Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-03

PRESIDENT SOUNDS THE KEYNOTE
In Address of Acceptance Mr. Roosevelt Party
Achievements and Ridicues Position Taken by
Democrats Tariff and Money.

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address responding to Speaker Cannon
head of the notification committee, and
accepting the Republican nomination fol
the presidency. Mr.. Roosevelt said:
..Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee: | am deeply sen.
sible OF the high honor conferred upon me
by the representatives Of the Republican
garty assembled in convention, and ac-
sept the nomination for the presidency
with solemn realization of the obligations
| assume. | heartily approve the deelar.
alton of principles which the Republican
national convention has adopted. and al
some future day | shall communicate &c
you, Mr.. Chairman, more at length and
in detail a formal written acceptance OF
the nomination.
Three years ago | became President
because of the Death of my lamented
predecessor. l then stated that 1t was
my purpose to carry out his principles
and policies for the honor and the inter
est of the country To the best of my
ability l have kept the promise thus
made If next November my country
men confirm at the polls the action OF
the convention you represent, | shall, I'M
ali eye single to the welfare of all oul
people.
Cooperation Is Necessary.
"a party is of worth only in SO far es
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 Eff
fective government comes only as the re-
suit of the loyal cooperation Of many diff
ferent persons. The members of legis-
lativc majority, the officers in the vari-
GUS departments of the administration
and the legislative and executive
branches as toward each other, must
work together with subordination of self
to the common end of successful govern
ment. We who have been intrusted with
power as public servants during the last
seven years of administration and legis-
lation now come before the people con-
tent to be judged by our record of
achievement. In the years that have
gone by we have made the deed square
with the word, and if we are continued
in power we shall unswervingly follow
out the great lines Of public policy which
the Republican party has already laid
giving, and shall give. a united and there
fore an efficient support.
Division Among Democrats.
I'm all of this we are more fortunate
than our opponents, who now appeal for
confidence on the ground, which some
express and some seek to have confdep-
tally understood. that If triumphant they
may he trusted to prove false to every
principle which in the last eight years
they have laid down as vital, and to
leave undisturbed those very acts of the
administration because of which they ask
that the administration itself be driven
from power. Seemingly their present at
titude as to their past record is that some
OF thens were mistaken and others insin-
cere, We make our appeal in a wholly
different spirit. We are not constrained
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 moth
ing experimental about the government
we ask the people TO continue in power.
for our performance in the past. our
proved governmental efficiency, is guar
anty as TO our promises for the future.
Our opponents, either openly or Sc
cretly, according to their several tempera-
ments. now ask the people to trust their
present promises in consideration of the
fact that they intend to treat their past
promises as null and void We know our
own minds. and we have kept of the
same mind for a sufficient length of time
to give to our policy conference and SAN
ity. In such a fundamental matter as
the enforcement of the law we do not
have to depend upon promises, but mere
ly to ask that our record be taken as an
earnest of what we shall continue to do.
Laws on Trusts Enforced.
"In dealing with the great organza-
tons known as trusts we do not have to
explain why the laws were not enforced,
but to point out that they actually have
been enforced and that legislation has
been enacted 10 increase the effectiveness
of their enforcement We do not have to
propose to turn the rascals out for we
have shown in very deed that whenever
by diligent investigation public official
can be found who has betrayed his trust
he will be punished to the full extent of
the law without regard to whether he
was appointed under a Republican or Il
Democratic administration. This is the
efficient way to turn the rascals out and
10 keep them out, and has the merit
of sincerity. Moreover. the betrayals of
trust In the last seven years have been
insignificant in number when compared
with the extent of the public service
Never has the administration of the gov
eminent been on cleaner and higher
level; never has the public work of the
nation been done more honestly and eff
ficiently.
"Assuredly it is unNise to change the
policies which have worked so well and
which are now working so we'll Pros
perity has come at home. The national
honor and interest have been upheld
abroad We have placed the finances of
the nation upon a sound gold basis. We
have done this with the aid of many who
were formerly our opponents, but who
woulI neither openly support nor silent
IL aeduiesce in the heresy of unsound
france; and we have done it against the
convinced and violent opposition of the
mass of our present opponents, who still
refuse to recant the unsound opinions
which for the moment they think it mex
pedent to assert.
Committed on Currency.
I'VE know what we mean when we
sneak of AN honest and stable currency.
We mean the same thing from year to
year. We do not have to avoid definite
and conclusive committal on the most inn
portant 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 under
lie this issue the convictions of half of
onr number do not clash with those of