Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-09-20
ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS
Vice Presidential Candidate
Makes Public His Letter.
CONDEMNS KANSAS CITY PLATFORM.
snys Trust Problem should Ne Care
fully Studied-Namcs Thomas JEFF
fersOn ms First ExpansiOMist.
Our Territorial AcquisitioMs

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Our Territorial Acquisitions.
NEW YORK, Sept. II. = Governor
Theodore Roosevelt has made public his
letter accepting the nomination for vice
president on the Republican national
| ticket. Mr.. Roosevelt reviews the va
rious issues brought to the front by both
the Republican and Democratic parties.
The currency question: trusts and eXpan-
| sion are the subjects to which he has de-
voted the greater part Of his letter.
Il feel that this contest is by no means
one merely between Republicans and
Democrats. We have u right to appeal
to all good citizens who are farsighted
enough to see what the honor and 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. for 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 the
| nations good faith. and for Il policy
abroad which would imply the dishonor
| of the flag and an unworthy surrender OF
our national rights. Its success would
mean unspeakable humiliation to men
| proud of their country. jealous of their
country's good name and desirous of Sc
curing the welfare of their fellow citi
Zens. Therefore we have Il right to ap-
| peal to all good men, north and south,
east and west, whatever their politics
may have been in the past. to stand with
us because we stand for the prosperity
of the country and for the renown of the
American flag.
well being or its self respect. it cannot
afford To plunge into financial and eco
! nomic chaos; it cannot afford to iudorse
governmental theories which would un-
settle the standard Of national honesty
and destroy the integrity of our system
of justice. The policy of the free coinage
of silver at a ratio of IL To l is policy
fraught with destruction to every home
in the land. 1t 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 |. they are either in
sincere or sincere in their attitude. Ii
insincere in their championship, they OF
course forfeit all right to belief or sup
port on any ground. If sincere. then
| they are II menace to the welfare of the
country"
Speaking of trusts. Mr. Roosevelt says:
The first thing to do is To lind out the
facts, and for this purpose publicity as
TO capitalization. profits and all else of
Importance to the public is the most use
full measure. The mere fact of this pub
licity would in itself remedy certain evils
and. as to the Others, it would in some
| cases point out the remedies and would
at least enable us to tell whether or not
certain proposed remedies would he use
| full. The state acting in its collective
capacity would thus first find ont the
facts and then he able to take such
measures rs wisdom dictated. Much can
he done by taxation. Even more can he
done by regulation by close supervision
and the unspnring excision of all un-
healthy. destructive and antisocin elc-
ments. The separate state governments
| can do n great deal. and where they de-
cline to cooperate the national govern
mcnt must step in.
Concerning expansion, he says
In 1858. under President Jefferson.
| the greatest single stride in expansion
| that We ever took was taken by the
purchase of the Louisiana territory. This
80 called Louisiana. which included what
are now the states of Arkansas. Missou-
ri, Louisiana. Iowa. Minnesota. Kansas.
Nebraska North and South Dakota, Ida
ho. Montana aud large part of Colo
RADIO aud Utah was acquired by treaty
/ aud purchase under President jefferson
exactly aud precisely as the Philippines
have been acquired by treaty and pur-
chase under President Mckinley
The parallel be,wcen what jefferson
did with Louisiana and what is now be-
| ing don. in the Philippines is exact
4 -.
of Independence aud of the consent of
/ the governed doctrine. saw no incougru
/ ity between this and the establishment
I Of government on common sense
/ grounds ia the new territory. and he
rallied at the stickler. for an impossible
| application of his principle
Property speaking. the question IL nov
the acquisition nf Florida. This was
pnrtly acquired by conquest aud partly
/ hy purchase. Andrew jackson being the
/ most prominent hgut. IA the acquisition.
/ Our next acquisition oi territory was
/ that OF Texas, secured lay treaty after IL
had been wresied from the MeKieans By
I the Texan. themselves. Then came the
acquisition Of California. New Mexico.
i Arizona Nevada anal parts al Colorado
and Utah a. the result al the Mexican
E war. Then cano the acquisition of
I Alaska. secured trum knssta hA treaty
+ aud purchase. NsarlN ~ wars PASSED
+ before the next Instance Of expansion
occurred. which wRs over the Island of
Hawaii
"Whsn We .xpansl.d ever New Mexico
and California. Ne sssafssl fess gov
ernaleni ia ihsss territories and pre-
vented their falling under The mill
larism" ~ Dictatorship Ike thai Of
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