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I 111 i ! 16 :l 'SM iflm. Ml Jr. - " " " " "" I ., . xv.i nnnflnn T aon in The Commoner, VOLUME 12, NUMBER U Samuel M. Ralston of Indiana Samtiol M. Unlston has been noini nntcd na tho democratic candidate for governor of Indiana. In 189G ho was tho democratic candldato for secretary of state and mado an earnest fight for tho democratic ticket in that year. Ho Is tho only democrat In Indiana to receive mo nomination for governor by acclama tion fllnco 1872 when Thomas A. HondrickB was given that honor. Tlio democrats of Indiana liavc honored themselves in honoring Ralston and tho people of that state will inalco no mistako if they elect him by a rousing majority. Follow ing aro extracts of tho speech de livered to tho convention by Mr. Ralston: "I accopt tho nomination you have tendered mo for governor of Indiana, keenly appreciative of tho gracious honor it brings and profoundly im pressed with tho burden it imposes. It is no moan distinction for a man to have tho respect and confidence of his homo community. This alone puts him under obligation to walk humbly and justly among those with whom his lot is cast. But whon his fellow citizens choose him to repre sent them in a frco government his obligation runs to posterity and he is morally bound to consecrate to tho public service tho best he has of heart and brain his ripest citizen ship. Tliorefore, at tho bar of your conscience in tho presence of these thousands of my countrymen, I swear alloglanco to tho conception of ofllcial duty. "I am an optimist. I recognize, however, that life has its smooth ways and its rough ways. It has its high places and its valleys its sun shine and its clouds its hopes and its foars. But in tho swing of the world there is constant advancement. Wo have proven our ability for self govornmont in this country by refus ing to forgot that in their struggles to improvo their condition tho masses bend beneath thoir load and by insisting that in this republic tho humblest and tho mightiest shall stand upon an equality before the law. "Tho maintenance of equality among mon, in so far as government has any relation thereto, makes life secure, protects property rights and guarantees to labor the bread it earns. But whenever this guaran tee to labor is not kept, tho con tinued advocacy of the equality of men becomes a farce and a source of discontent. Tho bread of the masses marks the lino of separation between democracy and plutocracy. Democ racy as wo have it with its limita tions will triumph in this country as long as it safeguards tho possessions ii ,u n( rlnvrtHnn T ROB friendship a new significance, and out of an overflowing heart I paj them tho tribute of my affections," ,..i.n. t N.aMliiHnnR should VVlilio our buuu iiiounii.'"" -not bo dealt with in a parsimonious mannor, it must not be forgotten that tho money required to maintain them conies from the people. Figu ratively speaking, it represents their heart-boats and nerve force a part of their lives and should not bo ex pended with the indifference of tho spendthrift. "Whonever it can be done with out injury to tho public service me number of employes in any depart ment of state should be kept at the minimum, having duo regard for tho public service, and no employe should bo allowed to hold a place on tho pay roll o tho stato who does not meet tho requirements of his position. Economy and efllciency in public ofllco aro basic principles of tho democratic party, and the tax payer has tho right to demand that tho policy oi our party, wnen in con trol of tho state, shall square with these principles. "The peoplo of this stato are generous. Thoy aro humane. They prefer reformation to conviction. They would rather forgive than con demn. They never demand vindi cative justice. Because of these characteristics possessed by them in so marked a degree they have pro vided for the unfortunate of our citizenship benevolent, reformatory and penal institutions. Theso insti tutions aro the objects of public affection. They aro too sacred to bo treated as party plunder, and that party will incur public condemnation that stakes them as a prize in a poli tical contest. "Chosen as I have been to head my party's ticket in tho campaign of iyiz, i am thereby licensed to ask for your co-operation. I must have ANYBODY CAN LAY T. 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