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'VOLUME k, NUMBER 32.
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letter to assist in restoring to power
thut party whoso principles and past
h.story guarantee a safe, wise, econ
omical and constitutional administra
tion of the government.
"I find it, therefore a great pleas
ure, standing here upon the border
land of the two Virginias, to receive
and accept tho commission you bear
n.)d to Bend greetings through you to
the democracy of tho entire cduntry.
Is i( no1 significant of a closer and
truer brotherhood among- us that for
the firs' time sinco the civil war a
nominee on tho national ticket has
been taken from that section of our
common country that lies south of
Mason and Dixon's line a happy rec
ognition of the obliteration of all sec
tional differences which led to and
followed that unhappy struggle?
"As an introductory to tho few re
marks I shall make I desire to say
that I heartily indorso the platform
upon which I have been nominated
and, with the convention and its nom
inee for presidont, regard the pres
ont monetary standard of value as ir
revocably established.
"In tho campaign preceding the last
eloctlon much stress was laid by re
publican speakers upon the prosper
ous condition ot the country and fore
bodings wore heard of tho ill results,
especially to tho laboring man, which
would follow any change in the poli
tical complexion of the government.
"It is true that the time's then were
good, but it is no less a fact that,
while there has boon no change in
the party in power, many of tho evils
prophesied have come under republi
can rulo. Four years ago factories,
mills, mines and furnaces were in ac
tive operation, unable to supply the
demand, but now many are closed and
those that are open are being oper
ated with reduced force on short
hours. Then wages were high, labor
was scarce and thero was work for
all.
"Now work is scarce, many wage
earners unemployed and wages re
duced. The, apprehension which now
provails in. business circles and the
present unsatisfactory Industrial con
ditions j)t the country seem to demand
a political change.
"In the language of our platform,
'tho rights of labor are certainly no
hpss vested, no less sacred and no less
inalienable than the rights of capi
tal.' The time is opportune to em
phasize tho truth of this utterance.
Tho hiost sacred right of property is
tho right to possess and own one's
self and tho labor of one's own hands
capital itself being butstojed-up- la
bor. For years I worked in "the ranks
as a wage earner and I know what it
is to earn- my living in the sweat of
my "brow. I have always believed
and my convictions came rroni tho
hard school of experience that, meas
ured by tho character of work he does
and tho cost of living, a man is en
titled to a full compensation for his
sorvices. My experience as a wage
Gurtc! to Stay Curd.
Mrs. S. T. Roberts, Clinton, La., sent a postal
card request for a trlul bottlo of Drake's Pal
metto Wino to Dralio Formula Company, Drake
Bloolc, Chicago, 111., and received It promptly
by roturn mall without oxpenso to hor. Mrs.
Roborts writes that tho trial bottle of this won
derful Palmotto Modlclno proved quite sufficient
tio completely cure hor, Sho says: "Ono trial
bottlo of Drako's Palmotto Wluo has cured mo
f tor months of Intonso aufforinff. My trouble
was Inflammation of Bladdor and serious con
dition of Urinary organs. Drake's Palmetto
Wine crave mo quick and entire rollot and I
have had no troublo since using tho one trial
bottlo."
Drako's Palmetto Wine oures overy such.
case to stay cured. It Is a truo, unfailing speci
fic for Liver, Kidnoy. Bladder and Prostate
Troubles caused by Inflammation, Congestion
orCatarrh. Whonthoro Is Constipation. Drako's
Palmotto Wine produces a gentle and natural
aotlon of the bowel3 and cures Constipation im
mediately, to stay cured. Ono small doso a day
does all this splendid work and any reador of
this paper may provo it by wrltlnpr to Drake
Formula Company. Drake Building, Chlcago.Ill.,
for a trial bottle of Drake's Palmotto Wine. It
Is free, and euros. A letter or postal card Is
vour only oxpenso.
earner and my association with, labor
have alike taught me the value of
democratic principles, for In them tho
humblest has tho strongest security
for individual right and the highest
stimulus to that independence of spir
it and love of self-help which produce
tho finest private characters and form
the base of the best possible govern
ment. "The receipts of the government for
the year ending June 30, 1902, the first
fiscal year of the present administra
tion, showed a surplus over expendi
tures of $91,000,000, but for tho fiscal
year ending June 30, 1904, Instead of
a surplus, there was a deficit of $41,
000,000. From July 1, 1904, to Aug.
10, or for about a month and a third
of the present fiscal year, the expendi
tures of tho government have exceeded
the receipts by $21,715,000. There
could be no stronger evidence of tho
extravagance into which the republi
can party has fallen and no more pot
ent argument in behalf of a change
to the party whose tenets have al
ways embraced prudence and economy
in administering the people's affairs.
"Our republican friends are prone to
refer to the great commercial growth
of tho country under their rule and
yet the census reports show that from
1850 to I860, under democratic rule
and tho Walker tariff, tho percentage
of increase was greater in population,
wealth, manufactures and railroad
mileage, the factors which affect most
largely the prosperity or the country,
than any decade since.
"Tho cost of government has largely
increased under republican rule. The
expenditures per capita for tho last
years respectively of the administra
tions given, taken from the reports
of the secretary of tae treasury, were
as follows:
"In 18G0, under Buchanan, $2.01.
"In 1893, under Harrison, $5.77
"In 1897, under Cleveland, $5.10.
"In 1901, under McKinley, $0.56.
"In 1904, under Roosevelt, $7.10.
