Arizona republican., 1904-08-18
The Last Notification Ger.
 mOny Has Been Performed UNCLE HENRY WAS TOLD
His Brief Speech in Accepting the Democratic Nomination for the Vice.PresidenCy = Crowd Equally Ready to Cheer Parker and Bryan.

White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, Aug. l7.-Henry G. Davis today was formally notified of and formally ac- cepted his nomination by the demo cratic party for vice president of the United States. The ceremonies took place in the open air on the grounds of the Green Brier, White Sulphur Springs hotel and were marked by sim plicity.
 2 MT. Davis was escorted to the flag draped platform at 1:3O o'clock by Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. who delivered the notifica- ton address. MT. Williams occupied an hour in speaking. It took MT. Davis ten minutes to read his formal accept ance, but he prefaced this with a heart to heart talk of like duration to Sew eral thousand friends and neighbors, who were gathered under the trees. Senator Daniels of Virginia was forced to acknowledge a demand for a speech, but declined, and at S:25 o'clock the ceremony ended.
 MT. Davis was the center of interest throughout the day. He was early on the hotel veranda greeting friends. Conferences were held later, Then
  After an early luncheon. the senator sought the privacy of his room for brief rest. His excellent health and evidences of physical strength were subjects of congratulation on the part Of his friends. MT. Davis makes no pretense at oratOry. His delivery was of conversational style and his empha7 sis was effected by paus es rather than
 s,d d... Ifg speech was earnest and matter of fact.
 When it came time to respond to the notification address he was kept stand ing some minutes while the audience expressed it's enthusiasm. This affect ed MT. Davis. Ladies and gentlemen" :" he exclaimed, "I know that you mean all that you have said and all that you hare done. l feel confident further that this magnificent gathering of the citizens of West Virginia and adJoin- ing states means more than simply a hearty clapping Of hands It means victory
 Applause interrupted the speaker at this point.
 Mir Davis in the course of his reply to the notification speech by MT. Will Hams, said:
 
 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 sincerest gra;i~ tude to my party for the honor con ferred. At the same time it brings to me a deep sense of my .responsibil- ity to my party as a candidate and to my country. in case of my election.
 A spirit of determination to succeed in the campaign before us appears to pervade the rank and file of our party in all sections of the country. Of that rank and file have for many years been a member and have at all times devoted my humble powers to party success, believing that success to be for the couutry's good. Unexpect- edly called as l am now to the fore~ front I am impelled to an acceptance of the obligation by a sense of grati- tude to my fellow workers and the hope that I may be able the better to assist in restoring to power that party whose principles and past history guarantee a safe, wise, economical and constitutional administration of the government.
 
 standing here upon the borderland of the two Virginias, to receive and ac- cept the commission you bear and to send greetings through you to the dem- ocracy of the entire country. Is it not significant of a truer and closer broth erhood among us, that for the first time since the civil war a nominee on the national ticket has been taken from of south of the Mason and Dixon line, a happy recognition of the obliteration of all sectional differences which has led to and followed that unhappy struggle.
 As an introductory to the few re- marks I shall make, I desire to say that I heartily endorse the platform upon which I have been nominated and with the convention and its nom- | inee for president regard the present monetary standard of value as ire Vocably established
 PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY. In the campaign preceding the last election much stress was laid by re- publican speakers upon the prosper Ous condition of the country and fore | bodings were heard of the i'll results. tSDtClblly lO lIle ldDOIlHS IIld0, WnlCD would follow any change in the po- litical complexion of the government. It is true that the times then were 1 good, but it is no less a fact that. while there has been no change in the party in power, many of the evils prophesied have come under republi- can rule. Four years ago factories mills, mines and furnaces were in ac- 1 tive operation, unable to supply the de- mand, but now many are closed, and those that are open are being operated with reduced forces on short hours | Then wages were high, labor was scarce and there was work for all Now work is scarce, many wage earn CTS unemployed and wages reduced The apprehension which now prevails in business circles and the present un- satisfactory industrial conditions oi the country seem to demand politi- cal change.
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