Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-21

ed the purposes and continued un
broken the policy Of President Nc
Kinley for the peace, prosperity ant
honor OF our beloved country. And h,
has met all e occasions with
strength and resolution ana .arsightet
wisdom.
As We gather in this convention
our hearts go back TO the friend,
the never to be forgotten friend
whom when last We met we acclaimed
with n accord al our universe
choice 10 bear a second time the high
est honor in the nations gift: and
back still. memory goes through many
a year of leadership and loyalty.
How wise and how skillful he was.
how modest and ~self-effacing! how
deep his insight into the human heart.
how swift the intuitions of his sym.
patty. how compelling the charm d.
his gracious presence, He was SO
unselfish, SO thoughtful Of The hap,
piness Of Others, 50 genuine a lover OF
his country and his kind. And he
was the kindest and tenderest friend
who ever grasped another's hand.
Alas. that his virtues did plead in vain
against cruel fate!
Vet We may rejoice, that while he
lived be was crowned with honor.
that The rancor Of /. party strife had
ceased; that success Iii his great
tasks, the restoration of peace, Inc.
approval "a his eountrymen, The aftee-
tion VI his friends gave the last quiet
months In bis HONE ~ Canton repose
and contenrment.
And with Mckinley W. remember
Hanna with affection and sorrow nis
great lieutenant. They arc together
again.
But We turn ali they would have.
us turn, 70 the duties oi The hour, the.
hopes Of the future; W. turn as they
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would have US turn. 70 prepare our
selves for struggle under the same
Standard borne In other hands BY right
Of trae inheritance. Honor, truth.
courage, purity Of life, domestic vir-
tue, love VI country, loyalty TO high
ideals--all these combined with active
intelligence, with learning, with exper-
fence In affairs, with the conclusive
proof Of competency afforded BY wise
and conservative administration. by
great things already done ami great
already a~chieyed,--all these we
bring to the people with another can
didate. Shall NOT these have honor
in our land? Truth, sincerity, cour-
age! these underlie the fabric of our
institutions. u25on hypocrisy and
sham, upon cunning and false pre-.
tense, upon weakness and cowardice.
upon the arts OF the demagogue and
the devices of the mere politician mo
government can endure in which the,
people do not believe and trust. Our
president has taken the whole people,
into his confidence. Incapable Of de-
ception. he has put aside conceal
ment. Frankly and without reserve,
he has told them what their govern
ment was doing, and the reasons. 1t
is no campaign OF appearances upon
which we enter, for the people know
the good and the bad, the success and
failure, to be credited and charged to
our account. II Is no campaign OF
sounding words and specious pre-
fences, for our president has told the
people with frankness what he be
lieyed ana what he intended. He has
meant every word he said. and the
people have believed every word ne
said. and with him this convention
agrees because every word has been
sound republican doctrine. No people
u maihldih lItt 49, ~
not In their hearts value the qualities
which have made the present presi-
dent Of the United States conspicuous
among the men Of his time as 4 type
of noble manhood Come what may
here come what may IN November,
God grant that those qualities Of brave,
true manhood shall have honoDs
Throughout America, shall be held for Ar
example In every home, and that tbe'
youth 81 generations 70 come may
grows up 10 feel that Y Is better than
wealth. or office, or power. 70 have
the honesty, the purity, and the cour.I
age Of Theodore Roosevelt.