The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-06-30
REPUBLICAN OUTLOOK.

Senator william p. Dillingham;,
chairman Of Vermont's delegation to
the Republican National convention,
returned from Chicago on Saturday
afternoon much gratified at the out
come of the great meeting, and more
thoroughly convinced than ever Of a
splendid Republican victory this fall.
TO Journal reporter Senator Dill
lingham gave some impressions Of the
convention, and some observations of
the campaign outlook in general which
are well calculated to inspire the con-
fidence and arouse the enthusiasm of
Vermont Republicans for the APP
preaching strife. and lead them to
zealously struggle that the State may
play her full part in making the vic.
tory of 1904 the most decisive in the
history of the party.
Speaking of the make up Of the
convention, the Senator SAID it was
composed solely of men who came to
Chicago, not to favor the interests of
various presidential favorites, or to
mould or be moulded in the subtle
game of politics, but simply to per-
form service for their constituents,
who long ago settled for themselves
just who should lead the party in the
coming campaign. The great leaders
of the party were there, he said, but
like Othello their occupation was
gone, for it was q time when the peo-
pie commanded and the delegates,
great and small, joyfully obeyed.
That President Roosevelt was the
single choice of the party in all Sec
tions of the country. Mr.. Dillingham;
said, there was not the slightest ves-
tige of doubt, and this great gathering
of men representing such diversified
interests, yet all united upon this one
leader, was striking object lesson of
the faith that is reposed in the Presi-
dent by Republicans everywhere.
de is regarded by all as an honest,
strong, virile, aggressive, and cour-
ageous man; the very embodiment of
the best type of Americanism in pub
lie life and withal statesman in
whose keeping the destinies of the
country are safe, and a President
who is the President of all the people,
Speaking of the candidate for vice
president Senator Dillingham; said,
that while President Roosevelt was an
ideal representative of the younger
and more aggressive element of the
party, Senator Fairbanks was one of
that band of constructive Legislators
who in the House and Senate have
shown their knowledge, wisdom, and
sound judgment in shaping the des-
TIMES OF the nation during the last
few epoch making years. He is REG
ognized exponent of the more con-
servative branch OF the party; care.
full, prudent, sane man of great ex.
perience in public affairs and one who
if chance places him in the White
House is in every way admirably
equipped to fill the position. His
nomination was the outcome of much
careful elaboration on the part of the
delegates, and when the time came
there was no opposing voice in the
convention.
The combination presented is an
/, ideal one in that it represents the
highest order of both executive and
legislative ability. President Roose-
welt is great executive by reason of
both natural endowment and training.
His native ability in this direction is
wonderful, and added to it is the ex-
perience that has come from long SER
vice in executive positions. AS police
commissioner in New York city, as.
sistant secretary of the navy, Governor
of the Empire State, and as President
his work has been entirely of an ex.
ecutive nature, and his training has
enabled him to meet with courage
and execute with wisdom and rapidity
the demands of his great office. His
firmness and promptness IN dealing
with the great questions that have
come before him have often been al.
luded to as impulsiveness, but he has
made no mistakes aud every candid
student of national affairs must admit
that the secret of his greatness can
only be explained by pointing to his
unusual power as an executive.
The predominating note of the con-
vention, said the Senator, was pride
in the past record of the party and
confidence in it's future. This year
being the fiftieth anniversary of the
birth of the Republican party it's his
tory and record was more strikingly
brought before the convention than on
any previous occasion. All the speak
ers referred to it, he said, and the
great contrast between it and the rec
ord of the Democratic party since 1856