The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-07-28

fleht way, Notwithstanding the opposition
Of those who oppose the right policies
from the selfish q partisan standpoint
-ney dare not tell the truth about youi
official action or the record Of the party
ana then condemn IT, They can. fol
selfish or partisan reasons abuse you per.
sonally and misrepresent the party which
You lead. II is true however that Sc
lar their abuse of your action and theh
hilesed fear of your personality Is insig.
nhleast as compared with the persona
ana partisan earnings against Lincoln
Grant and Mckinley when they were
clothed with power by the people
Appeals to the Common People.
Those whose only grievance is that you
nave enforced the law and those who carp
for mere partisan capital viii not in nv
Judgment reap the harvest OF success
The Republican party for you and under
your leadership, appeals TO the great body
| q the people who live in the sweat Of
their faces make the civilization. control
the republic. fight its battles and deter
mine It's policies for approval and contin-
uance in power
The office Of president Of the United
States Is the greatest on earth. and many
competent men in the Republican party
are ambitious to hold it, yet the Republic
an convention met at Chicago, June last
1 and unanimously. with one accord nom
1 mated you as the candidate of the party
for president. | am sure all Republicans
and multitude Of good citizens who do
not call themselves Republicans said
! Amen
In pursuance Of the usual custom the
! convention appointed a committee, Of
which il honored me with the chairman
| ship, to wait Upon and inform you OF
its action, which duty. speaking for the
committee ! now eheerfuliy perform with
the hope and the confident expectation
that majority Of the people Of the re-
public viii in November next approve the
action OF the convention By choosing
electors who will assure your election to
the presidency as your own successor
AT the close Of Mr.. CanDon's address
the president advanced to the veranda
railing and, standing under great
festoon Of American flags. delivered
his address in response 10 the notifica-
ton, AS he faced the assemblage he
was warmly applaudeds His address
follows:
! am deeply sensible Of the high honor
conferred upon me by the representatives
OF the Republican party assembled in cons
yention. and l accept the nomination for
the presidency with solemn realization Of
the obligations assume.
Three years ago | became president be-
cause Of the death of my lamented prede-
cessor. I then stated that ii was my pur-
pose 70 carry out his principles and poll
icies for the honor and the interest OF the
country To the best OF my ability /
have kept the promise thus made IL
next November nay countrymen confirm
at the polls the action 81 the convention
you represent / shall, under Providence.
continue 70 work with an eye single to
the welfare OF all our people
We who have been intrusted with power
as public servants during the past seven
years Of administration and legislation
now come before the people content 10 lie
judged by our record Of achievement In
the years that have gone by we have
made the deed square with the word and
II we are continued IN power We shall un-
awervingly follow out the great lines of
public policy which the Republican party
has already laid down. public policy TO
which We are giving and shall give a unit
ed 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 ex-
press and some seek 10 have c0nfidentlailv
understood. that IL Triumphant they NAV
be trusted e prove false to every prin-
ciple which ia the last eight years they
have laid down as vital and 20 leave n-
$3.50 $3.50 NAAHfsN fNtA UAAH AA ikkG HHtlltt- I
istration because OF which they ask that /
the administration itself he driven from !
power. Seemingly their present attitude /
as to their past record Is that some II /
them were mistaken and others lnsincere
Divided on No Vital Question.
We make cur appeal IN a wholly dif- /
ferent spirit. We are not constrained 10
Keep silent on any vital question: we are
divided on no vital question; our policy Is I
continuous and is the same for All sec
tons and localities There is nothing ex-
perimental about the government we ASH I
the people to continue In power for cur
performance ia the past ollr proved gov.
efficiency, IS q guarantee as to
our promises for the future
IN dealing with the great organizations
known as trusts we 40 not have u ex-
plain why the laws were net enforced
but e point out that they actually have I
been enforced and that legislation 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 III very
deed that whenever BY diligent investtpa-
ton public official can be found who has
BETRAYED his trust he viii be punished rs
The full extent of the law without regard
y whether he WIS appointed under a Re-
publican or q Democratic administration
Moreover the betrayals Of trust in the
asst seven years have been insignificant
p number when compared with the extent |
u the public service Never has the ad-
af the government been on
cleaner and higher level; never has the
public work Of the nation been done more
honestly and efficiently
Prosperity has come at home. The ma
ional honor and interest have been up-
ield abroad. We have placed the finances |
Z the nation upon q sound geld basis
We have done this with the aid 81 many .
Who were formerly our opponents bus
Who would neither openly support nor ST.
emily aequiesce in the heresy Of unsound I
nance and we have done II against the !
convinced and violent opposition Of the
mass Of our present opponents, who stiil :
efuse TO recant the unsound opinions :
which for the moment they think II in !
xpedient 20 assert
The Gold Standard.
We know what we mean when we speak
I an honest and stable currency We
nean the same thing from year to year.
We DO not have 70 avoid a definite and ,
oncluslye committal on the most im-
ortant issue which has recently been be-
ore the people, and which may at any
me ia the near future be before them )
gain Upon the principles which underlie )
his issue the convictions Of half Of our (
lumber do not clash with those Of the
ther half. SO long as the Republican 3
arty is in power the gold standard is )
sttled, not as a matter of temporary po- !.
teal expediency, not because Of shifting &
In the production Of gold Ia z
artain mining centers, but in accordance 3
18th what we regard as the fBu1nr4enfsal 4