The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-24
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Dol,iyer mates Fairbanks.

Dolliyer Nominates Fairbanks.
The first mention OF sela s falr-
banks name was the signai Tor cheers,
which were renewed when he formally
presented the name of the Indiana
Senator. i
Senator Deliver then sald:
The National Republican ConVen-
ton, now nearly ready 10 auIoui t II, hlS
presented to the world IiloIdl spec,
tacle of extraordinary interest ana
significance. 1t is a fine thing 10 sec
thousands of men representing mill
lions of people. fighting in the polltlcal
arena for their fayorlte candldateS'
and contending valiantly Tor the sue
cess of contradictory princlples aho
conflicting doctrines. Oul oi Such q
contest, with it's noise ana declanla-
ton, its flying banners. us thundcr
of the captains and the shouting, the
truth often secures Vlnu anu
the right man comes out victorious.
Sometimes. however. wisdom is lost
in the confusion and more than once
we have seen the claims OF leader
ship swallowed up in contention ana
strife
1--WE have the honor to belong 20
a convention whose constituency IN
every ,St3te and Territory, ana I'D
the islands of the sea, mas done us
thinking by quiet firesides undlsturbeu
by clamor Of any sort, and has SIM
piifed our responsibilities by the I'M
mistakable terms Of the credentials
which we hold at their hands. Other
conventions have met to settle the
fate of rival chieftains: we meet to
record the judgment of the Republl-
can millions of the United states.
They have passed no vain glorious
judgment upon the career of Theodore
Roosevelt. They have studied it with
sympathetic interest from his boyhood
as he has risen from one station of
public usefulness to another, until at
length before the age Of As, he stands
upon the highest civic eminencF
known among men. Their tears fell
with his as he stood In the shadow
I,of poor McKinley's death, and as a
part of his oath Of office, asked the
trusted councillors who stood by the
side of the fallen President to help
him carry forward the work which
he had left unfinished, and while his
administration deserves tribute which
it received in this convention from
the eloquent lips OF our temporary
chairman, it is because he has execut-
ed in a manly way the purpose of the
Republican party, and interpreted Q
right the aspirations of the American
people. Nor can there be about that
if the years to come he shall walk
steadfastly in the same path, he viii
be numbered among the great Leaders
of the people who have given dignits
and influence to their highest office.
But the judgment of the Republican,
party is not only united upon its cam
didate,-it is unanimous also, upon
the fundamental principles for which
it stands. / think the convention haS
been fortunate in harmonizing the
minor differences which unavoidably
arise in a country like ours. where
speech is free, and where printing Ii
free.
eve stand together on the proposi-
ton that tho industrial system of the
United States must not be undoing b!
hostile partisan agitation and tina;
whatever changes are necessary i'm
our laws ought to be made by the
friends, or at least the acquaintance,
of the protective tariff system. The
things upon which W are agreed are
so great, and the things about which
we differ are so small, that we are
able, without sacrificing sincere Re-
publican convictions any where, to
unite as one man in defense OF our
common faith.
"The oll-cau of this convention is
a reminder not without its melancholy
suggestion, that the veterans of Re-
publican leadership are transferring
the responsibilities, which they have
borne, to the generation born since
1850. The children of the men who
laid the foundations of the Republl-
can party are here to begin the cole
1ration OF its tftieth anniversary. \
| heavy hand has been laid since VIC
met at Philadelphia upon the men who
guided the councils of the party. Me-
son Dingley, whose name is associated
| in immortal reputation, with the IL
| dustrial and commercial miracles
| which opened the new century, Is
gone and within the borders of the
same State lies all that is mortal ~
FThomas 3. Reed, whip put an end 70.
anarchy in the American House q!
| Representatives; dear old Uncle Marx
| Hanna, whose face has looked down
With the benediction. of an old friend
upon our deliberations, we shall sc"
no more; within the past few da"S
we buried Matthew Stanley Quay in
| the bosom Of the commonwealth
which he loved, and which in spite
of the malice and calumny Whlch
pursued him while he lived, never
| failed in it's affectonate confidence IN
him. while over the whole of the years
has hung the shadow of the national
affiiction which left the American
people in sack cloth and ashes.
! We stand at the beginning OF the
| new era, and while TIE Repubncaf
party leans upon the counsel 81 It's
old leaders, it has not hesltated 10
summon to the responsible IS OF pCh-
| lie life the young men who have feeh
trained under their guidance ID take
up the burdens which they are ready
| to lay down, and finish the work Whttn
comes to them as an inheritance Oh
patriotism and duty. That is the SIG
nificance of the nomination OF 1heo-
/ dore Roosevelt and that is the eXptd-
nation of the call which has Deeli
made by the Republican party WITH
out a dissenting voice, upon Charles
W. Fairbanks to stand by the SIDE OF
the President in the guidance ana
leadership of the Republican party.
/ While he has not sought TO constraln
the judgment of the convention dl-
rectly or indirectly, he has kept NM
self free from the affection when UNI
! derivatives the dignity of the second
| office in the gift of the American peo-
pie, and ] do not doubt that his heart
has been touched by the voluntary sex
preston of universal good Will winch
has already chosen him as one or the
| standard bearers of the Repupilcan
party of the United States. The office
the naO0iOU DprSOnallIy OIL a