Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-08-04
Roosevelt's Speech of Accept


will write long letter accepting the
nomination rendered him by the Chica-
20 convention, in which he will set
forth his views on public questions in
detail. In the meantime he has given
the people brisk little talk in the form
of q speech in answer to the address OF
Speaker Cannon who. as chairman OF
the Committee of Notification, told him
how the convention did its work. Can
non and the committee descended upon
Oyster Bay on Wednesday last. where
the formalities were conducted.
The President was very happy IN his
response. There were really no new
suggestions in it. 1t could hardly be
expected that there would be, for the
Republican campaign is based upon
achievements already accomplished,
with promises to continue the policies
which haYe made the country great and
prosperous. 1t was on these matters
that the President dwelt.
Some of his sentences are worth re-
calling, even by those who read his
speech through. For instance:
In the years gone by we have made
the deed square with the word.
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Our opponents now appeal for conf
dence on the ground 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.
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Seemingly, their present attitude as
to their record is that some Of them
were mistaken and others insincere.
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We are not constrained to keep silent
on any vital question; we are divided
ON no vital question; our policy is con-
tinuous and ia the same for all sections
and localities
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There is nothing experimental about
the government we ask the people to
continue in power, for our performance
in the past, our proved governmental
efficiency, is guarantee as to our prom
ises for the future.
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In such fundamental matter as the
enfor cement of the law we do not have
to depend upon promises, but merely to
ask that our record be taken rs an
earnest Of what we shall continue to do.
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In dealing with great organizations
known as trusts, we do not have to ex-
plain why the laws were not enforced,
but to point ont that they actually have
been enforced and that legislation has
been enacted to increase the effective
ness Of their enforcement.
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We know what we mean when we
speak Of an honest and staple currency.
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So long as the Republican party is in
< power tie gold standard is settled,
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Prosperity has come at home; the
national honor and interest have been
upheld abroad.
So
Changes in tariff schedules can with
safety be made only by those whose de-
votion to the principle of protection is
beyond question.
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Our policy is one of fair and equal
Justice to all men, paying no heed te
whether he is rich or poor, nor needing
his race, his creed or his birth place.
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Our foreign policy has been SO con
Quoted that, while not one Of our just
claims has been sacrificed, our relations
with all foreign nations are now of the
most peaceful kind.
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During the seven years that have just
passed there is no duty, domestic OF
foreign, which we have shirked; nc
necessary task which we have feared te
undertake, or which we have not per
formed with reasonable efficiency.
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We face the future with our pasi
and our present as guarantors of oul
promises; and we are content to stand
or fall by the record which we have
made and are making.