The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-22

Indianapolis. Sept. 21.-The letter oi
 United States Senator Charles w. | Fairbanks accepting the Republican nomination for the vice-Presidency
 which is made public today, is as fol
 lows: ., The Hon. EIihu Root, Chairman of Mo- | tification Committee:
 l My Dear Sir-In accordance with the | promise made when you formally no- tified me of my nomination for Vice | President, I avail myself of this op- | portunity to submit to you, and through I you to my fellow citizens, some further 1 views with respect to the questions in issue before the people.
 | The principles which are so frankly
 and felicitiously expressed in the plat form adopted by the Republican Ma | tional Convention meet with my heart fest approval. In the main they have been subjected'to the test of actual ex.
 suited to our industrial and national
 needs. They have brought us to a
 high state of material development | and have made the nations name re-
 The utterances of political parties
 must be interpreted in the light of
 tha. practical construction which they
 have put upon them when intrusted
 say, but what they will do which
 should weigh in determining their ca pacity to administer public affairs. We have had two administrations in l tho last seven years which have been governed by the same policies. We
 may consult the trade reports in vain
 to discover when the one ended and
 the other began: Both were obliged
 needed public works. The rapidly ex- banding needs of the Government bus mess must be met. The national equip
 ment must keep pace with our national l Q a tUq O the principles of sound economy in public expenditure. We have pursued no parsmonious policy on the one hand nor indulged in extravagance on the other. We have measured the public expense by the public necessity. The convention did well In its hearty commendation of the administration of challenged by the opposition. We ac- cept the issue with confidence. The President assumed the responsibilities carry out the policy of his beloved and lanented predecessor. He kept the Cabinet of President Mckinley com posed of statesmen of eminent ability, fidence. He carried forward the un- completed work faithfully and success fully. The pledge has been kept scru- pulously; the promise ] has has been @ @ ful. maintained. Domestic and foreign trade have increased and relations of amity have been preserved with for eign powers.
 The foreign policy of the administra- tion has been conservative. just and | firm. and has made for the advance ment of peace. Time and events have given us a larger place in international affairs. While we have enlarged our l foreign commerce we have increased our prestige abroad, not with the sword. Eut with the peaceful agency of enlightened diplomacy.
 Thirty treaties have been concluded and proclaimed and stand to the credit of the administration. Some of these the number are the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, superseding the Clayton-Bulwer convention, which stood In the way Of the construction of an isthmian canal; the Panama Canal, the Alaskan bound ary treaty, and commercial treaties with China and with Cuba.
 Events in the Far East suggest the | wisdom and necessity of a continu- ance of the present foreign policy. We have maintained exact neutrality be- tween Russia and Japan. At the be- | ginning of the war between them, | they assented to the suggestion made l by the administration, limiting the zone of hostilities. This tends to pre- serve the open door in the Orient, so important and so much desired in the expansion of our commerce. It is the | policy of the administration. predicat- ed upon the soundest national prudence to settle and remove by treaty, so far
  ences which lead to future friction. We favor the adjustment of inter- national disagreements by an appeal to reason, rather than to arms. A great majority of the questions which arise between nations, may, without compro-
 missing the national honor, be submit ted to arbitration. The administra- ton of President Mckinley did well to
 aid in the creation of The Hague Fri bunal, and President Roosevelt Is en-
 titled to great credit for being the
 first to, invoke its Jurisdiction in the settlement of the Plus Fund cases. Our relations with the world were
 never better. We have avoided all
 entangling alliances, and: in the lan-
 State. We are without an ally and without an enemy"
 The convention wisely declared In favor of protection which guards and measure of protection should always at least equal the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad"
 platform of the convention which first nominated Abraham Lincoln and 1t has continued to be one of the cardinal doctrines of the Republican party du- ring the forty-fourI years which have elapsed since then. It has become in corporated into the public law and has
 become the foundation of our indus trial system. It has been regarded by
 the Republican party as a reasonable and appropriate exercise of the legjs- lative power when imposing duties up- on imports to discriminate in fav0r of American industries. This principle is dictated by a due regard for our en- terprise and industry. and Is founded
 upon the highest considerations of na- tional interest
 The Democratic convention which lately assembled at St. Louis. de nounced protection as a robbery of the many to enrich the few" and fla vored a revision and gradual reduc- ton of the tariff ."
 [. The me la issue is thus distinctly made. It IS py no means a new one, for while the Republican party has uniformly adhered to the policy of protection. the ilemocratlc party has been consistent Tn us opposition. It has held to the doctrine of revenue tarir, and during all the years of the contest has main tained that the protective system was opposed to good morals, in contraven ton of the Constitution and Tn viola
 tion of sound economies. The obiec
 tions which are now urged aRainst ii are only repetition of those which have found utterance for many years
 The difference between the parties Ia
 radical and fundamental. It invoivas
 the principle of protection and not sim