Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-19

ter Bay. Senator Wolcott, who acted
as spokesman for the committee, spoke
as follows:
Notification speech.
Gov. Roosevelt: The pleasant duty has
devolved upon this committee. appointed
and representing every state in the Cn.
ion, to make known to you officially tAE
you a copy of the platform it adopted. ant
which embodies the principles of the party
The representatives of the republican
mousiy and spontaneously selected you ~
the candidate of the party at the next
vice-president of the United States. You
were so elected and named through no
wish of your own, but because the CON
republicans in the land. were best fitte't
and adapted to be the associate Of our
president, in the important and atirri!i;
campaign upon which we are enterinss.
The convention realized that you wr:a
needed in the great Empire state. who's"
executive you are. and whose people
would delight still further to honor you,
but it is believed that your path of duty
lay for the future in the field OF national
You are still a young man. as years ars
counted. but the country knows more OF
identified, and will ever he associated
with those efforts toward reform in the
of intelligeRt men of all political parties.
Your stirring love of adventure has made
You a more familiar figure in western
camps and on western plains than ON the
avenues of your native city. Your ster-
ling AmericaniSm has led you to tina
mastery of our earlier history, and you
have told us of the winning of the WeSI
with a charm and a spirit that have made
us all better lovers of our country; while
your tales of western hunting and adren-
ture have filled the breast of every lad in
the land with envy and emulation, and
past, now that you are our candidate.
they will be believed to be true by every
good republican.
There is no man whose privilege it was
to know you and to associate with yOn
when you were the assistant secretary of
the navy under President Mckinley's APP
pointment,, who is not eager to testify to
the great ability and fidelity which char
ncterized your incumbency of that office.
OF your services to our country during the
late war with Spain, it is not necessary
for me to speak.
the heroic achievements of our army. and
your warmest friends and most devoted
admirers are the gallant band of rough
riders whom you led to victory.
This bright and glorious record, how
ever, did not lead that great convention
at Philadelphia to insist upon you as its
candidate. although it fills with pride the
heart of every true American. The re-
publican party has chosen you because
in whatever post you may have been
called upon to fill: and notably during
chief executive of the state aof New
York. you have everywhere and at all
times stood for that which was clean and
uplifting. and against everything that was
sordid and base. You have shown the peo-
pie of this country that a political career
and good citizenship could go hand in
hand, and that devotion to the public well
fare was consistent with party member
ship and party organization. There is not
a young man in these United States whn
mas not found in your life and influence
an incentive to better things and higher
With President Mckinley, you will lead
our ticket to victory, for you have both
been tested, and in your honor, your pa
triotism and your civic virtues the Amer
! lean people have pride and confidence.
Gov. Roosevelt stepped a pace forward
and replied. His Voice was clear and
firm. and as he proceeded there were
several Interruptions of applause. He
said:
NJ Chairman: [ accept the honor con-
ferred upon me with the keenst and deep
est appreciation of what it means, AMI,
above all, of the responsibility that goes
with it. Everything that it is in my pow
er to do will be done to secure the re-
it has been given in this crisis of the ma
tionaI history to stand for and emb4hy
heart of every American worthy the
name.
party contest. We stand at the parting
of the ways. and the people have now to
decide whether they shall g forward
honor abroad. or whether the will turn
their backs upon what has been done dur
ing the past three years; whether they Will
plunge this country into an abyss of mis-
cry and disaster. or, what is worse than
even misery and disaster, shame. l feel
that we have a right to appeal not merely
to republicans, but to all good citizens, no
matter what may have been their party
affilia lions in the past, and to ask them,
on the strength of the record that Pres
ident Mckinley has made during the past
three years. and on the strength of the
threat implied in What was done in Kan
| SaS CItX. a few QaNS ago, 10 StanQ SnOul-
der to shoulder with US in ~perpetuating
the conditions under which we have
reached a plane of prosperity never before
attained in the nations history. and I'M
der which abroad we have put the Amer
lean flag on a levi where it never before
in the history of the country has been
placed.
For these reasons I feel we have a right
to look forward with confident eXpecta-
ton to what the verdict of the people will
be next November, and to ask all men to
whom the we'll being of the country and
the honor of the national name are dear
to stand with US as we fight for pros
perity at home and the honor of the flag
abroad"
y round of applause broke ont as the
governor concluded.
Refreshments were then served on
the porches sand in the dining room,
and Il half hour Of general converse
ton followed.
At 1:15 p. M. the party left and
started OH the reurn drive to Oyster
Fay, where the special train awaited
them.