Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-09-27
SILVER rs THE ISSUE.
ROOSEVELT SO DECLARES IN
LETTER or ACCEPTANCE.
Insists that the Money Ones tom Is
the Paramount Issue-Predicts Dis-
aster at Home and Loss of Prestige
Abroad if Bryan Is Elected.

Abroad if Bryan Is Elected.
Gov. Roosevelt's letter of acceptance
OF the Republican nomination for Vice
President partakes of the aggressive ma
ture of its writer, and is another notable
contribution to the argument of the cam
paign. The letter follows closely along
the lines of that of President Mckinley
in accepting the first place on the Repub-
lican national ticket
Mr.. Mckinley declared the silver ques-
ton to be the immediate issue. So says
Mr.. Roosevelt, adding that it is also the
paramount issue. Men, he says, who
are not willing to make such an issue par
amount have no possible justification for
raising it at all" That was well said.
If, as Mr.. Bryan would have us believe,
free silver is panacea for our domestic
ills, free silver is an issue more imme-
date and paramount, more close and
real, than the twin bogies of imperialism
and militarism, which are not at all prob
able.
The greater part Of the letter is given
up to an able defense of the administra-
tons Philippine policy. Mr.. Roosevelt
emphasizes a strong point already made
by the President, that the shortest and
quickest route to militarism would be to
withdraw from the Philippines, yet guar
antee them against outside interference.
This is putting the shoe on the other foot
1--WE want no militarisn, say the Demo
Gratis. Every well" says Gov. Roosevelt,
don't push your dangerous ideas Of set
ting up and defending a Philippine re-
public; for SO soon as you do that you
shall have militarism with vengeance"
Gov. Rooseyelt's remarks on accept
ance, in letter to the committee Of no
tiication, are in part as follows:
To Hon. Edward o. Wolcott, Chairman
Committee on Notification Of Vice Presi-
dent:
ldent of the United States, rendered me by
the Republican national 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 Nc
Kinley. The nations welfare Is at stake.
We must continue the work which has been
so we'll begun during the present admins
tration.
What National Honor Demands.
I feel that this contest Is by no means one
merely between Republicans and Democrats.
We have right to appeal to good citizens
who are far-Sighted enough to see what the
honor and the interest Of the nation de-
mand. 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 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 dishonor of the flag and an I'M
worthy surrender of our national rights.
Its success would mean unspeakable humil-
iation to men proud Of their country, jealous
of their country's good name and DESTROYS
of securing the welfare of their fellow citi-
Zens.
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 nation should do it's work well
abroad, even this comes second to the thor
ough performance Of duty at home.
Fundamentally and primarily the present
the conditions which have told in favor of
our material welfare and of our civil and
political integrity. If this nation Is to re
1t cannot afford to plunge into financial and
economic chaos it cannot afford to indorse
governm entail theories which would unset.
tie the standard of national honesty and
tice. The policy of the free coinage OF sill
yer at the ratio of 16 to 1 is policy fraught
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
L
cere in their attitude If insincere in their
championship they, of course, forfeit all
right to belief or support on any ground.
If sincere then they are menace to the
welfare of the country Whether they shout
their sinister purpose or merely whisper 1t
makes but little difference, save as 1t re-
paramount to the issue they thus make, for
the paramountcy of such an Issue Is to be
determined, not by the dictum Of any man.
or body Of men, but by the fact that 1t vital
Nv canfo hnx r0l- hnjy1 Of hnY n
the land
The business man and the farmer are
plainly interested in this question; but no
mans interest is SO great as that of the
wage worker. A deprecated currency means
loss and disaster to the business man; but
1t means grim suffering to the wageworker.
Trust Problem Serious.
One Of the serious problems with which
we are confronted under the conditions of
our modern industrial civilization is that
presented by the great business combina-
lions, which are generally known under the
name of trusts.
The problem is an exceedingly difficult
one and the difficulty Is immensely aggra-
waited both by honest but wrong headed at
tacks on our whole industrial system In the
effort to remove some of the evils connect.
ed with It, and by the mischevous advice of
rnen who either think crookedly or who adj
vance remedies knowing them to be inefect-
Ing counsel, achieve for themselves a spuri-
Gus reputation for wisdom.
While paying heed to the necessity or
keeping our house in order at home, the
American people cannot, If they wish to re-
tain their self-respect, refrain from doing
their duty as a great nation In the world.
The history of the nation Is in large part
the history of the nations expansion.
The parallel between what Jefferson did
with Louisiana and what is now being done
in the Philippines is exact. Jefferson, the
author Of the Declaration Of Independence,
and of the consent of the governed" doc.
trine, saw no incongruity between this and
the establishment of a government on COM
mon sense grounds in the new Territory and
he rallied at the sticklers for an impossible
application Of his principle, saying, In Ian
guage which at the present day applies to
the situation In the Philippines without the
change Of word, though 1t is acknowl-
edged that our new fellow-citizens are as
yet as incapable Of self government as chill
dren, yet some cannot bring themselves to
suspend It's principles for a single moment. 7"
Imperialism Not Involved.
The simple truth Is that there Is nothing
even remotely resembling Imperialism" or
"militarism" involved In the present devel-
nn1nent of that nolicY of EXPANSION which