Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-08-03
HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.

HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
Elsewhere will be found in full the
speech of President Roosevelt ac-
cepting the nomination for president
of the United States on the Republi-
can ticket.
Ii is just such a speech and decla-
ration of principles as one could ex-
pect from the ~man-plain, straight
forward, patriotic and truthful. There
a no attempt al ~concealment or
evasion. He stands squarely on the
platform adopted at Chicago and re.
views the achievements of the past
years with pride and satisfac'
ton, briefly referring to the sacred
obligation placed upon him three
years ago by the death of his lament
ed predecessor. He says to the best
of his ability he has tried to carry out
his principles and policies and if the
action of the convention is confirm
ed at the polls he will continue to
work with an eye single to the well
fare of all of the people.
MIR. Roosevelt says: 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 I'M
swervingly follow out the great lines
of public policy which the Republican
party has already laid down; a pub
lie policy to which We are giving. and
shall give. a united, and therefore an
efficient, support"
In showing the disposition OF the
opposition TO obliterate their trail and
burn the bridges behind them, the
president makes the following com.
parison:
I'm all of this we are more forum.
ate than our opponents, who now ap'
peal for confidence on the ground,
which some express and some seek
to have confdentially understood,
that If triumphant they may be trust
ed to prove false to every principle
which in the last eight years they
have laid down as vital, and to leave
undisturbed those very acts of the ad'
ministration because of which they
ask that the administration itself be
driven from power. Seemingly theil
present attitude as to their past rec
ord is that some of them were mis-
taken and others insincere. We make
our appeal in a wholly different spir
IL. We are not constrained TO keel
silent on any vital question; We are
divided ON no vital question; our pol
icy is continuous, and is the same fol-
all sections and localities. There II
nothing experimental about the gos
eminent We ask the people to con
tinue in power, for u Performance,
in the past, our proved governmental
efficiency, is a guarantee as to on
promises for the future. Our oppo
nents, either openly or secretly, &C
cording to their several tempera
ments, now ask the people to trus
their present promises in considera
ton of the fact that they intend L
treat their past promises as null an,
void"
The president briefly calls attention
to what has been accomplished I'm
der the tariff policy of the Republi
can party and invites comparison
with conditions that followed the tai
III law of 1894.
In his speech the president show
} the utter absurdity of the charge tha
| nc is looking for war-'the man o.
horseback" unsafe etc. when h
says with reference to our relation
with foreign nations:
we seek international amity 70
the same reasons that make us b,
y lieve in peace within our borders
and we seek this peace not becaus
, we are afraid or unready. but b,
Y cause we think that peace is right a
g well as advantageous"
= However, as this is the only arg
ment or charge the opposition hay
, it will be worked overtime durin
the campaign.
The president closes his address
the following patriotic appeal to Ii
4 voters Of America:
The principles which We upho.
should appeal to all our countryme
. in all portions of our country, Abo'
4 all they should give us strength wit
I the men and women who are Il
spiritual heirs Of those who uphe
the hands OF Abraham Lincoln; Tor v
Z are striving to do our work In u
spirit with which Lincoln approache