The suburban citizen., 1900-09-22


which Vitany Affects the wellbeing OF
Every Home in the Land.
New York Especial Gov. Theodore
Rooseyelts letter accepting the Re-
publican nomination for Vice-President
is made public. 1t is in part as fol-
lows
oyster Bay, ~ Y,
To Hon. Edward o. Wolcott, Chairman
Committee on Notification of Vice
President
Sir:-T accept the nomination as
Vlce-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 vel
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 eXtraOrdl'
nary material well-being which they
have attained at home, nor yet Of per.
mittng their flag to be dishonored
abroad
l feel that this contest is by nc
means one merely between Repub'
licans and Democrats. We have a
right to appeal to all good citizens VINO
are far-sighted enough to see what the
honor and the interest of the nation
demand. To put into practice the pIlh'
cples embodied in the Kansas CITY
platform would mean grave disaster tc
the nation, for that platform STANDS LOT
reaction and disorder for an upsettlng
of our financial system when Weuu
mean not only great sufferi9g'. Dut the
abandonment Of the nations good
faith, and for a policy abroad which
would impIy the dishonor of the flag
and an unworthy surrender Of our ma
tional rights. It's 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-citlzens
Therefore we have a right to appeal to
all good men, North and South East
and West, whatever their politics may
have been 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-beng within our own borders
Great though the need is that the ma
i 10 vunl a 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 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 1t 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 OBJ
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 profted by this state Of
things.
Silver as Param 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-belng or its self-respect
it cannot afford to plunge into finan-
cial and economic chaos; II cannot af-
ford to lndorse 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 at a ratio Of 16 to 1 is a policy
fraught with destruction to every home
in the land. II 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 / thew
are either insincere or sincere In their
attitude. II insincere in their cham
pionship they. OF course. forfeit ali