Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-06-24
For President, Theodore Roosevelt.

IT is not merely the Republican ma
tional convention in Chicago, which
has enthusiastically nominated Theo-
dore Roosevelt as the standard bearer
Of the party in the coming campaign.
The selection was made, and made
months ago, by the American people.
and the delegates at Chicago simply
registered and formally expressed the
demand Of the American masses. The
mandate which was executed in the
great Coliseum, yesterday, was framed
a long time ago. 1t was made manifest
even before Mr.. Roosevelt was nomi-
mated for the vice-presidency. when the
leaders of the party surrendered to the
popular demand that he be placed upon
the ticket with Mckinley. And since
the stroke of fate that made him
President, in the place of his beloved
chief, struck down by anarchy in it's
blindness and brutality. he has been
such a President that his nomination,
this month, in defiance of all vice
presidential precedents, has been an
absolutely assured thing.
There has been opposition, to be
sure, to his nomination, but it has
been an opposition which made his
nomination all the more sure-the OPP
position Of the big trusts which fear
him; the opposition Of politicians who
cannot control him; the opposition Of
those who are injured by honest gov
ernment at Washington, and the OPP
position Of those who are opposed to
the strenuous and virile Amercanism
which he represents. The opposition of
these types, as we have said, has only
made his nomination all the more GER
tain.
The people have been for Theodore
Roosevelt all the time; the plain voters
want him, and will take nobody else.
His strength is daily becoming greater
and more irresistible. With the people
for such a man it has made no differ
ence who was against him. The people
have always believed in him and their
faith has been strengthened by his ca
reer at the head of the government.
The honesty, the courage, the princi-
pie, the independence, the unselfishness,
which he had shown in earlier offices
of Importance. have been shown in
a greater degree in the highest office of
the land. Theodore Roosevelt is not
nominated by the Republican party for
the Presidency because he is the only
great man in the party-it has many a
man in public life of presidential cali
bre, many a man who would make a
splendid President-but he is nominated
because he is the greatest man in the
party and the greatest living American.
He is nominated because he will make
a better, stronger, safer and more pop
could be nominated. He has been tried
and tested in the fire Of experience.
and the true metal of which he is made
only shows the brighter. The whole
world knows what he stands for and
the record of his administration, which
must of necessity be the chief issue i'll
the coming campaign. is one which fills
every Republican heart with pride and
confidence, and which disnays still
more the demoralized and wavering
opposition party.
With Theodore Roosevelt as the
standard bearer of the great Republi-
can party in the coming campaign. the
result of his election in November is as
well assured at this time, as the result
of the convention at Chicago was Well
assured week ago. The American
people, who insisted with an en-
thusiasm and unanimity almost un-
PARALLEL in our political history on his
nomination, are going to the polls next
November to elect him by an over
whelming majority. His party is
united behind him. Humanely speak
ing, nothing can prevent his election.
and the semi-centennial of our great
party's birth will be celebrated in the
most fitting fashion.