The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-17
NOTIFIES DAVIS.
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the truth of this utterance. The most
sacred right of property is the right
to possess and own ones self and the
labor of ones own hands-capitaI
itself being but stored up labor For
years worked in the ranks as a wage
Garner. and 1 know what it is to earn
my living by the sweat of my brow.
1 have always believed and my con-
victions came from the hard school
of experience. that, measured by the
character of work he does and the
cost of living, man is entitled to full
compensation for his services My
experience wage-earner and my
association with labor have alike
taught me the value of Democratic
principles, for in them the humblest
has the strongest security for indi-
vidual right and the highest stimulus
to that independence of spirit and love
of self help, which produce the finest
private characters and forms the
base of the best possible government
Government Finances.
1.-The receipts of the government for
the year ending June 80, 1902, the first
fiscal year of the present administra-
ton, showed a surplus over expend1-
lures of $4,000, 900, but for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1904, instead of
a surplus there was deficit of SAL
100000 From the first of July, 1904,
to August 10, or for about a month
and a third of the present fiscal year,
have exceeded the receipts by $21,-
$4,000. There could be no stronger
evidence of the extravaganza into
which the Republican party has fallen,
and no more potent argument in be-
half of a change to the party whose
tenets have always embraced pru-
dence and economy in administering
the peoples affairs
Our Republican friends are prone to
refer to the great commercial growt tn
of the country under their rule, and
yet the census reports show that from
1850 to 1860 under Democratic rule and |
the Walker tariff the percentage of in
crease was greater In population,
wealth, manufactures and railroad
the factors which affect most |
largely the prosperity of the country,
than in any decade since.
1.-The cost of government has largely |
increased under Republican rule. The |
per capita for the last |
years respectively of the adm1niStra-
tons given, taken from the reports OF
the secretary of the treasury, were as
follows:
I'm 1860. under Buchanan, $2.01.
I'm 1898, under Harrison, $5.77.
I'm 1897, under Cleveland, $50.
"In 1901, under Mckinley, 1886.
I'm 1904, under Roosevelt, $40.
Currency Question.
THE Republicans now claim great
in their attitude upon the
question, and the president in
his recent speech of acceptance, said
hat they know what they mean when
hey speak of a stable currency, the
same thing from year to year." and yet
n the platforms of their party in 1884
1888 and 1892, they favored the double
standard of value. In the platform of
1888 they said THE Republican party
s in favor of the use of both gold and
silver as money, and condemns the
~ iO adr nj OF
ion in its efforts to demonetize silver.
Il congratulate your committee, and
he constituency it represents, in the
by the delegates to the ma Il
ional convention of the nominee for
he presidency. He is a man of cour-
lge, yet prudent; of high ideals, yet
Without pretense; of the most whole
Ome respect for the constitution and
he majesty of the laws under it, and
acred regard for their limitations; Of
he keenest sense of justice, which
would rebel against compromising a
wrong to an individual or to a nation;
ositive in conviction, yet of few
words; strong in mental and moral at
and yet withal modest and re-
erved; possessed of a sturdy constitu- {
ion and magnificent manhood, and yet
in his actions and dignified
I his demeanor. 1t is not the orator
r man of letters, but the man of re- s
erve force, of sound judgment. of con-
arvatiVe method and SteadineSS of ,
} the office of the presidency; notably }
/ the contests between Jefferson and
urr. jackson and Clay, Lincoln and
Douglas. Grant and Greeley Cleveland
nd Blaine
Party Harmony.
Dire predictions were made by our =
official opponents of what would hap {
en- at the st. Louis convention but 7
ley misjudged the temper of the party
nd the people. While there had been r
fferences in preceding campaigns, yet =
St. Louis they were all harmonized 9
nd a common ground was found upon l
hich all could stand and do battle for q
emocratic principles. A platform was
1Opted by unanimous vote. embrace d
g the issues of the day, and present.
g to the people a. declaration of prin- Ii
pies which, in the language of the c
mes. is sane, safe and sound.
with a candidate whose personality n
Dpeals to the good sense and sound r
ldgment of the American people, C
whose principles are for the G
-eatest good to the greatest number,
I'd a reunited party earnest for the c
storation of good and economical t.
we should succeed and the a
-inciples of Democracy again triumph. n
IT beg my cOuntrymen, as they value
Ieir liberty to guard with great care Il
lie sacred right of local self govern o
ent, and to watch with a jealous eye 5,
lie tendency of the times to centralize +,
,wer in the hands of the few. q
Mr.. Chairman, it is an added pleas
e to receive this notification at your
Id coura geous as leader of our party +
the house of representatives, a posi- y
On which few men have filled with -
e signal ability that you have dis -
aged.
1T will be my pleasure and duty, at
time far hence accent