The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-06-30

honesty and honor, vigIiant and fearless
While he is president, reimbursement Of
tarlH schedules Will be made only IN har'
flony with the principle Of protection
Americans rave memories.
: While he is president peace with every
nation VIII be preserved at any cost, ey,
ecptlng My the sacrifice of American
rights and the Vigor With which he main
tains these will he itself a guarantee ot
peace.
T&a American people will elect him be-
cause. in a word. they know that he does
things rhe people want done; does things,
not merely discusses tlem-does things
chiS after discussing them-but does
things, and does only those things the
people would have him do. This Is char
enthusiastically American; for wherever he
Is, the American is he who achieves
Know Where He Stands.
GA every question all men know where
ne stands Americans. frank themselves.
demand f~rankness in their servants. I'M
certainty Is the death of business. The
peopla can always get along II they know
where they are and whittier they are
going.
His past IS his proof. Every great meas
ufe or his administration was so wise
that, enthusiastically sustained by his own
party, it won votes even from the oppo-
sitiGu.
Do you name Cuban reciprocityo The
opposition resisted and then opposition
votes helped to ratify it.
DO you rame corporate legisiattou7 The
op9sition resisted and then opposition votes
Do you name the c~anaI-that largest
work OF centuries, the eternal wedding Of
oceans, shrinking the circumference Of
the giohe, making distant peoples neigh
norS, advancing forever civilization all
around the world? This historic under
taxing in the interest OF all the race,
planned by American craftsmanship. to
De wrought by American hands, to stand
through the ages protected by the Amer
lC1n nag: this vast achievement which
VIII @nduro whom our taE shall have be
come ancient, and which alone is enough
70 make the mama of Theodore Roosevelt
INDUSTRIOUS through all time--this fulfil
h3sQg OF, the republics dream accom-
pIiS1ed by republican effort, finally re-
cetNed votes even from an opposition that
had tried to tlrwart it.
~, what measure or Theodore Roose-
Veita administration docs The opposition
dare ever 70 propose the repeal? And
when has the record Of any president won
greater approval?
Loved as Il Man.
And 50 the people trust him az a states
u man He wins admiration IN vain who
wins not affection also. In the American
temple of happiness and vir-
.4e Where dwell the wives and mothers
OF tne republic cherishing the beautiful
III HE and guarding the morality OF the
natlon-tn the American home the name Of
I~heordore Roosevelt Is not only hopored
olt beloved. And that IS a greater tri-
Hlnpn than the victory OF battlefelds,
greater credit than successful statesman
n.sdH; greater honor than the presidency
ltseif would b" without IL. Life holds no
reward so noble as the confidence and
love or the American people,
me American people, The nightiest
force for good the ages have evolved.
Ihey began as children OF liberty. They
neIieVed in God and HIS providence. They
took truth and Justice ana tolerance "a
I5N4r sTernal deals and marched fearless
y onward Wilderuesses stretched be-
t9re taeul-they subdued them. Noun
ANS rose they crossed them. Deserts
iructed-they passed them ThAr
gu. IaiIad them not and a continent was
enelFs. From ocean to ocean cities rose.
heids blossoNed, railroads ran; but every
" mers Ghlrcn and school were permanent
proof that the principles OF their origin
were the life OF their maturity.
American Character.
American methods changed, but An1art-
character remained the sauna. They
9WtLlyed the stage coach, but not the bible.
Lhers. They deIved in earth, bat rernem-
hered the higher things. They made
Of the oceans. but distance and
altered not their Araericanism.
Lhey began as children Of liberty, and
children Of liberty they remain. They be-
gan as servants Of the Father of Lights,
mo their hands is daily given more OF
power and opportunity that they MAY
m"IK even larger righteousness in the
the blessed seeds OF human happi2
Wonderful beyond prophecy's forecast
5,.s:r pFoEress; noble beyond the vision OF
asstIe their future. In 1901 Jefferson said.
the Cnited States (then) hid room
enough Tor our descendants to the thou
sag4l2 and t~,housandth generation" three
generations behold the oceans our bCur-
Washington never dreamed OF
away Today electricity and stanr7
make Maine, and California household
1ei2aa0TS This advance, which no seer
-ohl4 nave toret0id, we made because We
tIe AlGergHans-hecause 4 free people with
1h.eLtec@a minds and unquestlcuing be-
get 0WfUIly faced the Universe OF human
possibilities. These possibilities are not
aNHaliSted; We have hardly passed their
.2"Gnaartgs. The American people are not
Exhausted; We Eave only Tested our !
strength. Gods work for us IN the world
8 NOT finished His future missions for
ne american people viii bs Ecsrder b c
Tasks viii ee Performed.
And these tasks as they come we Will
,ceept anG accomplish as our fathers ac-
zoUtpli31ed theirs. And when our genera
ION, shall have passed and our children |
mali catch from our aging hands the
.J2ntard We have borne, il will still be
ne old dag Of Yorktown and A~rDomattox
tld Manila bay. The music to which thew |
n their turn VIII then move onward VIII
ittl be the strains that Cheered the diving |
NaFFen on Bunker Hin and inspired the |
nen who answered Lincoln's call: and the
deals that will be in them rriumphart as |
hey are in LIS. Will still be the Old ideals
have made the American people great
md honored among the nations OF Che
.arrh.
This is the republican idea of the Arneri-
an people; this the thought we have
when we nominate today our candidate
or the nations chief; this the quality OF
Amertcanism a republican standard bear
ar must have. And this is just the Ameri-
Of Theodore Roosevelt. Full OF
ne Old tin1e faith IN the republic and its
iestlnyi charged with the energy OF tha
finances Of the republics fathers and
in his heart the fear of God, in
;piTed by the sure knowledge that the re-
2ubIic's splendid day is only N It's dawn.
Lheodore Roosevelt will lead the A.neri-
people N paths Of safety to still
greater welfare for themselves. still
broader betterrnent Of the race and to the
ldded honor Of the American name.
lion Of Theodore Roosevelt.
ACCLiMATlzlNG PLANTS.