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made unanimous with the heartiest approval of all your illustrious com petitors. Into your hands the great historic party of constitutional government has committed its standard with abid ing faith in your courage. your in tegricy. your honor. your capacity and your patriotism believing that under your leadership w' wi achi'eve a signal v rctor: hoping that your ad ministration will be such a fortunate. such a happy epoch in our annals as to mark the beginning of a long era of democratic ascendency and that you will so discharge the duties of your high office as to rank in history with the greatest and best-beloved of American presidents. Speaking for the *committee, with pleasure. I hand you this formal noti ication of your nomination together with a copy of the platform unani mously adopted by the convention. . In its name and by its authority. I have the honor to request you to ac cept the nomination unanimously be stowed. lay the nomination find fruition in election. 'Mav the God of our Fathers guide. protect and bless you both as a candidate and as the Chief 'Magistrate o, the republic. Judge Parker's Reply. In accepting the nomination Judge Parker spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: "I have resigned the office of chief judge of the court of appeals of this state in order that I may accept the responsibility- that the great conven tion you represent has put upon me. without possible prejudice to the court to which I had the honor to be long, or to the eminent members of the judiciary of this state. of whom I may now say as a private citizen I am justly proud. At the very threshold of this re sponse and before dealing with other subjects. I must. in justice to myself and to relieve my sense of gratitude, express my protound appreciation of the confidence reposed in me by the convention. After nominating me and ,subsequently receiving a com munication declaring that I regarded the gold standard as firmly and irre vocably established, a matter concer.n ing which I felt it incumbent upon me to make known my attitude so that hereafter no man could justly say that his support had been secured through indirection or mistake, the convention reiterated its determina tion that I should be the standard bearer of the party in the present con test. This mark of trust and conni dence I shall ever -esteem as the high est honor that could be conf erred up on me-an honor that, whatever may be the fate of the campaign, the fu -ture can in no degree lessen or im pair. The admirable platform upon which the party appeals to the country for * its confidence and support clearly states the principles which were so well condensed in the nirst inaugural address of President Jefferson. and points out w~ith force and direct.ness the course thai. he pursued through their proper application in order to insure needed reform in both the leg islative and administrative depart ments of the government. WVhile unhesitat'ing in its promise to correct abuses and to right wvrongs wherever they appear or however caused: to investigate the several administra tive departments of the government, the conduct of whose offncials has *created scandals, and to punish those who have been guilty of a breach of their trust: to oppose the granting of special privileges by wvhich the few may profit at the expense of the many: to practice economy in the ex penditure of the moneys of the peo ple, and to that end to return once xmore to the methods of the found 'ers of the republic by observing in distributing the public funds the care and caution a prudent individual ob serves with respect to his own: still the spirit of the platform assures conservative, instead of rash: action: the protection of the innocent as well as the punishment of the guilty; the encouragement of industry, economy and thrift: the protection of property and a guarantee of the enforcement for the benefit of all of man's in alienable rights. among wvhich, as said in the Declaration of Indepen dence, are "life, liberty and the pur Ct of appine5s." Ibehrty. as un (ler.~1or i thi cruntr, menn not only the right of freedom from actual servitude. imprisonment or restraint, but the right of one to use his fac ulties in all lawful ways, to live and work where he will and to pursue anv lawful trade or business. These esential rights o-f life. liberty and property are not only guaranteed td the Citizen by the cn:-titiut1In of each f the -everal states, but the 'states are h the Fourteenh Amendmen) to the CoIstituti1 4n if the Lnt ted States forbi(en to deprive any per sIln )f any --f them with".ue due pro cess of law. Occasionally. by reason at unneces sarv or impatient agitation for re form-, or because the limitations placed upon the departments of gov ernment by the constitution are dis regarded by officials desiring to ac complish that which to them seems good. whether the power exists in them or not, it becomes desirable to call attention to the fact that the people. in whom all power resides. have seen fit, through the medium of the constitution. to limit the govern mental powers conferred and to say to departments created by it: "Thus far shalt thou go and no farther.') To secure the ends sought the peo ple have by the constitution