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itoratod its determination that I
should bo tho standard bearer of tho
party in tho present contest. This
mark o trust and confidenco I shall
over esteom as tho highest honor that
could bo conferred upon mo an honor
that, whatovor may bo tho fato of tho
campaign, tho futurb can In no degree
losson or Impair.
"Tho admirable platform upon
which tho party appeals to tho coun
try for its conildonco ana support
clearly states tho principles which
woro so well 'condensed in the first in
augural address of President Jofforson,
and points out with force and direct
ness the courso to bo pursued through
thoir proper application in order to
insure needed reforms in both tho leg
islative and administrative depart
ments of tho government. While un
hesitating in its promise to correct
abuses and to right wrongs wherever
they appear or howover caused; to in
vestigate tho several adminisliatlve
departments of tho govornment, tho
conduct of whoso oilicials has created
scandals, and to punish thoso who
have boon guilty of a breach of thoir
trust; to oppose the granting of special
privileges by which tne rew may profit
at tho expense of the many; to prac
tice economy in tho expenditure of
the moneys of tho peopro, and to that
end to return once more to tho meth
ods of tho founders of tho republic by
observing in disbursing tho public
tundL the care and caution a pru
dent individual observes with- respect
to his own; still the spirit of tho plat
form assures conservative, instead .of
rash action; tho protection of the in
nocent as well as the punishment of
tho guilty; tho encouragement of in
dustry, economy and thrift; tho pro
tection of property and a guarantee of
tho enforcement for tho benefit of all
of man's inalionablo rights, among
which, as said in the Declaration p
Independence, are 'liro, liberty and tho
pusult of happiness. Liborty, as un
derstood in this country means not
only the right of freedom from actual
servitude, Imprisonment or restraint,
but the right of ono to use his facul
ties In all lawful ways, to live and
work whero ho will and to pursue any
lawful trade or business. These es
sential rights of lifo, liborty and prop
erty are not only guaranteed to the
citizen-by the- constitution of each of
' tho several states, but the states are
by tho fourteenth amendment to tho
constitution of tho United States for
bidden to deprive any person of any
one of them without due process of
law.
"Occasionally, by reason of unneces
sary or impatient agitation for re
forms, or because the limitations
placed upon tho departments of gov
ernment by tho constitution are dis
regarded by officials deslrmg to ac
complish that which to thorn seems
good, whether the power exists in
them or not, It becomes desirable- to
call attention to the fact that tho peo
ple In whom all power resides, have
soon fit, through tho medium of tho
constitution, to limit the governmental
powers conferrod and to say to depart
ments created by It: Thus far shalt
thou go and no farther. To secure the
ends sought the people have by tho
constitution separated and distributed
among tho throo departments of gov
ernment tho oxecutlvo, legislative and
judicial certain powers, and it is tho
duty of thoso administering each de
partment so to act as to preserve,
rather than to destroy, tho potency of
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is si great heart and blood tonic about
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tho co-ordinate branches of the gov
ernment and thus secure tho exorcise
of all tho powers conferred by tho
peoplo.
'Thomas Jofforson, in a letter to
William C. Jarvls, touching the per
petuity of our institutions, written
many years after ho had retired to
privato lifo, said: 'If tho three pow
ers of our govornment maintain their
mutual independence of each other, It
ma; last long, but not so If either can
d&auirio the authority of the other.'
It must bo confessed that in the courso
of our history executives hayo em
ployed powers not belonging to them;
statutes have been passed that were
expre&sly forbidden by the constitution
and statutes have been set aside as.
unconstitutional when it was difficult
to point out the provisions said to be
offended against in their enactment;
all this has been done with a good pur
post, no doubt, but in disregard, nev
ertheless, of tho fact that ours is a
govornment of laws, not of men, de
riving its 'just powers from the con
sent of the govorned.' If we would
have our government continue during
tho ages to come, for the benefit of
those who shall succeed us, we must
over be on our guard against the dan
ger of usurpation of that authority
which resides in the whole people,
whether the usurpation be by officials
representing one of the great depart
ments of government, or by a body of
men acting without a commission
from the people.
"Impatience of the restraints of law,
as well as of Its delays, is becoming
more and more manifest from day to
day. "Within the past few years many
Instances have been brought to our
attention where in different parts of
our beloved country, supposed crimi
nals have been seized and punished by
a mob, notwithstanding the fact that
the constitution of each state guaran
tees to every person within its juris
diction that his life, his liberty or
his property shall not be taken from
him without due process of law.
"In a struggle between employers
and employes, dynamite is said to have
been used by the later, resulting in
tho loss of life and the destruction of
property. Tho perpetrators of this of
fense against the laws of God and man,
and all others engaged in the con
spiracy with them, sliould, after due
trial and. conviction, have meted out
to them tho most rigorous punishment
known to tho law. This crime, added
perhaps to others, led to tho formation
of a committee of citizens that, with
the support of the military authority,
deports from the state, without trial,
persons suspected of belonging to tho
organization of which tho perpetra
tors of the dynamite outrages were
supposed to bo members. In both
cases the reign of law gave way to
tho reign of force. These illustrations
present some evidence of the failure
of government to protect the citizen
and his property, which not only jus
tifies the action of your convention in
this regard, but made it its duty to
call attention to the fact that consti
tutional guarantees are violated when
ever any citizen is denied the right
to lauor, to acquire and to enjoy prop
erty, or to reside where his interests
or inclination may determine; and the
fulfillment of the assuranco to rebuke
and punish all denials of these rights, I
wnumer urougut aoout oy individuals
or government agencies, should bo en
forced by evory official and supported
by ovory citizen. The essence of good
govornment lies in strict observance of
constitutional limitations, enforcement
of law and order and rugged opposi
tion to all encroachment upon tho
sovereignty of the people.
