Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-04-01

giv= them.
I 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-
vertion 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. l am perfectly willing to fight
all the enemies that can get in front
of me. but my enemies shall not get
behind me again. say this of myself.
but it holds good for any candidate
whom you may wish to nominate. IL
you prefer another candidate then
| those who prefer me should not ask
| to be Part of the convention which
| dominates 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. If 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 if nominated.
| l1SJ Tic WIlO Ids Tie SuppOTJ
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 ALI
the people. They have been openly
voiced and / have right to assume
that the people who nominate me will
give me the kind of platform on which
can stand and fight. l have the
right to expect that if be nominated,
the platform of the party will be one
for which l shall not have to apollo
gize. 1t should be one on which I
can make the campaign, 1t should be
one which will enable me to make an
honest fight in the open, for the prin-
ciples for which the people know 1
stand, and without evasion. Then there
is another thing. If am nominated,
and given platform upon which can
, stand and fight, l have a right to as
: 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 victory. In 1896 made
:, a campaign when some members of the
. committee would not attend my meet
;, ings. Lshall not make another campaign
with bushwhackers in the organiza-
ton. If I am nominated there will
: not be any misunderstanding as to
T the kind Of fight I shall make. The
- views l stand for and the kind OF a
= fight I make are too well known for
there to be any doubt. Those who do
= not want that kind Of fight do not
want me nominated. They do not want
= me elected If they do not want me
- elected'they should give their support
T to another candidate. If they are not
=. for the kind of a fight l shall make
- they must get another man. The man
~ and the fight must agree. If l am
~ nominated it will be because the peo.
- pie are for the principles for which
,e stand, and not because they are fol
7 me personally. l am not vain enough
- to believe that six and half million
- of voters win turn out and work in
defatigably for me just to satisfy ms
III personal ambitions. You are interest
~ ed in me because you are interested II
~ =, yourselves, because you are interest
=, ed in your children and your children's
VI children. You are interested in me
st because / believe in the kind of gov
III eminent you love. l would rather BIZ
ie the leader of six and half million
Democrats who think for themselve:
nc and march with me only when
~ march in the direction in which they
90 want me to march, than be the leader
'7 of six and a half millions without
III thoughts who would simply echo wha
"s some one else said.
The Democrats have been thinking
III for themselves and they have beer
III studying public questions from the
N standpoint of the many. They have
GU been considering the rights of all thu
nc people rather than the privileges o
'iu a few. There is no doubt that larg'
lo majority of the people believe in Dem
~ ocratic principles and are ready to tr.
ei the policies that our party has beer
.. advocating. The nations conscience
y, is awakened; let us appeal to it will
u" an honest platform; with an homes
ie- organization and with honest methods
ne and our appeal will not be in vain.
Id,
~ Would He Remit the Fine?