Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-10-10
Mr., StWALL ACCEPTS
FORMALLY SAYS HE WILL BE MIR
BRYAN'S Running MATE.
Believes Free CNin:ge of Silver the
Sole Remedy to Cheek the
Wrongs of Today.

Sole Remedy to Check the
Wrongs of Today.
. Bath, Me, Oct. 6.-Hon. Arthur Sewall
cmocratic candidate for VICE presldens
of the United States, tonight made pub c
rs letter Of acceptance. 1t is as follows:
Hon Stephen E. White, Chairman. and
Members of the Notification Committee
cent emen: | have the honor to accept n
writing, as | have already verbally dont,
the nomination rendered by you on behalf
OF the democratic party as its candiglate
for vice president OF the United states,
| ana IN so doing | sIad--tirst, to eN-
| press my satisfaction that the platform
! OF our party. which has comm handed my
lifelong allegiance, is honestly and fui-y "
| declaratory Ct all the principles anG of
| the absorbing financial issue, upon which,
| as you say, | took my stand. Whel the
! hcur OF triumph seemed remote. ana
| when arrogant money-changers through
| out the country boasted that the con
quest Of the American masses was com
| pieted.
| These principles have been of late in
| allegiance, but only because those whom
| we trusted to maintain them have faiI-I
! tC do SO. III Sc principles can never die.
| We have res .ued our party from those
| who, under The influence cf the m2a4y
| power, have contro led and deDased N
| }ur mission noW is 10 rescue from tlts
same power and It's foreign a.lies our on. ii
| beloved country. This is the first lnl
| highest duty imposed by our partg'a pa--
form, and u on the performance Of tn 5
duty q! Other reforms mus wait. The
test Of party principles is the government
they assure. the proof Of good govern
! ment is contented and happy peop &.
"A the mo of 4, tl,a li,
ity 10 guide the country through cI isaS.
iii We'll as to administer the government
n ordinary times.
Our people now face a crisis-l crisis
more serious than since the war, TO
what party snail they turn in their Cire
emergency? It is true that the political
Cisls may NOT involve All equally; th1
there are those who Go not suffer nOw
ana may not suffer shou q the crisis
threatened by the gold standard come on |
n all its fury. Human selfshness makes
those deaf tn ali appeals. but 10 these, |
fortunately the democratic party has !
never needed 10 appea 70 win its appeals, |
llo! does 1t now, save as there are Iollo |
among them Who can rise superior 70 |
self in the s}crince which such a crisis
demands of every patriot.
Who Have ProSpered.
nv e are toll that the country has pros
nered under tie present monetary stand
ard and that its wealth has enormously |
increased. Granted so; but in who's.
hands? IN TIL hands of tolers-Jhe pro
lucers. the f@rmers, the miners. the fab
r-cators in the factories, the Trainers Of
the nations wealth in peace, its deten3-
ers in war? Have they the prosperity
which was theirs so late as even % ye2Gz
aSo? | deny it. They deny it. None sf-
firm 1t save those whose interests it is 10
70 50, whose profit would dim nisb a-
prosperity returns to those and upon
whose distress: they thrive. All is indeed
right between capital and labor. The
best money in the world is none too
good for those who have got it. but l3ow
is it with the 80 per cent Of our peopa
who have got it to get? Hw is it tn
those who must buy this best money in
the world with the products of their own
!abor?
These are the people for whom tha
democratic party Won legis ate. What
II the best money for these? IS the CUES
ton for All to ask who really love til 5
land. How else can you Increase labor
purchasing power but by increasing the
price of labor's product? Is it a fair
measure of values that in our great pro-
jucing sections 10 bushels of potatoes |
must be paid for a dollar, 10 bushels oi
oats for a do lar, * bushels OF corn fo:
4 do lar, three bushes Of wheat, ana II
other products Of the soil and mines ana |
!
alto? Does any fair mind say this IL
honest money that forces such an e&-
hange, and if it is not q fair exchange, |
is t honest? Is it less than robbery?
This is the condition to which the sim
gle standard has brought US. Under il
the appreciation Of the best money Of
he WOr q mas increased the wealth o. |
he rich, and for the same reason has ia
creased the debt Of the debtor. So it has
been; SO. under the present Standard Il |
must continue to be. With these objeet
lessons about me- little need have we for
history and statistics and the studies oil
scholars. Lite satisfaction is il to H |
that they have warned Us long since of |
he deadly evil Of the gold standard. It
has brought US at last TO the parting cf
The ways. Whittier shah the people go
N the way that has led to their enslave- |
ment or into that which Offers them their
only chance to gain individual liberty
lasting prosperity and happiness?
Creating Glass Distinctions.
Let not our opponents charge US with |
creating class distinctions. Alas for the
republic, they are already here, created
by the republican policy Of the last 20
years, created by the very system we
would now overthrow and destroy. Nor |
10 we raise a sectional issue. The nomin-
ttion you tender repels the charge, None
knew better than L, that this nomination. ,
- illt'ttl DIS NO tlJi5OllGtl u lDult, biL fi9 |
an assurance that our party is a nom
party. Not by cur policy, but
only by the continuance of the gold |
can sectonalism be revived |
Neither shall our opponents be permitted
70 terrify the people by predictions that
disturbance or panic Will
come from the policy We propose We
American people will be loyal to the M
TONS money, will stand behind and
maintain it, at whatever value they
themselves may put upon it.
'Once before in the present generation
have our people been called upon 10
face q momentous crisis. What then
said Mr. Lincoln, the chosen leader Of
The plain people of the land? Was he
lwed by threats or weakened By the per
suason of the false friends who, as to-
day, pleaded for compromise with WronS?
His answer was, If our sense of duty
forbids this then let us stand by our
duty, fearlessly and effectively. Let us
be diverted by none of the sophistical
wherewith we are indus
triously piled and belabored, contrvan
ces such as cropping for some middle
ground between right and wrcns, revers-
ing the divine rule and calling not the
sinners but the righteous to repentance,
such the invocations to Washington
imploring men to unsay what Washing
ton said, and undo what Washington did.
Neither let US be slandered from our
duty by false accusations against US
Let have q faith that right makes
right and in that faith let us to the end
dare to do our duty as we understand |
it..
Let the People Understand.
I'VE know well the nature of the strug-
gle In which we are engaged. We are
anxious only that the people of the land
shall understand and then our battle is
won. Behind the strong entrenchment
Of the gold standard are gathered all
those favored classes It has fostered, the
only dangerous classes of the land. Az
arice and unholy greed are there; every
trust and combination are there. Every