The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Which NttHlly Affects the Wellbeing oi
Every Home In the Land.
New York Especial Gov. Theodore
HoOscvelt's letter accepting the Re-
publican nomination for Vice-President
Is made public. II Is in part as fol-
lows
oyster Bay N. Y.
To Hon. Edward o. Wolcott, Chairman
Committee on Notification of Vice
| President.
Sir:--I accept the nomination rs
Vice President of the United States,
rendered me by the Republican Ma
tional Convention, with 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 reelection of
President Mckinley. The nations well
fare is at stake We must continue the
work which has been so well begun
during the present Administration.
We must show in fashion incapable of
being misunderstood that the Ameri-
can people, at the beginning OF the
twentieth century, face their duties in
calm and serious spirit; that they
have no intention OF permitting folly
or lawlessness to mar the extraordi-
nary material well-being which they
have attained at home, nor yet of per-
mitting their flag to be dishonored
abroad.
| feel that this contest is by no
means one merely between Repub-
llcans and Democrats. We have a
right to appeal to all good citizens who
are far-sighted enough to see what the
honor and the interest of the nation
demand. To put into practice the prin-
ciples 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 financial system which would
mean not only great suffering, but the
abandonment of the nations good
faith, and for a policy abroad which
would imply the dlshonor OF the flag
and an unworthy surrender Of our ma
tional rights. Its success would mean
unspeakable humiliation to men proud
OF their country, jealous of their coun-
try's good name, and desirous of secur-
ing the welfare of their fellow-citiZens.
Therefore we have right to appeal to
all good men, North and South, East
and West, whatever their politics may
have been n the past, to stand with us,
because we stand for the prosperity of
the country and for the renown of the
American flag.
Prosperity Unparalleled.
The most important Of all problems
is. of course, that of securing good
government and moral and material
well-being within our own borders.
Great though the need is that the ma
tion should do its work well abroad,
even this comes second to the thorough
performance of duty at home.
Under the administration of Presi-
dent Mckinley this country has been
blessed with a degree of prosperity alb
solutely unparalleled even in its pre-
vious prosperous history. While it is,
of course, true that no legislation and
no administration can bring success to
those who are not stout of heart, cool
of head and ready of hand, yet it is no
less true that the individual capacity
of each man to get good results for
himself can be absolutely destroyed
by bad legislation or bad administra-
tion, while under the reverse condi-
tions the power of the individual to do
good work is assured and stimulated.
This is what has been done under
the administration of President Nc
kinley. Thanks to his actions and to
the wise Legislation of Congress on the
tariff 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 has been oh
served. the courts upheld and the full
est liberty secured to all citizens. The
merchant and manufacturer, but,
above all, the farmer and the wage
worker, have profited by this state of
things.
Silver as n Paramo cunt Issue.
Fundamentally and primarily the
present contest Is a contest for the
continuance Of the conditions which
have told in favor of our material well
fare and of our civil and political in
tegrity. If this nation is to retain
either its well-being or its self-respect
it cannot afford to plunge into finan-
cial and economic chaos; it cannot af-
ford to indorse governmental theories
which would unsettle the standard of
national honesty and destroy the in
tegrity OF our system of justice.
The policy of the free coinage of sill
yer mt ratio Of 16 to 1 Is a policy
ITduH0I WIN OBSTRUCTION 10 every nome
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 at 16 to | they
are either insincere or sincere In their
attitude. If insincere in their cham
pionship they, OF course forfeit all
right to belief or support on any
ground. If sincere, then they are a
menace to the welfare OF the country.
Whether they SHOUT their sinister pur-
pose or merely whisper II makes but
little difference, save as 1t reflects their
own honesty.
No issue can be paramount to the
Issue they thus make, for the para
mountcy OF such an Issue Is to be de-
termined not by the dictum of any
man or body Of men. but by the fact
that it vitally affects the well-being OF
every home in the land. The fnan-
cial question is always of such far
reaching and tremendous importance
to the national welfare that 1t can
never be raised in good faith unless
this tremendous Importance is not
Jealous Mans Three Victims.
Helena, Mont Especially willis How
ard and Frank Forest were rival adj