The leader., 1900-07-18
Hon. CHAS. l.. HOOK Err.
Yields To Solicitations and An
nounccs His Candidacy for
Congress-

NoiS itNNs
To the People of the seventh Congressional
District.
In answer to numerous applications,
by letter aud verbally, urging my can.
didacy for Congress from this Con
gresSional district, | have this to say:
The form of government in this coun-
try under which we live and breathe
and have our being is beautiful yet
complex system. 1t owes its origin
to the constitution of the United States
framed by the Fathers of the Republic
for the protection Of the life, liberty
and happiness of their posterity.
The House of Representative of the
United States of America is the only
point in our system where the people
of the various Congressional districts
of the Union come directly in contact
with the government, aud through
their immediate representatives have
voice in the administratio ion of public
affairs. At all other points in our
system they are heard only through
some medium, but the House of Rep
resentatives is peculiarly the peoples
forum, where through their agents
they make themselves not only heard
but felt.
For over one hundred years the peo-
pie of the United States have lived Sc
curely and TRANQUILITY under this gov
eminent founded by the fathers, and
until recently no man or set of men
have dared to attempt the destruction
Of those great principles which like
some mighty columns support the
beautiful structure which the Fathers
of the Republic intended as shelter
and home for the brave and liberty,
loving people of this land
The Republican party without shame
and without remorse is now seeking to
blot out from the minds of the youth
of the land the sanctity that has al
ways attached to that most sacred of
all principles of government, the De
claration of Independence, aud to
make of it a by-word and reproach
among men: that famous declaration
which the Democratic party of this
Union in convention assembled has
recently declared to be the spirit of
our government of which the consti-
tuition is the form and letter." The
Democratic platform further declares
that "our most cherished institutions
are in great peril Such being the
condition of affairs confronting us, in
response to what seems to me the ur-
gent demand of the Democracy of the
Seventh Congressional District of Mis-
sissippi, in the recent letters and per
sOnal applications referred to, | yield
to the wishes of my fellow citizens and
submit my name for their considera
ton at the ensuing convention and
election. have never failed in the
past to yield to the voice of the people
the source Of all power, when my
services were demanded. There are
now national and international comTli-
cations which may involve the fate of
the republic, owing to the departure of
the Republican party from the time
honored and time tested principles
upon which our free institutions are
based.
If nominated, aud elected, propose
to maintain, to the extent of my abil-
ity, the banner of this republic against
all new born illusions of empire and
foreign colonization. have not sought
this responsibility, but my services
are now, as in the past, at the command
of my party and the people.
Very respectfully,
CHAS. f. HOOKER.