Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-25

YOU should De elecIeu vice plSsfNcitN
will be one Of your dutie'
heir apparent to the ere
yourself and influence your cuioa
Judge Parker-in the way Of usurpinf
the functions of the other departments
of the government. Your opportunity
will not be as great as that Of the presi-
gent himself, but as president of the
senate, YOU may have some op-
portunity.
'In conclusion. sir, pray for war-no-
body can tell what great things war will
end in when once begun. II might result
in making of your chief the first EN-
peror and lord protector of the western
hemisphere.
Remember above all things that our
chief duty as citizens, but especially as
rulers, is not to be 'weaklings or cow
ards A weakling, sir, is a strangely
domesticated animal who listens before
he acts and who weighs evidence before
he decides, who modestly venerates
greatness-in others, who actually pre-
fers piping times of peace to the
'pomp and circumstances of glorious
war Weaklings are men who fear the
strenuous life, the only national life
that is really worth the living'-the life
of crown-colony-con the life mill
tant. in word. We are getting to be as
people, your committee is glad TO say,
splendidly military. A flag. brass band
and a choice collection of epaulets, es-
corting a secretary of war to and from
the depot in Washington when he au-
gustly leaves or arrives. appeal to the
higher flights of our patriotic imasina-
tion as nothing else does or can.
Assails Speech of Root.
1T has been pleasure to us to co our
duty, to notify you of your nomination.
This has been a pleasure, notwithstand-
ing the fact that you had already been
in manner notified by Elihu Root, who,
while pretendedly notifying Senator
Fairbanks. could not set his mind off n
you.' as the darkies say, and whose
speech consisted principally in saying,
Go to, thou are an old man. ard in be-
moaning the fact that you might possi-
bly, die before you got to be president.
So might he for that matter.
an further comment upon Elihu
Roots notification of your nomination
will hazard the remark, in reply to one
of exceeding good taste on his part, that
it Is better to run the risk of incurring,
as in due course of the flesh we all must,
physical inability than to have been
born with that peculiar metal inability
for any possible task in life which con-
sists of taking ourselves too seriously
and nobobdy else with respect of rever-
ence.'
Davis Reply to Williams.
''Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
| Committee: The official notification
which you bring of my nomination for
the vice presidency of the United States
l'by the national democracy gives me a
feeling of the sincerest gratitude 10 my
| party for the honor conferred. At the
same time it brings to me a deep sense OF
my responsibility to my party as can
didate and to my country in case of my
election.
"A spirit of determination TO succeed
in the campaign before us appears to
pervade the rank and file of our party in
all sections of the country. OF THAT rank
and fi,e have for many years been a
member and have at all times devoted
my humble powers to party success, be-
lieving that success to be for the coun-
try's good. Unexpectedly called as
am now to the forefront. am impelled
to an acceptance of the obligation by a
sense of gratitude to my fellow workers
and the hope that it may be able the
better to assist in restoring to poweS
that party whose principles and past
history guarantee a safe, wise. econom-
ical and constitutional administration
of the government.
81 find il, therefore, a great pleasure
standing here upon the borderland OF
the two Nirginias. to receive and accept
the commission you bear and to send
greetings through you 10 the democracy
of the entire country. 1t is not signiti-
cant of a 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 sec
south of Mason and Dixon S line-a hap
py recognition of the obliteration of all
sectional differences which led to and
followed that unhappy struggle?
Declares Himself for Gold.
AS an Introductory to the few remarks
| shall make desire to say that heart
lily indorse the platform upon which J
have been nominated and. with the con-
vention and its nominee for president.
regard the present monetary standard
of value as irrevocably established.
"ln the campaign proceeding the last
election much stress was laid by repub-
licsn speakers upon the prosperous con-
dition Of the country and forebodings
were heard Of the i'll results. especially
to the laboring man. which would follow
any change in the political complexion
of the government
ut is true that the times then were
good. but il is no less a fact that. while
there has been no change in the party
in power. many of the evils prophesied
have come under republican rule Four
years ago factories, mills, mines and fur
naces were in active operation. unable
to 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 earn
ers unemployed and wages reduced. The
apprehension which now prevails in
business circles and the present unsatis-
factory industrial condition of the coun-
try seem to demand political change.