West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-08-18
JOHN 7 INGRAM
ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION FOK
Cons RRSS
IN Railing Dem ,cratie Speech nj
Ilkins


Wednesday
Mr.. Chairman aaI Gentlemen OF
the Convention
For the cpusplcuuus. the com
handing honor vou have conferred
npon me. thank you w,rh feel
lngs OF gran ude ~hlch and woris
ln'deenHse 20 ,h"i- tro,e- c.,r.s.
IN. Thank. Il has been sid by
Inc philosophers. u " lltl word
out II means much when tn re is "A
heart b"hInd H.. 70 stand ~ m.
Invested champion OF tins districts
imperial democracy, To- be worth,
oil SUCH an bon r. and - receive 10
III fucb n manner. is Il stinctiun
which no man Is bIg cnou n 10 fall
IN us proper npprccf,tion. This
sfhtiment gathers on It's way, as il
emphasizes the fact that no act of
mine has contributed to this result.
In accepting the result of your
action aud assuming the RESPONSE.
biiity which it entails, | can only
promise you The full measure Of
such abilities as good God has
given me aud pledge you that the
STANDARD which you to-day place in
my hands shall have ssribed upon
't no neutral principle, but a fear.
icss aud "a vigorous democracy-a
democracy which rejoices in the
history Of it's past as a party and
Jocks with no pessimistic views in
the future.
To be a democrat to day, a jeff
'erSonidn democrat, should be the
proudest badge of American citizen
snip because its designation repre-
SCENTS party which has resisted the
empire Of decay. and given TO i'm.
mortality record which has added.
with each recurring year. new lus-
ire to the American name aud con
irlouted so much To the greatness.
the grandeur and the perpel uity OF
the American Republic. As party
It's iIlustrious founder stood sent,.
nel at the birth of liberty in the
eastern world and brcathed the
breath oil enduring life into the
declaration for freedom, while he
welded into organic form the great
charter of popular government. Its
principles and its administration of
public affairs gave, by conquest and
10y treaty. to the American people,
domain which extends from the
eastern TO the ives crn seas and
from the tropical base Of southern
commerce to the frozen waters of
the grsat Northwest. 1t success
tnlly met on land and sea foreign
invader and domestic foe, while 1T
extended to every port American
commerce to American ships under
the @5is OF the American flag.
BY the action of democratic
president, it promulgated years be-
fore the republican party wore its
swaddIing clothes. the democratic
doctrine, affirmed here to-day, that
no kingly power should find rest
ing place OH this continent, and the
devastated plains Of Porto Rico and
deserted battlement Of Santiago are
10 day telling the story of the
athrinat on Of that democratic
doctrine.
Always the champion OF the peo-
pie 1t has stood as Jackson stood
stone wall against constitutional
encroachments. protecting the rights
OF individual citizens against the
expressions of aggravated wealth,
while at the same time it shields
corporate rights and vested inter-
ests against che industrial hive.
From it's ranks, party. hiss been
drawn, literally drawn, the blood
and treasure which bas written tho
best pages OF American history.
The halo Of glory which now sur
rounes tie American soldier and
sllor, ls prompting IS that patriot
sm wmch her teachings inspire
When humanity Teyolted against
Spanish brutality on Cuban soil,
- was Democracy's voice which
vas Grst board 10 demanding bel
ilgerent rights for The patriotic sous
OF the ISLAND, and when Spanish
treacheTy caused the widows and
notbers Of American sailors 10
wear the weeds Of morning. It vas
fhe democratic party that proclaim.
ed that blood aloGe could wipe out
fbe CTimo committed in Havana