CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-27

Following is the letter of Hon. Theo-
dore Roosevelt accepting the noioina-
lion al the Republican NaiioIial Con
vention FOR Vice President:
Oyster Bay. y. ". September 15.-
Ja,O.-Tc Hon. Edward o. wolc,tt,
Chairman Committee cn Notification
of Vice President: SIr-I accept the
nomination as Vice President OF the
Guited States, rendered me by the Re
publican National Convention. with n
very deep sense OF the honor conferred
upon me and with an infinitely deeper
sense of the vital importance TO the
whole country OF securing the re-eiec-
tion of President Mckinley. The ma
tiou'e welfare Is nj stake. We must
coutinun the work which has been 20
well begun during The present admins
trntIon. We must show In fashion iii-
capable OF being misunderstood that
the American people. at the beginning
OF the twentieth century. face their
duties In a calm and serious spirit:
that they have no intention OF permit
Ting folly or iawlcssne-s TO mar the cx-
traordinnry material weil-being which
they have attained nj home. nor yet
OF permitting their nag to be dis
bonored abroad
feel that ihis contest Is by no means
one merely between Republicans and
Democrats. We have n right TO appeal
10 all good citizens who are far-sighfed
enough 10 see what the honor and the
interest OF the nation demand. To put
Into practice the principles embodied
IN the Kansas City platform would
mean grave disaster To the nation. for
that platform stands for reaction and
disorder: for an upsetting Of our finan-
.I-.u -
only great suffering. but the abandon
ment of the nations cuod faith; and
for policy abroad which would imply
the dlshoncr OF the nag and an un-
worthy surrender OF our national
rights. Its success would mean un-
spenkablc humiliation 10 men proud Of
their country. jealous OF their country's
good name and desirous OF securing
the welfare Of their fcllow-citizens.
Therefore. we have r.gh; 10 appeal to
nli good men. North and South. East
and West. whatever their politic~ may
have bs-en In the past 10 stand with US.
because We efand for the prosperity
of the country and for the rcpown Of
the American nag.
The most important OF all problems
10, Of course. that Of securing good gov
erninent and moral and material well
bcing wishin our own borders Great
though the need Is thai the Ention
should do It's work well abroad. even
this comes second to the thorough per-
forfnnnce OF duty mt home. Under the
administration OF President Mckinley
this country has been blessed with
degree OF prosperity absolutely I'M
PARALLEL. even In Its previous prosper
ous history. While II IL. Of course.
true that no legislation and no nd
mInistrntion can bring success To those
who are not stout of heart. cool of brad
and ready Of hand. yet 1t Is no less
true that the individual capacity OF
each man TO get good results for him
self can b. absolutely destroyed by had
legislation or bad administration. while
under the reverse conditions the power
OF the Individual TO do good work Is
assured and stimulated. This N what
hns been done under the administration
Of President Mckinley. Thanks to his
actions and TO tho wise legislation OF
Congress on the tarin and finance. the
conditions OF our Industrial life have
been rendered more favorable than
ever before. and they have been taken
advantage OF TO the full by American
thrift. industry and enterprise. Order
hns been observed. the courts upheld
and the fullest liberty secured 10 all
tltfLfnt. nt
turcr. but above nll the farmer and the
wagc-workcr. have profited by this
state OF things.
Fundamentally and primarily the
present contest Is a contest for the con-
tinunnce OF the conditions which have
told In favor OF our national Integrity.
II this nation is to retain either Its we'll
being or Its sclf-respcct, II cannot nf-
ford to plunge into financial and econo-
mic chaos; IL cannot afford TO indorsc
governmental theories which would uu-
settle the standard OF national honesty
and distroy the integrity Of our system
OF justice. The policy OF free coinage
OF silver at ratio OF 10 to ] Is policy
fraught with destruction TO every home
In the land. 1t means untold misery TO
the head of every household. and.
above all, to the women and children
OF every home. when our opponents
champion free silver Mt 10 to they nrc
either iusiSccre or sincere In their at
titude. II insinccre In their champion
ship thy, Of course. forfeit all right
TO belief or support on any ground. II
sincere, then titey are a menace to the
welfare OF the country. Whether they
shout their sinister purpose or merely
whisper II makes but little difference,
save as II reflects their own honesty.
No issue can be paramount TO the issue
they thus make. for the paramouutcy
OF such IN issue In TO be determined.
not by the dictum OF any man or body
OF men. hut by the fact that 1t vitality
Affects the well-bcing OF every home
In the land. The fl encial question Is
always OF such a far.rcachlng and
tremendous Importance TO the national
welfare that II can never he raised In
good faith unless this tremendous I'M
portancc IL not merely conceded hut
insisted on. Men who are not willing
to make such an issue paramount have
no possible justification for raising It
at all. for under such circumstances
their act cannot under and conceivable
circumstances tle nught but grave
harm.
The succes3 Of the party representing