Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-07

Mr.. Chairman: The conditions I'M
der which l was invited to respond to
this toast may seem somewhat pecu-
liar l was invited to the banquet.
l was asked to respond to toast,
provided | would make good Demo-
cratic speech. The humorous gentle
man who extended the invitation
thought, perhaps, that the condition
was a poser" But upon reflection.
l not only accepted, but named the
toast itself Democracy" Holding,
as l do, position in which every one
In this State is, or ought to be inter-
ested, a position that is non-partisan,
a position that calls upon its occu-
pant to guard carefully its welfare,
looking to those principles and to that
practice that will make for the good
of the Commonwealth, l think that
can respond in sincere language
to the toast "Democracv." 1t repre-
SCENTS in the meaning Of the term the
rule OF the people. President Lin
the people, by the people. for the
people.
The first principle CT Democracy is
TO recognize heartily net that Il am
as good as you are" but that other
broader and better principle, 'you
are az good as am'To look at every
man as your equal in rights, in justice
and in law; to secure tor every other
man an equality of pportuDitv-this
is what we mean by the term demo
cratic. 1t is the spirit that would de-
prive no man either Of his rights or
his privileges in society. Every man
is as good as | am Every man is my
equal before the law No man is my
superior except in those qualities
which law and justice DO not govern.
This. too, gives the personal and
social virtues of thuthfulness, honor
and honesty which make for the we'll
being of society. | heard a story not
long since which seems to me to il
lustrate this fundamental principle
BIZ. Huntington lOVon 10 letl the StCTS
Of how young man met him in the
city OF Albany and said, viii you
please give me a quarter | have gone
all day without anything TO do. J. can
get no work and I asn hungry" Mr.
Huntington looked at him and said
You don't need a quarter You can
get coed meal for ten cents. You
can go to a bakery and get stale rolls
for a penny which are better than
fresh bread But do you know, sir,
! would net beg under any circuIn-
stances? Do you see that coal cart?
would follow that up find where it
was unloaded and ask permission to
put the coal away. ! would do any
thing that would give me enough to
1--we upon and get 2 start in life;
but ! would not beg" Eighteen
months passed away. One day gen
tleman called upon Mr. Huntington
and said, "YCu do not remember me,
l guess" Mr.. Huntington thought
long where he could have met the
man, for he was proud Of his ability
to remember faces, but finally confes-
sed that he did not know him. TIE
young man said: Il am the man who
asked you for that quarter in Albany
and obtained it; but what was much
better, got from you lesson which
put into practice ! followed that coal
cart; and | come to tell you that
have never been without work dag
since
The lesson of the story is obvious
No man can afford TO take anything
in charity without iosing his man
hood When a man. either young 0,
old, receives anything that makes fol
his welfare without earning it. he puts
in jeopardy his dearest personal pos
session-his manhood. The inherent
quality that makes Democracy posi-
BILE is manhood 1t is to be preserved
at any cost: or no such thing as De
mocratic institutions can survive. Il
is manhood that will stand againsr
that insdious fee to ell Democracy
corruption: against the cagerness fol
wealth which will take any method K
obtain it: against the lust of pOwe1
which disregards honor to acquire it
1t is manhood whicn guards with
sacred care the purity cf the ballos
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