Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-16
JOHN s. LITTLE.
....n rext of His Speech Of Aeeeptsnet DsIivered Before the Congress-
 ionaI Convention.

THE i0NfENilo+N. =. HAiiNf -
 .anl. von most cordially for the , a,s+;av,,jshed honor you have this .,ay epuferred upon me in my nom S foatis,f for Congressman from the Sseond District and through you to sand fhe greetings of grateful heart 4a tie geneIous people of the district 4vht so earnestly and faithfully sup ,,,,rfed me during the contest now > ea1ed And l would be ungrateful indeea should I forget the earnest, ] 3sifhflll and unselfish support given 1 ,na fV the press of the State Those uapers that opposed my nomination a,aya Treated me with great consider afian and fairness, and those that snppDrted my nomination did so with an unselfsh zeal, devotion and Ipatriotism worthy the great cause elnphasized by my canvass.
 aeel greatly honored also in hay Ing been nominated as the successor fo Sd distinguished a citizen and ssf4stes.nan as the Hon. c. k. Breck- iurldge, and I would have it under : stood now that I would not mar 4lIe Brilliant name he has made as a tariff reformer, nor take from him 9jle golden opinions he has won and Infrifed by his earnest, faithful and patriotic efforts to relieve the people from the burdens of unjust taxation.
 This expression of confidence and
 preierment, on the part of the people n aug favor, inspires in my bosom Ehe loftiest sentiments of patriotis m and places upon me tine obligations of unselfish loyalty to the people and fheir cause and will lead me to put forth every effort in my power to assist in SD shaping the legislation of the eountry as to restore to the .ii;;aesple equal rights and privileges iinaef the laws. To earnestly em- body in every law the principles of lllal time-honored Democratic doe nlisNim, "equal and exact justice to asthe people and special privileges nDne, shall be my constant aim. Aad when the statesmen of the pres fi1ttlay loose sight of selfish and iefal interest, and plant their feet < upon this rock and secure the bless a'gs of this doctrine for all the people ofeyery station in human life, the ss'aoYernment will have performed it's k hlghest duty toward the governed ana the benign influences of a just government with just laws, will lbless tie humblest home in all the iand: < ' upon the part of the people that the Government bestows ''16 burdens and it's blessings alike { nppn all, will kindle afresh the fires Sso' patriotism and give us a people aesoted to their country and her in sIitutlons. The murmurings of dis |f'snlent would be displaced by the { 7'bg oi Home, Sweet Home,'s the s1aillor of the Populite would he $ elahged to the sweet songs of fIiberty ''N tramp would no longer knock at < ss1 s''s Altchenedoora beggar for bread.
 ''' tue anarchist would become a 8'flot or be driven from the land '''' nisgfaces. Universal peace, con- teA tment and prosperity would su- pe'eeae the present disordered. dis soaoented and impoverished condi- ''Vl' oi our country. But these bless
 ss nave not been the happy lot of
 ei American people. For more
 ''' a quarter of 8 century the , @s paoilean party, in control of the s. sefnment'h has put to open defiance s'ls E,im iiidXim of free goverement.
 |a2 ,FoiS iaW passed during their con- #.E"l oi the Government has been in UT o1 the classes and against the 3;'"sseS' m favor of the strong
 k ullst the weak By their iniqui- p'ls tarlif laws they have crippled
 Au ues1foyed agriculture; they have royal bounties from our
 'ihers and bestowed them upon the # oeected few; they have farmed out
 ""'ional banks the power to issue
 "ney' power that ought to be 5 e'elsed only by the Government
 'iie benefit of all the people.
 " nave brought about a zrelent- ' ahtagonism between capital and |zSss Sor that is Threatening the good 'uef of the country They have "'hered the fruits of honest toll
 oal the many and bestowed itupon % " iaVored few. They have built g olie section of the country at the q, q \ pelse of the others. They estab- s'snea a system of Federal election aNs' antagonistic to local self-goy- "aeht and odious to all lovers of
 v institutions. By it they could ,a,e d Federal bayonet behind the ahoo Of every man and thereby
 Sn'pei submission to their unholy ~ unlawful exactions until drunken 'heir excesses and retained in
 "ef py an over-indulgent people