The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-25
Mn. WELLER ACCEPTS.


NASHUA. Iowa, Sept. u, 1884.
Hon. j. d. JENKINS, IloS. WM. MoCLiN-
rocK, Hon NJ. i. HnNphcK, Gen
tlemen Committee:
Your official communication OF
date, Brownsville, Iowa. Sept. .. 1884,
informing me OF the action Of your
convention held ut Calmar the 9th
inst, came to hand this morning on
my return FROM Des Moincs. | ac-
cept the nomination SO rendered to
me 10y your convention ~ Il mark Of
honor to be by me most highly es-
tccmed rs a popular expression on
the part Of Il distinguished body Of
earnest, honest, intelligent, patriotic,
representative men. who, by years Of
experience within, and knowledge Of
the wants OF tho industrial classes Of
the Fourth congressional district
rs well us state and nation--hayc
thus determined to inlorse tho gen.
eral course Of action pursued by me
as representative OF the people
farmers, mechanics, wage workers
and business men--of this congress.
sional district in the first session OF
the Forty.cighth congress; also as
renewed evidence that the democ.
racy OF the district are in harmony
with the doctrine taught by the early
democratic presidents. notably JEFF
ferson and jackson, who each pro-
claimed that congress by its legis-
lative acts should advocate, support
and defend the rights of the many
against the privileges Of the few, and
that corporations created by the
state should be cont oiled 10y the
state"
am satisfied that the democracy
in this district and state are, a. am,
in harmony with that noble scnti-
mcnt and great, grand truth uttered
by President Lincoln IN his message
TO congress, Dee. 3rd, 1861, wherein
he stated.
Labor Is prior TO and Independent,
of capital. Capital Is only the fruit
of labor and could never have existed
had no, labor first existed. Labor
l. the superior OF capital and deserves
much the higher consideration"
/ l am satisfied that the soldiers
who went TO the front in the hours Of
our country's peril, leaving home
wife, children. business interests and
all ut the call OF the government
have, in far too many Instances, been
most shamefully neglected, and
called upon FOR proof 10 sustain thei,
claims, which WAS unnecessary ant
!. in very many eases Impossible /,
obtain. whereby their efforts to Sc
cure n Just pension have been do
feated and their dependent relatives
left to the n.ereyof charity; and thai
the nanipulators of the latter da,
republican party have been, there
for. wholly responsible during tn,
last fifteen years Of official malad
ministration, as also for the euor
nous growth aud multiplied mum
hcrs of the corporate monor ollie:
that are and have been eating NJ
the substance OF the people, result
i'm the creation Of millionaire an,
landlord arssIocracv on the one hant
OF character similar to that in tn,
British empire. that has fed upoi
the toiling millions and throttlcc
Irish liberties, producing here, a>
there, hy tyrannous class legisla
ton, conditions Of poverty and dis
tress. inimical To the welfare OF /,
people, who are by the genius of oul
form of government--tho govern
ment itself.
am earnestly, as you are, in IA
vor OF revision Of the tariff In tn,
interest of labor and the people, hu
not i'm tho interest Of rich corpora
: tons and manufacturing monopo
lies.
!! Therefore, being thus, rs in Other
material particulars, in harmon.
with the governmental purposes
you hold as Invaluable To the peopl,
4 the producing classes and business
interests--ana believing the time ii
nj hand for united action on the part
OF all who highly prize u government
Of hy AMI for the neopse--all VIII,
deplore the class legislation brought
into existence and fostered 10y tn,
manipulusors Of the republican party
and who desire TINT the books q
republican rule, management an,
policy, OF twenty years continuance
be settled up and balance struck
and other action had that will re
store to the people conditions o
peace and prosperity, l, with grea
pleasure, accept the nomination 20,
have so Craeiously and unanimonsl,
bestowed upon me, and pledge TN
swerSing devotion rs Il servant o
the nennfe With hi srh rararls