The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-18

a man is entitled to full compensation for his services. My experience as a lwage earner, and my association with labor have alike taught me the value
 of democratic principles; for in them 1.-the humblest has the strongest securi- lty for individual right and the highest Istimulus to that independence of spirit
 and love of self help which produce the finest private characters, and form the base of the best possible government.
 The receipts of the government for the year ending June 30, 1902 the first fiscal year of the present administra- ttion, showed surplus over expendi- lures of $91, ,000,0 900, but for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, instead of a
 surplus there was a deficit of $41, 100000.
 From the 1st of July, 1904, to August l10, or for about month and a third of I the present fiscal year, the expenditures lof the government have exceeded the receipts by $21,715, ,0O0 There could be Inc stronger evidence of the extrava- gance into which the republican party Ihas fallen, and no more potent argu- lment in behalf of a change to the party Iwhose tenets have always embraced prudence and economy in administering 1.-the peoples affairs. I Our republican friends are prone to Irefer to the great commercial growth lof the country under their rule, and yet 1.-the census reports show that from 1850 Ito 1860 under democratic rule and the Walker tariff the percentage of increase was greater in population, wealth, man. Iufactures and railroad mileage, the fac Itors which affect most largely the pros Eperity of the country, than in any de- Ecade since.
 The cost of government has largely Increased under republican rule. The ex- lpenditures per capita for the last years Irespectively of the administrations given, taken from the reports of the
 Secretarytof the Treasury, were as fol- flows:
 In 1860, under Buchanan, s201. sI In 1893, under Harrison, $5.77. @%,
 4 In 1897, under Cleveland, $5.10
 .I Tn 1901, under Mckinley, $6.56.
 Tn 1904, under Roosevelt, $710.
 The republicans now claim great con- lsistency in their attitude upon the cur Irency question. and the President in This recent speech of acceptance, said lthat they know what they mean when they speak of stable currency, ''the lsame thing from year to year." and yet lin the platforms of their party in 1884, .l1SSS and 1892, they favored the double standard of value. In the platform of l1SSS they said, ."The republican party lis in favor of the use of both gold and lsilver as money, and condemns the poll Hey of the democratic administration in Tits efforts to demonetize silver" # J I congratulate your committee, and the constituency it represents, in the lselection by the delegates to the nation Ial convention of the nominee for the Presidency He is man of courage, lyet prudent; of high ideals, yet without zlpretense; of the most wholesome re- spect for the Constitution and the ma liesty of the laws under it, and a sacred lregard for their limitations; of the ,lkeenest sense of justice, which would lrebel against compromising wrong to l an individual or to a nation; positive lin conviction, yet of few words; strong lin mental and moral attributes, and lyet Withal modest and reserved: pos l sessed of sturdy constitution and magnificent manhood, and yet temper l ate in his actions and dignitied in his Idemeanor. It is not the orator or man lof letters, but the man of reserve force, Iof sound judgment, of conservative method and steadihess of purpose,
 whom the people have called to the ot- lice Of the Presidency; notably in the 4 contests between Jefferson and Burr, Jackson and Clay, Lincoln and Dou-
 glass, Grant and Greedy, Cleveland and l Blaine. r..- l Dire predictions were made by our
 political opponents of what would hap 1 pen at the St. Louis convention, but I they misjudged the temper of the party land the people. While there had been differences in preceding campaigns, Iyet at St. Louis they were all harmo- lnized and common ground was found I upon which all could stand and do bat I tie for democratic principles. A plat I form was adopted by unanimous vote, l embracing the issues of the day. and presenting to the people a declaration H
 of principles which, in the language of the times, is sane, safe and sound.
 | With candidate whose personality
 appeals to the good sense and sound Judgment of the American people, a i platform whose principles are for the greatest good to the greatest number,
 and reunited party earnest for the
 restoration of good and economical gov- ernment, we should succeed and the principles of democracy again triumph. | I beg my countryinen, as they value I their liberty, to guard with great care
 the sacred right of local self govern ment, and to watch with jealous eye
 the tendency os the times to centralize power in the hands of the few.
 il MT. Chairman. it is an added pleasure to receive this notification at your hands. You have been. conservative and courageous as leader of our party in
 the House of Representatives, a. posi- ton which few men have filled with the
 signal ability that you have displayed.