Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-03
VIEWS OF Il. (. DAVIS
Democratic Candi didate's Letter
 Of Acceptance Out.
DISCUSSES IMPORTANT ISSUES.
Judge Parker Praised-ImperiaIis the TariG, Trusts and the Race Question Form Part of Sen- .
 ator's Political Reviews.

Question Form Part or Sen-
 ator's Political Reviews.
 ELKINS, w. Va, Oct 3.--The can Hidate, of the Democratic party for he office of vice president of the Unit d States, Henry c. Davis, has issued his letter of acceptance of the nomi- nation. The letter is in part as fol- ows:
 "The times are propitious for the re- nstatement of the Democratic party n control of the government. The public mind is being disillusioned of he pretension of the Republican party, Sso long and so arrogantly made, that he material prosperity of the country depends upon it's own ascendency. Thoughtful and patriotic people are be- coming more and more distrustful of . he heady and personal element of the present administration and are more han willing to see it replaced by one that better recognizes constitutional md other lawful restraints. They de- nand that present wasteful extrava- gance in the expenditure of the money, lrawn by taxation from the industry ,f the people, shall cease and that economy and honesty in the public service shall be again regarded as virtues in the high places of the gov ernment
 "The expenditures per capita of the government are increasing at an alarm ng rate. When the present adminis- sration went into power there was large surplus, but, notwithstanding the enormous taxation, the revenues there from are not now adequate to meet he demands made by reckless appro- priations. The cost of government auring the fiscal year was $7.14 per capita, which means that the average tax paid in some form or another by every family of five. persons toward the support Of the national administra- ton of public affairs was over $25, which, in the case of wage earners, is lk considerable percentage of their en- lire earnings for the year.
 we all hail as the harbinger of the new era fin the commerce of the world the inception of the great work of building the canal that is to join the two great oceans, but we deprecate the l action of the present administration, which inflicted wound upon our na- l tional honor by it's disregard of the i lights of a weaker nation in order to gain doubtful credit for energy in forwarding that great enterprise. Ter ritory of a neighboring republic, with which we are at peace, was seized by band of reyolutionists, protected by the guns of the United States navy, and erected into a state overnight, which the president promptly recogniz- ed as an independent nation--a gross sfense against a, friendly republic which was helpless to resent
 These and many other unwarrant- ed things that belong more to an em- pire than republic have occurred un- der the present administration and brought deep concern and alarm to thoughtful and patriotic minds. They must be regarded as the first fruits of imperialism and show how fast we are drifting toward absolutism and centralized power. The effect of the tmperfalistic tendency of the Republic- an party upon oar foreign affairs is in opposition to the teachings of the l founders of the republic.
 That many of the existing tariff rates are excessive and enable power ful combinations to extort unjust and 1 oppressive tribute from the people can not be controverted. The tariff is un- doubtediy too high upon such articles as enables the manufacturer to sell I Sc AZ ~fAA ,4 ! home. The average selling price of a l hundred articles, taken principally from the iron and steel list, is found to be about 20 per cent higher in this country than abroad. Relief from these conditions will only come through the success of the Democratic party, which stands for a wise, con servative and gradual change in the tariff laws. a
 "Et Is estimated there are in the United States between two and three hundred combinations of capital and corporate interests, known as trusts, which have grown up in the last few years under Republican rule. Some of them are so conducted as to be I pernicious and harmful to the general interest.
 All lovers of their country must deprecate the rehabilitation by the Re, ] publican party of a disappearing race issue at time when every effort should be made to promote rather than retard the progress which was being made in the states where slavery had l existed toward kindlier relations be
 tween the two races.
 Ejaculation and fraud in the public
 service under the present administra
 tion, especially in the postofice an6
 land departments, reached such pro
 portions that knowledge of the evils
 practiced became public property
 Prosecutions naturally followed, but {