Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-08-10
TWO GREAT CAMPAIGN TALKS
mr. Roots Address to Senator Fairbanks Notifying Him of His
Nomination for the Vice Presidency, and
the Nominees Response.

who have the strength of body and mind
and character which shall enable them.
II occasion comes, 10 take up the bur
dens OF the great presidential office to
endure its trying and exhausting de-
mands. to meet its great responsibilities.
and with firm hand and clear vision TO
guide the government OF the country
until the people can express their choice
again.
Our opponents Of the democratic
party have signally failed to perform
this duty. They have nominated as their
candidate for the vice presidency an ex-
cellent gentleman, who was born dur
ing the presidency of James Monroe ard
who before the 4th of March next will
be in the eighty-second year OF his age.
Before the next administration is ended
he will be approaching his eighty-sixth
birthday.
Too Old for Office.
1T is no disparagement of this gem
teman, for whom believe we all have
the highest respect. to say that he shares
the common lot of mortals. and that the
election OF any man of such great age
would furnish no safeguard to the Amer
lean people against the disaster which
would ensue upon the death of a presi-
dent with a successor not ompetent TO
perform the duties of the presidential
once. IL is common experience that
very aged men however bright and ac-
tive they may appear for brief periods
cannot sustain long-continued severe ex-
ertion. The demands of the presidential
once upon the mental and physical vi
tallty are so great. so continuous and so
exhausting as to be wholly beyond the
capacity of any man OF So.
The attempt by such a man to per-
form the duties of the Office would with
practical certainty be followed speedily
by complete breakdown both OF body
and OF mind. In contemplating the re-
mote possibility of the election of the
democratic candidate for vice president
the people of the country are bound to
contemplate also as necessary result of
such an election in case o. the presidents
death, that others. not chosen by the
people, and we know not who. would
govern in the name OF a nominal sue
cessor unable himself to perform the
constitutional duties OF his office; or
worse still that serious doubt whether
the vice president had not reached n
condition of inability" within the mean
ing OF the constitution would throw the
title to the Office of president into dis
pute. The serious effect of such an
event upon the government and upon the
business interests and general welfare
OF the country, and the serious effect
even OF the continual menace of such an
event must be apparent TO every thought
full mind.
Prepared for Any Duty.
In your election. on the other hand
this chief requirement will be fully met
In the full strength of middle life Won
are prepared for the exhausting duties of
the presidency. Your successful and dis
unguished career. the ability and pro-
bity with which you have already dis
charged the duties Of high office. the uni
Versai respect and esteem of the people
or Indiana who have delighted to honor
you. the attachment of hosts of friends
throughout the union all assure us that
you have the character and the ability
to govern wisely and strongly should Won
become president. Many indeed among
our people have already turned toward
you as suitable candidate to be elected
directly TO that great office
1T is the earnest wish of your party
and of many good citizens who have no
party affiliations that you shalt accept
this nomination and that you shall be
elected in November to be the next vice
president Of the United States In ex
pressing TO you this wish we beg to add
an assurance Of our own personal re-
spect. esteem and loyalty