separated and distributed among the thre de partments of government-the execu tive. legislative and judicial-centain powers, and it is the duty of those ad ministering in each department so to act as to preserve. rather than to destroy, the potency of the co-ordi nate branches of the government. and thus secure the exercise of all the I powers conferred by the people. Thomas Jefferson. in a letter to William C. Jarvis. touching the pei petuity of our institutions. written many years after he had retired to private life. said: "If the three pow ! rs (1 o. r- ai h i er, of our government maintain their mitual independence of -each other. it may last long. but not so If .ither can assume the authority of the other." It must be confessed that in the course of our history, execu tives have employed powers not be longing to them: statutes have been passed that were expressly fi,rbidden by the constitt1tion and statutes have been set aside as unconstitutional when it was difticult to point out tht provisions said to be offended against in their enactment: all this has been done with a good purpose, no doubt. btut in disregard. nevertheless, of the fact that oturs is a government of laws, not of men. deriving its "just powers from the consent of the gov erned."~ If we wvould have our gov ernent continue during the ages to come, for the benenit of those who shall succeed tis. wve mtust ever be on otur guard against the danger of usur pation of that authority which resides in the whole people, whether the usurpation be by officials represent ing one of the three great depart ments of g(overunmnt or by a body of men acting without a commission from thepel. Impatience of the restraints of law. awelas ofc its deClays. is beco'ming more and more manifest iromn day t" day. WVithin the past few y'ears many instances have been brought to oumr attention. where in different p)arts ot our beloved coutnt ry s upposed crimils have been seized an pun ihe'd by a mob, notwithstanding the fact that the constittution o'f each state gu'arantees to every p)erson within its iurisdiction that his life. his liberty and his property shall not be taken from him without due pro ees5 of law. in a struggle between emnployers and emlploycees. dynamite is said to have been used by the latter. resulting in the loss of life and the destruct ion of property. The prepetrators or this offence against the laws of Gud andl man, and all others engaged in. the conspliracy with them, should. after due trial and conviction, have had metedl out to them the most rig orous punishment known to the law. This crime, added perhaps to others. led to the formation of a committee oft citizens that, with the support of the military authority, deports from the state. withotut trial, persons sus pected of belonging to the organiza tion of wvhich the prepetrators of the dyamteoutrages weesupposed t be members. In both cases the reign of !awv gave way to the reign of torcc. These illustrationus present somue evidence of the failure of - enent y. protect the citizen aud his action of your convention in this re gard. bu-t made it its duty to call at tention to the fact that constitutional guarantees are violated whenever any citizen is denied the right to labor. to acquire and to enjoy property. or to reside where his interests or in elination may determnine: and the f' uliment oft the assurance to rebuke and puiii lh all denials of these right!. whether brought about by iividuai, crigiernmet agencies. should he eIf,rced by every ifticial and sup pirteI by every citizen. The essence of go -d vernment lies in strict .0 servance of constitutional limitation:,. enforcement of law and irder and rugged opposition to all encroach ment upon the sovereignty of the pen ple. The foregoing suggestion. but em phasize the distinction which exists between our own and many other forms of government. It has been well said, in substance. that there are two powers in government, one the power of the sword, sustained by the hand that wields it. and the other the power of the law. sustained by an enlightened public sentiment. The difference in these powers is the dif ference between a republic-such as ours. based on law and a written con stitution. supported by intelligence. virtue and patriotism-and a mon archy-sustained by force exerted by an individual. uncontrolled by laws other than those made or sanctioned by him: one represents constitution alism, the other imperialism. The present tariff law is unjust in its operation, excessive in many of it rates and so framed in particular I in,ances as to exact inordinate pro nts from the people. So well un derstood has this view become that many prominent members of the re publican party. and at leas-t two of its state conventions, have dared to voice the general sentiment on that subject. That party seems. however. to be collectively able to harmonize only upon a plank that admits that reviscion may from timeto time be nec essary. but it is so phrased that it is expected to be satisfactory to those in iavor of an increase of duty, to those who fav-r a reduction thereof. and! to those oppised to any change whatever. I Judged by the record of perform ance, rather than that of promise. on the part of that party in the past, it would seem as if tile oultcome. in the event of its success wvould be to grat fv the latter class. With absolute control of both legislative and execu tive departments of tile governimenlt since March 4th1. 