The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-26
WHAT HE STANDS FOR
Democratic Con gres sionaI
Candidate Writes Letter
Accepting Nomination.

In accepting the nomination
/ rendered ne ty the Democratic
/ Congressional convention for he
Sixth Distinct of Maryland. de
/ sire to express my deep sense of
/ the honor conferred upon me and
my profound appreciation Of the
confidence of my fellow Democrats
i'll choosing me as the representa-
/ tive of the political party that
commands and deserves our uni
ted reverence and support. and
desire further t. express my con
currence in The views expressed
by the resolutions and platform
adopted by that conventions The
/ principles for which the Demo
cratic party has stood for moie
| than a century. were the fuunda
tion upon which our Government
was founded, and are Just al tun
damental today a. they were then.
But If those principles are 20 re-
main as the bulwark OF Cur civil.
cation, 10 the party that has al
ways proclaimed them Must their
development he entrusted. as the
class Legislation OF the Republican
party is rapidly placing power In
the hands of few who use it to
further their own sordid interests.
regardless OF the welfare of the
whole people.
The boldnesS Of the claims of
the leaders Of the Republican
party, that our present period of
/ prosperity is due to Republican
! policies, IL amazing when we con
slider that they are addressing
those claims to a people. whose
Intelligence is not surpassed by
that Of any people on the globe.
In making such claim they ig
more all the natural conditions
which tend to bring about pros
peuty, and with which legislation
/ has nothing TO do.
The universally recognized fact
that periods OF prosperity and de
/ preston come in waves. as il were.
regardless of legislation, that In
the very nature of things, nothing
can be done that will make the
/ years or periods Of years each as
/ prosperous as the other. is un
recognized by these Republican
leaders who claim that nothing
good can happen in the United
States unless it comes from Re
publican policies.
The effect of legislation. good
or bad, is not such as to suddenly
/ precipitate either prosperity or de
preston, but like the stream that
gradually Saps away the earth
from its banks and deposits it else
where. legislation often gives an
advantage TO one class. whereby
that class by extorting just lit.
tie from each member of the great
body of the people is enabled to
unJuStly amasS great fortunes, aud
to get more than its just share of
this worlds go0ds-the class leg
islatiOn of which the Democratic
party claims the Republican party
has been guilty.
The Democratic party contends
that the trusts aud monopolieS of
today are the result Of Just such
legislation.
Tariff Reform is one of the car
dinal doctrines of the Democratic
party, and the need of revision
OF the tariff was never greater than
at the present time. During the
year ending June 30th, 1904, un-
der the Dingley tariff, fully So per
cent. of American manufactured
products were sold to foreigners
at cheaper prices than were
charged for precisely the same
goods when sold TO Americans.
The average prices Of these goods
when sold in foreign markets, was
20 per cent less than the selling
price in the home market.
This is plainly unjust Giscrimi
! nation against American consum