The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-18

penditures of the Government have ex- ceeded the receipts by xSl,Iio.ouv. There could be no stronger evidence Republican Party has fallen, ana no change to the party whose tenets nave always embraced prudence and econ omy in administering the peoples af- fairs. 1Sb N
 "Our Republican friends are prone to refer to the great commercial growth | of the country under their rule, and yet | the census reports show that from 1850 l to 1860 under Democratic rule and the Walker tariff, the percentage or in- crease was greater in popuiatlon; mileage, the factors which affect most largely the prosperity of the country, than in any decade since.
 "The cost of Government has largely increased under Republican rule. The expenditures per capita for the last years respectively of the administra- tions given. taken from the reports of the Secretary of the Treasury. were as follows: l- Tn 1893, under Harrison. ......... 6.17 In 1S97 under Cleveland. .......s b,10 h 1901, under Mckinley. ....... o.e6 In 1904, under Roosevelt. .. T.1O "The Republicans now claim great consistency in their attitude upon the currency question, and the President in his recent speech of acceptance, said that they know what they mean when they speak of a stable currency the same thing from year to year and yet fin the platforms of their party in 1884, 1888 and 1892. they favored the double standard of value. In the platform or 1888 they said, The Republican Party Is in favor of the use of both gold and silver as money. and condemns the pol icy of the Democratic administration in its efforts to demonetize silver.
 T congratulate your on,n committee; ana ana selection by the delegates to the Ma tional Convention of the nominee for the Presidency He Is man of cour- age; yet prudent; or ,h hisn aat 1aea1s; ye yet some respect for the Constitution and the majesty of the laws under 1t, and sacred regard for their limitations; would rebel against compromising a wrong to an individual or to a nation; positive in conviction, yet of few words strong in mental and moral at tributes. and yet withal modest and reserved: possessed of a sturdy consti- tuition and magnificent manhood, and yet temperate in his actions and dig nified in his demeanor. It Is not the orator or man of letters. but the man of reserve force. of sound judgment. of conservative method and steadiness of purpose. whom the people have called to the office of the Presidency; notably
 
 Burr, Jackson and Clay, Lincoln and Douglas, Grant and Greeley Cleveland and Blaine.
 Dire predictions were made by our political opponents of what would hap pen at the St. Louis Convention but they misJudged the temper of the party and the people. While there had been differences in preceding campaigns, yet at St. Louis they were all harmonized and a common ground was found upon which all could stand and do battla for Democratic principles. A platform was adopted by a unanimous vote, embrace ing the Issues Of the day. and present. ing to the people a declaration of prin- ctples 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 platform whose principles are for the greatest good to the greatest number, and a reunited party earnest for the restoration of good and economical government. we should succeed, and the principles of Democracy again tri- umph.
 T beg my countrymen, as they value their liberty, to guard with great care the sacred right of local self govern ment. and to watch with a Jealous eye the tendency of the times to cen- tralize power in the hands of the few. -- MT. chatrman. t is sn added pleas