The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-26
MP. DAVIS ADDRESS.
Text Of the Speech Of Acceptance of
the Vice Presidential Candidate.

Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Gqmmittee; The 81 Official not iinn ION
Vice c'i president By the national democracy
gives me feeling of the sincerest graft
tude for the honor. AT the same time 1t
brings to me deep sense of my RESPONSE
bility to my party ana country
A determination to succeed In the cam
paign before US appears to pcrvade our
party. or the rank and file ! have for
many years been a member and have at
all 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 obliga-
ton by sense of gratitude to my fellow
workers, and the hope that I may be able
the better to assist IN restoring to power
that party whose principles and past his
tory guarantee a safe, wise. economical
and constitutional administration of the
find it. therefore great pleasure,
standing here upon the borderland of the
two Virginas, to receive and accept the
commission you bear, and to send greet
| ings through you to the democracy of the
entire country Is 1t not significant Of
closer and truer brotherhood among US,
| that for the first time since the civil war
a nominee on the national ticket has been
taken from that section of our common
country that lies south Of Mason and Dix
on's line-a happy recognition Of Of, the OBJ
liberation Of all sectional differences
which led to and followed that unhappy
struggle.
| STANDS on TIC TIaIIOTHl.
AS Introductory. to the few remarks I
shall make desire to say that heartily
indorse the platform upon which l have
been nominated. and with the convention
present monetary standard of value as ir-
| reVocaby established.
| In the campaign preceding the last cleo
| ton much stress was laid by republican
speakers upon the prosperous condition
heard of the iii results, especially to the
| laboring man, which would follow any
change in the political complexion of the
government. It is true that the times then
| were good, but 1t Is no less a fact that,
while there has been no change In the par
| have come under republican rule. Four
years ago factories. mills. mines and fur
supply the demand. but now many are
| closed and those that are open are being
| operated with reduced force on short
hours. Then wages were high. labor was
scarce and there was work for all. Now
| work is scarce. many wage earners un-
employed and wages reduced. The appre-
hension which now prevails In business
| circles and the present unsatisfactory In
| dustrial conditions of the country seem to
| demand political change.
In the language of our platform. "The
| rights of labor are certainly no less vested
no less sacred. no less inalienable, than
the rights Of capital" The time is oppor-
tune to emphasize the truth of this utter
ance. The most sacred right of property
is the right to possess ana one owns one
self. and the labor of ones own hands
capital itself being but stored ZIP labor
wage Garner, and I know what 1t is tc
earn my living by the sweat of my brow.
I have always believed my conviction.
came from the hard school Of experience
and that, measured by character the
work he does and the cost Of living, {
man is entitled to full compensation fol
his services My experience as a wage
Garner and my association with labor have
alike taught the value of democratic prin
strongest security for his Individual rights
and the highest stimulus to that indie
pendence Of spirit and love of self hell
which produce the finest private charac
tiers and form base Of the best POSSIBLE
| government.
The receipts of the government for TIL
year ending June 30. 1902, the first fisca
showed surplus over expenditures o
SOL, 900 900, but for the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1904, instead of a surplus Their
was a deficit of $41,0000o0. From the Is
Of July, 1904, to August 10, or for about
month and a third Of the present fisca
year. the expenditures of the government
have exceeded the receipts by 21,715. 0N
There could be no stronger evidence Q
the extravaganza into which the repuh
lican party has fallen, and no more pc
tent argument In behalf of change t
the party whose tenets have always EN-
braced prudence and economy in admins
tering the peoples affairs.
Our republican friends are prone to re
fer to the great commercial growth Of tn
country under their rule, and yet the Ger
sus reports show that from 1850 to 1860 ur
the percentage of increase was greater
population, wealth, manufactures an
railroad mileage. the factors which affee
try. than in In any decade since. -
The cost Of government has largely ir
creased under republican rule. The Ell