The San Francisco call., 1904-06-24
SAYS THE AMERICAN FIRESIDE
REALLY NOMINATED ROOSEVELT
Senator Beveridge Praises the True Citizenship of
the Presidential Nominee.

when our day shall have become ancient. and
which alone is enough to make the name OF
Theodore Roosevelt illustriOus through all time
this fulfillment of the republics dream ac-
complshed by Republican effort, finally re
tried TO thwart it,
or what measure of Theodore Roosevelt S
administration does the opposition dare even
to propose the repeal? And when has the
record Of any President won greater approval?
And the people trust him statesman.
Better than that they love him as a man. He
wins admiration in vain who wins not affection
also. In the American home-that temple OF
happiness and. virtue where dwell the wives
and mothers Of the republic, cherishing the
beautiful In life and guarding the morality OF
the nation-in the American home the name
Of Theodore Roosevelt is not only honored put
the victory of battIeheds greater credit than
successful statesmanship,. greater honor than
the Presidency itself would be without It, Life
holds no reward noble the confidence and
love of the American people.
The American people! The mightiest force
for good the ages have evolved They began
as children Of liberty. They believed in God
and his providence. They took truth and
and marched fearlessly forward. Wildernesses
stretched before them-they subdued them.
Mountains rose-they crossed them. Deserts
obstructed-they passed them. Their faith
failed them not and continent was theirs.
From ocean to ocean cities rose. fields bios
sorned. railroads ran; but everywhere church
and school were permanent proof that the
principles of their origin were the life of their
maturity.
American methods changed, but American
character remained the same. They outlived
the stage coach, but not the Bible. They ad-
vanced. but forgot not their fathers They
delved in earth. but remembered the higher
things. They made highways OF the oceans,
but distance and climate altered not their
Americanisrn. They began children Of lib
erty, and children Of liberty they remain. They
began as servants of the Father OF Lights,
and his servants they remain. And so
into their hands il daily given more power
and opportunity that they may work even
larger righteousness in the world and scatter
de aoadc of
human happiness
Wonderful beyond prophecy's forecast their
progress noble beyond the vision of desire
their future. In 1901 Jefferson said, the
United States (then) had room enough for our
/ descendants to the thousandth and thousandth
generation; three generations behold the
oceans our boundaries. Washington never
dreamed OF railways. To-day electricity and
steam make Maine and California; household
have foretold, made because Amer
icans-because a free people with unfettered
The ,,niyerse i've, Of human nossIhiiities' These
possibilities are not exhausted; we have hardly
passed their boundaries. The American people
are not exhausted; we have only tested our
strength Gods work for in the world Is
not finished his future missions for the Amer
lean people will be grander than any he has
given US. nobler than now can coTnnrehend.
And these tasks as they come we will accept
and accomplish as our fathers accomplished
passed and our children shall catch from our
aging hands. the standard we have borne. II
will still be the old flag of Yorktown and
Appomattox and Manila Bay; the music to
which they In their turn will then move on
ward will still be the strains that eheered the
/ dying Warren on Bunker Hill and inspired the
men who answered Lncoln's call; and the
ideals that will be in them triumphant as they
are in us will still be the old ideals that have
made the American people great and honored
among the nations OF the earth
This is the Republican idea of the American
people, this the thought have when we noua-
mate to-day our candidate for the nation
chief; this the quality Of Americanism a Re-
publican standard bearer must have. And this
/ is just the Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt.
| Full of the old time faith in the republic and
| its destiny: charged with the energy of the
republics full manhood; cherishing the ordi-
nances Of the republics fathers and having in
| bis heart the fear of Cod inspired by the sure
knowledge that the republics splendid day Is
only in its dawn. Theodore Roosevelt will lead
the American people in paths OF safety to still
greater welfare for themselves. still broader
betterment of the race and to the added honor
of the American name.