The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-19
DELIVERS SPEECH OR ACCEPTANCE
 AT LINCOLN, NEE.
Gives His City And State
 Credit For His Success

OuNNCSS
 LINCOLN, Neb, Aug. 1S.-Gov Charles W. Bryan in accepting the Memocratic nomination for vice presi dent, said
 Senator Harrison, Members of the No
 tification Committee and Fellow , Citizens
 The generous statement of your chair man in presenting your message and fin placing before this audience and into the ears of unseen millions throughout the land his encouragement and cheer to those who believe in a government by the people, is sincerely appreciated. as 1 would be wholly lacking in the i'm pulses of humanity if failed to appre- ciate the very great honor the demo- cratic party has conferred upon me in nominating me for vice president of the United States. I would be derelict in my obligations to the democratic party and to the nation as well if I failed to recognize the responsibilities accompa- nying that honor.
 The desire on the part of the
 citizens of Lincoln that this nOti- K fication take place here was very
 gratifying to me. I have made my se home here for thirty years. have
 como to know these people as only j. few could know them. It is here se and from here that I have taken
 part in the business life, social life
 and the political life of the city and state. I am indebted to the people of Lincoln and of the state of Nebraska for whatever success
 may have achieved.
 4 My connection for more than twenty years with the publication of ''The Commoner," national magazine de- voted to the defense and welfare of the common people in their inalienable rights, gave me an opportunity to try to apply the principles of "equal rights to all and special privileges to none" to the political problems that are con stantly confronting the people of every city and of every state. My connec- fion with the problems of government city and state, in which the people of sLincoln and the state of Nebraska, re- gardless of party utilization or station in life, have co-operated and supported inc is largely responsible for the high honor that this occasion cOnfers.
 Support For Leader
 H As a business man who has been en- Recovering to apply business principles to government and not as an experience ed platform speaker. I will give to our national leader all the support that my abilities will permit.
 h By the selection of one from the Y heart of the great middle west as
 it's candidate for the vice preSi-
 dency, the democratic party recOg-
 nizeS the importance of agriculture nR AI,o SRaAsN nF the nation, and we have the assur-
 ance that our party is in direct sympathy with the needs and ad- vancement of the farmers of the
 country.
 No man should accept, nor should a greak political party tender the notnlna- .tion to candidate, without full real likatioh on both sides that such selec- fi0n. Imposes on the one chosen a firm obligation to the whole people to stand true to the ideals of America. Tle sambitions of the individual are of no sconsequence and must not stand in the way of the preservation and success of "a democratic form of government which acan only be secured and maintained by guarding the happiness, prosperity and scontentment of the people residing in all ,sections of the country.
 Success Of Nation
 { This nation is composed of divers tpeoples and activities. The success of a nation requires that the desires and Interests of each shall be subject to the needs and rights of all. Individuals, groups, factions and organizations, whether they be persons, parties, creeds ,or races, economic or otherwise, must be so restrained that the equal rights of others shall not be impaired. Time, nor the occasion, will permit ia review of all the issues treated in sthe platform of our party, but l will aahalyze some of them in the plain di- rect manner to which the people of the agricultural states are accustomed.
 Progressive Platform
 The representatives of the people, Ahe good men and women who served as delegates at the recent national demo- cratic convention, did their work we'll. The platform which they adopted up- holds the ideals of America, demands return to the honesty in government of sour forefathers, and outlines the legls- 1ative and administrative policies neces- .sary to restore equality in government. 1t is the most progressive platform, covering the tried and practical meas lures for the economic freedom and ,prosperity of the people, that has ever tbeen promulgated by national political lconvention.
 Progressive Candidate
 The great democratic convention, so recently held in Madison Square Gar sden, is a striking illustration of the soundness of heart and saneneSs of mind of the American people.
 Though, at times, torn by passions tand prejudices that great con gentiOn refused to be cajoied into cowardice or FdeadlOcked into desperation, buc tena- Aciously held to it's purpose until ont o; athe dying embers of controversy she Spirit of unity rose and reason tri- sumphed in the nomination of that able slawyer, that trained diplomat, that ex- sperienced statesman. that champion of fhe rights of humanity, that progressive democrat, Jehn W. Davis.
 Honesty Is Essential
 Honesty, efficiency and economy in igovern mental affairs, municipal, stase sand national, are the need of the hour. There must honesty in the heart, hon testy in business and honesty in official life if the ideals of the republic are to be maintained. Efficiency and eccnO- my in business and government can ionly be achieved by integrity in Thought and in action.
 The great masses of the people
 today are calling for progressive leadership. The unrest throughout the country is caused by inertia
 on the part of public officials,
 mounting numbers of government
 employees, applications and overlap
 ping in governmental agencies,
 useless boards and commissions, the resultant high cost of govern ment and excessive taxation, and