Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-08-26

--Not q Foe to Wealth Honestly
Acquired If Elected, Promises
Justice to All.
Lincoln. Neb.-WiIliam Jennings
RrEaa was formally notified Of his
nomination by the Democratic party
for the presidency of the United
States. Henry ID. Clayton of Alabama
was the spokesman of the notification
committee. MI Bryan's speech of ac-
ccgtarce follows:
Mr.. Clayton and Gentlemen OF the No
tiicauon Committee l can not accept
TIE domination which you officially ten
DER without first acknowledging my
deem indebtedness to the Democratic
party for the extraordinary honor which
II has conferred upon me. Having twice
before been candidate for the presiden-
Cy, in campaigns which ended in defeat
II third nomination. the result of the free
aud voluntary act of the voters of the
party. can only be explained by a sub
Sidntal ana Grdisputed growth in the
principles and policies for which I. with
q multitude OF others, have contended.
~ thesc principles and policies have
gwen me whatever political strength
possess, the action of the convention not
strengthens my attachment to them.
A Platform is Binding.
shall. In the near future. prepare
moe formal reply to your notification.
and. in that letter OF acceptance, will
deal with the platform in detail. 1t is
SH'tr.ent. at this time. to assure you that
] ain in hearty accord with both the let
ter ana the spirit of the platform l in
dorTc Il In whole and in part. and shall
II elected. regard its declarations as bind
irS Er"a me. And. may add, n plat
form - binding as to what it omits as
wcii as to what X contains According
10 ihe Democratic idea. the people think
fOr themselves and select officials to car
~ ont their wishes The voters are the
s"rcrtiGnS: tie officials are the servants
employed fur Il fixed time and at a stated
salary IN do what the sovcreigns want
done. and t. DO il I'm the way the SOW
c'riErS want Ii done. Platforms are
entirely IN harmony with this Democratic
idea. \ platform announces the party's
position on questions which are at issue
ana .3 C'iciai il not ~ liberty to use the
authority vested in him To- urge personal
ricw1 which hn"e not been submitted to
the voters 20: their approval. If one is
H"Tifoted upon Platform which is not
siHr,tCtorv 60 him, he must If candid
either decline tie nomination, or in ac-
ccTt1S H. propose an amended platform
IN Zen Of the orc adopted by the con-
vcl'i'n. No such situation, however,
cCr,-Ints YOUR candidate. for the plat
form upon which ! was nominated not
OILY contains nothing from which I dis
sent. hut IL specifically outlines all the
remedial Legislation which we can hope
to secure during the next four years
Republican Challenge Accepted.
rho distinguished statesman who re-
C"irsG the Republican nomination for
D. - ia a.
'''rro strength of the Republican cause
IN the cam1ai%n at hand is the fact that
W. represent the policies essential to the
reform ~ known abuses. to the contin-
Vance Of liberty and true prosperity, and
that We are determined, MS our plat
form unequivocally declares to maintain
thc;a and carry them on
Ia the name OF the Democratic party.
accept the challenge, and charge that
the Republican party is responsible for
all tho abuses which now exist in the
fc !Cydl government and that il is ilnpo-
tent 10 accomplish the reforms which
nra inporativelv needed. Further | can
not concur in the statement that the Re
publican platform Gnequivocally declares
for tho reforms that are necessary: on
tie contrary. affirm that it openly and
nutorioIS,y diSappo!rts the hopes and ex-
pcctGtious of rcrosme~s. whether those
rcfor,uers I've Republicans or Democrats
So far did the Republican convention
fa.l short of its duty that the Republi-
can candidate felt ii necessary to add "a
lus PLATFORM In several important par
ticHlGrs. thus rchuking the leaders of the
party. upon whose corporation he must
rely for the enactment of remedial legis-
Ianoa.
49, I shall in separate speeches. discuss
the leading questions at issue. l shall at
ths TINE contine myself 10 the paramount
question, and to the far-rcachiuS pur-
pose of our party, as that purpose is SET
forth IN the platform.
Shall TIE People Rule?
oar platform declares that the over
shgdoNi1g issue which manifests itself in
all the questions now under discussion
Is shall the people rule?' No matter
which way we turn; 10 matter to what
subject we address ourselves. the same
question confronts us: Shall the people
control their own government and use
that government for tile protection OF
their rights and for the promotion OF
their welfare? or shall the representa-
tiVes Of predatory wealth prey upon q
secure immunity from subservient Off.
cials whom they raise to power by un.
Ecrupalous methods? This is the issue
raised by the known abuses" to which
Mr. Taft refers.
The Presidents Indictment Aqains,
the Party.
In a message sent to congress last Jan.
uary. President Roosevelt said: The at.
tacks by these great corporations on tho
administrations actions have been giver
vide circulation throughout the coun.
try. in the newspapers and otherwise BY
those writers and speakers who, con.
sciousiy or unconsciously, act as the rep
resentatives Of predatory wealth-of the