Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-21

same fundamental beliefs. With faith
/ full and revering memory, he has exc
! ciIted the purposes and continued UNI
Z broken the policy of President Nc
/ kinley for the peace prosperity ana
! honor of our beloved country. And he
has met all new occasions with strength
and resolution and far-sishted wis
| DOM
"As we gather In this convention, our
1 hearts go back to the friend--the never
/ to be forgotten friend, whom when last
we met we acclaimed with one accord
as our universal choice to bear sec
ond time the highest honor in the ma
| TONS gift; and back still memory goes
| thru many year of leadership and
| loyalty.
How wise ard how skillful he was.
How modest and self-effacing. How
deep his insight into the human heart.
Flow swift the intutons of his SYM
pathy. How compelling the charm OF
his gracious presence! He was so un-
selfish. so thoughtful of the happiness
eff others. 80 genuine a lover of HIS
country and his kind And he was the
kindest and tenierest friend who ever
srasDei anothers hand. Alas. that ms
virtues did plead in vain against cruel
fate.
.Yet we may rejoice that while he
lived he was crowned with honor; thar
the runeor of party strife had CEASED;
that success I'll his great tasks, the
restoration of peace. the approval of his
countrymen, the affection of his friends
---gaye the last quiet months in hls
81 t.
lnent.
And with Mckinley we remember
Hanna with affection and sorrow-his
great lieutenant. They are together
again.
But we turn, as they would have us
turn, to the duties OF the hour, the
hopes of the future; We turn as they
would have us turn, to prepare our
selves for struggle under the same
standard borne in other hands by right
of true inheritance. Honor, truth
courage. purity of life. domestic virtue,
love of country loyalty TO high Ideals
all these combined With active tntelE-
genee. with learning, with experience
in affairs, with the conclusive proof of
competency afforded by wise and con-
servative administration, by great
things already done and great results
already achievedall these we bring to
the people with another candidate.
Shall not these have honor in our land?
Truth. sincerity, courage, these under
lie the fabric of our institutions. Upon
hypocrisy and sham, upon cunning and
false pretense upon weakness and cow
ardice upon the arts of the demagogue
and the devices Of the mere politician
mo government can stand. No system
of popular government can endure in
which the people do not believe and
trust. Our president has taken the
whole people into his confidence. Inca
pable of deception. he has put aside
concealment Frankly and without re-
serve. he has told them what their gov
eminent 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 ana
cur account. 1t is no campaign of
sounding words and specious pretences.
for our president has told the people
with frankness what he believed and
what he intended He has meant every
word he said. and the people have be-
lieved every word he said, and with him
this convention agrees. because every
word has been sound republican doc
trine. No people can maintain free
government who do not In their hearts
value the qualities which have made
the present president of the United
states conspicuous among the men OF
his time as al type of noble manhood.