Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-29

ing scTuGay OF the administration .! -"
executive power which four ye.rs ago
wss committed to its trust by the
election Of Grover Cleveland President OF
the United States, and for TIE mos.
sesLchi@g iIquirg CorCern.ng irs lefty
snd d rJtion 10 tie pledges whicl tn n
invited the suffrsges of the people.
An epgrossed copy OF shat platform
as adopted wiShc Ut dissenting
voice is herewith teLdeIed 10 you. In
conveying to you the responsible trus.
which mss been coIfded to them, this
committee beg INDIVIDUALLY ED collec-
lively 10 express the crest pleasure
wn ca they hkve felt g the r. ultS attend
ing the national couYcrtiCn Il the D no
cr.ic p4,iy, sGd % eff 20 you thel-
oest wish, fer fl ,ial ard fsfsunel sue
cess and happiness.
We have III honor, sir, &c be your
c2sGiert servants.
Sis- ei bg ali tire members CT The COM
mi'sse
Che President in reply said: NJ csn
NOT he on. profoundly impIesfed when l
sec ebou. me the messengers CT the na-
tiCrrl D e, CfsCy 5esrlug i summsLs to
dug. Tae p1li-ics. parry 20 which l o"e
ale gisnCe both honur5 ard commands
ne. Il pieces IN my hsnds its
proud sta, card and pids ne bear it high
81 he front N tie battle n aiCd it Wsges,
aravsiy, because c5rscious # right; con-
ldeutiy, because its trust is in the peo-
pl' AMI sCbery, because il cOmpIebeIds
tha obligations which success imposes.
The message which you bring awakens
vi me the livest
kENsE OF PERSONAL GRATITUDE
Erd satisfaction, and the honor which
you tender ue ig within Itself Sd great
thst there might veil be no call for
any other sentiments, end yet l cannot
rid myself Of erxvs and serious thought
Wien l remember thGt psrty supremacy is
not nlUne invelyS d in the col Eict which
prs sse5 upon Us, but that we sirul gle to
secure and save the che rished institutions,
Ihe welfare and -AlppiDess of the
nstion Of free men. Familiarity
with the great Cfi2e which
hold has but s5ded to my apprehension
ton demanded of him VINO assumes It's
immense responsibilities. Il is the re
pcsitory of the peoples Will ard power,
Within itg vision should BE- tie protection
Srt welfare OF the humblesg cit zen. and
WIN quaIh ShI IL suUuIu (atIu lIOm tHC
rem0test corner Of tie land
the plea CT the people
fjr justice snd for right.
For the gake OF tie people, he who holds
this flee OF theirs should resist every en-
creschment upon its legitimate functions,
snd for tie s.ke of integrity and useful
ness Of the office, it should be kept
NEAR TO THE Pc, PIE,
and be adj Mustered in full sympathy
with their wants snd needs, This coca
sion reminds NE most wildly OF the
scene hen fouS years ago l received
the message from my party similar 20
that which you low celivef, with al that
bss passed since that dsy.
can truly say that the feeling OF awe
with which l hesrd the summCns tae1, is
Intensified many fold wren il is repeated
now. -Four years ago l knew that our
chief executive efice, Il not carefully
guarded, might DRIFT, little by little, sway
from the people TO whom it belor ged snd
become perversion of all it ought to De;
but did not know how much its moor
h.s had already been loosened.
l Knew four years sgo how well devised
were the principles OF tue Democracy
for the successful operation OF gov II
men. by the people and for the people,
but 1 did not know how absolutely
necessary thfif application then WAS for
the restoration 10 the people Of their
safety and prosperity. knew then that
abuse. end ex.IavEgance hht crept into
the Management & pubic aI1i5s, but l
did nc. know tatlr numerous forms nor
tie teIaCi'y of their grasp. knew then
souethi g Of the oi.teraess OF partisan
o o9tructiJ", cut 1 GId nor kaow row
bitter. how reckless and how
shameless II could be. l know, too, that
the American people were patriotic snd
j list, but I die rot know BOW grandly
.E-y loved then c. uAlrJ, noc now no0le
ESQ generous they were. l shall not
dwell upon the seq and policy Of The ad-
uiOistTstion now drawing 10 It's close.
lis record is opsu 20 every citizen of the
lard. And yet 1ill not be denied the
privilege Of asserting st this time
thGt in the exercise of the
functions OF the high trust col fiied to
me, have yielded ooedieIce only to the
constitution and ny obligation to ny os.h
Of flee. Have done those things which
in the light of the understanding God has
given NE seemed most conducive 10
THE WELFARE f MY CoUNTRYMEN,
and the promotion OF coed government. |
L. T.