La Junta tribune., 1900-09-29
LEADING ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN
DISCUSSED BY CANDIDATE ROOSEVELT
He Accepts Nomination for Vice>President"W Have
Right to Appeal to All Good Cidzcns"-The Menace to
Prosperity Historical Review OF EXPANSION The On
ly Danger Of Militarism Is in Bryans Idea Of Pro-
tectorate

"uois gcNtiHIcItIi system. ana "Ouiu
therefore disarrans. all the yast and
delicat. machinery OF our complex IN.
dus,rial life. Above all the effect
would De ruinous Ia our finances. II
We are tn prosper. the currency OF this
country must b- based upon the gold
dollar worth loo cents. The stability
Of our currency has been greatly In
creased by The excellent financial act
passed 10y the las, Congress But no
law can secure onr finances against
the effect OF uuwl.. and disastrous
management in the hands OF unfricnd-
ly administrators. No party can safely
be intrusted with the anagcrn.nt OF
our national affairs unless IL accepts
as automatic iii. truths recognized in
aii progressive cuuu;rl,7- n, essential
to sound and proper system OF
finance, In their essence these must
pe the same for all great civilized peo
pies. In different stages OF develop
ment. different countries face varying
economic conditions. but at every stage
and under nil circumstances the most
Important element IN securing their
economic weil-being is sound finance,
honest money. So intimate u the con
ncctlon between Industrial prosperity
and II sound currency that the former
Is jcopardized. not merely by unsoupd
finance. but 10y the very threIi, Of un-
sound finance. The business man and
the farmer are vitality Interested In this
question: but no mans Interest is 81
great as that OF the wagc-workcr. \
deprecated currency means loss and
disaster TO the business man; but 1t
means grim suffering io the wage
worker. The capitalist viii lose much
OF his capital and viii suffer wearing
anxiety and The loss OF many comforts;
but the wage-worker who loses his
wages mus; suffer. and see his wife
and children suffer for the actual
necessities OF life. The one absolutely
system Is sound money.
One OF the serious problems with
which we are confronted under the con
ditions OF our modern Industrial civili-
zation Is that presented by the great
business combinations. which are
generally known under the name OF
trusts.
The problem IL an exceedingly difiic-
ut one. and the difficulty Is immensely
aggravated both by honest but wrong
headed attacks on our whole industrial
system in the effort 10 remove some OF
the evils connected with II. and by the
mischievous advice of men who either
think cruokedly or who advance rene
dies knowing them To be ineffective,
! bui decming that they may. by darken-
! ing counsel, achieve for themselves n
I spurious reputation for wisdom. No
good whatever is subserved by indis-
{ criminate denunciatIon OF corporations
generally. ana OF all forms OF indus
Z trial combination in particular: and
when this public denunciation Is ac-
companied by private membership In
! The great corporations denounced, the
| effect Is. or course, to give an mir OF
! ipsinceritS to the whole movement.
\ Nevertheless. there are real abuses.
and there is ample reason FOR striving
to remedy these abuses. \ crude or
! lil-considcreL effort to remedy them
would either be absolutely without cf-
! feet or else would simply do damage.
| The first thing to do l. To find ont the
facts: ana give this purpose publicity
as to capitalization. profits and all else
I OF importance to the public. Is the mosi
| useful measure. The mere fact of this
publicity would in itself remedy GER
| tain evils. and, as to the others. II
would In some cases point ont the RENE
dies, and would at least enable us to
l tell whether or not certain proposed
remedies would be useful. The state
acting In it's collective capacity would
] mus out theh
| be able to take such measures rs wis
dom dictated. Much can be done by
taxation. Even more can be done by
regulation. by close supervision, and
| the unsparing excelsior OF all unhealthy.
destructive and anti-social elements.
| The separate state governments can
do great deal. and where they de-
cline to cooperate the national govern
\ ment must step In.
! History of Fxpan-ion.
While paying heed to the necessity
| OF keeping our house in order ut home,
the American people cannot. II they
wish to retain their self-respect. re-
frain from doing their duty as great
nation In the world The history OF
the nation is in large part the history
OF the nations expansion. When the
first Continental Congress- me; In Lib
erty hnil and the thirteen original
states declared themselves nation,
the westward limit Of fhe country was
marked by the Allegheny Mountains.
Even during the revolutionary wnr the
work OF expansion went on. Ken
| lucky, Tennessee and the great North
west, then known as the Illinois cOun-
| try, were conquered from our white
! and Indian foes during the revolution
ary struggle and were confirmed to us
by the treaty of peace In 1888. Yet
the Land thus confirmed was not then
| given to Ms. 1t was held by an alien
1 foe until the army under Gen. Az
thony Wayne freed Ohio from the red
man, while the treaties Of Jay and
Pinckney secured from the Spanish and
4 British Matches and Detroit
i In 1900. under Preaident Je6erson,
the greatest slngle stride In expansion
4 that we ever took was taken By the
u purchase of the Louislana Territory.
\ This so-ca1led Louisiana. which lnclud-
\ ed what ere ~ The States Of Arkan-
-, lGlsscui. Louiaiana, Iowa. Nh,
j In1sota. KAnoas.. Nehsneka, Ncrth esd