The San Francisco call., 1904-07-09
Lad mo DARKNEss.

LLAL ~ " lJ1AhNE E-C.
II was leap in the darkness q Republican
eclipse. and four years hence VIII md them
Valnly looking Tor light Il marks the plaS
the beaten path and went a winding way
Of unt-avelec roads Il marks the gap be-
tween the era OF the conservative and the
radical II looks good now because they do
a0t s-z where the oId force ends and the new
begins Bur as rhey drive away 10 sea, the
eVer-utL tLellrg span tW-iNr craft and land viii
eel many a lffeboat toward the shore. There
is much talk cf twisting tendOns in the race
Cf --te- o- running out of breath toward the
cps1 grave. The old and honored way is still
tne hest De not so strenuous as 10 strain
2cl-s---. nor yet 50 simple 10 fall asleep.
-ner- j much sale by those who SIT on cush-
icre1 chairs about towards and wesklings in
The nations lie The sunburnt farmer is just
~ tl-.e as me slal-croNned solder The
man re- natural peace is hero a hundred times
~ "here me man q artificial war is a hero
one c---el-" y late tne atmosphere OF our
rational ,ife is filed with spray OF blood:
somehow The march Of progress sounds Of ham
Lne-e- 2lel-. somehow. although the sunlight OF
peace is all about US. there is and then
N E-ca1l of bayonets IL its radiant FIRE and
hash ~ swords in its silver beams somehow.
although The constitution is stfu in force,
flere ls sense 81 falling power and growing
cisresIecf which makes US feel that the ven
fIatle cd man. so 10 speak is halt and blind
with years and burdens the strenuous house
hold Cf his grandchfldren- somehow AT tirDes
tEere r-l- a sort OF shock right down 70 the
foundations ~ this republic which makes the
structure trenhle- and ali the country paus
ana listens. and then returns 10 work some
hoHr although the future welcomes US. il does
80 WIN mailed hand, somehow. although
= --it ersal lar the mother watching while
her children sleep, mods and then she hears
lLe l-e-e cam the tramp of toes. and. staring
in the darkness Of dream, she sees the
rigid. upturned face The toiIer turning an
bis rirne and sinew 70 gain which others get
es-ns to o9ubt tntt the Government is just.
-f- man Cf means. who puts Il out IN the
ae-te currents q tide and sees the peril OF
lt-r lolot ana The Governments compromise
win both. begins 20 feel that Il IS better
hoar1el than employed
The North and South each wearing scars
nd
leel me Year again that a problem which only
time can settle right viii be forced ,Inor1 then,
wrong Behind these fears and doubts and
startled dreams and various misgivings is
many r., hidden cause But over them rs one
~ least revealed. For Lincoln said in the sad
res QI lis great soul With malice toward
none, with charity for all. with faith in the
TisHt as Sod gives US the wisdom 70 see it,
90 1--l7t.--l sara n the glory Of his self
oonteInnlation, Tread softly and carry big
And between these. the beginning and the
ending q Republican growth, IN time and
temper, IN all their Wild descending ff0bt-
with all they know and feel Of the country's S
question OF their course. the Republican psrt,
yet claim every fruit Of soil and sun. Of brain
and soul They say that by q wise adrninis-
harvest from the soil.
They say that by careful direction OF scien-
tifc search they added untold volumes 10 the
store n common knowledge. They say that
Invention under their control has lifted loads
~ labor from mankind They say that relie-
sons long sleep was broken BY the sffr1r1rus -
Republican virtue and they point with r-Ide
70 the churches all over the land T71ev saw
that education was unpopular until they took
u IN ana that now almost ez-e-, -. a
willing - Be educated They say that while
population was increasing some there was
never any steady. advancing general Increase
untl the Republican party came into power
Nher attention Is called 10 the economic IN
oustriai and administrative vices resulting
from their tnccmpetency. they say that after
II there are some things which the ail-wise
ProF1oenoe insisted upon doing without giving
any particular reason for f. And 50. on the
whole. we may conclude that whatever the
GOOD Lord does In administering this good uni
verse that turns out 20 be good they credit 20
iu administering the Government that turns
out bad they charge UP 70 the Lord
PRINCIPLES MAY CHANGE.
Gentlemen - the convention. beyond the
exciting passions of war and the distractinc
psnics Of peace: beyond the reach OF disssterss
dread appeal and the dead past's diving wall
we meet IN the clear and rational calm Of
seasoned common sense. % reason together FOR
the well being of our country and our partv.
80 man here have his exact wsv No
lssaer osa Tx Us s, along he narrow ledge Q,
swerve us from the course that leads 70 union
and fellowship. No faction car divide ms into
weakened narts and leave Us on the eel5 ~
battle. in front of the enemy No man fs
greater than his party and no party is greater
than its principles There r. no principle vhicf,
does not rest upon condition and there Is
no condition which may not change There IS
no creed set down in black and white 10 which
We are forever Ht.-Pyeo- as 70 a cross. There
IS no platform which can last forever ,rnieee
y Be made OF aostract things incapable OF
demonstration. The world is moving IN its
rna iestic course, and every detail OF ite toll
works out some mighty change. civiiizatfo- ss
night and day working with its countless han5s
and influence runs ahead Vhera NC
cannot 80 or hear. A political party IS an
agency IN the hands of these material ana
multiplied forces. and n Il ceases 70 fnter7ref
events with intelligence IL viii be deserted
The recent past is filled with a record of
rrlr dfeaRreenents. Many OF US would chanSs
that past n n were within our power-nost
OF Is would not-but whether we would on