The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-08-11
ty-sixth birthday. 1t is no disparage.

man If such Sreat age would furnish
~ Safeguard to the American people
against the disaster which would ensue
iiC2 TIE death cf President with a
successor not competent to perform the
dies OF the presidential Office. 1t is
common experience that very aged men
Gcwever bright and active they may ap-
pear for brief periods, cannot sustain
iCnE continued severe exertion. The
| demands Of the presidential Office upon
&c mental and physical vitality are so
Ereat. so continuous and so exhaust
ing as to be wholly beyond the capacity
of any man Of eighty-ive.
The attempt by such man to per-
form the duties Of the Office would with
practical certainty be speedily followed
by complete breakdown both of body
and Of mind. In contemplating the re-
mote possibility Of the election of the
Democratic candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, the people of the country are
bound 10 contemplate also as neces-
sary result of such an election in case
Of the Presidents death that others,
not chosen by the people. and we know
not who, would govern in the name OF
nominal successor unable himself to
perform the constitutional duties OF
his office: or worse still. that serious
doubt whether the Vice President had
not reached a condition Of inability"
within the meaning of the constitution
would throw the title to the Office OF
President into dispute.
Senator Fairbanks was given another
ovation as he arose to accept the nomi-
nation. He said:
FAIRBANKS RESPONSE.
"Mr. Root and Gentlemen of the
Committe: l thank you for the very
generous terms in which you have con-
yeyed the official notification Of my
nomination for Vice President of the
United States. The unsolicited and
unanimous nomination by the Republi-
can party is call to duty which l am
pleased to obey.
Il accept the commission which you
bring with profound sense of the
dignity and responsibilities Of the ex-
alted position for which l have been
nominated. My utmost endeavor will
be to discharge in full measure the
trust, if the action of the convention
shall meet the approval of the Ameri-
can people.
THE platform adopted by the con-
vention is an explicit and emphatic
declaration Of the principles in entire
harmony with those policies Of our par
ty which have brought great honor and
prosperity to our common country. and
which, if continued, will bring us like
blessings in the future.
"The monetary and economic policies
which have been so forcibly re-announ-
ced lie at the very foundation Of our
industrial life. and are essential to the
fullest development Of our national
strength. They give vitality to our
manufactures and commerce, and II
impaired or overthrown there would
inevitably ensue period Of industrial
depression, to the serious injury Of the
vast interests of both labor and capital.
"The Republican party since it pre-
served the integrity Of the republic
and gave freedom to the oppressed,
never rendered a more important SER
vice to the country than when it es.
tablished the gold standard. Under it
we have increased our currency sup
ply to meet the normal requirements
Of business. 1t is gratifying that the
convention made frank and explicit
declaration of the inf1eXible purpose
of the party to maintain the gold
standard. 1t Is essential not only
that the standard should be as good
as the best in the world, but that the
people should have the assurance that
1t will be so maintained.
THE enemies of sound money were
powerful enough to suppress mention
Of the gold standard in the platform
lately adopted by the Democratic ma
tional convention. The leader of Dem
ocracy in two great national cam
paigns has declared since the ad.
journment Of the convention that as
soon as the election is over, he will
undertake TO organize the forces with.
in the Democratic party for the next
national contest, for the purpose Of
advancing the radical policies for
which his clement of the party stands.
I1C IL ohhiy says lhoI IAS DAohSy
question Is for the present in abey-
ance. In view of these palpable facts
it is not the part of wisdom to aban-
don our vigilance in safe-guarding the
integrity Of our money system. We
must have not only a President who
is unalterably committed to the gold
standard, but both houses Of Con-
gress in entire accord with him upon
the subject.
"In Congress and not with the
President rests the supreme power
to determine the standard Of our
money. Though the chief executive
should oppose Congress, acting with.
in it's. independent constitutional au.
thority, could at any time overthrow
or change the monetary standard.
"The wisdom Of our protective poll
cy finds complete justification in the
industrial development of the coun-
try. This policy has become most
vital part of our industrial SYSTEM.
and must be maintained unimpaired.
When altered conditions make chan.