The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-23

tee Of peace.
The American people viii elect him
because, in a word. they know that he
| does things the people want done; dies
things, not merely discusses them-doe-
things only after discussing them-bat
does things; and does only those things
the people would have him do. This i
characteristieally American; for wher.
ever be is, the American Is he who
achieves.
On every question all men know where
he stands. Americans, frank themselves,
demand frankness in their servants. I'm.
certainty is the death of business. The
people can always get along if they
know where they are and whittier they
are going.
His past Is his proof. Every great
measure of his administration was SO
wise that, enthusiastically nstained by
his own party, it won votes even from
the opposition.
Do You name Cuban reciprocityg The
opposition resisted and then opposition
helped TO ratify it.
Do You name corporate legislation
The opposition resisted and then oppo,i-
lion helped to enact it.
Do you name the canal--that largest
work of centuries, the eternal wedding
Of oceans, shrinking the circumference
Of the globe, making distant people
neighbors, advancing forever civilization
all around the worldi This historic IN.
dertaking in the interest of all the race.
planned by American craftsmanship, tc
be wrought by American hands, TO stand
through the ages protected by the Amer
lean flag; this vast achievement which
viii endure when our day shall have be-
come ancient, and which alone is enough
to make the name of Theodore Roose.
welt illustrious through all time-this
fulf.lment OF the republics dream &C
eonplished by Republican effort, finally
received votes even from an opposition
that had tried to thwart it.
OF what measures Theodore Roose.
velt's administration does the opposition
dare eyen-to propose the repeali And
when has the record of any President
won greater approyal'
And 50 the people trust him as a
statesman. Better than that, they love
him as man. He wins admiration in
vain who wins not affection also. In
the American home = that temple OF
happiness and virtue where dwell the
wives and mothers of the republic, slier.
ishing the beautiful in life and guard,
ing the morality OF the nation-in the
American home the name of Theodore
Roosevelt is not only honcsed but be.
loved. And that Is greater triumph
than the victory Of battleships. greater
credit than successful staIcsmanship
greater honor than the presidency itself
would be without it. Life holds no re.
ward so nobleas the confidence and love
Of the American people. 90
The American people! Tie migatiest
force for good the ages have evolved.
They began as children of liberty. They
believed in God and His providence. They
took truth and justice and tolerance a.
their eternal ideals and marched fear.
lessly forward Wildernesses stretched
before them-they subdued them. Noun.
tains rose-they crossed them. Deserts
obstrueted-they passed them. Their
faith failed them not and continent
was theirs. From ocean to ocean citie.
rose. fields blossomed, railroads ran; but
everywhere church and school were per
manent proof that the principles of then
origin were the life Of their maturity.
American methods changed, but Amer.
lean character remained the same. They
outliyed the stage coach, but not The
Bible. They advanced but forgot NOT
their fathers. They delyed in earth. but
remembered the higher things. They
made highways of the oceans. but dis.
lance and climate altered not their
Americanism. They began a. children
Of liberty, and children of liberty they
remain. They began as servants of the
Father of Lights, and His servants they
remain And so into their hands Is daily
given more of power and opportunity
that they may work even larger riph..
eotfsness in the world and scatter over
ever widening fields the blessed seels
Of human happiness.
Wonderful beyond propheess forecas,
their progress; noble beyond the vision
Of desire their future. In 1901 Jefferson
said @the United tsates tthenl had room
enough for our descendants to The tbou.
sandth and thousandth generation ),
three generations behold the oceans ON
boundaries. Washington never dreamed
Of railways. Today electricity and
steam make Maine and California house.
hold neighbors. This advance. which mo-
seer could have foretold, we made he.
cause we are Americans because FREQ
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