Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-12


Senator Wolcott said
The pleasant duty has devolved upon this
committee. appointed by the national re-
publican convention, and representing every
state in the Union, to make known to you
officially the action of the convention and to
hand to you a copy of the platform 1t
adopted. which embodies the principles of
the party.
The representatives of the republican par
ty, in convention assembled, unanimously
and spontaneously selected you as the can
didate of the party at the next election for
the high and dignified office of Vice Presi-
dent of the United States. You were so Sc
lected and named through no wish of your
own, but because the convention believed
that you, among all the republicans in the
land, were best fitted and adapted to be The
associate of our President, in the important
and stirring campaign upon which We are
entering. The convention realized that you
We're needed in the great empire state
whose executive you now are. and whose
people would delight still further to honor
you, but it believed that your path of duty
lay for the future In the field of national
usefulness
You are still young man. as years are
counted: but the country knows more of
you than of most of its citizens You were
identified, and will ever be associated with
those efforts toward reform in the civil serv-
ice which command the approval of intelli-
gent men of all political parties Your stir
ring 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 sterling American
ism has led you to the mastery of our ear!f-
er history and you have told us of the win
ming of the west with a charm and a spirit
that have made us all better lovers of our
country; while your tales of western hunt
ing and adventure have filled the breast of
every lad in the land with envy and emu
iation, and whatever doubts may have ex-
listed in the past, now that YOU are orr
candidate o 70, he,
by every good republican.
Services as Secretary of the Navy.
There is no man whose privilege 1t was to
know you and to associate with you while
you were the assistant secretary of the ma
Wy under President McKinley's appointment
who is not eager to testify to the great
ability and fidelity which characterized your
incumbency OF that office. OF your sary-
ices to our country during the late war with
Spain II is not necessary for me to speak
Your name will ever be identified with the
heroic achievements of our army, and yo,lr
warmest friends and most devoted admirers
are the gallant band of rough riders whom
you led to victory.
This bright and glorious record. however,
did not lead that great convention at Phil
adelphia to insist upon you as its candidate
although it fills with pride the heart of ev-
cry true American. The republican party
has chosen you because from your earliest
manhood until today, in whatever post you
have been called upon to fill. and notably
during your two years of splendid service as
chief executive of the state of New Yory 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 people of this
country that a political career and coed
citizenship could go hand in hand, and that
devotion to the public welfare was cln-
sistent with party membership and party
organization. There is not young man m
these United States who has not found il,
your life and influence an incentive to bet
ter things and higher ideals.
With President Mckinley, you will lead
our ticket to victory, for you have both
been tested. and in your honor. your paul.
otism and your civic virtues the American
people have pride and confidence.