The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-01
Arcument by Contrast.


In politics as in other fields the most
Impressive arguments spring from CON
trast. Never has there been moro strik-
ing example OF unity than is now afford
here NOT as factions torn by discordant
views but moved by on" desire and in
tent. you hay" come as The chosen repre-
scntatives of the most enlightened party
in the world You meet not as strangers,
for no men arc strangers who hold the
sam" beliefs ana "SpouSe the same cause.
You may separate two bodies of water
for thousand years, but when once the
barrier is removed they mingle instantly
and arc one. The same traditions inspire
and the same purposes ac'uate us all.
Never in our lives did these purposes
stand with deeper root than now, At least
two generations hav" passed away since
the origin of that great movement from
which Sprang the spirit which has been
the leading impulse in American politics
for half a century. In that movement,
which was both a creation and an cX-
endowed the republican party at its birth
with the attributes of justice. equality
and progress, which have held it to this
hour in line with the highest sentiments
of mank nd. From thcS, men we have in
heritcd the desire and to their memory
we owe the resolution, that those great
schemes of government and humanity. in,
spircd by their patriotism, ana established
by their blood shall remain as the fixed
and permanent emblem of their labors.
and the abiding signal of the liberty and
Repubicanism's Inspiration.
There are many new names in these
days, but the republican party needs NJ
new title 1t stands now where il stood
in the beginning. Memory alone is need
ed to tell the source from which the in
| spirations of the country flow. A drowsy
| memory would be as guilty now as a
| sleeping Waterman when the enemy is
astir. The name Of the republican party
stands over every door where righteous
cause was born. Its members have gath
cred around every movement, no matter
| how weak, if inspired by high resolve, Its
| flag for more than fifty wears has been
| the sign of hope on every spot where lib
erty was the word. That party needs no
new name or platform to designate its
purposes. 1t is now as it has been,
| equipped. militant and in motion. The
problems of every age that age must
solve. Great causes impose great de-
| the American people failed, and never IN
any crisis has the republican party failed
to express the conscience and intelligence
| of that people
The public mind is awake both to its
| opportunities ard its dangers. Nowhere
in the world. in any era, did citizenship
mean more than it means today in Amer
| lea Men of courage and sturdy character
| are ranging themselves together with a
unanimity seldom seen. There is no cx-
cuse for cropping in the dark. for the light
| Is plain TO him who Will but raise his
| eyes The American people believe in @
| man or party that has convictions and
| knows why. They believe that what cx-
| pcrience has proved 1t is idle to resist. A
| wise man is any fool about to die. Bu
there is a wisdom which with good for
| tune may guide the living and the strong
| That wisdom springs from reason, obser
| va ton and experience. Guided by these
| this thing is plain. and young men may
| RELY upon It, that the history and purpose.
| | have described. rising even to the cs
seIce and aspirations of patriotism. fine
| their best concrete example in the carcc,
and doctrine of the republican party.
The Standard Bearer.
But not alone upuR the principles of tina
| party are it's members in accord. Witt
the same devotion which has marked thei
| adherence 10 those principles. magnificen
| and enduring as they are they have al
| ready singled out the man to bear thci
standard and to lead the way. No high
| cr badge was ever yet conferred Blu
great as the honor is the circumstance
| more profound. You have come from ever
| state and territory III this vast domain
The country and the town have WED wit
| each other in sending here their cOntribu
| tons to this splendid throng. Every high
way in the land is leading here an
! crowded with the members Of that grea
| party which sees in this splendid city tn
| symbol of its rise and power. Within thi
unexamped multitude is every rank an
| condition of free men, every creed an
occupation. But today a common pun
pose and desire have engaged US all. an
from every neck and cornar of the cour
try rises but a single choice to fill the mos
exalted office in the world. He is n
suddenly into public light The America
people have seen him for many years an
always where the fight was thickest an
the greatest need was felt. He has bee
alike conspicuous in the pursuits Of peac
and in the arduous stress Of war. No ma
now living will forget the spring of 9