The San Francisco call., 1904-06-24
George Knight Pays a
FOTcefuI Tribute TO
Roosevelt,
CaIifoTnian's Speech a
Feature Of the
Convention,

CHICAGO. June 23.-The powerful
voice of George A. Knight Of California
will long be remembered by those in
the convention hall to-day and his rug
ged tribute to President Roosevelt, OF
whose nomination he was one OF the
seconders. was distinctly a feature Of
the convention.
His speech was Of just the right
length and his every sentence forcible
and to the point.
I'VE have outgrown the continent
and are peOPling the isles OF the sea-
was his summing up Of the question OF
expansion.
He painted a graphic picture OF the
results of the opening Of the Panama
canal, and in leading up to his plea for
Roosevelt said: I'VE want for Presi-
dent man, big, broad and grand, like
our country" Here is his speech in
full:
Gentlemen OF the Convention: Geography
mas but little TO do with the sentiment and
enthusiasm that Is to-day apparent in favor
Of the one who Is TO be given all the honors
and and duties Of an elected President OF the
Cnlteep states Of America POwever, the Pa
eihe Slope and the Islands Chose ocean buoys
OF commerce mcOred In the drowsy tropical
sea- send 20 this convention words OF con-
hdent greeting with discreet Assurance that
your judgment will be indorsed BY the Aunerf-
voter and our country continue its Uro1
derful -Togress under Republican success
The time Is ripe for Frightening up Ameri-
canism. to teach with renewed vigor the prin-
clples OF individual liberty for which the
minute men Of the Revolution fought: the Lin
coin liberty. an individual liberty for the man.
not black man alone. any man. all men.
the right OF labor In the exercise of freedom
unmolested and be paid for his Individual
Toll anu win II build his cottage home.
From the press. the pulpit, the schoolhouse
the platform and the street let the tr1e his-
tory Of our country be known. that the young
men and women OF America and many old
ones may know what price has been paid
for the liberty. peace and union they enjoy
heroes Of the past. Deprivation and sacri6ce
already endured for many years before the
old bell in the Statehouse given the
voice to speak the glorious sentiment OF the
age and proclaim liberty throughout all tho
/ land and they were made the Instruments
by which the principles productive OF our
national grandeur were set jewels in our
puoiics $ coronet- What we prayed for. fought
Telegraph the world that the Republican
party was the first organization that beckoned
the laooring man TO his feet and made him
know the quality and equality OF his true
self It showed him the possibilities OF honest
poverty and has withheld nothing from his
worthy ambition. It took a rail-spIitter from
the ground foor or log cabin and set him
Protection to American labor and our nat
ural resources. climate soil. agricultural and
mineral wealth. navigable rivers and safe
harbors. wise laws and clean public men
have made US the greatest nation on earth TO-
day In territory We have outgrown the con-
tnent; We are peOpling the isles of the sea.
ENlDl4E-Il OE' thEElDOM.
Thus said the Lord: A great eagle with
great wings. long winged and fun OF feathers
which had divers cOOrs came unto Lebanon
and took the highest branch Of the cedar
carried IT into a land Of traffic: he set it I'm
a city OF merchants; he took also Of seed OF
he placed it across great waters and set as
/ a willow tree.
How like unto our emblem Of freedom he
has cropped on the young tvFigs OF our ceda-
/ OF liberty and carried them across the ocean
/ TO the land OF traffic and set them IN the
city OF merchants Lhe seed OF our land IS
/ there among fruitful fields. beside great waters
and set willow tree
want President typical OF the country: one
/ who will preserve her history. enforce her law.
| teach Americanism and fight the wrong.
/ Theodore Roosevelt thcu art the man Well
may he be proud. He is young: the pride of
| life is his, and time is on his side He loves
/ the whole country and knows no favorite sec
/ tiCn; he has performed his sacred promise: he
/ has kept the faith with AfcKinIev's r,ernorV
| and now faces responsibilities OF his own He
/ hypnotizes obstacles. looks them in the eve and
/ overpOwers with self-eonscious honesty Of par
/ Dishonesty. cowardice and duplicity are never
| impulsive; Roosevelt is impuIsive; 50 be 1.-THE
| is different.
From a Democratic point OF view he is a
weird magician OF politics They charged him
I with disrupting a government the isthmus
/ creating republic and unlawfully conniving
at canal. They awoke one fine morning to
hnd the republic o. Panama an entity, its exist
, ence recognized BY foreign nations and Con-
/ gress paying out millions OF dollars TO ratify
\ his strategic prom ptness He wanted TO give
/ Uncle Sam job and he did H. and Uncle sam
I wanted the job and he took II. He belongs 70
/ the Union. We him standing to-day with
his Feet upon the spade his garments are
l made Of his nag. his inventive Yankee whiskers
I are brushed. there Is American smile on his
/ face and his heart Is gladdened as he looks at
the golden sunrise Of his commercial future.
WILL KNOW NEW NAMES.
/ Barnacle bottomed ships OF the great salt
sea viii greet the great father OF waters and
make every town his banks maritime city
! Tho owners Of the farm. factory and mine will
become familiar with the names they never
knew and write strange addresses on the eN-
/ ports they send across the unharvested ocean.
/ Australia. New Zealand. Yokohama. Hongkong.
| Manila. Honolulu and Korea will be some of
: the new names the new South will be glad to
/ know, and their children will bless the Presi-
dent that gave them their wonderful opportuni-
| ties for trading.
The blessings OF this great work cannot BE-
told In words and figures win get wobbly and
unsteady with the load when you chalk them on
the blackboard Of time
We want this younger Lincoln--the keeper Of
| our great eagle-we wanted him with his hands
! on the halyards OF flag; want him the
| defender OF our constitution and the executive
/ OF law and when we have used him and
| the best years ot his young manhood for the
good OF the nation. he will still be holding our
banner OF liberty with stars added to its azure
field, its history sacred its stripes untarnished.
the American patriot standing next in line