Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-03
AN ABLE DOCUMENT.

The committee appointed to notify President Roosevelt of his nomination performed its labor last week, the notification speech being delivered by Speaker Cannon. In his letter of acceptance, which he read to the com mittee, President Roosevelt in part, said:
 "We who have been entrusted with power as public servants during the past seven years of administration and legislation now come before the people contented to be judged by our record of achievement.
 "In all of this We are more fortu- nate than our opponents, who now appeal for confidence on the ground which some express and some seek to have confidentially understod, that if triumphant they may be trusted to prove false every principle which in the last eight years they have laid down as vital, and to leave undisturb- ed those very acts of the administra- tion because of which they ask that the administration itself be driven from power. Seemingly their pres ent attitude as to their past record is that some of them were mistaken and others insincere.
 i've make an appeal iD a wholly different spirit. We are not con strained to keep silent on any vital question. We are divided on ID vital question; our policy is coating- ous and the same for all sections and localities. There is nothing 8 xperi- mental about ethe government ve ask the people to continue in power, for our performance in the past, oar proved governmental efficiency is a guarantee as 10 our promises for jhe future.
 "In dealing with the great organiza- ti0us known az trusts. ve do not have to explain why the laws were not en- forced, but to point out ,hat -u.y actually have been enforced and that legislation ll- been enacted to ir- creaae the eHectiveue=s of tbeir en- fog-e-elt. We do Lo- have t5 pro pose to ..tuu tb9 rHsazI= out" for ue have shown ip very deed Chat whenever br liligalt ilT--. .satiou p15lfc 1Eieia, cal -c found rt5 has betrayed his trust Ha will ba aaLiah- ed the 1-l extent ot -aa lav with out regard to wba.a-- le .az auanl--- ed under aEar-tiicaa -r 9 democratic a5ui3. straH1n
 By 8asacal lszl..i9a which u5 have enacted there is now ample circulation for every busile needed and every dollar of this circulation is worth dollar in gold. We have reduced the interest bearirg debt and in still larger measure the interest on that debt All of the ua- taxes iu- posed during the Spanish var have been lemove5 .th view to relieve the people and 'a prevent the accumU- lation Of an uu a1essary surplus.
 We have ensc ad a tarlH Isw under wliab during the past low years the country hes attained height of ms- teriaI well beire never before reached. . Wages gre Lfaaer than ever before. That vleuev.r need arises there should be a rea i'ustnent of She tariff schedules is undoubtedly Ice, but such changes can La made only ny those whose devotion 10 .ls principle of a r-0tccige tariff j. beyond a-o tioa. Gar otherwise changes would amount ay. t5 ss-5ia ..u-lt ta. 10 repeal Realius.me1t wlel made must maintain and Lot de--oy the protaet-e principle.
 .Ela standard of living ofoar wage workers is higher than t--t cf any other coantrr aaitt cannot go remain unless we have protective ta-iH which shall always Eeep asa mini. muuu a rate 5g Gr.g zuGiciaa- lo cover tho difference between the labor cost here and abroad. Those who, like our opponents, ''Geuouaee protection as robbery thereby explicitly com