
mation. Uy UYICON IMUCi:
AvoclatcH 1'resn Staff Writer
HAM IIOISTON JIAhL. Hous
ton. Texas. June 2!. UP) A dem
ocratic, ticket readin Kmlth and
Itoblnson was shapini; up todav
aR the tiarty'n national convention
came tonether for ila final notion.
Afier a nuccewion of early;
morning conferenct-H the sponsor i
of fthch a combination appeared I
at the convention hall tellinjj In
Mtiiiert it was all over. Their
predii-tinH were accented at full
value by a Brent many of the
delegate thi'in'lve. ulthouuh a
hair dozen rivals for second plac
on the ticket remained In the field.
Settlini; upon Senator Itoblneon, 1
the Aikanh.-tn who wa chairman;
of the convention ltef, an their
vice presidential rhoicr, thone who:
put him forward nrud thati h
would balanco off the select bm of
f lover nor Hnnth of New YorK a
head of the ticket by wlvlnc It nt
fince u western and itouthern
flavor.
Itohfnon'ii ertor tf the nouth
went may not Itwlf he a flichllng:
Kiour.d in the campaign, for It 1h
ronsiitenily dpmorratic, but the
senator has many warm friends
and ndmlrcin in both nonth and
west, and they nt counted on t
I
help.
Home of the convention nianair
r were predict I nc hrit Itobln
wn'n nominatifn wotiM be n firs'.
bjillot liandwnuon affair, as (me-
(ConUnue4 on Pag Four)
! : 1 Jffla Ik T'f !
PEAR TREES IN ,
VALLEY 719,096
SURVEY SHOWS
Pear Acreage Is 10,272.7
Acres With Average of:
70 Trees an Acre Greats
est Block Over 16 Years',
Old Apple Trees Total
138,813.
Thanks to the cflorts of the
county agricultural litem's o If ice
and the Fruit rowers league, a
complete cuntis of pear anl apple
trees in Jackson county has been
completed, after a mirvey that has
tuken consideral)le hard work over
an extended period of time.
The pear enumeration shows the
following interest lug facts:
Total pear trees in Va lley,
71 !.0ftti.
Total pear acreage, Hi.L'Vli.".
Total trees 1 to years, aggre
gate 13,77, on lllll.l acres.
Total trees i to X years, 44.473,
on K3ii.3 acics.
Total tiets li to 11' years, CJ.417,
on an acreage of KiH.ti.
Total trees to 1 a ;, eais,
1 1 li.OiiK, on 1 iiTiS. I acres.
Total over Hi years, 3tii3ii4, on
an acreage of iil"il,(l,
The jiveiage is 70 pear trees to
the acre.
The total number tf apple trees
1 to & years old. Is 14Sf, on 2H.7
ncies.
Total apple trees 6 I
old. 4041, on fcO.X acres.
Nine to 1 2 years, 3471 trees, -oil
1.4 acres.
Thirteen to 15 years. 20.134 trees
on 402.6 acres.
.Sixteen years a nd over, 1 03.H hi
trees on 2073.5 ai es.
The apple tiers a vera go SO to
the acre, and the leading varieties
are Splizenbergs and Newtowns.
There 1h a total of 13S.K13 apple
trees on a total of 2ti.MJ acres.
Ei
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j
HEAR TO DEATH
Kl fiKNK, Ore
bullet wound, si
cost the life of
White of ftilem.
. June 2It. (IV) A
lf-inrilcted. may
Mrs. Kletha H.
The bullet, fired
last night following an Interview
the woman had with Karl Law ton
of Creswell, plowed through her
body directly under the heart.
Mrs. While condition was ex- !
pi. d nt the I'aciflc Christian!
hospital at noon tmhiv i "--.t j
Bond." Hho Is not expected to live.
The bullet which punctured the
man m
iniesiiiicM ,....
ranged shchily downward nnd
emerged from her back Just above
the kidneys. It was found In her
clothing.
Mrs. White, divorced wife of
Llmo H. White, president of the
American Fidelity investm e n t
company, hud Jtii finished an in
terview with Iiwton. an intimate
of several choi. when h sent 11
bullet crush tug Into her body.
Ijflwton was about to boaid a train
for Sacramento.
- - . .
