The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-24


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facts of the case. They have not con-
cluded that We have the greatest presi-
dent of the United States since WASH
1ngton. They have passed no vain
Theodore Roosevelt. They have studied
it with sympathetic interest from his
6oyhood as he has risen from one station
OF PUBLIC usefulness to another, until at
length, before the age of forty-five. he
stands upon the highest scivic eminence
known among men.
We stand at the beginning of the new
era, and while the Republican party
leans upon the counsel of its old leaders
1t has not heSitated to summon to the
responsibilities of pubic life the young
men who have been trained under their
guidance to take up the burdens which
they are ready to lag Gown and finish the
leNork Which comes to tflem as an inheri-
/ tance OF patriotisms and duty That is
TIE significance of the nomination of
Theodore Roosevelt, and that is the ex-
planatlon OF the call which has been
made by the Republican party without
a dlssenting voice upon Charles w Fair
panKs to stand by the side of the presi-
dent in the guidance and leadership of
the Republican paFty
While he has not sought to conStrain the
judgment of the convention directly or
indirectly, he has kelH himself free from
the affectatiOn which underyalueS the
dignity OF the second office in the gift
OF OF the : American people and do not doubt
that his heart has been touched by the
voluntary expression Sf good will which
has already chosens him as one of the
standard bearers of the Republican party
Of the United States.s@
Compliments the Hoosier
The office has sought the man. and he
will bring to the Office the Commanding
personality of a statesman equal to an4
or the great responsibilities which belong
70 our pubic affairs. A leader Of the
senate, the champion of all the great
policies which constitute the invincihIe
record of the Republican party during the
last ten years, his name will become a
tower Of strength to our cause, not only
IN m ms 5, own state, but everywhere through
out the country. A man of affairs the
Whoie business community shares the
Gonndence which his political associates
nave s reposed in him from the beginning
strat1ve, popular opinion which has given
tne ,hepubIcan party a platform upon
which all Republicans can stand with
no asserting voice here or anywhere, has
Iohg since anticipated the action of this
convention In adding to the national Re-
publican ticket the name of Senator
Falrpanks. Of Indiana 1 take pleasure
where throughout the United States, ss
our candidate for vice president. 49,
Depew's scintiIIations
Senator Chauncey M. Depew, or New
York. said in seconding Fairbanks
nomination.:
1 cannot help contrasting, what will be
the difference when our Democratic
friends meet on the 9Th of July TO 90
tnrough their duty of nominating can
tuldateS and adopting platform. We here
nave been unanimous upon our candt-
oates, all agreed upon our principles, all
recognizing and applauding our great
S,t;tt Statesmen,. living and dead, and agreeing
with them; while, on the other hand
In that convention there will be the only
TWO living exponents of Democratic prfn-
ciples. On the one side will be their
994Ry sJne president. n, ri rising and saying
position, will come their last candidate for
president, saying BE Democrats The
Two are incompatible.
Inns convention has been without en-
u tInuSlasm, perfunctory, and will occupy lit
Tie place In history. But this convention
is an epoch making convention because if
marks m 1I the close of fifty years of the life
of the Republican party: that fiftv Years
II We should divide recorded time into
periods of half a century the fifty wears
frSm 1854 to 1904 would concentrate more
tnat has been done in. this world for the
upiifting of humanity than all the half
centuries which have preceded. This
half centurys one distinguishing charac-
terlstlc has been that it was the half
century of emancipation all over the
world, led by the American thought and
the success of the American Experiment.
But when for our purpose we look back
OVer @ TINS half century we find that the |
Tor the welfare of our country, that most
[or emancipation has been done bv the
republican party.
"opportunist'' Element
Now, my friends, while we present the
positive, the convention which meets on
Inc 9th of July represents that element nm
known heretofore in American politics, the
1t is waiting for bankruntcv /
waiting for financial distress.
II seems 70 me that We have not given |
enough importance to the Office of vice
p PRESIDENT IS; of the United States. Eighty |
nllilonS of people want for vice .presi-
tent man that is able to be president. !
But he does more than that He is the |
sonfdante of the senators. He is the |
s influential in that legislation which
S originated and which is shaped in the
senate, and now that we have become q !
N4IId ,;t1r power now that treaties make |
elthef for our prosperity, our open door. or |
'ur closed harbors he is necessarily an 1
important fact In the management of /
he government.
- It is is my privilege to announce what you
vi know, that We. have found vice |
presidential candidate of nresidentiaI |
lze. Everybody knows that if the tower /
ng ngure had been out of this canvass,
me of the prominent figures before This
convention as candidate for president 4
would have been. Charles w Fairhanks
And now New York; appreciatine his
Lblilty as lawyer appreciating the
lauonal name he has made for himself as |
enator, appreciating 41iS dignity, his char
cter and his genius for public affairs sec
nds the nomination sofS Charles W. Fair
'anks for vice president.
Tenn Carriers Words
Ex-senator Thomas Carter, of Mon
ana, said:
1t will at once be lonsoling and re-
ssuring to YOU for me to announce that
90 not rise 70 make "a speech. but to
make deliberate announcement. You |
Vill remember how, eight years ago. the
nter- mountain cenntFys theretofore solid
Republican. becan4H tempest tossed
nd diScredited. lit win be rememhered
With regret that siheek 1892 RenT1b1ican
lectoral votes in the Rocky mountain |
0untry have been few and far between
am here today tDfsay to Won that
rom the Canadian liIfe to the south line
Colorado, and from the Missouri river, to
ne Pacltic ocean, each and every vote
an pc cast for Theodore Roosevelt The
manner In which this happy result has
cen brought about is wen worth "a
1omentary consideration. 1T was under
ne Kind, considerate and wise manage-
lent of William Mckinley as president i
the country, guided and aided and
ss1sted by. the venerated Mark Hanna
Ohio. OF all those who had heer |
ympat athetic. through good and evil. while |
tanolng lnf1exible for the cardinal prin- |
Ipies or the party. one of the strongest |
nd most comforting of all who have |
elPed has been Charles ". Fairbanks. of /
1dlana, whose nomination second, and