The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-29

QOre Roosevelt to0ay formally opeue1
| the political campaign OF 1904 at his
beautiful country home. Sycamore
Hill. Standing on a spot made dear
| by the associations OF a lifetime, sur.
| rounded by his family ana relatives
| and friends. and in the presence OF an
| assemblage of men distinguished I'm
| all walks Of life. he formally received
| and accepted the nomination Of the
Republican party for President of the
United States.
Speaker Cannon and his committee
| of notification. together with many
| Of the invited guests. arrived here on
| a special train from New York. The
| attendance of the members Of the
committee was notably large, regrets
being received from only three
James n. Combs. OF Florida: Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew. OF New York.
and Clarence d. Clark. of Wyoming.
In all. about 125 persons were pres
| ent at the ceremony.
President Roosevelt personally re-
ceived the members Of the commit
tee and other guests as they arrived
at Sycamore Fill. He knew almost
every man personally. After the vis-
itors had been greeted by the Presi-
dent. Secretary Loeb presented each
one to Mr. Roosevelt and to Miss Alice
Roosevelt. The guests were seated
on the veranda, where the notification
ceremony was held.
AS Speaker Cannon. attired in a
dark grey frock suit. stepped upon &c
chair standing near the veranda rail-
ing, he was given a cordial reception.
While Mr.. Cannon read his speech,
President Roosevelt stood at his right
| hand, giving close attention to the
address.
Mrs. Roosevelt, surrounded by her
children, Kermit. Ethel and Quentin.
| stood facing Mr.. Cannon almost I'm
the center of the crowd. Mr.. Cannon
was interrupted frequently by ap-
] plause. He spoke as follows:
Mr.. President: +
The people of the United States. by
blood, heredity. education and prac-
| tice. are a self-governing people. We
prejudice and embarrassment from
| harmful conditions. but We have out
| grown prejudice and overcome con-
ditions as .apidly as possible. having
1 due regard TO law ana ts.e :.aht5 %
| individuals. We have sometimes
made mistakes from a false sense OF
security or from desire to change
| policies instead OF letting well
enough alone merely to see what
| would happen. but We have always
| paid the penalty OF unwise action at
| the ballot box and endured the suffer-
| ing until. under the law. through the
| ballot box. We have returned to cor
rect policies. Tested by experience.
no nation has so successfully solved
| all problems and chosen proper poll
cies as our nation. Under the lead OF
the Republican party for over forty
years. the United States. from being
third-class power among the ma
tons has become in every respect
first The people rule. The people
ruling, 1T Is necessary that they should
be competent to rule. Competence
REQUIRES not only patriotism. but ma
terial well-being. education and
statecraft.
The people. under the lead OF the
Republican party. wrote upon the
statute books revenue Iawy leyyfng
taxes upon the products OF foreign
countries seeking our markets which
replenished our treasury. but were
20 adjusted as To encourage our peo-
pie In developing. diversifying and
maintaining our industries. at the
same time protecting our citizens Ia
boring in production against the COM
petition OF foreign labor. Under this
policy. our manufactured product to-
day Is one-third of the product OF the
civilized world, and our people receive
almost double the pay Tor their labor
that similar labor receives elsewhere
In the world. thereby enabling US to
bear the burdens OF citizenship.
Liberal compensation for labor
makes liberal customers for our pro-
ducts. Under this policy OF protec-
ton. our home markets afford all our
people a better market than has any
other people on earth. and this. too. |.
even IL We did not sell any OF ouis
products abroad In addition TO this.
We have come to be the greatest ex-
porting nation In the world For the