The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-03
WILD ENTHUSIASM
At CONVENTION
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there was no absence of enthusiasm in
their ranks when occasion justified an
exhibition of that quality. For TWEEN
ty-fve minutes the great throng told
is appreciation of the conventions
choice for President. The name of
Roosevelt came from every mouth. The
New York delegates paraded the hall
shouting at the top of their voices.
Other delegations Joined the procession
and the well ordered body of half
hour before was a shifting mass, every
semblance of organization gone.
While the demonstration was at it's
height Chairman Cannon stepped to the
front of the stage. He held in his
hand the banner which was waved in
1860 when Lincoln was nominated and
which has been used in every cOnven-
ton since The flag showed the wear
and tear of many similar contests. I'm
Gle Joe" waved it vigorously and kept
time with his body. Soon the whole
convention was swaying il exact mea-
sure
The chairman retired and his place was
taken by a young man, who grasped the
Flagstaff firmly in one hand and with
megaphone led the y ing. H. stlrt-
ed to yell, Roosevelt Roosevelt, Roose-
velt' repeated over and over again with
the system of a college yell. 1t was
taken up by the throng, and the cry
of ROOSEVELT" rolled over the hall in
volumes 50 great and so terrific that
the screS-hing of a hundred steam
whistles would have been dwarfed in
comparison, Governor Black began
his address as follows:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Convention: We are here to inaugurate
a campaign which seems already to be
nearly closed. So wisely have the
people sowed and watched and tended
there seems little now to do but to mea-
sure up the grain. They are ranging
themselves not for battle but for har-
vest. In one column reaching from
the Maine woods to the Puget Sound
are those people and those States which
have stood so long together, that when
great emergencies arise the nation
turns instinctively to them. In this
column, vast and solid, is a majority so
overwhelming That the scattered squads
in opposition can hardly raise another
army. The enemy has neither guns
nor ammunition, and if they had they
would use them on each other. Des-
titute of the weapons of effective war
fare, the only evidence of approaching
battle is in the tone and number of their
bulletins. There is discord among the
generals; discord among the soldiers.
Each would fight in his own way, but
before assaulting his Republican adver-
saries he would first destroy his own
comrades in the adjoining tents. Each
believes the weapons chosen by the
other are not only wicked but fatal to
the holder. That is true. This is the
only war ON modern times where the
boomerang has been substituted for the
gun. Whatever fatalities may occur
however, among the descendant hosts
now moving on st. Louis, no harm VIII
c, me this fall to the American people.
There will be no opposition sufficient TO
raise a conflict. There will be hardly
enough for competition. There are no
Democratic plans for the conduct of the
fall campaign. Their zeal is chiefly
centered in discussion as to what Tho
mas Jefferson would do If he were liv-
ing. He is not living, and but few OF
his descendants are among the Demo-
cratic remnants of today. Whatever
of patriotism or wisdom emanated from
that distinguished man is now repre-
scented in this convention,
1T is a sad day for any party when
its only means of solving living issues ls
by guessing at the possible attitude OF
a stateman who is dead. This condition
leaves that party always a beginner
and makes every question new. The
Democratic party has seldom tried
problem on it's own account and when
it has it's blunders have been it's only
monuments, its courage is remember
ed only in regret. AS long as these
things are recalled that party may
serve as ballast but it viii never steer
the ship.
when all the people have forgotten
will dawn a golden era for this new
Democracy. But the country is not
ready yet to place a party in the lead
whose most expressive motto is the
cheerless word forget" That motto
may express contrition, but it does not
inspire hope. Neither confidence nor
enthusiasm will ever be aroused by any
party which enters each campaign ut
tering the language of the mourner.
There is one fundamental plank
however, on which the two great par
ties are in full agreement. Both believe
in the equality of men. The difference
is that the Democratic party would
make every man as high as the best
But the Democratic course will provoke
no outside interference now for the