The Columbus journal., 1904-08-03
ROOSEVELT NOTIFIED Of NOMINATION
Sneaker Cannon, Chairman OF the National Con-
mittee, Makes the Address.
RESPONSE OF PRESIDENT THERETO
Chief Executive Touches Upon Some OF the issues
Jhot Will Be Before the People In the
Coming Campaign.

servants during the last seven years OF
| administration and legislation now
come before the people content to DC
In the years that have gone BY we
have made the deed square with the
| word: and II We are continued In power
great lines Of public policy which the
| republican party has already laid
down: a public policy to which we are
| giving. and shall give. q united. and
therefore an efficient. support
Mere Fortunate Thas Oppo.ests.
In all of this we are more fortunate
| than our opponents. who now appeal
! for confidence on the ground. which
some express and some seek to have
| umphant they may he trusted to prove
false to every principle which in the
last eight years they have laid down
as vital, and to leave undistur6ed
because of which they ask that the
4, administration itself he driven from
power. Seemingly their present atti-
some Of them were mistaken and 9TH
ers insincere. We make our appeal In
wholly different spirit. We are not
constrained to keep silent on any vital
question: our policy is continuous. and
is the same for all sections and lOcali-
! ties. There Is nothing experimental
about the government we ask the peo-
ple to continue in power. for our per-
fOrmance in the past. our proved gov
ernmental efficiency. IL a guarantee as
to our promises for the future. Our
opponents, either openly or secretly.
ments. now ask the people to trust
their present promises in consideration
OF the fact that they intend to treat
their past promises rs null and void.
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kept OF the same mind for a sufficient
length Of time to give to our policy
conference and sanity. In such a fun
damental matter as the enforcement
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 deal
ing with the great organizations
explain why the laws were not en-
forced. but to point out that they actu-
ally have been enforced to increase
the effectiveness of their enforcement.
We do not have to propose to turn
the rascals out" for we have shown
In very deed that whenever by diligent
Investigation public oiiicial can BE-
found who has betrayed his trust he
will he punished to the full extent Of
the law without regard to whether he
was appointed under a republican or
Il democratic administration. This is
the efficient way to turn the rascals
out and to keep them out. and 1t has
the merit of sincerity Moreover. the
betrayals of trust In the last seven
her when compared with the extent Of
the public service Never has the ad-
ministratiOn of the government been
on cleaner and higher level: never
has the public work Of the nation been
done more honestly and efficiently.
CswSse e Change E~oa Policies.
Assurcdly il is unwise to change the
policies which have worked so well
and which are now working So we'll.
Prosperity has come at home. The ma
| tiNnal honor and interest have been
upheld abroad. We have placed the
| finances of the nation upon a sound
gold baSiS. We have done this with
the aid of many VIII" were formerly
our opponents. hut who would neither
'''"'r'N %'',''"rt nor silently acGuieSce
IN the hereSy of unsound finance. and
We have done II against the convinced
| and violent opposition OF the mass Of
our present opponents who still refuse
To recant the unSOund opinions which
for, tGr the ""msn, omen, they think it in:xre.
mean when we speak Of an honest and
stable currency. We mean the same
thing from year I" year. We do not
| committal on the most important issue
| which has recently been before the
people. and which may at any time in
the near future be before them again.
this issue the convictions Of half of
| our number do not clash with those
Of the other half. So long as the re-
publican party IS In power the gold
standard is settled. not as a matter
Of temporary political expediency. not
because Of shifting conditions In the
production Of gold in certain mining
centers. but in accordance with what
We regard as the fundamental prinri-
pies Of national morality and wisdom
Under the financial legislation which
| circulation for every business need
and every dollar OF this circulation is
worth "a dollar in gold. We have re-
duced the interest ring debt and in
that debt. All OF the war taxes i'm
posed during the Spanish war have
heen removed with a view to relieve
the people and to prevent the accumu-
latiOn OF an unnecessary surplus. The
result is that hardly ever before have
the expenditures and income of the
government so closely cOrrespOnded.
In the fiscal year that has just closed
expenditures was s.. .OOO. 900. This does
not take account OF $50 O.0OO. 900 eXpend-
ed out Of the accumulated surplus for
the purchase Of the isthmian canal 1t
il an extraordinary proof Of the sound
financial condition Of the nation that
instead Of following the usual course in
upon posterity by an issue Of bonds.
We were able to make the payment
outright and yet after 1t to have in the
treasury surplus Of Sl6O.00O.OOO
600 out Of hand without causing the
slightest disturbance to business con-
ditiOns.
CooatFy % High Plane.
We have enacted a tariff law under
which during the past few years the
country has attained a height of ma
tQTi2l hnfnPo
Wages are higher than ever before.
That whenever the need arises there
should be readj0stment Of the tarin
schedules is undOubted: but such
changes car with safety be made only
by those whose devotion to the princi-
pie Of protective tariff Is beyond
would not amount to readjustment but
to repeal The readJustment when
made must maintain and not destroy
The protective principle. To the farm
is vital: but perhaps no other man is
so much interested as the wage work
er in the maintenance Of our present
sSSnSmie sH system EN- S both a: regards the
Of living of our wage workers is high
er than that Of any other country, and
il cannot SO remain unless We have a
keep as a minimum a rate Of duty suf-
ficient to cover the difference between
the labor cost here and abroad. Those
~Ho itAS our opponents. OenOunce
protection az robbery thereby explic.
itly commit themselves to the PROPOSE
| tiOn that il they were to revise the
tariff no heed would be paid to the
| necessity Of meeting this difference
between the standards Of living for
wage workers here and iS other cOun-
| tries: and therefore on this point their
| mental. Here again we ask that their
promises and ours be judged by what