The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-09-30
Quotations From President Roose-
veIt's Letter Of Acceptance.


utterances of our opponents what are
the real issues upon which they propose
to wage this campaign. 1t is not un-
fair to say that, having apandoned most
of the principles upon which they have
insisted during the last eight years,
they now seem at a loss both as to what
it is that they really believe and as to
how firmly they shall assert their belief
in anything"
1--WE do not have to guess at our own
convictions, and then correct the guess
if it seems unpopular. The principles
which we profess are those in which we
believe with heart and soul and strength
The policies we have pursued are
those which we earnestly hold as essen
tial to the national welfare and repute
We intend in the future to carry on
the government in the same way that
we have carried it on in the past"
Eve are content to rest our case be-
fore the American people upon the fact
that to adherence to lofty ideal we
have added proved governmental effici-
ency. Therefore, our promises may
surely be trusted as regards any issue
that is now before the people; and we
may equally be trusted to deal with any
problem which may hereafter arise"
"Our opponents can criticise what we
did in Panama only on condition of mis-
tating what was done. The admins
tration behaved throughout not only
with good faith, but with extraordinary
patience and large generosity toward
those with whom it dealt 1t was also
mindful of American interests. 1t act
ed in strict compliance with the law
passed by Congress.
''The Presidents duty is to serve the
country in accordance with the Consti
tuition, and 1 should be derelict in my
duty if used false construction of the
constitution as a shield for weakness
and timidity, or as an excuse for govern
mental impotence.
''To what phase of our foreign policy
and to what use of the navy do our OPP
ponents object? Our foreign policy has
been not only highly advantageous to
the United States, but hardly less adj
vantageous to the world as whole.
Peace and good will have followed in
its footsteps The government has
shown itself no less anxious to respect
the rights of others than insistent that
the rights of Americans be respected in
return. AS for the navy, it has been
and is now the most potent guarantee
of peace, and it is such chiefly because
it is formidable and ready for use"
"On some of the vital questions that
have confronted the American people
in the last decade our opponents take
the position that silence is the best
possible way to convey their views"
Being unable to agree among them
selves as to whether the gold standard
is curse or blessing, and as to
whether we ought or ought not to have
free and unlimited coinage Of silver,
they have apparently thought it exped-
lent to avoid any committal on these
subjects, and individually each to fol-
low his particular bent"
This government is based upon the
fundamental idea that each man, no
matter what his occupation, his race or
his religious belief, is entitled to be
treated on his worth as a man, and
neither favored nor Disseminated
against because of any accident in his
position"
"Of course, if our opponents are not
sincere in their proposal to abolish the
system of protective tariff, there is
no use in arguing the matter at all, save
by pointing out again that if on one
great issue they do not mean what they
say, it is hardly safe to trust them on
any other issue. But if they are sincere
in this matter, then their advent to
power would mean domestic misfortune
and misery as widespread and far reach
ing as that we saw ten years ago."
I'VE cannot afford to trust modifica-
tion to those who treat protection and
robbery as synonymous terms"
There could scarcely. be anything
more senseless and meaningless nor in
the case of papers like the Tribune and
News of Detroit anything more hypo-
critical and dishonest, than this weari-
some talk about 1.-The machine" What
is meant by the machine2 Political &C.
ton is necessarily carried on through
party organization. In the competition
of varying views and aims in party pol
icy, the group of men whose views and
aims command the approval of the ma
jority and so come into control are, in
the phraseology of those railers, 1.-THE
machine And if in that competition
the balance of power changes and what |
was the minority view wins acceptance
over the other and the minority group
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