The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-03
FAIRBANKS REPLY
Acknowledging the Formal NOtifica-
ton of His Nomination.

Acknowledging the Formal Notifica-
ton of His Nomination.
indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 3.-Senator
Fairbanks in accepting the nomina-
ton for vice president said:
Mr.. Root and Gentlemen of the
Committee: l thank you for the very
generous terms in which you have
conveyed the official notification of
my nomination for vice president of
the United States The unsolicited
and unanimous nomination by the
Republican party is a call to duty
which am pleased to obey
Il accept the commission which
you bring with a. profound sense of
the dignity and responsibilities of the
exalted position for which 1 have been
nominated. My utmost endeavor will
be to discharge in full measure the
trust, If the action of the convention
shall meet with the approval of the
American people.
1.-The platform adopted by the con-
ventfon is an explicit and emphatic
declaration of the principles in entire
harmony with those policies of our
party which have brought great
honor and prosperity to our common
country, and which, if continued, will
bring us like blessings in the future.
THE monetary and economic poll
cies which have been so forcibly re-
announced lie at the very foun 1ation
of our industrial life, and are essen
national strength. They give vitality
to our manufactures and commerce,
and if impaired or overthrown there
would inevitably ensue period of
in duStriaI depression, TO the serious
injury of the vast interests of both
labor and capital.
"The Republican party since it pre-
served the integrity of the republic
and gave freedom to the oppressed,
never rendered a more important ser
vice to the country than when it es-
tablished the gold standard. Under it
we have increased our currency sup
ply sufficiently to meet the normal re-
quirementS of business. 1t is graft
flying that the convention made frank
and explicit declaration of the gold
standard. 1t is essential not only that
the standard should be as good as the
best in the world, but that the people
should have the assurance that it will
be maintained.
1.-The enemies of sound money are
powerful enough to suppress mention
of the gold standard in the platform
lately adopted by the Democratic ma
tional convention. The leader of
Democracy in two great national cam
paigns has declared since the adjourn
ment of the convention that as soon
as the election is over, he will under
take to organize the forces within the
Democratic party for the next national
contest, for the purpose of advancing
the radical policies for which his ele-
ment of the party stands. He frankly
says that the money question is for
the present in allegiance. In view of
these palpable facts, IL is not the part
of wisdom to abandon our vigilance
in safe guarding the integrity of the
money system. We must have not only
a president who is unalterably COM
mitted to the gold standard. but both
houses of congress in entire accord
with him upon the subject.
In congress and not with the presi-
dent rests the supreme power to Geter-
mine the standard of our money.
the chief executive should OPP
pose the congress, acting within its in
dependent constitutional authority,
could at any time overthrow or change
the monetary standard.
THE wisdom of our protective policy
finds complete justification in the in
dustrial development of the country.
This policy has become a most vital
be maintained unimpaired. When al
tered conditions make changes in
schedules desirable, their modification
can be safely entrusted to the Republi-
can party. If they are to be changed
by the enemies of the system along
free trade lines, uncertainty would take
the place of certainty and a reaction |
would surely follow to the injury of the
wage earnerS and all who are profitably |
employed. Uncertainty undermines con-
fdence and loss of confidence breeds |
confusion and distress in commercial |
affairs.
line convention was wise not only IN !
its enuDeiation of party policies, but |
in it's nomination of a candidate for |
the presidency. During the last three |
years President Roosevelt has been |
confronted with large and serious ques- |
tons. These he has met and solved |
with high wisdom and courage. The |
charges made against him in the Dem |
ocratic platform finds an irrefutable |
answer in his splendid administration, |
never surpassed in all the history of |
the republic and never equalled by the |
party who seeks to discredit it.
THE election of the president is |
demanded by those |
whose success depends upon the con-
tinuance of a safe, conservative and |
efficient administration of public af-
fairs. We have an ample record of
deeds done, of beneficent things ac-
complished in the public interest. The |
vast business of the government has |
been we'll administered. The laws have
been enforced fearlessly and impair
TALLY. The treasury has been ade
quately supplied with revenue, and |
the financial credit of the government /
was never better. Our foreign trade
balance continues to increase our ma
tionaI wealth. We have adopted an
irrigation policy which will build |