The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-17
G)L. TEDDY ACCEPTS N
HIS FORMAL CONSENT TO ACCEPT
THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION
APPEAL TO ALL GOOD MEN
STAND FOR PROSPERITY OF THE
COUNTRY AND RENOWN
OF FLAG
his IDEAS ABOUT EXPANSION
No Imperialism in Any of the Acts
of President McKinley-Inter-
ests of Governed
Cared For.


Cared For.
OYSTER BAY, N Y, Sept Is, $780,
To Hon. Edward o. Wolcott, Chairman
Committee on Notification of Vice Presi-
dent-Sir: 1 accept the nomination as
vice president of the United States ten
dered me by the Republican national
convention with deep sense of the hon
or conferred upon me and with an infin-
itely deeper sense of the vital Importance
to the whole country of securing the re-
election of President Mckinley. The
nations welfare is at stake We must
continue the work which has been so
well begun during the present adminis-
tration. We must show in fashion In
capable of being misunderstood that the
American people, at the beginning of the
twentieth century, face their duties IN a
calm and serious spirit that they have
no intention of permitting folly or law
lessness to mar the extraordinary ma
terial well-being which they have at
tained at home, nor yet of permitting
their flag to be dishonored abroad.
1 feel that this contest is by no means
one merely between Republicans and
Democrats. We have right to appeal
to all good citizens who are far-sighted
OANNNoAA " SC W1lell Tic nOuOI ana the
interest Of the nation demand To put
into practice the principles embodied in
the Kansas City platform would mean
grave disaster to the nation; fer that
platform stands for reaction and disor-
der; for an upsetting of our financial
system which would mean not only great
suffering but the abandonment of fhe
natlon S good faith; and for a policy
abroad which would imply the dishonor
OF the nag and an unworthy surrender
OF our national rights. It's success
would mean unSpeakable humiliation to
nlen proud of their country Jealous of
their country good name, and desirous
Oh securing the welfare of their fellow
eluzens: Therefore we have a right to
appeal to all good men, North and South.
East and West, whatever their politics
may have been in the past, to stand
VIII Win us; s. because we stand for, the PROS
OF the American flag
DUTY An HOME.
The most important of all nrob1aros -
OF course, that of securing good govern,
ment and moral and material WeII-baino
Mithln our own borders. Great though
-, 11iG ileeu @ Is Ihat the nation should do its
WORK WeIl abroad, even this comes sec
oIlu TO the thorough performance of drtv
at home. Under the administrator of
ffeslqent Mckinley this country has
oSeh dressed with degree of prosperity
absolutely unparalleled even in its nre-
YIouS prosperous history. While it is of
course, true that no legislation and nf
administration can bring success 10 rT,oce
who are not stout of heart-cooI of heo6
ana ready Of hand, yet it is no less true
tldL me individual capacity of each man
70 get good results for himself can be
ABSOLUTELY destroyed by bad legisIa t1on
or bad adminiStra tlon while under tba
reverse conditions the power of the in
oIVlduaI to do good work is assured and
1,aall stiaaula{ed- t{ This is what has been done
uIlder the administration of President
McAlnley. Thanks to his actions and
70 the wise legislation of congress on the
taTlII ana finance, the conditions of our
nuuStrlal life have been rendered more
favorable than ever before and thev
nave been taken advantage Of to the fuil
Dy American thrift, industry and enter
PRISE Order has been observed the
courts upheld, and the fullest IiheTtv sao
cured TO all citizens. The merchant and
manufacturer, but above all the farmer
4ha 4hi me WageWorker, have profted by
lnls state of things.
fundamentally and primarily the pres
enl contest is a contest for the contin-
tmid tadce OF the conditions which have
Welfare al ana 1dV0r Of OF o,,r our I'll material
political integrity if this nation is to
retain either its well-being or its self
ffSspect, f75d,e!,, II cannot afford to plunge into
nnanclal and economic chaos; it cannot
dIIofd TO endorse governmental theories
WhIch would unSettle the standard OF
M;aIonal honesty and destroy the integ-
IIty OF our system of justice The noIicv
VI the 1ree coinage Of silver at a ratio of
sixteen to one is a policy fraught Uifh
u 4emsIructen SUI to every home in the land
~ means. untold misery to the head of
every household, and, above all 70 ~
women and children of every home Wban
our opponents champion free silver at
sixteen to one they are either insinoare
or sincere in their attitude IF insincere
IN their championship they, of course
forfeit all right to belief or support on
any ground. If sincere, then thew arc
menace to the welfare of the oo;,n+1t a. e
Whether they shout their sinister mr..
pose or merely whisper it makes but lit
tte olihlerence' h' save as 1t reflects their
own honesty. No issue can be nara
mount to the issue they thus make. for
the paramountcy of such an iScua ic 20
De determined, not by the dtctum of any
man or body of men, but by the fact that
II vitality AFFECTS the well-being of every
nome in The land. The financial oues
tlon is always of such far-reaching and
tremendous Importance to the national
welfare that it can never be raised in
good faith unless this tremendous i'm
portance Is not merely conceded but in
sisted on. Men who are not willing fo
make such an issue paramount have no
possible justification for raising it at ali
Tor under such circumstances their act
caIIlot 9nder any conceivable circum-
stances do aught but grave harm
WOULD DESTROY PROSPERITY.
The success of the party representing
the principles embodied in the Kansass
City platform would bring about the de-
struc1on of all the conditions necessary
10 lne continuance OF our prOSperitV. IT
would also unsettle our whole govern
mental system, and would therefore dis
arrange all the vast and delicate ma
chinery of our complex Industrial life
Above all, the effect would be ruinous TO
our finances If we are to prosper. the
currency Of this country must be based
upon the gold dollar worth one hundred
cents. The stability of our currency has
peen greatly increased by the excellent
financial act passed by the last congress.
But no law can secure our finances
against the effects of unwise and DIS
6Sious management in the hands of un-
Irlendly administrators. No party can
safely De entrusted with the manage
ment or our national affairs ur-
less accepts as automatic the
truths recognized In all progressive
countries as essential to a sonnd and
proper system of finance In their es
sence these must be the same for all
great civilized peoples. In different stages
of development, different countries faee
varying economic conditions but at eyerv
stage and under all circumstances fbe
most important element in securing their
economic well-being is sound finance
honest money. So intimate is the CON,
nection between Industrial prosperity and
sound currency that the former is
3eopardized, not merely by unsound f.
nance, but by the very threat of un-
sound finance. The business man and fhe
farmer are yitally interested in this 0ues
ton; but no mans interest is so great
as that of the wage-worker. A lepre-
cisted currency means loss and disaster