Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30

will assure your selection to the pres
idency as your own successor"
The Presidents Response.
The speech of President Roosevelt.
in accepting the nomination, reviewed
| in a concise and clear manner the ad-
ministrations Of the late President
Mckinley and himself and the Presi.
dent stated explicitly that his inten-
ton, if the voters of the nation en-
dorse the selection of the Chicago
convention, is to continue the policies
which have been in force since his la.
mented predecessor was inaugurated
as president. Mr.. Roosevelt stands
on his record as public official and
promises no doubtful innovations but
instead continuation of the present
| prosperous conditions. In accepting
the nominalir1. he said:
"Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen Of the
Notification Com mittee: I am deeply
sensible of the high honor conferred
upon me by the representatives of the
| republican party assembled in conven-
ton and accept the nomination for
the presidency with solemn realization
4, of the obligations assume. heartily
approve the declaration of principles
which the republican national conven-
ton mas adopted, and at some future
day | shall communicate to you, Mr..
Chairman, more at length and in de-
tail a formal written acceptance of
the nomination.
Three years ago 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 l have kept the promise
thus made. If next November my coun-
trymen confirm at the polls the action
of the convention you represent shall
under Providence, continue to work
with an eye single to the welfare of all
our people.
A Party's Value.
"a party is of worth only in 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 of the loyal
cooperation of many different persons.
The members of a legislative majority,
the officers in the various depar tments
of the administration, and the legisla-
tive and executive branches as towards
each other, must work together with
subordination of self TO the common,
end of successful governm ent We who
have been entrusted with power as
public servants during the past seven
years of administration 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 square with the word;
and if we are continued in power we
shall unswervingly follow out the great
/ lines of public policy which the re-
publican party has already laid down;
public policy to which we are Civ
ing, and shall give, a united. and there
fore an efficient, support.
The Democratic Situation.
"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.
umphant they may be trusted to prove
false to every principle which in the
last eight years they have laid down
as VITAL and to leave undisturbed
those very acts of the administration
because of which they ask that the
administration itself be driven from
power. Seemingly their present atti-
tude as to their past record is that
some of them were mistaken and 9TH
ers insincere. We make our appeal in
wholly different spirit. We are not
constrained to keep silent on any vital
question:; we are divided on no vital
question; our policy is continuous, and
is the same for all sections and local.
ties. There is nothing experimental
about the government we ask the peo-
pie to continue in power, for our per-
Torrance in the past, our proved gov
ernmental efficiency is a guarantee as
to our promises for the future. Our
opponents, either openly or secretly, &C.
/ cording to their several temperaments,
now. ask the people to trust their pres
ent promises in consideration 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 for sufficient
length of time to give to our policy CO
herence and sanity. In such funda.
mental matter as the enforcement of
the law we do not have to depend
upon promises, but merely to ask that
our record be taken as an earnest of
what we shall continue to do. In
dealing with the great organizations
known as trusts, we do not have to ex.
plain why the laws were not enforced,
but to point out that they actually
have been enforced and that legisla.
ton has been enacted to increase the
effectiveness of their enforcement
We do not have to propose to turn
the rascals out, for we have shown
in very deed that whenever by dill.
gent investigation a public official
can be found who has betrayed his
trust he will be punished to the full
extent of the law without regard to
whether. he was appointed under re.
publican or democratic administra.
ton. This is the efficient way to turn
the rascals out and to keep them out,
and it has the merit of sincerity More
over the betrayals of trust in the last
seven years have been insignificant in
number when compared with the ex.
tent of the public service. Never has
the, administration of the government
| been on a cleaner and hiqhar 1aval