The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-05
PRESIDENT TOLD OF NOMINATION
Ceremony Takes Place at His Home at Sycamore
FiiIl-Issues OF the Campaign Reviewed in Reply.

President roosevelt ON July ~ Was
notified formally OF his nomination for
the presidency by the national repuD'
lican convention. The ceremony took
place at his country home at Sycamore
Hill, three miles from Oyster Bay, l..
/. The formal notification OF the &C.
ton of the convention was made, on
behalf of committee representing
every state and territory in the United
States, by Joseph G. Cannon, speaker
OF the house Of representatives.
In his reply the President said in
part:
"Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee: / am deeply
sensible of the high honor conferred
upon me by the representatives OF the
Republican party assembled in con-
vention and I accept the nomination
for the Presidency with solemn real
ization of the obligations I assume.
/ heartily approve the declaration OF
principles which the Republican ma
tional convention has adopted and at
some future day shall communicate
to you, Mr.. Chairman, more at length
and III detail formal written accept
ance of the nomination.
Three years ago became President
because of the death of my lamented
predecessor. then stated that it was
my purpose to carry out his principles
and policies for the honor and the in
terest of the country. To the best OF
my ability l have kept the promise
thus made. If next November my
countrymen confirm at the polls the
action of the convention you repre-
sent I shall, under Providence, con-
tinue to work with an eye to the well
fare of all our people.
"A party is of worth only in so far
as it promotes the national interest,
and every official, high or low, can
serve his party best by rendering to
the people the best service of which
he is capable. We who nave been en-
trusted with power as public servants
during the past seven years OF admin
istration and legislation now come be-
fore the people content to be judged
by our record of achievement. In the
years that have gone by we have made
the deed square with the word; and IL
we are continued in power we shall
unswervingly follow out the great
lines of public policy which the Re-
publican party has already laid down;
a public policy to which we are giving,
and shall give, a united. and there
fore an efficient support.
"In all of this we are more FORTH
nate than our opponents, who now APP
peal for confidence on the ground,
which some express and some seek TO
have confidentially understood, that II
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 undis-
tur6cd those very acts of the admins
tration because of which they ask that
the administration itself be driven
from power We make our appeal In
o wholly different spirit. There is
nothing experimental about the gov
eminent we ask the people to continue
in power, for our performance in the
past, our proved governmental efficien-
CIV. is a guarantee as to our promises
for the future.
In dealing with the great organiza-
tons known as trusts we do not have
TO explain why the laws were not en-
forced but to point out that they &C.
tually have been enforced and that
legislation has been enacted to In
crease the effectiveness of their en-
forcement. We have shown in every
deed that whenever. by diligent inves-
.igation, public official can be found
who has betrayed his trust he will be
punished to the full extent of the law
without regard to whether he was APP
pointed under a Republican or Demo
cratic administration. Moreover, the
betrayals of trust in the last seven
years have been insignificant in num-
Der when compared with the extent OF
the public service. Never has the ad-
ministration of the government been
OIL a cleaner and higher level; never
has the public work Of the nation
DCCn uOno more uOueotly anu ShNASAS
ly.
Under the financial legislation
which we have enacted there is now
ample circulation for every business
need, and every dollar of this circula-
ton is worth a dollar in gold. We
have reduced the interest-bearing
debt and in still larger measure the
interest on that debt. In the fiscal
year that has just closed the excess
of income over the ordinary expendi-
lures was 100000. This does not
take account Of the s50,000,O0O ex-
pended out of the accumulated sur
plus for the purchase of the isthmian
canal. 1t is an extraordinary proof
OF the sound financial condition of the
nation that instead of following the
usual course in such matters and
throwing the burden upon posterity
by an issue of bonds, we were able to
make the payment outright and yet
after it to have in the treasury sur
plus of s161, 10000
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