The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-09-15
PRESIDENT SENDS
EXPECTED LETTER
ANNOUNCES ACCEPTANCE OF RE
PUBLICAN NOMINATION..
DOCUMENT Of 12,oooWoRDs
Nominee Declares It Difficult to Dis
cover Issues on Which Democrats
Expect to Wage Campaign !.
Views on Public Questions.

Oyster Bay, Sept IT, President
Roosevelt has written his letter accept
ing the republican nomination for the
presidency. The document is addressed
TO Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, chairman Of
the notification committee, and contains
L2e0O words. In it the president dis
cusses fully the issues of the campaign
From a republican standpoint, and says
ct is hard to find from the democratic
platform or the utterance Of party lead
ers just the issues upon which that
party proposes to wage the battle. On
Ehis point the president says: 1T is not
unfair to say that, having abandoned
most Of the principles upon which they
haye insisted during the last eight years,
they now seem at a loss, both as to what
ct is that they really believe, and as to
how firmly they shall assert their belief
in anything. In fact, it is doubtful il
they venture resolutely to press a single
tissue; as soon as they raise one they
shrink from it and seek to explain it
away. Such an attitude is the probably
dAeyitable result of the effort to impro-
wise convictions; for when thus impro-
Nised, it is natural that they should be
aeld in tentative manner.
''The party now in control of the gov
@rnment is troubled by no such difficult
ties. We do not have to guess at our
own convictions, and then correct the
guess il it seems unpopular The prin-
cipies which we profess are those in
which we believe with heart and soul
and strength. Men may differ from us;
BHt they cannot accuse us of stiffness
or insincerity.
The president outlines and defends
the action of the administration in con-
Injection with the Panama revolution and
the signing of the canal treaty. He
leharges misrepresentation on the part
OF the democrats in the statements OF
rthe conduct of the foreign policy of the
administration and the operations OF
the navy.
He reviews the history of the repub- |
dican party s efforts to establish a stable |
national currency and says: Until |
our opponents as party explicitly adopt
the views which we hold and upon which
we have acted and are acting. in the
matter Of sound currency; the only
real way to keep the question from be-
coming unsettled is to keep the repub-
lican party in power
He points to the record Of the admins
..tAeP s =. sn rs deallpl6 With Both cap
.-rttl asL -s4abor, and carefully outlines
each step that has been taken for the 1
enforcement of the antitrust laws, and
explains the need of such laws on the ma
tional statute books in opposition to the
democratic claim that the common law
as developed, affords a complete legal
remedy against monopolies."
He charges the democrats with insin-
cerity and evasiyeness in their state
ments regarding a tariff policy. He re-
Yisws the administration of the govern
ment finances and refutes the charge |
that the government is administered ex-
trayagantly with facts and figures.
On the subject of reciprocity the pres
fdent says: Our opponents assert that
fhey believe in reciprocity. Their ac-
ton on the most important reciprocity |
treaty recently negotiated-that with |
Sgba-does not bear out this assertion
Moreover, there can be no reciprocity
unless there is substantial tariff; free
trade and reciprocity are not compatf- |
BILE. We are on record as favoring ar
rangements for reciprocal trade rela-
tions with other countries, these ar
rangements to be on an equitable basis
Of benefit to both the contracting par
ties. The republican party stands
pledged to every wise and consistent
method of increasing the foreign COM
merce of the country"
Full Text of Letter.
The full text Of the letter of accept
ance is as follows:
Hon. =. G. Cannon, Chairman Of the
Notification Committee.-My Dear Sir:
/ accept the nomination for the presi-
dency rendered me by the republican
sntional convention, and cordially APP
prove the platform adopted by it. In
writing this letter there are certain
points upon which desire to lay especial
stress.
"It IS difficult to find out from the ut
terances of our opponents what are the
real issues upon which they propose TO
wage this campaign. 1t is not unfair to
say that, having abandoned most Of the
principles upon which they have in
sisted during the last eight years, they
row seem at loss, both as to what it is
that they really believe. and as TO how
firmly they shall assert their belief in
anything. In fact, it is doubtful if they
venture resolutely to press single is
sue; as soon as they rise one they shrink
from it and seek to explain it away Such |
an attitude is the probably inevitable
result of the effort to improyise conyic-
lions; for when thus improvised, it is
natural that they should be held in a
tentative manner.
1.-THE party now in control of the gov
ernment is troubled by no such difficult
ties. We do not have to guess at our own |
convictions, and then correct the guess
If It seems unpopular The principles
which we profess are those in which we
believe with heart and soul and strength.
Men may differ from us; but they can