The suburban citizen., 1900-10-06

HON. A. E. STEVENSON.
IssWEs LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING
NOMINATION BY PoPULIsTs.


ter dated Bloomington, ILL.,, which has
been received at the Populist party
national headquarters here the Hon
Adlai II. Stevenson accepts the nomi'
nation For the Vice Presidency offerec
him by that party. The letter is, In
part, as follows
TO the Hon. J. 3. Weaver, the Hon
j. A. Edgerton and the Hon J. II
Edmiston, Committee Of Notitica.
ton:
"Gentlemen-By your communica.
ton Of September ! am officially ad'
yised Of my selection as the candidate
Of the Peoples party for the office oil
Vice-President of the United States to
hll the vacancy upon your ticket oc'
casioned by the resignation Of the Hon
Charles A. ToWne. l cannot too earn
estly express nay appreciation of this
manifestation Of the confidence repos'
ed in me by your committee and thG
great constituency you represent. MOI
can | withhold the expression of my
admiration for the generous action Of
Mr.. Towne IN his endeavor to secure
the harmonious cooperation Of all the
supporters Of Mr.. Bryan in the pend
ing Presidential contest.
Upon the important questions OF
finance, of domestic administration
and Of reform in our methods of tax
alton the platform of the Peoples
party gives no uncertain sound II
IS no less emphatic in it's demand for
a return to the policy of honest and
economical expenditures of the public
money. The further demand for wise
and eAlcient legislation looking to the
suppression Of trusts cannot fail to
challenge the attention of all thought
ful men. In common, however, with
the Silver Republican and the Demo
cratic parties, you recognize the i'm.
portant fact that all these are but ques-
tions Of the hour In the presence Of
the overshadowlng issue of imperial
ism others are but as the dust in the
balance. 1t Is not strange then that
there should now be concert Of action
between those who sincerely believe
that crisis has been reached in which
mere party considerations are of sec
ondary 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
piness of a single generation.
More 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
poweI Is to be substituted for the
peaceful agencies which for more than
century have brought cOntentment
and happiness to all our people. Ex-
isting conditions in Continental Europe
-entaillng taxation and misery to
the verge of human endurance-illus-
trate by a sad object-lesson the in
eyitable result of large standing
armies in time of peace
Conditions now existing in the
Philippine Islands, for which we are
in 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
bADJuBdllOu upOu our part DuL W lHdl
OF the full enjoyment by them of
liberty and the ultimate establishment
Of stable government fashioned by
their own hands.
'Imperialism-"The Republic or the
Empire lis indeed the oyershadowing
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 hreside and on the hustlngs
with an earnestness rarely equaled in
our history II was Burke who said;
i love clamor when there is an abuse.
The alarm bell dlsturbs the inhabi-
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 1t will be my
earnest endeavOr to discharge with
adslltY the duties OF the great ONCE.
"ADLAI e. STEVENSON"