The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-13

GOV. STONE. Notification and Mr.. Fry
ans Addrs-s OF Acceptance.

THE SPEECHES.
GOV. stones Notification and Nr. Fry
ans Address OF Acceptance.
Mex York. Aag. fs.-Foilowtnx f. ths
/ address OF Gov. Stone. ot Missouri. notify
ing Dir. Bryan Of bis nomination:
Gov. stones Address.
/ '.Mr Chairman, the convention which SIS
ssmoIed a. cnscags on tbe zth day OF
July last was convened in he usual way.
under call issued in due form by the
national Democrats committee. There
was nothing cut OF the ordinary in the
4 manner Of Us assembling. and nothing IN
the action OF the committee under whose
/ authority IL was convoked to distinguish
Il ficm its predecessors. II was In all
respects a regular national convention OF
the Democratic party Every state and
territory IN the Union. from Maine 10
1 Alaska. was represented by = fun quota
3 OF delegates, and ! may add with perfect
/ truth that q more intelligent and thor
ougliy representative body OF Democrats
/ was never asssnhied upon the American
continent The convention was called for
! two purposes: First. 70 formulate pat
( form declArasory OF party principles. and.
4 secondly. 10 nominate candidates for presl-
/ dent and vice president OF the United
/ States. Both these purposes were fully
accomplished and accomplished accord
nized and the methods Of procedure which
/ have obtained for fifty years. The acts
] OF the convention, therefore. we're the
acts OF The Democratic party. is work
was done under the sovereign authority
OF the national organization. and that
work was the direct outgrowth of the
cain. well matured judgment OF the peo-
pie themselves. deliberately expressed
through their representatives chosen from
among the wisest. most trusted and pa
triotie OF their fellow-citizcns ia all the
STATES.
I'VE reioieed in Mr.. Cieveland's election,
and confidently expected, and we had
right TO. that he would bring the tariff
question TO a speedy settlement and strip
monopoly OF it's opportunity TO plumber
the people. but this just expectation was
doomed 70 disappointment. Instead of de-
voting himself 10 a prompt and wise so
| luton OF the important question upon
I which he was elected. he incontinently
I thrust Il aside and began. almost at the
I threshold OF his administration. 20 ex-
erclse the great powers OF his office to
/ commit the country 20 financial system
/ inaugurated by the Republican party, and
/ which the Democratic party had time and
1 again condemned in both state and ma
ftonaf conventions. In the beginning of
| this attempt the masses of the people. dis
| appointed and distressed. looked on in
amaxemsnt. With absorbing interest and
/ with constantly increasing resentment
I they watched the rapid development OF
/ events. These events passed before them
/ one BY one in quick succession. and when
they came TO understand their full mean
ing and effect the resentment turned 20
wrath, and protest rose into revolt
Then began within the Democratic
party ono OF the most remarkable strug-
giles that has ever occurred In the pols;-
! teal history of this country. IL was
I struggle for mastery between the national
administration and the great masses of
the plain people who constitute the party
which created that administration. The
/ prize they fought for was the national con-
| vention. That convention was to deter
/ mine whether the Democratic party
should abide by the traditions OF the faith
/ ers and adhere 10 It's ancient faith. or
I whether 81 should obsequiously abandon
| the principles OF true Democracy and be-
| come a plant agent TO advance the mer-
! cenary ends Of an inso!ent piutocracy. The
I people Won: they won glorious victory
i The full significance Of their triumph can
/ not be estimated at a glance. suppose
/ they had ioat: what them Suppose the
f Chicago convention had followed the SER
1 vile example OF the Republican conven-
J ton: what them III that had happened.
/ what hue would the skies now reveal TO
/ the uplifted eyes Of the anxious nillions7
Would the star OF hope then have risen
/ luminous 70 the meridian. or have fallen
I with waning light upon a eioudcd horizon
/ Upon what stan would the toIling millions
/ IN field ana shop then have rested their
( tired handsY What huiwark of defense
/ wo.id have then stood between the great
I Industrial and producing classes. who con-
stltate the solid strength and safety or
/ the state. against the combined agrees
Ions Of foreign money-ehaHgers and An
/ r,iclxed American miiiionairess Upon
/ Whist rock would the defenders Of the con-
/ seitutsen. the champions OF American
ideas and the friends OF American instl-
tutlous. have then anchored their hopes
for the future?
the gauge OF battle thrown down a,
ST Louis was taken up az Chicago. AEains,
EuFilsa ideas we place American Ideas.
against an English policy we place Al
American policy. against foreign douslna-
iton we place American Independence, and
AGAINST the selfish control OF the privileges
classes We place the sovsreiSn'y OF the
+ nsApie. The Republican platform IS the
amslrhssss OF the Democratic piatfar1n
one stands for gola monometalism, the
{ other for gold and silver blmetaiiism. 0ns
proposes that we wait upon other nations
the ether that we act for ourselves. ons
proposes that the government shall iear
I apon the bankers OF New York and Lon
don. the other that the secretary OF ths
treasury shall stand erect, confident an
fearless. and assert hts power 70 protse'
the rights OF the people and the honor o.
the nation. one proposes 70 continue tn
policy 81 issuing hondS, the other 70 stoy
il; one aeElAres for European alliance
the other "a a declaration for American IN
dependence iron these Sli-iuln or.an1
questions issue r Joined BY the two FTea'
uei3slcal parties 81 the repgblfc. Sertainly
there are other things % moment IN whles
ths people feel profound concern. Aut 81
ali the Questions IN the current noliticz
srairx % th5s cay ard generation n.
financial question rises 20 such NUprsns
sfnnortauea that au ether projects are
practically excluded from present ccusta
Grafton. The CyaicaFo convention declares
ia 50 many words thst unt3 this gres
paramount IszssIe was definitely settled. Al.
settled right. chr consideration 81 air otss.
! ( questions aren which the people are ssr5
. oeslv advised Should - postpones. or a
least no. pressed nron pssiic or Legislative,
attention
"AronaG thfs eEe ~aprsrne Issue the Erea
: battle % 'sss - % - taaEht. Ser The arz
( tire Il has Asen fairly presented. Nithoa
eyaafAa or disguise. FSoth psrfsss havs
tahzs positions Boldly. ESsa are conaaea
: ana ssaant Hefwsea Them tire American
people are TIA Nrat.xstors AMI as sses
/ thev are new 20 pas JUDGMENT upon u.
grac&s important Gnestfan presented =
( thesn since th> STORM % ths eieii VA
I wrecked hzrey homes and lest its N1eozs
: fra8 ussen tie lard They are 20 rass