The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

others, is not borne out by history.
We are self-governed people, and in
the exercise of the right of self-gov-
eminent we are met together tonight
Tor the purpose of selecting our lead
ers through whom our voices and ctr
Wills shall be heard in the land. Not
a leader that shall lead US. by his own
within and fancy, but one that shall
exercise the rights that we give him,
and none others. (Applause.) And
We want men for these positions,
bright. true men, capable men, safe
men, sane men, men Of sound and en-
during judgment. We want men who
understand the will OF the American
people as it has been expressed
1 through the official acts of their rep
| resentatives. We want men who not
| pie, but who know how to apply it in
pie. but who know how to apply it II
the affairs Of the people. We want
men who are capable through their
understanding of the law OF the people
who are capable of so understanding
1t. that there may be stability in the
execution Of our laws.
Coordinate Branches.
At the coming election we select the
head Of one of the three coordinate
branches OF the government-the chief
executive officer of the country who
shall carry into effect the laws that
emanate from your chosen representa-
tives in the legislative halls of con-
gress. We elect, 1 say, the chief ex-
ecutive officer of the government Of
the United States, and when we do
that we select the cabinet that shall
sit in council upon the affairs as per-
tain not only to our relations at home
but to our relations with the other
| nations Of the earth. We select the
| heads OF the departments and bu-
| reaus az the government, because they
| all emanate from this one great CEN
trail head of the executive branch of
the government. He doesn't make the
| laws, his cabinet doesn't make the
| laws, his bureaus don't make the laws,
but very much depends upon the man
| ner In which law is executed when
| us enciency Is to be estimated We
elect also the law makers of one of
the branches OF congress: We are
called upon to send to the house of
representatives q man who shall be
capable OF expressing your best wishes
IN the performance Of his duties there.
man who shall be able to weigh and
SIT and put into execution the princi-
pies OF the people that he Is there to
represent. l had the pleasure during
the last session of congress of watch
ing and observing the manner in
which your chosen representative per-
formed his duties. l was In a position
to estimate with some degree of ac-
curacy his capacity to represent the
people OF Idaho, and as a result Of
that observation, I want to say here
to you that there was no state in the
Union that was better represented
than was the state of Idaho In the
house of representatives. (Applause)
Patriotic, intelligent. alert and capa-
Die, he won the respect Of every de-
partment OF the government and of
congress. He Is your candidate; l
expect, we all expect the Republican
party expects that you will give him
such majority as the people of the
nation will know that the people of
Idaho are capable of estimating and
knowing when they are. we'll served.
(Applause.)
Want No vacciIating Man.
That the chief officer should be a
| man of conservative and capable
Judgment. Is the first requisite of the
maintenance of this government. We
want man who is tried and expert
enced in the execution of the law.
We want man whose Judgment does
not Vacillate and vary with. every
shifting breeze Of political excitement
or changing conditions. We want a
man who has proven himself loyal and
true to the principles of some no.
htical party-some well-defined prin-
clple. We don't want man who, four
years ago and eight years ago. was
advocating doctrines and principles
that he repudiates today. applause
we want man. AS I say, we want
man who Is capable of forming an
accurate Judgment, and who stands
by his judgment when it is formed
and such a man we have in Theodore
Roosevelt. (Applause)
sound and safe" these two words
nave been chosen by our opponents
as sort of battle cry Sound and
SAFE Let us pause for moment
and see how these terms apply to
their candidate for president. Indigo
Parker. Four years ago he saws h.
supported and voted for the Demo-
cratic candidate for president who
was nominated and stood upon the
free silver platform. Now, it doesn,,
matter what you may think about the
free silver platform. He saws four
years ago and eight years ago he
stood upon that platform and sun
ported the nominee OF the Democratic
party Was he sound" then? Was
he safe" then? If he was, why do we
ind him today over-zealous in the
declaration that he is in favor of the
gold standard? Why do we find him
today asserting by the quick flash Of
the telegram and by his spoken letter
OF acceptance that he believes that
the gold standard is irrevocably fixed
as the financial policy OF the govern
ment of the United States? If the
change of his position is due to the
ract that he made mistake four and
eight years ago. then he was not
sound" man, he was not a "safe"
counselor. II his change is due to the
fact that he thinks the sentiment of
the people has changed, then he :.