The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-12
a00SEvELT'S
ACCEPTANCE
A Strong Letter From a Re-
publican Standpoint.
The PARTY PROMISES ALL FULFILLED
Ihar9es the Democratic Party With
Beng Clog on the Progress
of the Nation.

o1SlER BAY, Sept 12-President
hooseVelts letter of acceptance was
given to the press this morning. II is
lengthy document. 1t is addressed
to Hon. j. G.. Cannon, chairman OF tho
notification committee and saws in
part:
My Dear Sir: l accept the nomina-
ton for the presidency rendered me
by the republican national convention.
and cordially approve the platform
adopted by it. In writing this letter
there are certain points upon which /
desire to lay especial stress.
1T is difficult to find out from the ut
terances of our opponents what are the
real issues upon which they propose
to wage this campaign. 1t is not unfair
to say that. having abandoned most Of
the principles upon which they have
insisted during the last eight years,
they now seem at loss. both as to
what it is that they really believe, and
as to how firmly they shall assert their
belief in anythinf. In fact it is doubt
single issue; as soon as they raise
one they shrink from it and seek to
explain it away. Such an attitude is
the probably inevitable result of the
effort to improvise convictions; for
when thus improvised, it is natural
that they should be held in a tentative
manner.
The party now in control of the
government is troubled by no such
at our own convictions, and then COR
rect the guess if it seems unpopular.
The principles which we profess are
those in which we believe with heart
and soul and strength. Men may differ
from us; but they cannot accuse us
of trickiness or insincerity. The poll
cies we have pursued are those which
we earnestly hold as essential to the
national. welfare and repute Our act
for the faith that is in us. We base
our appeal upon what we have done
and are doing, upon our record of ad-
ministraton and legislation during the
last seven years. in which We have had
complete control of the government.
We intend in the future to carry on the
IL f1at
have carried it on in the past.
"A party whose members are rad
ically at variance on most vital issues,
and if united at all, are only united on
issues where their attitude threatens
widespread disaster to the whole
country. cannot be trusted to govern
in any matter. A party which, with
facile ease, changes all it's convictions
before election cannot be trusted to
adhere with tenacity to any principle
after election. A party fit to govern
must have convictions. In 1896 the re-
publican party came into power, and
in 1900 it retained power on certain
definite pledges. each of which was
scrupulOusly fulfilled. But in addition
to meeting and solving the problems
which were issues in these campaigns.
it also became necessary to meet other
problems which arose after election;
and it is no small part of our claim to
public confidence that these were
solved with the same success that had
attended the solution of those concern
ing which the battles at the polls were
fought. In other words, our govern
mental efficiency proved equal not only
to the tasks that were anticipated, but
to doing each unanticipated task as it
arose.
Our appeal is made to all good
citizens who hold the honor and the
interest OF the nation close to their
hearts. The great issues which are at
stake, and upon which 1 have touched.
are more than mere partisan issues,
for they involve much that comes home
to the individual pride and individual
we'll being of our people. Under con-
ditions as they astually are. good Am
ericans should refuse, for the sake of
the welfare of the nation, to change the
national policy. We, who are respon-
sible for the administration and legis-
Iation under which this country. dur
ing the last seven years, has grown s"
greatly in we'll being at home and in