Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-28

SemDIy when you OlHcIaily IepIeSeHt. IL
have been selected by the national Dem
ocratic convention as It's candidate TOT
nigh office is distinction of which any
citizen might well be proud. would 40
violence to my own feelings, sir, should l
fail to express my gratitude Tor the terms
in which you have advised me OF the result
of the dellheratiOn of the convention. DIS
trusting my capacity fully to meet the eX-
pectatiOn Of those who have honored me
by their confidence, accept the nomlnation
so generously rendered. Should the acrlon
Of the Chicago convention receive the
approval of the people. l shall, to the best
Of my ability, discharge with hdellty the
duties of the important trust conilded IN
me. Reference has been made in terms OF
commentator to the last Democratic adj
mlnistration. [ am gratified to know that
it has in so marked q degree received the
endorsement of the Democratic party l
am persuaded that intelligent discussion
of the issues involved in the pending con-
test for political supremacy will result IN
victory to the party which stands for
honest methods in government, economy
in public expenditures and rellet to the
people from the burdens OF unjust taxa
ton.
l am not unmindful, Mr.. Chairman, of
the grave responsibilities which attach TO
the great office for which l have been
named. [ may be pardOned for quoting III
this connection the words OF the honored
patriot, Thomas A. Hendricks. When
officially informed that he had been deslg-
mated by his party for the vice-presldency
in 1884, he SAID: IL know that sometimes
it is understood that this partlular office
does not involve much responsibility, and
as a general rule that is so. But some
times it comes to represent very great re-
spOnSiDilitieS. and it may be so in the near
future. The two parties IN the Senate be-
ing so nearly evenly divided, the vlce-pres-
ident may have to decide upon questions
OF law by the exercise OF casting a vote:
The responsibility would then become very
great. 1t would then be the responsibility
Of representing district or state. 1t
would be the responsibility OF representing
the whole country, and the obligation
would be to the Judgment OF the whole
country. And that vote, when thus cast,
would be in obedience to the just expecta-
tons and requirements of the people OF the
United States" Should it please my coun-
trymen to call me to this office, the high
appreciation OF its dignity and official re-
sponsibiltieS expressed in the utterances
and illustrations i'll the public life Of the
eminent statesman whom i have men
toned, Will be light to my own path
way.
In the contest upon which we now enter,
we make no appeal to the passions, but to
the sober Judgment of the people. We be-
lieve that the welfare OF the tolllng
millions of our cOuntrymen is bound up IN
the success OF the Democratic party. Re
cent occurrences in neighbOring state
have sadly emphasized the fact that high
protective tariff affords no protection and
tends in no way 70 better the condition OF
those who earn their bread by daily toll.
Believing in the right of every voter to cast
his ballot unawed by power, the Demo-
cratic party Will steadily oppose all legls-.
lation which threatens to lmperll that
right by the interposltion of bayonets at
the polls. In a more formal manner here
after, Mr.. Chairman, will indicate by let
ter my acceptance of the nomination ten
derei me by the national Democratic con-
ventlon, and will give expression to my
views touching the important questions
enunciated in its platform.