The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-10-13

in his conduct of civil affairs No
one dare approach him with corrupt
bargain, and no one can question the
honesty and sincerity of his acts.
We know what he is He has been
tried, and tried severely, and has
stood the test superbly. His splendid
administration of his greet office
occurred him triumphant nomination
by reclamation. 1t will be followed
by his election in November.
In his message to Congress in Dec
ember, 1901, President Roosevelt
wrote these memorable words
No other citizens deserves so well
of the republic as the veterans, the
survivors of those who saved the
| Union. They did the one deed which
if left undone would have meant that
all else in our history went for
nothing. But fer their steadfast
prowess in the greatest crisis of our
history, all our annals would be
meaningless, and our great expert
ment in popular freedom and self
government a gloomy failure More
over, they not only left us united
nation, but they left us also as her.
itage the memory of the mighty deeds
by which the nation was kept
united -
His executive order of January II,
1902, to all Federal officers controlling
appointments, gives practical force
and effect to these obligations;
The President desires that wher-
ever the needs Of the service will
justify it, and the law will permit,
preference shall be given alike in APP
pointment and retention to honorably
discharged veterans of the CivillWar
who are fit and we'll qualified to per-
form the duties of the place which
they seek or are filing"
His recent order to the pension
office making old age disability
under the Act of 1890 is fresh in your
memory In all his public as we'll
as his private acts Theodore Roose-
welt has shown himself to be the
staunch friend of the old soldier.
From 1861 to 1865 the boys who
wore the blue offered their lives for
the preservation of the Union. Vic
tory crowned our efforts, and to our
posterity we are about to leave this
precious heritage We are all grow
ing old and in few short years taps
will be sounded and we shall go to
our reward. But, while We live, let
us see to it that this grand heritage
is preserved in it's integrity and let
us take NO chances. The country and
the flag are even more dear to US
now than when we followed it
through the smoke OF battle, for love
and appreciation grow by lapse OF
time AS Union veterans we have
but one object in view-the safety
and perpetuity of our institutions for
which more than two million men
marched to battle, and we believe that
this object can be obtained only by
the election of the Republican nomi-
nees. America is now a world power,
with great responsibilities. We know
that the country is prosperous and at
peace with all the world. We know
under whose brilliant guidance this
prosperity and this peace are main
tained.
To the soldiers and sailors of the
in
Islands, the candidacy OF Theodore
Roosevelt-a comrade-must appeal
with stirring force
Comrades, one and all Through
your efforts and sacrifices and the
courage and sufferings of your depart
ed comrades, America has advanced
to the highest rank among the powers
of the world. You know this standard
bearer, He will maintain all that
we have gained.
Theodore Roosevelt knows our
country from Maine to Alaska; he
knows our people, East, West, North
and South; he knows our relations
with other countries; he knows all
the duties of the Presidential office.
He is a leader-and he leads His
large experience in municipal, State
and national affairs gives him great
advantages, as an executive officer,
over Judge Parker, who has spent his
life on the bench. Roosevelt is
man on electromagnetic resolute,
prudent and prompt. Parker has
never held an executive office; he has
taken no part in local. State or
national administration. He would
have all this to learn. The Pres dency
is not training school for aspirants;
and no one not thoroughly equipped
for executive work is fit to be at the
head OF this nation.
We ask you, therefore, veteran SOL
| diers of all our wars, without refer
ence to your past party affiliations, to
come together once more, as in the
days of old, and fight again for the
| honor and inteprity of our oountrv