The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-06-28

have engaged us XII ana f4'ssl every nook
and corner Of TIE cev rises but a
single choice to FIJI the nlsat exalted office
| in the world.
His qualities do not ne 4 to be retold
| for no man in thst exalted place since
Lincoln has been b II known in every
| household in the land. He is not con
I SENTATIVE, if conservatism means waiting
till it is too late. He is not WISE IL wis
dom is to count thing hundred times
when once win do. There is no regret SO
keen in man or country as that which
follows an opportunity unembraced FOR
tune scars with high and rapid wing and
whoever brings 1t down must shoot with
accuracy and speed. Only the man with
steady eye and nerve and the courage to
pull the trigger brings the largest OPP
portunities to the ground.
He does not always listen while all the
sages speak, but every day at nightfall
beholds some record which If not COM
plete has been at least pursued with con-
science and intrepid resolution. He is no
slender flower swaying in the wind but
that heroic fiber which is best nurtured
by the mountains and the snow. He
spends little time in review. for that he
knows can be done by the schools A
statesman graphing with the living prob
lens of the hour, he gropes but little in
the past. He believes in going ahead.
A Typical American.
And in the man whom you will choose
the highest sense of every nation in the
world beholds a man who tvpihes as no
other living American does the spirit and
the purposes of the twentieth century
He does not claim to be the Solomon of
his time. There are many things he may
not know. but this is sure. that above all
things else he stands for progress, cour-
age and fair play, which are the synonyms
of the American name.
There are times when great fitness Is
hardly less than destiny, when the ele
ments so come together that they select
the agent they Will use. Events some
times select the strongest man, as light
ming goes down the highest rod. Ard SC
Ii is with those events which for many
months with unerring sight have led you
to q single name which ! am chosen only
to pronounce. Gentlemen, | nominate for
president of the United States the high
est living type of the youth, the vigor and
the promise of a great country and a
great age. Theodore Roosevelt of New
York.
Governor Black pronounced the nomi-
mating words at just II :06 o'clock. AS
he did so he retired quickly from the
platform, but the words Theodore
Roosevelt had not left his lips when
there was shout. The convention
was on its feet Like the crash of
thunder that follows the lightning, the
enthusiasm began. Flags were in the
air, hats We're thrown up, men jumped
ON to their chairs, women stood and
shouted. The air was rent with one
continuous nrolonged shnTf from tholl-
sands Of throats. So mighty was the
volume Of sound that nothing definite
in the way Of articulate sound was dis
tinguishable.
Seconding speeches We're made by
Senator Albert J. Beyeridge of Indiana,
George A. knight of California, Harry
S. Edwards Of Georgia. Ex-Governor
William o. Bradley of Kentucky and
Harry S. Cummings, negro delegate
from the Fourth congressional district
Of Maryland