The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-04
TRUST HIM
President Roosevelt He Won the Con-
fidence of the Country.
VAS NOMINATED AT The FIRESlDE

oenatcr e.veridg,'s Eloquent Tribute
to Republican standard 8earer-The
American People Will Elect Him Be-
cause They Knew That He Does the
Things the People Want Done.
One of the most notable speeches OF
the Chicago convention was that Of
Senator Albert J. Beverage second
ing the nomination of President Roose-
welt. His stirring words moved vast
audience to enthusiastic demonstra-
tons. Senator Beverage said:
One difference between the opposi-
ton and ourselves is this: They Sc
lect their candidate for the people, and
the people select our candidate for us.
This was true four years ago when
we accepted the peoples judgment and
named William Mckinley, whose per-
feet mingling of mind and heart, Of
wisdom and of tenderness, won the
trust and love of the nation then and
makes almost holy his memory now.
His power was in the peoples favor,
his shrine is in the peoples hearts.
It is true today when we again &C
cept the peoples judgment and name
Theodore Roosevelt, whose sympathies
are as wide as the republic, whose
courage, honesty and vision meet all
emergencies, and the sum of whose
qualities make him the type of twen-
tieth century Americanism. And the
twentieth century American is nothing
more than the man of 'z6 facing new
day with the old faith.
Theodore Roosevelt. like William
Mckinley, is the nominee of the Amer
lean fireside. So were Washington
and Jefferson in the early time; so
was Andrew Jackson when he said:
1.-THE Union; it must be preserved"
so was Abraham Lincoln when, the re-
public saved, he babe us blind up the
nations wounds" and, Grant, when,
from victory's very summit, his lofty
words, let us have peace" voiced the
spirit of the hour and the peoples
prayer When nominated by parties,
each of these great Presidents was, at
the periods named, already chosen by
the public Judgment. And so today,
the Republican party, whose strength
is in it's obedience to the will of the
| American people, merely executes
again the decree which comes to it
from the American home in naming
| Theodore Roosevelt as our candidate
Chart Of Craftsmanship.
The peoples thought is his thought;
American ideals, lis ideals. This is
| his only chart Of statesmanship-and
no other is safe. For the truest guide
an American President can have is
the collective intelligence and massed
morality of the American people. And
this ancient rule of the fathers is the
rule of our leader now.
Theodore Roosevelt is leader who
leads; because he carries out the set
tied purposes Of the people. Our Pres
1dent's plans, when achieved, are al
ways found to be merely the nations
will accomplished. And that is why
the people will elect him.
They will elect him because they
know that if he is President we will
get to work and keep at work on the
canal. After decades of delay wher
the people want thing done, they
want it done.
They know that while he is Presi
dent the flag will "stsy put" and nc
American advantage in the Pacific OF
tho world be surrendered. Americans
never retreat.
While he is President no wrongdoel
in the service Of the Government will
go unwhipped of justice. Americans
demand honesty and honor, vigilan
and fearless.
While he is President, readjustmen
Of tariff schedules will be made only
in harmony with the principle of pro
lection. Americans have memories.
While he is President peace with ev
cry nation will be preserved at an!
| cost executing only the sacrifice O