Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-27
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
SOUNDS THE KEYNOTE
Is Formally Notified OF His Nomination by
the Republican Convention
Delivers Speech Acceptance In Which He Outlines His Poll
cies and the Work of the Administrations
Reciprocity on the Terms Outlined McKineys Last
Speech-Neary All Members of the Committee Present.
the Republican Convention
Clean Administration.

record be taken as an earnest of what
we shall continue to do
! Clean Administration.
/ In de aling with the great organiza-
| tons known as trusts we do not have
/ to explain why the laws We're not en-
| forced hut to point out that they ac-
/ tually have been enforced and that leg
| islation has been enacted to increase
! the effectiveness of their enforcement.
| We do rot have to propose to turn the
|rascals out for We have shown in very
| deed that whenever by diligent nves-
tigation a public official can be found
who has betrayed his trust he will be
punished to the full extent of the law
without regard as TO whether he was
appointed under republican or a
| defnocrs tic administration. This is the
efficient way to turn the rascals out
lt' - 'e4'e 100. on. an3 it has the
merit OF sincerity. Moreover the
.-,l.. .->..s ~ e.>.. In the last seven wears
| have been insignificant in number
when compared with the extent of the
public service. Never has the admin
istration of the government been on
cleaner and higher level; never has the
public work of the nation been done
more honestly and efficiently.
Sound Finance.
"Ass,lredly it is unwise to change
| the policies which have worked so
well and which are now working so
well. Prosperity has come at home
| The national honor and interest have
| been upheld abroad. We have placed
the finances of the nation upon sound
Il cfc Il
aid of many wk,o We're formerly our
opponents. but Who would neither op-
emily support nor silently acauiesee in
the her esy of uis.pu,lcs finance. and we
have done II against the convinced AMI
violent opposition of the mass of our
presen, opponents who still refuse %
recant the unsound opinions which for
the moment they think it Inexpedient
to assert. We know what we mean
when we speak of an honest and stable
icurrenaE. We mean the same thing
from Iear to year We do not have
| to avoid a definite and conclusive COM
INITIAL on the most important Issue
which has recently been before the
people, and which may at any time in
the near future be before them again.
Upon the principles which underlie this
number do not clash with those of
the other half. so long as the repub-
ltcan party is in power the gold stand
ard is settled. not as matter of tenn
porary political expediency, not be-
cause of shifting conditions in the
produt ton of gold in certain mining
centers, but I'm accordance with wha;
We regard as the fundamental princi-
pies o., national morality and wisdom.
The Tariff.
I'VE have enacted tariff law under
which during the past few years the
country has attained height of ma
terial weiibeing never before reach
ed. Wages are higher than ever be-
fore. That whenever the need arises
there should be readjustment of the
tariff schedules is undoubted; but such
changes can with safety be made only
by those whose devotion to the princi-
pie OF a protective tariff is beyond
question; for otherwise the changes
would amount not to readjustment but
to repeal. The readjustmept when
made must maintain and not destroy
the protective principle. To the farm
er, the merchant, the manufactures, |
this i.s vital: bur perhaps no other man |
is so much interested as the wage
worker in the IN maintenance of our pres
ent economic system. both as regards |
the finances and the tariff. The stan
dard of living of our wage workers is
higher than that of any other country, |
and It can not SO remain unless we
have protective tariff which shall
always keep as minimum a rate of |
duty sufficient to cover the differen q. |
between the labor cost here and abroad. |
Those who, like our opponents, de- |
nounee protection as robbery thereby |
explicitly commit themselves to the |
proposition that if they We're to re- |
wise the tariff no heed would be paid I
to tn. necessity of meeting this differ
ence between the standards of living |
for wage workers here and In othar
COUNT tries and therefore on this point
their antagonism to our position is
fundamental. Here again we ask that
their promises and ours be judged |
by What has been done IN the immed |
late past. We ask that sober and |
sensible men compare the workings OF
the present tariff law. and the condi-
tions which obtain under ii, with the
workings of the preceding tariff law
of 1894 and the conditions which that
tariff, of 1894 helped to bring about.
Reciprocity.
1--WE believe in reciprocity with
foreign nations on the terms outlined
in President Mckinley's last speech,
which urged the extension of our for
eign markets by reciprocal agreements
whe never they could be made without
injury to American industry and labor.
l.: "a
great reciprocity treaty recently adop-
ted--tfat with Cuba--was finally OPP
posed almost alone by the represen-
tatives of the very party which now
states that ii favors reciprocity. And
here again we ask that the worth OF
our words be judged by comparing
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