Cañon City record., 1900-09-27
Mr. M'kINLEY'S LETTER
ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION


lican party. A synopsis of 1t follows:
Executive Mansion, Washington,
Sept. S.--Hon Cabot Lodge. chairman
notification committee.
My Dear SirAThe nomination OF
the Republican national convention OF
June 10Th, 1900. for the office OF Presi-
dent of the Unitssi States. which as
the official representative of the con-
vertion you have conveyed to me, is
accepted. l have carefully examined
the platform adopted. and give 1t my
hearty approval.
Upon the great issue OF the last
national election 1t is clear. II up
holds the gold standard and indorses
the legislation OF the present Congress,
by which that standard has been great
ly strengthened. The stability of our
| national currency Is, therefore, secure
SO long as those who adhere to this
platform are kept In control OF the
government In the first battle, that
of 1885, the friends OF the gold stand
ard and of sound currency were tri-
umphant, and the country Is enjoy
ing the fruits of that victory. Our
antagonists. however. are not salts
fled. They compel MS to a second bat
tie upon the same lines on which the
first was fought and won.
while regrettlng the reopening OF
this question, which can ouly disturb
the present satisfactory financial con-
dition 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.
permanent triumph for an honest
financial system, which viii continue
inviolable the public faith.
Ill s.E-Tkat
are united. under the same leader,
whom, Immediately after the election
of that year. In an address to the bi-
metaliists. said:
THE friends OF binetallism have
not been vanquished; they have sim
ply been overcome. They believed That
the gold standard Is "A conspiracy OF
the money changers against the wei
fore OF the human race. and they VIII
continue the warfare against 1t
'-rhe policy thus proclaimed has
been accepted and confirmed by these
parties.
"In all three platforms. these parties
announce that their eff sliaii he I'M
ceasing until the gold act shall be blot
ted from the statute books and the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver mt III
to shall take Its place. The relative
importance OF the issues l do not stop
to discuss. All OF them are important.
Whichever party In successful viii be
bound In conscience TO carry into nd-
ministration and legislation its several
declarations and doctrines.
"a subject OF Immediate Importance
to our country Is the completion OF
great waterway OF commerce between
the Atlantic and Pacific. The construc-
tion OF maritime canal II now more
than ever Indispensable TO that inti-
mate md ready communication be-
tween our eastern and western sen
ports demanded by the annexation of
the Hawaiian islands and the expat-
sion OF our influence and trade In the
Pacific.
''The Chicago platform OF 1896 In re-
affirmed In Its entirety by the Kansas
City convention. Nothing has been
omitted or recalled; so that NIL the per
lis then threatened are presented anew
with the added force OF deliberate
renfiirmation. -Four years ago the peo-
pie refused to place the seal OF their
approval upon these dangerous and
revolutionary policies. and this year
they VIII not fail to record again their
earnest dissent.
I'VE hold Porto Rico by the same
title as the Philippines. The treaty OF
peace which ccded us the one conveyed
TO lis the other. Congress has given
TO this island n government In which
the Inhabitants participate. elect their
own legislature. enact their own local
laws, provide their own system of tax
alton, and In these respects have the
same power and privileges enjoyed by
other territories belonging to the Unit
ed States, md n much larger measure
OF seif-government than was given TO
the Inhabitants OF Louisiana under
Jefferson. A District Court OF the
United States for Porto Rico hns been
established. and local courts have been
inauguratcd. nll OF which are IN opera
ton.
"Tbc tnrIfr duties paid and collected
both In Porto Rico and the United
States are paid to the government OF
Porto Rico. and no part thereof ls tax
en- by the national government.
Mr. Mckinley goes Into the Philip.
pine question Mt length. After recit-
Ing the history OF our relations with
the islands. futile negotiations for
peace with the Filipinos. the insiruc-
tions to the commission and itu report.
he says;
''Therc hns been no time since the
destruction OF the cncmy's fleet when
we could or should have left the Phil
iDpiDe Archipelago. After the treaty OF
peace wis ratified no power but Con-
gress cohld surrender our sovereignty
or ALLEVIATE n foot of the territory thus
acquired. The Congress has not seen
1T 10 do the one or the other. and the
President has no authority to do either.
IL he had been so Inclined. which he
was not. So long MS the sovereignty
remains In us, II Is the duty OF the cx-
ccutive, whoever he may be. to uphold
the sovereignty. and II II be attacked
TO suppress It's assaIlnnts. Would our
political adversnries do less2
at has been INSERTED that there
would hnvc been no lighting In the
Philippines II Congress had declared
its purpose to give Independence 10 the
Tngal insurgents. The insurgents did
not wait for the action OF Congress.
They assumed the offensive. They
opened FIRE on our army. Those who
asserted our responsibility for the be-
ginning OF the conflict have forgotten
thnt before tho trenty was ratified In
the Senate and while II was being de-
bated In that body, and while the Ba-
con resolution wns under discussion
on February 4. 1900, the insurgents Mt
tackled the American army after being
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