Evening journal., 1904-06-23

Anu 50 TX IS VIII llnNt 'Nthio " it'A /
for many months with uncrring sight |
have lei you 20 single name which /
am chosen only TO pronounce. Gentle I
mon. | nominate for president Of the /
United Statcs the highest living type /
of The youth, the vigor and The promise /
OF a great country ANA great age
Theodore Roosevelt % New York"
The nomination OF Theodore Eoose
vclt though foregonc conclusion for
months. was the signal for a wild dcm-
onstration, which lasted FOR several
minutes.
secondng speeches followed ard
were made 10y Senator a. j Beycridge
OF Indiana. George A. Knight OF Cali
fornia Harry Sdllwcil Eawcras Of
Georgia. Joseph Il Cotton Of Minnoso-
Ca and Harry $. Cummings OF Mary
land.
Senator Beyeridge spoke first Among
other things he said:
Theodore Roosevelt, like William
Mckinley. IS tie nominee Of the Amer
lean freside. The peoples thought is
his thought; American ideals his ideals
This Is his only chart Of craftsmanship
and no other is safe. For the tIuest
guide an American president can have
Is the collective intelligence and mass
cd morality OF the American people.
And this ancient rule Of the fathers is
the rule of our leaders now.
Theodore Roosevelt Is q leader who
leads because he carries out the set
tied purposes of the people Our presi-
dents plans. when achieved, are al
ways found TO be merely the nations
viii accomplished And that is why
the people viii elect him."
Unanimous FOR Roosevelt.
At the close of the speeches the vote
was taken, and there was not a dis
sentlng voice
Chairman Cannon then announced
the names Of the committee Of dele
gates appointed to notify President
Roosevelt Of his nomination.
AS soon MS order had been restored
the chair called for nominations for
Che office of vice president Senator
Dolliver Of iowa arose and in an clio
qucnt speech placed in nomination
Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana In
closing the senator said.
"rhe rollcall of this convention is a
reminder not without it's melancholy
suggestion ihat the veterans of Rcpub-
lican leadership are transferring the
responsibilities Which they have borne
TO the generation born since 1850 The
children OF the men who laid the fOun-
dations OF the Republican party are
here to-hogin the celebration Of its fif-
tieth anniversary. A heavy hand has
beon laid since we met at Philadelphia
upon the men who guided the couasels
of the party. Nelson Dingley whose
name is associated In immortal reputa-
tion with the industrial and CONNER
cial miracles which opened the new
century, is gone. and within the bor
ders of the same state lies all that is
mortal of Thomas b. Reed who put an
end TO anarchy I'm the American house
of representatives. Dear old Uncle
Mark Hanna. whose face has looked
down with the bonediction of an old
/ friend upon our deliberations. we shall
see no moro Within the past few days
we buried Mntthcw Stanley Quay IN
the boscm OF the commonwealth which
he loved and which IN spite Of the NAL.
ice and calumny which pursued him
while he lived never failed IN its affec-
tionate confidence in him. while over
/ the whole four years has hung the
shadow of The national anliction which
left the American people in saclycloth
and ashes.
"We stand at the beginning Of the
new era and while the Republican
party leans upon the counsel of its old
leaders it has not hesitated to summon
TO the responsibilities Of public life the
young men who have been trained un.
der their guidance to take mp the bur
dens which they are ready TO lay down
and finish the work which comes te
them as an inheritance Of patriotism
and duty
"That is the significance of the nomi
nation of Theodore Roosevelt, and that
is the explanation OF the call which
has been made by the Republican par
ty without n dissenting voice upon
Charles W. Fairbanks TO stand by Tia,
side of the president in the gudanc,
and leadership Of the Republican par
IT,
"While he has not sought to constraii
the Judgment Of the convention, di
rectly or Indirectly. he has kept him
self free from the airectation whicl
undertakes tho dignity Of the secon,
office in the gift Of the American peo
pie A leader OF the senate. the cham
pion of all the great policies whicl
constitute the nymcible record Of th'
Republican party during the last tel
years his name will hecome towe
Of strength TO our cause. not only II
his own state. but everywhere through
ont the country"
Governor pcnnypacker of pennsyl
vania eloqucnily seconded the nomina
ton. and the convention by acclama
tion favored the selection amid an
other scene Of Wild enthusiasm.
The announcement of the committe
TO notify the presidential nominee wa
made by the chair. and the convention
D adjourned sine die.
-N A q