The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-05
RE ACCEPTS The GILL.
SCHALLER DISCUSSES CAMPAIGN
ISSUES IN HIs LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE
HE IS AGAINST THE TRUSTS
Chief Points at Issue Are succinctIy
Referred to, and Democratic
Principles EmphntfcalIy
Endorsed.

Hon. Albert Schaller has written q let
ter of acceptance of the nomination to
congress OF the Third district of Mime
sofa. 1t reads as follows:
Gentlemen: Your letter formally mott
lying me that have been nominated by
the Democratic congressional convention
Of the Third district of Minnesota as
their candidate for congress, has been
received.
As you are we'll aware, this honor
came to ME unsought, and indeed
against my protest. This convention of
representative Democrats. knowing my
reluctance to accept this nomination,
nevertheless saw fit to confer 1t upon me.
After due consideration, and with some
hesitation, feel constrained to accept
this nomination in the same spirit in
which 1t was rendered. Citizenship i'm
plies not alone privileges but RESPONSE
bfl1ties as well; and when a large and
representative gathering of citizens select
from their number as their representa- tive
one who believes and acts with them IN
matters involving the nations affairs, it
is no longer a personal question, but
question of civic duty.
1 believe that in eur government, which
is founded upon the basic proposition or
the rights of the individual and his duties
to his fellow men, no citizen is exempt
from the public duties to which he is
called, not In his own interest, but as
tie representative of q large body of his
fellow citizens. 1t is this consideration
vantage which impelS me to cheerfully
obey this call
This is not the time to discuss at
length the issues in this campaign. l.
hope to do that before the people of this
district, who are the final arbiJers in
whose decision we must all aequiesce. 1t
is sufficient for me to assure you with
all the emphasis that 1 can that 1 believe
most earnestly in all the principles fer
which the Democracy of today and its
allies stand
They stand for the Declaration of In
dependence; for equal rights, equal JUS
uce and equal opportunities Tor each in
dlVldual. They stand for the individual
as against the monopoly and the trust;
for the man against the dollar; for
honest wages to honest toll, and for non
est competition against dishonest COM
binationS.
They stand for a republic which has
grown to greatness, dignity, power,
wealth and influence among the peoples
OF the world under constitution not yet
obsolete, whose Hfe-giying and freedom
brea thing spirit still animates the coun-
try,s true manhood and loyal citizens.
We stand for a government so firm in
It's own citizenship that it need not lean
upon any foreign alliance. We stand for
a commonwealth SO imbued with the
principles of popular government that
1t does not hesitate to officially Synlpd-
thize with weaker and struggling sis
ter republic. We believe that we have
not yet outgrown the Declaration Of
Independence, the teachings of the IA
theirs, the Democracy of Jefferson. or the
Republicanism of Lincoln. We believe
in a republic which cares more for the
approval of its own citizens than it does
for the applause of princelings or the
fawning smiles of royalty. We do not
believe in a government that confesses
Itself helpless against the an-absorbing
trusts and the encroachments of capital
lied robbery. We do not believe In a
government so weak1ing that it dares
rot oppose wrong, but meekly accepts
ii under the plea of destiny
Believing with all my heart in the car
d1nal principles of Democracy and re-
form; believing that the hope of this ma
ton lies in the success Of these prin-
ciples; believing that Democracy today,
more than ever, stands for the common
People OF this country, and against ali
the influences that make for greed ana
plutoeracy, L pledge to you my honest
endeaycr, unfaltering loyalty, most un-
firing energy. and my very best efforts
to our common cause; and in accepting
this nomination my highest pleasure lies
In the assurance that we are bound TO-
gether by this common tie of political
faith; that we are all alike imbued with
fervid hope and high enthusiasm. and
that eur 1ealty to the cause of the peou-
pie shall hold US together whatever HE
Issue of this contest. Faithfully yours.
Albert Schaller.