Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-22
MARSHALL SAYS
HE WILL ACCEPT
Governor Of Indiana Formally No
tilted of His Nomination for
the Vice Presidency.
DEMOCRACY DEFINED BY HIM
Rule Of the People Not Essentially
Rule by the People-He Believes
Return OF His Party to Power
Would Right Prevailing
Wrongs.

Wrongs.
indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 20.-Gover-
nor Marshall was formally notified this
afternoon of his nomination for the
vice presidency by the national Demo
cratic convention. The notification
committee, headed by Judge Alton
Parker, was received at the state fair
grounds at 2 o'clock and the chairman
made a brief address.
In accepting the honor Of the nomi-
nation, Governor Marshall said In
part:
1t will be well for the voter to clear
up 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 q 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 %aristocratic sway. 1t is time for us
to remember that Democracy Is not q
system Of government. Indeed, Democ-
racy may find Its expression in any one
of numerous systems.
The rule Of the people is not essen
TALLY rule by the people. By their
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 60 back
to good or bad citizenship, to intelli-
gent or ignorant, to honest or dishon-
est, electors. / venture the assertion
that IL the electoral franchise were now
granted to all the citizens of Russia,
the Little Father would again be
crowned in Peters City.
"Classes" In America.
The historic Democratic party OF
America had its inspiration and Its
aspiration In the life and conduct OF
Its great founder. It is time now to
have a 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 immeasurably rich and who
are looking for more, and we have
those who are unutterably poor ant
who are growing poorer. Between
these extremes, we have a great mid
die class, living well and REASONABLE,
content except for the uncertainty o
not knowing whether they are to $ris,
into the first class or sink into tn.
third.
Many have assumed that only tn,
unutterably poor and those sinking In
to that class were Democrats, ant
that the i~mmeasurably rich and tn
climbers were Republicans. But thes,
divisions have not been logical.
Republican "Senile Dementia.r
This campaign calls upon some 10
Justice, upon others for charity, upol
all for patriotism. It does not cal
for the bandying of epithets nor 70
an appeal to the personal. We ma
safely leave to that senile dement,
which has seized the so-called Repul
lican party the personalities OF thi
campaign. Its unitness to rule tn
republic is disclosed by its inabilit
to keep its temper. II was cohesiv
so far as its leadership was concerne
while it was engaged in footing tn
public, but even Its leaders are no
disorganized while Quarreling over tn
loot
Though a majority of the peopl
have been voting the Republican tic
ct and have been assuming theret
that the majority would rule, the di
graceful but purifying enc whic
have been enacted recently in Repu
Iican conventions disclose that a lars
number Of those who have been vo
ing the Republican ticket IRE Dem
Gratis at heart. These scenes disclol
further that we have been mistake
in some Of our conclusions touchir
government in America. We ha'
yielded d quiet assent to the propo,
ton that a majority Is .all-powerf
and that a minority has nc RICH
which a majority Ia bound to respet
But now we know that the theory
the historic Democratic party, that
is the right of a majority to rule b
only within constitutional Limitation
and without the usurpation of a sing
inalienable right OF q single individ
al, is correct.
Majority Becomes Minority.
1t is only when majorities thus ru
that governmental machines mo
without friction. The right of a n
iority to thus rule must always be &C
coded. I wonder, however. II 1t b
dawned upon the sober second thong
Of this people that " Is possit
for q majority to be a minority. a
that it is equally possible for 3 min,
ity TO be a majority. AT first bIut
1t would seem that the officials ele
ed by the plurality Of votes becoI
the representatives Of the maiorl
and that as such, they rule. But
am not In error when / declare ii
1t IL not the mere number OF vot