The Globe-republican., 1904-09-15
president WRITES LETTER.
Policy Of the Republican
Party Defended by Nj
Its Leader.
Says Democrats Are Lack
ing In Settled Con- sA
victions.
National Welfare Demands
Continuance of Party
In Power.

Long Document Addressed to Speak
er Cannon Deals Exhaustlvely With
the Great Questions Before tho
country-PubIlc Duties Ably Per
formed by Republicans Democrats
Not Worthy to Be Placed In Charge.
Oyster Bay, Sept. 12-President
Goosevelt this morning issued his let
ter accepting the nomination for the
Presidency rendered him by the Re
publican National Convention. In
part the document is as follows:
Oyster Bay N. y, s,T
September IL, 1904.
Hon. ]. g. Cannon, Chairman Of the
Notification Committee: N..s
Ny Dear Sir: accept the nomination
for the presidency rendered me by the
Republican National Convention and cor
daily approve the platform adopted by It.
The principles which we profess are
those In which we believe with heart and
soul and strength. Men may differ from
us; but they cannot accuse US Of shift
ness or inslncerity. The policies we have
pursued are those which we earnestly
hold as essential to the national welfare
and repute. Our actions speak even
louder than our words for the faith that
10 In Wa hQ OnnnQI what
we have done and are doing, upon our
record Of administration and legislation
during the last seven years, in which we
eminent. We intend In the future to
carry on the government In the. same
way that we have carried 1t on In the
past.
The acts Of the Administration In
connection with the war with Spain,
the Isthmian canal and the unfolding
of the Monroe doctrine the President
defends at length, and declares tie
party is prepared fully to accept the
issue on these questions. He con-
tinues:
In addition to those acts Of the admin
dstratlon which they venture to assail
after misrepresenting them, there are
Others which they dare not overtly or Of
fcially attack, and yet which they Gov
,ertly bring forward as reason for the
overthrow Of the party. In certain great
centers and with certain great interests
our opponents make every effort to show
that the settlement of the anthracite
coal strike by the individual act Of the
president and the successful suit against
the Northern Securities Company-the
merger Standardization by the depart.
ment of justice, were acts because Of
which the present administration should
be thrown from power. Yet they dare
not openly condemn either act. They
dare not In any authoritative or formal
manner say that In either case wrong
was done or error committed In the meth
cd of action, or in the choice Of instru-
ments for putting that action into effect.
But what they dare not manfully assert
in open day, they seek to use furtively
and through special agents. Some of our
opponents complain because under the
antitrust and Interstate commerce laws
suits were undertaken which have been
successful: Others because suits were not
undertaken which would have been un-
successful. The Democratic state con-
yention In New York dealt with the an
thractte coal strike by demanding In de-
liberate and formal fashion that the ma
tjonal government should take possession
of the coal fields; yet champions of that
conventions cause now condemn the fact
that there was any action by the presi-
dent at although they must know that
It was only this action by the president
which prevented the movement for ma
tional ownership of the coal fields from
gaining what might well have been an IT.
resistible impetus. Such, mutually de-
,structlye criticisms furnish an adequate
measure Of the chance for, coherent ac-
ton or constructive legislation II our
opponents should be given power
So much for what our opponents open
1y or covertly advance In the way OF an
attack on the acts Of the administration.
When we come to consider the policies
for which they profess to stand we are
met with the difficulty always arising
when statements of policy are 50 made
that they can be Interpreted IN diiterent
ways. On some Of the vital questions
that have confronted the American peo-
ple in the last decade our opponents take
the position that silence Is the best pos
sible way 10 convey their views, They
contend that their lukewarm attitude OF
partial acquiesence In what others nave
accomplished entities then to be made
the c,lstodians Of the financial honor
and commercial interests which they have
but recently sought to ruin. Being I'M
able to agree among themselves as 10
whether the gold standard Is a curse or
blessing, and as to whether. we ought
or ought not to have free and unlimited
coinage of silver, they have apparently
thought 1t expedient to avoid any com
initial on these subjects and individually
each to follow his particular bent. Their
nearest approach to a majority Judgment
seems to be that 1t Is now lnexpedlent
to assert their convictions one way or
the other, and that the establishment
Of the gold standard BY. the Republican
party should not be disturbed unless
there Is an alteration In. the relative
quantity of production Of silver and gold.
Men who hold sincere convictions on VI
tai questions can respect equally sincere
men with whose Views they radically diff.
fer, and men may confess change q
faith without compromising their honor
or their self-respect. But II IS dlflcuit
to respect an attitude Of mind such as
has been fairly described above; and
where there Is no respect there can be
no trust. A policy with 80 slender
basis Of principle would not stand the
strain Of a single year Of business a.
versity, t - Y. i. !. ,o,,
standard as. fixed by the usage and YER
dict Of the business world, and IN g
sound monetary system as matters Of
principle as matters not Of monetary po-
iltcai expedency, but Of permanent or. or.
ganic policy. In 1896 and again In, 1900
far-slghted men, without regard to their
party fealty In the past, Joined to work
against what they regarded 49, q deDased
monetary system. The policies wnich
they champloned have been steadfastly
adhered to by the administration, and
Nv the act OF March IA, 1900 Congress
Established the single gold standard as
the measure Of our monetary value. This
act received the support Of every Repub-
lican In the house, and Of very RepuD-
llcau except one In the senate, VI our
opponents, eleven supported II IN the
house and two In the senate; and one
hundred and fifty opposed II In the house
and twenty-eight In the senate. The rec
ord Of the last seven years proves tnat
the party now In power can be trusted
to take. the additional aqtlon necessary
to improve and strengthen our monetary
system, and that our opponents cannot
be 30 trusted, The fundamental fact Is
tfnt IN d popular government such as
ours no policy Is irreyocably settled. by
law unless the people keep IN control. Of
the government men who believe In that
policy as a matter Of deep-rooted con
yiction. Laws can always be revoked II
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