| Show OF OP Response to to the Committee Ap Appointed pointed to Notify Him of lilt His 11 Nomination N I Ito I Mr Speaker and Gentlemen of the he No Notification Committee I r nm ala 11 deeply sensIble of the hon imon honor honor or conferred upon mo me by the representatives of time the party as ns assembled assembled In iii convention anti nl I accept the time nomination for tot Ito tho UI presidency with wih sol sot solemn solemn realization of ot the time obligations t I as ns assume sume I 1 heartily approve the tho declaration of principles which the tho Republican aton can van national convention has hn adopted and at tome sonic future futuro day I 1 shall shah communicate to you OU Mr Me Ir Chairman more Ht at lt length and In det l a tt formal written acceptance of the limo nomination TIIE AGO years cars ago I 1 became president because of f the time death leth of my amy iY lamented predecessor I then stated that It I was my to curry out his hla principles anti and nd policies for tor the time honor and tind the tho In erect of at tho the country cOln tr To th best host of my ability I 1 have promise titus tints made If I next November my may country men confirm at nt the time polls the lie action of the tho convention you oU represent I 1 shall under Providence continue to work ork with our wih people an on n eye sIngle to tho ito welfare of all allour ni au DIED DEED AND ND WOID A party js Jim JI of o worth only In so 10 far as asIt asIt asit It promotes tho time national interest m ill 11 every official high or low can cami serve servo his hil party lurt host by tendering to the IWO peo people pIe the time best service of at which he Ito Is itt cap COI capable capable able Effective government conies omes only as tho the result resul of time the th loyal cooperation of many tautly different persons The Tho ho mem memo members bers hers of a legislative majority the time old om cors com In the various departments of the and the thu legislative amid executive branches ns as towards each Inch other must ml t work together with subordination of self to time the common end of ot successful government We o who have been bee entrusted ted with wih power as public servants during time the past s of ofa administration a and legislation now rome come before tho the people p olie content to be bo Judged by aur ur record of achievement In time tho th years that lint have gone gono by hy we wo have made the tho deed with time the word and If It wo we 10 mire are nrC con NI In itt power wi w shall unswervingly follow foi 0 I nut the tho great lines linen of public policy polY which the Republican party has already laid down fown a It 1 public policy poll to which h we are arc giving and shall im give Ivl a n united U nI and amid therefore nn an efficient support S THE D In all ni of at we are arc more mitre fortunate than thlu our opponents who now appeal appel for confidence on tho the ground which sonic some 1010 express some lomo seek seck to have confidentially understood that It If tri trl triumphant tn they may be lie trusted to prove false fal e to every principle which In tho lila last lant eight narl they have laid down fis lS s vi vital l tal mind and to leave undisturbed thOo very cry nets acts of ot th tim t administration because of which they risk that hint tIme the administration tion tiomi Itself be lie driven from front power Benin Benm ton their present pre ell attitude n 01 as to their past record Is that some sofia IOle nf M mf them wore were ro mistaken atm others Insincere We Wo Wem m Inko ko our eu appeal In a 1 wholly different spirit We are aro not constrained to keep keell on any Iny vital vial question wo we are arB divided on no ito vital lal question our or policy Is continuous timid Is the th name for nit all ni nocuous localities There hero Is In nothing experimental about the tho government we iva ask Mk tIme the people to continue In power for our performance In the time past plat o oit r proved governmental efficiency Is II a 1 guarantee ns as to our or promises for tor tho time future Our opponents opponent either olther openly or secretly according to their several se temperaments now ask the tho to 10 their present promises In conCh consid consideration of the tho fact flet that they Intend to treat trent their past pMt promises as an null 11 aunt and Ind void 0 Il n PUIlAN Wo We know Ilo our nile 01 own on minds and we wo have kept of tho time same Mn mind of n a 1 length of time to give 11 to our policy poley co to hot once nod sanity In Itt ruch uch a I fOnda funda fundamental fUlla mental matter ns Os ni tIme the enforcement of lenla tug the law 11 mater we e do 10 tb not nt have hac to depend upon promises but bitt merely to ask a k that our record be he taken wi r nn an earnest of f what we shall continue to do eo In dealing with wih tile the groat gloat organizations aton known ns as trusts we wo do tb not flat nt havo to explain why time the laws jaws were enforced hut but to point out that they tey actually have havo been be n enforced 11 and that tha legislation has ht been hee enacted to Increase tho the effectiveness of ot their heir enforcement We Ve do tb not have to propose to turn tho time rascals out for wo we have shown In itt very cry deed that whenever by ity diligent Investigation a 1 