!SALEM DIVORCE
KLAMATH FA PUS. BuUdlr-lT in thin chocsp-niakinR- villag", up-pf-rmtttf
for J2 days in June reach ; planting the hordes uned for years
IZMTO. ito pull tho trolley.
The Democratic
STAIE EDITORS
HERE ON JAUNT
TO CRATER LK.
Golf and Banquet Program
in CityLeave to Be Dick
fiVs Guests in Moin-
ing Advance Guard on!
Register.
Oregon ediloiJi were flocking to
thin city today for a bUHincss ses
sion and nulii: ;1 at CrulHr J.ake
lodge as the guests nf Hif'hanl W.
Pi ice, lessee and manager, over the
week end. Registering of deHortcra
from editorial mim-tinus is under
way at the Chamber nf Commerce,
nnd 160 stulii scriheH are expected
'before sundown. The journalistic
visitors hailed Irom all parts nf the
state and they made the journey in
autoy.
The clouds ol! the early morning
faded at noon, and clearing skies
1h the weather prediction. Condi
tions ul Crater Lake, which yester
day had a flurry of snow, wore re
ported us clearing.
The editors today are being en
tertained by Ihe city nf Medford.
This afternoon they are taking part
in a golf tournament at the Med
ford dolt club for prizes offered hy
local ineidinnta. Tl.is evening al
li o'clock ihey'wlll be given a ban
t'et at Ihe Hotel .Medford. Follow
ing the feust, entertaliimcnl musi
cal nnd athletic will bo available.
There will be a bund concert by the
j Klks hand and a recital by Caroline
8 years I Andrews, noted singer and a,prn-
j duct of tho It ok lie Hiver valley,
rees, mi The athletic feature is a wrest-lin--?
match to the finish between
Hassan Mohammed, "The Terrible
Turk." und Jack Holler.
Tomorrow the editors go to Cra
ter Lake. Saturday evening "The
Craters," the civic pluy cltth. will
render a program al the Crater
lodge for Ihe editors.
The edltoi-H will hold a short bus
iness setiKfon at the lodge nnd dis
perse lor (heir desks Monday.
The following had registered thin
morning up to noon 111 the Chamber
of Commerce;
M. It. Chessman. A'slnrfa HutUcett.
Fred l-ockley, Oregon Journal.
I fun in KIlHworth, secretary of as
sociation, Fucene.
Lester Adams, Telegram.
Mrs. Lois Meyers, Telegram,'
Kdward Nelson, Associated Press.
L. II. (larrelt, Llntoypo ' News,
Portland.
A. It. Kowen, Llnloypo News,
Portland.
I)avld Foules. Oregon Inn.
L. I), Frit. helm, Western World,
andon.
L. I), fiord. n. The News, Marsh
field. F. C. Wexterfifld, Grasn Valley
.Ifitirnnl.
(leorge flodfrey. Kugene.
Malcolm Kpley. Morning Hi -Ms-
j" Kugene,
tn ittr..riv The Ijalle. Chron
lei
O. D. Hamfltrnet, Sheridan Sun.
IU Hamstieet. Sheridan Sun.
HurlHtr-IWioiMl KaHor
HALO-AX, N. S. On pi. W. If.
Myers has sailed 4:Ti,eoo mile on
stilt water without leaving Halifax
'harbor, lie hi served J7 j'cars on
ferry nt en hjei . '
Flivver Pulls Trolley
A LK .MA AH, Holland. A flivver
has be n put to towing street ears
Standard Bearers
OS WEST HUFFY
OVER PLOT TO
KICK HI OUT
Wires Oregon Delegation He
Will Support Smith, Js.,
Still a Democrat and Will.!
R- King Can't Chase Him
From the Fold.
J PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 29. (P)
Oswald West, who received the
i preferential vote for democratic na
tional commltleemnn from Oregon
land now lacing a contest for the
position at Houston, toduy sharply
rebuked the Oregon delegation
when he dispatched a telegram to
; Chairman Shaver of the democratic
, national committee.
, Kxcerpts from tho telegram fol
I low :
j "News rcpnrU tndicato that, -.ot-j
withstanding; my election an na
' tional committeeman by tho people
j of this slale, and tho fact that my
credentials are iu your hands, you
'are .'jiving ear to ... . (the
man whom I defeated for office of
j committeeman).
