The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, August 26, 1904, Page 12, Image 12
fr-yr -w rryryfyMHy WMpWIj r 12 The Commoner. 'VOLUME k, NUMBER 32. m If 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." niUOriin $26,000-00 mado from holf ncro lllNXrnh Easily grown in Garden or Larm UII1UL.I1U Hoots and Bceds for sale. Send 4c for postage and get booklet A. Q.telllngall about It. 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