Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-17
DAVIS ACKNOWLEDGES
Address at White Sulphur
Springs Today.
Is SHORT AND CONCISE
HEARTILY ENDORSES THE PRES
EMIT MONETARY STANDARD.
Makes Comparisons Of the Cost of
Government-Refers to Claims
Of the Republicans.

Replying to the notification address of
Representative John Sharp Williams at
White Sulphur Springs. W. Va, today.
printed elsewhere in today's Star, Mr. Da-
Wis. vice presidential candidate on the DEM
ocratic ticket said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee: The official notification which
you bring of my nomination for the vice
presidency Of the United States. by the ma
tfonal democracy. gives me a feeling Of the
sincerest gratitude to my party for the
honor conferred. At the same time. il
brings to me a deep sense of my RESPONSE
ofhty, to my party a candidate, and to
my country in case of my election.
A spirit OF determination to succeed in
the campaign before us appears to pervade
the rank and file of our party In all seq
tons of the country. OF that rank and file
have for many years been a member and
have at all times devoted my humble
powers to party success. believing that sue
cess 70 be for the cOuntry's good Unex-
pectedly called as l am now to the fore
'front.', L am impelled to an acceptance of
the obligation by a sense of gratitude to
my fellow workers and the hope that l
may be able the better to assist i'm restoring
10 power that party whose principles and
past history guarantee a safe, wise. eco
nomical and constitutional administration
OF the government
l ind 1t. therefore. a great pleasure
standing here upon the borderland of the
TWO Vfrginias. to receive and accept the
commission you bear. and to send greetings
through you to the democracy of the entire
country. Is 1t not significant of a closer
and truer brotherhood among us. that for
the nrst time since the civil war a nominee
on the national ticket has been taken from
that section of our common country that
Hes south of Mason and Dixon's line-a
happy recognition of the obliteration OF all
dtnnrannac vlyIrf In1
lowed that unhappy struggle.
AS Introductory to the few remarks 1
shall make, desire to say that l heartily
tndorse the platform upon which I have
and its nominee for President regard the
present monetary standard of value as fr-
revocably established.
Laid Stress of Prosperity,
In the campaign preceding the last cleo
ton much stress was laid by republican
speakers upon the prosperous condition OF
the country. and forebodings were heard
Of the i'll results. especially to the laboring
man. which would follow any change in the
political complexion of the government. Ii
Is true that the times then were good but
1t Is no less fact that, while there has
been no change in the party in power
many of the evils prophesied have come
under republican rule. Four years ago fac
tories, mills. mines and furnaces were in
active operation, unable to supply the de-
mand. but now many are closed. and those
that are open are being operated with re-
duced force short hours Then wages
were HIGH labor was scarce and there was
work for all Now work Is scarce, many
wage earners unemployed and wages re-
duced. The apprehension which now pre-
walls in business circles and the present
unsatisfactory industrial conditions of the
country seem>tO demand political change
In the language Of our platform. the
rights of labor certainly no less vest
ed, no less sacred and no less inalenable
than the rights of capital The time Is
opportune to emphasize the truth of this
utterance. The most sacred right of prop
erty Is the right to possess and own one
self and the labor of ones own hands-cap-
ital itself being but stored-up labor. For
years l worked in the ranks as a wage
Garner, and 1 know what 1t is to earn my
living by the sweat of my brow I have
always believed. and my convictions came
from the hard school of experience, that.
measured by the character of work he does
and the cost of living. a man is entitled to !
full compensation for his services. My ex-
perience as a wage Garner and my asso-
citation with labor have alike taught me the |
value Of democratic principles, for in them |
the humblest has the strongest security
for individual right and the highest stimu- |
lus to that independence of spirit and love |
of self-help which produce the finest pri-
vate characters and form the base of the |
best possible government.
The receipts of the government for the |
year ended June 80. 1902 the first fiscal |
year OF the present administration. showed |
a surplus over expenditures of S91OO0.OO0. |
but for the fiscal year ended June 80 1904. |
instead of a surplus. there a deficit of |
SAL .OO00 600. From the LIST of July. 1904 to |,
August 10. or for about a month and a |
third of the present fiscal year, the ex- /
penditures of the government have ex- |
ceeded the receipts by $2l. 715l000. There |
could be no stronger evidence of the ex- |
into which the republican party |
has fallen. and no more potent argument I'm |
Behalf of change to the party whose |
tenets have always embraced prudence |
and economy in administering the peoples |
affairs.
Our republican friends are prone to refer