Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-06-30

sations, just spontaneous outbursl o.
hurraing ana approval when Roosevelt |
was named. The flag that waved In
1860 when Lincoln was nominated was
there Just the same as It has been vt the
moment Of the nomination Of every re-
publican president since. Young
Smythe Of Philadelphia was there with
the silk flag with which he celebrated
the nomination Of Roosevelt for vice
president fonr years ago, as were the
delegates from Alaska with eagles
mounted on top of small totem poles
which they carried in triumph several
times. around the delegates section
Several times Uncle Joe" used his
acroquet mallet' in the attempt to re.
store order and get back 70 business,
bus ii was no use and he had to subside
and was soon working overtime at the
handle endof the old Lincoln Flagstaff
Ii was demonstration that no one who
witnessed will soon forget, the delegates,
the people and the nations statesmen
making common cause in shouting their
| approval Of the formal naming of Theo-
dore Roosevelt for president.
/ .ITncle joe spoiled one nice scene
which had been planned as q part.of the
festivities when Fairbank was named
for president. A half grown Gle
lphant had been brought down from The
Il Lincoln Park menagerie and It was plan
! ned to turn him loose on the convention
door. with Fairbanks in the cnpola and
Uncle Joe doing the steering, just At
Ter the naming Of Fairbanks. But Fair
banks. obeying kind of unwritten law,
did not show himself at the convention
al all on Thursday, while Uncle Joe
rot onto the scheme just in time and
made himself missing until the circnl
was over. The elephant was taken
hack up town and took his pstting JUS
Ias contentedly in front Of one Of ths
headquarters hotels as II hs had share
: id the making Of the nation s rulers as 4
I Twas originally planned ae should nave
! All contests were settled in committee
and did not appeas on the convention
floor at all. In both Wisconsin and LII
J nois lively local scraps are on, and about
, ali the DEMOCRATS hope for is that the,
] viii get serious enough to endanger th'
national ticket in those states, rms i
far from d certainty and Roosevelt Cal
! be elected without them. These ron
TESTS are very insignificant compared
|, with the differences which prevail
j I throughout the whole democratic bod
! between the s.reorganizers" and the OK
!. line democrats. They are personal mai
tiers purely, while the democratic diem
!. ma concerns party policy and principles
!. the management and control Of tn
! whole organization. In the platform
!. committee there was a lively contest ov
!. tariff policy: the ground taken Dein
"a fairly satisfactory to all and .especiall
3 So to reciprocity republicans who ar
r strong in the west. Reciprocity treat
j lies by the friends or protection and
. harmony with the principles OF protes
ton. will be perfected from time !
/ time as opportunity may arise, while r
II publican bourbonism, better known Z
/ day as stand rat-ism, /" was distinct
i relegated to the rear. Probably an
i great or sudden development Of reclpro'
j ity il too much 10 expect, but the do
/. IS left open for the policy 50 strongly ~
i vocated by Pres. Mckinley IN his dyif
u message at Buffalo three years ago, ~
"A whenever needed 1t may be promotes
!. The platform is a record OF republics
"a achievement, a simple recital OF kel
III pledges and future plans. II is radical
IN unlike the democratic platform soon
Ia be issued, in that no democratic pla
Il. form can refer to the issues OF four veal
~ eight years or forty years ago witiio
embarrassment and disaster. we POI
81 with pride" because 1t Is both possiI
Is and praiseworthy to do SO; leaving cri
Il. cism and complaint to the opposition
he the only thing left for them 70 do.