official cnn can be lie found who has betrayed his hla trust he ito Mill 1 be bo punished to the tho full fl extent of tho time law without regard to whether ho was appointed under a I Republican or r n a 1 Democratic ton This Limi Is the tho ito way III to turn lien tur time the rascals out and to cm keep them out mind It han hll hum the merit of sin pin betrayals ot of trust trustIn cent Moreover the In itt tho time last seven years yearl have been heen In tn Insignificant insignificant significant In iii number when compared with lh tho time extent exten t of tho the public service Never Nover has lias the administration of or the tho cleaner and high higheL government been on n a cr cm eL level never has hitte IUA tho ho public work of the tue nation nalon been done more honestly and amid UNWISE TO Assuredly It Is i unwise to change the time policies which have worked so well teli 01 and which time ate now working so S well wul PIOS pent lieu has come lit tt home hore TIle Tn national honor anti and interest 1110 b ten cn n upheld abroad Wo Vo have planed placed the finances of or It the nation Ilon n a sound gold bust W lav done this with Ith tite lle aid of at f many ia I 1 who were formerly orated our opponents opponent but hut who would neither openly support not nor silently acquiesce In II time the tie hereby h rb of or tin 11 Him nee and n we 0 have 1 clone dono It I against t time the anti violent op opposition 0 opPosition position of the time tunes In of or our present op opponents who vimo bo stilt refuse to recant the unsound opinions which for the thi moment they thoy think It Inexpedient to 10 assert Ve 0 know Imo what we tie W mean when we speak of ot otan an tin amid ami nr stable currency curren Vc We mean len the tIme santo same 1 ln front from to your Wo lYe Vo do llo not have hlo to avoid a definite and am on eli the most macat Im lm Important If Issue HUP which has hac hI been heel before tho the people people which many In at any tIlt time In time the near future bo Ito before belO I them Upon the tho principles which I underlie this the ito convictions of at I halt half of at our number do the 10 not cla h with I those of ct the tho other OilIer half So long as us 01 tho the Republican party Is In iii power lower the gold Iohl standard Is iii II not tInt us UI a 1 matter of political expediency nc not be lie because cause of shifting conditions In the time pro of at cold In n certain mining con cen n tens tel hut but In iii rold accordance with lh what we regard na as aE the fundamental principles of national morality and 11 wisdom FINANCIAL LEGISLATION Under the till financial legislation which wo have enacted there thero Is now for foi every business neeti leel and every dollar of tilts his circulation Is 18 n worth wortha a dollar In gold We havo reduced reduce the debt amid In still larger lorger measure the Interest on omm that All Mi Allot 1 I ot of tho time war nr tune taxes Imposed during the tIme I Spanish nr have been removed remO t with whim a aview view to relieve the tho people and amid to pro pre prevent vent vont the time accumulation of t nn nit unnecessary nary sary sar surplus The he Is that hardly ever have hoe the time expenditures and Income of ot the government so 1 closely cosely corresponded let Ira the tho fiscal l year that hut has line Just closed tho timo excess ot of Income over ovel the ordinary expenditures was This Thin does not hInt ot take tako account of tho limo expended out of the time accumulated surplus for the lie pur purchase chase hase of the time Isthmian en canni mil It ItIs I Is ill II nn aim proof prof of the tho sound condition of It the tho nation that hint Instead Ilsted of If In tho the usual course coume In such stint matter nail throwing the tho bur burden bUrd den d 1 upon by b an ni Issue of bonds wo so 0 wore ioro chic able Ible to tho ito payment t and yet tt utter ufer It to have hao In tho time a It n surplus of MO B Bover over we were lre to pay this title out of ot hand without causing time the tie slight slightest sl h est Ct disturbance to business conditions l AND AI A We hao have enacted a I tariff law under which during thu past few jears etire tho tue country has attained n ii I height of ot ma material 1 never nevor before toadied l ched Wages WaRes are nrc higher than ever before That whenever the tho lie need rises anise there th ro should be bo a Li I readjustment of tho ho tariff Is 15 undoubted but such cnn can with wih safety be ho only by those whose hos to tho ho principle princIple plo of a n tariff Is hi beyond on for or otherwise tho tile changes would amount not to readjustment but bil to re en repeal 10 veal peal TIme The Th readjustment when made must mURt maintain 11 mime and Ind not mInt tho tIme pro liro protective Ila principle To u tho time farmer tho tM merchant tho time Is II vi vital i tal ml til but hut perhaps no other man Is 18 BO so much Interested ns us time the In tho maintenance of our present eco ero economic t 8 slem oth ns nn regards time tho th and the tariff The Time standard finances of ot of our Is I higher than that of ot tiny Iny other country It Itam am cun not so lD unless we wo a fl I II protective I tariff tor l which shall Ihal always keep an na al n tt 1 minimum a I rate rte of duty ditty euty cut mif to