Bisbee daily review., 1904-08-04
Fairbanks Reply.


 Senator Fairbanks spoke as foi- lows:
 Mir Root and Gentlemen of the Com mittee:
 'I thank you for the very generous terms in which you have conveyed the official notification of my nomina- ton for Vice-President of the United States. Tine unsolicited and unani- nous nomination by the Republican party is a call to duty which I am pleased to obey.
 q accept the commission which you bring with a profound sense of the dignity and responsibilities of the ex- alted position to which I have been nominated. My utmost endeavor will be to discharge in full measure the trust. if the action of the contention shall meet with the approval of the American people.
 The platform adopted by the con- ven;ion is an explicit and emphatic declaration of the principles in entire harmony with those policies of our paIry which have brought great honor and prosperity to our common country, and which if continued. will
 
 The monetary and economic pol icies which have been SO, forcibly re- announced lie at the very foundation of our industrial life, and are essen tial to the fullest deelopment of our national strength. They give vitality 10 our manufactures and commerce, and if impaired or overthrown. there would inevitably ensue a period of in der injury of the vast interests of both labor and capital.
 The Republican party since it preserved the intergity of the Republic and gave freedom to the oppressed, never rendered a more important ser vice to the country than when it es- tablished the gold standard Uuder it We have increased our currency sup ply sufficient to meet the normal re quirements of business. It is gratify. ing that the convention made frank and explicit declaration of the inflex- iDle purpose Of the party to maintain the gold standard. It is essential not only that the standard should be as good as the best in the world, but that the people should have the assur ance that it will be so maintained
 The enemies of sound money were powerful enough to suppress mention of the gold standard in the platform lately adopted by the National Demo cratic Convention. The leader of Democracy in two great national cam paigns has declared since the adjourn ment of the contention that as soon as the election is over, he will under take to organize the forces within the Democratic party for the next nation al contest, for the purpose of advanc ing the radical policieJ for which his element of the party stands. He frankly says that the money question is for the present in abeyance. [, view of these palpable facts it is not the part of wisdom to abandon oui vigilance in safe guarding the integ rity of our money system We mus not only have a president who is un alterably committed to the gold stan dard, but both houses of Congres, in entire accord with him lpou the subject
 Tn Congress and not With the Pres ident rests the supreme power to de iermine the standard of our money Though the chief executive shouIi op pose the congress, acting within it! independent constitutional authority could at any time overthrow or chacg, the monetary standard
 "The wisdom of our protective pcl icy finds complete justification in tb' industrial development, of the country This policy has become a most v.ta part of our industrial system, az; must be maintained unimpaired WheI altered conditions make changes Il schedules desirable, ther modified ton can be safely entrusted to th' Republican party. IT taey are b b, changed by the snsnl ss Of the sys tenn along free tra4c lines. uncertairt! would take the pIa,e of certainty. anC a reaction would surely follow to the injury of the wage earners and al who are now profitably employed. Un certainty undermines confidence ant loss of confidence breeds confusion and distress in commercial affairs.
 The contention was wise not onll in it's enunciation of party policies, bu in it's nomination of a candidate fol the presidency. During the las three years, President Roosevelt haI been confronted with large and ser