The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-29

NoPANOA. NIL 1IOl- ia il JUG IIDCfIt, reap
\ harvest of success The Republi-
can party for you and under your
leadership appeals to the great body
OF the people who live in the sweat of
their faces. make the civilization, con
troll the republic, fight its battles and
determine its policies, for approval
and continuance in W
The office of President of the United
States is the greatest on earth, and
many competent men in the Republi-
can party are ambitious to hold 1t,
yet the Republican convention met at
Chicago June last ana unanimously,
with one accord, nominated you as the
candidate of the party for President.
l am sure all Republicans and a null
titude of good citizens who do not
call themselves Republicans said.
Amen"
In pursuance of the usual custom.
the convention appointed a commit
tee, of which it honored me with the
craftsmanship, to wait upon o and
inform you of its action. which duty.
speaking for the committee. 1 have
cheerfully performed, with the hope
and the confident expectation hat a
majority of the people Of the Republic
Will IN November next approve the
action OF the convention by choosing
electors who will assure your election
to the Presidency as your own sue
ces<or.
President Roosevelt shook Mr.. Can
mons hand heartily at the conclusion
of his speech. and then mounted the
chair to deliver his address in re-
Spouse. He was piven so cordial a
reception that il was quite a minute
before he could proceed
He was in excellent voice, ana
though he followed the printed text
of his speech. he seldom referred to
1t. The words wre punctuated by ap-
plause. The President said:
Mr.. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee:
I am deeply sensible of the high
reSentatives of the republican party
assembled in convention. and 1 accept
the nomination for the presidency with
solemn realization of the obligations
L assume. 1 heartily approve the
declaration of principles which the re-
publican national convention has
adopted. and at some future day I shall
communicate to you, Mr.. Chairman,
more at length and in detail a formal
written acceptance of the nomination.
Three years ago 1 became president
because of the death of my lamented
predecessor. / then stated that it was
my purpose to carry out his principles
and policies for the honor and the in
terest of the country. To the best of
my ability I have kept the promise
thus made. If next November my
countryme1 confirm at the polls the
action of the convention you repre-
tinue to work with an eye single to
the welfare of all our people.
A party is of worth only so far as
it promotes the national interest, and
every official, high or low. can serve
his party best by rendering to the
people the best service of which he
is capable. Effective government
comes only as the result or the loyal
cooperation of many different per-
sons. The members of a legislative
majority. the officers in the various
department of the administration,
and the legislative and executive
branches as towards each other. must
work together with subordination of
self to the common end of successful
government. We who have been en-
trusted with power as public servants
during the past seven years of admin
istration and legislation now come
before the people content to be judged
by our record of achievement. In the
years that have gone by we have made
the deed quare with the word; and
if we are continued in power we shall
unswervingly follow out the great lines
of public policy which the republican
party has already laird down; a policy
TO which We are giving, and sha give.
a united. and therefore an efficient.
support.
In all of this We are more fortunate
than our opponents. who now appeal
for confidence on the ground. which
some express and some seek to have
confidentially understood. that if tri-
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false to every principle which in the
last eight years they have laid down
as vital, and to leave undisturbei
those very acts of the administration
because of which they ask the admin
iStration itself be driven from power.
Seemingly their present attitude as to
their past record is that some of them
were mistaken and others inSincere.
We make our appeal in a wholly diff
ferent spirit. We are not constrained to
keep silent on any vital question; we
are divided on no vital question; our
policy is continuous, n is the. same
for all sections and localities. There
Is nothing experimental about the
government we ask the people to con-
tinue in power for our performance il
the past, III proved governmental
efficiency, is a guarantee as to our
promises for the future. Our oppo-
nents. either openly or secretly, &C
cordingly to their several tempera-
ments. now ask the people to trust
their present promises in conSiderd-
ton of the fact that they intend to
treat their past promises as null and
void. We know our own minds, and
we have kept of the same mind FOL a
sufficient length of time 20 give to our
policy conference and sanity. In such
Il fundamental matter as the enforce
meRt of the law We do not have to
depend upon promises. but merely to
ask hat our record be taken as an
earnest of what We shall continue to
do. in dealing with the great organ
izations known as trusts. We do not
have to explain why h laws were not
enforced, but to point out that they
actually have been enforced and that
legislation has been enacted to in
crease the effectiveness of their en-
forcement. We do not have to propose
to turn the rascals out" for We have
shown in very deed that whenever by
diligent investigation a public official
can be found who has betrayed his
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