; "Please understand that I am a
; democrat and that while I opposed
Governor Smith In the primaries he
, will receive my loyal Hiipport from
I now on.
j "It will take more than the ef
! forts of . . . (of Will It. King)
'. . . . to drive 1110 from the
i party.
! "I am opposed to lienor and re
I HgiotiH intolerance aud under such
ja banner I will always be found
j marching.
j "Please read tho telegram lo your
committee,
"OSWALD WK8T.
"Democratic National Committee
I man for Oregon."
1
! (By M. E. BarkerAssociated Preit
I 8taff Writer)
HOUSTON, TexHH, Juno 29. fp)
j A protest against the ratification
I of Oftwnld West an Oregon demo
i crntic national committeeman was
l drafted today by Dun J. Fry, chair
man of (he delegation, and Will U.
I Kir-7. retiring commltleemnn, for
I presentation to the national com
mittee this afternoon,
i Kxplaining w hy West waa not
! presented to the committee, Fry
'said:
"The reason Oswald West's name
was not sent to the convenllon to
he ratified ns national committee
man from Oregon, to which posi
tion he was elected two years ago,
was because nf his well-known on-
1 position to Governor Alfred K.
j Smith and further, because of the
j report that If Governor Smith was
nominated West would resign na
; rational committeeman from Ore
Ron." I 1 .
Baseball Score$
National
! n. h. k.
t'bii aico 3 7 0
1 Cincinnati 4 13 I
j l:uttrlcs: Hoot, Jones and Mart
inet! : Luinie und Pleniich.
I I tost on -New York postponed;
two games tomorrow.
American
n. if. e.
New York I 10-2
I'hil.idelphlji .... 6 14 1
I lotteries: pennock and Collin,
(Grnbowskl; F.hmke. Grove and
t Fox.
St. Louls-PctmH postponed.
$30,000 SUIT IS
FILED AGAINST
OR E. H. PORTER
Medford Physician Defend
ant in Court Action Re
sulting From Fatal Auto
Accident in California
Last April Negligence
Charged.
Two damage suits against Dr. K.
II. Porter of this city were filed
In circuit court late yesterday, by
M. F. Ha riders of Madera, Calif.,
as a result of an auto accident on
tho Pacheco Pass highway, near
Madera, April 24 last, in which
Mrs. Kleanor Sanders was killed
und Sanders received Injuries, San
ders asks yi 3,000 for the death nf
his wife, and 4i)o for funeral ex
penses, In one suit, and in the
other ask $15,000 for personnl In
juries, $i6u.'.r for sanitarium and
medical care, and $2& for auto re
pairs. The complaints allege negligence
and careless driving on the part
of Dr. Porler, and charge driving
through an Intersection at a speed
of 3Ii milts an hour. The tragedy
occurred shortly after 0 o'clock'
on 'the evening of April 24. Mm.
Porter received Injuries, and was
hrought back to this city by am
bulance. The Porters were on an
nuto trip In California at the time.
According to the complaint. Dr.
Porter wns driving a Ktudebnker
auto, and Sanders was In a Ford
coupe.
Sanders alleges In his complaint
that as u result of the crash he
received injuries to his pelvic bone
which are permanent, and from
which he Is slill suffering.
Sanders Is represented In the
suit by O. C. Hongs and J. F. File
jrel of this city nnd by Attorney
i. W, Unburn of Madera, Calif,
I Friends of Mrs. Charles Coe.
wife of the superintendent of the
AledfordCentor building, aided hy
' the police and sheriff force were
t searching for her, following her
j disappearance this morning, Metn
j hern of the Knights of Pythla
! also were aiding In ihe hunt.
Mrs. Coe. who has been em
ployed by Dr. It. it. . Klllott for
the last three years, was seen In
.the building about s o'clock this
jmnrninK, nrul later near the home
1 of her parents on the Jacksonville
road. Since then no trace has
been found of her.
According to Dr. Klllott, tho
case Is puxzllng, and no reason
can be assigned for her disap
pearance. .
