The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-09-20
ACCEPTS THE HONOR.
Gov. Roosevelt Takes the Vice
Presidential Nomination.

ucatIOn MS letter accepting lHe repuD-
hcan nomination for vice presidency.
The letter is dated Oyster Bay, N. ",
September Is, and is addressed to
Hon. Edward o. Wolcott, chairman of
the committee on notification of vice
president. Gov. Roosevelt's first SEN
tence is an acceptance of the nomi-
nation, and an expression of thanks
for the honor conferred, he declares
that In this contest the welfare of the
nation is at stake, and hat we must
continue the work so well begun dur
ing the present administration. He
says the platform adopted at Kansas
City stands for reaction and disorder,
and to put into practice the princi-
pies embodied therein would mean
grave disaster TO the nation. 1t would
mean the upsetting of our financial
system, and thus the abandonment
of the nations good faith. Ii would
mean a policy abroad which would
imply the dishonor of the flag and an
unworthy surrender of our national
rights.
The Paramount Issue.
He declares that the most impor-
tant of all problems is that of Sc
curing good government and moral
and material well-being within our
own borders. The neea that our ma
tion should do it's work well abroad
is second to the thorough perform
ance of duty at home. fhe present
contest, he declares, is for a on
tinuance of conditions which have
told in favor of our material welfare
and of our civil and political integ-
rity. He says the policy of the free
coinage of silver at a ration of 16 to
/ is a policy fraught with destruction
to every home in the land. 1t means
untold misery to the head of every
household, and, above all. the women
and children of every nome. No issue
can be paramount to the issue thus
made, for the paramountcy of such is
sue is to be determined, not by the
dictum Of any man or of any body
of men, but by the fact that it vi
tally affects the well-being of every
home in the land. The governor con-
tinues at considerable length a dis
cussion of the financial question, and
says that so intimate is the connec-
tion between industrial prosperity
and a sound currency that the for
mer is ieopardized, not merely by
unsound finance, but by the very
threat of unsound finance. The one
absolutely vital need Of u whole
Industrial system is sound money.
NJ
On the question of trusts, Gov.
Roosevelt says the first thing to DO
In determining whether there are real
abuses in existing forces of industrial
combination is 10 secure publicity as
to capitalization, profits and all else
of Importance TO the public. The
mere fact of this publicity would in
itself remedy certain evils, and in other
cases point out the remedies. The
state. acting in its collective capacity.
would thus first find out the facts, and
then be able to take such action as
wisdom should dictate. Much can be
done by taxation, and even more by
regulation, by close supervision and
the unsparing excelsior of all unheal-
WY SNSAl uNNlNS III al LiTCONihA a
ments. The separate state govern
ments can 90 a great deal, but when
they decline TO cooperate the national
government must step in.
imperialism and Militia FIsm.
Gov. Roosevelt enters into a lengthy
exposition OF the past history of u
government in the acquisition of new
territory, thus leading up to. an ex-
preston Of his views on the questions
Of imperialism and militariSm. He
says that in the pursuit of our pres
emit policy in the Philippines we are
making no new departure. and are not
taking a single step which in any way
affects our institutions or our traGi-
tional policies. He say the only Ger
tain way of rendering it necessary for
our republic 10 enter on a career of
militarism would be TO abandon the
Philippines 10 their own tribes. and
at the same time either TO guarantee
a stable government among these
tribes or TO guarantee them against
outside interference. A far larger
army would be required to carry out
such a policy than viii be required to
secure order under the American flag.
while the presence of this flag on the
islands is really the only possible Sc
curity against outside interference.
If the Filipinos are now entitled to
independence, they are also entitled to
eecioe for themselves whether their
government shall be stable or unstable.
civilized or savage, or whether they
shall have any government at all. If
this be true, then the whole argument
against President McKinley's policy
becomes absurd when IL is conceded
that we should to quote the language
of the Kansas City platform, "giye 10
the Philippines first a stable form Of
goyernment."The governor continues:
Properly speaking. the question is now
not whether we shall ~expand-for we have
already expanded-but whether we shall
contract. The Philippines are now part Of
American territory. To surrender them
would be 20 surrender American territory.
They must. Of course, be governed primarf-
~ in the interests Of their own citizens.
Our first care must be for the people OF the
islands which nave com under our guard
lanship as a result OF the most righteous
foreign war that has been waged within
the memory OF the present generation.
They must be administered in the inter-
ests OF their Inhabitants, and that neces-
Earily means that any question OF personal
or partisan politics In their administration
must be entirely eliminated. We must con-
tinue to put at the heads OF affairs In the
different islands such men as Gen. Wood,
Gov. Allen and Judge Taft; and II Is a most
fortunate thing that we are able to Illus
trate what ought 10 he done In the Way of