New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
THE NATIONAL TICKET.

The Republican National Convention completeu
It's work Yesterday by nominating as us H"uoilH
candidates Theodore Roosevelt, of New lorh'
and Charles W Fairbanks, of Indiana. bo'h
nomina tons were made Unanimously Denio
,.rotf, onlooIsers at Chicago have been calling
rho convention Hfeless because il developed no
frjctions or antagonisms; but little comfort can
oe extracted by opposition critics from sueh d"
lacl, of discord and contentiOusneSS. Demo
cratic, homes are not likely TO be stimulated Dy
rhe spectacle Of party solidarity and party mar
Inony just witnessed at Chicago. Inc Coh'eh-
ton has nominated ticket not made oy 'he
politicians but designated I'm advance by spon-
1aneous and undivided party sentimental ucket
which commands ungrudging support from
every element in the party and is approved Dy
every shade and segment OF Republican opinion.
The party has nominated for the Presidency
man whose fitness for that Office has been over
wheImingly proved. Called 10 discharge us
duties by a national bereavement and 10 TAKE
up the unfinished work of one Of the greatest
and most beloved Of Presidents, Theodore
Roosevelt has risen in the fullest measure 10
the requirements and burdens of the Chef Mag
istracy Alone among orr Nice-PreSidents so
succeeding he has lifted his administration 20
the highest level Of party hopes and public ex-
pectatons. Alone among them he has con
tinued unbrokeu the thread Of successful
l,arty policy. and alone among them he has won
the distinction Of an unqualified Endorsement
and a Presidential nomination.
We need not here and enumerate the
sterling Qualities 10 which President Roosevelt
owes his success as an administrator and
leader. No has stood more clearly than he
for three years past in the fierce light which
beats upon an American statesman His i'm
pulses his temperament, his modes OF thought
and action are known as have been those OF
few American public men; and with this fuller
and closer knowledge have come q truer meas
ure Of his capacity and a profounder apprecia-
ton OF his aims and character. He has carried
into politics the ideals which most appeal TO the
great body Of Americans. He stands in season
and out CT season, for courage Openness, high
mlndedness, fair dealing a love Of justice and
hatred Of meanness and corruption. Respect for
the law. equality before the law, the uprootlng
Of fraud and greed-these are the moving forces
behind his statesmanship-forces which have
made him q tremendously and wholesome
power in politics and have won him the respect
and admiration Of people responsive now. as
ever. 10 ideals Of courage and manliness. On
the qualities he has exhibited and the record
he has made no American President has ever
had clearer claim TO a new lease of title than
Theodore Roosevelt
For Vice-President n Republican leader has
been named who similarly presents exceptional
qualifications Mr.. Fairbanks possesses wide
Political experience and has always shown a
trained and accurate judgment. In the Senate
he has attained an enviable rank, and in ma
tional politics he has been for years a figure of
consequence. He is admirably equipped by
education, tastes and temperament for the dig
nifed and exalted Office for which he now be-
comes a candidate. His nomination adds ap-
probably to the strength Of the national ticket.
The choice Of a united and harmonious party
appealing for success TO an eight years record
of uneXampled success in legislation and admin
istratiOn, the Republican nominees count with
practical certainty on election. As political
conditions have now shaped themselves Roose-
welt and Fairbanks should have an even larger
majority in the Electoral College this year than
the majority given eight years ago for McKfn-
ley and Hobart or four years ago for Mckinley
and Roosevelt