Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-15
MARTIN w. LITTLETON
DOMINATES PARKER
He Made a Graceful and Elo-
quent Presentation of New
Workers. Claims.
LET PAST BE FORGOTTEN
Appeals to All Sections to Stand To.
gether for the Benefit of the
Party and for the Best In
terests of the Country.

st. Louis-Martin w. Littleton of
New York in placing Parker's name be-
fore the convention said in part;
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention; We do not expect here that
stupid peace which smells of chloroform.
we DO not wish that %unctuous unanim-
ity which springs from the unconfiicting
emotions of a solitary man. We would
not have our harmony in single harness.
We. too, love the stir of a strenuous life
but we believe In equal s-trenuousness for
all and special righteousness for non We
do not derive our power from the seats of
the mighty, but the souls of the humble.
We do not ask for insane agreement
springing from faithless fires; but rather
outbursts Of dissension issuing from ro-
bust freedom.
We were not sent here by the candidate
to notify the people. Our adversaries. by
dwelling tenderly on the simplicity of the
lamented Mckinley, managed to endure
for three days the st~renuosity Of Roose-
Welt. BY ~recounting in affectionate terms
the achievements of the one they evoked
an enthusiasm they Immediately credited
TO the other. Through tears that were
shed for the noble dead they saw a larger
outline of the living, Driven by lash and
sacred dust to keep their spirits up. Set
70 run for three full days. the hands stuck
fast and only a shake could
make the wheels go round. Without the
master they had learned TO love, they lin
gered listlessly under the whip of one
they have learned to fear. Stripped OF
preTnedltated pomp and shorn of soothing
phrase, the occasion meant no less than
boots and spurs. Take away the tribute
TO the dead and all that is left is a horse
man on the slopes of San Juan. Remove
the reverend black that tells of a nations
grief and underneath is a khaki uniform.
Withhold the record made by n and
heart now still and all that is left is
usurpation's bold account. Pull off the
fNagE. that wears the kindly smile of nQaCp
and see the grim and firm set teeth of war.
1t was a leap in the darkness of epub-
llcan eclipse. and four years hence will
find them vainly looking for the light.
1T marks the place where a party, rich
In the years of service, forsook the beaten
path and went on a winding way of UNI
Travelled roads. 1t makes the gap between
the era of the conservative and radical.
Not Too Much of the Strenuous.
There is much talk of twisting tendons
FIJI the race of life. OF running out of
breath towar the open grave. The old
and honored way is still the best, be not
so strenuous as to strain yourself, nor yet
so simple as to fall asleep. There is much
said by those who sit on cushioned chairs
about towards and weaklings in the ma
tion's life. The sunburned farmer is just
as brave as the star-crowned soldier.
The man of nature Is a hero a hundred
times to which the man of artificial war
Is hero once. Somehow Of late the atmos-
phere of our national life Is filed with
q spray Of blood; somehow the march of
progress oundS OF hammered steel;
somehow, although the sunlight of peace
"a ali about us, there Is now n then
the CLEAN of bayonets in its radiant fire
and a fash Of swords in its silver beams.
somehow, although the constitution is
still in force, there is a sense of falling
power and growing disrespect which
makes us feel that the venerable old man
SO TO speaks halt and blind with years,
and burdens the strenuous household of
his grandchildren. Somehow at times
there runs a sort of shock right down to
the foundations of this republic which
makes the structure tremble and all the
country pauses and listens and then re-
turns to work. Somehow. although the
future welcomes us, ii does so with a
mailed hand; somehow. although you cam
not put your finger on the cause, there is
q universal fear: the mother watching
while her children sleep halts, and then
she hears the bugle call and, staring in
the darkness OF O dream, she sees the
rigid, upturned face" the soldier turn
lis great begins to doubt that the govern
ment is Just; the man OF means, who puts
ii out on the active currents of the tide
and sees the peril OF this, doubts the gov
ernment's compromise with both, begins
to feel that 1t is better boarded than en-
ployed.
The Nations Misaivinss.
The north and the south, each wearing
scars that tell of war almost forgiven
and forgotten, feel the fear again that
a problem which only time can settle
rightly will be forced upon them wrongly.
Behind these fears and doubts and startled
dreams and vague misgivings is many a
hidden cause. But over them is one at
least revealed. For Lincoln said In the
sadness of his soul. 'fWth malice toward
none. with charity for ali. with faith In
the right as God gives US the wisdom to
see it, and Roosevelt said, in the glory
OF his self contemplation, Tread softly
these, the beginning and the end of re-
publican growth in time and temper, is
all their wild, descending flight.
With all they know and feel OF the
couatry's question Of their course, the
republican party yet claim every fruit OF
soil and sun, OF brain and soul. They
say that by a wise administration of ma
lures laws they brought abundant har-
vest from the soil. They say that by
careful direction Of scientific search they
added untold volumes to the store of COM
mon knowledge. They say that invention,
under their control, has lifted loads from
mankind. They say that sleep was broken
by the stimulus Of republican virtue, and
point to the churches all over the land.
until they took Ii up, and that now almost
every one is willing to be educated. They
say that while population was increasing
some, there was never N steady, ad-
yancing, general increase until the re-
publican party came into power.
When attention is called TO the econo-
resulting from the other competency, they
say after all there are some things which
the all wise providence insists upon doing
without giving any particular reason for
that whatever the good Lord does in
administering this good universe that
turns out good they credit to themselves;
and whatever the republicans do in adj
ministering the government that turns out
bad. they charge to the Lord. Gentlemen
of the convention, beyond the exciting pas
Sious OF war and the distracting panics
of peace. beyond the reach Of disasters
dread appeal and the dead past's dying
wait. we meet In. the clear and rational
calm of seasoned common sense to rea-
son together for the well being of our
country and our party. No man here
can have his exact way. No leader can
take us along the narrow ledge of his
unQuestioned logic.
Let the Past Be Forgotten.
No section should swerve us In the course
that leads us TO union and fellowship, No
class can divide us into weakened parts