Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-23

"He does not always listen while all
the sages speak. but every day AT
nightfall beholds some record which. II
not complete. has been at least pursued
with conscience and intrepid resolution.
'.iIe is no slender flower swaying III
the wiiid, but that heroic fibre which is
best nurtured by the mountains and the
snow.
He spends little time in review, for
that he knows can be done by the
schools. A statesman graphing with
the living problems of the hour he
gropes but little in the past.
He believes in going ahead.
He believes that in shaping the des-
TIMES of this great republic hope is
higher impulse than regret.
He believes that preparation for
future triumphs is more important
duty than an inventory of past mis-
takes.
"a profound student of history, he is
today the greatest history maker In the
world.
with the instincts Of the scholar, he
is yet forced from the scholars pursuits
by those superb qualities which fit him
to the last degree for those great world
currents now rushing past with larger
volume and more portentous aspect
than for mary 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 anthem, and yet out in the
smoke and thunder will always be the
tramp Of horses and the silent, rigid.
upturned face Men may prophesy and
women pray. but peace will come here
TO abide forever on this earth only when
the dreams Of childhood are the ac-
cepted 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 today in the quiet of content
ment 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 ma
terial to resist 1t must be granite ana
iron. Whether we wish 1t or not
America Is abroad In this world. Her
interests are in every street. her mama
Is on every tongue Those interests so
sacred and stupendous should be trust
ed only to the care of those whose pow
err skill and courage have been tested
and approved And in the man whom
YOU will choose the highest sense of
every nation in the world beholds
man who typifies as no other living
American does the spirit and the pur-
poses OF The twentieth century He
does not claim to be the Solomon OF his
time. There are many things he may
not know, but this is sure. that above
all things else he stands for progress
courage. and fair play, which are the
synonyms of the American name.
There are times when great fitness
Is hardly less than destiny, when the
elements so come together that they Sc
lect the agent they will use. Events
sometimes select the strongest man, as
lightning goes down the highest rod
And so it is with those events which
for many months with unerring sight
have led you to a single name which
am chosen only to pronounce. Gentle
men, I nominate for president of the
United States the highest living type
of the youth. the vigor and the promise
OF great country and a great age.
TbaoJora poncayalt Of Naw Work.