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date for judge of the supreme court,
responded TO the toast: Democracy
and Capitalization" He said: Il did
not come here so much for the pur-
| pose of making a speech as to make
friends among the Democrats Of this
section. Such an occasion certainly is
credit to the Democrats Of the
county In the old systems of cen
! tralization, the king was the govern
ment and the people were the gov
erned. When this country was found
ed, our ancestors determined what
form of government we should adopt.
In the very beginning our party be-
| lieved in d strong national government
with only such power, however, as
was absolutely necessary for protec-
ton. The sole and only purpose Of
our party is to make the people bet
ter and more prosperous. We aban-
don everything else
keIieher Enthusiastic.
The most rOusing, quick-witted and
! fOrcibly delivered speech of the even
ing was that delivered by Patrick kel-
/
state statistician. Mr.. Kelleher was
energetic. and it is safe to assert will
be called upon for long list of cam
paign speeches this fall. Cheering
broke forth when he concluded and it
was evident he was the first speaker
to appeal to democratic fervOr. He
said: Tonight Richmond is in the eye
of all democrats and tonight Thomas
r. Marshall is in the heart of every
person in Indiana. The nation de
mands a democratic victory. The vot-
ers are cognizant of this fact and moth
| ing will solve the problem but to turn
| the republican rascals out of office
and open up the books. The demo-
| Gratis never have really been beaten
| they were only scattered The pOlit-
| ical pendulum has swung back and
| forth between party and party until in
! 1896 there entered the arena the great
est political gladiator the country ever
has known-William J. Bryan. He
| came and won a victory although he
never got the presidency. What a
monstrous shame that was. VIII the
| American nation ever forget it? He
will win in 1905 when we face the foe
with reason the sword and human
rights the blow"
Read His Speech.
Frank J. Hall, of Rushville, candi-
| date for lieutenant governor, answered
! to the toast: The Great COmmOner."
Mr.. Hall read from manuscript. He
| etc ho &c.
| famous in history. He reviewed its
origin and showed its application to
William J. Bryan, who was designated
as the great cOmmOner of the Ameri-
can nation. He recalled the story of
the strides made by Bryan across the
prairies of the west to position in his
party that no other man ever has been
able to overthrow. We shall not
cruelty him on a cross of gold, but
name him our next president" Mr..
| Hall declared.
The program of toasts was concluded
by E. w. Felt, of Greenfield, candi-
date for Judge of the Supreme court.
He said in brief: II am told this is an
aggressive campaign on the part of the
democrats All right, let us accept
the issue. The term democrat needs
no qualifying adjectives. jefferson
gathered up the ideas and principles,
which have prevailed ever since. Mhen
he penned the Declaration of Independ-
ence, the second paragraph was the
| key to his political creed. I'VE hold
these truths to be self evident. etc. We
stand for government by the consent
of the governed and equal rights to all
and privileges to none"
| Upon the conclusion Of the program
of toasts. Mr.. Reid presented Mr.. Mar
shall to the audience. In a clear and
concise manner, without any strenuous
efforts at oratory, Mr.. Marshall spoke
as follows:
Chosen by the voice of my party to
be it's candidate for governor. it be-
comes encumbent upon me to fully pre-
sent to the voters of the state such ar
guments as | may truthfully advance
why the democratic party should be
returned to power.
| In accordance with the constitution
of this state, the governor is only its
| tHlel executive, ana mas no f1Snt 10
coerce or compel the Legislative or jul
dicial branches to do anything which
they may not desire to do. The
right of veto which was given to him
is valueless unless he can convince the
legislature. by his veto. that it has
erred in its Judgment. because an act
vetoed by him can at once be repassed
by a majority of the members of both
branches, acting separately. Aside
| from his clerical duty, the transactine
necessary business with the officers OF
the government, obtaining knowledge
as to the manner in which they are
conducting their offices, granting re
prieves, combinations and pardons
and filling vacancies in office, his du
ty is summed up in the general state
ment-that he shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed.
Only Advisory Power.
1t is not said that he shall make The
laws or compel the Legislature to make
them. His is only an advisory power
and he ought not TO rOmnel the lepiSla