Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-01

William Mckinley. whose perfect mingling
Of mind and heart. of wisdom and of ten.
derness, won the trust and love Of the ma
tion then and makes almost holy his mem
ory now. His power was In the peoples
favor. his shrine Is In the peoples hearts.
1t Is true today when we again accept
the peoples Judgment and name Theodore
Roosevelt. whose sympathies are as wide as
the republic. whose courage. honesty aud
vision meet all emergencies. and the sum of
whose qualities make him the type Of goth
tury American Is nothing more than the
faith.
The peoples thought is his thought :;
American ideals. his Ideals. This Is his
only chart Of statesmanship-a no other
Is safe. For the truest guide an American
president can have is the collective intelli
gence and massed morality of the American
people. And this ancient rule OF the faith
ers i the rule of our leaders now.
Theodore Roosevelt Is leader who leads :
OF the people. Our presidents plans, when
achieved are always found 10 be merely
the nations will accomplished And that
is why the people will elect him.
They will elect him because they know
that II he Is president we will get to work
, ana keep at work on the canal after
decades OF delay, when the people want a
thing done. they want II done
They know that while he is president
the nag VIII stay put. and no American
advantage In the Pacific or the world be
While he is president no wrong doer In
the service OF the government will go un-
whipped Of justice. Americans demand
honesty and honor. vigilant and fearless.
While he Is president re adjustment of
tarif schedules s~ll be made only in har.
mony with the principle of protection
Americans have memories.
The American people will elect him
because, In word, they know that he does
things the people want done; does things
not merely discusses them-does things
Afut.,.
things; and does only those things the
people would ifsye him do This Is char.
aeteristlcally American for wherever he
Is the American Is he who achieves.
'on every question all men know where
ne stands. Americans. frank themselves.
demand frankness In their servants. I'm.
certainty Is the death of business. The
people can always get along If they know
where they are and whittier they are going.
His past Is his proof Every great meas.
ure OF his administration was so wise that,
esnthusiastically e. sustained By his own party.
II won votes even from the onDosition
American methods changed but AmnrI-
can character remained the same Tney
ontllved the s,sge coach, but not the Bible
They advanced but forgot not their fathers,
They delyed in earth. but remembered the
higher things. They made highways Of The
oceans but distance and climate altered not
tren tre,r - afmmssricanism msht They began as chill
remain They began as servants of tho
Father OF Lights. and His servants they re.
mann ana 20 INTO their hands Is daily
given more n power and opportunity that
they may work even larger righteousness in
the world and scatter over ever wjdenine
fields the blessed seeds of human bapninasS
This Is the Republican idea of the Amari
can peonle this the thought we have when
We nominate today our candidate for tba
nations chief: this the quality of Amer,
canlsm Republican standard bearer must
have And this is just the Amerlcanism of
Theodore Roosevelt. Full of the old -tima
faith In republic and its destiny charoad
with the energy OF, the republics fun man.
hood cherishing the ordinances Of the re.
public's fathers and having in his heart
the fear of God inspired by the sure
knowledge that the republics splendid day
is only in Its dawn. Theodore Roosevelt
VIII lead the American people In paths of
safety TO still greater welfare for them
selves, still broader betterment of the race
and to the added honor Of the American
name.
Seconding speeches Were also made
by ex-Governor Bradley of Kentucky,
Harry $. Edwards of Georgia. Joseph
B. Cotton of Minnesota and Harry s.
Cummings of Maryland.