The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-28

the general satisfaction with the wis
| dom, sagacity and craftsmanship of
President Mckinley. Our state has had
a faithful, able and worthy representa-
| tive in the greatest legislative body in
| the world in Senator Platt. We are
justly proud of our delegation in con-
| gress and its influence on the construct
i've measures of republican administra-
tion. We possess unusual legislative
| ability and courage i'm Governor Black.
| The resistless logic of events overcomes
all other considerations and impels me
| TO present the name of, as il will per-
| suade you to nominate as our candidate
| for governor of the state of New York
1 Col. Theodore Roosevelt IL he were
only the hero of a brilliant charge on
the battlefield and there was moth
ing else which fitted him for his
high place, / would not put him in
| nomination. But Colonel Roosevelt has
| shown conspicuous ability in the pub
. lie service for 10 years. He was a sol
| der three months. IL is not time which
/ tells with an executive mind and rest
less energy like Roosevelt's, but oppor-
tunity. Give him the chance and he
leads to victory. The wife of a cabinet
off1cer told me that when Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt announced that
he had determined to resign and ra Sc
a regiment for the war. some of the
III lHt duIlllnlSITdIlOD circle
thought II their duty TO demonstrate
with him. They said: Mr.. Roosevelt.
you have six children. the youngest a
few months old and the eldest not yet
in the teens. While the country is full
or young men who have no such re-
sponsibilities and are eager to enlist,
you have no right TO leave the burden
upon your wife of the care, support and
bringing up of that family
Roosevelt's answer was a Roosevelt
answer: 1 have done as much as any
one to bring on this war, because / be-
lieved IL must come, and the sooner the
better, and now that war is declared. I
have no right to ask others to do the
fighting and stay at home myself
The regiment of roughriders was an
original American suggestion, to dem
onstrate that patriotism and indomit-
able courage are common to all condi-
tions of American life. The same great
qualities are found under the slouch hat
OF the cowboy and the elegant imported
tile of New Yorks gilded youth. Their
mannerisms are the veneers of the
West and the East: their manhood is
the same. In that hot and pest-cursed
climate of summer Cuba officers had
opportunities for protection from
miasma and fever which were not pos
sible for the men. But the rough riders
endured no hardships nor dangers
which were not shared by their colonel
He helped them dig the bitches; he
stood beside them in the deadly damp
ness of the trenches. No floored tent
for him while his comrades must sleep
on the ground and under the sky. In
that worldfamed charge of the rough
riders through the hail of shot and up
the hill of San Juan. their colonel was
hundred feet in advance The bull
lets whistled by him rapidly thinning
the ranks of these desperate fighters
fhaaa RYsN1 N.aa..
wavers. but in a moment he is up
again, waving his sword, climbing and
shouting. He bears a charmed life.
He CLIPS the barbed wire fence and
plunges through, yelling Come on,
boys; come on, and we will lick hell !
out of them The moral force of that |
daring cowed and awed the Spaniards |
and they fled from their fortified
heights and Santiago was ours. To /
lick hell out of them is the fury Of |
the fighting. 1t expressed the titanic /
rage of Washington at the treachery
of Lee and turned the tide at Mon |
mouth. 1t pierced like bullets the feat |
ures of the fleeing soldiers and sent |
them flying to the front and victory |
when Sheridan rode madly up the VAL /
ley from Winchester
Colonel Roosevelt is the typical /
citizen-soldier. The sanitary condition /
of our army in Cuba might not have
DCth hiloNh lbI NtthS lnTOuSn the /
regular channels of inspection and re-
port to the various departments Here
the citizen in the colonel overcame the |
official routine and reticence of the SOL
dier. His graphic letter to the govern
ment and round robin he initiated
brought suddenly and sharply to our
attention the frightful dangers of dis
ease and death and resulted in our
boys being brought Immediately home.
He may have been subjected to court
martial for violating the articles Of
war, but the humane impulses of the
people gave him gratitude and ap-
plause. 1t is seldom in political con-
iicts when new and unexpected issues
have to be met and decided, that a can
1idate can be found who personifes the
popular and progressive side of those
ssues. Representative men move the
masses to enthusiasm and are more
EASILY understood than measures. Lin
'oln, with his immortal declaration
made at a time when to make il in
'ured his defeat by Douglas for the
United States senate, That a house di-
7ided against itself cannot stand
believe this government cannot endure
half slave and half free
mbodied the anti-slavery doctrine.
irant, with Appomattox and the pa
ole Of honor to the confederate army
'ehind him. stood for the perpetuity of
lnion and liberty. Mckinley by his |
ong and able advocacy of it6principles.
: the leading spirit for the protection |
f American industries. For this year,
or this crisis. for the young voters of |
he Empire state. for the young men /
Z the country and the upward. onward
nd outward trend Of the United states ,
he candidate Of candidates is the hero
Z Sartiago. the idol of the rough rid
Theodore Roosevelt" ,
Those portions of his speech ra'qfio-
o President Mckinley were received ,
With much applause and there was a ,
igorous reception Of the tribute 70 Gov
rnor Black. When Mr.. Depew told ~ =
he famous charge 0f the R~u~h Riders =
nd mentioned Colonel Roosevelt the 4
udience went almost crazy :
When Mr.. Denew had reached the ?
ONT in his speech whera he alluded 20 7
ne effect of Nauser bullets. two or q
lore men rushed down the ai~lo. hear q
~ a big portrait n Roosevelt fn P1uph