The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-09-12
PRESIDENTS LETTER.
Accepts Nomination and De-
fines His Fiinc Piles.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-President
McKinley's letter of acceptance of the
presidential nomination by the Repub-
lican national convention has just been
made public. In part it is as follows:
Executive Mansion,
Washington. Sept. s.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Chairman
Notification Committee.
My Dear Sir;-The nomination of the
Republican national convention Of June
10, 1900 for the office of president Of the
| United States which as the official re-
preventative of the convention you have
conveyed to me, is accepted. l have
carefully examined the platform
adopted and give to it by hearty ap-
proval. Upon the issue of the last ma
tional election it Is clear. 1t upholds
the gold standard and endorses the leg
sation of the present congress by which
that standard has been effectively
strengthened. The stability Of our ma
tional currency is therefore secure as
long as those who adhere 10 this plat
form are kept in control of the govern
ment. In the first battle. that of 1896
the friends of the gold standard and of
sound currency were triumphant and
the country is enjoying the fruits OF
that victory. Our antagonists, how
ever. are not satisfied They compel
us to q second battle upon the same
lines on which the first was fought and
won. While regretting the reopening of
this question, which can only disturb
the present satisfactory financial condi-
ton of the government and visit un-
certainty upon our great business en-
terprises, we accept the issue and
again invite the sound money forces
to join in winning another and we hope
a permanent triumph for an honest
financial system which will continue
invlolable the public faith.
AS In 1896 the three silver parties are
united, under the same leader. In all
three platforms these parties announce
that their efforts shall be unceasing un-
I'll the gold act shall be blotted from the
statute books and the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at l6 to 1 shall
take its place.
The relative Importance of the issues
| do not stop to discuss. All of them
are important. Whichever party is
successful will be bound in conscience
to carry into administration and legis-
| lation its several declarations and doc
trines.
The Republican party remains faith
full to its principle of tariff which
supplies sufficient revenues for the
government and adequate protection to
our enterprises and producers; and of
reciprocity which opens foreign mar
kets to the fruits Of American labor,
! and furnishes new channels through
which to market the surplus of Ameri-
can farms. The ime-honored princl-
pies of protection and reciprocity were
the first pledges of Republican victory
10 be written into public law.
Unless something unforeseen occurs
TO reduce our revenues or increase our
expenditures, the congress at its next
session should reduce taxation very
| materially.
A subject of immediate Importance
10 our country is the completion Of a
great waterway of commerce between
the Atlantic and Pacific. The construc-
ton of a maritime canal is now more
than ever Indispensable to that inti-
mate and ready communication be-
tween our Eastern and Western sea-
ports demanded by the annexation Of
the Hawaiian islands and the expansion
of our influence and trade in the Paci
fc. Our national policy more impera-
| lively than ever calls for its compile
| ton and control by this government;
and it Is believed that the next session
of congress, after receiving the full re-
port of the commission appointed un-
der the act approved March 3, 1899, will
make provisions for the sure accomp-
lishment of this great work
Combinations Of capital which con-
troll the market in commodities neces-
sary to the general use of the people, by
suppressng natural and ordinary COM
petition, thus enhancing prices, to the
general consumer are obnoxious to the
common law and the public welfare.
They are dangerous conspiracies
against the public good and should be
made the subject of prohibitory or penal
legislation. Publicity will be a helpful
influence to check the evil. Uniformity
of legislation in the several states
should be secured. Discrimination be-
tween what is injurious and what Is
useful and necessary in business oper-
ations is essential to the wise and eff
fective treatment of this subject. Hon
J est cooperation of capital is necessary
to meet new business conditions and
extend our rapidly increasing foreign
trade. but conspiracies ana combina-
lions intended to restrict business, Gre
ate monopolies and control prices
should be effectively restrained.
We have been in possession of Cuba
since the first of January. 1899. We
have restored order and established do
nestle tranquility. We have fed the
starving, clothed the naked and minis
tered to the sick. We have improved
the sanitary condition of the island.
! We have stimulated industry, intro
duced public education and taken full
and comprehensive enumeration of the
inhabitants. The officers have been
chosen for all the municipalities of
| Cuba. These local governments are
now in operation, administered by the
people. our military establishment has
been reduced from $4,000 to less than
1000. An election has been ordered to
be held on the 18th Of September under
a fair election law already tried in the
| municipal elections, to choose members
of a constitutional convention, and the
convention by the same order Is TO as
semble on the first Monday Of Novem-
ber to frame a constitution upon which