CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-27
LEADING ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN
DISCUSSED BY CANDIDATE ROOSEVELT
He Accepts Nomination for vce>Presiden-"we Have
Right to Appeal to All Good Citzens"-The Menace to
ProsperityA Historical Review of Expansion-The On
ly Danger Of Miitarsm Is IN Bryans Idea Of Pro-
tecorate

destruction of all the conditions neces-
sary 10 the continuance Of our pros
perity. Ii would also unsef,le our
whole governmental system, and would
therefore disarrange all the vast and
delicate machinery OF our complex in
dusirial life. Above all. the effect
would be ruinous 10 our finances. II
we are TO prosper, the currency Of this
country must be based upon the gold
dollar worth 100 cents. The stability
of our currency has been greatly in
creased by the excellent financial act
passed by the last Congress. But no
law can secure our finances against
the effect OF unwise and disastrous
management in the hands of unfriend-
ly administrators. No party can safely
be intrusted with the management of
our national affairs unless IL accepts
as automatic the truths recognized In
all progressive countries as essential
TO sound and proper system OF
finance. In their essence these must
be the same for all great civilized peo-
pies. In different stages OF develop
ment- different countries face varying
economic conditions. but Mt every stage
and under all circumstances the most
Important element In securing their
economic well being Is sound finance.
honest money. So Intimate Is the con-
nection between industrial prosperity
and a sound currency that the former
Is jeopardized. nnt merely by unsound
finance, but by the very threat Of un-
sound finance. The business man and
the farmer are vitality interested in this
question: but no mans interest Is 50
great as that OF the wageworker. a
deprecated currency means loss and
disaster TO the business man. but II
means grim suffering TO the wage
worker. The capitalist viii lose much
OF his capital and VIII suffer wearing
anxiety and the loss OF many comforts
but the wagc-worker who loses his
wages must suffer. and see his wife
and children suffer. for the actual
necessities of life. The one absolutely
system Is sound money.
One OF the serious problems with
which we are confronted under the con-
ditions OF our modern Industrial civili-
xation Is that presented Dy the great
business combinations. which are
generally known under the name Of
trusts
The problem ir an exceedingly diffic-
ult one. snd the difficulty N Immensely
aggravated both by honest but wrong
system In the effort 10 Icmcve some of
the evils connected with II. and by the
mlschsevous advice OF men who either
think crookedly or who advance RENE
dies knowing them To be Ineffective.
but decminc that they may. by darken-
Ing counsel. achieve for themselves n
spurious reputation for wisdom. No
good whatever Is subserved by indis-
criminate denunciatlon Of corporations
generally, and OF all forms OF indus
trial combination In particular. and
when this public dcnunciatiou is ac-
companled by private membership In
the great corporations denounced. the
efre~t IL. OF course. TO give an air OF
insincerity TO the whole movement.
Nevertheless. there are real abuses.
and there Is ample reason for striving
to remedy these abuses. A crude OF
ili-considcrcd effort tn remedy them
would either l.e absolutely without cf-
feet or else would simply do damage.
The first thing TO do Is to ind out the
facts: and give this purpose publicity
as TO capitalization. profits and all else
Of importance to the public. Is the most
useful mcasu The mere fact of this
publicity would In Itself remedy GER
tain evils. and. rs to the others. IL
would In some cases point out the RENE
dies, and would nj least enable us to
tell whether or not certain proposed
remedies would bc useful The stat.
acting In its collective capacity would
thus first find out the facts and then
be able to take such measures as wis
dom dictated. Much can be done by
taxation. Even more can bc done by
regulation. by close supervision. and
the unsparing excelsior OF NIL unhealthy,
n. .Nfl nj
The separate state governments can
do great deal. and where they de
cline to cooperate the national govern
mcnt must step In.
History Of rxpan.ion.
While paying heed to the necessity
OF keeping our house In order at home.
the American people cannot. II they
wish to retain their self-rcspcct. re-
frnin from doing their duty ms n great
nation Ia the world. The history of
the nation is In large part the history
OF the nations expansion. When the
first Continental Congress met In Lib
erty hall, and the thirteen original
states declared themselves nation.
the westward limit Of tie country was
marked by the Allegheny Mountains.
Even during the revolutionary war the
work OF expansion went on. Ken
lucky, Tennessee md the great North
west. then known as the Illinois coun-
try. were conquered from our white
and Indian foes during the revolution
nry struggle and were confirmed to us
by the treaty of peace in 1873. Yet
the land thus confirmed was not then
given to us. II was held by an alien
foe until the army under Gen. An.
thony WAYNE freed Ohio from the red
man, while the treaties OF Jay and
rinckney occurred from the Spanish and
British Natchcx and Detroit.
In 1909, under President jefferson,
the greatest single stride In EXPANSION
that we ever took was taken by the
purchase OF the Louisiana territory.
This so-called Louisiana. which inciud-
ed what are now the States Of Arkau.
sas, Missouri. Louisiana, Iowa, Min
nesotn. Kansas. Nebraska. North nnd
South Dakota. Idaho. Montana and n