Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30

Entered as second class matter Oc-
,ttooer n, 1908. at the postoffice. Ottum-
wa, iowa. under the Act of Congress OF
March 3. 1879.
RoosEVELT,s ACCEPTANCE,
Wednesday. at Oyster Bay, Theodore
roosevelt, addressing the committee
OF notlhcatfon appointed by the Chi
icago convention, formally accepted the.
republican nomination for the presi-
dency IN q concise, forcible manner.
WITHOUT elaboration or exaggeration. he
reviewed the work that has been done
ny republican administrations during
the past seven years, compared repub.
Hcan achievements with democratic
work and democratic achievements
with democratic promises In his di.
rect, plain way he told the notifica-
lion committee that his claim for cleo.
.ion TO the presidency this year is
Dased upon the fact that he has made
record OF which the party is proud,
ana that the history Of the past seven
years is an indication of what his cleo
tlon next fall will mean to the coun-
try.
Mr.. Roosevelt does not promise any
innovations if he is again chosen for
the highest Office in the nation. He,
does not Intimate that there will be
any change in the modes of govern.
ment. He says explicitly that he
stands for the policies which were
put into effect by Mckinley and were
continued by him after the death of
his predecessor. He says the republi-
can party is established, that its san
ity has been demonstrated by years
OF good government, and that there Is
no call for a change in the policies
for which 1t stands because they are
the best.
Speaking Of the democratic plea for
power, the President said to the COM
n1ittee:
They now appeal for confidence on
the ground, which some express and
some seek to have confidentially under
stood, that If triumphant they may be
trusted to prove false to every princi-
pie which In the last eight years they
have laid down as vital, and to leave
undisturbed those very acts of the adj
ministration because of which they ask
that the administration itself be driv-
en- from power Seemingly their pres
ent attitude as to their past record is
that some of them were mistaken and
others insincere. We make our appeal
ina 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 10.
calities. There is nothing experimental
about the government We ask the PEG.
pie to continue in power, for our per-.
formance In the past, Our proved gov
ernmental efficiency, is guarantee as
to. our promises for the future Our
opponents, either openly or secretly, ac-
cording to their several temperaments,
now ask the people to trust their pres
ent 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 co.
herence and sanity. In such a funda-
mental matter as the enforcement of
the law we do not have to depend
upon promises, but merely to ask that
OUR record be taken as an earnest of
what we shall continue to do"
Could anything be more clear?
Could the proposition be stated with
more fidelity or more easy to under
stand? The records of the two parties
are open for comparison. Every cir
cumstance is in favor of the republi-
cans, every one Is against the dem
ocrats. Their policies have been the
policies of ruin and of catastrophe
while republican policies have always
found success. And now the demo-
Gratis come before the people with
plea for confidence and restoration
to power, admitting that they have
been wrong in the past but with new
schem es for the betterment of the ma
tion's conditions. The republicans. on,
the other hand, stand firmly on their
record. They ask for nothing more
than that which history shows has
been of benefit to the nation. They do
not propose plans that are experiment
al. They have policies, established
years ago, which have always been
found right and are right now, and
they ask those who are satisfied with
conditions now existing to see that
they continue. The proposition is
plain and easily stood-assurance
against guess work. The verdict of
the voters Is sure. Men have their
minds made up and they will vote as
their good judgment dictates-for the
sure and safe course. America is
through with theatricals in politics.
Those can be reserved for the stage
and sometime allowed on the lecture
platform, but they have no place in
political campaign nor in the gov
eminent of a great nation. For that
men Of tried and proven ability are
Roosevelt.
THE WAR ON DIVORCE.
Just why, no one knows, but for
some unaccountable reason the di-
vorce evil is now causing more dis
cussion in private and in public, than
any other subject except politics.
Probably it is because of the large