The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-13

and out on the street. Senator Pal.
mer said:
Mr.. Chairman ard Gentlemen-Yo OF
give me Official Information that dele.
gates, representing the National De-
mocracy of forty-one states. lately as
sembled in convention in the city OF
indianapolis, honored me by designat-
ing me the National Democratic can
didate for the presidency and the con-
yenuon associated with me in the for.
NAL temporary leadership of that great
historic party of the United States an
eminent citizen of Kentucky-a citizen
distinguished in arms, and as the pat
rlOtlc chief magistrate OF his and my
own native commonwealth
General Buckner and I were once. in
a modest sense, representative of OPP
/ posing opinions from fundamental
/ questions relating to the powers of the
! United States. and of the respective
STATES under the constitution. We met
on the battlefield, where great public
/ controversies that admit of no other
method of solution are determined.
I KNOW HE DID HIS DUTY,
and 1 trust the country believes that 1
did mine
The nominations made oy the Ma
tional Democratic convention at Indi-
annapolis prove conclusively than
4 anything which occurred Within the
! last thirty years that the American
/ people are again united; that our hopes.
! our rights, our duties and our interest is
are the same; that the lofty and pat
r1otic mission of the National Democ-
racy is 10 maintain peace and order,
defend constitutional liberty, regulat-
ed by justice and equal law and, if pos
sfole, avert from the country repudia-
ton, bankruptcy and national dishonor
accept the unSoughG honor and re-
sponsibility imposed upon me by the
National Democratic convention. [ ac-
cept them as proof that my Democratic
fellow citizens confide in my devotion
to Democratic principles, so clearly and
accurately defined in the proceedings
OF the convention. 1t was known to
the delegates to the convention before
this honor was conferred upon me, and
is well understood by the country, that
my public services commenced more
than fifty years ago, and that since
that time 1 have taken an active
earnest part in the discussion and set
tlement of every public question which
had at the time sufficient Importance
to attract popular attention. My opin-
ions and public acts
HAVE BEEN AN OPEN BOOK
to be read by my contemporaries. I
have been at all times controlled by
my own convictions of duty, and L
have now one whom I can properly
invite to share my responsibilities.
Taught by Jefferson, I opposed slav-
cry when it existed. Inspired by Jack
son, l defended the Union of the states
to the extent of my ability, and influ-
enced by has example, when my con-
duct as a military officer was challeng-
ed as violaGive of law, 1 voluntarily
submitted myself TO the jurisdiction of
the civil courts.
When governor of my adopted state,
while I opposed and by peaceful means
successfully resisted, the interference
Of the United States by its military
forces, in the purely local concerns of
the state, [ distinctly conceded the
right and asserted the duty of that
government to enforce within the states
or elsewhere its own laws by it's own
agencies. The matters to which l have
adverted
ARE BUT "REMINISCENCES
they relate and belong to the past
Our duties as lovers of our country are
present and we must meet and deal
with existing conditions, and to these
the late National Democratic conNen-
ton addressed itself Its platform as
serts truths which can be demonstrate
ed, and it correctly defines Democratic
principles. 1t asserts that the Demo
cratic party is pledged 10 equal and
exact justice to all men of every creed
and condition, to the largest freedom
OF the individual, consistent with good
government; to the preservation of
the federal government in it's constitu-
tional vigOT, and to the support of the
states in all their just rights; to econ
omy in public expenditures, to the
maintenance of the public faith, and
sound money! and 1T is opposed to
paternalisrn, and all class legislation"
It also asserts that the declarations
Of the Chicago convention attack indi-
vidual freedom, the right of private
contracts, the independence of the jul
dietary, and the authority of the pres
ident TO enforce federal laws. They
ADVOCATE a RECKLESS ATTEMPT
to increase the price of silver by legis-
latiOn, to the debasement of our mon
etary standard, and threaten unlinli-
ted issues Of paper money by the gov
ernmenr.
"They abandon for Republican allies
the Democratic cause of tariff reform,
to court the favor Of protectionists to
their fiscal heresy."
1t then asserts with earnestnes, and
in terms which will not be satisfactory
to those who assert it, to be 1.-The duty
of a Democrat to first vote the ticket
and then read the platform" that in
view of these and other grave depart
ures from Democratic principles we
cannot support the candidates of that
convention nor be bound by its acts"
The convention held in indianapolis
then declares, with force and eXactness,
the Democratic doctrines with respect
to taxation, whether by tariffs, excuses
or by direct imposition, and asserts
that none of those can be rightfully |
imposed except for public purposes, |
and not for private gain. and reaffirms
the historic Democratic doctrines of a
tariff for revenue only"
1t is asserted by the convention in
its declaration of principles, that 1.-The |
EXPERIENCE OF MANKIND
has shown, that by reason of their nat
urad qualities, gold is the necessary
money of the large affairs of commerce
and business, while silver is conven-
iently adapted to minor transactions |
and the most beneficial use OF both !
together can be insured only by the |
adoption of the former as d standard |
of monetary measure and the mainte- |
nance of silver at a parity with gold by |
its limited coinage under suitable safe |
guards of law. Thus the largest pos !
s4ble enjoyment of both metals is |
gained with a value universally ac-
cepted throughout the world, which |
the only practical bimetal- |
lie currency, assuring the most stable
standard. and especially the best and |
safest money for all who earn sheir
livelihood by labor or the produce of I
husbandry. They cannot suffer when
paid in the best money known to man,
hit are the Decilliag- and TcCSf Defense