The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
President RooseveIt'S Letter
Of Acceptance Warmly
Praised by Travellers.
NOT ONE ISSUE Is EvADED
Professional and Business Men Read
the Letter on q Train and Unite
in Commenting Its
DireCtness.

Boston, Mass, Sept. 22.-On the day
when President Roosevelt's letter accept
ing the nomination for the presidency
was issued through the newspapers, d
trainload of people were travelling from
Boston to New York. The train left
Boston quite early in the morning, and
every man in the parlor car settled him
self down to an uninterrupted study oil
his morning paper. With plenty of time
before them, with nothing to distract
their attention, with no business cares Il
come between them, it was quite natura
that every man in that car should give
the letter an extraordinarily close read
ing. In point of fact. it was easy Il
see that every man in that ear read tina
letter through, practically from beginning
TO end, and read it carefully, too. This
took up q considerable time. and bu'
little was heard in the car save the
rustling OF the newspapers. as the tram
sped on between the beautiful manufac'
turing towns Of the Old Bay State.
After a while the newspapers were
laid aside. One man after another drlIt'
ell into the smoking room, and there 1ol'
lowed the usual interchange OF opinions
ON current topics. The men in the car
were OF the usual type of high grade
prosperous American citizens. Ihey rep
resented all sections of the country, and
all vacations as well. One was distinct
~ a minister of the gospel, quite a mum
her were bankers going on to attend
the big convention in New York. there
were several younger men who had then
-lE .l-, 80 tlAp and tho raSt nrp-
scented a fair assortment Of business and
professional men.
1t was the man with the short white
m~utton-chOp whiskers wh,A began the
smoketalk, and as a mattel1s course, he
took for his topic the Presidents letter
of acceptance, which every busy man in
that car had just finished reading.
Docs Not Mince Words
There Is one thing / like about Roose-
velt," Asaid he of the mutton-chops. land
that 1hat you never have to euess
again as to what he is talking about. and
what he means. | have just finished
reading that long letter ir2I he morning
paper. and / don't believe Nthere is an
s~yasiye word In it. | haven't been a
Roosevelt man. My business interests
are such that | got to paying a good deaI
OF attention to this talk about the fresi-
dent being a dangerous man, Il WIG
crazy, erratic fellow. l was opposed to
has nomination at the outset. because i
believed all these stories. When McAin'
lev died, | was fearful that Roosevelt
hot blood would involve us in Difficult
ties, and. like many other business men
l. WAS extremely anxious about Inc III
ture. l AVE been cured of all that d!
the way things have moved in the las
three wears. On the whole. however, !
thought this man Parker would make d
pretty good President, and ii seemed tc
me. anyway. it was about time for q
change. read Parker's speech OF ac
crptance with A whole lot of interest. be
cause / wanted to see what he had t.
say. He didn't say anything at all. II
was the most disappointing thing of thai
kind | ever read. This letter of Roose
yelt's is exactly the opposite. 1t doesn'1
leave You in doubt n single minute a
10 what the candidate believes in. 1t is
honest and straightforward. 1t does no
nince words. there is not the slightest
suspicion OF %trickery. and after reading
il through from beginning 10 end. fo'
one cannot find a single line 10 which
could take eNcertion, not a single argu
ment which seems to be that Of a danger
u or an ambitions man. 1t is bold ant
brave. hut il is not dishonest. and it /:
not deceptive. After reading Parker
speech and Rooseyelt's letter. | tell you
gentlemen. there is absolutely no choice
nj all as between the two men. and l an
q Roosevelt man from now on.
bold and Honest.
what | like best about the letter.
said the broad-shouidered young fellow
whose brown face md strong hands gave
evidence OF Il summer largely spent in thu
open air. lis the fact that he hits on
straight from the shoulder. / Ike thai
sort of campaign literature. Its the let
ter OF a man who looks you in the eye
and then punches you good and hard. ID
doesn't run away from the subject. anc
he doesn't dodge. His letter is like the
man, bold and Onest. l don't much
care whether he is dangerous or not. bu'
l know he suits the young fellows in thi'
country, and it isn't a question of poll
tics at all. I'm going TO cast my hrsi
presidential vote next November. and it'll
be counted for Theodore Roosevelt. OF
III know the reason why. The young
men of the country can understand
Roosevelt and they can understand thi'
letter. He talks OF the things that hav,
been done in the last four years. and
doesn't waste any time on constitutional
law. or in sermons as TO the duty OF good
citizens. The Republican party has done
certain things in the last foIr years, and
Roosevelt tells what they are. He doesn'l
lie about them. he only tells the facts
and then he asks the people To vote fol-
him, il they believe that the government
OF the country has been run properly. II
they don't. l believe he would rather
have them vote against him. He's thai
kind Of n man. He fights ont in the
open. and he's always square. so it's III
wonder that every young man | know is
going TO vote for Roosevelt"
Parker's Bluader.
THAT was an awful dig he gave my
friend Parker" said q ~well-known law