Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-08-21


dresses 10000 People Of the Grea
Metropolis in Response TO til,
Final Notification of His Nom
inatiOn.
On the night Of the 18th instan
VIM. Jennings Bryan of Nebraska
and Arthur NJ. Sewell OF Maine, ir
the large Madison Square Garden
New York, were formally notified by
the Democratic party of their nomi
nation for President and Vice Presi
dent OF the United States. Notwith.
standing the hot weather, the large
enclosure was jammed to its utmost
capacity.
Gov. Stone, of Missouri, delivered
the notification speech, which eulo-
gized the plain people whose candi-
dates they were.
The candidates were surrounded by
many eminent silver leaders, and the
reception was marked by the enthusi-
asm which has prevailed everywhere
since the campaign began.
Mr.. Bryan. in response to Gov.
Stones remarks, read from manuscript
as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Gentlemen of the
Committee and Fellow.Citizens: l
shall, at future day and in formal
letter. accept the nomination which is
now rendered me by the notification
committee, and 1 shall at that time
touch upon the issues presented by
the platform. 1t is fitting, however,
that at this time, in the presence Of
those here assembled, speak at some
length in regard to the campaign upon
which we are now entering. We do
not underestimate the forces arrayed
against us, nor are we unmindful OF
the importance of the struggle in
which we are engaged; but. relying
for success upon the righteousness of
our cause, we shall defend with all pos
sible vigor the positions taken by our
party. We are not surprised that some
of our opponents, in the absence OF
better argument, resort to abusive cpl
thets, but they may rest assured that
no language, however violent, or invec-
tives, however vehement, will lead us
to depart single hairs breadth from
the course marked out by the National
Convention. The citizen, either pub
lie or private, who assails the charac-
ters and questions the patriotism OF
the delegates assembled in the Chicago
convention, assails the character and
questions the patriotism of the mil
lions who have arrayed themselves un-
der the banner raised there.
1t has been charged by men stand
ing high in business, in political cir
cles, that our platform is menace to
private security and public safety; and
it has been asserted that those whom
l have the honor for the time being to
represent, not only mediate an attack
upon the rights of property, but are
| the foes of social order and national
honor. Those who stand upon the
Chicago platform are prepared to make
known and to defend every motive
which influences them, every purpose
which animates them and inspires
them. They understand the genius OF
our institutions, they are stanch sup
porters of the form OF government un-
der which we live, and build their
faith upon the foundations laid by the
fathers. Andrew Jackson has stated
with admirable clearness and with
an emphasis which cannot be sur.
passed, both the duty and the specially
of government. He said:
Distinctions in society will always
exist under every just government.
Equality OF talents or OF education or
of wealth cannot be produced by hu-
man institutions. In the full enjoy
ment of the gifts of heaven and the
fruits OF superior industry, economy
and virtue, every man is equally en-
titled to protection by law"
We yield to none in our devotion
to The doctrine just enunciated. Our
campaign has not for its object the re-
construction of society. We cannot
insure to the vicious the fruits of a
virtuous life; we would not invade
the home OF the provident in order to
supply the wants of the spendthrift; ;
we do not propose to transfer the re-
wards of industry to the lap of indo.
lence. Property is and will remain
the stimulus to endeavor and the COM
pensation for toll. We believe, as as
serted in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, that all men are created equal ;
but that does not mean that all men
are or can be equal in possession, In
ability or in merit; it simply means
that all shall stand equal before the
law, and that the government shall
not, in making, constituting or enforc.
ing the law, discriminate between citi'
zens. assert that property rights, as
we'll as the rights of person, are safe in
the hands OF the common people.
Abraham Lincoln, in his message sent
to Congress in December, 1861, said:
mo men living are more worthy to
be trusted than those who toll up from