OSLO, Norway. June 29. iAr
The crew of a fishing boat rcttirned
to Hamtadt from Hear Island to
day and said that they had seen a
plane on June 18 believed to be the
l-it!inni with It on Id Amundsen on
board, flying very low, about 24
mllei northwest of Dear IfllauU,
E
HITJBYAL
Bourbon Nominee in Wire
to Convention Declares
. "Real Temperance" Can
Be Attained by. Applica
tion of Jeffersonian Prin
ciplesTo Give Views on
All Issues Later.
ALBANY. N. Y June 29. U')
Governor Alfred K. Smith ueut an
acceptance telegram to the demo
cratic national convention today in
which he reiterated his hellef that
there should be fundamental
changes In the present provision
for national prohibition.
The full text of the telegram
from Governor Smith follows:
"I received your message in be-
1 halt of the convention. AVlth a
jdecp sense of responsibility nnd n
i fervent prayer for the guidance of
Divine providence, I accept tho
jcall of my party to lend it In the
I national campaign. 1 can think of
I no greater privilege in this world
i than to nerve our country.
"My gratitude to the convention
j for its exposition of confidence In
j me 1 cannot adequately express In
: this telegram. will have to
make it manifest by single handed
1 devotion to the United Slateu and
her people in every section.
, "The happlncsa nnd welfare or
I millions of men, women and chil
1 dren, -who constitute the nation wad
the, great driving forc,e behind the
doctrine enunciated by the immor
tal Jefferson, given life hy him and
carried through by Cleveland and
Wilson.
"1 am convinced that ovir plat
form voices that doctrine. I stand
eommiued to the platform and will
Welcome oji opportunity to organ
ize aptl, make niore efficient the
(agencies of government to the end
jihat the burden of taxation may
be lightened. ' , '
j' "Our platform lays at rest tho
1 absurd claim Insidiously put out by
' republican propaganda that tho
republican party bus a monopoly
upon the mechanics of prosperity.
Our platform in its staff and fi
nancial policy gives assurance to
every legitimate business m a n,
wage earner, farmer and taxpayer
that prosperity will not he con
served hut fairly distributed ntnon;
all.
'The definite declaration of the
convention to aid agriculture and
the planks dealing with labor
problems are . sound, progressive
and sincere as Is also the party
commitment to the development of
our water power without alienat
ing our God-given resources. Our
plank on foreign policy states the
ulmple truth that the divine com
mand to "love thy neighbor us thy
self,' . contains no limitation uml
was intended to apply as between
nations.
"The equal and even enforce
ment of luw Is the cornerstone
upon which rests the whole struc
ture of democratic government. If
It is the will .of the people of this
nation thnt I ant to take an oath
as president of the United States
to protect and defend our constitu
tion nnd laws t will execute that
oath to the limit of . my ability
without reservation or evasion.
"It is well known that I believe
there should -be . fundnme n t u I
changes in the present provisions
for the national prohibition, based
as I staled In my-Jackson day let
ter for the fearless application to
the problem' of the principles of
Jeffersonian democracy. While 1
fully appreciate that these changes,
can onlv he made hv the neonle
j themselves through their eleeU-d
legislative representatives I feel It
to be the duty of the phosen lender
of the people to point the way
which In his opinion. leads to a
sane, sensible solution of a condi
tion which I am convinced is enf
tli ely unsatisfactory to the great
mass of our people.
"Common lionenty compels us to
admit that, corruption of law en
forcement offlcalls, bootlegging
and lawlessness are now prevalent
throughout thle country. I am
satisfied that without returning to
the old evlbj thnt grew from the
saloon, which years ugo I held and
still hold was nnd ought always to
! be a defunct Institution in this
I country, by the application of the
t democratic principles of local self
government and states rights, we
jean secure real tempemnce, re
1 sport for law and eradication of
; the existing evils,
j "In my forma necentanep of
; your nomination I shall give to
the people of the country my views
in full upon all the Issues of the
campaign. In tho way that 1 know
fhat you can do it, give the dele
gates my warmest thanks for the
'confidence they have reposed in
I me nnd my assurance that with
their support I confidently expect
to lead the historic democratic
party to victory In Nuvesihor,"
After saying In the telegram that
he believed the saloon nupht al
ways to he a defunct Institution,
he asserted his belief that by the
application of the democratic prln
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