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Show bV m 'I Roosevelt's Notification. BB i BB ' 'With a teiscncss characteristic of BBB j Speaker Cannon, that gentleman, as BBB & Chairman of the Notification Commit- H fj tec, delivered a ringing addiess in BBB j1, which Picsldcnt Roosevelt was oillci- H 9 ally notlllcd of his re-nomination. H r The silence of the Dcmociats on gicat BBB Issues, their tinhaiinonlous actions BBB , which would result In their triumph, H their opposition to the principles of BBB '" protection, these features of Dcmoo- BBB I racy he touched upon and then said: H ;' "A majority may change our rcven- H uclaws, a majority may change our BBB ' curicncy laws; a majority may destioy BBB ' the gold stnndaid, or, in lieu of cither BBB i or both, make the treasiuy note, BBB p non-interest beating and irredeemable BBB the sole standard of aluc. BBB :' Sir, let us turn from the legion of BBB ' doubt and double dealing, the debat- BBB able, to the region of assured certain- BBB ty. The Republican party stands for BBB protection. It stands for the gold BBB standard and our currency system. BBB All these dwell In legislation enacted BBB tl under the lead of the Republican BBB party and against the most determln- BBB I cd opposition of the Democratic party BBB Including its leader and candidate. BBB I These being our policies, and having BB been most useful to the country, we BBK ' have conlldencc In and love them. If BBB ' it be necessary from time to time that BBB tlicy should be strengthened heic and BB contiollcd there, the Republican party BBBJ stands ready will) loving, competent BBBJ hands to apply the piopcr lcmcdy. I BBBj say "remedy". Being our policies, we BBBJ will not willingly submit them to BBBj their enemies for slow starvation on BBBJ one hand or to sudden destruction on BBBj the othci." BBBj Mr. Caution then referred to the BBBJ ptospcious condition of the country, BBBj how Cuba has been given her fiecdom, BBBJ l'orto Rico, her civil government; the, BBBJ rinlllplnes, their poitlon of evil gov- BBS eminent, limited only as their eapa- BBBJ city limits. The laws have been en- BBB' foiccd against the mighty and the Hj lowly without fear. Speaking direct- BBBJ I ).y to the President he said: BBB "You have, under the Con stltution, BBBJ led In making a treaty which was rat- BBBJ Hied by the Senate and is approved by BBBJ the people, which not only assures, BY' but, under the law and appropriations BBBJ, made by Congress, proceeds with the BBB construction of the Panama canal. BBBJ The Republican party for you and un- BBl;, dcr your leadership appeals to the BY, j gieat body of the people who live in -j the sweat of their faces, make the B'!. civlllation, control the Republic, BBl i tight its battles and deteimiue Its pol- BBJil icles, for approval and continuance in BBBJ Hut though powciful as was this BBBJ speech of Mr. Cannon's, the leply by BBBJ President Roosevelt was even moia BBBJ' stiongnnd vigoious. After a shoit BBl inttoductiou in which he accepted the BBB I high honnr confened upon hhu he be- BBM gan a tevicw of the past record of his BBB parly in which he said: BBBJ, "We who hae been enti listed with BBBJ' power as public sen ants dining the BBBJ- past seven yea is of administration and BBBJi and legislation now com bofoie the BBJ, people content to be judged by our BBk tecord of achievement.. In the ycais BBM that hae gone by we hae made the BBBjj. deed squaie with the Moid, and if we BBBJ.i aic continued in power wo shall un- BBB swervingly follow out the front lines i BBT4 f public policy which the Republican j BBBJi party has all cad v laid down; a public j BBf.! glory to which w, arc giving, ai d Hi shall give, a milled, and thcrefoic an BBlij cillcicnt, support." BBBJii Tinning (o tho course that has been BBBJji puisiit'd by the Democratic party and j to the policy of Republicans, he gae i many terse sayings which ma be BBBt summed up in these: BBBB "In all of this we aicmorefoitunale BBV than our opponents, who now appeal BBnj for conlldencc on the giound, which i! some express and some seek to huc BBw contidentially understood, that If tri- Bj umphant they may bo trusted to j pioc false to every principle which BBb, In the past eight yeais they have laid BBb down as vital, and to leave uudistuib- 1 ed those vei) acts of the adminlstia- ' tlon because of which they ask that BBb! the administration itself be driven BBB fiom power. Seemingly their present BBV altitude us to their past record is that BBB some of them were mistaken and BBT othern Insincere. We arc not con- BBV strained to keep silent on any vital BBB question; our policy Is contlnuous,and JB-. Is the same for all sections and local I- la ties. Our opponents, cither openly or Ms ' bbbbbbbmbV hccictly, according to their several temperaments, now ask the people to trust their picscnt promises In consideration consid-eration of the fact that they Intend to treat their past promises as null and void. We know our own minds, and we have kept of the same mind for a suillclent length of time to give to our policy coheicncc and sanity. In dealing deal-ing with the great oigani.atlons known us trusts, we do not have to explain ex-plain why th6 laws weie not enforced, j but to point out that they actually have been cnfoiccd, and that legislation legisla-tion has been enacted to Increase the effectiveness of their enforcement. We do not have to propose to "turn the rascals out," for we have shown In very deed that whenever by diligent Investigation a public official can be found who has betrayed his trust he will be punished to the full extent of the law without legard to whether he was appointed under a Republican or a Democratic admlnlstiation. Asstii-cdly Asstii-cdly It Is unwise to change the policies poli-cies which have woikcd so well, and which arc now wot king so well. Pios-pei Pios-pei Ity has come at home. The national na-tional honor and iulciest have been upheld abio.id. We huc placed the llnanccs of the Nation upon a bound gold basis. We have done this with the aid of many who weie fonneily our opponents, who still lefuso to ie-cant ie-cant the unsound opinions which for the moment they think It inexpedient to assert. We know what we mean when we speak of an honest and stable curieucv. Wc mean the same thing fiom year to year. So long us the Republican Re-publican paity Is In power the gold stnnduid is settled, not as :i matter of temporal political expediency, not because be-cause of shifting conditions Inthepio-ductlon Inthepio-ductlon of gold in ccitaln mining ecu-teis, ecu-teis, but in accoulancc with what wc regai (I as the fundamental principles of national morality and wisdom." He then cnteied upon a more detailed detail-ed icvlew of the policies and accomplishments accom-plishments of the patty. In all it was a document of great weight and soundness, and will be used extensively exten-sively In the coming campaign. |