Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-13
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BRYAN ACCEPTS
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Mr.. Clayton and Gentlemen Of the
Notification Committee: I can not ac-
cept the nomination which you official
" tender, without first acknowledging
my deep Indebtedness to the Democrat
ic party for the raordinary honor
which It has conferred upon me. Hav-
ing twice before been a candidate for
the presidency, in campaigns which
ended in defeat, third nomination, the
result of the free and voluntary act of
the voters of the party, can only be ex-
planned by substantial and undis-
puted growth in the principles and pol
icies for which /, 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 q
more formal reply to your notification,
and. In that letter of acceptance, Will
deal with the platform In detail. It is
sufficient, at this time, to assure you
that / am in hearty accord with both
the letter and the spirit Of the plat.
form. endorse it in whole and In
part, and shall, If elected, regard its
declarations as binding upon me. And,
I may add, platform is binding as to
what 1t omits as well as to what II
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 fixed time and at a stated salary
to do what the sovereigns want done,
and to do it In the way the sovereigns
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. If one 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 one adopted by the convention. No
such situation, however, confronts your
candidate, for the platform upon which
II was nominated not only contains
nothing from which dissent, but II
specifically outlines all the remedial
legislation which we can hope to Sc.
, cure during the next four years.
Republican Challenge Accepted.
The distinguished statesman who re
ceived the Republican nomination foi
president said, In his notification
speech: 'The strength Of the Republican
I cause In the campaign at hand is the
fact 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 unequivocally declares
to maintain them and carry them on"
In the name of the Democratic party
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the Republican party Is responsible FOL
all the abuses which now exist In thu
federal government and that 1t is i'm
potent to accomplish the reforms which
are fmperatively needed. Further, /
can not concur In the statement tina,
the Republican platform unequivocally
declares for the reforms that are nee
Iessary: on the contrary, affirm that Il
openly and notorionsly 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 1t.
duty that the Republ ican candidate fel
It necessary to add to his platform ii
I several important particulars, thus re
4 buking the leaders Of the party, upoI
whose cooperation he must rely foi
the enactment Of remedial legislation.
AS shall, In separate speeches. dis
cuss the leading questions at issue,
shall at this time confne myself to ths
paramount question, and to the Far
reaching purpose of our party, as tina.
purpose Is set forth Id the platform.
Shall The People Rule7
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