Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-04
CLEVELAND ACCEPTS.


The President Formally Notified Of His
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bows to tho VIII OF
mo Party-His Remarks Accepting the
Honor.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The committee
appointed by the st. Louis convention to
notify President Cleveland Of his renomi-
nation met with the Democratic National
Committee at the Arlington Hotel
and adopted u letter of notification,
submitted by Mr.. Jacob, of Kentucky.
Hon. p. A. Collins, of Massachusetts was
chosen chairman of the notification com
mittee. s,-~~., s'.r r.,-. 80
The committee, forming into pairs, pro-
ceeded to the White House and were re-
ceived by the President in the East Room.
Chairman Collins In q few remarks stated
the object of the CALL and introduced
Charles u. Jacobs, of Kentucky, who read
the following letter of notifications: ~
THE LETTER
"WAsH1NGTON, June 1910 Hon. Grocer
Cleveland, Of NeW York Sir: The delegates to
tho National Democratic convention, repre.
senting every State md Territory OF our Union,
having assembled in tho city OF st. Louis on
June for the purpose of nominating
candidates for the offices OF President and Vice
President of the United States, it has become
the honorable and pleasing duty OF this COM
mittee to formally announce to you that. with
out q ballot, you were by reclamation chosen
as the standard-bearer OF the Democratic party
for the Chief Executiveship OF this country ut
the election to be held In Move mber next.
Great as is such distinction under any cir
cumstances. 1t is the more flattering and pro.
found when 1t is remembered that you have been
selected us your own successor to an office the
duties of which, always onerous, have been rem
dered OF an extraordinarily sensitive, difficult
and delicate nature because OF a change Of DO
Ntical parties and methods after twenty-four
years OF uninterrupted domination. This exalta-
ton is II possible added to by the fact that the
declaration OF principles based..u your M.
tional message to the United States relative to q
tariff reduction and q dimlnuton OF the expenses
of the Government throws down the direct and
defiant challenge for an exacting scrutiny OF
the administration OF the executive power
which four years ago was committed to its
trust by the election OF Grover Cleveland
President OF the United States and for the
most searching inquiry concerning its fidelity
and devotion to the pledges which then invited
the SURFACES Of the peonle.
IAN engrossed copy Of that platform, adopted
without dissenting voice, is herewith ten
dered to you. In conveying, SIR to you the re-
sponstble trust which has been confided to
them, this committee beg, individually and COL
lectively, to express the great pleasure which
they have felt ut the results attending the Ma.
tlonal convention OF the Democratic party. and
to offer to you their best wishes for official and
personal success and happiness.
ave have the honor, sir, to be your obedient
servants" [Signed by all the members OF the
committed.
Mr. Thomas S. Petit, secretary of the
Notification Committee, then presented Mr.
Cleveland with handsomely engrossed
copy Of the platform adopted at the Ma
tional Democratic convention.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
President Cleveland, in response, said:
II can not but be profoundly impressed when
see about me the messengers OF the National
Democracy bearing its summons to duty. The
political party to whom owe allegiance both
honors and commands me. It places in my
hands its proud standard and bids me bear it
high at the front in q battle which it wages
bravey, because conscious of right; confident
~, because its trust is In the people. and sober
ly, because it cOmprehends the obligations
which success imposes.
1.-The message which you bring awakens
within me the livel:est sense Of personal graft
tude and satisfaction, and the honor which you
tender me is in itself so great that there might
well be no room for any other sentiment. And
yet I can not rid myself of grave and serious
thoughts when I remember that party SUI
premacy is not alone involved IN the conflict
which presses upon US, but that we struggle to
secure and save the cherished institutions the
welfare and happiness of q Nation of freemen.
''Familiarity with the great ONCE which hold
has but added to my apprehension of its sacred
character and the conservation demanded Of him
who assumes its immense responsibilities. 1t is
the repository of the peoples will and power.
Within its vision should be the protection and
welfare Of the humblest citizen, and with quick
ear it should catch from the remotest corner OF
the land the plea of the people for justice and
for right. For the sake of the people he who
hold n nA4ra nf hat rh@ ~1~fr%
encroachment upon its legitimate functions,
and, for the sake OF the integrity and useful.
ness of the Office, it should be kept near to the
people and be administered in full sympathy
with their wants and needs.
"Th:s occasion reminds me most wildly Of
the scene when, four years ago. received
message from my party similar to that which
you now deliver. With all that has
passed since that day can truly say that the
feeling Of awe with which I heard the
summons then is intensified many fold
when it is repeated now. Four years
ago 1 knew that our chief executive Office, il
not carefully guarded, might drift little by
little away from the people to whom it be-
longed and become perversion Of all it ought
to be; but I did not know how much its
moorings had already been loosened.
knew four years ago how well devised
were the principles OF true Democracy for
the successful operation Of the Government for
necessary their application then was for the
restoration to the people Of their safety and
prosperity, I knew then that abuses
and extravagauces had crept into the
management OF public affairs, but
did not know their numerous forms
nor the tendency Of their grasp. knew then
something of the bitterness of partisan OBJ
struction, but did not know how bitter, how
reckless and how shameless 1t could be.
knew, too, that the American people were
patriotic and just. but I did not know how
grandly they loved their country nor how noble
and generous they were.
II shall not dwell upon the acts and the policy
OF the administration now drawing to close.
Its record is open to every citizen OF the land
And yet will not be denied tho privilege of
asserting ut this time that. in the exercise
of the functions of the high trust conflded
to me, l. have yielded obedience only
to the constitution and the solemn obligation
OF my oath Of Office. have done those things