Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-12

Gontlhned rom rage S
R~oosevslt's Acceptance.
what thts dhfe md nlanfgaly asseft'
in open day. they seek to use furtive.
ly and through special agents. 1t is
perhaps natural that an. attack 50
conducted should be made sMSpnhs
on lie ground that too much, some.
timE on the ground that TOO Title,
hasE;been done, Some, of II oppon-
ents coppHn be{aise hndsrsf1S srti1
trust and Interstate c6mmefce laws
suisB were undertaken which have
been successful; others, baeansa suits
vera not undertaken which would
havR been unsuccessful. The fdemcs
cratic state convention in NewI York
deaH with the anthracite coal strike
by demanding in deliberate and for
mat Fashion that the national govern
meN should fSalse5 pnssessien ots the
eoaE fields; yet champions of that
conventions cause now condemn the
facGHhat there was any action by the
president at although they must
know thatI MAS only. this action by
the bresiaent which Spreventesl the
moysme1tgf6r@national ownership OF
the A0al fields from gaiaiag VIVA:
might weffahHSc been an irresistible
impetus. Such mutually destructive
criticisms furnish an adequate meas
nre ssof the chance for coherent ace
tionHor constructive legislation if our
opponants shealds,be giyenspoNergsef
o, s. R y %s, fs5 Th Advance gsE 4 SR re- /
Of saStackgson the acts efgthe al.
ministration. When we come to con.
slider the policies for which they pro.
fess to stand NE are met with the. diff.
ficuity ALWAYS arising swhenI state.
ments al 1olicy ara "a made HAT they
can be Interpreted IN different ways.
On some Of the vital questions that
have confronted the American ,people
i'm the last decade our opT1onentsEtake
tho bosition that silence il the best
possible way Ia conyey their views,
Thev contend that their llhewarm AZ,
titude Of partial acquiesssntaffn sWhat
them ID he made The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
financial honor and camglefeiat mi
ests~whieh they have but recently
sought tO min. Being unable toagree
amohg themselves as ia whether the
gold standard is 4 curse 6|H la HEss
and "a Ia whether we 0oIgbf not fa
hay9 free and unlimited coinage III
silye4 they HAVE fnorS ~ Sxhnpaht /
1t efpedient Ia Ty6iY Mn Sc6mmiffa1
on these subjects. and individually
each2 to-toll6wLE- rarf4o6lar benf
They nSSaAI]6A2st3a majority
Judgment seems III bes that II IL now
~inexnedient III assert their .conyic.
tionS one wav ar the othhr AID that,
the establishment Af Ind bjd ktamd. |
ard Nv the reputdidan mtW shonM
not he disturbed unless there Is an
alteration in the relative quantity Of
production IF silver ana gold Man
who hold sincere convictions On vital
n1asfjons can resnect equally sincere
men with whose views they radically
differ. and men NAV confess a chShfl
OF faith without comnromising i6efrf
honor Of their self.respect MT ills
diffieSllt Sp-.resnSpk m s,atr1tsHe tHof
mind sudh IL mas beeK faffiyS dascffh.
cd above. and where tbera is M 70.
spect there can III no trust A nolicv
withsso slender i hasis If nrincinIed
wolld not Stand the strain IN ] ]ainsla
@yearsof business adversely
we, on the contrary, believe in the
gold standard as fixeal Inv NE f,fsare
and verdict. Of the business World ara
il 4 3sonnd monetary system &c mai.
tiers M nr~ineinle. I'M natter INK al
momentarv nautical -eynadiency I'M
AZ perma,ent are.n;c ~,alies, pIn 1sa,..
and apain IS rood fa~rlsTgbfaT man
withont regard n their mar faaIty IN
The past f5fnaa n ygnrli ]apafns what (
they rarariaa 81 I saha IN mc,,starr
system Tha nnlieiss tgbisb 1tha,.
n-ha,nnionaa have Neon stasdsastI, ad.
hered ia IL lhe admipistrsfion and
hv. fI,e act ofasfarch IA ram corcrasE !
estahlisbea tha singia odd !
ID the measure ~ n,r mnnnta Il, ,ai,,a
mi MI rece;yoJ N. sa,,,.,.t \, a,.,,.
ranubIican Is tba bouse MI " eser.