The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-13

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You are still a young man. as years are
counted. but the country knows more OF you
than most Of lts citizens You were laen.,nea
toward reform In the CIVIL service which COM
handed the approval OF intelligen men OF all po-
litioal pprties. Your stirring love OF adventnre
has made you a more familiar figure In western
campo and on Western plains than on the avenues
of your native city. Your sterling Amertoanism
has led you to the mastery OF our earlier history
West" with a charm and a spirit that have made
US all better lovers Of our country: while your
tales Of Western hunting, and adventure have
envy and emulation. and whatever doubts may
have existed In the past. now that you are our
candidate. they will be believed to be true BY
every good Republican.
There was q ourst Of laughter. started BY The
Governors chuckle and rounded Of BY a full
hearty roar from the whole gathering. Gov.
Roosevelt bowed with mock difference. Sem
ator Wolcott now dropped the coloauial lone
in which he had been speaking and spoke with
that force and effectiveness OF enunciation
characteristic Of him, He said;
know you and TO associate with you while you
were D. Assistant Secretary Of the Navy under
President Mckinley's apo ntment who 10 not
EAGER to testify to ne y srsal S aS,n,b snI o n'e KAY
Office. or your service 10 our country during
the late war with Spain It IL not necessary for
me m to peak, Your name VIII ever ou pe iaep'l ssS
your warmest friends and most devoted admir-
ers are the gallant band of Rough Riders whom
y9r1 ed to victory. lApplasse. u.v.r A..
not Lead that great convention at Philadelphia
Ia insist upon YOU as its csndldats. although t
Nils with pride the hssrt ol every True Aiheii-
chosen you because from your earliest man
hood until to-day, in whatever. post you, have
bean called upon 20 Ill. ana notably during
Executive OF the State Of New York. you ave
everywhere and az all times stood Tor that
which was clean ana uplifting and against
everything that was sordid and base. lContin.
uad applause You have shown the people Of
tn country that u political career ana good
citizenship could go hand In hand. and that de-
party membership and party organization.
lApplausel There is not a young man III these
United States who has not found Tn your life an
influence and incentive 10 better things and
With President Mckinley. you will load our
ticket 10 victory. for you both have been tested.
ana In your honor Your pau,otism ana ySds
ard confidence. Applause. cheers and more
applause
Gov. Roosevelt raised his eyes from the door
as the applause subsidized and advanced a step
toward Senator Wuloott. He looked along the
faces OF the committeeman, and then. regard
ing the chairman .~ntently. he began. Hespoke
oven more slowly than is usual with him and
with even more intensity. as follows:
Mr.. Chairman. | accept the honor conferred
upon me with the keenest and deepest appte-
citation OF what IL means and above all OF the
responsibility that comes with IT, Everything
that il Is 10 my power to do will be done 10 Sc
cure the reelection OF President Mckinley.
't Te hlm sn L has asf bssn Given in this crisis Of the
national history 10 stand for and TO cmbody tho
principles which lie closest to the heart Of every
American worthy OF the name lApplsuse
test. We stand at the parting o. the ways. and
the people have now 70 dec,d7 Wheeler they
shan go forward along the path OF prosperity AZ
home and high honor abroad or whether they
will turn their oaops upon what has been done
during the pas three years-whether they vii!
plunge the country into an abyss OF misery and
di'aster. or what lie worse than even misery and
disaster-of shame. Applause
feel that We have a hight, to appeal not
merely to Republicans but to all good citizens.
limitations In the past and TO ask them ton the
strength Of the record that under President
Mckinley has been made during the past three
y gnaG "a an %hs on v .Se de om az Kansas an IS City a few
DAYS ago. TO stand shoulder TO shoulder in per
pptuatinR the conditions under which We have
reached at hsn ie = sh ae Sas.n ., b PsSsPe 'ard 5 neSsr
on a level where it neverbsiore IN the history o.
the country has bean placed.
TOT i've tdroU = iN'l "V nav
look forward with confident expectation To
what the verdict OF the people will be next No
yember. and to ask all men 70 whom the we'll
being OF the country and the honor OF the ma
tional name are dear, TO stand with us az we
fight for prosperity at home and the honor OF
the flag abroad.
There was an outburst OF cheering and hand
clapptng and Senator Wolcott and the Governor
elapsed hands warmly. The other members OF
the committee began TO cloee around the Gov
ernor. He stepped back from them. saying In
a tone that caught the attention OF everybody
"One thing more II l may take this time TO
say it," The Governor turned 10 Senator VOL
colt, e. planning: Here. Ned II is not TO the
National Committee that Lwant to talk now"
Everybody laughed.
This Il TO my friends" Gov. Roosevelt con-
tinued. friends Of my W State who
are here. just let me say how l
appreciate seeing so many OF you here
to-day and TO say that. though I am more than
and pleased at having been made a
candidate for vice-President Of the United
States, you cannot imagine how badly | feel az
leaving the men with whom ! have endeavored
and worked for civic decenoy and righteousness
in the politics OF New York
State Engineer Bond. Atto~rney-General
Davies, Treasurer Jaeckel and Secretary
Yonngs made for the Governor and shook 10Th
his hands heartily. The Governor announced
that some misguided Photographic wanted
10 take the pictures OF the gathering and that
he wished everybody would move around to
the western side Of the veranda. For bali q n
hour or more the photographer there we're
nine Of them-had everything their own way.
Luncheon was served in the dining room. on
the same side Of the house on which the photos-
had planted their batteries. Scarcely
had the camera shutters ceased TO click when
the children OF the house. who had kept In the
during the more formal part OF the
ceremonies. appeared with %croouettes and the
sand and salmon and Ices. Mrs. Rooss-
welt and Mrs. Younes served iced tea There
were no wines.
plies Of the chase with which the room Is hung
reminded some one OF the prophetic turn that
such a discussion took two years ago when
Col Roosevelt was notified by DR.. Depew that
he had been nominated for Governor, Eawsra
being lost In the woods TO tell how, a drunken
had insisted on taking him to the
Courtlandt street station OF the Pennsyivanla
railroad instead of to the foot Of East Thirty
fourth street. He said he had admonished mo
errlnQ driver thus:
You are two years ahead Of time, Sirl This
candidate is not a Washington candidate this
year. You slll have some reason for gong
toward Washington on matters relating 10 'ol.
Most OF the guests preferred 10 20 out upon
the veranda carrying their refreshments with
them. Gov Roosevelt was everywhere, one
minute assuring himself OF the comfor OF
from the dining room and another deep In a
a .ClssiOn with AttOr ney-General Dawes about