Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-22
Notification Of SewaH.

The delivery Of Mr.. Bryan's speech con-
sumed nearly two hours and its finish was
greeted with hearty applause.
The chairman Immediately presented Ar
thur Sewall with his formal nomination
document. saying:
You were nominated by the national
democratic convention, which assembled
in Chicago on July Z, for vice president Of
the United States, and the notification
committee appointed by that convention
Is here TO apprise you of such nomina-
ton.
This honor was conferred upon you not
merely in acknowledgements of admitted
personal worth, but because you also pos
sess I'm a marked degree, the specific quail
ties essential to the proper discharge OF
responsibilities which you Will be called
upon TO assume. In this season of candid
expression, Of u~nequivocal avowal, no
more appropriate choice could have been
made. Your sympathy with the principles
announced in our platform Is not OF recent
date. You have proven your fealty 20 de-
mocracy under most trying conditions.
Residing in a community intensely repub-
lean, with no hope of political preferment.
and asking no favors from an adverse
dominant majority, you have Loyalty sus-
tanned your position and have never hesi-
tated to profess the doctrines OF a faith
full democrat. Upon the absorbing Imam
cial issue as presented by our convention,
you have been sound when the hour or
triumph seemed remote, and when AFRO
CANT money changers ougho the
word boasted that the conquest Of the
American masses was complete.
In thus informing you OF the conVen-
tons acton we take occasion to assure
YOU tina we do not doubt that you Will
in public station utilize your abilities ana
energies IN the effective and upright man
ner which has attended your eHertions al
private station.
MI. Sewall said.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee: You have given me Of
fetal notice of my selection by the dem
ocratic national convention as Its candi-
date for vice president. For the courte-
Gus terms Of you" message and the kind
personal expressions, l han you. The
overshadowing Issue of the country,
made dominant by the distressed con-
ditlon prevailing throughout the land,
Is the demand for a reform OF our ex-
listing monetary system. our party
and, we believe, a great majority or the
American people are convinced that the
legislation Of 1873, demonetizing silver,
was a wrong inflicted upon u country
which should and must be righted. We
believe hat the single gold standard
has SO narrowed the base of our <non-
etary structure that it is unstable and
unsafe. and so dwarfed in Its develop
ment and its power to furnish the neces-
sary financial blood to the nation, that
commercial and Industrial paralysis
,ave followed. We believe that we need
and must have the broad and expanding
foundation of both gold and silver to
SUPPORT q monetary system strong and
Liable, capable of meeting the demands
of a growing country n an industri-
Gus, energetic and enterprislng people,
a system that will not be weakened and
panic-stricken by every foreign draft
upon US, a system that VIII mi a
parity of Just values Of the nations
money and protect US from the frequent
fluctuations of today, so disastrous to
every business and industry OF the land.
We demand the coinage OF silver, the
opening of our minis 70 both money
metals without discrimination. the re-
turn to the money of our fathers, the
none of the constitution, gold and sill
yer. We believe this Is the remedy and
the only remedy for the evils from
which we are suffering. Take from gold
it's monopoly, Its value Will be reduced
and In due course the parity Of the two
metals will again obtain under natural
causes. We shall then have a broad and
unlimited foundation for a monetary
system commensurate with u coun-
try's needs and future development, not
the unsafe basis of today, reduced by
half by the removal Of silver and con-
tinually undermined by foreigners car
rying from us our gold. The democratic
party has already given its approval
and It's pledge. Our opponents ask US to
await the permission and cooperation