The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-11
GREAT BURST OF CHEERS GREETS
 JUDGE PARKER'S ABLE ADDRESS
Continued from First Paael

 can president. The supreme executive power of SO000000 free people changes hands with simplest ceremony and most perfect order While the contest for votes is waged with earnestness and enthu- siam-sometimes with heat and bitter ness-the ready acceptance of the result by the defeated is the surest augury or the perpetuity of our institutions.
 Presidents come and presidents go, but the great Republic-freighted with the hopes of the human race for iberty-goes on forever.
 aAll history proves that a government bottomed on popular suffrage is a govern ment by party. Experience shows that he serves his party best who serves his country best. The names most fondly cherished are those of men who devoted their time, their energies, their talents, their fortunes and their lives to the pro- motion of the public veal Stronger in- centive to high and patriotic endeavor no man hath than the hope to stand through all the ages in that goodly company.
 "Out of the masterly debates and pro- found deliberations of the St. Louis con- vention emerged a reunited party, which goes forth conquering and to conquer. The flower of the democracy assembled there to consult on the state of the coun- try and to take measures for restoring the government to the principles enun- cated by the fathers from which it has drifted far in these latter days.
 livery phase of democratic opinion was represented by brave, honest and able champions in that great conclave Of free and patriotic men.
 No Gut and Dried Programme.
 ''The St. Louis convention carried out no cut and dried programme. Its delegates were not mere automatons or marion- cites waving and talking when the strings were pulled by one man. speech and action were absolutely free and the great debates which took place there will constitute part of the permanent pohtl- cal literature of the country. fNo effort was made to gag or bridle any one. If a delegate had a pet idea which he was anxious to exploit, he was given an ade- uuate and respectful hearing before either the platform committee or the en- tire convention Every man had his say. TO none was opportunity denied. Out of 1t all grew such unity as encourages lovers of liberty and of pure government everywhere.
 We enter upon this campaign with the strength which grows out of the union Of a mighty party with the enthusiasm born of truth with the courage that emanates from a righteous cause, with the confidence of men animated by noble purposes and lofty patriotism
 "The principles of democracy are grounded in eternal truth. As formulated by the father of democracy they are not for day but for all time and are as applicable in this hour as when he pro- claimed them in his first inaugural ad- dress which has become a classic. The necessity of putting them into practice is as pressing now as 1t was then. To once more make them the basis of our politi- cal action is the pleasant but arduous task assigned you by the democracy Of the land.
 "rro serve the whole American people, without discrimination. faithfully and well to distribute the blessings of the Federal Government impartially among all our citizens; to tighten the burdens of government by reducing taxation to the minimum and hy rigid economy in the public service, to administer the powers conferred by the constitution justly, wisely fearlessly. vigorously and patriot Ically, without diminution and without usurpation; to maintain freedom of thought freedom of speech and freedom of the press; to promote the sacred cause of human liberty everywhere by the wholesomeness of our example; to yindi- cate and glorify the theory and practice of representative government; to secure It's blessings to our posterity for all time-these always have been, are and forever must be the aims and purposes of democrats.
 AiT0S ATG 0Cl TOiLfts
 sThese aims and purposes have been carefully, clearly and comprehensively set forth in the declaration of principles which was unanimously reported to the St Louis convention in July last by the platform committee after more than six teen hours spent in its consideration, in which every great lively issue Is frankly, boldly and fully discussed, and which was unanimously and enthusiastically ad- opted by that convention composed of delegates from every constituency under our flag.
 ..There was a splendid array of presi- dential candidates before the St. Louis convention, supported by loyal friends and ardent admirers. An unusually large number of men were placed in nomination for the greatly coveted honor. You were chosen with such enthusiasm as foretells success. Having on the only ballot, re- reived the two-thirds majority indispen- sable by democratic usage, your nomina- tion was made unaimous with the heart lest approval of your illustrious competi- tors Absolute acquiescenee in the de- cisions of the majority, the vital pr1nci- ple of republics, has ever been cardinal tenet of democEacy and the signs or the times indicate that you will be supported at the polls by the democratic hosts with fhe same unammity with which you were nominated.
 Who Believes in Constitution.
 .'The hope is not too extravagant for entertainment that in this campaign our candidates will have the support not only of every democrat in the land but also of every voter, by whatever political name called. who believes that the constitution pf the United States is living reality and that it applies equally to high and low, to great and small to public official and to private citizen.
 "They will also be supported, let us hope, by all men, without regard to pol ltical affiliations who favor maintain Ing the lines of demarkation between the legislative, judicial and executive de- partments of the government, the sep aration of which has been generally re- garded as the most sa1utary and difficult achievement Of the masterfu statesmen who framed the constitution. It is be- lieved and hoped that as president you will use every legitimate influence at your command to restore and preserve the healthful equilibrium among the depart ments established by the constitution.
 'The most marked characteristics of the bulk of the American people are the reverence for the constitution and obed- Hence of law.
 Respect for the Law.
 "Your long and conspicious career as a s1urist in one of the highest courts in the world-the period which you have spent In studying and expounding constitutions and statutes-causes your countrymen to believe that into the exalted executive zfaoa fo ur1,foh ffnv re a hn.-+ fr 1a II ,ro,,