The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-23
CONVENTION GOES
WILD OVER TICKET
Continued from First Page.

surging to the front as soldiers, the man
whom this convention has already in its
heart was among the first to hear the
call and answer to his name.
Preferring peace, but not afraid Of war;
faithful to every private obligation yet
first to volunteer at the sign of national
peril; a leader in civil life and yet SO
quick to comprehend the arts Of war that
he grew almost in day to meet the high
exactions Of command.
Test in Danger.
There is nothing which so tests man
as great and unexpected danger. He may
pass his life amid ordinary scenes and
what he Is or does but few will ever
know. But when the crash comes or the
flames break out, moments time will
single out the hero in the crowd. A flash
of lightning in the night will reveal what
years of daylight have not discovered to
the eye.
And so the flash of the Spanish war re-
vealed that lofty courage and devotion
which the American heart so loves and
which you have met again to decorate and
recognize. 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 till it is too late. He is not
wise, II wisdom 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 oppor-
tunity unembraced. 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 trig-
ger brings the largest opportunities to
the ground. He does not always listen
while all the sages speak. but every day
at nightfall behods some record which If
not complete has been at least pursued
with conscience and intrepid resolution.
He Is no slender flower swaying in the
wind but that heroic fibre which is best
Turtured by the mountains and the snow.
He spends little time in review, for that
he knows can be done by the schools
Gropes Not in Past
A statesman graphing with the living
problems of the hour he g1opes but little
In the past He believes in going ahead.
He believes that in shaping the destinies
of this great republic. hope is a higher i'm
pulse than regret. He believes that pre-
paratioa1 for future triumrihs is a more
important duty than an inventory Of past
mistakes.
A profo und student Of history, he is to-
day the greatest historyunaker in the
world. With the instincts Of the scholar,
he is yet forced from the scholars pur-
suits 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 many years before.
The fate of nations is still decided by
their wars. You may talk Of orderly tri-
bunals and learned referees. you may sing
in your schools the gentle praises of the
quiet life; you may strike from your books
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out in the smoke and thunder viii always
be the tramp of horses and the silent rigid
upturned faces.
Men may prophesy and women pray, but
peace will come here to abide forever on
this earth only when the dreams Of child
hood are accepted charts to guide the des-
TIMES of men.
Events are numberIess and mighty. and
no man can tell which wire runs around
the world. The nation basking to-day in
the quiet Of cont eminent and Erepose may
still be on the deadly circuit and to-mor-
row writhing in the tolls Of war.
This, is the time when great figures
must be kept in ffont. If the pressure is
great the material to resist it must be
granite and iron.
America Abroad in World.
Whether we wish 1t or not, America is
abroad In this world. Her interests are
in every street, her name is on every
tongue Those interests so sacred and
stupendous should be trusted only to the
care of those whose power, skill and cour-
age 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 typifes as no other liv-
ing 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 me may not know,
I,,1 ~ -I,>,
he stands for progress, courage and fair
play, which are the synonyms Of the Amer
lean name.
There are times when great fitness is
hardly less than destiny, when the ele-
rnents so come together that they select
the agent they will use. Events some
times select the strongest man. as light
ming goes down the highest rod. And SO
It Is with those events which for many
months with unerring sight have led you
to single name which am chosen only
to pronounce: Gentlemen, nominate fol
President of the United States the highest
living type Of the youth, the vigor and the
promise of a great country and a great
nge, Theodore Roosevelt of New York
AS he confronted the convention
Governor Black presented a striking
figure. He is tall and gaunt. His
hair, originally dark brown, is lib
orally sprinkled with grey, his dark
CySS 1ooh oul ply IIoIIl DSulnO
spectacles and from beneath closely
overhanging eyebrows.
Governor Blacks voice, tho not
heavy, carried we'll and increased ir
volume as he got fairly under way
His epigrams provoked laughter and
the sharply turned sentences fol
which he is noted never failed to raise
ripple of appreciative applause.
On the left lapel of his coat Mr.
Black wore a pink carnation, and dur.
ing the first few minutes of his ad
dress he clutched lightly in his lef
hand handkerchief, which he al
lowed to hang loosely. Occasionally
he changed the handkerchief from hi
left to the right hand, always, wher
he did so, holding his right hand be-
hind his back. He used few gestures
and these mainly by the left arm
which he raised from time to time
when he desired to emphasize point
Governor Black pronounced the
nominating words at just 11:Ot
o'clock; as he did so he retired quick.
ly from the platform. But the words
Theodore Roosevelt had not left hi.
lips when there was a shout.
Convention on It's Feet.
The convention was on it's feet
Like crash Of thunder that follow!
the lightning, the enthusiasm began
Flags were in the air, hats were
thrown up, men jumped on their
chairs. women stood and shouted
The air was rent with one continuous