New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
". o. BRADLEY.

OJMmINGa JOSEPH q. COTTON.
no excuse for cropping in the dark for the light
is plain TO him who will but raise his eyes. The
American people believe in or party that
has convictions and knows why. They believe
that what experience has proved 1t is Idle TO
resist A wise man is any fool about to die. But
there is q wisdom which, with good fortune.
may guide the living and the strong. That Wis
dom springs from reason, observation ana eX-
perience. Guided by these this thing Is plaln'
and young men may rely upon 1t, that the MS
tory and purposes l have described. rising even
TO the essence and aspirations OF PATRIOTISM
find their best concrete example In the career
and doctrines of the Republican party
But not alone upon the principles of that
party nre its members in accord. WITH the same
devotion which has marked their adherence 10
those principles. magnificent and enduring as
they are, they have already singled out the man
to bear their standard and 10 lead the way. NO
higher badge was ever yet conferred But. great
as the honor is. the circumstances which sur
round Il make the honor more profound.
You have from every State and Terri
tory IN this vast domain. The country and tho
town have Wed with each other in sending here
their contributions 10 this splenid throng
Every highway in the land IL leading here and
crowded with the members of that great party
which sees In this splendid city the synDoI OF
its rise and power. Within this unexampled
multitude is every rank and condition or free
men, every creed and occupation But TO-DAY
a common purpose and desire have engaged US
all. and from every nook and corner or the
country rises but a single choice TO fill the most
exalted Office IN the world.
ROOSEVELT IN PEACE AND WAR
He is no stranger waiting in the shade. TO be
called suddenly into public light. The American
people have seen him for many years. and al
ways where the fight thicltest and the
greatest need felt. He has been alike con-
arduous stress OF war. No man now living will
forget the spring of '9S. when the American
mind was so inhamed and American patriotism
so aroused: when among all the eager citizens
Tvt q n - "A
this convention has already In It's heart was
among the first TO hear the call and answer to
his name. Preferring peace. but not afraid OF
war; faithful to every private obligation, yet
first 70 volunteer 1T the sign of national peril;
leader I'm civil life. and yet so quici.to compre-
bend the arts Of war that he grew almost In Al
day 10 meet the high exactions of command
There is nothing which tests a man great
and unexpected danger. He may pass his life
among ordinary scenes. and what he is or does
but few will ever know. But when the crash
comes or the flames break out. moments time
will single out the hero iii the crowd flash
OF lightning in the night will reveal what years
OF daylight have not discovered 20 the eye.
And so the flash OF the Spanish War revealed
that lofty courage and devotion which the
American heart so loves. and which you have
met again to decorate and recognize. His
qualities do not need to be retold, for no man
in that exalted place since Lincoln has been
better known In every household in the land.
He is not conservative, If conservatism means
waiting till II is too late. He is not wise, IL
wisdom is to count thing hundred times
when once will do There IS no regret SO keen
in man country that which follows an
opportunity unembraced. Fortune scars with
high and rapid wing. and whoever brings IL
down must shoot with accuracy and speed. Only
the man with steady eve and nerve and the
courage to pull the trigger. brings the largest
opportunities to the ground. He does not al
ways listen while all the sages speak, but every
day at nghtfall beholds some record which. If
not complete, has been at least pursued with
conscience and intrepid resolution.
ONE MAN ONLY-ROOSEVELT
He Is no slender flower swaying in the wind,
but that heroic fibre which is best nurtured by
the mountains and the snow. He spends little
time III review, for that. he knows, can be done
by the schools. A statesman graphing with
the living problems cf the hour he gropes but
little in the past He believes in going ahead.
Ra believes that In shaping the destinies OF
this great Republic hope is higher impulse,
than regret. He believes that preparation for
future trunphs 10 q more important duty than
an inventory OF past mistakes A profound
student OF history he is to-day the greatest his
tory maker In. the world. With the instincts OF
the scholar, he is yet forced from the scholar 3
pursuits by those superb qualities which fit him
to the last degree for those great world cur
rents now rushing past with larger volume
and more portentous aspect than for many
years before The fate of nations IS still de-
cided by their wars. You may talk of orderly
tribunals and learned referees; you may sing in
your schools the gentle praises OF the quiet
life; you may strike from your books the last
note of every martial anthem. and yet out in
the smoke and thunder will always be the
tramp OF horses and the silent. rigid. upturned
face. Men may prOphesy and women pray but
peace VIII come here TO ABIDE forever this
earth only when the dreams Of childhood are
the accepted charts to guide the destnies of
men. Events are numberless and mighty and
no tell which wire around the
world. The nation baskng to-day In the quiet
of contentment and repose may still be on the
deadly circuit and tomorrow writhing in the
| tolls Of
This is the time when great figures must be
kept in front. If the pressure is great the
material TO resist 1t must be granite and iron.
Whether wish it or not, America is abroad
In this world. Her interests are In every street
her name is on every tongue Those interests
so sacred and stupendous, should be trusted only
TO the care Of those whose power. skill and
courage have been tested and approved. And
| In the man whom you will choose the highest
sense or every nation in the world beholds 9
man who typifes as other living American
does the spirit and the purposes OF the TWEEN
| tieth century. He does not claim to be the
Solomon Of his time. There many things
he may not know. but this is sure, that above
all things else no stands for progress, courage
and fair play, which are the synonymes of the
American name.
There are times when great fitness is hardly
less than destiny, when the elements so come
together that they select the agent they viii
USE events sometimes select the strongest
man, as lightning goes down the highest rod