The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-01

iiSitlS, Ni!u tIc NiSOr Win Wnlch he mann
tains these will he itself a guarantee OF
peace.
The american people will elect him he
cause, in a word. they know that he does
things the people want done; does things.
not merely discusses hem-does things
only after, discussing them--but does
things v and does only those things the
enthusiastically Americana: for wherever he
is. the American is he who achieves.
Know Where He Stands.
on every question all men know where
he stands americans. frank themselves.
demand frankness in their servants. I'm
certainty is the death OF business. Tho
people can always get along If they know
where they are and whittier they are
going.
His past is his proof. Every great meas
ure of his administration was so wise
that, enthusiastically sustained by his own
sition. '
DO YOU nan,e Cuban reciprocity? The
opposition resisted and then opposition
votes helped to ratify II.
DO YOU name corporate legislation? The
OPPOSITION resisted and then opposition votes
helped TO enact 1t.
work of centuries. the eternal wedding Of
oceans. shrinking tho circumference OF
the the globe. making distant peoples. neigh,
around the world? This historic. under
liking in the interest of all the race.
planned by American craftsmanship. to
- 'ptSiii bN american -nanQS, TO stand
through the ages protected by the Amer
lean flag: this vast achievement which
VIII endure when our day Shall have be-
come ancient, and which alone is enough
ltuStrious through all t!mc-this fulfill
ment of the republics dream accom-
piished by republican effort, finally re-
ceivcd votes even from an opposition that
had tried to thrwart it.
O,t. what measure of Theodore Roose-
Vets administration does the opposition
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when has the record of any president won
greater approval?
Loved as a Man.
And so the people trust him as a states
man: Setter than that. they love him Nas
wins not affection also. In the American
home,,that temple OF happiness and vir-
tue where dwell the wives and mother
in life and guarding the morality Of the
na~tion-in.the American home the name of
,Lheordore Roosevelt IS not only honored
nmph sei t E the hnd y] 5h { is g 2 S S,,,'sao1 al
greater credit than successful statesman
siln, greater honor thar the presidency
ITSELF would he without it. Life holds no
reward so noble as the confidence and
love of the American people.
The American people! Tho mighticst
force for good the ages have evolved.
tneN began as children of liberty. They
IN God and HIS providence. They
TOOK truth and Justice and tolerance as
IN lnei for eternal n deals Is; and marched fearless
fore them-they subdued them. Noun
tains rose they crossed them. Deserts
9o;s,ruefedIthey passed them. Thor
iaith lalied them not and a continent was
tnelfs. FROM ocean to ocean cities rose.
fields blossomed, railroads ran: but every
where church and school We're permanent
proof that the principles of their origin
We're the life of their maturity.
American Character.
american methods changed but Ampri-
can character remained the same. They
4maived the stage coach. bu not the bible.
thers. They delved in earth, but remem-
bered the higher things. They made
Of the oceans, but distance and
ffmsfS Ses s11sr sa abi,aT Ths;r ., A IihsrlS sn1
children of liberty they remain. They be-
gan as servants of the Father of Lights.
ana ma HIS servants they remain. And SO
power and opportunity that they may
work even larger righteousness in the
aG ana scatter over eyer widening
ness.
Wonderful beyond prophecy's forecast
fheir progress; noble beyond the vision Of
the United States Chem had room
for our descendants TO the thou
and thousandth generation;'' three
iaiies. Washington never dreamed Of
railways. Today electricity and steam
make Maine and California household
This advance. which no seer
could have forctold, we made because we
are observation-disclosures a free people with
minds, and unquestioning be-
possibiiities. These possibilities are not
exhausted; We have hardly passed their
boundaries. The American people are not
strength. Gods work for us IN tho world
is not finished: His future missions for
the American people will be grander than
any He has given US, nobler than we now
comprehend.
Tasks vii Be Performed.
And these tasks as they come we will
and accomplish as our fathers ac-
theirs. And when our genera
shall catch from our aging hands the
s%tandard we have borne, ii will still be
the old flag of Yorktown and A~ppomattox
in their turn will then move onward will
still be the strains that cheercd the dy.n;
Warren on bunker Hill and inspired the
they are in us. will still be the old ideals
that have made the American people great
and honored among the nations of the
earth.
This is The republican idea of the Ameri-
can people; this the thought we have
Americanism a republican standard bear
er must have. And this is Just the A1neri-
canism of Theodore Roosevelt: Full OF
the old time faith IN the republic and It's
destiny; charged with the energy of the
republics fun manhood: chcrishing the or
of the republics fathers and
having in his heart the fear of God: in
spired by the sure knowledge that the re-
public's splendid day is only N its dawn,
Roosevelt will lead the Ameri.
can people IN paths of safety to still
greater welfare for themselves. still
broader betterment of the race and to the
added honor of the American name.
Therefore. Indiana seconds the nomina,
ton Of Theodore Roosevelt.
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