The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25

party, did not know that there was
no strain or flaw resting on my nom
nation; did l not know from the
most pcinstaking examination of the
evidence tnat the reckless assaults
on the integrity of that nomination
are as baseless as they are vicious;
did / not know that every candid
and unprejudiced observer, who will
devote the time and pains necessary
to an examination of the proceedings
of the Republican National Commit
tee and OF the Republican National
Convention, must pronounce the
nomination conferred on me without
stain and without defect But,
knowing that, know it is my SOL
emn duty to the party that has so
honored me and to the people who
four years ago elected me to the
highest Office in their gift to stand
reso!ute against those policies and
politicians who would sacrifice the
welfare of this fair Republic to per-
sonal ambition or to unwise econ
omic experimentation.
"IVho are the People?"
81 have sworn to uphold the Con-
istitution, and so / stand, as the Re-
publican party has always stood, for
the Constitution as 1t Is, with such
amendment adopted according to it's
provisions as new conditions, thor
oughly understood, may require. and
this Is the supreme issue of this cam
paign. In this fair land there are
many Democrats who also revere
the Constitution, and who view with
equal aversion those radical propo
sitions recklessly advanced to satis-
fly what is supposed to be popular
clamor. To them also l appeal, con-
fidens that majority of the voters
will be able to distinguish between
the substance of performance and
the fustian of promise; that they
will be able TO perceive that those
who would deliberately foment dis
content and cultivate hostility to-
ward those who represent the bus
mess progress Of this country are
sowing dragons teeth.
Who are the people? They are
not alone the unfortunate and the
weak, they are the weak and the
strong. the poor and the rich, and
the many who are neither: the wage
Garner and the capitalist; the farm
er and the professional man; the
merchant and the manufacturer; the
storekeeper and the clerk; the rail-
road manager and the employee
they all make up the people and
they all contribute to the running of
the Government, and they have not
given into the hands of any one
the mandate to speak for them as
peculiarly the peoples representa-
tive.
Especially does not he represent
them who, assuming that the people
are only discontented, would stir
them up against the remainder of
those whose Government alike this
is.
Before this the American people
have become confused and misled
by spacious appeals to their preju-
dices, but the bubbles of demagogic
promise have been pricked, the peo-
pie have come to a clearer appre-
citation of their own interests and
to the rejection of specious nos
trums. And so l believe that when
the votes ore counted in November
the great and dependable common
sense OF tho American people will
be found to have asserted itself.
am confident they will not have per-
mitted either the sugar-coated nos
trums of the third party or the re-
Progressive tariff principles of our
time-honored opponents to have
tempted them to menance the pros
perity of the nation by change of
political administration.