Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-08-26
FOR PRESIDENT:
ALTON b. PARKER,
OF NEW YORK,
Hon. Henry G. Davis Accepts the
Nomination for Vice President.

Hon. Henry q. Davis was formally noti-
fed OF bis nomination by the Democratic Ma
tional Convention, for the Vice Presidency,
on the nth instant, and in accepting the
same made the following address;
MIR Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com.
mittee: The official notification which You
bring of my nomination for the Vice Presi
dency of the United States by the National
Democracy gives me feeling OF the sin.
cerest gratitude to my party for the honor
conferred. At the same time 1t brings ~
me deep sense OF my responsibility 10 my
party as a candidate and to my country In
case OF my election.
spirit Of determination TO succeed In the
campaign before us appears to pervade the
rank and file Of our party In all sections oil
the country. or the rank and file | have
for many years been a member and have al
times devoted my humble powers TO party
success, believing that success to be for the
country's good. Unexpectedly called, as !
am now, TO the forefront. am impelled TO
an acceptance of the obligation by sense
of gratitude TO my fellow workers and the
hope that may be able the better to assist
in restoring to power that party whose prin-
ciples and past history guarantee q safe, wise,
ton OF the Government.
l find II, therefore, a great pleasure, stand
ing here upon the borderland OF the two Vir-
ginias, TO receive and accept the commission
you bear aud to send greetings through you
10 the Democracy of the entire country. Is
Il not significant of closer and truer brother
hood among US that for the first time since
the Civil War nominee on the national
ticket has been taken from that section OF
our common country that lies south OF
Mason and Dixon's line-a happy recogni.
ton Of the obliteration of all sectional differ.
ences which led To and followed that un.
happy struggleS
As Introductory to the few remarks shall
make desire TO say that heartily indorse
the platform upon which have been nom
mated, and, with the convention and its
nominee for President, regard the present
monetary standard OF value as rrevocably
established.
10 the campaign preceding the last cleo.
ton much stress was laid by Republican
speakers upon the prosperous condition OF
the country and forebodngs were heard OF
the III results, especially to the laboring man,
which would follow any change 10 the DO
liticsl complexion of the Government. II
Is true that the times then were good, but il
IL no less a fact that while there has been 60
change in the party in power many Of the
evils pTophesied have come under Republ
can rule Four years ago factories, mills,
mines aud furnaces were in active operation,
unable to supply the demand, but now many
are closed, and those that are open are being
operated with reduced forces on short hours.
Then wages were high, labor was scarce and
there was work Tor all, Now work Is scarce,
many wage earners unemployed and wages
reduced. The apprehension which now pre-
walls In business circles and the present nm
satisfactory industrial conditions of the coun
try seem TO demand political change.
In the language Of our platform, "tht
rights Of labor are certainly no less vested
no less sacred and no less nalienable than
the rights of capital" The time is oppor
tune 10 emphasize the truth of this utter
ance. The most sacred right Of property
Is the right TO possess and own ones sci
and the labor of ones own hands--capita
itself being but stored up labor. For year,
worked in the ranks as a wage Garner
and | know what II is TO earn my living il
the sweat OF my brow. | have always be
lieved-and my convictions came from the
hard school of experence--that, red
by the character of work he does and the
cost of living, man is entitled to full com.
pensation Tor services.
My experience rs wage Garner and my
association with labor have alike taught mt
the value OF Democratic principles, for In
them the humblest has the strongest securit,
for individual right and the highest stimu
lus To that Independence Of spirit and love
OF selfhelp which produce the finest pr
vate characters and form the base of The
best possible government,
The receipts of the Government for The
year ended June 80, 1902, the lrst fisca
year of the present Administration, showed
surplus over expenditures Of $9l, 900 600
but Tor the fiscal year ended June 80 1904
instead Of a surplus there was deficit Of
Sal 100000 From July |, 1904, To Angus
10, or for about a month and third of tn,
present fiscal year, the expenditures OF tn,
Government have exceeded the receipts b,
$2l,7l5OOO There could be no stronger
evidence OF the extravaganza into which th,
Republican party has fallen and no NOR,
potent argument in behalf of shange L
the party whose tenets have ALWAYS EN-
brsced prudence and economy in admins
tering the peoples affairs
Our Republican friends are prone 10 rele
" the great commercial growth Of the couu
try under their rule, and yet the census re
ports show that iron 1850 TO 1860, uude
Democratic rule and the Walker tariff. III,
percentage OF increase was greater in plpu
lat'on, wealth, manufactures and railroad
mileage, the factors which affect most large
ly the prosperity Of the country, than 10 an,
decade since.
The cost of government has largely Ia
creased under Republican rule The ex
pendilures per capita for the last wears
respectively, Of the administrations given
taken from the reports OF the Secretary q
the Treasury, were az follows;