Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-09-15
ROOSEYELT'S LETTER
Campaign Issues Discussed by the
President.
VERY SEVERE ON HIS OPPONENTS.
President States That His Administration Has
Been Mlsreprescnted Outrlght-It Would
Be Disastrous, lie Argues, to Abandon a
Single One Of His Pollcles-PaIse Criticism
lie Says.

lie Says.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. (SpeciaD Pres
| ident Roosevclt's letter accepting the
Republican nomination for the Presl-
dency was made public here. 1T is in
part as follows:
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. IL, 1904.
Hon. J. G.. Cannon, Chairman OF the
Notification Committee:
My Dear Sir accept the nomi-
nation for the Presidency rendered me
by the Republican National Conven-
ton and cordially approve the plat
form adopted by it. In writing tins
letter there are certain points upon
which | desire to lay especial stress
1t is difficult to find out from the ut
tcranccs of our opponents what are
the real issues upon which they pro
pose to wage this campaign. 1t Is not
unfair to say that. having abandoned
most of the principles upon which
they have insisted during the last eight
years, they now seem at loss both
as to what il is that they really be,
lcvc and as to how firmly they shall
assert their belief in anything. In
fact it is doubtful if they venture res
olutely to press a single issue; aS
soon as they raise one they shrink
from it and seek to explain it away.
Such an attitude is the probably in
cvitablc result of the effort to inn
provisc convictions; for when thus I'M,
provised it is natural that they should
be held in a tentative manner.
The party now in control of the
Government is troubled by no such
difficulties We do not have to guess
at our own convictions and then cor
rect the guess if it seems unpopular
The principles which we profess are
those in which we believe with heart
and soul and strength. Men may dit
fer from us, but they cannot accuse
us OF stiffness or inSinccrlty. nc
policies we have pursued are those
which we earnestly hold as essential
to the national welfare and rcpute
Our actions speak even louder thar
our works for the faith that is IN us
We base our appeal upon what we
have done and are doing, upon our
record OF administration and leg1sla-
ton during the last seven years, IT
which we have had complete contro
of the Governments We intend ir
the future to carry on the Govern
mcnt in the same way that we have
carried it on in the past,
a party whose members are radio
ally at variance on most vital IS
sue, and, if united at all. are only
united on issues where their attitude
threatens widespread disaster to the
whole country, cannot be trusted tc
govern in any matter.
No other administration tthan the
present onc) in our history, no othcl
government in the world, has more
consistently stood for the broades'
spirit Of brotherhood in our common
humanity, or has held a more re'oIutt
attitude of protest against every
wrong that outraged the civlllzauor
of the age, at home or abroad.
Pension Order No. 7S directing
that any veteran of the Civil War who
has reached the age Of b2 years shoul>
be pcrsumptvcly entitled to a pension
of 50 a month"; is justified, not mcrcly )
on legal grounds, but also on grounds
OF public morality.
The record OF the last seven years
proves that the party now in power
can be trusted to take the additlona
action necessary to improve ant
strengthen our monetary system anC
that our opponents cannot be Sc
trusted.
The action OF the Attorncy-Genera
in enforcing the Antitrust and In
tcrstatc Commerce laws, and the ac
ton OF the last Congress
have for the first time opened chance
for the national Government to dea
intcligcntly and adequately with the
questions affecting society
because of the accumulation of capi
tai i'll great corporations.
When they uhc Democrats) speal
Of protection as robbery, they o
course must mean that it is immora
to enact tariff designed to secure tc
the American waGcworkcr the bench
Of the high standard of living whicl
we desire to see kept up in this coun
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sense as robbery is on it!
face false.
From time to time schedules mus
undoubtedly be rcarrangcd and read
justed to meet the shifting needs o
the country, but this can with safet,
be done only by those who are com
United to the cause of the protectiv,
system.
At no time in the history of thi
or any country has there been al
era so productive of material benefl
alike to workingman and employe
as during the seven years that have
just passed.
The army as it is now is as small
as it can possibly be and serve it
: purpose as an effective nucleus.
The expenditures of the nation hav,
been managed in a spirit OF economy
as far removed from waste as from
niggardliness.
The public work of the Unitet
States has never been conducted witt
higher degree of honesty and eff
, cheney than at the present time. W.
have known no party in dealing will
offenders.
Thieves Loot Postoffce.
Charlotte, N. c. (SpeciaD Burg
lars made raid on Yadkinville, Yad
kin county They blew open the saf
of County Treasurer J. A. Logan il
. his store and secured between $500
aud $4,000 The safe i'll the postoffic
was also blown open. Postmaste
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