"Tho foregoing suggestions but em
phasize tho distinction which exists
between our own and many other
forms of govprnment, It has been
well said, in substance, that fw o
but two powers in .government, one
tho hand that wields it, and the other
tho power of tho law, sustained by an
enlightened public sentiment". The dif-r
ferenco in these powers is the differ
ence between a republic such as ours,
based on law and a written constitu
tion, supported by intelligence, virtue
and patriotism and a monarchy sus
tained by force exerted by an individ
ual, uncontrolled by laws other than
thoso made or sanctioned by him; ono
represents constitutionalism, tho other
imperialism.
"The present tariff law is unjust in
its operation, excessive in many of
Its rates and so framed in particular
instances as to exact" inordinate profits
from the people. So well understood
has this view become that many prom
inent members of the republican party
and at least two of its state conven
tions have dared to voice the general
sentiment on that subject. That party
seems, however, to be collectively able
to harmonize only upon a plank that
admits that revision may from time to
time be necessary, but it is so phrased
that it is expected to be satisfactory
to those in favor of an increase of
Iduty, and to thoso opposed to any
change whatever.
"Judged by the record of perform
ance, rather than that of promise, on
the part of that party in the past, it
would seem as if the outcome, in the
event of its success would be to gratify
the latter class. With absolute con
trol of both the legislative and execu
tive departments of the government
since March 4, 1897, there has been
neither reduction nor an attempt at
reduction in tariff duties. It is not
unreasonable to assume, in' the light
of that record, that a future congress
of that party will not undertake a re
vision of the tariff downward in the
event that it shall receive an indorse
ment of Its past course on that subject
by tho people. It is a fact and should
be frankly conceded that should our
party be successful in the coming con
test we can not hope to secure a ma
jority in the -senate during the next
four years, and hence we shall be un
able to secure any modification in the
tariff save that to which the republican
majority in the senate may consent.
While, therefore, we are unable to give
assurances of relief to the people from
such excessive duties as burden them,
it is due to them that we should state
our position to be in favor of a reason
able reduction of tho tariff; that we
believe that it is demanded by the best
interests of both manufacturer and
consumer, and that a wise and benefi
cent revision of the tariff can be ac
complished as soon as both branches
of congress and an executive in favor
of it are elected, without creating
that sense of uncertainty and insta
bility that has on other occasion man
ifested itself.
"This can be achieved by providing
that such a reasonable period shall in
tervene between the date of the enact
ment ot tho statute making a revision
and tho date of its enforcement as
shall bo deemed sufficient for the in
dustry or business affected by such
revision to adjust itself to tho changes
and new conditions imposed. So con
fident am I in the belief that the de
mand of the people for a reform of
the tariff is just, that I indulge the
hope that should a democratic house
of representatives and a democratic
executive be chosen by the people,
even a republican senate may heed
the warning and consent to give at
least some measure of relief to tho
peoplo.
"Tho combinations, popularly called
trusts, which aim to secure a monop
oly of trade in the necessaries of life
as well as in thoso things that are
employed upon the farm, In the fac
tory and in many other fields of In-
uusiry, nave been encouraged and
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ni maiivob in me necessities of 80
000,000 of people, by practically ex
cluding competition. With so largo
a market and highly remunerative
prices continuing long after the lino
of possible, competition would natur
ally bo reached, tho temptation of alt
engaged in the same business to com
bine, bo as to prevent competition at
home and a resulting reduction of
prices, has proved irresistible in a'
number of cases.
"All men must agree that the net
result of enacting laws that foster
such inequitable conditions, is most
unfortunate for tho people as a whole,
and it would seem as if all ought to
agree that tho effective remedy would
be, to "appropriately modify the offend
ing law. The growth of monopoly, of
which, complaint is justly made, can
not be laid at tho doors of the courts
of this country The decisions of tho
supreme court of the United States,
tho court of appeals of this state and
the courts of last resort in many other
states, warrant .tho assertion that tho
common law as developed affords a
complete legal- remedy against monop
olies. The fact that they have multi
plied in number and increased in pow
er lias been due, not to the failure of
tho courts to apply the law when prop
erly moved by administrative officials
or private individuals, but to the fail
ure Of officials charged with the duty
of enforcing the law to take tho neces
sary' -procedure to procure judgments
of "the courts in the appropriate juris
diction, coupled with the fact that tho
legislative departments of some of our
state governments as well as congress
in the manner already referred to
have, by legislation, encouraged their
propagation. Wliat is needed-in ad
dition to tho basis is not so much
other and different laws, as officials
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