The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-17


velt's speech accepting the nomination
4 as vice president on the Republican ma
tional ticket:
OYSTER BAY, N. Y,
E5 September 1s. 1900.
TO Hon. Edward O.. Wolcott, Chairman
Committee on Notification OF Vice
President. sf5 81
S1R:-I accept the nomination as
vice president Of the United States,
rendered me by the Republican national
convention with a very deep sense OF
the honor conferred upon me and with
an Infinitely deeper sense Of the vital
importance to the whole country of Sc
curing the reelection OF President
Mckinley. The nations welfare Is ut
stake. We must continue the work
which has been so well begun during
& the present administration. We must
show In fashion incapable of being mis-.
understood that the American peonle.
at the beginning of the twentieth CEN
fury, face their duties In n calm and
serious spirit; that they have no inten-
tion of permitting folly or lawlessncss
to mar the extraordinary material we'll
being which they have attained at
home, nor yet of permitting their flag
to be dishonored abroad.
Kansas City Platform Dangerous.
! 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
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 n poll
Icy abroad which would imply the dis
honor OF the flag and an unworthy sur
Z render OF our national rights. Its sue
cess would mean unspeakable humilia-
ton to men proud Of their country,
Jealous OF their country's good name.
and DESTROYS of securing the welfare of
i their fellow citizens. Therefore, we
have right to appeal to all good mon,
north and south, east and west, what
ever their politics may have been in
the past, to stand with us. because we
stand for the prosperity of the country
( and for the rcnown OF the American
nag.
~ 1870 S0ohSAy olCSSGu. i
The most important OF all problems
is, of course. that OF securing good
Z government and moral and material
well-being within our own borders.
Great though the need Is that the ma
ton should do its work well abroad,
even this comes second to the thorough
performance of duty at home. Under
the administration Of President McKin-
ley this country has been blessed with
degree of prosperity absolutely un-
paralleled, even in Its previous pros
porous history. While 1t Is. OF course.
true. that no legislation and no admin
istratlon can bring success to those
who are not stout OF heart, cool OF hand.
yet Is no less true that the individual
capacity OF each man to get good re-
suits for himself can be absolutely de-
Stroyed by bad legislation or bad ad-
mlnlstration. while under the reverse
conditions the power Of the individual
{ to do good work is assured and 5timu-
lated. This Is what has been done un-
der the administration Of President
Mckinley. 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
4 more favorable than ever before, and
they have been taken advantage OF to
the full by American thrift. Industry
and enterprise. Order has been obsarv-
ed. the courts upheld. and the fullest
liberty secured to ull citizens. The
: merchant and manufacturer, but above
all the farmer and the waSe-worker,
have profited by this state OF things.
Unsettle Our Governmental System.
Fundamentally and primarily the
present contest Is q contest for the
continuance Of the conditions which
have told in favor OF our material wei
fare and OF our civil and political integ-.
rity. II this nation Is to retain either
Its well-being or Its se!f-respect, 1t can
not afford to plunge into financial and
economic. chaos; It cannot afford to en-
Z Gorse governmental theories which
would unsettle the standard Of national
honesty and destroy the integrity 5of
our system Of justice. The policy OF
the free coinage of silver Mt ratio OF
sixteen to one Is policy fraught with
destruction to every home In the land.
1t means untold misery to the head of
every household. and. above, ALL 10 the