The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27
SPEAKER CANNoN's ADDRESS.
Notifying President Roosevelt of His
Nomination.

Oyster Bay. July 27.-In notifyin e
President Roosevelt or MS nomination
at Chicago Speaker Joseph G. Can
non said:
MIR. President: The people of the
United States, by blood. heredity, edu-
cation and practice. are self-govern-
ing people. We have sometimes been
subject to prejudice and embarrass-
ment from harmful conditions, but we
have outgrown prejudice and over
come conditions as rapidly as possible
having due regard to law and the
rights of individuals. We have some
times made mistakes, from a false
sense of security or from a desire
TO change policies instead of letting
well enough alone, merely to see what
would happen, but we have always
paid the penalty of unwise action at
the ballot box and endured the suf-
1er1ng until, under the law, through
the ballot box. We have returned to
correct policies. Tested by experience
no nation has so successfully solved
all problems and chosen proper poll
cies as our nation. Under the lead
of the Republican party for over forty
years, the United States. from being
g third-class power among the nations,
mas become in every respect first. The
people rule The people ruling it is
necessary that they should be compe-
tent to rule Competency requires not
only patriotism but material well-be-
ing. education, statecraft-
Inc people, under the lead of the
Kepuoican party. wrote upon the stat
ute books revenue laws, Ievyins taxes
upon the products of foreign countries
seeking our markets which replen-
1shed our treasury but were so ad-
austed stO encourage our people in
developing, diversifying and maintain
ing our industries, at the same time
protecting our citizens laboring in pro-
ouction against the competition of for
eign labor. Under this policy our
manufactured product today is one
Of
world. and our people receive almost
oouple the pay for their labor that
similar labor receives elsewhere in the
world, thereby enabling us to hear the
burdens of citizenship.
Liberal compensation for labor
makes liberal customers for our pro-
ducts. Under this policy of protection
our home market affords ALI orr Dao-
pie a better market than has anv Other
people on earth, and this. too, even if
we did not sell any of our products
abroad In addition to this. we have
come to be the greatest exportine ma
ton in the world For the wear end
ing the 3Oth of June. 1904, our ex-
ports to foreign countries were valued
et 81. 46O, 200, 900. of which $45O,OOO.-
600 were products of the factory The
world fell in our debt last wear s470 :
100000, an increase of $4,000 600
over the preceding year.
This policy of protection has always
been opposed by the opponents of the
Republican party and is opposed by
them today. In their last national plat
form. adopted at st. Louis they de-
nounce protection as robbery. They
never have been given power but they
proceeded by word and act to destroy
the policy of protection Their platform
1s as silent as the grave touching the
gold standard and our currency system
Their chosen leader, after his nominal
tion, having been as silent as the
sphynx up to that time sent his tele-
gram, saying in substance that the gold
standard is established, and that he Will
govern himself accordingly if he should
be elected.
II congratulate him. 1t is better to
be right late than never. 1t is better
to be right in one thing than wrong in
all things. / wonder if it ever occurred
to him that If his vote and support for
his party's candidate in 1896 and 1900
had been decisive we would now have
the silver standard I wonder what
made him send that telegram after he
was nominated. and why he did not send
AZ before? When did he have a change
q heart and judgment? And does he