The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-24

up the navy, r"orsanizcd the army. rcsur-
rec,ea NE inlli'ia system. ~inausurated a
clama'ion of public lands, given civil gov
IN to the Philippines. established
the republic OF Cuba. bound il to US by
TIES OF gratitude. Of commercial interest
and OF common defense. swung open the
closed gateway of the isthmus, strength
encd the Monroe doctrine. ended the Alas
KAN boundary dispute. protected the integ-
rity, of China, opened wider it. doors of
trade, ~dvanccd the principle of arbitra-
ton. and promoted peace among the nu-
lions.
The work is not fully done; policies are
not completely wrought out: domestic
questions still press continually for so.u-
tion; other trusts must be regulated; the
tariff may presently receive revision, and
II 80. should receive it at the hands Of the
friends and not the enemies of the pro-
leelve system; the new Philippine GOV
plans for the benefit of that long neg
lected country: our flag floats on the
isthmus. out the canal is yet TO be built:
peace does not yet reign on earth. and con-
still. needful in diplomacy.
People Must Decide.
The American people have now to say.
whether policies shall be reversed. or
omitted to unfriendly, guardians:
Itself Tor the benefit and honor of our
country. shall be transferred to unknown
and perchance to feeble hands.
''sAh''iS INV tdi Dt uIaME stlilHFtIt
the course of this successful administra-
ton. The fatal 18th of September. 1901,
marked no change Of policy, no lower level
of ach Thu bullet of the as
sassin. robbed us of the friend we loved:
IL took away from the people the prcsi-
dent OF their choice; it deprived c~iviliza-
tion of Il potent force making always for
righteousness and for humanity. But the
fabric OF free institutions remained I'M
shaken. The government of the people
Went on, Tho sreat party that William
NGI<intat led y-tti1-rht g-tl1 II, -l,n s,,iyi,
of his example. His true and loyal sue
ressor has been equal TO the burden cast
upon him Widely different in tempera-
ment and methods. he has approved him
self of the same elemental virtucs-the
same fundamental beliefs. With faithful
and reverins memory. he has executed
policy of President Mckinley for the
peace, prosperity and honor of our be-
loved country. And he has met all new
occasions with strength and resolution and
Honor, truth. courage. purity of life. do
nestle virtue, love of country. loyalty to
1;xl h ldsnismail hs5sSrAmbined With ae-
perience m affairs. with the conclusive
proof of competency afforded by wise
and conservative ADMINISTRATION. by, great
ready achieved-an these we bring to the
people with another candidate. Shall not
these have honor in our land? Truth, sim
of oar institutions. Upon hypocrisy and
sham. upon cunning and false p%retensc,
upon weakness and cowardice, upon the
arts of the ~demaSogue and the devices of
the mere politician-no government can
stand. No system of popular government
can endure in which the people do not be-
licNe and trust.
A President of the People.
Our I1esidont has taken the whole peo-
pie into his confidence. Incapable of de-
ception. he has put aside concealment.
Frankly. and without reserve, he has told
them what their government was doing.
and the reasons. 1t is no campaign of
appearances upon which we enter. for the
people know the good and the bad, the
success and failure, to be credited and
charged to our account. 1t is nc cam
paign of sounding words and specious pre-
lenses, for our president has told the peo-
pie with what he believed and
what he intended. He has meant every
word he said, and the people nave believed
every word he said, and with him this con-
been sound, republican doctrine. No pep
not III their hearts value the qualities
which have made the present president
of The United States conspicuous among
the men of his time as a type of noble
manhood. Come what may here-comc
what may In November, God grant tina
those qualities of brave, true manhood
shall have honor throughout American
shall be held for an example In every
home, and that the youth of generations
to come may grow up to feel that it is
better than wealth, or office, or power, to
have the honesty, the purity and the cour-
age OF Theodore Roosevelt.