Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-04

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an event. must be apparent to every
thoughtful mind.
In your election, on the other nend,
this chief requirement Will be ruby
met In the full strength of middle
life you are prepared for the exhaust
ing duties Of the presidency your
successful and distinguished career,
the ability and probity with which you
nave already discharged the duties OF
nigh office, the universal respect ana
esteem of the people of Indiana VINO
nave delighted to honor you. the at
tachrnent of hosts of friends through.
out the unicn-all assure us that you
have character and the ability to gov.
ern wisely and strongly should you be-
come president Many indeed among
our people have already turned toward
you rs suitable candidate to be elect
eo directly to that great office.
IT Is the earnest wish of your party
ana OF many good citizens who nave
no party affiliations that you shall &C.
cept this nomination, and that you shali
pc elected in November to be the next
vice president of the United States. In
expressing to you this wish we peg
10 add an assurance of our own person
al respect, esteem and loyalty"
Mr.. Fairbanks was given another
ovation as he arose to accept the nom
nation. He said:
Senator Fairbanks Acceptance.
Mr.. Root and gentlemen OF the
committee: l thank you for the very
generous terms in which you have
conveyed the official notification OF
my nomination for vice president OF
the United States. The unsolicited
and unanimous nomination by the re-
publican party is a call to duty which
am pleased to obey.
i accept the commission which you
bring with a profound sense of the
dignity and responsibilities of the eX-
allied position for which l have been
nominated. My utmost endeavor will
be to discharge in full measure, the
trust. if the action of the convention
shall meet with the approval Of the
American people.
THE platform adopted by the con-
vention is an explicit and emphatic
declaration of the principles in entire
harmony with those policies of our
party which have brought great honor
and prosperity to our common country
like blessings in the future.
Republican Policies Are Wise.
"The monetary and economic poll
cies which have been so forcibly re-
announced lie at the very foundation
of our industrial life and are essential
to the fullest development of our ma
tional strength. They give vitality to
our manufactures and commerce, and
if impaired or overthrow, there would
inevitably ensue a period Of industrial
depression, to the serious injury of the
vast interests of both labor and CAPT
tai.
"The republican party since it pre-.
served the integrity of the republic
and gave freedom to the oppressed,
never rendered a more important SER
vice to the country than when it es-
tablished the gold standard. Under it
we have increased our currency sup
ply sufficiently to meet the normal re.
quirements of business. 1t is graft
flying that the convention made frank
and explicit declaration of the inflexi-
BILE purpose of the party to maintain
the gold standard. 1t is essential not
only that the standard should be as
good as the best in the world, but
that the people should have the as
surance that it will be SO maintain
ed.
Democratic Platform Silent.
"The enemies of sound money were
powerful enough to suppress mention
Of the gold standard in the platform
lately adopted by the democratic ma
tional convention. The leader Of de.
mccracy in two great national cam
paigns has declared since the adjourn
ment of the convention that as soon
as the election is over he will under.
take to organize the forces within the
democratic party for the next nation
al contest, for the purpose of advanc'
ing the radical policies for which his
element of the party stands. He frank
ly says that the money question is for
the present in allegiance. In view OF
these palpable facts, it is not the part
Of wisdom to abandon our vigilance In
safeguarding the integrity of our mon
| ey system. We must have not only q
president who is unalterably commit
/ ted to the gold standard but both
houses of congress in entire accord
with him upon the subject.
"In congress and not with the presi
dent rests the supreme power to de
I ternoine the standard Of orr money