1897, there hlas been neither reduction nor an atmta reduction inl tariff dues. It isno unIreaso)nab)le to assume. in tile light of that record, that a future cong~ress of that party will lot undertake a revision of the tariff downward in tile event that it shlall receive an endbrse meint of its past course on that sub ect by the people. Is a fact anld echouild be frankly conceded though otur p)arty b)e successful ill the C rming conltest we cannlot lope t:1 secure a majority ill the seinate dlur inIg t~iTe next tfour years. aind hlence wve shall be unlale to secure any moditih cat'on inl tile tariff save thlat to which tile republican majority in the sen ate may consent. While, thecrefore. we are unable to give assulranlces of relief to the people from such ex cessive duties as burden them. it is due them thlat we state our position to he in inv' r of a reason able reduction of the tariff: a.nd we believe that it is demanded by the~ best interests of bothl mantufacturer and consumer. andl that a wvise andl beefcient revision of the tariff cain e acconmplishle! as soon1 as both braiches of congress and an execu tive ill favor of it ar-e elected. with out creatinlg that sense of unlcertainty adc instability that has Oil other oc casions mlanifested itself. This can be achieved byproviding that suchI a reasonlable period shall inltervenle, between tIle date of the einactment of the statute nmakinlg a revision and the date aof its enfocrcement. as shall he deerned sufficient for the industry orI business affected by such revision to adjust itself to thle changes and new conditions imposed. So confident am I in the belief that tihe demand of the people for a reform of the tariff is just. that I indulge tile hope Ithat should a dlemocratic hlouse of representatives and a democratic ex ective be chosen by tIle people. even Co, m ence cl ntr.ess Net ROBERT NORRIS, General Agent, Ovi HAMS A Not those mentior but a fresh lot jusl Kingans Reliab Kingans Porter Kingans Dried Try our Piracli DAVENPORT & Phone 110. A CANDI We hereby announce candidate for more bus ourselves to satisfy all MAYES' DRU( We believe in wom Genuine duc We have a great goods that we a half their value. ICOc. Musiins and La 12 1-2c. Muslins and I 5c. Muslins and La' 20c. Muslins and La 25c. Muslins and La' White flamask Waistin.; Ladies', Misses' and Chi reduced from $3.00 to 6 $1.25; from $ 1.50Oto 95c from 75c. to 49c. The above are not sect goods. Yours truly, warning and consent to give at least that some measure of relief to the peo- tha1 pe. tion The combinations, popularly called pie trusts, which aim to secure a mono- if al ply of trade in the necessaries of life renm as wvell as in those things that are mot empi.>yed upon the farm. in the fac- gro tory and in many other fields of in-- plai dustry. have been encouraged and at stimulated by excessive tariff duties. cou These operate to furnish a substan+ pre' tial market in the necessities of eigh- fcou: ty millions of people, by practically cou: excluding competition. With so Istat large a market and highly remunera- con ive prices continuing long after the con: line .f possible competition would nop naturally be reached, the temptation mu] ni al enigaged! in the same b)usines in r :a combinve 5o a- to preet compet - 1r i. :ni hi me aE(l a reztlhing red1ucti n wh. fprces. hasi 'ro ved. i rre,istible in a ti I irly Forty Years Ago Not the !argest -not the oldest but, by reason of its peculiar legal organization, the strongest life in surarce company in the world. The Pacific Mutual Life writes in the plainest terms the most lib eral policy sold. In taking life insurance it is not estimates (guesses) that the peo ple want but Guarantees. Our Guaranteed values, writen in the policies, are greater than the guarantees of any other company. Its rates are no greater than those of other old. line companies. To find out all the good things we offer send date of birth to, or, call on kr Postoffice,"Newberry, S. C. GAIN. ied heretofore received. le. s. Beef Hams. Flour. CAVENAUGH Main Street. DATE ourselves as a * iness and pledge + ustomers. 3 STORE. in's suffrage. tion Sale? many Summer re offering at wns now 5c. SLawns now 7c. wns now,8 I-3c. .wns now lic. wns now 13c. gs 50e., now 35c. 40c., " 28c. 35c ., " 221l-2c 25c., '' 1 6 l-3c Idren's Oxford lies ~1.90; from $2.00 io .; from $100 to 69c.; nds, but first class :the net result of enacting laws : oster such inequitable condi sis most unfobrtamnate for the peo as a whole, and it would seem as .1 ought to agree that the effective edy would be to approximately> lify the offending law. The wth of monopoly. of which comn nt is iustlyv made. cannot be laid he doors of the courts of this ntrv. The decisions of the sLi ne court of the United States, the rts of appeals of this state and the rts of last resorts in many other es. warrant the assertion that the imon law as developed affords a iplete legal remedy against mo olies. The fact that they have tiplied in number and increased ower has been dute, not to the fai! of the eaurts to apply the law n ;r..pecr:y mu'ed by administra 'fnicials or orivate individuals.