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.hased immunity with their political

influence, to attempt to raise false is
sues, and to employ "the livery Of
heaven" to conceal their evil pur-
poses, but they can no longer de-
ceive. The Democratic party Is not
the enemy of any legitimate industry
or of honest accumulations. It is, on
the contrary, a friend of industry and
the steadfast protector Of that wealth
which represents a service to society.
The Democratic party does not seek
to annihilate all corporations; it SIM
ply asserts that as the Government
creates corporations it must retain
the power to regulate and to control
them, and that it should not permit
any corporation to convert itself
into a monopoly. Surely we should
have the cooperation Of all legiti-
mate corporations in our effort to
protect business and industry from
the odium which lawless combina-
tions of capital will, If unchecked,
cast upon them. Only by the separa-
ton of the good from the bad can the
good be made secure.
Not Revolution, But Reformation.
The Democratic party seeks not
revolution but reformation, and l
need hardly remind the student OF
history that cures are mildest when
applied at once; that remedies in
crease In severity as their application
Is postponed. Blood poisoning may
be stopped by the loss of a finger to-
day; it may cost an arm tomorrow or
a life the next day. So poison in the
body polite cannot be removed too
soon, for the evils produced by it in
crease with the lapse of time. That
there are abuses which need to be
remedied, even the Republican candi-
date admits; that his party is unable
to remedy them, has been fully DEM
onstrated during the last ten years.
I have such confidence in the intSlli-
gence as we'll as the patriotism Of the
people, that I can not doubt their
readiness to accept the reasonable re-
forms which our party proposes,
rather than permit the continued
growth Of existing abuses to hurry the
country on to remedies more radical
and more drastic.
Our Party's Ideal.
The platform of u party closes
with a brief statement of the party's
ideal. It favors "such an administra-.
ton of the Government as will insure,
as far as human wisdom can, that
each citizen shall draw from society a
reward commensurate with his con-
tribution to the welfare Of society,""
Governments are good in proper
ton as they ASSURE to each member
of society, as far as governments can,
a return commensurate with indl-
vidual merit.
The Divine Law of Rewards.
This is a divine law of rewards.
When the Creator gave us the earth,
with it's fruitful soil, the sunshine
with it's warmth, and the rains with
their moisture, He proclaimed, as
clearly as if His voice had Numbered
from the clouds, $50 work, and &C.
cording to your industry and your in
tel!igence, so shall be your reward"
Only where might has overthrow,
cunning undermined or government
suspended this law, has a different
law prevailed. To conform the Gov
eminent to this law ought to be the
ambition Of statesmen; and 10 party
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make it a reality wherever govern
ments can legitimately operate.
Justice to All.
Recognizing that I am indebted
for my nomination to the rank and
file of our party, and that my election
must come, If 1t comes at all, from
the unpurchased and unpurchasable
SURFACES of the American people. I
promise, If entrusted with the re-
sponsibilities Of this high Office, to
consecrate whatever ability I have to
the one purpose of making this, in
fact, a government in which the peo-
pie rule-a government which will
do justice to all, and offer to every
one the highest possible stimulus to
great and persistent effort, by assur-
ing to each the enjoyment Of his just
share of the proceeds Of his toll, no
matter in what part of the vineyard
he labors, or to what occupation. pro-
fession or calling he devotes himself.