The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-17
Accepting the Nonlina=
ton OF the Demo-
Gratis for the
Presidency.
RESPECT OF THE LAW
Is the Keynote Of the Speech
What He Says About the
Trusts, Tariff and
Other Things.

In formally accepting the nomina.
tion Of the Democratic patty as its
candidate fer President, Judge Parker,
replying to the speech Of Chairman
Clark, Of the notification committee,
spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Committee: have resigned the Office
of Chief Judge of the Court Of Appeals
of this State In order that ! may ac-
cept the responsibility that the great
Convention. you represent has put upon
me, without possible prejudice to the
Court to which had the honor to be-
long, or to the eminent members Of
the judiciary Of this State, Of whom I
may now say as private citizen am
justly proud.
At the very threshold Of this re-.
sponse and before dealing with other
and to relieve my sense Of gratitude,
express my profound appreciation Of
the confidence reposed in me by the
Convention. After nominating me
and subsequently, receiving commu-.
nication declaring that I regarded the
gold standard as firmly and irrevocably
established, a matter concerning
which I felt it incumbent upon me to-
make known my attitude so that here:
after no man could justly say that his
support had been secured through in
direction or mistake, the Convention
reiterated it's determination that I
should be the staGdard-bearer of the
party in the present, contest. This
mark Of trust and confidence I shall
ever esteem as the highest honor that
could be conferred upon mean honor
that, whatever may be the fate Of the
campaign, the future can in no degree
lessen OF impair.
TIE ADMIRABLE PLATFORM
upon which the party appeals to the
country for its confidence and support
clearly states the principles which
were so well condensed in the first in
augural address Of President Jefferson,
and points out with force and direct
ness the course to be pursued through
their proper application in order to in
sure needed reforms in both the iegis-
lative and administrative departments
Of the Government. While unhesitat-
| ing in it's promise to correct abuses
and to right wrongs wherever they ap-
pear or however caused; to investigate
the administrative departments Of the
government, the conduct Of whose OFF,
cials has created scandal, and to punish
those who have been guilty Of breach
of their trust; 10 oppose the granting
of special privileges by which the few
may profit at the expense Of the many;
to practice economy in the expen1i-
ture OF the moneys OF the people, and
to that end to return once more to the
methods Of the founders of the Repub-
lie by observing in disbursing the pub
lie funds the care and caution a. pru-
dent Individual observes with respect
20 his own; still the spirit OF the plat
form assures.
CONSERVATIVE, INSTEAD OF RASH
action; the protection Of the innocent
as well as the punishment Of the gull
ty; the encouragement Of industry,
economy and thrift; the protection OF
property and a guarantee OF the en-
forcement for the benefit Of all Of
mans inalineable rights, among which
as said in the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence, are ''life, liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness" Liberty, as under
stood in this country, means not only
the right of freedom from actual ser
vitude, imprisonment or restraint, but
the right of one to use his faculties in
all lawful ways, to live and work where
he will and to pursue any lawful trade
or business. These essential rights OF
life, liberty and property are not only
guaranteed to the citizen by the Con-
stitution of each of the several States,
but the States are by the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States forbidden to deprive
any person Of fany one Of them without
due process OF law.
LIMITATIONS OF POWER.
Occasionally, by reason Of unneces-
sary Or impatient agitation for re-
forms, or because the limitations
placed upOn the departmentS of Gov