Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-21
The Campaigns Keynote.

| was sounded at Philadelphia. Tuesday
afternoon in the mastery address by
the temporary chairman of the con-
vention. Senator Wolcott of Colorado
1t was a splendid speech by one of the
party's ablest leaders and one or
Americas most eloquent orators, and
it deserves a wide reading among the
| voters of the country. No wonder it
| electrified the thousands of listeners
Into wild bursts of enthusiasm. No
speech of the convention is likely to
| attract more attention than this which
gave such magnificent account of the
stewardship of the Republican party.
The lack of space forbids the publica-
ton of the full text of this notable ad-
refrain from quoting its noble perora-
ton, gem of Oratory that will ring
| through the land. inspiring the great
hosts of Republcanism on to victory
In closing, Senator Wolcott said:
Never since "a, when the voters of
the country We're called upon to deter
| mine wht Their the efforts of Abraham
Lincoln to preserve the Union should
be continued. or whether they should
be abandoned and other measures at
tempted, have questions 50 vital been
presented to the American people for
settlement. Their decision must de-
termine the maintenance or the
40 a a ion nf both national credit
and our national honor. Democratic
President could paralyze the operation
of the new currency law as effectively
as if it were wiped from our statute
books. a Democratic victory would
infuse new life into the Tagal insur-
rection, cost us the lives of thousands
of our gallant army in the Philippines,
impair or destroy our prestige, if not
our power, in the islands. make us a
byword among the other great nations
of the world. and Obliterate our infiu
ence in the settlement of the vital
questions certain to arise when China
shall be opened to foreign commerce..
There is little room for fear. The
farmer and the artisan in their day Of
prosperity still remember the impover-
ishment and blight of Democracy. and
lIt ' llI'hS' pltillol III litlS ~ anu =
ments for them. our national honor
is equally secure. The American people
are neither poltroOns nor pessimists,
and they will not signalize the dawn Of
the new century by the surrender of
either convictions or territory. Every
soldier back from the islands, and they
are in almost every hamlet in the land.
returns an advocate of their retention.
our dead are buried along the sands
of Luzon, and on its soil no foreign
flag shall ever salute the dawn.
whatever may be in store for us in
the new ana unbeaten track upon
which we are entering, we shall not be
found with the unit lamp and the
ungirt loin." our way is new. but it is
not dark. In the REIMBURSEMENT OF
wOrld-cOnditionS. whore we must take
our place with the other great nations
OF the earth. we shall move with
caution, but not with fear. We seek
only to lift up men to better things. to
bless and not To destroy. The fathers
Of the Republic accepted with courage
such responsibilities as devolved upon
them The same heavens bend over
US, and the same Power that shielded
them will guard and protect us, for
what we seek is to build still more
firmly, always upon foundations Of
probity and of virtue, the glorious
edifice of the Republic.
we stand at the dawn Of the new
century Before it shall have reached
its meridian the youngest here will
have passed beyond this life or beyond
tha sphere of usefulness. New recruits
will step into the ranks as We fall out.
This very year thousands of young
men will for the first time exercise the
right Of citizenship and cast their bal
lots at the national election. The safe
ty of this Republic must ever rest in
the courage Of young hearts and the
vigor of a noble manhood Youth is
buoyant and hopeful No snarling
criticism, or gospel of Il little America.
or prophecy of despair. will find
response from hearts that beat full ana
strong with courage and with faith,
and whose creed ii is that
Gods in His heaven.
AIS right with the world
Whatever else in the past has suffered
| change or decay, the Republican party.
which for forty years has been identi-
| fled with everything ennobling ana up
| lifting in our history, was never as
vital, as yirile, and as vigorous as to-
day And the heritage we shall trans
nit to the new century, To the coming
| generation and to their children, and
to their chidren's children, shall be a