Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-10

Democratic Candidate Ac-
cepts Nomination.
PROMISES POPULAR GOVERNMENT.
Deneunees Glass Regulation and Ex-
eeptiye OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Re-
vision ma Negotiation o.
Trusta-ImperiaIism,

neutrality-suspicious. i,
Esopus. N. X, Aug. 10.-The follow.
ing Is the address of Alton b. Parker
accepting the Democratic nomination
Tor The presidency Of the United States;
AIR. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the Com
mittee:
have resigned the ONCE of chief Judge
Of the court of appeals of this state in or
der that 4 may accept the responsibility
that the great convention you represent
has put upon me without possible preju-
dice to the court to which / had the hon
or to belong or to the eminent members
OF the judiciary of this state, of whom I
may now say as a private citizen / am
Justly proud.
At the very threshold Of this response
AMI before dealing with other subjects
1 must, in justice to myself and to re-
1ieve my sense Of gratitude. express my
profound appreciation of the confidence
reposed in me by the convention. After
nominating me and subsequently receive
dng q communication declaring that I re-
garded the gold standard as firmly and
drrevocably established, a matter concern
ing which 1 felt 1t incumbent upon me to
T. &IlAAE AitQWn my dttituuc 81 tuhb hChC-
after no man could Justly say that his
support had been secured through indi-
rection or mistake. the convention reiter-
ated its determination thai ! should be
the standard bearer of the party in the
present contest. This mark Of trust and
confidence ! shall ever esteem as the high
est honor that could be conferred upon
mean honor that, whatever may be the
+.4-f - ~ - - Aha f,str.ro 0on In
no degree lessen or impair.
The admirable platform upon which
the party appeals to the country for it's
confidence support clearly states the
principles which. were 80 well condensed
IN the first inaugural address of Presi-
dent Jefferson and points out with force
n directness the course to be pursued
through their proper application in order
to insure needed reforms In both the legis-
1ative 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
1strative departments OF the government,
the conduct Of whose officials has Gre
ated scandals. and to punish those who
have been guilty of a 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
disbursinH the public funds the care and
caution q prudent individual observes
with respect to HIS own, still the spirit Of
the platform assures conservative instead
- pretretisn Of thetNmaA
cent as well as the punishment ofV
guilty; the encouragement OF indust@
economy and thrift, the protection
property and a guarantee of the enforcey
ment for the benefit of all Of mans in-N
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 s~ervitude. Imprisonment or re-
straint, but the right of one to use his
faculties In all lawful ways, to 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
eral states. but the states are by the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu-
ton Of the United States forbidden to
deprive any person of any one of them
without due process OF law. y
Occasionally, by reason of unnecessary
or impatient agitation for reforms or be-
cause the limitations placed upon the de-
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, 1t becomes desirable to call
attention 10 the fact that the people, In
whom all power resides. lave seen fit
through the medium of the constitution
TO limit the governmental powers con-
1erred and to say to departments created
by II, THUS far shalt thou go and no
Farther To secure the ends sought the
people IA by the constitution separat-
pd and distributed among the three de-
bartments of government-the executive,
legislative and judicial-certain powers.
and 1t Is the duty Of those administering
each department so to act as to preserve
rather than to destroy the potency OF
the oo~-ordinate 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
G. 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
1t may last long, but not SO II either can
assume the authority of the other" II
must BIZ confessed that in the course of
ON history executives have employed
powers not belonging to them. Statutes
have been passed that were expressly for
hidden by the constitution. and statute
have been set aside as unconstitutional
when It was difficult to point out the pro-
visions said to be offended against in
their enactment. All this has been done
with q good purpose, no doubt, but In
disregard nevertheless of the fact that
ours Is q government of laws, not Of men,
deriving its ssjust powers from the consent
Of the governed" If we would nave 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 usurpation be by off,
cials representing one of the three great
Hepartments Of government or by a body
81 men acting without a commission from
the people.
Impatience OF the restraints Of law as
we'll as OF its delays is becoming more
and more manifest from day to day.
Within the past few years many instances
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