The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-17

New York, Sept. 16.-Following is
Governor Roosevelt's letter of accept
ance of the vice presidential nomina-
ton. given out today:
oyster Bay. y. Y. Sept. 15.-Hon.
Edward o. Wolcott. Chairman Com
mittee on Notification of Vice Pres
ident.
sir accept the nomination as vice
president of the United States rendered
me by the Republican national conven=
ton with the very deep seIise of the
honor conferred ucon me ana with an
infinitely deeper sense Of the vital i'm
portance to the whole country of secur-
ing the reelection of President McKin-
ley The nation welfare is az stake.
We must contirue the work which has
been so well begun during the present
administration. We must show in
IaShIon incapable of being misuRder-
STOOD how American people at the be-
ginning Of the twentieth century face
their duties in a calm and serious
spirit; that they have no intention of
permitting folly or lawleSSnesS to mar
the extraordinary material wellbeing
which they have attained at home, nor
yet of permitting their flag to be dis
hOnOred abroad.
means one merely between Republicans
and Democrats. We have a right to
appeal to all good citizens who are
far sighted enough to see what the
honor and tint of the nation demand.
II put into practice. the principles
embodied in the Kansas City platform
would mean grave disaster to the ma
lion: for that platform stands for re-
action and disorder; for an upsetting
of our financial system which would
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abandonment of the nations good
faith: ana for a policy abroad which
would imply the dishOnor of the flag
and an unworthy surrender of our
national rights. Its success would mean
unspeaEabe humiliation TO men proud
of their country. Jealous of their coun-
try's good mama and DESTROYS of secur-
ing the welfare of their fellow citizens
Therefore We have a right to appeal
10 all good men. north and south. east
and west. whatever their politics may
have been in the past. to stand with
las because we stand foI the prosperity
Of the country and for the renOwn of
the American nag.
The most important of all problems
Is. of course. that Of securing good
government and moral and material
MalbelnE within our own borders.
Great though the need is that the ma
ton should do IT'S work well abroad.
even this comes second 10 the thorough
performance Of duty at home. Under
the administration of President Mcl<in-
ley this country has been blessed with
q degree OF prosperity absolutely I'M
paraileled. even in its previous prosper
Gus history While il is. of course. true
lhdt mo- legislation and no adminiStra-
non can bring success to those who are
NOT stout Of heart. cool of head and
ready Of hand. yet ii is no less true
tai the individual capacity of each
man {" get good results for himself
can be absolutely destroyed by bad
ir--N-at1on or bad GdminiStra ton, while
nno " m" reverse conditions the power
vi me individual to do good work is
assured and stimulated. This is what
L'i> "-en done under the adminiStra-
,l'h or Pr-eident Mckinley. Thanks to
ms actions and 10 the wise legislation
congress on the tariff and finance,
,' conditions of our industrial life
nave hr-n rendered more Favorable than
~ before and they have been taken
.E@AldEe Of TO the full by American
~. industry and enterprise. Order
HaS oeen observed. the courts upheld
@'.t 'Ae fullest liberty secured to ali
..IzehS- The merchant and manufac-
u-.-L- out above all. the farmer and the
Of things
Silver the Principal Issue.
fundamentally and primarily the
.->ehl contest is "A contest for the
"l-huance Of the conditions which
,r."'t l'II in favor of our material well
- ana Of our civil and political in
.T''l\. If this nation is to retain
q; ''Hrf IFS Wellbeing or it's self respect.
:, saHnot afford 90 plunge into financial
a"i economic chaos: it cannot afford
u. -Hu"rSe governmental theories which
-'iN unSettle thu standard Of national
-l'@ly and destroy the integrity of
Uur system of Justice The policy of
yc- Tree coinage Of silver at a ratio of
=, - 10 Is 4 policy fraught with destruc-
.'h 10 every home in the land. 1t
means untold misery TO the head of
gNeIy household and above all. to the
".ulyn and children of every home
s;,.-N hen our opponents champion free
e-.'1' AT 10 70 l they are either insin-
sele or sincere in their attitude If
lisSlicere in their championship. shey
y. course forfeit all right to belief or
t1rppolt on any. ground If sincere.
90 II IheV are menace to the welfare
81 he country. Whether they shout
l. - sinister purpose or merely whisper
i. makes but little difference. save as
- 'eHects their own honesty. No issue