Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-08-02
Roosevelt Notified.

The formal notification of President
Roosevelt that he had been nominated
by the Republican convention was made
ct his summer home at Oyster Bay on
Wednesday. The address of notification
was given by Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
of the National House Of Representa-
tives. Both his address and the re-
Spouse of President Roosevelt are we'll
prepared documents, moderate In ex-
preston, and they give about as clear
and concise a summary as possible OF
what Republican administration has
done for the country, and what it may
reasonably be expected to do in the
future. From the presidents response
a few stray sentences are given below:
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 to the people
the best service of which he is capable.
We are more fortunate than our op-
ponents, who now appeal for confidence
on the ground, which some express and
some seek to have c0nfidentially nnder-
stood, that if triumphant they may be
trusted to prove false to every principle
which in the last eight years they have
laid down as vital, and to leave undis-
turbed those very acts of the administra-
ton because of which they ask that the
administration itself be driven from
power. Seemingly their present atti-
tude as to their past record is that some
of them were mistaken and others in
sincere. We make our appeal in a
wholly different spirit. We are not con-
strained to keep silent on any vital
question; we are divided on no vital
question; our policy is continuous, and
is the same for all sections and localities.
There is nothing experimental about the
government we ask the people to con.
tinue in power, for our performance In
the past, our proved governmental eff
cheney, Is a guarantee as to our promises
for the future.
We believe in reciprocity with foreign
nations on the terms outlined in Presi
dent McKinley's last speech, which urg
ed the extension of our foreign markets
by reciprocal agreements whenever they
could be made without injury to Ameri
can industry and labor. 1t is singular
fact that the only great reciprocity
treaty recently adopted-that with Cuba
was finally opposed almost alone by
the representatives of the very party
which now states that it favors reciproc
ity. And here again we ask that the
worth of our words be judged by COIN
pairing their deeds with ours. On this
Cuban reciprocity treaty there were al
the outset grave differences of opinion
among ourselves, and the notable thing
in the negotiation and ratification of the
treaty, and in the legislation which car
ried it into effect, was the Highly practi
cal manner in which without sacrifice Of
principle these differences of opinion
were reconciled. There was no rupture
of great party, but an excellent practi
cal outcome, the result of the harmoni
GUS cooperation of two successive Presi
dents and two successive Congresses
This is an illustration of the governing
capacity which entities us to the conf
dence of the people not only in our pur
poses but in our practical ability t.
achieve those purposes. Judging by TIT
history of the last twelve years, dowr
to this very month, is there justification
for believing that under similar circum
stances and with similar initial differ
ences of opinion, our opponents would
have achieved any practical result?