The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23
CONVENTION GOES
WILD OVER TICKET
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interest and significance. 1t is a fine
thing TO see thousands OF men, represent
Ing millions of people, fighting in the
political arena, for their. fayorite candi-
dates, and contending vaiantly for the
| success of contradictory principles and
conflicting doctrines Out of such a con-
test with it's noise and defamation. its
flying banners, its thunder Of the captains
and the shouting, the truth often secures
vindication, and the right man comes
out victorious. Sometimes, however, wis
J dom is lost. and more than once we have
seen the claims of leadership swallowed
up in contest and strife.
We have the honor to belong to a con-
yent1on whose constituency in every state
and territory and in the islands of the sea
has done it's thinking by quiet firesldes,
undisturbed by clamor of any sort, and has
7 simplified our responsibilities by the un-
! mistakable terms Of the credentials which
/ we hold In their hands.
/ AT intervals of four years, I followed
| the banner Of James G. Blaine, thru the
! streets OF our convention cities, from Gin
. cinnati to Minneapolis, and did my tull
share to see that nobody got any more
I applause than the great popular leader
| who had captured my enthusiasm long
before was old enough to vote. Not even
| his defeat served to diminish the hold
which our champion had upon the hearts
| of those who followed him, and it has
| rcWured good deal Of experience to en-
able them to understand the lesson of his
| defeat Other conventions have met to
| settle the claims Of rivals, we meet to re-
| cord the judgment of the republican mil
| lions Of the United States.
| Public Estimate of Roosevelt
They have based their opinion upon the
| facts of the case. They have not con-
Guided that we have the greatest presi.
dent Of the United States since Washing
| ton. They know how to measure the
height and depth of things better ever
than Professor Brice, when he deals with
the superlatives which find their way
into all well regulated banquets afte,
midnight.
They have not forgotten the grave O,
Lincoln, which has become a shrine fol
the pilgrimage Of the human race. They
remember still the day when the canon o.
Westminster opened the doors Of tina
venerable monument to admit the nam'
Of the silent American soldier into the
household Of English spoken fame.
They have passed no vainglorious judg
ment upon the career of Theodore Roose
Welt. They have studied it with sym
pathetic interest from his boyhood as HI
has risen from one station of public use
fulness to another, until at length. before
the age of As, he stands upon the high
est civic eminence known among men
Their tears fell with his as he stood il
the shadow Of McK1nley's death, and a.
O. part of his oath Of office, asked thu
trusted counsellors who stood by the sid
of the fallen president to help him carr!
forward the work which he had left un
finished, and while his administrator
deserves the tribute which it received II
this convention from the eloquent lip
of our temporary chairman. it is becaus
he has executed In manly way, the pur
pose Of the republican party, and In
terpreted Alright the aspirations of tn
American people. Nor can there be
doubt that. If In the years to come, h
shall walk steadfastly in the same path
he will be numbered among the grea
leaders Of the people who have given dig
nifty and influence to their highest office
Partys Principles.
But the Judgment of the republicaI
= party is not only united upon it's candi
date--it is unanimous also, upon TIL
fundamental principles for which
stands. I think the convention has bee
fortunate In harmonizing the minor diff
3erences which unavodably arise in
country like ours, where speech is FIRE
and where printing is free. We stan
together on the proposition that the in
dustrial system Of the United States mus
not be undermined by hostile partiza
agitation and that whatever changes al
necessary in our laws ought to be mad
by friends or at least the acquaintance
the protective tariff system. The thing
upon which we are agreed are so gres
and things about which we differ are