The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-04
WEST VIRGINIA
AGAIN ALL RIGHT
Democrats Will Stand Shoulder
TO Shoulder This Fall.
CANDIDATES ARE NUMEROUS
VICTORY HAS BEEN SCENTED
FROM AFFAIR.

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Parkersburg. W Va. Aug S.-The
Democratic state convention was in
session two hours this afternoon ana
almost three hours tonight without
reaching the regular order of business,
which was left over until tomorrow
| Awaiting the report and the platform,
/ the time was devoted to Oratory-
The convention tonight INDUCED IN
/ wild and continued demonstrations as.
/ Henry G. Davis entered the wigwarl
Chairman McGraw formally intre-
| duced the vice presidential candidate
/ AIr. Davis thanked the convention Tor
/ its hearty greeting. expressed the hope
/ that harmony would continue until No
vember. Mr.. Davis said:
4 cannot refrain from an expression
/ Of my qualification at this large ana
/ enthusiastic convention Of Democrats,
/ showing as it does the same spirit or
/ determination in West Virginia that
/ pervades all sections of the country
Not the Time to Talk.
Our national standard bearer, Judge
Parker, will. on the 10th day Of TINS
month, be formally notified of his nom
! inafiOn. and in the acceptance thereof
will naturally give his views upon the
questions at issue in the campaign a
week. later on the 18th Of the month,
as YOU all know, / viii be, notified al
| White Sulphur Springs of my nomina-
ton for the Office Of vice president and
at that time il viii be my duty TO give
/ some expression of my views There
I fore [ think my duty both to our cam
I didate for the presidency and TO our
! party that I should not now enter into
! the discussion Of my position. con-
graduate you all upon this harmonious
and enthusiastic gathering. All appre-
! ciate the responsibility that - upon
1 you, and I am satisfied that your NOM
/ inees viii be men suited TO lead thu
! Party TO victory. Thanking you again
/ for your kind expressions of good viii.
! congratulate you upon the prospects
/ for the success OF the Democracy both
in this state and nation"
AS Mr.. Davis was concluding some
/ one called. "Hurrah for MIR. White
mans party" when Ar. Davis replied:
4 certainly agree with you on the
/ white man proposition" Then followed
I q rOusing demonstration.
Mr.. McGFaw's Address.
If there existed no other reason for
the success Of the Democratic party in
I the present campaign than that pre-
| scented by a patriotic selection between
/ the candidates Of the two parties, the
result of the issue in the approaching
election would be with the Democratic
1 party.
The record OF President RooseveIt's
administration is one Of promises bro
ken and covenants unfulflled. William
Mckinley cauterized the wounds of the
civil war, wiped out the last vestige Of
sectional hate and rancOr, only to have
them reopened by Theodore Roosevelt.
/ in breaking bread under the national
roof with one whom God had not made
such social equal; in imposing upon
southern people men Of color as their
public servants and political peers and
in attempting, by plank in his party 3
! platform, to disfranchise southern rep
resentatiVes and nullify southern votes
in the electoral college.
Ideal Democratic Candidates.
Against this candidate, who had
nothing in craftsmanship, environment
of disposition, in common with the dead
president, and whose election would be
/ a constant menace to the business in
I this country; a trayesty upon the presi-
/ dental Office, and one whose strenuous
/ temperament is better suited to a mil
! itary despOtism than to the conservR-
/ tive policies Of q Republican form Of
/ government, the Democratic party pre-
sents to the country a candidate Of ju-
| dicial temperament, typical American
citizen Of heroic mould, and one who
comes to US with a life filed with high
ideals and Teplete with civic virtues.
The great cOnclaye Of the Democratic
party named as the unerowned king of
the Democratic and conservative hosts
Of the country. Alton B. Parker Of the
state of New York; and for vice presi-
dent of the United Statessthe first citi-
vov7 of eli
old man, the Gladstone of American
politics. lion Of the fold Of Judah
Henry q. Davis.
Tariff Reform.
We believe in a. return to the plain
and simple ways of the constitution.
and in economical government admin
isteTed for the benefit of the governed
We believe IN tariff reform in the ma
; ton, and its handmade tax reform in
the state and a system Of taxation
which limits the taxing powers in the
actual necessities of the government
economically administered, and we do
not believe in system which builds up
great mOnOpOlies and combinations in
restraint Of trade. enriches. through
the operation Of law, one class of citi-
zens and pauperizes another: we be-
I lIeve in the development of the indus
I trial and commercial life of the nation
and in the Improvement Of the water
ways, and we oppose a large standing
army as the lurking danger to the re-
public
We are in favor of a government
which attends to its own business at
home, and does not terrorize weak re-
publics with the swagger of a bully
abroad; which does not prostitute pub
lie offices TO partisan ends, nor shields
criminals, whether they be found
among the favorites of a president in
Cuba, or in a great department of the
government at Washington.
Opposition to Empire.
We are in favor OF the Monroe doe
'trine as a cardinal tenet OF cur pOlit-
zeal faith. and We oppose a colonial en-
Dire and the subjugation of the tropical
islands as q part OF American territory,
and we would extend to the Philippines
the same liberty and governmental pol
icy accorded TO the Cuban patriots.
We are in favor OF merchant ma
rine and a broad American policy.
which viii carry The flag Of the Amer
icse1 people into every port. These pol
icies and principles. eTystalized into
law, viii be the safeguards % the re-
public. and viii find their full fruition
IN the great administration which Alton
b Parker and Henry G. Davis viii give
the American people.