The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-08-03
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.

President Roosevelt's letter of accept
aucc is as good a campaign document as
the republican party can circulate. 1t
Is a brief resume of wnat the party has
accomplished during the past seven years
and, as the president truly says, 1--WE
row come before the people content to
lie 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 unswervinglv follow out the great
lines of public policy which the rcpubli-
can party has already laid down; pub
lie policy to which we are giving and
shall give united and therefore effic-
lent support
On the money question the president
shows the ridiculous position OF the
democrats and the wisdom of his party
il this terse paragraphs:
I'VE know what we mean when we
speak of an honest and stable currency.
We mean the same thing from year to
year We do not have to avoid def
mite and conclusive commital on the
most important issue which has recently
been before the people, and which may
at any time in the near future be be-
fore them again. Upon the principles
which undcric this issue tho convictions
of half of our number do not clash
with those of the other half. So long
as the republican party is in power the
gold standard is settled, not as a mat
ter of temporary political eXpediency,
production of gold in certain mining CEN
tiers. but in accordance with what we re-
gard as the fundamental principles OF
national morality and wisdom"
Every other subject of national con-
Germ is Just as clearly and forcefully
treated as the money question. Through
out its entire length the letter breathes
the spirit of the man who wrote tit
is open, frank and fearless; it shows
results accomplished by the republican
party and. as the president puts it. if
the democrats arc 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 undistubed those very acts of
the administration because VI which they
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from power. Seemingly their present at
titude as to their past record is that
some of them were mistaken and Others
insincere."
The concluding paragrapn of the let
ter sums up, in few lines. the reasons
why the republican party is entitled tc
the support of the people and should he
continued in power. They are as fol
lows:
"Thc principles which we uphold
should appeal to all our countrymen. il
all portions of our country. Above all
they should give us strength with Tn
men and women who are the spiritua
heirs of those who upheld the hands o
Abraham Lincoln: for we are striving t.
do our work in the spirit with whicl
Abraham Lincoln approached his. Durini
the seven years that have Just passe,
there is no duty. domestic or foreign
which we have shirked; no necessar,
ta-l, which we have feared to undertake
or which we have not performed witt
reasonable efficiency. We have neve
pleaded impotence. We have neve
never pleaded impotence. We hav
never sought refuge in criticism ant
complaint instead of action. We fac
the future with our past and our presen
As guarantors of our promises; and W
are content to stand or fall by the rec
ord which we have made and are max
ing
A JUDICIAL CONVENTION