The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-10
THIS TIME 70, DEMOCRATS.
FORMAL LETTER TO NOTIFICATION
COMMITTEE OF THE CHICAGO
CONVENTION.
PARAMOUNT AND OTHER ISSUES.
Whole Platform Gu1ped Down by the
Boy Orator without the Aid
of u Capsule.

NAL letter, accepting the nomination or
the Democratic party was given out
today by William j. Bryan. The
letter is much more brief than the
speech of acceptance delivered at Madi-
son Square garden in New York, but
goes over the same ground The letter
is as follows:
hon. Stephen M. White and Others. Members
| of the Notification Committee of the Demo-
cratic National Convention
| Gentlemen: l accept the nomination tender
ed by you on behalf of the democratic party
and In so doing desire to assure you that
! fully appreciate the high honor which such a
ties which glaoe re iSs
| tdency of the United St@g5s. So deeply am 1
| impressed with the magnitude of the power
| vested by the constitution in the chief execu-
! tive of the nation and with the enormous in
| huence which he can WELD for the benefit or
injury OF the people that l wish to enter the
| ONCE, If elected, free from every personal de-
| sire, except the desire to prove worthy the
| confidence of my country. Human judgment
! is fallible enough when unbiased by selfish
| considerations and in order that / may not
! be tempted to use the patronage of the Office
to advance any personal ambition I hereby
| announce, with all the emphasis which words
1 can express, my fixed determination not I'M
DER any circumstances to be candidate for
| reelection If this campaign results in my
election l have carefully considered the
platform adopted by the democratic national
convention and unQualifedly indorse each
plank thereof.
Our institutions rest upon the proposition
| that all men, being created0equal are entitled
to equal consideration at ,,the hands of the
! government. Because ali men are created
| equal 1t follows that no citizen has natural
right to injure any other citizen. The main
| purpose of government being to protect all
| citizens In the enjoyment Of life, liberty ana
| the pursuit Of happiness, this purpose must
Affirmative injustice, and second, to re-
! strain each citizen from trcspassing upon
| the rights Of any other citizen
democratic form of government is con-
ducive to the highest civilization. because it
| opens before each individual the greatest op-
! portunities for development and stimulates
the full enjoyment Of all the rewards OF toll,
except such contribution as is necessary to
support the government, which protects him.
Democracy DEN era Is Indifferent to pedigree- deals
/ cestors. Democracy ignores differences In
wealth-neither riches nor poverty can be In
yoked in behalf Of or agsinst any citizen.
Democracy knows no creed-recognizing the
right Of each individual to worship God ac-
! cording to the dictates of his own conscience
| 1t welcomes all to common brotherhood and
| guarantees equal treatment to ALL no mat
ter in what church. or through what forms
| they commune with their Creator.
Having discussed portions of the platform
at the time of It's adoption and again when
/ your letter Of notification was formally de-
| l1vered, 1t will not be necessary at this time
| to touch upon all the subjects embraced in
NSSANA
PUBLIC PEACE
] Honest differences of opinion have ever ex-
! listed and ever will exist as to the most eff
| fective means Of securing domestic tran
guilty, but citizen fails to recognize at
! all times and under all circumstances the
| absolute necessity for the prompt and Wig
orous enforcement Of law and the preserva-
! ton of the public peace. In government
! like ours law is but the Capitalization of
| the will OF the people, without 1t the citizen
| is neither secure In the enjoyment of life
! and liberty nor protected in the pursuit of
| happiness Without obedience to law govern
ment is impossible. The democratic party is
| pledged to defend the constitution and enforce
/ the law Of the United States, and 1t is also
pledged to respect and preserve the dual
scheme of government instituted by the
| founders of the republic. The name United
| States, happily chosen. It combines the
idea of national strength with the idea of
dissoluble union of indestructible states %
| Our revolutionary fathers, fearing the ten
denotes toward Capitalization, as well as the
| dangers Of disintegraton, guarded against
both, and national safety. as well as domestic
security, is to be found in the careful OBJ
servance of the limitations which they i'm
! pose. 1t will be noticed that while the United
States guarantees to every state republican
! form of government, and is empowered to
| protect each state against invasion II is not
authorized to interfere in the domestic affairs
legislature Of the state. or upon the applica-
tBn Of the executive when the legislature
This provision rests upon, the sound theory
that the people of the5 state, acting through
their legally chosen representatives, are be-
cause Of their more intimate acquaintance
| the president to judge ofJ7the necessity for
! federal assistance. Those who framed our
constitution wisely determined to make as
broad an application Of the principles Of local
| self-government as circum stances would per-
NIT, and we cannot dispute the correctness
OF the position taken BY them without ex-
1 nTPSSinQ q of mi fhov, -olxx
TAX PAYERS RIGHTS.
Since governments exist for the protection
OF the rights Of the people and not for their
Epoliation expenditures Of public money
can be justified unless that expenditure is
necessary for the honest, economical and eff
In determining what appropriations are nee
essary the interest OF those who paw the
taxes should be consulted, rather than the
wishes of those who receive or disburse public
moneys.
/ BOND ISSUES.
| An increase In the bonded debt Of the
United States at this time is entirely with
out excuse The issue of Understanding
bonds within the last few years has been de-
sary to secure gold with which to redeem
United States notes and treasury notes, but
this necessity as imaginary. rather than real.
Instead Of exercising the legal right vested
in the United States to redeem its coin in
| either gold silver the executive branch of
| the government has followed precedent 6s-
/ tablished by former administration and
| surrendered the option to the holder of the
| obligations. This administrative policy leaves
the government at the mercy Of those who
| find pecuniary profit in bond issues. The
| fact that the dealers in money and securities
have been able to deplete or protect the
treasury according to their changing whims.
shows how dangerous 1t is to permit them to
exercise a controlling influence of the treas
ury department The government of the Unit