Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-24

n place Immediately in front, started
out on a marching tour OF the hall.
Meanwhile the demonstration showed
no signs Of spending itself. five. six and
seven minutes it continued. There
was not the slightest diminution In the
volume of sound.
When the applause had continued
nearly seven minutes 1t was given a
new impetus by Chairman Cannon.
i who walked once more to the front car
rying his huge banner. little girl
clad entirely in white was lifted high
upon the shoulders Of some of the Cal
ifornia delegates and the first sound or
her childish treble was the signal FOR
another outburst. A delegate requestei
Chairman Cannon to loan him the large
flag he had carried and with smile the
chairman handed it down. Around the
hall it went, followed by a long line OF
shouting delegates. California. with Its
great banner of purple, white and gold
came marching down the center aisle
and followed by senators, members OF
Congress and others in the political life
of the nation trooping along behind
shouting, laughing and cheering.
The New York delegation catching
sight of Henry C. Payne on the plat
form, paid him brief tribute and they
returned once more to the cheering of
candidates, shouting. Roosevelt,
Roosevelt, Roosevelt, New York." over
| and over again.
| 1t was short lived, however, and or
der was soon restored.
Cheers followed and increased. Mr..
1ern
of Indiana, whom he introduced in
these words:
"Gentlemen of the Conventional have
| the honor of introducing to you a gen.
tleman whom you all know; son of
| Indiana, who, when he has a message
| insists upon a hearing and when he
speaks the people are enlightened and
enthuSed.
Senator Beveridge began his speech
amid loud applause.
Mr.. Beverage spoke with force and
| increasing enthusiasm, emphasizing his
points with a graceful gesture with the
right hand. The senator's voice was
probably the easiest heard of any
speaker during the convention.
| Mr.. Beverage spoke as follows:
Speech of Senator Beveridge.
Gentlemen of the Conventions:
One difference between the OPPOSE
ton and ourselves is this: They select
their candidate for the people, and the
| people select our candidate for US.
This was true four years ago when
we accepted the peoples judgment and
| named William Mckinley, whose per-
| feet mingling of mind and heart, OF
| wisdom and of tenderness, won the
trust and love of the nation then and
makes almost holy his memory now.
| His power was in the peoples favor
his shrine is in the peoples hearts.
1t is true today when We again ac-
| cept the peoples judgment and name
Theodore Roosevelt, whose sympathies
are as wide as the Republic, whose
courage, honesty and vision meet all
| emergencies, and the sum of whose
| qualities make him the type of the Goth
century Americanism. And the Goth
century American is nothing more than
the man of &c facing a new day with
the old faith.
Theodore Roosevelt, like William
Mckinley, is the nominee Of the
American ffreside. So were Washing
| ton and Jefferson in the early time; so
was Andrew Jackson when he said,
THE Union: 1t must be peserved"; so
was Abraham Lincoln when, the Re-
public saved, he babe US bind up the
Nations wounds; and Grant when,
from victory's very summit his lofty
words, ''let us have peace" voiced the
spirit of the hour and the peoples
prayer. When nominated by parties,
each of these great Presidents was, at
the periods named, already chosen by
the public judgment. And so today,
the Republican party. whose strength is
in its obedience to the will of the
American people, merely executes
again the decree which comes to it
from the American home in naming
Theodore Roosevelt as our candidate.
The peoples thought is his thought;
American ideals, his ideals. This is
his only chart of statesmanship-and
no other is safe. For the truest guide
an American President can have is the
collective intelligence and massed
morality of the American people. And
this ancient rule of the fathers is the
rule of our leaders now.
Theodore Roosevelt Is n leader who
leads: because he carries out the settled
purposes, of the people. Our Presi-
dents plans. when achieved, are al
ways found to be merely the nations
will accomplished. And that is why
the people will elect him.
They will elect him because they
know that if he is President we will
get to work and keep at work on the
Canal. After decades Of delay when
the people want a thing done, they
want it done.
They know that while he is President
the Flag will "stay put" and no
American advantage in the Pacific or
the world be surrendered. Americans
never retreat.
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, Reimbursement
of tariff schedules will be made only in
harmony with the principle Of protec-
ton. Americans have memories.
While he is President peace with
every nation will be preserved at any
cost, excepting only the sacrifice of