Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-07-29
President Roosevelt's Speech Of Ac

| response 10 the OIilcldI Holih,t''ioii =
his nomination for the Presidency as
conveyed to him by Speaker Cannon
chairman Of the convention COM
lmittee. is one that should be carefully
read by every American citizen. Like
all OF the Presidents public utterances'
it is conspicuously able, stralsht1or-
ward and forceful. 1t presents the
contrasts between Republican ana
democratic policies, with characteristic
clearness and directness. There was
from start to finish no note OF evasion
or subterfuge. 1t was a wonderfully
| l.nipramrnatic presentation of the nota-
BILE results attained by one of the aplest
and most popular administrations III
the history Of the Republic, results
that have fully met the expectations vi
the American people, and won the'r
UNQUALIFIED approval. President k"ose-
| volt NAV we'll feel a just pride in TINS
sp,endid showing, and in the universal
confidence and esteem of his feiio"
citizens. Called to the executive
chair. in time of great natlohai
reavement. to deal with some OF INV
most momentous and perpleNing prop
lens that have ever confronted Fres'
dent OF the United States. he has sho"i'
himself to be emphatically the right
man for the place. He has discharged
the difficult and eXacting duties that
have devolved upon him with cour-
age. an ability, and a steadfast devo-
tion to duty that have won him' IN
| ,n,rkaa degree. the confidence and re-
spact of the American people. Not only
10 President Roosevelt man OF rugged
integrity fearless to do the right, but
he is a stalwart American, proud or MS
! country's past, confident of it's future,
| and firm in the belief that it is destined
to he. in the fulfllment of Gods pur-
noses n potent influence for human
nrogr,ss. and the advancement of
Christian civilization throughout the
| world.
| The President gives us the keynote of
| the eminent success of his adminiStra-
ton, and its strong hold upon the hearts
of the American people when he says:
! .The problems with which We have 20
deal in our modern industrial and
social life are manifold; but the spirit
| in which it is necessary to approach
their solution is simply the spirit of
honesty, of courage. and of common
sense
| 1t is in this same spirit of honesty.
courage and common sense, that all the
great problems which have confronted
us az a nation during the history max
ing period Of President Roosevelts ad-
ministration, have been approached by
him and those associated with him in
the great administrative departments
lspirit. practically applied to every day
problems. is due the notable achieve
Imnnts attained, whose simple enumera-
Ition is all that is necessary to win the
hearty approval and commendation OF
the American people.
I'VE who have been entrusted with
power as public servants during the
Ipast seven years Of administration
and legislatiCn." declares the President
now corne before the people content
to he judged by our It cord of achieve
ment In the years that have gone 10y
we have made the deed square with the
word: and if we are continued in powe:
I've shall unswprvingly follow out the
great lines of public policy which the
Republican Earty has already laid
down: a public policy to which we are
giving, and shall give. a united, and
therefore an efficient. support"
Having thus invited the attention of
his cOuntrymcn to the splendid achieve
ments of his administration, he calls
Iattention to the marked contrast be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
positions in the present campaign.
I'm all of this" he declares, eve arc
more fortunate than our opponents
who now appeal for confidence ON
THE GROUND, WHICH SOME EN-
|PRESS AND SOME, SEEK TO HAVE
|CONFIDENTIALLY UNDERSTOOD
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 ITNDIS-
lTI IrRBED THOSE VERY ACTS OF
THE ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE
lOF WHICH THEY ASK THAT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE ITSELF BF
DRIVEN FROM POWER. Seemingly
their present attitude rs to their past
record is that some of them We're mis-
taken and others insincere. We make
our appeal in wholly different spirit
We are not constrained to keep silent
on any vital question: we are divided
on no vital question, our policy is con-
tnuOus, and is the same for all Sec
tiOns and localities. There is nothing
experimental about the government We
ask the people to continue in power, fol
onr performance in the past. our proved
governmental efficiency. is a guarantee
-, nm, nrnYniSaS FOR tho fufpra On,