The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-22

ROOT PRESENTS A
BRIEF FOR "TEDDY"
Speech of EN-Secretary of War
as Temporary Chairman of
the Convention

convention:
The responsibility of government rests
upon the Republican party. The compli-
Gated machinery through which the 80
O00,O00 people of the United States gov
eIn themselves, answers to no single will
The composite government devised by the
trainers of the constitution to meet the
conditions of national life more than
century ago, requires the willing cooper
alton of many minds the combination of
many independent factors, in every for
ward step for the general welfare
Within the past five years more than
Slxty7s!X thousand bills have been intro
duced IN congress. Some method of Sc
lection must be followed. There must be
some preliminary process to ascertain the
general tenor of public judgment upon
the principles to be applied in govern
ment and some oreaniza tion and recoeni
ton OF leadership which shall bring a
legislative majority and the executive
into accord in the practical application
of those principles; or effective govern
ment becomes impossible
When the course of the next administra-
ton is but half done the Republican party
will have completed the first half cen
tury of its national life. OF the eleven
administrations since the first election of
Abraham Lincoln. nine-covering a period
OF thirty yearS-haVe been under Re-
publican presidents For the greater part
of that time the majority in each house of
congress has been Republican. History
affords no parallel in any age or country
for the growth in national greatness and
power and honor, the wide diffusion of
the comforts of life, the uplifting of the
great mass of the people above the hard
conditions of poverty, the common oppor-
tunlty for education and Individual adj
Vancement, the universal possession of
civil and religious liberty the protection
of property and security for the rewards
of industry and enterprise, the cultivation
of national morality, respect for religion,
sympathy with humanity and love of lib
erty and justice. which have marked the
life of the American people during this
long period of Republican control.
Asked for the Party
With the platform and the candidates
OF this convention, we are about to ask
a renewed expression of popular conf
dence in the Republican party.
We shall ask it because the principles
to which We declare our adherence are
right, and the best interests of our cOun-
try require that they should be followed
We shall ask it because the unbroken
record of the Republican party in the past
is an assurance of the sincerity of our
declarations and the fidelity with which
we shall give the effect. Because we
have been constant in principle loyal to
our beliefs and faithful to our promises.
we are entitled to be believed and trusted
now. Tgt
shall ask it because the character of
the party gives assurance of good gov
eminent. A great political organization,
competent to govern, is not a chance col
lection of individuals Brought together
for the moment as the shifting sands are
piled up by wind and sea, to be swept
away to be formed and reformed again
1t is growth. Traditions and sentiments
reaching down through struggles of years
gone, and the stress and heat of old con-
fiicts, and the influence of leaders passed
away, and the ingrained habit of applying
fixed rules Of Interpretation and Of
Thoughtful give to political party
known and inalienable qualities from
which must follow in its deliberate judg-
ment and ultimate action, like results for
good or bad government We do not deny
that other parties have in their member
snip men of morality and patriotism:
but we assert with confidence that above
al others. by the influences which gave it
olTth and have maintained its life, by the
causes Tor winch it has striven the ideals
Whlch 1t has followed, the Republican
party as party has acquired a character
winch makes its aScendancy the best
guarantee OF a government loyal to prin-
ciple and effective in execution. Through
II more than any other political organiza-
lon the moral sentiment of America finds
G SUPPRESSION. 1t cannot depart from the
has been may be known certainly what if
must be. Not all of US rise to its stand :
ara; not all of US are worthy of its glo-
i TaTGS h1lstory; but as a whole this great
poIlt1caI organlzation-th party of Lin
coin and Kinley-cannot fail to work
IN the spirit Of its past and in loyalty to
great ideals.
We shall ask the continued confidence of
the people because the candidates whom
we present are of proved competency and
pdlfIOtlSm, htted to fill the Offices for
Whicn they are nominated, to the credit
and honor of our country
we snall ask it because the present pol
lcles OF our government are beneficial
ana ought not to be set aside: and the
peoples business. is being we'll done, and
ought not to be interfered with.
points With Pride"
Have not the American people reason
Tor satisfaction and pride in the conduct
OF tnelr government since the election of
I9UU, when they rendered their judgment
OF approval upon the first administration
or president Mckinley? Have we not
had an honest government? Have not the
men selected for Office been men of good
reputation who by their past lives had
gwen EVIDENCE that they were honest and
conpetenr Can any private business be
pointed out In which lapses from honesty
have been so few and so trif1ing nronor-
tlonately, as in the public service of the
united States? And when they have oc-
curfeu, nave not the offenders been re-
!entleSsly prosecuted and Sternly pun
lshed without regard to political or per-
sonal relations
Have we not had an effective govern
ment! Have not the laws been enforced?
las not the slow process of legislative
discussion upon many serious questions
been brought to practical conclusions en-
oodled IN beneficial statutes? And has
not the executive proceeded. without yaciI-
iatlon or. weakness to give these effects
Are not the laws of the United States
obeyed at home? And does not our gov
eminent command respect and honor
throughout the world?
Have we not had safe and conserva tive
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