The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-24
NEGRO MADE A SPEECH,
Harry S. Cummings of Baltimore Sec
onded Nomination of Roosevelt.

Chicago. June 24-Harry S. Cum
mings of Baltimore seconded the nomi-
nation Of President Roosevelt in the
following speech:
Mr.. Chairman, Fellow Delegates OF
the Republican National Convention,
Ladies and Gentlemen:-For the dis
tineuished honor of seconding the NOM
ination of that grand type of the Amer
lean citizen Theodore Roosevelt, am
profoundly grateful Fortunate, IN
deed is it for this government that II
has had during the eight years just
passed a political organization such as
ours to meet face to face with I'M
daunted courage and determination the
many perpleXing questions which nave
arisen during that period Equally Tort
innate has been our party to nave hau
within its ranks during this ciuclal
period such men as our able, wise and
patriotic Mckinley, of beloved memory
and our capable, courageous and ag-
gressive Roosevelt, upon whose youth
ful though ample shoulders the mantle
of the great Mckinley fell.
Whether the questions affected our
internal or external relations, they
have been boldly met and wisely solved
We have carried to the Filipino, the
Porto Rican and the Cuban the loren
of light and intelligence, relieved them
from the burdens and oppression OF
despotic rule, established civil govern
ment among them and are teachng
them the blessings of liberty ana lnde-
pendence. The Panama canal, the Key
TO the universe" the construction Oh
which has for centuries been the dream
and fancy OF more than one government,
has under the prompt and decisive ac-
ton of this administration been taken
from the realm OF clOudlanQ ana
dreauland and its completion in the
near future has become a certain and
fixed fact. The wise leadership OF our
party has kept so well adjusted our
tariff and currency legislation that
prosperity abOUnds in the land, labor IS
plentiful, the laborer is well paid and
contented. capital multiplies and seeks
additional outlets for new invest menus l'l--s
and enterprises. In word, We nave
given a full and complete report OF the
stewardship committed to our care dur
ing the past four years
1t becomes the duty of this conven-
ton to name a general who, we hope
and believe, viii lead the great Repub-
Hcan host to victory in the coming
election a man who will in every way
measure up to the responsibility OF the
high office of president of this country.
such an one in the person of our chief
executive has been ably and eloquently
placed before you, and heartily 90 we
all fndorse what has been said.
by their fruits ye shall know them
Theodore Roosevelt brings to his party
and the nation at the close Of his -ad-
mfnistration the precious fruits OF three
years able and faithful service. The
solemn promise made by him When
gloom and distress O ershadoWed the
when fears and niSglVlngS We're ABROAD
IN the land, when the nation bowed IN
tears for her fallen hero, that promise
made at a most trying time in our
country's life. has been kept 70 me let
ter. and he brings as an evidence OF
such the plans and purposes OF ms
martyred predecessor fully developed
and completed
He is above all things a true hon
est. earnest. patriotic American citi-
zen. He is a leader of unflinching
courage, a man OF wisdom a man OF
action. He is open and frank, tree
from intrigue or ccncealment. In his
life and walk and conduct he stands
4napproached and unapproachable.
He is a broad man, broad in intellect,
broad in sympathies, broad in soul (;
he lends a listening ear to the cry of
the downtrodden and oppressed, and
with strong and ready arm encircling
the weak and helpless, he bids them
rise and hope and live. He is a just
man. and believes that a man should
be Judged by merit, and merit alone,
and that the just rewards Of faithful
and patriotic service should be with
held from no one for any cause what
ever With a vision unclouded by
bias or prejudice, he sees through the
outer clay. clad in different hues, the
man within, and there beholds the
image of the Divine Master indicat-
ing the fatherhoOd of God and the
brotherhood of man.
Criticisn-bitter, severe, unreason-
able-has only served to make him
the more devoted to his country's well
fare He believes that corruption and
dishonesty in private life and in pub
lie Office should be unearthed, exposed
and punished, no matter who the
guilty party may be or how high in
official life ne may stand. He believes
that respect for and obedience to law
are the foundation upon which this
government must rest and that the
violation of the oath of Office is little
less than treason. He believes thai
the constitution of the United States
and every amendment thereof, should
be rigidly enforced, and that it's vio-
lation. by whatever subterfuges or in
debtedness of expression. should be
condemned and remedied. He is, fol-
these good and sufficient reasons, the
man whom the people Of every sec