Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
STEVENSON ACCEPTS.
The Wee Presidential Candidates
L tier.
he Sends His Formal Communication
to Chairman Wilson.

de bends his Formal communication
to Chairman Wilson.
Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic candidate
for the Vicc-Presdency, has sent the fol.
lowing letter o! acceptance to the president
of the National Democratic Convention:
To the Hol. William l. Wilson, Chair
man, &C.:
When in the presence of 1000 of my
countrymen | accepted the honor conferred
upon ne by the convention, over which you
presided, promised to indicate by letter in
a more formal manner my acceptance of the
nomination rendered NE by to assembled
representatives Of the Democratic party of
the United States.
Since that time have been engaged con-
tinual in the discassion before the PEG. lie
of many states of the Union of the ssues EN-
phasizied by the convention and re. resented
by our candidate for Presiden, Grover
Cleveland. Opportunity has thus be n de-
MED me t. write with the care would like
the more formal answer promised TO your
committee. The full discussion of public
questions con monty expected from a car di-
date for Vice-Presiden. has been rendered
less inpe alive by the complete presentation
of the Democratic creed by the gentleman
with whom | h We he fonor to be ass eli
ated as candidate on the national ticket.
His treatment of the issues now before the
country for discussion and settlement was
so complete that C do tile more than
endorse his post on and give it the emphasis
of my unq al fled appro, all
~ he create power CONFER ed upon
human government is that of taxation. All
the great st uggle of the past for broader
no ha " haU. looEa6 toward the
imitation of this power by right to tax, a
right which should always be limited by the
ne3essi, les of government and to benefits
which may be shared by all. Whenever this
lower is used to draw tribute f.om the
many for the bent fit of the few, or when
part of a people are oppressed in order that
The remainder may prosper unduly, equality
S lost sight of, injustice hardens to pre-
cedent, which is used to excuse new exac
tons, aud there arise artificial distinctions
which the beneficaries come to look upon in
due time as vested rights, sacre1 to them
selves.
There i, no longer e.ext or excuse for
the maintena re OF war tariff in times of
peace and more than a quarter of century
after armed conf ct has ceased. The | lat
form OF the Nat o4al Democratic Conve
ton demands the reform of this system and
the adoption in its place of one wLich wi
insure equality to all oar people. | am in
full and hearty aceorI with these purposes.
'The conv ntion also declared its position
on the currency question i'll no uumean ng
words wre it "a Il in its platform: "We
hold to the Us, Of both gold and silver as the
standard no-ey of count y, and to the
co mage of both gold and lv,r without s.
eliminating against either metal or charge
for mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage
of both metals must be of equal intrinsic
and exchsngeable value, or be adjusted
through International sg cement, or by such
safeguards Of legislation as shall insure the
party of t. twometals and the equal power
OF every do lar al all ii nes in he markets
AID in payments of deot, we demand
that all paper currency sha be kept at par
with and redee nab.e in such coin"
"Another ssus Of great moment ia the
pending contest is the force bill the magu.-
tude # which cannot he overs ated. Ii my
msll conrrJl OF tn, e.ecs on of Repre-
sentative in Congress by the bay on t. The
Republican party, by its acts in tae Fifty
first Congress, and y It's platform in its ate
National Convention, stands edged to the
passage of his bill. That It will pass it
wnen 1t as the power no sane man en-
doubt To all our people who desire the
peace and pro pc ity OF cur country this
question is all important.
''Since my nomhat on | have been in
eight OF the Southern and Southwestern
States of the Union, aud have talked 10 men
of all classes and conditions there. | fou i'd
Srnefat anu growing apprehension OF
evils, VIII ca it is b Alieye would result
from the passage Ct the Lodge bill or similar
threatened | gisiat on l ( und that the in
dustI eS established by Nothern capital
during Mr.. Cleye an g adm stra,lon were
in Ia1guishiug condition; tlat the immi
grafton of labor and the investment Of CAPT
tai invited to tuosa states BY their then
peaceful condition, Tad in a large measure
ceased. The enactment of the force bill into
a law, while it would threaten the liberties
of the entire people, would undoubtedly re-
tara the material growth of The states, at
which It is specially aimed; would incite in
many communities lace troubles, and invite
reta iatory legislation, which would disturb
property va ues and disco tinue and destroy
the security of Northerl inves tments. And
is reflex acton upon the Northern Stat 8
would result in a consequent loss of com
mercial and trade relations with the vast
territory now ecoming tributary to their
wealth and prosperity. say nothing now
Of the inherent vice of the un-American and
revolutionary spirit inyo.yel in the Lodge
bill, which was pronounced by a Repubii-
can Senator the most infamous that yer
or SIS ID g threshold of the Senate | APP
peal to the instinct Of self interest and tine
sense of common justice in the American
people. The area o. good feelings and re-
newed commercial relations commencing
with the eiec ion of Mr.. Cleveland in 1884
should not beinter upted by the Inauguration
of a policy which tends I, destroy popular
representation and re purity Of local self
government, which furnishes an i1stru-
Ipent to discredited federal power TO pcrp t.
uate itself, which seeks TO keep alive sec
tional jealousies ard strife which threatens
important and material interest, aud which
offe 10 txcuse or palliatiou for its exist.
ence except the perpeUuation in power Of
political party which has lost public conf
dence
II ecc pit the non ination rendered me,
and, should the action of the convention
| meet the approval of my countrymen, will,
TO the best Of my ability, discharge with
fiieity the important trust confded to
me-
Very Respect 'ully,
NADLAI E. STEVENSON