The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-08-04
BooKwALTER's REPLY

EVAN L. w AND,
ALAMO. myers.
BooKwALTER's REPLY
SPRINGFIELD, Oh o, July %.
James B Steadman, Evau f. Williams, and
Aiian U Myers, Co umous Ohio
SIRs: Your letter OF the 1ith instant was
duly received, informing me of my n, mi
nation BY the democratic convention for the
Office of governor of OHIO. To say that l
am deeply sensible of the honor yonr con
ver tiOa has conferred upon me, would DO
to express very imperfectly the feeling with
which regard our communication. Ii Is
at once an honor and responsibility by
which no man can fail to be gravely i'm
pressed, to De thus chosen a. the standards
bearer of Il party which has been led, and
Alor,oLs.y led in past oItllcts, oy the w'sest
and ablest statesmen of the time. cannot
hope to bring 10 the task the same
measure of wisdom, skill and eos
qu,nce which they have displayed
out happily the greatness OF the party, anu
the cause which it represents, must in any
case oyershedow the personal attributes OH
candidates, whether they be OF the highest or
humblest order, and 10 accepting, as l do
this trust, at your hands, l rely for success
not on any talent Of my own, but upon the
persssent force Of democratic principles and
party of OHIO has uniformly displayed.
THE PLATFORM
adopted by your convention mas receiv'
ed my attentive consideration, aid In
tho spirit and substance of its
uttsrance l most heartily concur
1t embodies, in my opinion, reforms for
which there is an imperative demand in the
character and scope of our legislative policy,
and The objects and purposes f,r which the
government is administered. Unless tn e.
reforms are accomplished, we must drift FUR
Their and further from the true sirh and III
tent of popular government. Lerlslauoh'
which should be directed solely and strictly
to the interests of the many, tends more and
more in these times toward subservlence To
the few. No doubt this will exist in oil
communities, and has its source independ-
emily Of party organization, but in our own
state and under the auspices ct
the party in power it has bes
come more dangerously prevalent than
ever before. 1t is De.ief tn which have
ever adhered, and have often given express
sion Of, that the function of government
should in no case be exercised 10 behalf ot
nny section or class to the dstr ment OF any
other. Sill less is it justified In yielding
tuem TO the service of corporations and
powerful monopoies, intrencbed in their
owe wealth and sbundsnly capable OF self
protection, as against the mass of the PEG.
Die, and particularly the agricultural AID
mechsuicsl classes. These have no organizes
ton, and none but numerical power, and
their sole defense and safeguard against sg
erosion and wrong lies in The fidelity OF their
repr sentsiives. .
Among many cases in point, the manage
ment of the convict labor of the state, 10
which your platform alludes, is a worthy
one and here as elsewhere reform Is
plsinly called for to the end that the gov,
ernmept of the state if it cannot directly aid
the laboring classes, shall no. present its
eli in the character of their enemy and op-
pressor.
The fifth resolution of your platform
relates to question of vital interest and
expresses in brief and plain terms opposition
to legi,lation of merely