The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-01
Araument by Contrast.

"a IpoiitiSS as III Ot!Ie iltliS, VIZ IIlDsl
impressive arguments spring from con-
trast. Never has there been a more strik-
Ing example of unity than is now afford.
here not as factions torn by discordant
views. but moved by one desire and in
tent, you have come as the chosen repre-
sentatiVeS of the most enlightened party
In the world. You meet not as strangers,
for no men are strangers who hold the
same beliefs and espouse the same cause.
You may separate two bodies Of water
for a thousand years. but when once the
barrier is removed they mingle instantly
and are one. The same traditions inspire
and the same purposes actuate us all.
Never in our lives did these purposes
stand with deeper root than now. AT least
two generations rpVe 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 eX-
ample, were those great characters which
endowed the republican party at its birth
with the attributes of justice. equality
and progress. which have held it TO this
of mankind. From these men We nave in
herited the desire, and to their memory
we W the resolution, that those great
schemes of government and humanity, In
spired by their patriotism, and established
by their blood, shall remain as the fixed
and permanent emblem of their labors;
and the abiding sigma of the liberty and
progress of the race.
Republicanism's Inspiration.
There are many, new names in these
days, but the republican party needs nt
new title. 1t stands now where it stood
in the beginning. Memory alone is need
ed to tell the source from which the in
SEPARATIONS of the country flow. a drowsy
memory would be as guilty now as a
astir. The name of the republican party
stands over every door where a 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 years has been
the sign of hope on every spot where lib
new name or platform to designate its
purposes. 1t is now as it has been,
equipped, militant and in motion. Tn
problems of every age that age must
mands, but never in any enterprise have
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 and its dangers. Nowhere
mean more than it means today in Amer
lea. Men of courage and sturdy character
are ranging themselves together with a
cusc for CROPPING in the dark. for the light
is plain to him who vii! but raise his
eyes. The American people believe in a
Knows why. They believe that what ex-
perience has proved it is idle to resist. A
wise man is any fool about to die. But
there is a wisdom which with good for
tune may guide the living and the strong.
That wisdom springs from reason, obser-
walton and experience. Guided by these
his thing is plain, and young men may
rely upon it, hat the history and purposes
I have described, rising even to the es-
sence and aspirations Of patriotism, find
and doctrine of the republican party.
The Standard Bearer.
Rut NOT alone upOn the prlnciples of that
party are its members in accord. With
the same devotion which has marked their
adherence to those principles. magnificent
and enduring as they are. they nave al
ready singled out the man to bear their
er badge was ever yet conferred. But
great as the honor Is, the circumstance
which surround it make that honor even
more profound. You have come from every
state and territory in this vast domain.
The country and the town have We'd with
tons to this splendid throns- Every high
way in the land is leading here and
crowded with the members OF that great
party which sees in this splendid city the
symbol of its rise and power. Within this
uneXampled multitude is every rank and
occupation. But today a common pur-
pose and desire have engaged lis all, and
from every neck and corner of the coun-
try rises but q single choice TO fill the most
exalted office in the world. He is no
stranger waiting IN the shade to be called
suddenly into pubic light. The American
people have seen him for many years and
always where the :i3ht vas tlickest and
the greatest need WIS tell. lie has been
alike conspicuous - tir rulsl!its OF peace
row living vii! forget tie spring of '9S.