Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-06-23
ROOSEVELT AND
FAIRBANKS
The Third Day of the National Republican Convention Is
Marked By Outbursts of Overwhelming Enthusiasm
The Nominations Were Made Unanimously

by Cummings, colored delegate from
Maryland, who made the last second
ing speech for Roosevelt. He said:
Mr. Chairman, Fellow Delegates of
the Republican National Convention,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
For the distinguished honor of sec
onding the nomination of that grand
type of the American citizen, Theodore
Roosevelt, | am profoundly grateful.
Fortunate indeed is it for this gov
ernment that it has had during the
eight years just passed, political Or
ganization such as ours to meet face
to face with undaunted courage and
determination the many perpleXing
questions which have arisen during
that period.
Equally fortunate has been our party
to have had within it's ranks during
this crucial period such men as our
able, wise and patriotic Mckinley, of
beloved memory. and our capable,
courageous and aggressive Roosevelt,
upon whose youthful though ample
shoulders the mantle of the great Nc
Kinley fell.
Whether the questions affected our
internal or external relations they
have been boldly met and wisely
solved. We have carried to the Fill
pino, the Porto Rican, and the Cuban,
the torch of light and intelligence, re-
lieved them f m the burdens and Cd
preston Of spotic rule, established
civil COVE, .nent among them, and axe
teaching mem the blessings of liberty
and independence
The Panama Canal, the key to the
universe" the construction, OF which
has for centuries been the dream and
fancy of more than one government,
has under the prompt and decisive ac-
ton of this administration been takea
from the realm of cloudland ai~s
dreamland, and its completion in the
near future has become a certain and
| fixed fact.
The wise leadership of our party has
kept so well adjusted our tariff and
currency legislation, that prosperity
abounds in the land, labor is plentiful,
the laborer is well paid and contented,
capital multiplies and seeks additional
outlets for new investments and en-
terprises.
In word we have given a full and
complete report of the stewardship
committed to our care during the past
four years. 1t becomes the duty OF
this convention to name general VINO
we hope and believe will lead the great
Republican host to victory in the COM
inc election, man who will in every
way measure up to the responsibility
of the high Office of President OF this
country. Such a one in the person
of our chief executive has been ably
and eloquently placed before you, and
heartily do we all endorse what has
been said.
"By their fruits we shall know
them" Theodore Roosevelt brings to
his party and the nation at the close
of his administration the precious
fruits of three years able and faithful
service.
The solemn promise made by him
when gloom and distress ershadoWed
the nation, when stout hearts grew
faint, when fears and misglvlngs were
abroad in the land, when the nation
bowed in tears for her fallen hero, that
promise made at most trying time IN
our countrys life, has been kept to the
letter. and he brings as an evidence
of such the plans and purposes OF MS
martyred predecessor fully developed
and completed He is above all things
true. honest, earnest, patriotic Amer
lean citizen He is a leader OF un-
finching courage-a man OF Wlsdom-a
man of action.
He is open and frank. free from IN
| trigue or concealment. In his life ana
walk and conduct he stands unap-
preached. He is a broad man, Droad
in intellect, broad in sympathles, Droad
in soul. he lends listening ear to the
cry of the down-trodden and oppressed,
and with strong and ready arm en-
circling the weak and helpless he Dids
them rise and hope and live.
He is a just man, and believes that
a man should be judged by Hlerll anu
merit alone, and that the just rewards
of faithful and patriotic service should
be withheld from no one, TOR any
cause whatever.
With vision unclouded by bias OF
prejudice, he sees through the outer
clay, clad in different hues. the man
within, and there beholds the image OF
the divine master indicating the fath
erhood of God and brotherhood OF
man.
Criticism bitter. severe, unreason
able, has only served to make him the
more devoted to his country's welfare
He believes that corruption and dis
honesty in private life and in public OF
fee should be unearthed, exposed ant
punished, no matter who the guilt.
party may be OF how high in o1ic....
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