Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-06-23

whittier they are going.
His past IL his proof. Every great
measure of his administration was 30
wise that. enthusiastically sustained by
his own party. 1t won votes even from
the opposition
Do you name Cuban reciprocity? The
opposition resisted and then opposition
votes helped to ratify it.
Do you name corporate legislation!
The opposition resisted and then oppo-
sition votes helped to enact It,
Do you name the canal-that largest
work of centuries the eternal wedding
of oceans. shrinking the circumference
OF the globe making distant peoples
neighbors, advancing forever civilixa-
ton all around the world? This his
toric undertaking in the interest Of all
the race. planned by American states
manship, to be wrought by American
| hands, to stand drought the ages pro-
| tected by the American flag; this vas.
achievement which Will endure when
our day shall have become ancient. and
| which alone is enough to make the
name OF Theodore Roosevelt illustrious
through all time-tflls fulflllment of the
republics dream accomplished by re-
publican effort, finally received votes
even from an opposition that had tried
to thwart it.
or what measure of Theodore Roose-
velt's administration does the OPPOSE
ton dare even to propose the repeal?
And when has the record Of any pres
| ident won greater approval?
And SO the people trust him as a
statesman. Better than that, they love
him as man. He wins admiration 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 beautiful 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 battle
fields. greater credit than successful
craftsmanship. greater honor than the
presidency itself would be without It,
confidence and love of the American
people.
The American people! The highest
force for good the ages have evolved.
They began as children of liberty. They
believed in God and His providence.
They took truth and justice and toll
erance as their eternal ideals and
marched fearlessly forward. Wilder
nesses stretched before them--they
| o,rhd,,od tot
crossed them. Deserts obstructed-
they passed them. Their faith failed
them not and a continent was theirs.
From ocean to ocean cities rose. fields
blOssomed, railroads ran; but every
where church and school were perma-
nent proof that the principles of their
origin were the life OF their maturity
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 be-
, gan as children of liberty, and children
of liberty they remain. They began az
servants OF the Father Of Lights, and
His servants they remain. And 80 into
their hands il daily given more Of pow
er and opportunity that they may worn
and scatter over ever widening fields
the blessed seeds Of human happiness.
Wonderful beyond prophecy's fore
cast their progress; noble beyond the
vision of desire their future. In 1901
Jefferson said, 'the United States
(then) had room enough for our de-
scendants to the thousandth and thou
sandth generation" three generations
behold the oceans our boundaries
Washington never dreamed of railways
Today electricity and steam make
Maine and California household neigh
bors. This advance. which no seel
could have foretold. we made because
we are ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a free PEG.
) pie with nnfettered minds and unques.
: tioning belief joyfully faced the uni.
verse of human possibilities. These
} possibilities are not exhausted; we
! have hardly passed their boundaries
] hausted: we have only tested ouI
strength. Gods work for us in the
: world is not finished: His future mis-
sions for the American people will b<
, grander than any He has given us
| nobler than we now can comprehend
, And these tasks as they come we will
, accept and accomplish as our fathers
!, accomplished theirs. And when oui
generation shall have passed and oui
children shall catch from our aging
, hands the standard we have borne. i
+ will still be the old flag of yorktown
, and Appomattox and Manila Bay: thu
music 10 which they in their turn vii
then move onward will still be ths
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