Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-24

stranger waiting in the shade to be called suddenly into public light. The American people have seen him for many years and always where the dght was thickest and the greatest need was felt. He has been alike conspicuous in the pursuits of peace man now living will forget the spring man won living will forget the spring of '9S when the American mind was so inflamed and American patriotism so aroused; when among all the eager citizens surging to the front as sol. diers, the man whom this convention has already in its heart was among the first to hear the call and answer to his name. Pickering peace but not afraid of war; faithful to every private obligation yet first to volun- teer at the sign of national peril; leader in civil life and yet so quick to comprehend the arts or war he grew almost in a day to meet the high exactions of command There is nothing which so tests a man as great and unexpected danger. He may pass his life amid ordinary scenes and what he is or does few will ever know But when the crash comes or the flames break out, nom ent's time will single out the hero ip the crowd. And so the flash of the Spanish war revealed that lofty courage and devotion which the Amer. ican heart so loves and which you have met again to decorate and recog- nize. His qualities do not need to be retold, for no man in that exalted place since Lincoln has been better known in every household in the land. He is not conservative, if conservatism means waiting until it dom is to count a thing a hundred times when once will do. There is no regret so keen, in man or country, as that which follows an opportunity unempraced. Fortune scars with high and rapid wing, and whoever brings it down must shoot with accuracy and speed. Only the man with steady eye and nerve and the courage to pull the trigger brings the largest op- portunities to the ground. He does not always listen while the
 
 nightfall beholds some record which if not complete has been at least pur- sued with conscience and intrepid resolution. He is no slender flower swaying in the wind, but that heroic fibre which is best natured by the mountains and the snow. He spends little time in review, for that he knows can be done by the schools. A statesman grappling with the liv- Ing problem of the hour he probes but little in the past. He believes in groping ahead. He believes that in shaping the destines of this great re public, hope is a higher impulse than regret. He believes that preparation for future triumphs is a more import ant duty than an inventory of past mistakes. A profound student Of history. he is today the greatest history maker in the world With the in- stincts of the scholar, he is yet forced from the scholars pursuits by those superb qualities which it. him to the last degree for those great world currents now rushing past with larger volume and more portentious aspect than for many years before. The fate of nations is still decided by their wars. You may talk Of orderly tribunals and learned referees; you may sing in your schools the gentle praises of the quiet life; you may strike from your books the last note of every martial antheum, and yet out in the smoke and thunder will al ways be the tramp of horses and the silent, rigid, upturned face. Men may prophecy and women pray, but peace will come here 10 abide for ever on this earth when the dreams of childhood are the accepted charts to guide the destinies of men. Events are numberless and mighty, and no man can tell which wire runs around the world. The nation basking to- day in the quiet of contentment and repose may still be on the deadly circuit and tomorrow writhing in the tolls of war. This is the time when great figures must be kept in front. If the pressure is great the materlai |, to resist it must be granite and lron- Whether We wish it or not, America is abroad in this world. Her ln- terests in every street, her name IS on every tongue Those interests so sacred and stupendous should be trust ed only to the care Of those whose
 power, skill and courage have been trusted and approved. And in the man whom you will chose, the highest sense of every nation in the world be
 holds a man who typifes as no other living American does, the spirit and Continued on Page Five.)