New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-28

The mans OF Yesterday obsolete Columbus,
sailed tour hundred years ago into the land-locked
harbor OF Santiago and to-day. his spirit sees his
country which has found the way and CONQUERED
the outposts. and is knocking at the door OF the
4 TIME FOR CONSTRUCTIVE STATESMEN.
The times require constructive statesmen AS
in 1776 and 1855 We need architects and builders
We have but school for their training ana
education and that school is the Republican party
our Republican Administration. upon which A
tremendous responsibility rests. must have Re-
publican Congress for its support in the next two
yesrs-two years OF transcendent importance 10
our future New-York imperial among her sister
States in all which makes great commonwealth
is still pivotal. State in our National contests
We tho delegates here assembled. have very
serious duty in so acting to keep our old State
and her Congressional delegation in the Republican
column our thought. and our absorbing ANXIETY
fvorsblv present to the people these and vital
issues the position Of the Republican par,yy, ana
en ni the approval Of the country Friends and
enemies alike Join in the general satisfaction with
d HG McTney Our state has had faithful able
and worthy representative IN me srea,ss' Iss's as,
Justly proud Of our delegation in Congress and its
in the We posness Unusual exe
tive ability and courage In Governor Biack 4
2r If fo9a oreTnen from the 6anEne
business and State issues are just as important IN
Until three months ago 70 succeed "a we o TOgd
have had to satisfy The voters OF ne lsfnns
The cardinal principles Of Republican poiicy VII
be platform Of This ana SaS Sl empora
pu hns else aside and s sna np pna f. 'Ner
whole thought to the war b W tbsy think and viii
vote that our war with Spain vas lust ana
righteous Wo cannot yet say that American con;
st1tuencies have settled convictions on terTitorsl
expansion and he government Of distant IsaIns
ion gIories in our Victories and follows tho flag
THE LOGIC OF EVENTS FOR ROOSEVELT
The raslsiless logic NJ events overcomes all other
considerat tons and impels me "a present me name
Of e will persuade YOU IN nominate a. our
candidate fol Governor NJ the STATE NJ Nev-f"rk'
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt II he ware only the
hero ~ brilliant charge on the batte-neld' ana
there was nothing else which. fitted him for this
hfsh place. I would not put him In nomination
Ru, Colonel Roosevelt has shown conspicuous
ability In the public service for ten wears He was
Spi's s erecuIve mind and restless energy like
Rn6savelt's hut opportunity Give him the chance
ana ne Taqs 10 r yG,or H hoser o. them With poll
ticians and the minimizing. one was WI $50
anG r ns s. o I5nr as The public did not
understand him there was plenty 81 urid lss
in The enI Let them know everything that can ne
said about and see az tnat tne d Ibe
~ publicity will reveal. and their Ver''' - '"7
When the smoke had cleared avay from the bat
,eries OF buse they the untouched ana IN M,
harmed aEars io S5oa aG m,pG te
snonsihitfT to mean tho performance without Tea,
Or favor Of The work he nsd promise - su3porr
The missiles from those batteries few BY hm as
innocuousy as did N" bullets ron e ,nr Grant
said when Presiden, thar The only way TO secure
the repeal ~ an obnoxious sr bT,n 20 ali law into
contcrnp; Roosevelt adored Genera nr.n ~. 10
dd not MAXI any q these ,1 Az emoorsic Legs
latnres II Roosevelt had been Governor many Of
thom would have died by his veto
IL \ CoNGENIAL SPHERE.
Whom hs became Assistant Secretary Of m" Navy
bc vas I'm sphere moro congenal 10 his genius
ar4 ,h,i,iea He Is 2 better soldier than he Is
policeman Life on the plains had broadNnNd MS
Vision and lnvieoratNd his youth Suooessfnl eN-
curq,ons into tho literature II m" ranch ana IN"
hunting FOR big game had opened up Tor MIN W.
present resources and boundless possioih'les OF 'h
United states He VAS fortunately under the most
accommodated able generous and indulgent chief 10
Secretary Long A small man would have oeeh
Jealous NJ this dynamite bundle OF brains nerves
energy and initiative but our distinguished oecre-
tary gave full scope 10 his brilliant assistant Inc
sop1y owns ondo a9n II 70 6nT navy The Gonses
sonsI economist has alwa! put ms hhiie ue7p ~ -,
,5e n"vl a pSPsrSn, has sTsys
compelled 70 enforce on ne com pcsref Of coal
and po"der The permanent .tsr sain 10
yel, one day Dewey go !, waf u. b, s guns Ie
81, No, swav" said The Assistant Secretary;
nat IL T ne so on Jerry simpson would have
moved an inquiry into the extravasance o NJ ~
TSo ,a,es ana UPON Roosevelt might have
rested The condemnation ~ sssn, nronornv
IN PRODUCING the superb marksmanshtp OF me gun
our orsh,R5 r a. M n9er , sGd e that when
,tsis,,rf secretary Roosevelt announced that he
had deiermi nine 70 he Gomen IN the Adnin.tra
ton circle thought helr 1uy 10 @ So ip
children he Youngest few months old ana me
eldest not yet IN the teens VINE tns c0nnor o a. -
bi,ios and are eager % enlist. you have no rignt
70 leave the burden upon your VIC nr .ne p car
yeiPso answer VAS q Roosevelt answer: II have
done as mHen a Il must come and the sooner tn.
better and now that var j. declared l nave 70
TEn, 70 ; 81, others to 40 me 's"''"e at"
THE ROUGH RIDERS
Tn. regiment AZ Rough Riders was 40 original
American suggestion to demonstrate that patriot
,.m and indomitabl- courag. are common to all
conditions 81 American HE The same great quail
tics are found under the slouch hat Of the cowboy
a,d rho elegant imported tile Of New orks silded
youth Their nannersms arc the veneers Of The
west and the East: their manhood If the same
I, that hot and pest-cursed climate of summer
Cuha officers had opportunities Tor protection from
,,issrna and fever which were not possible for the
men But the Rough Riders endured no hard.hps
nor dangers which not shared by their colonel
He helped them dig the bitches h" stood BESIDE
them in the deadly dampness Of the trenches
No Noored tent for him II his comrades must sleep
on the ground and under the sky. In that world
famed charge Of the Rough Riders through the
hail Of shot and up the hill Of San Juan, their
coloncl was a hundred feet In advance The bullets
unisfling bv him are rapidly thinning the ranks
n, these desperate fighters The colonel trips and
falls and the line waivers. but IN a moment ne is
m again waving his sword; climbing and shouting
IL bears a charmed life He clips the barbed-wire
fence and plunges through Yelling Come non on
nd
Tbs moral force Of that daring cowed und awed
the spanards, and they hed from their torn NED
~ ,ben, lie the fury OF fighting. II expressed the
t,tanic race OF Washington at the treachery OF