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! popular leader who had captured b,
! enthusiasm. long before was olt
enough to vote. Not even his defeai
) served to diminish the hold which oul
champion had upon the hearts OF those
who followed him. and Il has required {
good deal of experience TO enable them
to understand the lesson of his defeat
other conventions have met to settle
tn fate Of rival ehieftains: we meet to
record the judgment Of the republican
millions Of the United States,
They have based their opinion upon
the facts of the case. They have now
concluded that we have the greatest
president of the United States since
Washington. They know how to meas
ure the height and depth Of things bet
ter even than Prof Brice when he deals
with the superlatives which find teir
way into all well regulated banauets
after midnight. They have not forgot
ten the grave Of Lincoln. which has be-
come q shrine OF pilgrimage OF the
human race. They remember still the
day when the canon OF Westminster
opened the doors OF that memorable
monument to admit the name OF silent
American soldier into the household OF
English spoken fame.
They have PASSED no vainglorious
Judgment upon the career Of Theodore
Roosevelt. They have studied II with
spmpathetic interest from his boyhood
as he has arisen from one season Of
public usefulness to another until at
blength, before the age Of As, he stands
upon the highest civic eminence known
among men. Their hands fell with his
as he stood in the shadow OF McKin-
ley's death and as part of his oath
of office, asked the trusted counsel who
stood by the fallen president to help
him to carry forward the work which
he had left unfinished, and while his
agreement deserves the tribute which
arises in this convention from the elo-
quent lips of our temporary chairman
lii is because he has executed In a
manly way the purpose of the repub-
lican party and interpreted Alright the
aspirations of the American people
Nor can fhere be a doubt that. IL In the
years to come, he shall walk steadfast-
ly in the same path, he will be num-
bered among the great leaders Of the
people who have given dignity and In
ffuence to their highest Office.
But the judgment Of the republican
party is not only united upon its candi-
date-it is unanimous also upon the
fundamental principles for which It
stands. think the convention has been
fortunate in harmonizing the minor diff
ferences 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 acquaintance of the pro-
tective tariff system. The things upon
which are agreed are so great and the
things about which we differ are so
small that we are able, without sacrl-
ficing sincere republican convictions
to unite as one man In de-
fense Of our common faith.
The roll call of this convention is
notwithstanding its melan,
choly suggestion, that the veterans of
republican leadership are transferring
the responsibilities which they have
borne to the generation born since 1850. |
The children of the men who laid the |
Of the republican party are /
here to begin the celebration of its 5Oth
A heavy hand has been |
and since we met at Philadelphia upon /.
the man who guided the counsels Of
the party. Nelson Dingley, whose name
Is associated in immortal reputation
with the industrial and commercial
which opened the new century
IS one and within the borders of the /
same state lies all that is mortal Of
Thomas y. Reed, who put an end to
in the American house Of rep
Dear Uncle Mark Hannas
whose face has looked down with the
of an old friend upon our
we shall see no more;
within the past few days we buried
Matthew Stanley Quay in the bosom
If the commonwealth which he loved, h
ind which in spite Of the malice and
,alumny which pursued him while he
ived, never failed in its affectionate
in i'm, while over the whole
our years has hung the shadow Of the
rational affiiction which left the Amer
can people in sack cloth and ashes.
We stand at the beginning Of the
lew era, and while the republican party 4
cans upon the counsel of it's old lead
.rrs it has not hesitated to summon to
he responsibilities Of public life the
young men who have been trained
under their guidance to take up the
burdens which it was to them as an
inheritance of patriotism and duty.
This is the significance of the nomina-
ion Of Theodore Roosevelt and this is
The explanation Of the call which has
been made by the republican party,
without a dissenting voice, upon
Charles w. Fairbanks to stand by the
side Of the president in the guidance
and leadership Of the republican party.
While he has not sought to constrain
the kingdom Of the convention directly
Or indirectly, he has kept himself free
from the affectatlon which UNDERWRITERS
the dignity of the second Office in the