Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-01

! IN the navy, ~reorganized the army, Icsur-
rected the militia system. =
new policy for the preservation aiiu ls-
clamatioR of public lands.s given CIV, soN
ernment to the Philippines, estaDiished
the republic OF Cuba, bound It 70 as ~
ties of gratitude. of commercial lnIeIsst
and OF common defense, swung open .iae
| closed gateway of the isthmus, strength
ened the Monroe doctrine, ended the Alas
! kan boundary dispute, protected the integ.-
rity OF China, opened wider It's doors VI
trade, advanced the principle OF aIpitla
| ton, and promoted peace among the ma
The work is not fully done; policies are
not completely wrought out; domestic
questions still press continually for SOU
ton: other trusts must be regulated; me
tariff may presently receive revision, ana
IL Sc, should receive Ii at the hands OF lhe
friends and not the enemies or the pro
tective system: the new Philippine goV-
erninent has only begun TO develop liz
plans for the benefit OF that long neg
lected country; our flag hoats on ine
isthmus, out the canal is yet TO be oulit,
peace does not yet reign on earth, and con-
siderate firmness backed by strength are
still needful In diplomacy.
People Must Decide.
Tire American people ave now TO say,
whether policies shall be reversed, or
committed to unfrlendly guardians.
itself for the benefit and honor or our
country, shall be transferred to unknown
and perchance to feeble hands.
No dividing lire can be drawn athwart
the course of this successful administra-
tion, The fatal 14th of September, 1871,
marked no change OF policy, no lower leNel
Of ach' eyement. The bullet or the as
sassin robbed us of the friend we loved;
il took away from the people the presi-
dent OF their choice. ii deprived civfliZa-
ton of s. potent force making always LOT
righteousness and for humanity. bur the
fabric of free institutions remained UNI
shaken. The government of the people
went on. The great party that William
Mckinley led. wrought still in the spirit
of his example. His true and loyal sue
cessor has been equal TO the burden cast
upon him. Widely different in tempera-
ment and methods, he has approved hiIn-
self of the same elemental virtues-the
same fundamental beliefs, With faithIui
and ~revering memory. he has executed
the purposes and continued unbroken the
policy Of President Mckinley for the
peace, prosperity and honor or our be-
loved country. And he has met all new
occasions with strength and resolution and
far-sighted wisdom y
Honor, truth, courage. purity OF life, do
nestle virtue. love. Of country, loyalty 10
a tiVa in nfenisral 'R wit6 MMa n9lhga With With e eS-
perience IN affairs, with the conclusive
proof of competency afforded by wise
and conservative administration, by great
things already one and great results al
ready achieved-all these we bring to the
people with another candidate. Shall not
these have honor In our land? Truth. sim
certify, eouragei these underlie the fabric
of our institutions. Upon hypocrisy and
sham, upon cunning and false pretense,
upon weakness and cowardice, upon the
arts of the ~demagogue n the devices or
the mere politician-no government can
stand. No system of popular government
can endure in which the people do not be-
lieye and trust.
a President Of the People.
Our PRESIDENT has taken the whole peo-
pie into his confidence. Incapable of de-
ception, he has put aside concealment
Frankly and without reserve. he has told
them what their government was doing,
and the reasons. IT is no campaign of
people know the good and the bad, the
success and failure, to be credited and
charged to our account. 1t is no cam
paign Of sounding words and specious pre-
lenses, for our president has told the peo-
pie with frahkness what he believed and
what he intended. He has meant every
word he said, and the people haye believed
vention agrees because every word has
been sound republican doctrine. No peo-
pie can maintain free government who do
not in their hearts value the qualities
which V made the present president
Of the United States conspicuous among
the men Of his time as a type of noble
manhood. Come what may here-come
what may in November, God grant that
those qualities of brave, true manhood
have honor throughout America,
shall be held for an lamp in every
home. and that the youth Of generations
to come may grow up to feel that ii is
bette" than wealth, or office, or power, to
have the honesty, the purity and the courS
age of Theodore Roosevelt.