Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-04

oyster Bay, N. T., July 28.-1n &C
cepting the republican presidential
nomination at his summer home yester-
day President Roosevelt declared
again his purpose to follow McKinley's
principles and policies for the honor
and the interest of the country. ITO
the best of my ability" he added, 'I
have kept the PROMISE" made to that
end three years ago. IF next No
Vember my countrymen confirm at the
polls the action of the convention
you represent, / shall, under provi-
dence, continue to work with an eye
single to the welfare of all our people"
Continuing he said: "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 Eff
fective 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 departments of the administra-
ton, and the legislative and executive
branches as towards each other, must
work together with subordination of
self to the common end of successful
government. We who have been en-
trusted with power as public servants
during the past seven years of admin
lstration and legislation now come be-
fore 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 I'M
swervingly follow out the great lines of
public policy which the republican par
ty has already laid down; a public pol
icy to which we are giving, and shall
give, united, and therefore an eff
C. ent support.
Appeal to the Past.
"In all of this we are more fortunate
than our opponents who now appeal
for confidence on the ground which
confidentially understood, that if
triumphant 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 undis-
turbed those very acts of the admins
tration 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
others jnsincere. We make our ap-
peal in a wholly different spirit. We
are not constrained to keep silent on
any vital question; we are divided on
no vital question; our policy is con-
tinuous, and is the same for all Sec
tons and localities. There is nothing
experimental about the government we
ask the people to continue in power for
our performance in the past, our
proved governmental efficiency, is
guarantee as to our promises for the
future. Orr opponents either openly
or secretly, according to their several
temperaments, now ask the people to
trust their present promises in consid-
Grafton 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 a
sufficient length of time to give to
our policy conference and sanity. In
such a fundamental matter as the en-
forcement 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 organ
izations known as trusts, we do not
have to explain why the laws were not
enforced, but to point out that they
actually have been enforced and that
legislation has been enacted to in
crease the effectiveness of their en-
forcement We do not have to pro
pose to turn the rascals out for we
have shown in very deed that when
ever by diligent investigation a public
official can be found who has betrayed
his trust he will be punished to the fun
extent of the law without regard to
whether he was appointed under re-
publican or a 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 higher level;
never has the public work of the ma
ton been done more honestly and eff
ficiently.
Finance.
"Assuredly it is unwise TO change
the policies which have worked so well
and which are now working so well.
Prosperity has come at home. The ma
tional honor and interest have been
upheld abroad We have placed the