The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-08-15
BRYAN
| ACCEPTS
In Hearty Accord
With Platform.
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE
That Is the OVershadOWing
Question.
REPUBLICANS RESPONSIBLE.
ATT Present AhUSeS A Result nj
REPUBLICANS RESPONSIBLE.
Ill Present Abuses a Result Of
Their Acts, and They Ire I'm
potent to Correct Them.

Mr.. Clayton and Gentlemen Of the
Notification COMMITTEES: can not &C
cept the. nomination which you oficial
" tender, without first acknowledging
my deep indebtedness to the Democrat.
ic party for the extraordinary honor
which It 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, can only be ex-
planned BY q substantial and undis-
puted growth In the principles and pol
icies for which I, with q 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.
h A Platform 70 Binding.
I shall, In the near future, prepare q
more formal reply to your notification,
and, In that letter Of acceptance, viii
deal with the platform In detail. It h
sufficient, at this time, TO assure you
that am In hearty accord with both
the letter and the spirit Of the plat
form. endorse 1t In whole and IN
part, and shall, II elected, regard it's
declarations as binding upon me. And.
4 NAV oad a v,lafRorY,, Il bgndl,rr - -,
what 1t omits as well 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 sovereigns;
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 soVerelgns
want 1t done. Platforms are entirely
In harmony with this democratic idea
A platform announces the party's Do
sition on the questions which are at Is
sue; and an 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 II one Is nominated upon a
platform which Il not satisfactory to
him, he must, II candid, either decline
the nomination, or, In accepting It, pro-
pose an amended platform In lieu Of
the one adopted by the convention No
such situation, however, confronts your
candidate, for the platform upon which
was nominated not only contains
nothing from which I dissent, but Il
outlines all the remedial
which We can hope to Sc
cure during the next four years
Republican Challenge Accepted.
The distinguished statesman who re-
,eived the Republican nomination for |
president said. In his notification |
'peech: The strength Of Metropolitan |
cause IN the campaign at hand e the |
tact that we represent the policies es-
sential to the reform Of known abuses,
10 the continuance Of liberty and true
and that we are determined, |
u our platform unequivocaIly declares,
10 maintain them and carry them on"
In the name Of the Democratic party, !
accept the challenge, and charge that |
he Republican party Is responsible for
N the abuses which now exist In the |
FEDERAL government, and that It Is I'm /
'Otent to accomplish the reforms which /
ire imperattvely needed Further,
an not concur IN the statement that /
he Republican platform uneQuivocaIly /
declares Tor the reforms that are nee
'ssary; on the contrary, afirm that II
lpenly and VIGOROUSLY dlsappoints the
lopes and expectations OF reformers,
whether those reformes be Republic
ms or Democrats. So Tar did the Re
'ublican convention IAN short Of fts
luty that the Republican candidate fslt
{ necessary to add 70 his platform IN
everal important particulars. thus re
viking the leaders OF the party, upon
whose cooperation be must rely for /
be enactment OF remedial legislation.
As I shall. In separate speeches, dis
Us the leading questions at issue, I
hall at this tine eonfne m-self to the
'aramount question. ana 10 the far
eaehing purpose Of our party, as that
'urpose e Get forth IN the platform.
shall tbs People Ruls9