The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-08-12
THEY WILL RUN.
National Party Candidates Write Letters
of Acceptance.

National Party Candidates Write Letters
of Acceptance.
Alliance, O., Aug. 5.-The formal let
tiers of acceptance of the national party
candidates for president and vice prcsi-
dent-Charles Z. Bentley. of Lincoln,
Neb., and James H. Southgate, of Dur
ham, n C.-was issued Tuesday from
the national headquarters of the party
in this city. Mr.. Bentley says, in part:
I'm formally accepting this nomination.
fraught with equal honor and responsible
ty, do so with an abiding faith in the JUS
God for His counsel and leading. In the
formation Of the national party we can
nightly trace the aps
evasions. siences or compromises, declares
the determined purpose of the masses to
redeem this nation from the dominion of
greed and restore 1t in purity and power to
the people. In the platform adopted at
Pittsburgh find embodied in terse and UNI
eQuivocal statement magnificent declara-
ton of principles. I most cordially and
heartily assent to its every declaration.
by declaring in It's rirst resolution for
the suppression Of the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic beverages and rejecting all
plans for regulating or compromising with
the liquor traffic, the national party stands
OF the saloon system. A more emphatic
and specific declaration for the suppression
',rhe manufacture Of distilled and fer
mented liquors is under the authority and
immediate supervision Of the federal gov
eminent. In the Importation and exporta-
mercc Of the same, the general govern
ment alone has full jurisdiction. The same
District Of Columbia and in all places un-
der control of the general government.
The internal revenue system by which.
through tax and license. the nation collects
nearly one-third Of its direct revenue-on
distilled and fermented liquors-illustrates
still more strikingly the, federal govern
ment'S reSponSibility-and its completely
in the manufacture and sale Of alcoholic
beverages.
The right Of citizen suffrage. without dis
tinction Of sex. is a cardinal principle in our
party faith. While eXpediency or cow
ardice have either suppressed suffrage or
stricken 1t out of every other party plat
form but our own, the national party be-
lieves, and asserts its belief, that woman
should have the same means Of protecting
property and her happiness. by ballot that
man has.
mo issue to-day enters more largely into
ical controversy than that Of finance. This
issue has not been forced by any radical
through recent legislation, but is simply the
disastrous elimination of financial meth
DDS that have dominated the government
through long series of years.
"The conditions imposed upon the ma
mense debt Of the civil war have in them
selves been the fruitful source Of much
evil legislation: These appear especially
in interest obligations payable in coin to
the ta make abf in
petual, and in the class legislation Of the
national banking system, whereby the
Corpora tions the power to Issue money,
thus delegating to them power which was
1af 5hs nssta
this constitutional prerogative Of the fed
eral government shall be maintained in the
issue Of all money. and without the inter
or banking institution.
THE legal tender quality of money. which
act Of all the people. and whatever benefit edat
arises from the issue of money should be
for the benefit OF the whole people and not
credit that quickly disposes. al premium,
of hundreds of millions OF dollars of gold
interest-b bearing bonds is amply sufficient
as a basis for O non-intereSt government
currency.
''The absolute money quality Of the ma
and it's equal purchasing and debt-paying
power. must be asserted and maintained.
The sovereign principle Of currency issue
involved in the legal-tender act, and af-
firmed by the supreme court OF the United
States, must not be lost nor compromised
by any legislation that would exalt to
metals, and debase to token currency all
the rest Of the circulating medium. The
national party has a keen sense Of the
wrong inflicted upon the people and the
debtor classes in the decentralization of
silver and similar legislation designed to
place the money Scepter in the hands of
private and corporate wealth.
Bonds and olher obliga lions made pay
able in coin must be liQuidated according
purpose the money metals should have
equal rights Of coinage, and the ratio value
that prevailed when the bulk of the debt
was contracted ought in equity to be re-
stored in canceling the obligations. The
asserted need of an international agree
ment in establishing money value ratios
is only the cunning SopniStry OF the money
power. Congressional legislation struck
down silver and doubled the value Of the
gold a oab af with
restore and establish the just relative value
Of the metals.
"The national party will accept no place
over again every four years between the
republican and democratic parties. The
lev tariff is simply one of detail and fig
ures, Both are built TO shield every pow
erful trust, and both levy tax on what the
people consume rather than on what they
' 80 ,.,,, NJ, .,,u Eos +; BENTLEY J:
The letter of the vice presidential nom
to that of Mr.. Bentiey's, He thanks the
and is willing to accept the duties of the
position. He observes that his party wants
to serve the whole people as pubic serSo
evolution of a fuller and nobler national
life. After commenting on the main points
in the party's platform, he concludes as fol-
lows:
Appearing upon the Threshold Of po-
Etical chaos, without prestige, pedigree or
founded upon immortal government prtn:
ciples-eQual rights, equal justice. equal
opportunity in the race of life; pervaded by
each for all and all for EACH with clear
perception of the sanctity and guardian
American heavens, the national party will
be the medium through which the !ofttest
patriotic endeavor will find expression,