Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-09-26


The Hon. Elihu Root, Chairman of
Notification Committee:
Dear Sir: In accordance with the
promise made when you formally no
titled me of my nomination for Vice
President, | avail myself of this op-
portunity to submit to you, and
through you to my fellow-citizens.
some furthur views with respect to
the questions in issue before the peo-
pie.
The principles which are so frankly
and felicitously expressed in the plat
form adopted by the Republican ma
tional convention meet with my heart
lest approval. In the main they have
been subjected to the test of actual ex-
perience and have been found to be
well suited TO our industrial and ma,
tional needs. They have brought us
to high state of material develop
ment, and have made the nations
name respected among the powers OF
the earth.
The utterances of political parties
must be interpreted in the light OF
that practical construction which they
have put upon them when intrusted
with power. 1t is not alone what they
say but what they will do which
should weigh in determining their
capacity TO administer public affairs.
We have had two administrations
in the last seven years which have
been governed by the same politics
We may consult the trade reports in
vain to discover when the one ended
and the other began. Both were OBJ
liged to make vast expenditures for
much needed public works. The rap
idly expanding needs of the Govern
ment business must be met. The ma
tional equipment must keep pace
with our national growth, yet always
with due regard to the principles of
sound economy in public expenditures.
We have pursued no parsimonious
policy on the one hand nor INDUCED
in extravaganza on the other. We have
measured the public expense by the
public necessity.
The convention did well in its hear
ly commendation of the administra-
tion of President Roosevelt. This is
sharply challenged by the opposition.
We accept the issue with confidence.
The President assumed the responsi-
bilities of chief executive with a
pledge to carry out the policy OF his
beloved and lamented predecessor He
kept the cabinet of President McKin-
ley, composed of statesmen of emf
nent ability, in whom the country
placed entire confidence. He carried
forward the uncompleted work faith
fully and successfully The pledge
has been kept scrupulously; the prom
Use has been fulfilled. Peace and good
order have been maintained Domestic
and foreign trade have increased and
relations of amity have been preserv-
ed with foreign powers.
The foreign policy OF the admins
tration has been conservative. Just
and firm. and has made for the ad
vancement of peace. Time and events
have given us a larger place In inter
national affairs. While we have en-
larged Que foreign commerce, we have
increased our prestige abroad, not
with the sword but through the peace
full agency of enlightened diplomacy.
Thirty treaties have been conclud-
ed and proclaimed and stand to the
credit of the administration Some OF
these are of far-reaching Importance.
Among the number are the Hay-Paun-
cefote treaty. superseding the Clay
ton-Bulwer convention, which stood
in the way of the construction OF an
isthmian canal; the Panama canal
treaty. the Alaskan boundary treaty,
and commercial treaties with China
and with Cuba.
Events in the far east suggest the
wisdom and necessity of a continu.
ance of the present foreign policy. We
have maintained exact neutrality be
tween Russia and Japan. At the be-
ginning of the war between them, they
assented to the suggestion made by the
administration, limiting the zone OF
hostilities. This tends to preserve the
open door on the Orient so important
and so much desired in the expansion
of our commerce. 1t is the policy OF
the administration, predicated upon
the soundest national prudence, to
settle and remove by treaty, so far as
possible, those international differen
ces which might lead to future fric
ton.
We favor the adjustment Of inter
national disagreements by an appea
to reason, rather than to arms. A
great majority of the questions which
arise between nations. may, without
compromising the national honor. bt
submitted to arbitration. Tho admin