Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-08-13
PRESIDENT BRYAN.
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D6mOcraC1C party Is HUI IuS CAO"S L
any legitimate industry or of honest
accommodations. 1t is, on the contrary,
a friend of industry and the steadfast
protector of that wealth which repre-
sents a service to society. The Demo
cratic party does not seek to ann1hl-
late all corporations; it simply as
serts tina as the government creates
corporations, it must retain the
power to regulate and to cOntrol
them, and that it hould not permit
any corporation to convert itself into
a monopoly. Surely we should have
the cooperation of all legitimate cor
porations in our effort to protect bus
mess and industry from the odlum
which lawless combinations of capital
will, if unchecked, cast upon them.
ONLY by the separation Of the good
from the bad can the good be made
secure.
No Revolution, But Reformation.
The Democratic party seeks not re-
volution but reformation, and l need
hardly remind the student of history
that cures are mildest when applied
at once; that remedies increase in
severity as their application is post
poned. Blood poisoning nay be stop
ped by the loss of a finger to-day; it
may cost an arm tomorrow or a life
the next day. So poison in h body
polite cannot be removed too soon, for
the evils produced by it increase with
the lapse of time. That there are
abuses which need to be remedied,
ever the Republican candidate
admits; that his party is un-
able to remedy them, has been
fully demonstrated during the
last ten years. / have such confidence
in the intelligence as well as the pa
triotism of the people, that 1 a not
doubt their readiness to accept the
reasonable reforms which our party
proposes, rather than permit b n
tinued growth of existing abuses to
hurry the country on to remedies more
radical and more drastic.
Our Party's Ideal.
The platform of our party closes
with a brief statement of the partys
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 proportion
as they assure to each member OF
society, so far as governments can,
a return commensurate with individ-
ual merit.
The Divine Law of Rewards.
There is a Divine law of rewards.
When the Creator gay us the earth,
with it's fruitful soil, b sunshine
with it's warmth, and the rains with
their moisture, He proclaimed as clear
ly as if His voice had Numbered from
the clouds, go work and according to
your industry and your intelligence,
so shall be your reward" Only where
might has overthrow, cunning under
mined or government suspended this
law, has a different law prevailed. TIC
conform the government to this law
ought to be the ambition of the states
man; and no party can have a higher
mission tina to make it a reality
wherever governments can legitimate
ly operate.
Justice to All.
Recognizing that I am indebted fol
my nomination to the rank and file OF
our party, and that my election must
come, if it comes at all, from the I'm
purchased and u~npurchasable sufra
ges of the American people, | promise
If entrusted with the responsibilities
of this high Office, to c~onsecrate what
ever ability I have to b n purpose
of making this, in fact, a government
in which the people rule-a govern
ment which will do justice to all, anG
offer to every one the highest possible
stimulus to great and persistent effort
by assuring to each the enjoyment O
his just share of the proceeds of his
toll, no matter in what part of the
vineyard he labors, or to what Occu
patton, profession or calling he de
votes himself.
After the speech-making Mr.. Bryan
and Mr.. Kern held an informal recsp
ton in the rotunda of the capitol ant
tor mere than an hour they shook hand
with the leng line of men, women ant
children that filed past them. Follow
ing this reception the candidates an
invited guests started to Fairview
where the members of the notification
committee and the ether party leader
who attended the ceremonies of the da,
are to be entertained at dinner by MI
and Mrs. Bryan.
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