The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-27

right and for the best interests of our
people and our land All he wants Is for
all the people 10 obey the law-indviduals
and corporations. persons and combinations
all obey the law, This * his doctrine
support and unwavering adherence OF
every lover of his land. Is he unsafe? He
is for all law breakers. lie is for all DEM
agogues. lie Is for all who would create
dissensiOns i'm our land. A graduate Of
Harvard. and vet imbued with the spirit
of Western directness; an author of ac-
knowledged merit and cowboy; man OF
wealth. but a firm believer in the gospel
of labor and the genius OF toll; civil service
commissioner yet preaching always prac-
teal policies; assistant secretary of the
navy; leader of the final charge up San
Juan hill; Governor OF the Empire state
of the Onion: President OF the United
States. always meeting the highest expect
atoms Of his friends and disappointing ever
the hopes OF his enemies; an orator. a
soldier. a statesman-he is safe-and the
people will say that he is safe enough for
them. and the name uf the next President
Of the United States will be: Theodore
Roosevelt.
Leaders i'm Indiana
And we have leaders in Indiana too
able to lead us in any contest. Worthy
successors to Oliver p. Morton and Benja-
min Harrison. Worthy successors. too.
TO Hendricks and Mcdonald and Voorhees,
and Turpie Democrats. ii Is true, but
Democrats who were great when Democ-
seized with the collie OF Organism or the
paresiS of Hearstlsm.
Our senior senator is calm. dignihed
wise and conservative: the trusted and de-
voted friend of William Mckinley: the adj
wiser and counselor of Marcus A. Hanna:
a leader by right OF merit. by dint of
achievement l have seen him when the
pillows rolled. but he was as and
unperturbed as morning in May. 1 shall
never forget what he said when the Porto
Rlcan question up for discussion and
public excitement throughout the land
TO greater heights than ever before in
time OF peace Gentlemen, he said. "this
thing is right The people have not seen
it yet, but they will 1 have a sublime
faith in the right finally impressing itself
upon the people, and they will ultimately
decide that our action was just" | confess
that IN my then agitated state, this calm
counsel was TO me the balm of Gilead.
tie is able in debate. wise in counsel, fear
less In the discussion of great public
questions. and one who m we can follow
without fear He is a commanding figure
among his colleagues, and his advice is
always sought because of the depth. the
BREADTH the solidity of his views. He Will
never lead US into quagmires. He will
never follow will-o -the-wisps. He will
never wander into by-paths where danger
turks. His feet will always be planted
upon the bedrock OF principle. He will ever
walk highway of his own and keep the
company of his self-respect." And wheth-
er he shall climb to greater heights. or
est to his heart and deepest in his love.
he will still be one of the foremost states
men or his time and one whom we shall
always be glad to honor and 10 aid
His name springs unbidden TO every lip,
Charles w. Fairbanks
And then we have another senator. And
when 1 say that / mean all that the word
implies. l do not mean a man who only
wears the title; one who simply holds the
commission. but senator in reality. one
worthy to be the representative in that
august body of this mighty commonwealth:
| qualified to associate with the other great
men whose names adorn that roll and
| whose inteilects illumine the pan OF our
| natural progress. Not crir ger and
crawler. touched with ambition. but a
| thinker, reasoner; one who stands erect
| and faces the world because OF the
| strength of his convictions: a man OF
brains, man of intellect, man of force.
a man OF power. When the Philippine
| question arose, he went TO the Philippines,
| went there 10 study the question where the
| question was presented. With vision of
| the future amounting almost TO prophecy,
| he fotesaw the struggle now waging in
| the East, and he went at once to the ORR
| emit; went there to study that event in
| which we, as a Nation are so deeply in
| terested and which may mean so much
| for US. And the work he has given TO the
public on that problem is unsurpassed in
| the literature of the day. He is a living
| proof of the fact that ii no longer threat
| ems ambition in this country TO be consid-
| cred literary. He has enriched his ample
book knowledge by a study OF peoples at
home, and who can DOUBT that he is
| all the better qualified TO represent intel
! ligently the highest interests of our Union?
/ He is tireless toier. The smell OF the
midnight oil is always on his garments.
but never on his speeches He and / were
classmates in college and then, as now.
he the most interchangeable worker L
ever saw. In debate. ready and keen
welding trenchant blade. and using those
| hand grenades of argument. wit. ridicule
| and sarcasm, with striking effect. In orr
! tory, unsurpassed. and everywhere sought
for the charm of his utterance His record
| is his witness. We proud of IL, and
he now hears. on every hand. those sweet
| est of words to every public man. We'll
done, good and faithful servant and to
shat Scripture ] want to append another
sentence for his sake. as well as for ours.
Gentlemen, we shall honor ourselves
| more than honor him; shall serve
see to 1t that every Republican in the next
] Legislature votes for the return TO the
Senate of the United States of our brilliant
and eloquent fellow-citizen. Albert j. Bev-
| eridge.
Indiana in Congress.
And what shall 1 say Of delegation in
Congress? Modesty forbids that / say
much. else / might justly be accused OF
| self-praise. But L have such exalted
opinion Of the membership OF that <elega-
ton. and take such a just pride I'm their
worth and work, that I cannot refrain
from bestowing upon them In this presence
| a just need of praise.
Hemenway, chairman OF the powerful
| committee OF appropriations, and Over
| street chairman of the important commit
tee postoffices and post roads, are long,
| est in the service. Then come Judge Crum-
| packer, chairman of the census and men,
| Der of insular affairs, Charles Is. Lands,
chairman of printing and member of for
| egn affairs; Brick, member of naval af-
| fairs and Territories; Cromer, member OF
| agriculture. coinage. weights and measures.
| and expenditures in the Postof1ce Depart
| ment; Holiday. member of military affairs.
| invalid pensions and war claims. and Fred
| erick Lands, member OF elections and en-
| rolled bills. For natural and acquired
| ability, for good common sense. for breadth
| of learning, for depth of research. for ca
/ pacity for work, for lofty conception OF
| right and duty, for eloquence and the
| power of debate, these HoOsers stand
| among the first In that great body
| Never in her history has State
! had such representation as to-day; never
has she exerted a wider influence on leg
islation. and never have her representatives
| had the eye and at heart OF the speaker
as to-day Yes. they all stand at the
front in the estimation OF that grand old
! commoner-Uncle Joe Cannon. With such
leadership in our beloved State we cannot
fail.
Such is our history. such our principles.
such our leaders. Are worthy? Have
we not earned the renewed confidence OF
the Nation? Have we not merited the
universal approval OF the people? Who
can doubt il? Yes. fellow-citizens, we
shall succeed. not for our own gratifica-
ton, but because of what We have done
and what we propose to do Succeed.
because we cannot afford TO fail. be-
cause our country cannot afford 10 have