The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-24

one man in defense of our common
The roll call of this convention is
a reminder. not without its melancholy
suggestion, that the veterans of Repub-
lican leadership are transferring the
responsibilities which they have borne,
to the generation born since 1850. The
children of the men who laid the foun-
dations of the Republican party are
here to begin the celebration OF its
fiftieth anniversary. A heavy hand
has been laid since we met at Philadel-
phia upon the men who guided the
counsels OF the party. Nelson Dingley,
whose name is associated in immortal
reputation, with the industrial and
commercial miracles which opened the
new century, is gone, and within the
borders of the same state lies all that
is mortal of Thomas b. Reed, who put
an end to anarchy in the American
House of Representatives. dear old
Uncle Mark Hanna, whose face has
looked down with the benediction of
an old friend upon our deliberations,
we shall see no more; within the past
few days we buried Mathew Stanley
Quay in the bosom of the common
wealth which he loved, and which in
spite of the malice and calumny which
pursued him while he lived, never fall
ed in its affectonate confidence in
him, while over us for three years has
hung the shadow of the national af-
Fiction which left the American peo-
pie in sackcloth and ashes.
1--WE stand at the beginning OF the
new era and while the Republican
party leans upon the counsel of its old
leaders it has not hesitated to sum-
mon to the responsibilities OF public
life the young men who have been
trained under their guidance TO take
up the burdens which they are ready
to lay down and finish the work which
comes to them as an inheritance of
patriotism and duty. That is the sig
nificance of the nomination of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and that is the eX
PLANTATION of the call which has been
made by the Republican party without
dissenting voice. upon Charles w
Fairbanks, to stand by the side of the
President in the guidance and leader
ship of the Republican party.
while he has not sought to con-
strain the Judgment of the convention,
directly or indirectly. he has kept him
self free from the affection which un-
dervalues the dignity of the second Of
flee in the gift of the American people,
and ] do not doubt that his heart has
been touched by the voluntary express
sion of universal good will, which has
already chosen him as one of the stand
ard hearers of the Republican party of
the United States. The office has
sought the man and he will bring to
the office the commanding personality
of statesman equal to any of the
great responsibilities which belong to
our public affairs. A leader of the Sem
ate, the champion of all the great pol
icies which constitute the invincible
record of the Republican party during
the last ten years his name will be-
come a tower of strength to our cause,
not only in his own state, but every
where throughout the country. A man
of affairs, the whole business commu-
nifty shares the confidence which his
political associates have reposed in him
from the beginning of his public life.
1.-THE quiet, undemonstrative. popu-
lar opinion which has given the Re
publican party a platform upon which
all Republicans can stand with no dis
senting voice. here or anywhere, has
long since anticipated the action of this
convention in adding to the national
Republican ticket the name of Senator
Fairbanks of Indiana. ] take pleasure
in presenting this name. honored every
where throughout the United States as
our candidate for Vice President.