The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-05
PRES, ROOSEvELT'S
FORMAL ACCEPTANCE
Replies to the Announcement
of the Committee on His
Nomination. ..
PARTY'S ACHIEVEMENTS

Chief Executive Briefly Reviews the
Works of His and Previous Ad-
inistrations-Points to Re-
suits, Not Promises.
oyster Bay, July 27-In reply to his
notification of his nomination for presi-
dent. Mr.. Roosevelt said:
| am deeply sensible of the high honor
conferred upon me by the representatives
of the republican, party assembled in con-
vention and | accept the nomination for
the presidency with solemn realization
approve the declaration of principles
which the republican national convention
has adopted, and at some future day l
shall communicate 10 you. Mr.: Chairman,
written acceptance Of the nomination.
Three years ago | became president
because of the death of my lamented
predecessor. then stated that 1t was
my purpose to carry out his principles
and policies for the honor and the inter
lest of the country. To the best OF my
III next November my counirymcn con-
firm at the polls the action of the con-
Nention you represent | SHALL under Prov
dence continue to work with an eye
single to the welfare of all our people
The Claims of Party.
party is OF worth only in so far as
1t promotes the national interest, ana
every official high or low, can serve his
party best by rendering to the people
the best service Of which he is capable.
Effective government comes only as the
result of the loyal cooperation of many
different persons. The members. of a
Legislative majority. the officers in the
various dcparrments of the administra-
ton. and the legislative and executive
branches as towards each other. mus
work together with subordinauon of self
IN th,A n
,ment. We who have been entrusted with
power as public servants during the past
seven years of administration and legis-
lation now come before the people content
to be judged by our record of achieve
.ment. 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 re-
publican party has already laid down. a
public policy to which we are giving, and
| Shall give. a united, and therefore an
! efficient support.
The Democratic Position.
| In 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 con
hdentially understood, that il 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
undisturbed those very acts of the adj
minstrat ton because of which they ask
|
from power. Seemingly their present at.
tude as to their past record is that some
of them were mistaken and others in
| sincere. We make our appeal in wholly
| different spirit. We are not constrained
ito keep silent on any vital question: we
are divided on no vital question; our pol,
icy is continuous and is the same for all
| sections and localities. There Is nothing
| experimental about the government we
ask the people to continue in power. for
our performance in the past, our proved
fol nff TOR
as to our promises for the future. Oul
opponents, either openly or secretly, ac.
cording, to their several compartments
now ask the people to trust their pres
ent promises in consideration of the fact
that they intend to treat their past prom
Uses as null and VOID. We know our OWL
mind for sufficient length of time to civ,
to our policy conference. and sanity. II
such a fundamental matter as the en-
,forcement of the law we do not have {
| depend upon promises. but merely 10 asl
that our record DC taken as an earnest o
what we shall continue to do
Enforcement Of Trust Lava.
In dealing with the great organization
known as trusts, we do not have to eX
plain why the laws We're not enforced
but TO point out that they actually hav
been enforced and that legislation ha
been enacted to Increase the effectiveness
Of their enforcement. We do not haV
to propose to turn the rascals out" 70
we have shown in very deed that when
ever by diligent vcstigat ton "a publ
official can be found WHO has betraye
his trust he will be punished to the full
extent OF the law without regard t
whether ne was appointed under a re
publican or democratic adm.nist rat ton
This is the efficient way TO turn the ras
Gals out and to keep them out, and it ha
the merit Of sincerity. Moreover the be
trayals of trust in the last seven year
compared with the extent of the publ
service. Never has the administration o
the government been on cleaner an
higher level: never has the public work o
the nation been done more honestly an
efficiently.
Assuredly 1t is unwisc to change tn
which are now working SO we'll. Pros
perty has come at home. The nationa
honor and interest have been uphel
abroad. We have placed the finances Q
have done this with the aid of many VIII
We're formerly our. opponents, but VIII
would neither openly, support nor SILENT
finance; and we have done it against tn
convinced and violent opposition of tn
mass of our present opponents who sti
which for the moment they think 1t II
iexpeGicnt to reassert We know what W
mean when we speak Of an honest an
stable currency. We mean the same thin
from year to year We do not have t
avoid a definite and conclusive committs
on the most important issue which ha
, IIeCcnlly Dtcll before CHe people. ana WHO
may at any time in the near future |
before them again. Upon the principle
which underl:e this issue the conviction
J ,of half of our number do not clash wit
those of the other half. So long as tt
republican party is in power the gol
standard is settled, not as a matter {
, temporary political cxpediency. not b.
cause Of shifting conditions in the pr
duction Of gold in certain mining center
! but in accordance with what we regard !;
the. fundamental principles Of nations
morality and wisdom.
| Safe Financial Legislation.
Under the financial legislation which W
! have enacted there is now ample circl
lat.on for every bushes need and eve,
dollar of this circulation is worth doll;
, in gold. We have reduced the interes
! bearing debt and In still larger measu
the interest on that debt. All of the W;
taxes imposed during the Spanish W;
!, have been removed with view to relic
l the people and to prevent the accuI
t ulation of an unnecessary surplus. II
Q expenditures and income of the COVER
!, ment SO closely correspondent. In the fsc
year that has just closed the excess
income over the ordinary expenditur
was nine millions of dollars. This do
not take account of the fifty millions e
8 pended out of the accumulated surpl1
\ for the purchase of the Isthnian cana
e It is an extraordinary proof of the sour
financial condition Of the nation that
stead of following the usual course
such matters ana throwing the Durd
upon posterity by an issue of bonds, '
: were able to make the payment outrig
e and yet after it to have in the trcasu
r surplus of one hundred and sixty-ol
!. millions. Moreover. we were able to p;
: this fifty millions of dollars out of hal
. without causing the slightest disturban
to business conditions.
:, The Tariff Law.