The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-23
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Ss3z CLOSES WITH a RINGING
tsssPERoRATION NAMING The.
oDcRE5 ROOSEVELT FOR
PRESIDENT.

5ssS CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 233--Governor
Black. of New York, in placing the
name of Theodore Roosevelt before
the Chicago convention said:
Mr. President and Gentlemen OF the
5% Conventions:
We are here to inaugurate a cam
paign which seems already to De
nearly. closed So wisely have the
people. sowed and watched and tended
there seems little now to do but 10
measure up the grain. IheE are
ran ing themselves not for battle put
for harvest In one column reachlns
from the Maine woods to the Puget
Sound are those people and those
States which have stood so long to-
Eether. 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 opposi-
ton can hardly raise another army.
The enemy. has neither guns nor am
munition, and if they had they would
use them on each other. Destitute OF
the weapons of effective battle is
in the tone and number Of their Dul-
yaetins. There is discord among the
generals; discord among the soldiers.
Each would fight in his own way, but
before assaulting his Republican adj
3versaries he would first destroy his
own comrades in the adjoining tents.
the other are not only wicked but
fatal to the holder That is true.
This is the only war of modern times
where the boomerang has been sub
sestituted for the gun. Whatever Ia
talities may occur, however, among
the discordant hosts now moving on
st. Louis, no harm will come this
tail to the American people. There
viii be no opposition sufficient to raise
"a conflict. There will be hardly
enough for com etition. There are
no Democratic plans for the conduct
sof the fall campaign. Their zeal is
chiefly centered in discussion as to
what IT hcrnas Jefferson would do if
rs We're living. He is not living, and
but few of mis- descendants are among
the Democratic remnants of to-day.
Whatever OF patriotism or wisdom
gep7nnated from that distinguished man
as now represented in this convention.
Democratic RIunders-
It is a sad day for any party when
its only means Of solving living issues
is by guessing at the possible attitude
tof a statesman who is dead rms
con dition leaves that party always a
beginner and makes every question
new. The Democratic party has sell
dom tried a problem on its own ac-
count, and when it has its blunders
have been its only monuments, its
courage is rem rendered only i'll re-
grat- AS long as these things are
recalled that party may serve as. pal
EAST, but it will never steer the ship.
When all the people have forgotten
will dawn a new era for this new
Democracy But the country is not
ready vet to place party IN the
Head whose most expressive motto is
the cherries word forget 1hat
motto may express contrltlon, but II
does not inspire hope. Neither conn
dence nor enthusiasm will ever be
aroused by any party which enters
each campaign uttering the language
Srof the mourner. -.
a Fundamental Plank.
3a5 There is one fundamental plank
however, on which the two great par
ties are in full agreement. Both be-
aieve in the equality of men. The diff
ference is that the Democratic party
q would make. every man as low as the
poorest, while the Republican party
would make every man as high as
the best. But the. Democratic course
VIII provoke no outside interference
Z: now, for the Republican motto is that
of the great commander, never inter
ttrupt the enemy while he is making a
mistake.
In politics as in other fields, the
most Impressive arguments spring
]. from contrast Never has therg been
"a more striking example of unity
than is now Afforded by this assem-
bIage You are gathered here not as
FACTIONS torn by discordant Views, but
moved by one desire and intent. you
have come as the chosen representa-.
fives OF the mos enlightened party
in the world. You meet not as strang,
u , ers, for no men q r. strangers who
y.