The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-28
MIR. ROOsEVELT'S LETTER OF AC-
CEPTANCE.

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i ministration that his letter of accept
ance is entirely taken up with
praise of the former and glorifcation
of the latter He is quite sure that the
Republican party is entitled to all the
credit for the high place to which the
United States have attained among
the nations of the world. for their
greatness, wealth-an prosperity. and
! he cannot see why the party which
| has brought all this about should not
be retained ia power From his point
Of view the policies which have been
productive Of so much good should oe
continued.
But what chiefly eXcites his admira-
ton is the wonderful success which
has attended his administration. While
he doesn't say that this success is due
entirely to his wisdom. the fact that he
thinks it is crops out all through his
letter He insists that he adopted the
! policies of the late President Mckinley
and has adhered to them. Unfortunate
~ for him the leaders of his party do
not agree with him on that point. II
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point ont wherein he has striven TO
carry out the policy of President Nc
Ktnley in respect to the South. Presi-
dent Mckinley endeavored to elimi-
I nate all sectional feeling, to make the
North and South forget that they had
been at war with each other Presi-
dent Roosevelt has undone about all
| President Mckinley did in that respect
In the recently adopted Republican
| platform. believed to have been die
tated by him, there is plank that is
calculated to give new life to sectional
| feeling-th plank calling for reduc-
/ ton of representation in Congress and
the Electoral College of those states
which have taken the ballot from ig-
norant negroes.
| And what has President Roosevelt
done to carry into effect President Nc
| Kinley's reciprocity policy? 1t is true
a reciprocity treaty has been nego-
tiated with Cuba, but that was in plr-
| suance of promise made to Cuba, and
on the demand of Cuba that the prom
Use be kept. President Mckinley had
| in view reciprocity treaties with
number of nations treaties which
| would relieve the country of some of
| the iniquities of the Dingley tariff
Neither the Republican party nor
| President Roosevelt has shown pur-
pose to negotiate such treaties. In
| deed, there has at no time been an
earnest movement in the direction of
such treaties. Instead of reciprocity
the policy of stand pat" on the pres
ent tariff has been adopted.
| President Roosevelt says his party is
divided upon no vital question Isn't
the tariff vital question? And is
there not very strong sentiment
among the Republicans of the West in
favor of a lower tariff-of so reform
ing the tariff that it will not be
shelter for trusts? There certainly is,
and it was with difficulty that it was
smothered in the recent Chicago con-
vention.
But, perhaps the most amusing state
| ment i'm President Roosevelfs letter is
that the Republican party has put the
| finances of the country on sound gold
basis. The basis can't be very sound if
he is afraid as he says he is, that if
the Democrats were to get control of
the government they would set up the
silver standard. AS a matter of fact
why didn't the Republicans when they
undertook to establish the gold stand
ard, put that standard on a solid basis
Was it not because they We're afraid
their party wouldn't stand for so much
gold legislation? If it wasn't that, it
was because it wanted an excuse for
saying, at every presidential election.
that the maintenance of the gold
standard required that the RepubH-
can party be retained in power. Either
of these reasons shows that the Re-
publican party isn't fit to be kept in
| power.
AS matter of fact is the Repubh-
can party entitled at all to the credit
for establishing the gold standard Z?
| Wasn't it established, in effect, by
| President Cleveland. when he forced
Congress to- repeal the Sherman silver
| purchasing act? 1t certainly was. If
it had not been for Mr.. Cleveland's
courage persistency and statesman
ship our currency would probably have
been on silver basis years ago. The
| Republican party isn't entitled to any
particular credit for what it has done
in behalf of gold. President McKin-
ley, after he was elected in 1885, dallied
with the silver question. He sent a
commission to Europe to see what the
governments in that part Of the world
thought of bimetalsm. 1t III becomes
President Roosevelt, therefore, to iu-
sinuate that the acceptance of the gold
standard by the Democratic party is
insincere.
No doubt Republicans will get some
satisfaction out of President Roose-
velts letter of acceptance because it is
SO lavish in its praise of that party.
but as a vote getter it isn't a success.
The people know the record OF the Re-
} publican party and they have their
opinion of Mr.. Roosevelt.
VETERANS AGAINST THE NOR.
Camp LomaX, United Confederate
Veterans. Of Montgomery, Ala, has
| taken "A stand for law and order tbat