The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16

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Oyster Bay, Sept. 12-President
Roosevelt this morning issued his let
ter accepting the nomination for the
Presidency rendered him by the Re.
publican National Convention. In
part the document is as follows:
Oyster BAY N. Y.
,. September IL. 1904.
Hon. J. @. Cannon. Chairman OF the
Nottftcatton Committee:
My Dear Sir: ] accept the nomination
for the presidency rendered me by the
ltorublican National Convention. ana cor
"iAiiy approye, the Platform adopted by It.
me principles which we profess are
thosc In. which we believe with heart and
soul and strength. Men may differ from
ms: nut they cannot accuse, us of shift
pursued are those which we earnestly
hold az essential tn the national welfare
and rcp,ute. Our actions speak even
louder than our words for the faith that
Is In rs. We base our appeal upon what
we nave done and are doing. upon our
record of administration and LEGISLATION
during. the last seven years. In which we
have had complete control of the gov
ernmeht. We intend in the future to
carry ON the government in the sn;nr
way that we have carried II on in the
past.
The acts of the Administration in
connection with the war with Spain,
the 1sthmian canal and the upholding
OF the Monroe doctrine the President
defends at length, and declares the
party is prepared fully to accept the
issue on these questions. He con.
tinues:
In addition to those acts Of the admin
istration which they venture tn ussa!l
after nisreprVScnting them. there are
others which they dare not overtly or Of
ficially attack, and yet which they COW
crtly bring forward as reason for the
overthrow OF the party. In certain great
ccnters and with certain great interests
our opponents make every effort to show
that the setticmcn, Of the anthracite
coal strike by the individual act of the
president and tn" successful suit against
tn. Northern Securities tompany-the
merger standardization by the depart
mcnt of Justice. were acts because of
which the present adininistrati on should
he thrown from, power. Yet they dare
not openly condemn either act. They
dare not in any authoritative or formal
manner say that In either case wrong
was done or error. committed In the meth
meuts Tor putting that action into effect.
But what they dare not manfully assert
in open day. they seek to use furtiv"ly
and through special agents. Some Of our
opponents complain becaus' under the
antitrust and Interstate laws
suits were undertaken which have been
successful: others. because suits were not
undertaken which would have been UNI
successful. The Democratic state con
EentiOn III New YORK uenit Win the an
thrici'c coal strike by demanding in de-
libcrate and formal fashion that the ma
tional government should take possession
of the coal fields: Yet champions of that
that there was any action by the prcsi-
dent at ALTHOUGH they must know that
which prevented the movement Tor ma
tioral ownership of tho coal fields from
gaining. what might well have been an ir-
resistlblc impetus. such mutually de-
structivc criticisms furnish AN adequate
measure OF the chance for. coherent ac-
tion or constructive legislation IL our
opponents should be given power.
So much for what our opponents open
ly or Covertly advance in the way Of an
attack on the acts OF thc experimentation:
for which they profess to stand We are
met with the difficulty always arising
when statements of policy are 80 made
that they can be interpreted IN different
ways. on some Of the vital questions
that have confronted the American PEG
the position that silence * the best pos
sible WAY To convey their Views. They
contend that their lukewarm attitud" of
partial ncquiesencc In what others have
accomplished entities then 10 he made
the custodians OF the financial honor
and commercial interests which they have
but recently sought to ruin. Being UNI
able to agree among themselves as to
whether the gold stnrdard Is "A curse or
or ought not to have free and unlimited
coinage OF silver, they have apparently
thought II eNpcdicnt To avoid any com
initial on these subjects, and Individually
each to follow his particular bent. Their
nearest approach to IA majority Judgment
seems to be- that 1t IL now in"xpedicnt
To assert their convictions one way or
the other, and that the "stn Enlistment
Of the gold standard by the Republican
party should not pc disturbed unless
quantity of production of silver ana gold.
Men who hold sincere convictions on vi
tai questions can respect equally sincere
man with whose views they radically dill
fer: and men may confess u change OF
faith without compromising their honor
to respect an attitude OF mind such as
has been fairly described above; and
where there Is no resprSt there can be
basis Of principle would not stand the
strain OF "A single year of business ad-
We, on the contrary, believe in the gold
standard as fiyod by the usage and YER
diet of the business world. ana in n
principle: as matters not OF monetary po-
ii'ical cxpediency. hut of permanent or,
EaniG policy, In iSSi ana asnin IN iS,
party foalty in the past, joined to work
against what they regarded as a dobasrd
they championed have been steldfastiy
adhered TO by the administration: and
the measure of our monetary value. This
act received the support oi. every Repnb-
llcal IN the mouse, ana or very 1ttpuD-
lican except one in the senate. OF our
opponents. eleven supported IL in the
house and two In the senate; and one
hundred and fifty opposed II in the house
and twenty-cight in the senate. The rec
ord of the last seven years proves that
the party now In power can be trusted
to take the additional action necessary
to improve and strengthen our monetary
system, and that our opponents cannot
he So trusted. Tho fundamental fact IL
that In n popular government such as
ours no policy is irrcvocahly settled. by
law unless the people keep In control of
the government men who believe IN that
policy as a matter OF decp-rOoted con-
Niction. Laws can always be revoked. II
Is the spirit and the purpose OF those
responsible for their enactment and adj
ministration which must be fixed and
Interchangeable. 1t Is idle to say that the
monetary standard of the nation IL ir-
revocably fixed 80 long as the party
which at the last election cast approxi;
matcly forty-six per. cent OF tho total
vote, refuses to put in Its platform any
statement that the question Is settled.
a determination 10 remain silent cannot
be accepted as equivalent to "A recanta-