The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-08-16

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Ms position oh tue important question
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Ii Maryland.
1u+' iutsI AccepIdHce'
III reply 10 the committee. Mr. Hurst
wrote the following letter:
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D.4f SIR. have received Your let
ter u the >Jh inst. formally notifying
me uf my uumluatiuu f1I g NrIuor ~
tine state 10y the recent Democratic
convention, and transmitting To me
copy oi the platform which il adopted.
thank you Very sincerely for the
terms OF kiudly compliment, III which
you are 20 good a. 10 make known to
me tn action Of the convention: bat
you do me no more than justice when
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To me without solicitation or effort GA
my part 10 secure it.
Indeed. for many and cogent reasons
! should prefer to continue 10 labor a.
a private clIlzen FOR the success Of the
party a. | have steadily done in the
past, out naVlng been selected, without
agency OF mine, a. lts candidate tor
tae highest office i'll the Eft Of the pee
pie of my native State, ] feel that
should not now he entirely controlled
10y my personal convenience and in
citations; and therefore. | accept with
grateful sensinlllty the gratifying dis
tlnction with which the convention
has seen fit to honor me.
| realize that the acceptance of this
nomination carries with it large
measure Of responsibility, but my
knowledge Of the people of Maryland
teaches me that they are always lust
and tolerant III their judgmdnt of the
conduct OF men in public station,
when that conduct l. regulated 10y can
dor, Independence and an earnest and
Conscientious enSe of duty; and shall
endeavor so to meet that Responsibility
and 50 to act during The coming cam
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should | be elected, as to glve me n
just claim to their confidence respect
aud approval.
In coming before them for their
votes, they are entitled to have II def
mite and explicit expression from me
of my views and purposes in relation
to the ISSUES involved III the canvass,
and accordingly avail myself of the
opportunity which this letter offers 10
make known clearly ana W thout re-
serve my sentiments upon these i,,ue.
aud, also, what may be expected of me
in the event of my election.
have carefully read the platform
adopted 10y the convention, and un-
hcsitutingl Y approve it; and in express
iug this approval it is proper to add
that | am not one of those who lock
upon party platforms rs mere devices
To catch votes. and after the election to
he dlsregarded aud ignored, but con
slider them as declarations of prlnci-
pies To be adhered To and carried into
fleet. aud, if may be pardoned for
the comparison, to be treated as bill
of exchange, when once accepted, to
BE- faithfully houored.
The platform speaks my sentiments
upon the national questions Of the
tariff and the currency. As to the
tariff law now IN force, | am free to
rXpIe-s my regrets that it does not 90
a. far in the direction of tree raw M
t-rI5i- a. the people hoped for and en-
pect~d bat | am not unmindful of the
great difficulties that stood in tile way
of the enactment of any law upon the
subject
Certainly the law is a great relief
from the burdens and Injustice of the
Mckinley act, and, in view of tie UNI
ver,al revival Of activity and PROSPER