The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
PARTY
Of Democracy
Today
Has No Issues Says
Roosevelt.
HE ACCEPTS
The Nomination in
Formal Letter.
Antitrust Laws Defended
and Democrats Styled
as InsinCere.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept 1.-THE
following is a brief synopsis of Pre-
ident Roosevelt's letter OF acceptance
Of the republican nomination.:
Hon. ]. G. Cannon, Chairman of
the Notification Committee.-My Dear
Sir: l accept the nomination for the
presidency rendered me by the repub-
lican national convention, and cordi-
ally approve the platform adopted by
it.
'It is difficult to find out from the
utterances Of our opponents what are
the real issues upon which they pro-
pose to wage this campaign. 1t is not
unfair to say that, having abandoned
most of the principles upon which
they have insisted during the last
eight years, they now seem at a 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 a single issue"
The action of the administration in
connection with the Panama revolu-
ton and the signing of the canal
treaty is outlined and the president
says:
Criticism Of the action in this mat
ter is simply criticism of the only pos
sible action which could have secured
the building of the canal; as well as
the peace and quiet which we were.
by treaty, bound to preserve along the
line of transit across the isthmus."
He reviews the history of the re-
publican party's efforts to establish a
stable national currency. and says:
Until our opponents as party ex-
plicitly adopt the views which we hold
and upon which we have acted and
are acting, in the matter of a sound
currency, the only real way to keep
the question from becoming unsettled
lis to keep the republican party in
power"
He points TO the record of the ad-
ministration in its dealings with both
capital and labor, and carefully out
lines each step that has been taken
for the enforcement of the antitrust
laws, and explains the need of such
laws ON the national 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 in
sincerity and evasiveness in their
statements regarding a tariff policy,
and says:
Undoubtedly It would be possible
at the present time to prevent any of
the trusts from remaining prosperous
by the simple expedient of making
such a sweeping change in the tariff
as to paralyze the Industries of the
country. The trusts would cease TO
prosper; but their smaller competi-
tors would be ruined, and the wage
workers would starve. while it would
not pay the farmer to haul his produce
to market"
He refers to the promise in the
democratic platform to give independ-
ence to the Philippine islands and af-
ter speaking OF the folly of such q
promise, says:
1T may well be that our opponents
have no real intention OF putting their
promise into effect II this is the case
II, in other words, they are insincere
I'm the promise they make. II is only
necessary to say again that it is un-
| wise to trust men who are false in one
thing to deal with another"