The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-04
,TEVENSON'S LETTER
the PupuIist Nom nation
For Vice.PreSident.

dated Bloomington ILL.,, which has oeen
received at the Populist party national
headquarters there, the Hon. Adlai E.
Stevenson accepts the nomination for
the Vice-Presidency offered him by
that party. The letter is, in part, as
| follows:
TO the Hon. J. B. Weaver, the Hon. j.
A. Edgerton and the Hon. ]. H. Ed
miston, Committee Of Notification:
"Gentlenen-By your communica-
ton of September 5 l am officially ad-
rised of my selection ss the candidate
Of the Peoples party for the office OF
Vice-President of the United States to
fill the vacancy upon your ticket oc-
casioned by the resignation of the Hon,
Charles A. Towne. | cannot too earn
estly express my appreciation of this
manifestation of the confidence Tepoa-
ed in me by your committee and tina
great constituency you represent. MOI
can | withhold the expression Of my
admiration for the generous action ol
Mr.. Towne in his endeavor to secure
the harmonious cooperation of all tbs
supporters Of Mr.. Bryan in the pending
| Presidential contest.
Upon the important questions o.
finance, of domestic administration and
of reform in our methods of taxation
the platform of the Peoples party
gives no uncertain sound. 1t is no lest
emphatic in its demand for return tG
the policy of honest and economic.
expenditures of the public money. The
further demand for wise a.1d efficient
| legislation looking to the suppression
of trusts cannot fail to challenge thu
attention Of all thoughtful men. II
common, however, with the Silver Re
publican and the Democratic parties
you recognize the important fact the:
all these are but questions Of the hour
| In the presence Of the overshadowing
issue of imperialism others are but as
| the dust In the balance. 1t is moi
strange then that there should now be
concert Of action between those who
sincerely believe that crisis has beer
reached in which mere party considerA
tions are of secondary Importance.
Involved in the settlement OF this
great question are consequences OF
deep import to the American people.
The supreme gravity Of the issue can
not be measured by words. AS was
truly said by an eminent Republican
Senator, The question Is greater than
parties. greater than administrations,
greater than the prosperity and hap
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Moore than this, following close In
the wake of imperialism, as the night
the day, comes the immense standing
army. The dread arm Of militarism is
to be made bare in the new world as
| 1t is in the old The strong arm OF
| power is2to be substituted for the
peaceful agencies which for more than
| a century have brought contentment
and happiness to all our people. En-
isting conditions in Continental Eu-
rope-entailing taxation and misery
to the verge of human endurance-n-
lustrate by sac object-lesson the IN
evitable result Of large standing armies
in time Of peace.
Conditions now existing in the
Philippine Islands, for which we are
in a measure responsible. impose new
duties upon US. These people are en-
titled to our protection against the
cupidity and aggressive spirit OF other
nations. And this not to the end OF
subiugation upon our part, but to that
of the full enjoyment by them OF liber.
ty and the ultimate establishment OF
stable government fashioned by their
own hands:
"Imperialism-The Republic :or the
Empire-is indeed the overshadoWlng
issue with which We are confronted IN
the pending struggle for political SUI
premacy. It's determination is to be
by the American people through the
peaceful instrumentality Of the ballot.
Meanwhile. It's discussion will continue
at the fireside and on the hustings
with an earnestness rarely equaled IN
our history. 1t was Burke who said:
q love clamor when there is an abuse.
The alarm bell disturbs the inhabl-
tants, but it saves them from being
burned in their beds.
Again. thanking the committee, and
those they represent, l accept the
nomination so generously rendered me.
Should your action be ratified by the
people at the polls it will be my earn
est endeavor to discharge with fidelity
the duties OF the great office.
"ADLAI F. STEVENSON