"The republicans now claim great
consistency in their attitudo upon tho
currency question and the president
in his recent speech of acceptance
said that they know what they mean
when they speak of a stable currency,
'the same thing from year to year
and yet in the platforms of their party
in 1884, 1888 and 1892 they favored
the double standard of value. In the
platform of 1888 they said 'the repub
lican party is in favor of tho use of
both gold and silver as money and
condemns the policy of the democratic
administration in its efforts to demon
itize silver.'
"I congratulate your committee and
the constituency it represents In the
selection by the delegates tcv the na
tional convention of the nominee for
the presidency. He is a man of cour
age, yet prudent; of high ideals, yet
without pretense; of the most whole
some respect for tho constitution and
the majesty of the laws under it and
a sacred regard for their limitations;
of the keenest sense of justice, which
would rebel against compounding a
wrong to an individual or to. a na
tion; positive in conviction, ' yet of
few words; strong in mental and
moral attributes and yet withal mod
est; possessed of a sturdy constitution
and magnificent manhood and yet
temperate in his actions and dignified
in his demeanor.
"It is not the orator or man of let
ters but the man of -reserve force, of
sound judgment, of conservative
mothod and steadiness of purpose,
whom tho people hav.e called to the
office of the presidency, notably In
the contests between Jefferson and
Burr, Jackson and Clay, Lincoln and
Douglas, Grant and Greeley, Cleveland
and Blaine.
"Dire predictions wero made by our
ijuuucm opponents or. what would hap-
they misjudged the temper of the
party and the people. While thero
had been differences in preceding cam
paigns, at St. Louis they were all
harmonized and a common ground
was found upon which all could stand
and do' battle for democratic princi
ples. A platform was adopted by a
unanimous vote, embracing the issues
of tho day and presenting to tho peo
ple a declaration of principles which
in the language of the times is sane,
safe and sound.
"With a candidate whose personality
appeals to the good sense and sound
judgment of the American people, a
platform whose principles are for the
greatest good to the greatest number
and a reunited party earnest for the
restoration of good and economical
government we should succeed and
the principles of democracy , again
triumph.
"I beg my countrymen as they value
their liberty to guard with great caro
the sacred right of local self-government
and to watch with a jealous eyo
the tendency of the times to centralize
power in the hands of the few.
"Mr. Chairman, it is an added pleas
ure to receive this notification at your
hands. You have been conservative
and courageous as leader of our party
in the house of representatives, a po
sition which few men have filled with
the signal ability that you have dis
played. "It will be my pleasure and duty at
a time not far hence to accept more
formally in writing the nomination
which you have tendered in such
graceful and complimentary terms and
to give my views upon some of the
important questions now command
ing the attention of the country."
i,u,,"wj uiijjummLa ul wnat would han- thp nnfinrlni j, l , r W1" iv'oojdi
pen at tUo S,Lol3 convention, lJXSSS
I rv gal Is on Cleveland.
A reader of The Commoner sends in
tho late Senator Ingall's estimate of
Cleveland. It was printed at the time
of Mr. Cleveland's retirement from tho
presidency, March 4, 1897. It is re
produced at this time to show how dif
ferently the republicans treat Mr.
Cleveland now that they are trying to
make him a candidate again from
what they did when he was president.
If Mr. Cleveland was nominated (an
impossibility) the republicans would
attack him just as Ingalls did, and
the democrats -would find it impossible
to defend him. The article appeared
in the New York Journal in 1807:
"Washington, . March 3. The last
day of Grover Cleveland! Had. tho
American people no other cause for
universal joy, this alone would suf
fice. He went into power with much
opposition. He goes out with none.
The nation shares the relief with
which he professes to anticipate lib
eration from the cares and burdens
of state. If ho has a hearty, cordial
sincere friend, advocate and champion
in either house of congress, such a ono
lures pnvuy in ambush and make
no announcement.
"Intrusted with plenary power bv
the people in 1893," tho failure of his
administration in every department
stands confessed. His policy at home
has been destructive, and abroad hu
miliiating and ignominious. The de
graded coalition, by which ho was
elected made no promises that ho has
not violated, and gave no pledges that
he lias not betrayed. His tariff re
form has afforded neither revenue for
the treasury, protection for capital
nor wages for labor. His financial
measures have restored neither con
fidence nor prosperity. Upon the pre-'
,r "Vl""IH,u nF tne m reserve,
to meet deficiencies in the ordinary
expenses of the government. His di
plomacy has beqn apologetic and vac
illating to the verge of dishonor
saved only from infamy by its gro
tesque and diverting imbecility.
"The Hawaiian episode would be in
credible in tho prospectus of a comic
opera. There has been no day in tho
past four years that has not witnessed
some new triumph in Clevelandisni
some bank closed; some railroad in
the hands of a receiver; some mer
chant broken; some furnace extin
guished; some maimed and disabled
veteran stigmatized and branded with
dishonor, driven to the asylum or the
grave. Boasting of his robust and in
corruptible integrity, he retires with
a vast fortune, accumulated during tho
most disastrous period of his country's
history, in whiclj millions have been
reduced fronr affluence to want, and
from poverty to beggary.
"History will record its incredulity
that such an. imposter could so long
escape detection. He is the central
figure of one epoch to which no lover
of his country will ever revert without
the blush of indignant shame at tho
destruction of its resources and tho
degradation of its dignity and honor;
a period that has no parallel, except
in the time of Walpole, described by
Macaulay as "the era of dwarfish tal
ents and gigantic vices; the paiadise
of cold hearts and narrow minds; tho
golden age of the coward, the bigot
and the Blave.' He bequeaths to his
successor falling revenues, disordered
finances, prostrated industries and so
cial discontent, which has already ob
literated political frontiers and will
compel the readjustment of parties
to meet the conditions of the revo
lution upon which we have entered.
"JOHN J. INGALLS."
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