The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-08-19

and out OF the white House. I hold.
after mature defEberatson, in common
the youngest. that youth necessarily
insures wisdom because-the older q
man IS the more he has forgotten.
s'it mas been a pleasure to us to do
our daty, to notify you OF your nominal
ton This has been a pleasure nos-
withstanding the fact that you had al
ready been IN manner notified by
Hon Elihu Root. who. while pretend
ely notifying Senator Fairbanks,
the darizies say. and whose speech con-
sisted principally IN saying. Go
20, thol art an o,d man. and
IN benfoaning the fact that you might
possibly. die before you got to De Pres:-
Gent. So might he for that matter.
That would be bad. enough, but not
es bad case kncT of-Lhe case OF
dent. and who becoming President
later, .tickled the ears of tbs
sroundings. but made the judicious TO
grfeve.' Mr.. Root forgot that Demo-
cratic Presidents are never killed and
that they never die while holding Office
although some OF them do afterwards
In further comment upon Hon. Eliha
/ Will hazard the remark. in reply 10
cDe of exceeding good taste on his part.
that ii Is better to run the risk OF in
curing. as in due course OF the flesh
We all must. physical inability. than
10 have been born with that peculiar
mental inability for any possible task
in life, which consists Of taking our.
selves too seriously and nobody else
with respect or reverence.
N u.
sincere pleasure indeed to know ano
TO be abe TO help to place in high po.
sitioa man OF your character and
sense and modesty, Il man who, as
the result of a life of CONTINGENCY, tenn
pe-ance, self-containment and useful
and honest industry, presents a picture
IN virile, though advanced, age. of mems
sana IN corpore sano. which is a delight
10 the eye, d satisfaction to the soul,
and was taught by wise ancients to be
the summum bonum of indiyidudi
earthly existence
Mr.. Davis Reply.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF The
Committee:
The official notification which you
bring Of my nomination for the Vice
Presidency of the United States, by
the national democracy. gives me a
feeling of gratitude to my party for
time, 1T brings to me a deep sense of
Try responsibility, to my party as Il
candidate, and to my country in case
OF my election.
A spirit of determination to sue
ceed in the campaign before US ap-
pears to pervade the rank and file of
our party in all sections Of the coun-
try. OF that rank and file L have for
many years been a member, and have
at all times devoted my humble pow
ers to party success, believing that
success to be for the country 8
good. Unexpectedly called, as 1 am
now to the forefront, / am impe!led
to an acceptance Of the obligation 10y
a sense of gratitude to my fellow
able the better to assist In restoring
to power that party whose princi-
pies and past history guarantee 4
safe, wise, economical and constitU
tiOnal administration of the govern,
ment.
Il find it, threfore. a great pleasure,
standing here upon tre borderlan1 o.
the two Virginia'S, to receive and ac-
cept the commission you bear, and t.
send greetings through you to the
! democracy Of the entire country. Is
ait not significant of a closer and truer
Z brotherhood among us, that for tho
first time since the Civil War a nom
taken from that section of our com.
mon country that lies south Of Mascil
and DiXon'S Hne-a happy recogai
tion of the obliteration of all sectional
differences which led to and followed
that unhappy struggle.
LAS Introductory to the few remarks
I shall make 1 desre to say that
heartily endorse the platform upon
which I have been nominated. and
with the convention and it's nominee
for President, regard the present ni:Ie-
etary standard of value as irrevOca-
bly, established
In the campaign preceding the last
election, much stress was laid by Re
publican speakers upon the prosperity
of the country, and fOrebodings were
! heard of the ill results, especially to
the laboring man, which would follow
any change in the Political complex
ion of the governmet. 1t is true that
the times then were good, but it is no
less a fact that, while there has beer
no change in the party in power, many
of the evils prophesied have come un-
der Republican rule. Four years ago
factories, mills, mines and furnaces
were in active operation, unable II
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 unemployed and wage;
reduced. The apprehension which now
prevails in business circles AMI the
present unsatisfactory industrial con-
ditions Of the country seem to de-
mand a political change.
In the language of our platform.
The rights Of labor are certainly no less
vested, no less sacred, and no less in
alienable than the rights of capital"
The time is opporrune to emphasize
the truth of this utterance. The most
sacred right of property is the right
to possess and own ones self and labor
of onas own hands-capital itself being
but stored up labor. For years /
worked in the ranks as wage Garner,
and I know what it is TO earn my liv-
ing by the sweat of my brow. have
always believed, and my convictions
icame from the hard school of expert
ence, that, measured by the character