The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-23

lightened party in the world. You meet
not as strangers, for no men are
strangers who hold the same beliefs
and espouSe the same cause. You may
separate two bodies Of water for Il
thousand years. but when once the bar
rier is removed they mingle instantly
and are one The same traditions in
Spire and the same purposes actuate US
all Never in our lives did these pur-
poses stand with deeper root than now.
At least two generations have passed
away since the origin of that great
movement from which Sprang the Spir-
it which has been the leading impulse
in American politics for half century.
In that movement, which was beth a
creation and an example, were those
great characters Which endowed the
Republican party at its birth with the
attributes of justice, equality and prog
ress. which have held it tc this hour
in line with the highest sentiments of
mankind. From these men we have in
herited the desire, and to their memory
we owe the resolution, that those great
schemes of government and humanity
inspired by their patriotism. and estab-
ilshed by their blood, shall remain as
the fixed and permanent emblem OF
their labors, and the abiding signal of
the liberty and progress of the race.
Needs No New Title.
There are many new names in these
days, but the Republican party needs
no new title It stands now where
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
watchmap when the enemy is astir.
The name Of the Republican party
stands over every door where a right
eous cause was born. Its members
have gathered around every movement,
no matter how weak. If inspired by
high resolve. It's flag for more than
fifty years has been the sign of hope
on every spot where liberty was the
word That party needs no new name
or platform to designate its purposes.
1t is now as it has been, equipped,
militant and in motion. The prob
lens of every age that age must solve.
Great causes impose great demands,
American people failed, and never in
any crisis has the Republican party
failed to express the conscience and
intelligence of that people.
The public mind is awake both to
its opportunities and its dangers. No
where in the world, in any era. did
citizenship mean more than it means
today in America. Men of courage
and sturdy character are ranging
themselves together with a unaninity
seldom seen. There is no excuse for
groping in the dark. for the light is
plain to him VINO will but raise his
eyes. The American people believe in
a man OF party that has convictions
and knows why. They believe that
what experience has proved it is idle
to resist A wise man is any fool
about to die. But there is a wisdom
which with good fortune may guide
the living and the strong. That wis
dom springs from reason, observation
and experience. Guided by these this
thing is plain. and young men may
rely upon il, that the history and pur-
poses 1 have described, rising even to
the essence and aspirations of pat
rlOtiSm, ind their best concrete eX-
ample in the career and doctrines of
the Republican party.
Standard Bearer Chosen.
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 priu-
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 vet conferred. But great as the
honor is, the circumstances which sur