The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-24

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their fathers They delved in earth, but
remembered the higher things They
made highways of the oceans, but dis
tance and climate altered not their Amer
lcaniSm. They began as children of lib
erty. and children of liberty they remain
Ihey began as servants of the Father OF
Lights, and His servants they remain
And so into their hands is daily given
more of power and opportunity that they
may work even larger Righteousness in the
world and scatter over more ever widening
ness.
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 thou
sandth and thousandth genera tion;" three
| generations behold the oceans our boun-
darles Washington never dreamed OF
| railways. Today electricity and steam
make Maine and California household
nelgnborS. This advance, which no seer
Coulu li nave 1oretold, we made because
We are Americans-becaus a free peo-
pie with unfettered minds and unques-
tloning belief joyfully faced the universe
OF human possibilities. These possibilities
their boundaries. The American people
are not exhausted; we have only tested
our strength. Gods work for us in the
world is not finished; His future missions
than any lie has given u.s. nobler than
we now can comprehend
Accept and Accomplish Tasks
And these tasks as they come we will
accept and accomplish as our fathers ac-
complished theirs. And when our gener-
shall catch from our aging hands the
standard we have borne it will still he
the old flag of Yorktown and Appoma ttox
and Manila bay; the music to which they
oV.l
still be the strains that cheered the dy-
ing warren on Bunker hill and inspired
the men who answered Linceln's call; and
the ideals that will be in them tri-
umphant as they are in us. will still be
the old ideals that have made the Amer
lcan people great and honored among
the nations CT the earth
This is the Republican idea of the Amer
Ican people; this is the thought We have
When we nominate today our candidate
Tor the nations chief; this the quality of
bearer must have. And this is lust the
Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt FIIII
OF the old-time faith in the republic and
its destiny; charged with the energy of
the republics full manhood; cherisbine the
orolnances of the republics fathers and
having in his heart the fear of God. in
splred by the sure knowledge that the
republics splendid day is only its dawn,
theodore Roosevelt will lead the Amer
lcan people in paths of safety to still
greater welfare for themselves, still
the IN a6ded honor Of the American name.
therefore Indiana seconds the nomination.
of Theodore Roosevelt
Golden Gate EIoquence
George F. Knight, of California. thus
spoke for Roosevelt:
The Pacific slope and the islands Chose
ocean buoys of commerce moored in the
drowsy tropical seal send to this CON
Eention Se words of confident greeting with
1ISfreet TIin EEL assurance that your judgment
ana our country continue its wonderful
progress under Republican success.
Ihe time is ripe for Frightening up
AIner1canlSTn, to teach with renewed Vigor
the principles of individual liberty for
Whlch the minute men of the Revolution
I0ught The Lincoln liberty, an individual
aionay aiISrty @ lor the man, not black man
lanor IN the air of freedom unmolested,
ana ne PAID for his individual toll and
WIZ tn It build his cottage, home.
Telegraph the world that the ReDubIic-
an party was the first organization that
beckoned the laboring man to his feet
ana made him know the quality and
the possibilities of honest poverty and has
Wlthheld nothing from his worthy am
pltlon. 1t took a rail splitter from the
ground moor OF log cabin and set him
Protection' to American labor, and our
natural resources, soil, agricultural min
tsl eral wealth, navigable rivers and safe
narDorS, Wise laws and clean public men
have made us the greatest nation of
earth today.
"Thou Art the Man"
Our country is big and broad and grand.
we we want president typical of the coun-
Try, one who viii preserve her history.
ENFORCE emo her law, teach Americanism and
thou art the man. Well may he he
PROUD; ne Is young, the pride of life is
ms, and time is on his side; he loves
tne whole country and knows no favor
ties; he has performed his sacred prom
Use, has kept the faith with McKinley's
memory, and now faces responsibilities
ms ms own. He notices obstacles, looks
them IN the eye, and overpoWers with
honesty of purpose. "''ii
Dishonesty. cowardice and duplicitv are
lever nmPulsIve; Roosevelt is implusive.
d weird magician of politics. They charge
nlm with disrupting a government on the
ffs5Ih1mus. fs1I1[f creating a republic and unlaw-
tully conniving at a canal. They awolxa
one line morning to find the repubIic of
Panama an entity, its existence recog-
l I dzed by foreign nations and congress
his strategic promptness,
"a ae wanted to give Uncle Sam a job.
ana ne did it, and Uncle Sam wanted the
gQD and he took it. He belongs to the
Uncle Sans New Pose
We see him standing TODAY with his
Iee1 upon the spade. His garments are
Inade or his flag. His inventive YANKEES
WhlSkers are brushed. There is an Amer
lcan sail on his face and his hearf is
giaddened as he looks at the golden sun1
rise or his commercial future The biesS
lngs OF this great work cannot he fold II, |
words, and figures will get wohbIv and
unsteady with their load when Won chalk
lheln on the blackboard of time.
we want this younger lincoln tha
keeper or our great eagle we want him
with MS hands on the halyards of oI1r
nag, We want him the defender of Oi1r
constitution and the executives Of O,Ir
law, ana when We have used him and |
the DeSt years of his young fnanhood for
tne good of the nation he will still hold |
the banner of liberty with stars added 70 |
us azure field, its history sacred. its
stripes untarnished. and by Command of |
the majority hand it to the American |
patriot standing next in line
Harry StilwelI Edwards. of Georgia
followed Mr.. Knight. Then ex-Gov'
Bradley, of Kentucky, spoke.
Now the Duluth Man
Following is the text of the speech
u Joseph b. Cotton. of Minnesota:
Responsive TO the swelling chorus of
niilonS OF voices from all over the re- |
ouDlic, we are here to name as our stand
IRA bearer the gifted son of the Emnire
state, who has in his makeup ali the
eSolute spirit and vigor of the imneriaI
~ est and In whose Veins courses the rich /