The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-08-13
Bryan
ACCEPTS
In E.0Qrty Accord
With Platform.
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE
IndI Is Iii6 UFEISllddUHIilg
Question.
REPUBLICANS RESPONSIBLE.
All Present Abuses a Result of
Their Acts, and They Are I'm
potent TO Correct Them.
REPUBLICANS RESPONSIBLE.

Mr.. Clayton and Gentlemen Of the
Notification Committee: / can not &C
cept the nomination which you Official
IL tender, without first acknowledging
my deep indebtedness to the Democrat
1c party for the extraordinary honor
which 1t has conferred upon me. Hav-
ing twice before been a candidate for
the presidency, in campaigns which
ended In defeat a third nomination, the
result Of the free and voluntary act OF
the voters Of the party, al only be ex-
APlained by a substantial and undis-
Wuted growth in the principles and pol
1cies for which 1, with a multitude OF
others, have contended. As these prin-
ciples and policies have given me what
ever political strength I possess, the
action Of the convention not only re-
news my faith in them, but strengthens
my attachment to them.
A Platform Is Binding.
shall, in the near future, prepare a
more formal reply to your notification,
and, in that letter of acceptance, will
deal with the platform in detail. 1t is
sufficient, at this time, to assure you
that l am In hearty accord with both
the letter and the spirit of the plat
form. l endorse it in whole and in
part, and shall, if elected, regard its
declarations as binding upon NE. And,
] may add, a platform is binding as to
what it omits as we'll as to what it
. contains. According to the democratic
idea, the people think for themselves
and select officials to carry out their
wishes. The voters are the soyereigns;
the officials are the servants, employed
for a fixed time and at a stated salary
to do what the sovereigns want done.
and to do it in the way the sovereigns
want it done. Platforms are entirely
In harmony with this democratic lea.
A platform announces the party'S pO-
Gition on the questions which are at is
Bue; and ar official is not at liberty to
use the authority vested in him to
urge personal views which have not
been submitted to the voters for their
approval. If n is nominated upon a
platform which is not satisfactory to
him. he must, if candid, either decline
the nomination, or, in accepting 1t, pro
pose an amended platform In lieu of
the adopted by the convention. No
such situation. however. confronts your
candidate. for the platform upon which
j was nominated not only contains
nothing from which l dissent, but Ii
specifically outlines all the remedial
LEGISLATION which NO aan hono IN eo-
cure during the mex four years.
Republican ChaIIer&e Accepted.
The distinguished statesman who re.
ceiyed the Republican nomination fol-
president said, in his notification
speech: THE strength Of the Republican
cause in the campaign at hand is the
a C that we represent the policies es-
sential to the reform of known abuses,
to the continuance of liberty and true
prosperity, and that we are determined
as our platform unequivocaIly declares,
to maintain them and carry them on"
In the name Of the Democratic party,
i accept the challenge, and charge that
the Republican party is responsible fol-
all the abuses which now exist In the
federal government, and that it is i'm.
potent to accomplish the reforms which
are ~1mperatively needed. Further,
a not concur in the statement that
the Republican platform urequivocally
declares for the reforms that are nee
essary; on the contrary, 1 affirm that Il
openly and VIGOROUSLY disappoints the
hopes and expectations of reformers
whether those reformers be Republic
ans or Democrats. So far did the Re
publican convention fall short Of ttE
duty that the Republican candidate fell
II necessary to add to his platform II
several important particulars, thus re
buk1ng the leaders of the party, Dol
whose cooperation he must rely fo1
The enactment of remedial legislation.
AS shall. in separate speeches, dis
he leading questions at issue,
shall at this time confne myself to thu
paramount question, and to the far
reaching purpose of our party, as tina,
purpose is set forth in the platform.
9naII the People Ruler
Orr PLATFORM declares that the over