The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-09
NOTIFYING MR.. STEVENSON.
SPEECH OF GOV. THOMAS.
Eulogixes the Candidate and Tells of
Democracy.s Attitude


Gov. Charles S. Thomas, of Colorado, ad-
dressing Mr.. Stevenson, said:
For q second time you have been chosen
by the national Democracy as its vice
presidential candidate This signal honor
- not unprecedented, but Ii is none the less
exceptional. Elected TO that high office
eight years ago. you discharged it's duties
faithfully and well, retiring with the re-
ppect. the love and the confidence of all the
people Thus endeared TO your party, its
recent action was both merited and appro-
PIRATE.
Long before the Kansas City convention
was called, its presidential candidate had
been selected. Its platform had been fore
Swallowed by that of Chicago. and by the
events Of the succeeding years. To COM
rlete the ticket wisely and well was
serious and exigent duty. Arrayed against
money, monopoly and militarism, the as
sociate OF our great leader should be de-
voted TO the same ideals, equipped for the
same duties. inspired by the same con-
yictions and prepared TO sustain the same
burden IL Providence should so decree.
Conscious. Of this great responsibility, but
ready TO meet II squarely, our convention
on the first ballot. gave you its nomination.
The Democracy long ago indorsed its ac-
ton. The people will gloriously vindicate it
in November.
presented by the great State of Illinois, no
doubt existed as TO the result. To the I'M
DERIVING principles of Democracy you had
ever been steadfastly loyal. You had tray-
ersed a long and honorable career reaching
from humble beginnings to the most ex-
allied position save one in the gift OF the
Jeopie. You have been equal 10 every re-
sponsibility to which your countrymen
have called you. You justly possess in un-
usual degree the affections of men. Upon
the great issues of the hour, you stand
In your nomination Is given the full as
Eurance OF our desire TO make our pledges
and our purposes effectual.
NO HOLIDAY AFFAIR
The campaign OF 1900 is no holiday af-
fair. Like that OF Jefferson, it involves
the great questions whether the people of
the classes shall rule, whether the prin-
ciples OF his immortal declaration are tran
silent or fundamental. 1t holds before the
public the gold and silver of the Consti-
tuition. the freedom and the welfare of the
citizen CT home. the duty OF the nation
towards feeble communities struggling for
liberty and independence in distant lands.
Democracy Is everywhere the aggressor.
1t dems nsis the restoration of the bimetaIlic
coinage OF the Constitution. II denounces
the surrender TO private corporations of the
sovereign power Of note issue. Ii protests
against a currency system based upon and
grounded upon the national debt. 1t would
fnterpose the mandate OF the law between
monopoly and the people. IL realizes that
the Trust and the Constitution cannot both
endure. ana mas Eltnly resolved that the
Constitution shall live. 1t has sworn that
the present and the future of a people
which renewed its struggle for liberty al
our instance. shall not be measured by the
sordid standard OF avarice and greed. II
would lift the reproach that commercialssm
has placed upon the honor of the nation.
IL declares that justice Is still the stand
ing policy Of our country. Ii woEld rescue
liberty from the atmosphere Of the counting
rooul IL would remove the dollar mark
from the face of duty. IL would rise TO the
height of other and better days, and make
the Declaration OF Independence the com
mon heritage OF the Cuban and the Fill
pinOs. Each lighted his torch at the altar
OF the American union. We cannot preserve
the one II We shall extinguish the other
Each welcomed as a common delivereI
from a common tyrant We cannot be true
20 one II We shall prove false 10 the other
We bid both 10 be of good cheer. The bow
OF promise that gilds the Cuban sky is be-
hind the thundercloud OF the Orient Its
fplendor shines through the solemn pledges
Of our July convention. its majesty will be
revealed in the elections OF November.
PARTY'S ATTITUDE.
The attitude OF the Republican party OF
1900 II and must continue TO be strange