The Portland daily press., 1900-09-17
Issues Of Campaign Discussed at
Length.
History of American
Expansion.
How Jefferson Interpreted
s'Consent Of Governed"

Gov. Roosevelt's letter of acceptance
of the vice presidential nomination on
the Republican ticket is as follows:
Oyster Bay, N. X, September 49, 1900
TO Hon Edward O. Wolcott chairman
committee on Notification OF Vice Pres
iuenti
Sir-L ACCEPT the nomination as Vice
President OF the United States, rendered
me by the Republican National conVen-
ton, with q very deep sense OF the honor
conferred upon me and with an INFINITELY
deeper sense of the vital Importance TO
the whole country of securing the re-
election of President Mckinley The
nations welfare is at stake. We must
continue the work which h3s been SO
we'll begun during the present admlnls-
tratiOn We must show IN fashion inca
pable of being misunderstood Uha6 6ne
American people, at the beginning OF
the Doth century face their duties in
calm and serious spirit; that they nave
no Intention of permitting folly or law
Iessness to mar extraordinary material
weli-being which they have attained at
home nor yet of permitting their lag to
be dlshonOred abroad.
L feel that this contest Is by no means
merely between Republicans and Demo
Gratis We have a right to appeal 60 all
good citizens who are far sighted enough
to see what the honor and the interest OF
the nation demand. 10 put into practice
the PRINCIPLES embodied in the Kansas
City platform would mean grave disaster
to the natiCn; for that platform stands
for reaction and disor Ter; for an UPSET
inc OF our financial system which would
mean not only great suffering, but the
abandonment Of the nation good Ialbn;
and for a policy abroad which would I'M
ply the disnonor of the flag and an un-
worthy surrender Of our national rights
Its success would mean uDspeakable
humiliation to mon proud OF their cOun-
try, Jealous of their cOuntry's good
name, and DESTROYS of securing the well
fare OF their fellow citizens Therefore
we have a right to appeal to all good
men, North and South, East and West,
whatever their politics may have been
in the past, to stand with us, because
we stand for the prosperity OF the coun-
try and for thu renOWn Of the American
flag.
NATIONAL PROSPERITY.
The most important of all problems
is, of course, that of securing good gov
eminent and moral and material we'll
being within our own borders. Great
though the need is that the nation
should do It's work well abroad, even
this comes second to the thorough perfor-
nance of duty at home. Under the ad
ministration of President Mckinley this
country has been blessed with degree
of prosperity absolutely unparalleled, even
in its previous prosperous history. While
it is. of course, true that no legislation
and no administration can bring sue
cess to those who are not stout of heart,
cool of head and ready of hand, yet it is
no less true that the individual capaci-
ty OF each man to get good results for
himself can be absolutely destroyed by
bad legislation or bad administration,
while under the reverse conditions the
power of the individual to do good work
is assured and stimulated. This is what
has been done under 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 more favorable than ever
before, and they have taken advantage
OF to the full by American thrift indus
try and enterprise Order has been OBJ
served, the courts upheld, and the full
est liberty secured to all citizens. The
IN reliant and manufacturer. but above
all the farmer and the wage-worker, have
protited by this state OF things.
TIE CURRENCY.
Fundamentally and primarily the pres.
emit contest is a contest for the contin-
uance of the conditions which have told
in favor of our material welfare and Of
our civil and political Integrity II this
nation is to retain either it's well-being
or its self-respect, it cannot afford to
plunge into financial and economic
chaos; it cannot afford to endorse gov
ernmental theories which would unset
tie the standard of national honesty and
destroy the integrity of our system Of jus
tice. The policy of the free coinage OF
silver at a ratio of 16 to l, is policy
fraugh1 with destruction to every home
in the land. 1t means untold misery TO
the head of every household and, above
all, to the women and children of every
home. When our opponents champion
free silver at 10 to l, they are either in
sincere or sincere in their attitude. If
tnStncere In their championship they, OF
course, forfeit all right to belief or sup
port on any ground. II sincere, then
they are menace to the welfare of the
country Whether they shout their sin
lister purpose or merely whisper 1t makes
but little difference, save as it reflects
their own honesty. NJ issue can be para
mount to the issue they thus make, Tor
the paramOuntcy of such an Issue is to
be determined, not by the dictum Of any
man or body OF men, but by the fact that
1t vitality affects the well-being of every
home In the land. The financial cues
tton is always of such far-reaching and
tremendous Importance to the national
welfare that 1t can never be raised in
good faith unless this tremendous i'm
portance is not merely conceded, but
insisted on. Men who are not willing
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