The Springfield herald., 1904-09-16

Oyster Bay Sept. 12-President
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. :, ,.o,
Hon. j. G. Cannon. Chairman of the
Notification Committees:
My Dear Sir: I accept the nominatl tlon
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 diner from
us: but they cannot accuse us OF shift
ness or insincerity. The policies We have
pursued are those which we earnestly
and repute. Our actions speak even
louder than our words for the faith that
We have done and are doing. upon our
record OF administration and legislation
during the last seven years. in which we
ernment. 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 upholding
defends at length. and declares the
party is prepared fully to accept the
issue on these questions. He con.
tinues:
In addition TO those acts of the admin,
istration which they venture TO assail
after misrcpresenting them. there are
others which they dare not overtly or Of
ficially attack. and yet which they coy
ertly bring forward as reason for the
v.
centers and with certain great interests
our opponents make every enort to sn9w l9,s
coal strike by the individual act OF the
president and the successful suit against
merger suit-undertaken by the depart
ment of justice. were acts because OF
which the present administration should
be thrown from power Yet they dare dare
not openly condemn either act. Ihey
dare not in any authoritative or formal
manner say that in either case wrong
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 geek to use furtlvely
and through special agents. Some of our
opponents complain because under the
antitrust and interstate commerce laws
suits We're undertaken which have been
successful; others. because suits were not
undertaken which would have been un-
successful. The Democratic state con-
vention in New York dealt Tith the an
thracite coal strike by demanding in de-
liberate and formal fashion that the ma
tional 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
which prevented the movement for ma
tional ownership of the coal fields from
gaining what might well have been an r.
resistible Impetus. Such mutually de
structive criticisms furnish an adequate
measure of the chance for coherent ae-
tion -or constructive Legislation II our
So much for what our opponents open
ly or covertly advance in the way of an
When we come to consider the policies
met with the difficulty, always arising
that they can be interpreted In different
ways on some of the vital questions
that have confronted the American peo-
the position that silence Is the Se5t pos
sible way. to convey their views. They
contend that their lukewarm attitude of
partial acquiesence in what Others have
accomplished entities theSn to be made
the custodians Of the IMAM nhhhedl ,hev hSnor SS
but recently sought to ruin. Being un-
able to agree among themselves as to
whether the gold standard Is a curse or
a blessing. and as to whether we ought
or ought not to have free and unlimited
coinage OF silver they have apparently
initial on these subjects. and individually
each to follow his particular bent, Their
seems to be that it is now inexpedient
to assert their convictions one way or
the other and that the establishment
of the gold standard by the Republican
marty 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 OF
faith without compromising their honor
or their self-respect. But 1t is difficult
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 so slender
basis OF principle would not stand the
strain of a single year of business ad-
vers!ty.
We. on the contrary, believe in the gold
standard as fixed by the usage and YER
dict of the business world, and in
sound monetary system as matters OF
principle; as matters not of monetary po-
iitical expediency, but of permanent or
far-sighted men. without reg1rd to their
party fealty in the past. Joined to work
against what they regarded as, debased
monetary system. The policies which
they championed have been steadfastly
adhered to by the administration: and
by the act of March II. 1900. Congress
esta ablished the single gold standard as
act received the support of every Repub-
lican in the house. and of very Repub-
lican except one in the senate. OF our
opponents. eleven supported II in the
house and two in the senate; and ono
hundred and nifty opposed 1t in the house
and twenty-eight in the senate. The rec
ord OF the last seven years proves that