Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-16
SPEAKS ON THElSSlIPy
ROOSEvELTS FORMAL LFrr,.
OF ACCEPTANCE 81
President in Twelve Thousand wo,,
Document Defends His Admin:
ton of the Affairs of the Malta, =
clares Protection Necessary,

President Roosevelt's formal lettar
cepting the presidential nomination W
the Republican party has been give, ,n W
1t is 1920 words long. w.
President Roosevelt defends tbo
seven years of Republican contro} ~
declares that the Democrats attacy D
publican policies and acts of tba T.,
seven years by misrepresenting what %,'
been done. He then proceeds to ro,,n
| those acts in detail. and scatters thror5
his 12,0OO-word letter scores Of iptor,
CATION points, asking the Demoo,,,
what they are going to do different n.
what different they would attemDt :,
charged with power. As to Panama i,
says he would be derelict in his duty !,
he used a false construction of the o.,
| stitution as a "shield for weakness AMI
| timidity, or as an excuse for govern
mental impotence"
The letter charges the Democrats win
| ipsincerity in and conflict of criticism,
i'll matters such as the settlement Of IN
coal strike and the prosecution Of nv
| merger suit that shows no chance for =,
| herent action or constructive legisIatm
if they are given power. AS to the mopq
question he declares the only real WAY
| to keep the question from becoming NM
| settled is to keep the Republican psrv
| in power.
In defense of the protective tariff pol.
icy the President says that some Demo
Gratis seem anxious to prove that it il
safe to give them partial power, as thg
could do no mischief then. In come.
ton with the tariff he discusses tle
| trusts, and says the evils connected with
them can be reached only by rational
effort, along the lines taken by Cong.e,
| and the executive during the last three
years. The tariff is made the lealn.
feature of the letter.
1t is set forth that the present exeo.
| tive thinks the present regular army is \,
larger than the country requires, and a,
to the Philippines he says that to retrae
our steps would be to give proof Of an
infirm and unstable national purpose"
Points from the Letter.
Following are leading paragraphs from
the Presidents letter:
1t is difficult to find out from the ute,
ances of our opponents what are the raa
issues upon which they propose to Was
this campaign. 1t is not unfair TO Sl
that, having abandoned most of the pil
clpleS upon which they have insisted dur
ing the last eight years, they now seem
a loss. both as to what it is that they real
ly believe and as to how firmly they Sha
assert their belief in anything In fact,
is doubtful if they venture reSolutey
press single issue; as soon as they raj,
one they shrink from it and seek to expai
1t away. Such an attitude is the probaU
inevitable result of the effort to improy>
convictions; for when thus improyiSed iii
natural that they should be held in lei
tatlye manner.
There is not a policy, foreign or dome
nc, when we are now carrying out Whc
it would not be disastrous to reverse
abandon.
We base our appeal upon what we hr
done and are doing, upon our record Of al
ministration and legislation during the Ia
seven years, in which we have had cDa
plete control Of the government
If continued in power we shall coutnr
our. foreign policy and our handling Of d
navy Oh exactly the same lines in the f
ture as in the past
The fundamental fact is that in DOM
lar government such as ours no policy
irrevocably settled by law unless the De
pie keep i'll control of the government mo
who believe in that policy as a matter
deep rooted conviction
On some of the vital questions that hay
confronted the American people in the las
decade our opponents take the pOSia
that silence is the best possible way to con
vey their views.
To say that action against trusts an
monopolies should be limited to the aWI
cation OF the common law is equivalent
saving that the national government Shout
take no action whatever to regulate then
Undoubtedly it would be possible at fiji
present time to prevent any of the rus,
from remaining prosperous by The SimIt
eXpedient of making such a sweepn.
change in the tariff as to paralyze the In
dustrles of the country. The trusts woad
cease TO prosper, but their smaller COM
petltors would be ruined and the wage
workers would starye, while it would nf
pay Inc farmer to haul his produce to mar
ket.
The expenditures of the nation have been
managed in spirit of economy rs far r.
moved from waste as from niggarll1rN
ana IN the future every effort will be cr
tlnued to secure an economy as strict as u
consistent with efficiency.
So far from having slapped the founa|
mons of free popular government at lD|
Dy the course taken in the Philippines WI
nave been spreading its knowledge aud
whom it had never before been more thai
an empty name.
AT no time in the history of this or aP
other country has there been an era 50 pr
auctlye Of material benefit alike to WoTr
ihgmen and employer, as during the SeyH
years that have just passed.