Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-13


|out the Instructions which the people
give them .e7::ss
/ do not want delegates instructed
Tor me, but complaining Of their II.
structions. do not want delegates
who will spend their time at the CON.
|vention explaining that they would
like to be free and that they con-
slider It Impossible to elect the man
whom they were instructed to nom.
mate. am perfectly willing to fight
all the enemies that can get in front
Of me, but my enemies shall not get
behind me again. say this Of myself.
but It holds good for any candidate
whom you may wish to nominate. IL
you, prefer another candidate then:
those who prefer me should not ask
to be q part Of the convention which
dominates him. The delegates should
act as the representatives Of the
people; and they should be men who
are. willing to do what they have been
instructed to do. IF you want me to be
your candidate. let no man who does
not wish to see me- nominated repre-.
sent you in the convention. Let no
man have . seat there who does not
want to see me elected Il nomina4ed.
Let the candidate who has the support
|of the people have the heart as well
as the voice @of the delegates. And
again, II am nominated, it will come
ct the end Of 10 pears Of fighting in the
open My views are known to an
the people. They have been openly
voiced and have a right to assume
that the people who nominate me will
give me the kind Of platform on which
Is can stand and fight. have the
right to expect that If be nominated,
the platform Of the party will be one
Tor which shall not have to apollo
gtze. 1t should be one on which
can make the campaign. It should be
one which will enable me to make an
honest fight in the open for the prin.
1cfples for which the people know
stand, and without evasion. Then there
Is another thing, IfI am nominated.
and given . platform upon which can
stand and fight, have right to a.
sumo that the party will place the man
agement of the campaign in the hands
OF men who want to see: me elected.
! have the right to assume that the
committee in charge of the campaign
will be willing to devote their time
to winning a victory. In 1896 made
a campaign when some members Of the
committee would not attend my meet
ings. Ishall not make another campaign
with bushwhackers in the organize
ton. II am nominated there will
not be any misunderstanding as 10
the kind Of tight I shall make. The
views L stand for and the kind of q
fight I make are too we'll known for
there to be any doubt. These who do
not want that kind Of q tight do not
want me nominated. They do not want
me elected. If they do not want me
elected they should give their support
to another candidate. If they. are not
for the kind Of q fight I shall make
they must get another man. The man
and the fight must agree. If.aI am
nominated it will be because the peo-
pfc are for the principles for which
stand, and not because they are for
me personally. I am not vain enough
to believe that six aud a half million
Of voters will turn out and work in
defatigably for me just to satisfy my
personal ambitions. You are interest.
ed in me because you are interested in
yourselves, because you are interest
ed in your children and your children
children. You are interested in me
because I believe in the kind of gov.
eminent you love. would rather be
the leader of six and a half million
Democrats who think for themselves
and march with me only when
march in the direction in which they
want me to march, than be the leader
Of six and half millions without
thoughts who would simply echo what
some one else said
The Democrats have been thinking
for themselves and they have been
studying public questions from the
standpoint Of the many. They have
been considering the rights Of all the
people rather than the privileges Of
4 few. There is no doubt that large
majority Of the people believe in Dem,
ocratic principles and are ready to try
the policies that our party has been
advocating The nations conscience
is awakened; let us appeal to it with
an honest platform; with an honest
organization and with honest methods.
and our appeal will not be in vain.
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( Gov. Hughes is arguing against
fnes-he says they are unjust to stock,
holders. He prefers imprisonment,