The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-17
DAVIS IS NOTIFIED
OF NOMINATION
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of the president himself, but, as president
of the senate, you may have some oppor-
tunity; the opportunity Of changing the
senate rules on your own motion. or do
ing some other revolutionary thing, which,
as a play to the galleries, will make your
good old Welsh name famous as that Of
one of the most spectacular and strenuous
of men, Men, sir, are not responsible
for the size of their opportunities. They
are responsible for taking advantage of
them-sOme times for not making them,
as in re Panama republic, for instance.
In conclusion, sir. pray for war-nobody
can tell what great things war will end
making of your chief the first Emperor
and Lord Protector of the Western Henri
sphere You would of course, in that
event, as heir-apparent, share his glory.
Your legal title might become Prince
d'Outre Mere" I know you would run
some little risk Of having him designate
his secretary of war as his successor,
but believe I would chance it. Besides,
peace is tame and unstrenuous thing,
| and "smothers out some of the finest in
stincts of manhood Shakspere saN:
In thy right hand carry gentle peace
to silence envious tongues" Our fore
! fathers, even down thru the times of
Lincoln and Grant, thought this sentiment
sound morality and sound policy for ma
tons as well as for individuals. We know
now that the right policy is ito tread
softly and carry "a big stick
i Who was the fool who said "War is
hell" anyhow? My word for 1t, he never
saw real war.
| Remember, above all things, that our
| Hy1ty 1o 1sHs
rulers. is not to be ''weaklings'' or ..cow-
ards" A weakling, sir, is strangely
domesticated animal, who listens before
he acts, and who weighs evidence before
he decides, who modestly venerates great
ness-in others, who actually prefers pip
ing times and peace" to the ''pomp and
circumstance Of glorious war; Weak
llngs are men who fear the strenuous
life, the only national life that is really
worth the living''-the life Of crown
colony conquest, the life militant, in a
word. We are getting to be as a people,
your committee is glad to say, splendidly
military
In real conclusion, Mr.. Davis, it is a
sincere pleasure indeed to know and tn
be able to help to place In high position
man of your character and sense and
modesty; a man who, as the result Of
life Of confluence, temperance. self
contalnment and useful and honest indus
try, presents picture, in virile tho adj
vanced age, of mems sana in corpore sano
which is delight to the eve. salts.
faction to the soul, and was taught b,
wise anc1ents to be the summum bonum
Oh individual earthly existence.
Mr.. Davis Accepts.
Mr. Davis, in accepting the nom.
nation, said in part:
Inc OFFICIAL notification which you brinf
iny ff>t, Ia
OF the United States, by the national dem
ocracy, gives me a feeling of sinceres
gratitude to my party for the honor con
ferred. AT the same time, it brings to m,
deep sense of my responsibility, to M,
party as a candidate and to my country
J IN case of my election.
desire to say that heartily inf7ora1
the platform upon which have been nom
mated and with the convention and If.
nominee for president, regard the pres
. ent monetary standard of value as IRE
Vocably established.
In the language of our platform "th.
rlsnts OF LABOR are certainly no less vested
no less sacred and no less inalienable tha,
the rights of capital The time is :opnor
| tune to emphasize the truth of this utter
ance. The most sacred right of pronert,
: IS the right to possess and own onesei
! anu anu, Inc !apor OF ones own hands, capita
ltse1 being but stored-up labor. Fo
years l worked in the ranks as WAC
/ Garner and l know what it is to earn M
; living In the sweat Of my brow. I ha "
always believed, and my convictions cam
2 from the hard school of experience, that
measured by the character of work h.
f does and the cost of living. man !
! emitted to full compensation for his cor.
t vices. My experience as wage earne
ana my association with labor have ali1,
: taught me the value Of democratic prtn
clples; for In them the humblest has th
So, - IL
. the highest stimulus to that independenc
, OF spirit and love of self help which pro
+ duce the finest private characters an,
! form the base of the best possible govern
ment. . -. - =
With candidate whose personality an
peals TO the good sense and sound judg
ment of the American people, q, 5pla fforn
whose principles are for the greatest goo
!, 10 the greatest number, and a reunite
q party earnest for the restoration of GOO
and economical government, we shout
succeed and the principles of democrat
h again triumph. It will be my pleasur
a and duty, at a time not far hence. to az
J, cept more formally in writing the nomina
s tlon winch you have rendered in SIC
, graceful and complimentary terms, and {
q give my views upon some Of the import
ant questions now commanding the atten
d ton OF the country
s The ceremonies were held IN III
S tlaWn of the White SULPHUR SHRINE,
!. Motel. Hundreds of enthusiastic dem
g ocrats had assembled from the yir
: ginias and bordering states and heay
trainloads brought others from dis
lance. Sturdy mountaineers came o,
horseback, on foot and in wagons wit
their families. Chairman Thoma
Taggart of the national com mittee
who had planned to attend the cere
], monies, wired late last night that
s would he impossible for him to get t
Il White Sulphur. Perry Belmont wa
the only representative of the Ne1
York democracy present
n KILLED LOOPING THE LOOP.
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