cover ter the tue difference between tho time labor cost here and abroad who hike tO our opponents denounce pro protection as nn a 1 robbery ry thereby thero explicitly commit to the this proposition proportion that If it I they thoY thy were wor to revise the tM tariff no heed would ouM b be pull paid to tho time necessity of meeting this difference between the standards of living hiving l tn for tor here her timid 1111 In II it other countries anti there therefore fore on ott this point their antagonism to our addition Is U fundamental Here Hore wo vo ask sk that their promises and ours bo be judged by what has hal been done dOM in 11 the tho Immediate Wo We ask n k that hut sober ober and sensible men inca len compare the I of ot time the tariff law In and tho time conditions which under uhler It I with the tho of tho preceding tar tariff itt iff law hait In of 1893 1593 and ond the condition which that hunt tariff of ISM helped to bring about I Imn EJ IN We believe hele In reciprocity with wih ith foreign nations on the tho terms outlined In Pres ident last la t speech which the extension of our OUI foreign titan mar kits by hy reciprocal agreements when whenever ever pcr they time the could be he made modo without Injury to American Industry Indu try labor It I la laa II a n singular fact fiet that tha tho limo only great grent re rc treaty adopted that with wih Cuba Was finally opposed almost alone by h the representatives of the very cry party which V iy w states that It favors florl reciprocity And 11 hero here again we wo ask usk that the worth of our words be bo judged by comparing their deeds with OUI wih On this Cuban reciprocity treaty trealy there were ivere ut at time tho outset grave rc differences of at opinion among ours and auth II the nato nota ble thing In tho the negotiation and rail rati of or the tho treaty and In the ri leg which carries It I In to the time highly practical manner anneI In which without t sacrifice of principle theo thelo lit dif lf of opinion were reconciled There was no 10 rupture of or n CL great party luarty but bul nn In am practical outcome tho time result of the time harmonious cooperation of two successive presidents two successive Congresses This in Is II il i n of tho governing capacity In I i which entitles us Ul to tn of time the people not only in our purposes but I In itt our practical ability to achieve those I purposes Judging by time the th history hInt or of tho limo last 12 years down don to this very month Is II there thero Justification for lor be lieving leving that under ller similar circum stances sIll flees and with Wi lh t lm similar ci umi I ha r Initial ml differ IncEs of opinion our opponents would base havo achieved any ammy an practical result NO itAcI We have already shown lit II actual fact that our policy Polk Ille N IR to do fair and e equal ual Justice to nil all 11 men Inca paying no heed to whether hether a man Is la rich or poor paying no heed to hil hIs race his creed or his CAPITAL AND LABOR Wo We recognize the tho of capital tho Iho organization of nf f labor ns as natural m of or our Industrial of or harm Is to ibi be n favored so o long as It acts In n it Iani I spirit of ot of if f Wit regard for tar time the he 1 r rights of o others otheLl Each Kach Is 1 to be bo gran grate d time the toll prot ot of tIme the law and 1 lii In turn tur is 18 tob to ho be held to tn a strict 1 once ence to tho law lav for m II man maim Is ahoy O u it I antI and no tin man muon an be below bw It I The Tho humblest f Individual Is S to have Mt hIs right sate pote guarded an as ni as those tho of scrupulously n e the thu thuri strongest ri st organization l fr for each Is II to t receive recelle just no more mor auth no nn less The rime problems with wih which we Wo havn hao to lOlS don deal I In iii I our modern Industrial anti and dOlln Modal oil elal lo life M ate hut but lit the tho spirit I In im which It Is necessary to their solution Is II simply the time spirit nf of honesty of courage anti of sense o In Inaugurating the great work rk of In tho Ito west the ton has immis been blon be enabled by Congress to I take one 0 of at f lh the tho longest Sv ever taken under our toward I utilizing Jf our vast last ast national domain for tor tho limo settler the tM actual home maker ISTHMIAN PANAL MiA I IC Dyer Ever C since pine this continent was discos df o ered the time need of nn tin Isthmian canal to connect the th tIme the Atlantic Atlantie hits has been recognized and ever since tho tIme birth of our omit nation such n a panni canni has been heen planned At last the dream lm line hM become a reality The he Isthmian canal Is II now IO be b lnA ng built buit by b th time the government of o the thC tie States Wo We conducted th negotiation for itt Its Il construction with the time nicest and amid 1111 most scrupulous honor wih and In iii a 1 stunt spirit I of nt the thc largest generosity toward those thoM through whose hose territory It I IR to run I VB I sinister effort which could au III be delf il by hy the time spit efort It of ot faction facton or tho time spirit of was Inn made maLo In order to defeat the tile treaty with anti thereby present the time eon con consummation cn I summation of this thin work Tho Time con 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