The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-04

craftsmanship, to be wrought by Anoi
lean hands, to stand through the ages
protected by the American flag; TINS
vast achievement which will endure
when our day shall have become an
cient. and which alone is enough 10
make the name of Theodore Roosevelt
illustrious through all time-this fui-
fillment Of the republics dream accom-
plfshed by Republican effort, received
votes even from an opposition that
had tried to thwart it.
Lcve Him as Man.
OF what measure of Theodore Roose-
velts administration does the opposi-
ton dare even to propose the repeal!
And when has the record of any pres1-
dent won greater approval?
And SO the people trust him as
statesman. Better than that, they
love him as man. He wins admir-
alton 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, cherishing the beau
tiful in life and guarding the morality
OF the nation-in the American home
the name Of Theodore Roosevelt is not
only honored, but beloved. And that
Is a greater triumph than the victory
of battlefields, greater credit than sue
cessful craftsmanship, greater honor
than the presidency itself would be
without it, Life holds no reward so
noble as the confidence and love of
the American people.
T1o 81 T1a oicrJof
est force for good the ages have evolv-
ed. They began as children of lib
erty. They believed in God and his
providence. They took truth and JUS
tice and tolerance as their eternal
ideals and marched fearlessly before
them-they subdued them. Mountains
rose-they crossed them. Deserts OBJ
structed-they passed them. Their
faith failed them not and a continent
was theirs. From ocean to ocean cit
les rose, fields blossomed, railroads
ran; but everywhere church and
school were permanent proof that the
Of their futurity.
| No Seer Could ForeteIl.
American methods changed, but
American character remained the
same. They outlived the stage coach,
but not the Bible. They advanced, but
forgot not their fathers. They delved
in earth, but remembered the higher
things. They made highways of the
| oceans, but distance and climate al
tered not their Americanism. They
began as children of liberty, and chill
dren of liberty they remain. They be-
| gan as servants of the Father Of Light,
and his servants they remain. And
so into their hands is daily given more
of power and opportunity that they
may work even larger righteousness
! In the world and scatter over ever
widening fields the blessed seeds of
human happiness.
| And these tasks as they come we
will accept and accomplish as our
| fathers. accomplished theirs. And
| when our generation shall have passed
and our children shall catch from our
aging hands the standard we have
borne, it will be the old flag Of York
town and Appomattox and Manila bay;
the music to which they in their turn
will then move onward will still be
the strains that cheered the dying
Warren on Bunker Hill and inspired
the men who answered Lincoln's call
and the ideals that will be in them
triumphant as they are in us, will still
be the old ideals that have made the
American people great and honored
among the nations of the earth.
This is the Republican idea of the
American people; this is the thought
we have when we nominate today our
candidate for the nations chief; this
the quality of Americanism a Repub
lican standard bearer must have
And this Is just the Americanism Of
Theodore Roosevelt. Full of the old
time faith in the republic and it's des
tiny; charged with the energy Of the
republics full manhood; cherishine
the ordinances of the republics fathers
and having in his heart the fear Of
God; inspired by the sure knowledge
that the republics splendid day is only
in it's dawn, Theodore Roosevelt will
lead the American people in paths o.
safety to still greater welfare fol
themselves, still broader bettermen
of the race and to the added honor
Of the American name.