The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-10

Mr. airman and @Gentlemen OF Inc
Comm ittee:
have resigned the Office of Chief
Judge OF the Court of Appeals of this
Staten order that may accept the
responsibi1ity that the great conven-
I ton you represent has put upon me,
without possible prejudice to the court
To which had the honor to belong,
or to the eminent members of the jul
dietary Of this State, of whom I may
now say as a private citizen, I am
= justly proud.
AT the very threshold of this re-
sponse and before dealing with other
4 subjects. must, in justice to myself
Is 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-
nfcatfon declaring that regarded the
gold standard as firmly and irrevoca-
N established, a matter concerning
which u 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
oIZE illlSl<the, LIE
reiterated its determination that I
should be the standard bearer of the
party in the present contest. This
mark of trust and confidence l 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 or impair.
The admirable platform upon which
the party appeals to the country for
its confidence and support clearly
states that the principles which were
so vel condensed in the first inau-
gural address of President Jefferson,
and points out with force and direct
ness the course to be pursued through
their proper application in order to
insure needed reforms in both the
Legislative and administrative depart
Aments Of the government. While I'M
shesitating in its promise to correct
abuses and to right wrongs wherever
they appear or however caused; to in
sYestisate the several administrative
of Sthe government, the
conduct OF whose icials has created
scandals. and to punish those who
have been guilty of breach OF their
trust; to oppose the granting of spe-
Scia1 privileges by which the few may
profit at the expense of the many;
sto4 practice economy in the expendi-
stures ofthe moneys of the people, and |
to that end to return once more to |
the methods OF the founders of the |
republic by observing in disbursing |
the public funds the care and caution
"a prudent individual observes with
OF the platform assures conservative,
instead Of rash action; the protection
of the innocent as well as the punish
s.ments Of the guilty; the encourage
mentG of industry, economy and thrift;
theSprotection of property and a guar
.antee of the enforcement for the ben
eft of all of mans inalienable rights.
among which, as said in the Declara-
5ionBof Independence, are life, liber-
tyS and the pursuit of happiness"
Liberty, as understood in this coun-
try, means not only the right of free
dom from actual servitude, imprison-
ments 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 bust
ness. These essential rights of life,
s1ibertysand 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
Amendments to the Constitution of
the United States forbidden to deprive
any person of any one of them with
out due process of law.
Occasionally, by reason OF unnec-
essary or impatient agitation for re-
forms. or because the limitations
placed upon the departments of gov
eminent by the Constitution are dis
regarded by officials desiring to ac-
complish that which TO them seems
good, whether the power exists in
them or not, it becomes desirable to
call attention to the fact that the peo-
PIE, IN whom all power resides, have
seen fit, through the medium of the
constitution, to limit the government
al powers conferred and to say to de-
partments created by it: Thus far
shallt thou go and no farther" To
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