Arizona republican., 1904-06-24
ROOSEVELT -- FAIRBANKS
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ContInueo from rage !.
 no new title It stands now where 1t stood at the beginning. Memory alone is needed to tell the source from which the inspirations of the country flow. A drowsy memory would be as guilty now as a sleeping watchman when the enc my is astir The name of the republican party stands over every door where a righteous cause was born. Its members have gathered around every movement no matter how weak if inspired by hlgh resolve. Its flag for more than hfty years has been the sign Of hope on every spot where liberty was the word. That party needs no new nanH or platform to designate it's purpc5's .. It is now as it has been, equipped' militant and in motion. The proo- lens of every age that age must solve. Great causes impose great demands but never in any enterprise have tle American people failed, and never Tn any crisis has the republican party failed to express the conscience and in- telligence of that people.
 The public mind is awake both to its opportunities and it's dangers No- where in the world, in any era, did ctti- zenship mean more than it means to- day in America. Men of courage and sturdy character are ranging them selves together with a unanimity sell dom seen There is no excuse TOT groping in the dark, for the light Is ,plain to him who will but raise his eyes. The American people believe in q man or party that has convictions and knows why They believe that what experience has proved it is idle 10 re- sist wise man is any fool about to die But there is a wisdom which with good fortune may guide the liv- ing and the strong. That wisdom springs from reason. observation and experience. Guided by these this thirg is plain, and young men may rely upon it, that the history and purposes have described. rising even to the essence and aspirations of patriotism, find thci best concrete example in the career and doctrines of the republican party.
 THE PARTYS CHOICE.
 But not alone upon the principles of that party are its members in accord. With the same devotion which has marked their adherence to those pTrn- ciples, magnificent and enduring as they are, they have already singled out the man to bear their standard and to lead the way. No higher badge was ever yet conferred. But great as the honor is, the circumstances which surround it make that honor even more profound. You have come from every state and territory in this vast domain. The country and the town have vied with each other in senling here their contributions to this splen- did throng. Every highway in the land is leading here and crowded with the members of that great party which sees in this splendid city the symbol of it's rise and power. Within this un- examp1ed multitude is every rank and condition of free men. every creed and occupation. But today a common purpose and desire have engaged us all, and from every nook and corner of the country rises but a single choice to fill the most exalted office in the world He is no stranger waiting in the shade to be called suddenly into public light The American people have seen him for many years and always where the fight was thickest and the greatest need was felt. He has been alike conspicuous Tn the pursuits of peace and in the ardu- OuS SlIeSS OL war. 4NO IlldIl IlOW lAN1fls5 will forget the spring of '98 when the American mind was so inflamed and American patriotism so aroused; when among all the eager citizens surging Jo the front as soldiers, the man whom this convention has already in it's heart was among the first to hear the call and answer to his name. Preferrins peace, but not afraid of war; faithful to every private obligation yet first to volunteer at the sign of national peril. a leader in civil life and yet so quick 10 comprehend the arts of war that he grew almost in day to meet the higb exactions of command. There is noth- ing which so tests a man as great and unexpected danger. He may pass his life amid ordinary scenes and what he Is or does but few will ever know. Bu' when the crash comes or the flames break out, moments time will single out the hero in the crowd A flash of lightning in the night will reveal what years of daylight have not discovered to the eye. And so the flash of the Spanish war revealed that lofty cour- age and devotion which the American heart so loves and which you have met again to decorate and recognize His qualities do not need to be retold. for no man in that exalted place since Lincoln has been better known in every household in the land.
 HE IS NEVER TOO LATE.
 He is not conservative if conservat. ism means waiting till it is too lat" He is not wise. if wisdom is to count a thing a hundred times when once will do. There is no regret so keen, in man or country, as that which follows an opportunity unembraced. Fortune scars with high and rapid wing, and whoever brings it down must shoo: with accuracy and speed. Only the man with steady eye and nerve and the courage to pull the trigger brings