The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
RoOSEVElT'S
FORMAL ACCEPTANCE
Replies to the Announcement
Of the Committee on His
Nomination.
oARTY's ACHIEVEMENTS
Chief Executive Briefly Reviews the
Works Of His and Previous Ad-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to Re-
suits, Not Promises.
oARTY's ACHIEVEMENTS

NtE4Ns III ~ Sr|
/ am deeply sensible of the high honor
conferred upon me by the representatives,
'of the republican, parry assembled IN con
@vention and aee.pt me moininalion i"r
of the obligations / assume. / heartily
approve the declaration of principles
which the republican national convention
has adopted, and At some iutuie GAY |
shall communicate 10 you. Mr.. Chairman,
more at length and in detail q fo.Iaai
written acceptance Of the nomination
because of the death OF my lafnented
predecessor. l then stated that 1t WAS
my purpose 10 carry out his principles
and policies for the honor and the inter-
est OF the country. To the best OF my
ability l have kept the promise thus made.
II next November my countrymen con-
vention you represent, shan. under PROV
dence. continue 10 work with an eye
single to the welfare of all cur people.
K, The Claims of a Party.
A party is of worth only in so far as
it promotes the national interest, and
every official high or low. can serve his
party best BY rendering 20 the people
the best service OF which he is capable.
Effective government comes only as the
result of the loyal cooperation of many
different persons. The members of 4
legislative majority, the officers in the
various departments of the administra-
ton. and the legislative and executive
branches as towards each other, must
work together with subordination OF self
10 the common emu OF SUCCESSFUL govern IL
mens. We who have been entrusted with
power as public servants during the past
seven years Of administration and ltgis-
lation now come before the people content
Ito be judged by our record Of achieve
lment. In the years that have gone by
We have made the deed square with the
word. and II We are continued in power
we shall unswervingly follow out the
great lines of public policy which the re-
publican party has already laid down; a
public policy to which we are giving. and
shall give, a united, and therefore an
efficient support.
The Democratic Position.
In all OF this we are more fortunate
than our opponents, who now appeal for
confidence on the ground. which, some
express and some seek to have CON
itdentially understood. that il triumphant
they may be trusted 10 prove false TO every
principle which in the last eight years
.undisturbed those Very acts OF the ad.-
minstration because Of which they ask
that the administration itself be driven
from power. Seemingly their present at
tude as to their past record is hat some
of them were mistaken and others in
sincere. We make our appeal in a wholly.
different spirit. We are not constrained
to keep silent on any vital question; we
are divided on no vital question:; our pol
icy is continuous. and is the same for all
sections and localities. There Is nothing
experimental about the government we
ask the people to continue in power, for
our performance in the past, our proved
governmental eIllclelcy, lE q guarantee
as to our promises fer the future Our
opponents, either openly or secretly. &C.
cording. to their several Compartments
now ask the people to trust their pres
ent promises in consideration of the fact
that they intend to treat their past prom
Uses as null and VOID. We know our own
mind for a sufficient length of time to give
to our policy conference and sanity. In
such a fundamental matter as che en-
forcement Of the law we DO not have to
leDen1 ilrOn nrOniSeE- hut merely 10 ask
thar our record be taken as an earnest OF
what we shall continue to do.
Enforcement of Trust Laws.
In dealing with the great organizations
plain why the laws were not enforced,
but to point out that they actually have
been enforced and that legislation has
been enacted to increase the effectiveness
Of their enforcement We do not have
to propose to turn the rascals out" foI
we have shown in very deed that when
official can be found who has betrayed
his trust he will be punished to the full
extent of the law without regard &c
whether ne was appointed under q re-
publican or a democratic ton,
This is the efficient way to turn the ras-
calls out and to keep them ont. and 1t has
the merle of sincerity. Moreover the be
have been Insignificant in number wher
compared with the extent of the public
service. Never has the administration OF
the government been on a cleaner anc
higher level. never has the public work oil
the nation been done more honestly anc
efficiently.
Assurediy It is unwise to Change the
policies which have worked so we'll ant
(which are now working so we'll. Pros
Perity has come at home. The n]ationa
abroad. We have placed the finance %
the nation upon a sound gold basis. w
have done this with the aid of many VIII,
Were formerly our opponents, but who
would neither openly support nor SILENT,
acquiesce in the heresy of unsounc
finance; and We have done it against The
convinced and violent opposition of IN.
mass or our present opponents who still
refuse to recant the unsound opinion:
which for the moment they think 1t in
mean when we speak OF an honest ant
stable currency. We mean the same thing
from year to Year; We do not have t'
on the most important issue which ha'
recently been before the people. and whicl
may at any time in the near future b,
before them again. Upon the principle,
which underl.e this issue the conviction
of half of our number do not clash witt
those Of the other half. So long as tn
standard is settled, not as a matter o
temporary political expediency, not be
cause of shifting conditions in the pro
duction of gold In certain mining centcrs
but in accordance with what we regard a
the fundamental principles of nationa
morality and wisdom.
Safe Financial Legislation.
Under the financial legislation which w,
have enacted there is now ample circu
lat!on for every bushes need; and ever,
dollar of this oirculs ton Is worth a dolla,
In gold. We nave reduced the interest
bearing debt and in still larger measure
the interest on that debt. All of the wa
taxes imposed during the Spanish wa
nave been removed with a view to reliev
= the people and to prevent the accum
u!at,on OF an unnecessary surplus. TIL
result is that hardly ever before have tn
expenditures and Income of the govern
! lment SO closely corresponded In the fsca
! year that has just closed the excess O
income over the ordinary expenditure
/, was nine millions Of dollars. This doe
: not take account of the fifty millions ex
pended out of the accumulated surplu
for the purchase OF the Isthm!an cana
i 1t Is an extraordinary proof of the SCUM,
financial condition Of the ma ton that in
2 stead OF following the usual course II
such matters and throwing the burden
= upon posterity by an issue of bonds, w
!. were able to make the payment outrigh
and yet after 1t TO lave in the Treason,
> a surplus of one hundred and sixty-on
millions. Moreover, we were able to pa,
z this fifty millions OF dollars out of han,
: without causing the slightest d!sturbanc
to business conditions.
The Tariff Law.
t We have enacted a tariff law unde