The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-18

New York Sept l6-Gov. Rooseyelts
Ie.ter aceeutiue the Vice Presidential
nomination teadered by the Republican
Natloua! Convention was made public to-
DAY. Foll0aiAs Is the letter:
oyster Bay. y. Y. Sept. i5. 1850
10 Hon. Edward o. Wolcott. Chairman
Committec Oh Notification OF Vice Pres
ident.
SIR. 1 accept the nomination as Vice
President OF the United States. rendered
me b the Republican National Conyen-
ton with q deep sense Of the honor con-
i.rred upon me and with an inhnltsly
deeper sense Of the vital importance 10
the whole country OF securing the re-elec-
ton u President Mckinley. The nation
Vtlfare Is al stake. We must continue
the work which has been so well begun
during The present administration. We
E.ust show In fashion incapable OF being
misunderstood that the American people.
al the beginning OF the twentieth century.
;ace their duties in 4 calm and serious
spirit; that they nave no intention 0f
permitting folly or laWlessness 10 mar the
Extraordinary material veli-Deing which
they have attained at home. nor yet Of
permitting their flag TO be dishOnOred
abroad
Af'i AiAal TINS tVNAtFA u UN 10 means
one merely between Republicans and Dem
ograts We have a right 10 appeal TO al
good citizens who are farsighted enough
90 see what the honor and the interest of
The nation demand. To put into practice
the PRINCIPLES embodied III the Kansas
Clty platform would mean grave disaster
60 the nation. for that platform stands
IuF reaction ana disorder; for an upset
uHg OF our financial system. which would
mean not only great suffering, but tht
abandonment of the nations good faith,
and for a policy abroad which would i'm
p.y the dishonor of the flag and an un-
worthy surrender Of our national rights.
Its success would mean unspeakable hu-
initiation 20 men proud Of their country
jealous OF their cOuntrys good name, and
de5irOus OF securing the welfare OF their
fellow citizens. Therefore We have a
right 10 appeal 10 all good men, North
and South, East and West, whatever
their politics may have been in the past.
20 stand with US. because We stand for
the prosperity OF the country and for the
TenoRn Ot the American nag.
Prosperity Under Mckinley.
The most important of all problems is,
OF course, that OF securing good govern
mcnt and moral and material weIl-beias
within our own borders. Great though
The need IL that the nation should do its
work well abroad. even this comes second
90 The thorough performance of duty az
home Under the administration of Pres
ldent Mckinley this country has been
blessed with degree of prosperity abso-
iulely unparalleled, even in its previous
Irosperous history. While il is, of course,
true that no legislation and no admins
tratioH can bring success to those who
are not stout Of heart cool of head, and
ready Of hand. yet ii is no less true that
The individual capacity OF eacn man 10
get good results for himself can be abso-
lutely destroyed by bad legislation or bad
administration, while under the reverse
conditions the power Of the individual 10
do good work is assured and stimulated.
This Is what has been done under the ad-
mlnistration OF President Mckinley.
Thanks 10 his actions and TO the wise
legislation of Congress on the tariff and
finance, the conditions OF our industrial
life have been rendered more favorable
than ever before. and they have been
taken advantage OF TO the full by Ameri-
can thrift. industry. and enterprise. Or
der has been observed. the courts upheld
and the fullest liberty secured to all citi.
but above all the farmer and the wage
worker, have profted by this state OF
things.
Fundamentally ard primarily the pres.
ent contest is contest for the contin-
uance OF the conditions which have told
IN favor of our material welfare and OF
our civil and political integrity. If this
nation IS TO retain either its well-being oil
Is self-respect, II cannot afford TO plunge
into financial and economic chaos; il can.
not afford 10 IndOrse governmental theor
les which would unsettle the standard ci
national honesty and destroy the integrity
OF our system of Justice. The policy OF
The free coinage of silver at a ratio OF II
10 ] Is policy fraught with destruction
10 every home in the land II means nm.
Told misery 10 the head of every house
hold. and. above all. 10 the women and
children OF every home When our ID.
ponen,s champion free silver at 1s TO
they are either insincere or sincere in
their attitude. II insincere in their cham.
pionship they, OF course. forfeit all right
10 belief or support on any ground il
sincere, then they are a menace TO the
welfare OF the country. Whether they
shout their sinister purpose or merely
Wh sper Il makes but little difference, save
as Il reflects their own honesty. No issu,
yan be paramount 10 the issue they thus
make, for the paramountcy OF such an is
sue is 10 be determined. not by the dictum
~ any man or body Of men. but by the
fact that II vitally affects the well-beina
%! every home in the land. The financial
question Is always OF such far-reachlne
md tremendous importance 10 the na-
tonal welfare that IL can never be raised
F.gg L.. .l.g
portance is not merely conceded but in.
sisted on, Men who are not willing q
make such an issue paramount have nC
possible justification for raising il al all
Tor under such circumstances their act
cannot under any conceivable circum
stances do aught but grave harm.
Law Not "a Sufficient Safeguard.
The success OF the party representing
the principles embocied In the Kansas City
platform would bring about the destruc.
loH OF all the conditions necessary 10 tn,
continuance OF our prosperity. 1t would
also unSettle our whole governmental
system, and would therefore disarrang,
all The vast and delicate machinery OF oul
complex industrial life. Above all. thu
effect would be ruinous 10 our finances
lf we are 20 prosper. the currency of thi:
.ar worth 100 cents. The stability OF oui
currency has been greatly increased by
'ae excellent financial act passed by IN,
last Congress. But no law can secure oul
i.alees against the effect OF unWise ant
disastrous management in the hands o.
uH.r.gntiy administrators. No party ear
safely bee in,rusted with the management
ci our national affairs unless II accepts a:
automatic the truths recognized In al
Progressive countries as essential 10 I
sound and proper system OF finance. II
iar.' essence these must be the sane fo
al great civilized peoples. In differen
stages 3f development. different countries
lace varying economic conditions. but a
every stage and Gader all circumstance
'-. most important element In securin;
urrir economic well. being Is sound finance
honest money. SO intimate Is the con
Aeet.on between Industrial prosperity &n'
r3-na currency that the former IL Jeop
af .lZsu NOT merely by uusouEI finance