The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-21
Root Sounds Keynote
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] WIN lis sdTElles OF climate uHu MUS
/ try, from all our great population ae,
tive in production and commerce and so.
cial progress and intellectual and moral
life to degree never Before attained by
any difficult problems press upon
the national government.
Within the past five years more than
sixty-six thousand bills have been in
tFoduccd in Congress. Some method Of
selection must be followed. There must
be some preliminary process to ascertaill
the general tenor of public Judgment
upon the principles to be applied in gov
eminent, and some organization and
recognition of leadership which shall
bring legislative majority and the ex.
ecutive into accord in the practical ap.
plieation Of those principles; or effective
government becomes impossible.
The practical governing instinct of our
people has adapted the machinery de-
yised in the 18th to the conditions Of
the 2oth century by the organization of
national political parties. In them men
join for the promotion OF few cardinal
principles upon which they agree. For
the sake Of those principles they lay
aside their differences upon less imgor-
tant questions. To represent thos, yprin-
ciples and to carry on the government
in accordance with them, they present to
the people candidates whose competency
/ and loyalty they approve. The people
by their choice of candidates indicate the
principles and methods which they wish
followed in the conduct of their govern
ment. They do not merely choose be.
tween men; they choose between par
ties-between the principles they pro-
fess the methods they follow, the trust
wcrthiness Of their professions, the in
ferences to be drawn from the records of
their past, the general weight Of charac-
ter of tine body of men who will be
brought into participation in government
by their aseendency.
When the course Of the next admins
tration is but half done the Republican
party will have completed the first half
century of its national life OF the II
administrations since the first election of
Abraham Lincoln, nine-covering a pc
Rod Of 36 years-have been under Re.
publican presidents. For the greater
part OF that time, the maiority 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 mp.
lifting OF the great mass of the people
above the hard conditions of poverty
the common opportunity for education
and individual Advancement, the uni
ycrsal 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 liberty and
justice, which have marked the life Of
the American people during this long
period Of Republican control.
With the platform and candidates o.
this convention, we are about OF ask i
renewed expression OF popular confidence
in the Republican party.
We shall ask it because The principle.
to which We declare our adherence AZ,
right, and the best interests OF our com
, try require that they should be follower
in is government.
We ask it because the unbroken record
Of the Republican party in the past i
m assurance Of the sincerity OF our dec.
larations and the fidelity with which ".
shall give them effect. Because we have
been constant in principle. loyal 10 ou
beliefs and faithful 10 our promises, w
are entitled to be believed and trusted
now.
We shall ask il because the character
Of the party gives assurance Of good
government. 4 great political organiza
ton, competent 10 govern, is not a
chance collection of individuals brought
together ion the moment as the shiftin.
sands are piled up by wind and sea. &
be swept away. To be formed and rel
formed again. 1t is a growth Tradi
tions and sentiments reaching down
through struggles Of years gone, and the
stress and heat OF old conflicts, and the
influence Of leaders passed away, and
the inqained habit Of applying fixed
rules Of Interpretation and Of thought
al give to a political party known and
inalienable qualities from which must
follow in its deliberate judgment and
ultimate action, like results for good o.
bad government. We do not deny tha.
other parties have. in their membership
men Of morality and patriotism; but we
assert with confidence that above All
Others, BY the influences which gave il
birth and have maintained its life, by
the causes for which il has striven, the
ideals which it has followed, the Re-
publican party as a party has acquired
4 character which makes It's aScendency