The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-23
ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS


tions of our people and that peace and
justice be our aim and ambition both
within and beyond our borders. May
that feeling of love and oneness with
all mankind grow stronger year by
year.
Help us to keep down selfshness
and bitterness; and by Thy tender
grace make stronger the sense of de-
pendence upon Thee and of duty to
all mankind.
I'm this seedtime of the year. we
pray Thee to bless the harvest. Send
Thy blessing upon the multitudes who
work upon the rich lands May abun-
dant crops be the reward of the hus-
bandmen. whose labors make possible
the feeding of the vast multitudes of
Thy children; abundant increase of
ment the mighty engines of commerce
and the looms and machines of hu-
man industry; that thus hunger and
idleness and want may be kept far
| dwell within our country.
"Our Heavenly Father, whose king
| dom is everlasting and power infinite,
we pray Thee to send Thy blessing
upon all our country and all our peo-
| pie, and especially upon all those on
whom authority and the execution of
the laws rest, upon the president of
| the United States, upon the governors
| of all the commemorative which
make this a land of many states, upon
the congress of the nation, and upon
the legislatures of the different states,
and upon all who occupy places of
| trust and responsibility, that they
4 knowing whose ministers they are
may above all things seek Thy honor
| and glory.
wilt Thou grant them Thy grace
that they may always incline to Thy
| VIII and walk in Thy way.
| And may all the people, duly con-
sidering that it is Thy authority that
! they bear faithfully and obedientIy
honor them and aid them in guarding
| the highest standards of uprightness
and integrity and unself1sh patriotism
! Upon this great multitude here
gathered, we ask Thy blessing. Keep
before US, we pray Thee, high motive
ana lofty aim and grant, in Thy in
Unite goodness, that this convention
may have its part in holding aloft the
highest ideals and most glorious stan
dards of true citizenship. Wilt Thou
so direct their deliberations that only
hlgh influences may have sway, and
| that the best results for our dear
country may be advanced by their
work; that thus they may do their
part in helping to the ordering and
settling of all things upon the surest
/ foundations that peace and happiness
truth and justice, religion and piety
may be established among us for ali
generations.
Finally we pray for all the people
of this land. that Thou wouldst direct
US; . Lord, in all our doings with Thy
most gracious favor and further US
with Thy continual help; that in al
our works begun, continued, and end
ed in Thee, we may glortfy Thy holS
name, and finally, by Thy mercy, OBJ
tain everlasting life through Him whC
hast taught US to say:
Our Father. Who are in heaven
hallowed be Thy name. Thy king
dom come. Thy will be done on earth
as it is done in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And forgive u,
our trespasses, as we forgive those
who tresDass against US. And lead III
not into temptation, but deliver III
from evil; for Thine is the kingdom
! and the power and the glory, forever
and ever. Amen
At the conclusion of the prayer Chair
! man Cannon presented the following
l announcements through the reading
clerk:
"On the sixth day of July at Jack
son, Mich, there will be celebrated the
50th anniversary of the birth of tn,
Republican party (applause), the tim'
when and the place where it received
. its name. Secretary Hay will deliver
the principal address. Senator Fair
! banks and others will address tn,
meeting
Then followed an announcement tina
: the recently elected national committe
will meet in the Coliseum annex i'm
mediately on the adjournment of thl
convention.
j Roll Call of States.
E Chairman Cannon at once announce,
that the next order of business woult
i be a roll call of the states for the nom
e ination of president of the Unite'
f States.
: The clerk called Alabama and i'm
n mediately Oscar R. Hunley of tha
: state, mounted a chair and announce
: privilege of yielding its place on tn
n roll to the state of New York
Instantly the convention was in a.
uprOar. The. New York delegation wa
oT7 foot sIxo vii,
, and shouting wildly. Ex-Governu
r Frank Black of New York, who was t
] deliver the nominating speech in behal
e of P1 esident Roosevelt immediateI
e started for the platform amid the wild
e est enthusiasm on the part of the dele
= gates.
= As Governor Black reached tn
S desk of Chairman Cannon he wa
y escorted down to the front of tn
platform. Here Chairman Cannon
s standing by the. side of Mr.. Black, /
e a few words. introduced him to tn
h convention. There was a succesiO
n of shouts from the convention.
s chorus of shrieks from the New Yor
Il delegation, a paroxysm of tossin
y flags, then silence. and Mr.. Blac
r commenced his speech in behalf {
g President Roosevelt.
! A Striking Figure.
t AS he confronted the convention
r Governor Black presented a strikin
J. figure. He is tall and gaunt. H
!; hair originally dark brown is liberall
It sprinkled with gray his dark eye
Y look out sharply from behind spects
e cles and from beneath closely ovel
IS hanging eyebrows.
IT Governor Blacks voice, though M
heavy, carried well and increased
e volume as he got fairly under wa,
q His epigrams provoked laughter an
e the sharply turned sentences, fl
; which he is noted. never failed
5 raise a ripple of appreciative applaus
y On the left lapel of his coat Nj. BIac
d wore a pink carnation and during ii