Milford chronicle., 1904-09-23
.INEG. RIGHT. TRUE
,.id.at Roosevelt So Described
!. Connecticut Convention
Of Republicans.
:, States Senator 0. H. Plat
P0uses Great Enthusiasm
h Happy Speech.

..,.,.d Press dispatch from Hart
ford, Conn. Sept. lS.1
v,0orous defense Of the Repub-
Administration United States Sen
orville H. Platt, as temporary
.,,msu. awakened much enthusiasm
NJ ouenIng of the Republican state
.,.Dtlou In the Auditorium tonight,
dslegates and spectators cheering
.otsdly the name Of Theodore
oseyelt
senator PIatt said:
.Tbsodore Roosevelt was not nom-
nd as the standard bearer of the
DpblIean party either by the ef-
n Of designing and managing poll
l,ns or to please capitalistic Wall
.st He was nominated In obedi-
! 10 the express will Of the people
,omiuated with the acclaim of the
oOle No man can ever be nominat-
for president of the United States
reclamation in whom the people do
heartily, thoroughly and enthusi-
fesuy believe 1t only waits for
,gember to show the overwhelming
rent Of this confidence. Sneers will
belittle him; denunclations will not
qbten him; personal attack will not
ssken him. for he has already won
place in a safe and sure strong !
Od-the hearts and homes Of the !
merlcan people.
aHe came to the discharge of pres
eDtial duties under most fearful and |
7ing circumstances. He has trOd |
here the wisest and braYest might i,
l7e feared to tread-in the footsteps
the illustriOus and beloved McKin-
v He has gone forward along the
|athway Of duty without hesitation,
ElthOut hinching, strong in rectitude,
onest in purpose, with lofty courage
nd unimpeachable wisdom. If the
1emOcratic party chooses to make
lOosevelt, the man, the issue to this
ampaign we welcome that issue with
ut fear Every citizen of the United
tates from the professional pOliti-
Ian to the schoolboy in his teens
noWs that in the heart Of Theodore
oOsevelt, the president, there is one
purpose, and that is to
} what Roosevelt, the man, believes
be honest, right and true. What has
, done that was not honest and right
ID true? In the interest of all that
axes for American honor let us have
president who has but one guiding
incipe, and that to do what he be-
yes to be right for the honor Of his
1ntry, for the upbuilding of it's peO-
} for the glory Of its name. Would
~ have the people think him un-
.el No man is unsafe whose life is
an and pure and noble and who :
lks in one path only, the path where
y seems to him to point. In all that
resents American manhood, Ameri-
character, American progress,
ieriean welfare, Theodore Roosevelt I
lds forth today our most conspicu- &
example. 1t was because the Re {
'lleans of the United States recOg- g
ID this that they demanded with one S
!e THAT he should be called to further G
and further service in that most G
lied Of all places, in that most re-
lsible and wearing Of all positions,
presidency Of the United States.
'nsafe? Who have been his advis- +
Who stand as his supporters and
lrerS! Let me name three of them
rec whom all men honor, all men
t-Elihu Root, John Hay, William t
Taft. Is the man unsafe who Sc II
such advisers? 1t matters little s
he man who has figured as chief &
ser OF the Democratic candidate Il
advertised that he is now playing f,
reWell engagement. Even Demo c,
would be glad to know that their t;
ldate II elected would find as wor- h
and capable advisers" n