The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-10-03
VIEWS OF Il. c. DAVIS
Democratic Candidate g Letter
Of Acceptance Out.
DISCUSSES IMPORTANT ISSUES
Judge Parker Praised-ImperialIs
the Tariff, Trusts ana the Race
Question Form Part of Sem
atOr's Political Reviews.

| didate of the Democratic party foI
| the office of vice president of the Unit.
ed States, Henry &. Davis, has issued
his letter of acceptance of the nomi.
nation. The letter is in part as fol.
lows:
The times are propitious for the re.
instatcment of the Democratic party
In control of the government. The
public mind is being disillusioned Of
the pretension of the Republican party,
so long and 50 arrogantly made. that
the material prosperity Of the country
depends upon its own ascendency.
Thoughtful and patriotic people are be-
coming more and more dlstrustful Of
the heady and personal element OF the
present administration and are more
than willing to see,it replaced by one
that better recognizes constitutional
and other lawful restraints. They de-
mand that present wasteful eXtrava-
gance in the expenditure of the money
drawn by taxation from the industry
of the people. shall cease and that
economy and honesty in the public
service shall be again regarded as
virtues in the high places of the gov
eminent.
The expenditures per capita of the
government are increasing Mt tn alarm
ing rate. When the present admins
tration went into power there was Il
large surplus, but, Notwithstanding the
enormous taxation. the revenues there
from are not now adequate TO meet
the demands made by reckless appro-
priations. The cost of government
during the fiscal year was STA per
capita, which means that the average
tax paid In some form or another by
every family of five persons toward
the support of the national administra-
ton Of public affairs was over SO,
WHICH, in the case of wage earners, is
a considerable percentage of their en-
tire earnings for the year.
1--WE all hail as the harbinger Of the
new era In the commerce of the world
the inception OF the great work of
building the canal that is to join the
two great oceans, but we deprecate the
action of the present administration,
which Inflicted IL wound upon our ma
tional honor by its disregard of the
rights of weaker nation In order to
gain doubtful credit for energy in
forwarding that great enterprise. Ter
ritory of neighboring republic. with
which we are at peace, was seized by
a band of revolutionists, protected by
the guns of the United States navy,
and erected into state overnight,
which the president promptly recogniz-
ed as an independent national gross
offense against friendly republic
which was helpless TO resent.
These and many other unwarrant-
ed things that belong more to an EN-
pire than a republic have occurred UNI
der the present administration and
brought deep concern and alarm TO
thoughtful and patriotic minds They
must be regarded as the first fruits of
imperialism and show how fast we
are drifting toward absOlutism and
centralized power. The effect of the
imperlalistic tendency of the Republic
an party upon our foreign affairs is in
opposition TO the teachings of the
founders OF the republic.
That many of the existing tariff
rates are excessive and enable power
full combinations to eXtort unjust and
t,fi, ha 10
not be controverted The tariff is I'M
doubleday too high upon such articles
as enables the manufacturer to sell
his products abroad cheaper than at
home. The average selling price of Il
hundred articles. taken principally
from the iron and steel list. is found
to he about 20 per cent higher in this
country than abroad. Relief from
these conditions will only come
through the success of the Democratic
party. which stands for wise con
servative and gradual change in the
tariff laws.
1T is estimated there are in the
United States between two and three
hundred combinations of capital and
corporate interests, known as trusts,
which have grown up in the last few
years under Republican rule Some
of them are so conducted as TO be
perncious and harmful to the general
interest
"All lovers of their country must
deprecate the rehabilitation by the Re-
publican party of a disappearing race
issue at time when every effort
should be made to promote rather than
retard the progress which was being
made in the states where slavery had
existed toward kindlier relations be-
tween the two races.
"PeculatiOn and fraud in the public
service under the present administra-
ton. especially in the postOfiice and
land departments, reached such pro-
portions that knowledge of the evils
practiced became public property.
Prosecutions naturally followed. but a
thorough and imnnrtial investigation