Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-28
SILVER is THE ISSUE.

ROOSEVELT so DECLARES IN
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
Insisto that the Money Question IL
h Paramount Issue-Predicts Dis.
aster at Home and Loss of Prestige.
Abroad If Bryan Is Elected. y
of tee Republican nomination for Vice
President partakes Of the aggressive ma
ture of its writer, and is another notable
contribution to the argument of the cam
paign. The letter follows closely along
the lines Of that of President Mckinley
in accepting the first place Oh the Repub.
lican national ticket.
MIR. Mckinley declared the silver ques-
ton to be the immediate issue. So says
Mr.. Roosevelt, adding that it is also the
are not willing to mike such an issue par
amount have no possible justification for
raising it ut all" That was well said.
Ii, us Mr.. Bryan would have us believe,
free silver is a panacca for our domestic
A1As, ~ SAlNS1 10 ill lSSuC HlOlC III
diatc and paramount. more close and
real, than the twin bogies of Imperialism
and m~ilitarism, which are not at all prob
able.
The greater part of the letter is given
up to an able defense of the administra-
tons Philippine policy. Mr.. Roosevelt
emphasizes Il strong point already made
by the President, that the shortest and
OuirlSeSt routn tn vp;1;tor;cn, ,.n,,lI In IN
withdraw from the Philippines, yet guar
antce them against outside interference.
This is putting the shoe on the other foot.
I'VE want no militarism," say the Demo-
Gratis. Every WE'LL" says Gov. Roosevelt,
don't push your dangerous ideas of set'
ting up and defending Il Philippine re-
public; for so soon as you do that you
shall have militarism with a vengeance"
Gov. Roosevelt's remarks on accept
ance. in a letter to the committee of no
titication, are in part as follows:
To Hon. Edward O. Wolcott, Chairman
committee on Notification of Vice PreSi-
dent:
Sri accept the nomination as Vice Pres
!dent OF the United States, rendered me by
the Republican national convention, with a
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 reelection of President Nc
Kinley. The nstion's welfare is at stake.
We must continue the work which has been
tration.
What National Honor Demands.
1 feel that this contest Is by no means one
merely between Republicans and Democrats.
We have AZ :, a right III. to appeal to good citizens
honor and the interest of the nation de-
mand: To put into practice the principles
embodied In the Kansas City platform would
platform stands for reaction and disorder;
for an upsetting of our financial system
which would mean not only great suffering
eut the abandonment of the nations good
Imply the dishonor of the flag and an I'M
worthy surrender of our national rights.
ITS success would mean unspeakable humil-
iation to mon proud of their country. jealous
OF their country's good name and DESTROYS
of securing the welfare of their fellow citi-
Zens.
The most important of all problems is, OF
course, that of securing good government
and moral and material well-being within
our own borders. Great though the need Is
that the nation should do its work we'll
abroad. even this comes second to the thor
oigh performance of duty ut home.
lundainentally and primarily the present
the conditions which have told in favor Of
our. material welfare and of our civil and
political integrity; If this nation is to re-
1t cannot afford to plunge into financial and
economic chaos: 1t cannot afford to lndorse
governn entail theories which would unset,
destroy the Integrity of our system of JUS
iice. The policy of the free coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of l6 to ] is u policy franght
with destruction to every home i'm 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 IL to 1 they are either insinccre or sin
cere IN their attitude. If insii.cere in their
Championship they. Of course, forfeit all
right to belief or support on any ground.
III sincere. then they are a menace to the
welfare OF the country. Whether they shout
their sinister purpose or merely whisper it
makes but little difference. save as it re-
fleets their own honesty. No issue. can be
paramount to the issue they thus make, for
the paramountcy of such an Issue is TO be
Determined. not by the dictnm of any man
.or body of men. but by the fact that 1t vital
,ly affects the well-bcing of every home In
the land.
The business man and the farmer are
plainly interested in this question; but no
mans interest is so great as that of the
wage-worker. a Deprecated currency means
loss and disaster to the business man; but
u means grim suffering to the wage-worker.
Trust Problem Serious.
One of the serious problems with which
we are confronted under the conditions of
our modern industrial civilization is that
presented. by the great business combina.
lions, which are generally known under the
name Of trusts.
The Eroblcm Is an exceedingly difficult
one and the difficulty is immensely asgra.
waited both by honest but wrong-hcaded at.
lacks on our whole Industrial system In the
effort to remove some of the evils connect.
ed with 1t. and by the miscliievo,s advice of
men who either think crookedly or who nd.
vance remedies knowing them to he %ineffect-
I've. but deeming that they may. Ivy darken.
ing counsel. achieve for themselves a spuri.
Gus reputation for wisdom.
While paying heed to the necessity of
keeping our house in order at home, the
American people cannot, if they wish to re-
tain their self-respect, refrain from doing
their duty as Il great nation In the world.
The history Of the nation is in large part
the listor. of the nations expansion.
The parallel between what jefferson did
with Louisiana and what is now being done
In the piiilippines Is exact. Jefferson, the
and of the consent of the goverled" doc.
trine. saw no ~incongruity between this and
the establishment of u government on com.
mon sense grounds in the new Territory, and
he rallied at the stickIers for an Impossible
application of his principle. saying. in lam
guage which at the present day applies to