The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-18

honor also to submit to you the declara-
ton OF principles made by the National
convention, which, we trust, will re-
ceive your approval. We can assure
you of the faithful and earnest support
of the Republican party in every State,
and we beg you to believe that we
discharge here today, with feelings of
the deepest personal qualification, this
honorable duty imposed upon US by
the convention"
In reply President Mckinley said: :
1.-The message you bring is one OF sig
nal honor and also simmons to duty.
III my countrymen shall confirm the
action OF the convention in November
l shall crave divine guidance and un-
dertake the exalted trust. The decar.
alton of principles adopted by the con-
vention has my hearty approval"
Referring to the past four years the
President said: "The gold standard has
been reattirmed and strengthened. The
endless chain is broken and the drain
upon our gold reserve no longer frets
us. Unfortunately the threats of 1896
have been renewed by allied parties
without abatement of modification.
The menace of 18 to / hangs over US.
The people must once more unite and
overcome the advocates of Reputation
and not relax till the battle for public
honor and honest money again tri-
umphs. Some things happened which
were not promised nor even forseen. A
just war was waged for humanity and
Spain was elected from the western
hemisphere. Cuba was liberated and
our guarantee to her people will be sa-
credly executed. The Philippines are
ours and American authority must be
supreme throughout the archipelago
There will be amnesty, broad and lib.
eral, but with no abatement of our
rights, no abatement of our duty. No
outside interference blocks the way to
peace and a stable government. The
obstructionists are here, not elsewhere.
They may postpone, but cannot defeat
the purpose of this nation to restore
order and establish just and generous
government in the islands,"
OYSTER BAY, July 12.-In notifying
Gov. Roosevelt of his nomination for
the Vice Presidency today, Senator
Wolcott said:
"The pleasant duty has devolved up
on this committee, appointed by the
national Republican convention and
representing every state in the union,
to make known to you the action of the
convention and to hand to you a copy
of the platform it adopted, which en-
bodies the principles OF the party. The
representatives. of the Republican party
in convention assembled, unanimously
and spontaneously selected you as the
candidate OF the party at the next cleo
ton for the high and dignified office of
Vice-President Of the United States.
You were 80 selected and named
through no wish of your own, but be-
cause the convention believed that you,
among all Republicans in the land, was
best fitted and adapted to be the asso-
ciate of our President in the important
and stirring campaign upon which we
are entering. The convention realized
that you were needed in the Empire
State, whose executive you now are,
and whose people would still delight to
further honor you, but it believed that
your path of duty lay for the future in
the field of national usefulness.
With President Mckinley you will
lead our ticket to victory. For you
have both been tested and in your
honor, your patriotism and your civic
virtues, the American people have
pride and confidence"