Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-08-10

-Louches on Colorado Labor war.
Asserts Necessity Of Tariff Revision.
Regulation of Trusts-opposes Mill
tarisn1 and Imperialism.
Esopus, ~ Y, Aug. 10-The speech
of acceptance of Alton Brooks Parker
in reply TO the committee which noti-
fed him of his nomination for the
presidency by the Democratic party is
as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com
mittee:
have resigned the office OF chief Judge
of the court of appeals of this state in or
der that / may accept the responsibility
that the great convention you represent
has put upon me without possible preju-
dice 10 the court to which had the hon
or to belong or to the eminent members
of the Judiciary Of this state. of whom
may now say as a private citizen / am
justly proud.
AT the very threshold OF this response
and before dealing with other subjects
/ must. In justice 10 myself and 20 re-
lieve my sense of gratitude. express my
profound appreciation of the confidence
reposed in me by the convention. After
nominating me and subsequently receiv-
ing communication declaring that l re-
garded the gold standard as firmly and
irrevocably established, a matter concern
ing which / felt IL incumbent upon me to
make known my attitude so that here
after no man could justly say that his
support had been secured through indi-
rection or mistake. the convention reiter-
ated it's determination that l should be
the standard bearer of the party In the
present contest. This mark of trust and
confidence l shall ever esteem as the high
est honor that could be conferred upon
honnr tUbafayar mi bQ the
fate of the campaign, the future can In
no degree lessen or impair.
The admirable platform upon which
the party appeals TO the country for its
confidence and support clearly states the
principles which were so well condensed
In the first inaugural address of Presi-
dent jefferson and points out with force
and directness the course to be pursued
through their proper application in order
70 insure needed reforms In both the legis-
lative and administrative departments OF
the government While unhesitating in
its promise to correct abuses and TO right
wrongs wherever they appear or however
caused; to investigate the several admin
istrative departments of the government,
the conduct of whose officials has cre-
ated scandals and 10 punish those who
have been guilty of breach of their
trust; TO oppose the granting of special
privileges by which the few may profit at
the expense of the many; to practice
economy in the expenditure of the mon
eys of the people and to that end to re-
turn once more to the methods of the
founders of the republic by observing In
disbursing the public funds the care and
caution a prudent individual observes
with respect TO his own. still the spirit OF
tho platform assures conservative instead
of rash action, the protection of the inno-
cent as well as the punishment or the
guilty; the encouragement of industry,
elN.NEe e1A rot lfaft tlNl NJ
property and a guarantee of the enforce
ment for the benefit of all of mans In
alienable rights. among which, as said in
the Declaration of Independence, are life.
liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Liberty as understood In this country,
means not only the right of freedom from
actual servitude, Imprisonment or re-
straint but the right OF one TO use his
faculties In all lawful ways. 10 live and
work where he will and to pursue any
lawful trade or business These essen
tial rights OF life. liberty and property
are not only guaranteed TO the citizen
by the constitution of each OF the sew
erai states but the states are by the
fourteenth amendment 10 the constitu-
ton OF the United States forbidden to
deprive any person OF any one of them
without due process of law.
Occasionally, by reason Of unnecessary
or impatient agitation for reforms or be-
partments of government by the consti-
tuition are disregarded by officials desir-
ing TO accomplish that which to them
seems good. whether the power exists In
them or not. IL becomes desirable to call
attention to the fact that the people, in
whom all power resides. have seen fit
through the medium of the constitution
TO limit the governmental powers con-
ferred and TO say TO departments created
by II. THUS far shalt thou go and no
farther" To secure the ends sought the
people have by the constitution separat-
ed and distributed among the three de-
partments of govcrnment-the executive,
legislative and judicial-certain powers.
and it is the duty of those administering
each department so 10 act as TO preserve
rather than TO destroy the potency of
the coordinate branches of the govern
ment and thus secure the exercise OF all
the powers conferred by the people.
Thomas Jefferson. in a letter to William
c. Jarvis touching the perpetuity of our
institutions written many years after he
had retired TO private life. said. IF the
three powers of our government maintain
their mutual independence of each other
II may last long. but not so If either can
assume the authority of the other 1t
must be confessed that in the course of
our history executives have employed
powers not belonging to them. Statutes
have been passed that were expressly for
btdden by the constitution, ana statutes
have been set aside as unconstitutional
when 1t was difficult to point out the pro-
visions said to be offended against in
their enactment All this has been done
with a good purpose. no doubt. but In
disregard nevertheless of the fact that
ours IS n government of laws not of men.
deriving its Just powers from the consent
of the governed" If we would have our
government continue during the ages TO
come for the benefit of those who shall
succeed us we must ever be on our guard
against the danger Of usurpation of that
authority which resides in the whole peo-
pie, whether the usurpatfUn be by OFF,
Gals representing one of the three great
departments of government or by body
of men acting without commission from
the people
Impatience of the restraints Of law as
well as of its delays is becoming more
and more manifest from day TO day.
Within the past few years many instances
have been brought 10 our attention where
in different parts of our beloved country
supposed criminals have been seized and
punished by n mob notwithstanding the
fact that the constitution of each state
guarantees TO every person within its
jurisdiction that his life. his liberty or
his property shall not be taken from him
without due process cf law.
In a struggle between employers and
employees dynamite is said to have been
used BY the latter. resulting in the loss of
life and the destruction of property. The
perpetrators of this offense against the