The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-21

country our flag floats on the 18TH
mus, but the canal is yet to be built;
peace does not yet reign on earth, and
consIderate hrmness backed by
strength are still needful in diplomacy.
The American people have now to say
whether policies shall be reversed. or
whether performanoe Whch noW 6raVes
user Tor the benefit and honor of our
country, shall be transferred to unknown
anq perehance TO feeble hands
NO dividing line can be drawn athwart
t ne course alE OF TINS successful administra-
tlon; The fatal 18th of September, 1891
marked no change of policy, no lower
level OF achievement The bullet of the
ASSASSIN robbed US of the friend we loved;
1t took away from the people the presi-
dent of their choice; it deprived civili-
zatlon OF potent force making always
for Righteousness and for humanity. But
the fabric of free institutions remained
unshdken- The government of the peo-
pie went on. The great party that VIII
liam Mckinley led, wrought still in the
spirit of his example His true and loyal
successor has been equal to the burden
cast upon him. Widely different in tenn
permanent and methods he has approved
himself of the same elemental Virtues
the same fundamental beliefs. With
Ialthful and reVering memory, he has
broken the policy of President Mckinley
Tor the peace, prosperity and honor Of
new occasions with strength and reSOlu-
ton and far-sighted wisdom.
As we gather in this convention, our
hearts go back to the friend-the never to
be forgotten friend, whom when last We
met we acclaimed with one accord as our
universal choice to bear a second time the
highest honor in the nations gift; and
pack still, memory goes. through many .
year of leadership and loyalty.
How wise and how skillful he wasi how
modest and self-effacing! how deep mis-
the intuitions of his sympathy how COM
pell1ng the charm of his gracious pres
encei He was so unselish so thoughtful
of the happiness of others. so genuine q.
lover of his country and his kind. And
he was the kindest and tenderest friend
who CRASHED
that his virtues did plead in vain against
Yet we may rejoice. that while he lived
he was crowned with honor; that the
rancor of party strife had ceased that sue
cess in his great tasks, the restoration of
peace, the approval of his countrymen,
the affection of his friends-gave the last
pose and contentment.
And with Mckinley we remember Han
lieutenant. They are together again.
Duties Of the Hour.
But we. turn as they would have US
turn. to the duties of the hour. the hopes
have US turn to prepare ourselves Tor
struggle under the same standard borne
IN other hands by right of true inhcri-
lance. Honor, truth, courage, purity of
life, domestic virtue, love OF country 10y
with actlVe intelligence, with learning
with experience in affairs, with the con-
elusive proof of competency afforded by
wise ana conservative administration, by
great things already done and great re-
to the people with another candidate.
Shall not these have honor in our land2
Truth. sincerity, couragei these underlie
the fabric of our institutions. Upon ny
pOcrlsy and sham, upon cunning and false
pretense, upon weakness and cowardice,
upon the arts of the dema gogue and the
devices of the mere pOlitician-no gov
eminent can stand. No system of popu-
lar government can endure in which the
people do not believe and trust. Our pres
ident has taken the whole people into his
confidence. Incapable of deception, he
has put aside concealment- Frankly and
without reserve, he has told them what
their government was doing, and the rea
sons. It is no campaign of appearances
upon which We enter, for the people know
the good and the bad, the success and
account 1t is no campaign of sound
ing words and speciOus pretences, for our
president has told the people with frank
ness what he believed and what he IN
tended He has meant every word he
said, and the people have believed every
word he said. and with him this conven-
ton agrees because every word has been
can maintain free government who do
not in their hearts value of the qualities
which have made the present president
of the United States conspicuous among
the men OF his time as a type of noble
manhood Come what may here-come
what may in November, God grant that
those qualities of brave true manhood
shall have honor throughout America,
shall be held for an example in every
home, and that the youth of generations
to come may grow up to feel it is better
than wealth, or office, or power, to have
the honesty, the purity and the courage
of Theodore Roosevelt