Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-08-24
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Is NOTIFIED.
Hon. Charles S. Thomas, Governor
Of Colorado. Delivers Conven-
tion's Message.
Governor Thomas said:

ti0n's Message.
& Governor Thomas said:
1 For second time you have been
chosen by the national Democracy a.
its vice-presidential candidate. This
signal honor is not unprecedented, but
it is none the less exceptional. Elect
ed to that high Office eight years ago.
you discharged it's duties faithfully
and we'll, retiring with the respect, tho
love and the confidence of all the peo-
pie. Thus endeared to your party, it's
recent action was both merited and ap-
propriate.
Long before the Kansas City con-
vention was called, its presidential
candidate had been selected. It's plat
form had been foreshadowed by that Of
Chicago, and by the events of the Sue
ceeding years. To complete the ticket
wisely and appropriately was a seri-
GUS and exigent duty. Arrayed against
money, monopoly and militarism, tho
associate of our great leader should
be devoted to the same ideals, equipped
for the same duties, inspired by the
same convictions and prepared to sus-
tain the same burden if Providence
should so decree. Conscious of this
great responsibility but ready to meet
1t squarely, our convention on the first
ballot gave you it's nomination. The
Democracy long ago Endorsed it's &C
ton. The people will gloriously vim
dictate it in November.
Fitness of Nomination.
From the moment that your name
was presented by the great state of IL
linois, no doubt existed as to the re-
suit. To the underlying principles Of
Democracy you had ever been stead
lastly loyal. You had traversed a long
and honorable career, reaching from
humble beginnings to the most exalted
position save one in the gift of the peo-
pie. You have been equal to every re-
sponsibility to which your country
men have called you. You justly pos
sess in unusual degree the affections
of men. Upon the great questions Of
the hour you stand four square with
Bryan and the people, and in your
nomination is given the full assurance
of our desire to make our pledges and
our purposes efectual.
The campaign of 1900 is no holiday
affair. Like that of Jefferson it in
wolves the great question whether the
people or the classes shall rule, wheth-
er the principles of his immortal dec
laration are transient or fundamental.
It holds before the public the gold and
silver of the constitution, the freedom
and the welfare of the citizen at home,
the duty of the nation towards feeble
communities struggling for liberty and
independence in distant lands.
Democracy's Strong Arm.
Democracy is everywhere the ag-
gressor. It demands the restoration
of the bimetallic coinage of the con-
stitution. It denounces the surrender
of private corporations of the sover-
eign power of note issue. It protests
against a currency system based and
grounded upon the national debt. It
would interpose the mandate of tho
law between monopoly and the people.
It realizes that The trust and the con-
stitution cannot both endure. and has
highly resolved that the constitution
shall live. It has sworn that the pres
ent and the future of people which
renewed it's struggle for liberty at our
instance shall not be measured by the
sordid standards of avarice and greed.
It would lift the reDroach that COM
mercialism has placed upon the honor
of the nation. It declares that justice
is still the standing policy of our
country. It would rescue liberty from
the atmosphere of the counting room.
It would remove the dollar mark from
the face of duty. 1t would rise to the
height of other and better days, and
make the Declaration of Independence
the common heritage of the Cuban and
the Filipino. Each lighted his torch
at the altar of the American Union.
We cannot preserve the one If we shall
extinguish the other. Each welcomed
us as common deliverer from COM
mon tyrant. We cannot be true to one
If we shall prove false to the other.
We bid . 9TH to be Of good cheer. The
bow of promise that gilds the Cuban
sky is behind the thunder cloud of tho
Orient. Its splendor shines through
the solemn pledges of our July con-
vention, its majesty will be revealed in
the elections of November.
The attitude Of the Republican
party OF 1900 is and must continue to
be a strange anomaly. It safely pilot
ed the nation through the awful perils
of slavery, yet it would conjure again
into life that terrible evil whose sep
ulchre is sealed with the blood and the
treasure of the republic. It justly
claims the craftsmanship Of Seward
and Sumner, while its platform gives
the lie to the Hottest pret epts. 1t
cherishes the memory of Blaile, but
Democracy alone represents and as
serts his vigorous Americanism. It
cheers Mckinley, but repudiates the
wisdom of his utterances upon the ma
ture and essentials of free government.
Tho Spirit Of Lincoln.
It worships at the shrine Of Abra-
ham Lincoln. but dares not ask his
benedictidn UPON its unholy scheme OF