Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-23

good deal of experience to enable them to
understand the lesson of his defeat.
Judgment of the People.
"Other conventions have meet to settle
the fate of rival chieftains; we meet to
record the judgment of the republican mil
lions of the United States. They have
based their opinion upon the facts of the
case. The have not concluded that we have
the greatest President Of the United States
since Washington. They know how to
measure the height and depth OF Things
better even than Prof Bryce when he deals
with the superlatives which find their way
into all we'll regulated banquets after mid
night. They have not forgotten me grave
of Lincoln, which has become shrine for
the pilgrimage of the human race. They
remember still the day when the canon OF
Westminster opened the doors OF that ven
cradle monument to admit the name of the
silent American soldier into the household
of English spoken fame.
"They have passed no vainglorious judg-
ment upon the career OF Iheodore hoose-
! Welt They have studied it with sympa-
thetic interest from his boyhood as he has
arisen from one station of public usefulness
to another until at length, before the age
of forty-f1ve, he stands upon the hlgnest
civic eminence known among men. Inelr
tears fell with his as he stood In the Shaoow
of poor McKinley's death, and as a part OF
his oath of Office asked the trusted coun-
seors who stood by the side of the fallen
President to help him carry forward the
work which he had left unfinished, ana
while his admiration deserves the tribute
which it received in this convention from
the eloquent lips of our temporary cnaH-
man. it is because he has executed IN d
manly way the purpose of the republican
party and interpreted Alright the asplra-
lions of the American people. NOR can
there be a doubt that If in the years to come
he shall walk steadfastly in the same paln'
he will be numbered among the great lead
ers of the people who have given dignity
TO bniy hilpha
Agreed Upon Principles
But the Judgment of the republican
party Is not only united upon its candl-
date-it is unanimous also upon the funda-
mental principles for which 1t stands.
think the convention has been fortunate In
harmonizing the minor differences which
unavoidably arise In a country like ours,
where speech is free, and where printing Is
free We stand together on the proposition
that the industrial system of the United
States must not be undermined by a hostile
partisan agitation and that whatever
changes are necessary in our laws ought to
be made by the friends, or at least the ac-
quaintances, of the protective tarin system
The things upon which we are agreed are
so great, and the things about which we
differ are so small. that we are able, with
out sacrificing sincere republican conVlc-
lions anywhere, to unite as one man In de-
tense of our common falth
Passing OF the VcCcTduS.
1.-THE roll call of this convention is a re-
minder not without its melancholy sugges-
ton that the veterans of republican, leader
ship are transferring the responsibilities
which they have borne to the generation
born since 1850. The children of the men
who laid the foundations of the republican
party are here to begin the celebration OF
its fiftieth anniversary. A heavy hand has
been laid since we met at Philadelpha
ne
the party. Nelson Dingley, whose name is
associated in immortal reputation with the
industrial and commercial miracles which
opened the new century, is gone, and within
the borders of the same state lies all that
is mortal of Thomas b. Reed, who put an
end to anarchy in the American House of
Representa- tives; dear old Uncle Mark
Hanna, W. Sc face has looked down with
the benediction of an old friend upon our
deliberations, we shall see no more; within
the past few days we buried Matthew STAN
ley Quay In the bosom OF the common
wealth which he loved, and which In spite
of the malice and calumny which pursued
him while he lived, never failed In its af-
fectionate confidence in him, while over
the whole four years has hung the shadow
of the national affiiction which left the
American people in sackcloth and ashes.
I'VE stand at the beginning Of the new
era. and while the republican party leans
not hesitated to summon to the RESPONSE
biAties Of public life the young men who
have been trained under their guidance to
take up the burdens which they are ready
to lay down. and finish the work which
comes to them as an inheritance of patriot
ism and duty. That is the significance Of
the nomination Of Theodore Roosevelt, and
that Is the explanation OF the call which
has been made by the republican party
without dissenting voice upon Charles w.
Fairbanks to stand by the side Of the Presi- |
dent in the guidance and leadership of the |
republican party.
Office Seeks the Man.
while he has not sought to constrain the |
Judgment Of the convention. directly or in |
directly, he has kept himself free from the |
affectation which undertakes the dignity |
of the second office in the gift Of the Amer |
lean people. and I do not doubt that his |
heart has been touched by the voluntary |
expression Of universal good will which has |
already chosen him as one of the standard |
bearers Of the republican party Of the |
United States. The Office has sought the |
man. and he will bring to the Office the |
commanding personality of a statesman /
equal to any of the great responsibilities
which belong to our public affairs. A leader