The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-23

cry household In the land. lie Is not
conservative, if conservatism means |
waiting till it is too late. He is not
wise, if wisdom is to count a thing |
/ a hundred times when once will do.
There is no regret so keen, in man or
country, as that which follows an OPP
portunity unembraced. Fortunes scars
with high and rapid wing, and who
ever brings it down must shoot with
accuracy and speed. Only the man
with steady eye and nerve and the
courage to pull the trigger brings the
largest opportunities to the ground.
He does not always listen while all
the sages speak, but every day at
nightfall beholds some record which
if not completed has been at least
pursued with conscience and in
peace will come here to abide forever
on this earth only when the dreams
of childhood are the accepted charts
to guide the destinies of men. Events
are numberless and mighty, and no
man can tell which wire runs around
the world. The nation basking today
in the quiet of contentment and re-
pose may still be on the deadly cir
cult and tomorrow writhing in the
tolls of war. This is the time when
great figures must be kept in front. If
the pressure is great the material to
resist it must be granite and iron.
Whether we wish it or not, America
~
are in every street, her name is on
every tongue Those interests so sacr-
ed and stupendous should be trusted
only to the care Of those whose pow.
er. skill and courage have been tested
, and approved. And in the man whom
you will choose. the highest sense of
every nation in the world beholds a
; man who typities as no other living
, American does, the spirit and the pur-
poses OF the twentieth century. He
7 does not claim to be the Solomon of
his time. There are many things he
may not know, but this is sure, that
above all things else he stands for
/ progress, courage and fair play. which
are the synonyms Of the American
t name.
2 There are times when great fitness
is hardly less than destiny, when the
I elements so come together that they
e select the agent they will use Events
= trepid resolution. He is no slender
1 flower swaying in the wind. but that
5 heroic fibre which is best nurtured by
= the mountains and the snow He
: spends little time in review, for that
0 he knows can be done by the schools.
: A statesman graphing with the liv-
= ing problems of the hour he gropes
e but little in the past. He believes in
going ahead. He believes that in
s shaping the destinies of this great re-
: public, hope is higher impulse than
b regret. He believes that preparation
e for future triumphs in more impor-
g tant duty than an inventory Of past
d mistakes. A profound student of his
d tory, he is today the greatest history
e maker in the world. With the in
S stincts of the scholar, he is yet forced
h from the scholars pursuits by those
n superb qualities which fit him to the
n last degree for those great world cur.
It rents now rushing past with larger
n volume and more portentous aspect
l. than for many years before The fate
is of nations is still decided by THEN
n wars. You may talk Of orderly tri
d bunals and learned referees; yor
y may sing in your schools the gentle
lie praises Of the quiet life YOU ma,
n strike from your books the last not
" Of every martial anthem, and yet GU
v in the smoke and thunder will al
" ways be the tramp Of horses and tn
e silent, rigid, upturned face. Men ma,
* prophesy and women pray, blu
sometimes select the strongest man
ID as lightning goes down the highes
err rod. And so it is with those event
d. which for many months with unerrin
i sight have led you to a single nam
~ which I am chosen only O pro
as nounce: Gentlemen, T nominate fo
as President of the United States tn
US highest living type Of the youth, tn
he vigor and the promise of great cou
w try and a great age, Theodore Roose
g, welt Of New York.
n "Therefore, Indiana seconds tn
so nomination of Theodore Roosevelt.
u Chamberlain Stomach and Live
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