Mexico Missouri message., 1912-08-22
Governor Of Indiana Formally No
tilted Of His Nomination for
the Vice Presidency.
DEMOCRACY DEFINED BY HIM
syl. Of the People Not Essentially
sue by the PeopIe-He Believes
Return Of His Party to Power
Would Right Prevailing
Wrongs.

afternoon Oh Ills lOl Nht
yice presidency by the national Demo
cratic convention. The notification
committee, headed by Judge Alton
parker. was received at the state fair
grounds at o'clock and the chairman
made a brief address.
IN accepting the honor of the nomi-
nation. Governor Marshall said In
part:
II will be well for the voter to clear
vp some hazy definitions. We have for
many years been entertaining a belief
founded upon no fact whatever, that
democracy and Republicanism repre-
sent different ideas of government.
The Republican has looked upon the
Democrat as a man opposed to the
government. The Democrat has look
ed upon the Republican as a man OPP
posed to the peoples rule and in favor
of aristocratlc sway. 1t is time for us
10 remember that Democracy Is not a
system of government. Indeed. Democ-
-acy may find its expression in any one
Of numerous systems.
The rule of the people is not essen
tdlN lulN Wy NiC pNOplps ~ lhtiA
votes even when Democracy has I'M
folded to full manhood suffrage, the
people may have a monarchical form
of government. The peoples rule does
not depend upon the number of votes
nor necessarily upon the system of
government under which they vote
Good or bad government must go back
to good or bad citizenship, to intelli-
gent or ignorant, to honest or dishon-
est electors. l venture the assertion
that II the electoral franchise were now
granted to all the citizens OF Russia,
the Little Father would again be
crowned In Peters City
"cIasses" In America.
The historic Democratic party OF
America had its inspiration and its
aspiration in the life and conduct Of
its great founder. 1t is time now to
have perfect concept of that Democ-
racy, for, in recent years, we have
divided ourselves into three classes
and the classification has been made
not by the heart-throbs OF men but by
their social condition. We have those
who are UNNECESSARILY rich and who
are looking for more and we have
those who are unutterably poor and
who are growing poorer. Between
these extremes, we have a great mid
die class, living we'll and reasonably
content except for the uncertainty OF
not knowing whether they are to rise
into the first class or sink into the
third.
Many have assumed that only the
unutterably poor and those sinking in
TO that class were Democrats, and
that the UNNECESSARILY rich and the
climbers were Republicans But these
divisions have not been logical.
Republican "SeniIe Dementia."
This campaign calls upon some for
Justice, upon others for charity, upon
all for patriotism. 1t does not call
Tor the bandying of epithets nor for
an appeal to the personal. We may
safely leave to that senile dementia
which has seized the so-called Repub
lcan party the personalities of this
campaign. Its unfitness to rule the
republic is disclosed by It's inability
to keep its temper. 1t was cohesive
so far as its leadership was concerned
while it was engaged in looting the
public, but even its leaders are now
dlsorganized while quarrellng over the
loot
Though majority OF the people
nave been voting the Republican tick
ct and have been assuming thereby
that the majority would rule, the dis
graceful but purifying scenes which
nave been enacted recently in Repub
mean conventions disclose that large
number of those who have been vot
ing the Republican ticket are Demo
Gratis at heart. These scenes disclose
further that we have been mistaken
IN some of our conclusions touching
government in America. We have
Yielded a quiet assent to the PROPOSE
ton that a majority is all-powerfu
and that minority has no rights
which a majority is bound to respect
But now we know that the theory o.
The historic Democratic party, that Il
is the right of majority to rule bu
only within constitutional Limitations
and without the usurpation OF q single
halienable right OF single individu
AL is correct.
Majority Becomes Minority.
1t is only when majorities thus ruI,
mat governmental machines NOV,
without friction. The right of ma
lority to thus rule must always be con
ceded, | wonder, however, If 1t has
aawned upon the sober second though
OF this people that it is possibl,
lor majority to be minority aIC
mat 1t is equally possible for a minor
ily to be a majority. At first blush
would seem that the officials elect
ed by the plurality of votes become
the representatives of the majorit!
ana that as such. they rule. But
am not In error when l declare tina
Is not the mere number OF votei