Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-13
out the instructions which the people

out the instructions which the people
give them.
/ do not want delegates instructed
tor me, but complaining of their in.
.structions. do not want delegates
who will spend their time at the con-
vention explaining that they would
like to be free and that they con-
slider it impossible to elect the man
whom they were instructed to nom.
mate. I am perfectly willing to fight
all the enemies that can get in front
|of me, but my enemies shall not get
behind me again. I say this Of myself,
but it holds good for any candidate
whom you may wish to nominate. If
you, prefer another candidate then
those who prefer me should not ask
to be part Of the convention which
Inominates him. The delegates should
act as the representatives of the
people, and they should be men who
are willing to do what they have been
instructed to do. # you want me to. be
your candidate, let no man who does
not wish to see me nominated repre-
sent you in the convention. Let no
man have a seat there who does not
want to see me elected IL nominated.
Let the candidate who has. the support
of the people have the heart as well
as the voice of the delegates. And
again, If am nominated, it will come
at the end Of II years Of fighting in the
open. My views are known to all
the people. They have been openly
voiced and I have right to assume
that the people who nominate me will
give me the kind Of platform on which
can stand and fight. I have the
right to expect that if I be nominated,
the platform Of the party will be one
for which I shall not have to apollo.
gize. 1t should be one on which I
can make the campaign. It should be
one which will enable me to make an
honest fight in the open for the prin.
ciples for which the people know
stand, and without evasion, Then there
is another thing, If am nominated,
and given platform upon which can
stand and fight, have a right to az.
sumo that the party Will place the man
agement Of the campaign in the hands
of men who want to see me elected.
I have the right to assume that the
committee in charge Of the campaign
will be willing to devote their time
to winning a victory. In 1896 made
a campaign when some members Of tho
committee would not attend my meet
ings. Ishall not make another campaign
with bushwhackers in the organize
ton. If l am nominated there will
not be any misunderstanding as TO
the kind Of fight shall make. The
views I stand for and the kind of a
fight I make are too we'll known for
there to be any doubt. Those who do
not want that kind Of light do not,
want me nominated. They do not want
me elected. If they do not want me
elected they should give their support
to another candidate. # they are not
for the kind Of q fight shall make
they must get another man. The man
and the fight must agree. i'll am
nominated 1t will be because the peo-
pie are for the principles for which I
stand, and not because they are for
me personally. I am not vain enough
to believe that six and half million
Of voters will turn out and work in
defatigably for me just to satisfy my
personal ambitions. You are interest.
ed in me because you are interested in
yourselves, because you are interest
ad in 1hfIdrnr toiI1ron -
children. You are interested in me
because believe in the kind Of gov.
eminent you love. would rather be
the leader of six and a half million
Democrats who think for themselves
and march with me only when
march in the direction in which they
want me to march, than be the leader
of six and a half millions without
thoughts who would simply echo what
some one else said.
The Democrats have been thinking
for themselves and they have been
studying public questions from the
standpoint of the many, They have
been considering the rights Of all tho
people rather than the privileges Of
d few. There is no doubt that large
majority of the people believe in Dem,
ocratic principles and are ready to try
the policies that our party has been
advocating. The nations conscience
is awakened; let us appeal to it with
an honest platform; with an honest
organization and with honest methods,
aud our appeal will not be in vain.
Would He Remit the Fine?
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