The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

directly In charge OF II. G. Lindsay,
Chairman OF the State Central CON-
mittee, and he will be ably assisted
by competent men at the head of the
various departments who will devote
all their time and energy to retaining
Nebraska from fusion mismanage-
ment,
President Mckinley.
Looking out upon a peaceful sea OF
prosperity b~equeathed to them by the
craftsmanship of Mckinley 1t was in
keeping with good judgment and sound
reasoning for the republicans In ma.
tional convention assembled to attest
their appreciation and gratitude by
unanimously choosing William McKin-
ley for their presidential candidate.
In the four years he had been at the
helm OF state he had not only banished
distress from the doorway Of millions
Of American homes, but he had gone
forth to a struggling people OF unhappy
Islands and torn from their limbs the
chains of servitUde and silenced for
ever the sovereignty over them Of one
Of the most merciless monarchies
known to modern history,
The vice Presidency.
Mindful of the Importance OF positive
and experienced craftsmanship, the re-
publicans placed, as second OF the
ticket, that sturdy compatriot Theo-
dore Roosevelt. There are few names
In American politics better known than
this, and none more symbolic OF hon.
esty. fidelity and intellectual and moral
qualities. Roosevelt has won his po-
sition in popular confidence In the
open forum. where as soldier and civil.
Ian he has exhibited such qualities as
are found only in the most unsullied
type Of American citizenship. A man
OF lofty patriotism. broad and progress
sive ideas, schooled In the science OF
government, he Is a strong companion
piece to Mckinley and his candidacy
bears with 1t an assurance OF honesty,
patriotism, care and circumspection
In the administration Of public af-
fairs. RSoseyslt may Justly be
claimed by the west as It's repre-
sentative, for though q resident of
New York, he has Tor many Years been
interested In the stock industry in the
Dakotas and has spent much OF his
time on the frontier. No man In publit
life Is more mindful Of his duties
!. Whether his task be to stand between
the people and rapacity, or to lead q
column of soldiers against a deatl
# dealing storm Of shot and shell In thu
cause of humanity, as he did at San
Juan hill, it is all the same. Man
hood Is there and It. asserts itself.
Mckinley and Rooseyelt-both mel
- of splendid type. Both possessing
Judgment that is profound. Both stan'
for conservatism in public atfairs-to
peace at all times when war can b
--gl-l ..,,h,,t ltuhnnnr anl consist
ent with the DEGREES and obligation
of humanity. They are opposed t
milltarism, and they both are oppose
. to a large standing army. War ha
only been accepted u an inevitabl
and unavoidable obligation. They an
the republican party favor the mail
tenance Of only such a standing arm
as will suffice as a nucleus in the ever
Of foreign complications II as Is sur
- cient to maintain law and order
home. The object Of the American pc
pie as typitied and set forth In the r
publican party is, not to subject oil
putes to the cruel arbitrament or wa
but to settle all disputes at home al
abroad without resort to force. No n
ton was more ably represented n
)U more %outspoken in favor of peacef
arbitration In the settlement OF int
national controversies at The Hag'
peace conference than the Unit
States, and the representatives OF I
United States in that conference DO
their commissions from William n
h. Kinley. Had he favored military RI
as n function Of government 1t Is II
likely, In a conference held to suppre
Fl military rule, he would commissl
some of the ablest men In the natl
whose protests against military ad
dication were SO forcetul and RrlNia
as to electrify the world. AT this CT
ference the United States took the lie
in favor of universal disarmament, o
in this the commissioners from
United States voiced, not alone the 8
timent Of President Mckinley, but
recorded sentiment of the republic
party.
Nebraska WIN he Watched.
In the approaching campaign
other state will be more clos
watched than Nebraska. One reason
that IL Is the home OF the fusion {
didate for president, william j. Bry
! Another and still more potent rea
is. that II Is an agricultural and n
ufacturing state, and as such has b
largely benefited by republican p
nerity. Four years ago, Nebra
hy~pnotized and frightened by the al
Ing nromises and startling predict
Of the fusion campaigners, and
= those of Bryan in particular, gave
electoral vote 10 theSfusionists.
. people~ OF Nebraska had faith IN
nredictions Of the I"boy orator
1f1 p1...a bt.Raadcrphip. He