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.BRYAN'S LETTER
 OF ACCEPTANCE.
Sends It to the Notification
 Committee.
IS SHORT AND PRECISE.
Strictly Opposed 10 | Second Term
 as President.
THE PLATFORM JUST HIS IDBAI

Discusses Suh Jeets NoL Rtfeauy Aoucheu
 Upon-Bonds and How They Should
 Re Handfed-Power Should Be Taken
 Away From National Banks and the
 Trusts Kept Within Bounds-Tariff
 Question Comes After the Currency
 Issue Is Settled.
 The following is the letter of William J. Bryan, the nominee of the Demo- cratic party for president of the United States sent to the notification commit tee accepting the nomination
 To Honorable stephen NJ White and others
 Members of the Notification Committee of
 the Democratic National Convention;
 Gentlemen: I accept the nomination rendered by you on behalf of the Demo- cratic party and i'll so doing desire to assure you that 1 fully appreciate the high honor which such nomination oonfers and the grave responsibilities which accompany an election to the presidency of the United States. So deeply am impressed with the magni- tude of the power invested by the consti- tuition i'll the chief executive of the na- ton and with the enormous influence which he can wield for the benefit or injury of the people that I wish to en- ter the office if elected free from every personal desire 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 ad- vance any personal ambition, l hereby announce with all the emphasis which words can express. my fixed determina- tion not under any circumstances to be candidate for reelection ill case this campaign results in my election.
 I have carefully considered the plat form adopted by the Democratic na- tional convention and unqualifiedly in- dorse each plank thereof.
 Our institutions rest upon the propo- sition that all men, being created equal, are entitled to equal consideration at the hands of the government. Because all men are created equal it follows that no citizen has natural right to injure any other citizen,
 The main object of government being to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, this purpose must lead the government, first, to avoid acts of af- firmatiye injustice, and second, to re- strain each citizen from trespassing upon the rights of any other citizen
 A democratic form of government is conducive to the highest civilization be- cause it opens before each individual the greatest opportunities for development and stimulates to the highest endeayor by insuring to each the full enjoyment of all the rewards of toll except such contribution as is necessary to support the government which protects him. Democracy is indifferent to pedigree it deals with the individual rather than with ancestors. Democracy ignores diff ferences in Wealth-neither riches nor poverty can be invoked in behalf of or against any citizen Democracy knows no creed. Recognizing the right of each individual to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, it welcomes all to a common brotherhood and guarantees equal treatment to all, no matter ill what church or through what forms they commune with their Creator
 Having discussed portions of the plat form at the time of its adoption and again when your letter of notification was formally delivered, it will not be necessary at this time to touch upon all the subjects embraced in the party's declaration
 A Dual Government
 Honest differences of opinion have ever existed and ever will exist as to the most effective means of securing do- nestle tranquility, but no citizen fails to recognize at all times and undex all circumstances the absolute ne- cessity for the prompt and vigorous en- foreement of law and preservation of the public peace. In a government like ours law is but the specialization of the will of the people without it the citi- zen is neither secure in the enjoyment of life or liberty and protected in the pursuit of happiness. Without obedi- ence to law government is impossible The Democratic party is pledged to de- fend the constitution and enforce the laws of the United States, and it is also pledged to respect and preserve the dual scheme of government instituted by the founders of the republic. The name, United States, was happily chosen. It combines the idea of national strength with the idea of local selfgovernment and suggests an indissoluable union of indestructible states. Our revolutionary